English 2P Assignments

Monday, January 30th, 2012
Business letters

HW: bring books

Friday, January 27th, 2012
warmup
persuasive essay reflections
revise 3 WLC errors
share out parks

HW: bring books

Thursday, January 26th, 2012
Benchmark

HW: Bring textbooks

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
warmup
compound subjects - grammar practice
finish "The Storyteller" - TOD (irony)


HW: Benchmark tomorrow

Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
warmup
S/V agreement
Begin "The Storyteller"
TOD

HW: bring textbooks
*BENCHMARKS ON Thursday

Monday, January 23rd, 2012
warmup/ later papers?
Rites of passage - synthesize sources page 411
TOD 416

HW: bring textbooks
BENCHMARK on Thursday

Friday, January 20th, 2012
circle map: Antarctica
"Shipwreck..." p.313

HW: 3 research questions
add 2 symbols/pictures to your circle map
Bring textbooks!

Thursday, January 19th, 2012
Computer Lab - type essays

HW: symbols project are due tomorrow
study SAT list 1-12

Thursday, January 19th, 2012
warmup
test: "Lamb to the Slaughter"
test corrections

Wednesday, January 18th, 2012
World Cafe: "Lamb to the Slaughter"

HW: study Irony and "Lamb to the Slaughter" - TEST tomorrow
Essays due by Friday

Tuesday, January 17th, 2012
type persuasive essays

HW: world cafe tomorrow
ESSAYS DUE BY FRIDAY

Friday, January 13th, 2012
Type persuasive essay (MLA format)

HW: bring flash drives

Thursday, January 12th, 2012
vocabulary warmup
finish "Lamb to the Slauger"
TOD - page 164-165

HW: finish summary
bring flash drives

Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
warmup
review irony - whiteboard activity
Begin "Lamb to the Slaughter" C. notes

HW: bring flash drive/ no books this week

Tuesday, January 10th, 2012
Review/revise persuasive timed writes
Begin Irony notes

HW: bring flashdrive on Friday
No books this week

Monday, January 9th, 2011
persuasive essay timed write

HW: bring books

Friday, January 6th, 2011
hw check (intros)
persuasive essay quiz
write conclusions

HW: finish conclusions
Timed write on Monday

Thursday, January 5th, 2011
Finish t-chart of evidence- get quotes..focus on P.C's
Write intros for persuasive essay
TOD

HW: finish intros/get quotes

Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
review model persuasive essay - pay attn to structure
outline persuasive essay: flee map
collect evidence for essay: must have parenthetical citations - t-chart

HW: finish evidence- must have at least 2 pros and 2 cons
bring books!

Thursday, December 15th, 2011
view sportsmanship clip/China accident/ softball reading
collect evidence for debate
Philosophical chairs
Reflection
whip around

Wednesday, December 14th, 2011
warmup: logos vs. pathos
read next article "Good Samaritans USA..."
CM summary

HW: bring books
*Philosophical chairs tomorrow

Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
book check/warmup
discuss types of evidence p.284
read "If Decency Doesn't"/ C.notes

HW: bring books/finish summary

Monday, December 12th, 2011
circle map: persuasion
discuss persuasive strategies (rhetoric)
ethos, logos, pathos tm
TOD

HW: add to your tm/ bring textbooks

Thursday, December 8th, 2011
Theme Packet - collect
Read "A State Championship vs. a Runner's Conscience"
One paragraph - persuade me
Comparison chart of genres/ one theme statement per parters

HW: bring textbooks

Wednesday, December 7th, 2011
Lection on Human Trafficking courtesy of WOW
HW: bring books tomorrow

Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
warmup/ book check
finish chunking "The Man in the Water"
CM summary: expository (essay)

HW: finish your summary
* You do NOT need your textbooks tomorrow.

Monday, December 5th 2011
warmup - vocab
black box group reading
view clip of the "man in the water"
Read first 3 paragraphs of the essay/ take c. notes
HW: bring books and bring your CM expository templates (yellow)

Friday, December 2nd, 2011
hero circle map
Read "The Good Samaritan"
Clip of the Man in H20
circle map whip around
one paragraph reflection

HW: books
interview someone for e.c.

Thursday, December 1st, 2011
warmup:run-on sentences
Read poem
modified double bubble: compare themes between genres
Write one paragraph comparison
BM corrections

HW: bring books

Wednesday, November 30th,2011
Vocabulary warmup/ book check
finish story/ CM summary
questions page 252

HW: finish CM summary and finish questions

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011
warm up/quickwrite
start "The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant"

HW: bring books!

Wednesday, November 16th, 2011
warmup: vocabulary
start "Catch the Moon"
Essay reflections: fix 3 errors

HW: bring books

Tuesday, November 15th, 2011
warmup/book check
contine theme tree map: "Typhoid Fever"
Vocab predictions/connotations/denotations

HW: finish vocabulary/ bring books

Monday, November 14th, 2011
warm up/book check
Jigsaw 230-231
Theme -concept map
Tree Map: I do, We do, You do (Theme)
TOD: frame of reference

HW: bring books

Thursday, November 10th, 2011
Benchmarks

hw: bring books on Monday

Wednesday, November 9t, 2011
BM Jeopardy

*Benchmark tomorrow: bring a pencil:>

Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
warmup: quickwrite
C.notes: Research: "An Ancient Enemy gets Tougher"
Rewrite "Typhoid Fever" Response to lit.

HW: bring textbooks - Jeopardy tomorrow
*BENCHMARKS ON THURSDAY

Friday, November 4th, 2011
warmup
finish "Typhoid Fever" c.notes/CM summary
Read McCourt's auto and article
TOD

HW: bring books/ study - TEST on Monday

*Benchmark next Thursday

Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
warmup
finish "Typhoid Fever" vocab tree map
Start story/c. notest
TOD

HW: bring books
TOMORROW is the final day to submit dialogue poems

Tuesday, November 2nd, 2011
warmup: quickwrite
collect dialogue poems/papers
POV foldable activity
"Typhoid Fever" vocab tree map

HW: bring books

Monday, October 31st, 2011
collect poems/ NARRATIVES???
"Two Kinds" test
grade it

HW: no books tomorrow/ bring books W-Friday

Friday, October 27th, 2011
Narratives are due!
World Cafe: "Two Kinds"
Continue dialogue poems

HW: study "Two Kinds" - Test on Monday
Dialogue poems due Monday

Thursday, October 27th, 2011
warmup/book check
finish "Two Kinds" think pair share
Dialogue Poems
World Cafe signups
Whip around

HW: Dialogue poems due Monday
Narratives are due tomorrow.
Bring books daily.

Wednesday, October 26th, 2011
warmup
Continue "Two Kinds" c. notes
TOD

HW: Narratives are due by Friday. Bring books

Tuesday, October 25th, 2011
start new warm-up: vocab "Two Kinds"
Begin "Two Kinds" C. notes
TOD: motivation/ compare & contrast internal vs. external conflict

HW: Narratives due by Friday. Bring books daily

Monday, October 24th, 2011
collect packet #2
Standards Review Test p.66-69,p.71
Talking Heads: explain answers

HW: Narratives due this week.
Bring books daily

Friday, October 21, 2011
discuss MLA format
Computer lab: type up narratives

HW: Narratives due any day next week

Thursday, October 20th, 2011
warmup
write rough draft: different groups depending on your progress
peer edit with rubric
discuss computer lab expectations/rules

HW: NO BOOKS. *All five paragraphs should be in class tomorrow: i
ntro, bp1, bp2, bp3, conclusion

Tuesday, October 18th, 2011
warmup: punctuate dialogue
Narrative: stamp bp2 ,rewrite bp1 taking into consideration teacher comments
begin bp3
dialogue

hw: FINISH BP3

tomorrow: intro/conclusion
thurs: rough draft/peer edit/self edit
friday: type narratives MLA formatting

Friday, October 13th, 2011
warmup: quickwrite
Primary vs. Secondary sourcs C. notes
BP1

HW: finish bp1

Tuesday, October 11th, 2011
"Everyday Use" Test
Collect questions/ trait tree maps

HW: bring textbooks
continue prewrite (traits + anecdote)

Monday, September 10th, 2011
Cal State Rep
Everyday Use questions p. 83 (HW!!)

hw: study for tomorrow's test
Finish p.83 questions

Friday, October 7th, 2011
collect warmup
2 minute review
Tree map: anecdotes for each trait
continue "everyday use"

HW: finish 1 branch/trait of the tree map
2 questions for Cal State Representative

Thursday, September 6th, 2011
"Most Dangerous Game" Test
Prefixes page 25 1-10 (answer in a complete sentence)
Work on Section 5 of the PSAT

HW: Study SAT words
Bring 14 and ID card for the PSAT
Continue to independently use the PSAT booklets

Thursday, September 6th, 2011
warmup: sensory detail- what is it?
continue "Everyday Use" character chart
discuss person....interview??

HW: prewrite
bring textbooks

Wednesday, October 5th, 2011
warmup: vocab
continue "Everyday Use" character graphic organizer
Start Prewrite: controllling impression and brainstorm your 3 anecdotes/moments

HW: finish prewrite
bring Textbooks

Tuesday, September 4th, 2011
warm-up vocabulary
preview
start character chart ("Everyday Use")

Monday, October 3rd, 2011
PSAT overview...practice section 1 (vocab/reading comprehension)
Quickwrite
Vocab quick review

HW: bring textbooks/finish section 1 of PSAT booklet

Friday, September 30th, 2011
Review direct and indirect characterization
TOD review traits
Types of Character-tree map
Vocabulary matrix for "Everyday Use"

HW: add pictures to vocabulary

Thursday, September 29th, 2011
Looping (your VIP)
C. notes: characterization
TOD: write 3 traits for your VIP

HW: finish C. notes summary
Bring textbooks

Wednesday, September 28th, 2011
Quiz - Informational Materials ( 5 questions)
Talking Heads (Go over book quiz)
Circle map: admirable person
Holt Writing workshop p. 56

HW: Pick your Person!
Textbooks!

Monday, September 26th, 2011
warmup
"Child's View of Working Parents" -finish tree map
Synthesize all tree articles using CM frame

HW: bring textbooks

Friday, September 23rd 2011
Test Corrections/last day to turn in foldable
"Diary of a Mad Blender" continue tree map
Ticket out the door

HW: bring textbooks

Thursday, September 22, 2011
Warmup
Lines of Communication: anticipatory set
Preview vocab/skill
"Double Daddy"-Start Tree map
TOD: synthesis

HW: bring textbooks

Wednesday, September 21st, 2011
Collect Packet 1:Plot
Test
Grade it

HW: Bring textbooks

Tuesday, September 20th, 2011
Vocab warm-up/book check
foldable
finish questions from yesterday
TOD: theme (question #7)

HW: Finish foldable (pictures), study Prefixes, notes, everything.
bring textbooks

Monday, September 19th, 2011
Warmup: prefixes/ book check
Continue story/Tree map
Questions page 19 (continue tomorrow)

HW: Study notes/vocabulary
*Test on Wednesday

Friday, September 16th, 2011
HW stamp/book check
quickwrite: priorities
C. notes (continue story)
Cause and effect tree map

HW: textbooks

Thursday, September 15th, 2011
HW stamp (free choice exposition)
warm up: replace vocabulary
Continue C. notes (Contents of a Dead Man's Pockets)
Cause and effect tree map

HW: add cause and effect tree map
Textbooks!

Wednesday, September 14th, 2011
English teacher index
Pass back quiz/Quickwrite
Read p.4
Start "COADMP"/C.notes

HW: textbooks
free choice exposition

Tuesday, September 13th, 2011
book check
Warm-up: plot quiz
Vocabulary p.4 "Contents of a Dead Man's Pockets"

HW: finish vocabulary
bring Textbooks!

Monday, September 12th, 2011
Book check
Circle map: plot
Review p. 2/3
Flee map: Plot
Ticket out the door/check signatures

HW: bring textbooks

Friday, September 9th, 2011
Review rules/expectations
Seating chart/BOOK check
Who Am I? (3 paragraphs)
Golden Lines/pigs


HW: BRING TEXTBOOKS!
supplies/signature

Thursday, September 8th, 2011
Info/index card
Syllabus overview
C.notes: Rules

HW: get signature
supplies!
Bring textbook daily starting Monday