Day 44 (1.14.11) B Day

Objective: Students will be able to: demonstrate a
knowledge of previously taught material. 

Class Activities

• Semester Exam
• Homework:
1. DUE on Thursday (01.20.11) B Day: Allusions
2. DUE on Thursday (1.20.11)  B Day: SUMMATIVE Wuthering Heights Reading Check Chapters 1 -1 5
Work collected in class:
• Semester Exam

TEKS: 1(B) analyze textual context (within a sentence and in larger sections of text) to draw conclusions about the nuance in word meanings; 1(C) infer word meaning through the identification and analysis of analogies and other word relationships; 5(B) analyze the moral dilemmas and quandaries in works of fiction as revealed by the underlying motivations and behaviors of the characters;

7(A) analyze how the author's patterns of imagery, literary allusions, and conceits reveal theme, set tone, and create meaning in metaphors, passages, and literary works.

Day 44 (1.13.11) A Day

Objective: Students will be able to: demonstrate a
knowledge of previously taught material. 

Class Activities

• Semester Exam
• Homework:
1. DUE on Thursday (01.2011) B Day: Allusions
2. DUE on Thursday (1.20.11)  B Day: SUMMATIVE Wuthering Heights Reading Check Chapters 1 -1 5
Work collected in class:
• Semester Exam

TEKS: 1(B) analyze textual context (within a sentence and in larger sections of text) to draw conclusions about the nuance in word meanings; 1(C) infer word meaning through the identification and analysis of analogies and other word relationships; 5(B) analyze the moral dilemmas and quandaries in works of fiction as revealed by the underlying motivations and behaviors of the characters;

7(A) analyze how the author's patterns of imagery, literary allusions, and conceits reveal theme, set tone, and create meaning in metaphors, passages, and literary works.

Day 43 (1.12.11) B Day

Objective: Students will be able to: demonstrate

experience seminar and discuss literary texts read out of class;
and demonstrate an ability to read Elizabethan drama.

Class Activities

• SUMMATIVE REMEDIATION: Hamlet 2
• Homework Log:
• Log onto Blackboard
• Go to the Agenda Blog
• Click on "Daily Homework Blog"
• Please Check: your professional email, grades, and Make-Up/Remediation Schedule
• Go to Quizlet
• Download the following lists to your own Quizlet accounts:
• AP Poetry Terms 3 - Speaker/Tone, Diction, and Imagery
• AP Poetry Terms 4 - Figures of Speech: Simile and Metaphor
• AP Poetry Terms 5 - Sound: Rhyme, Alliteration, and Assonance
• AP Poetry Terms 6 - Rhythm and Meter
• AP Poetry Terms 7 - Structure: Closed Form and Open Form
• LITERATURE CIRCLES SUMMATIVE: Two groups will meet with T. Holmes
• Notes: (For all students who have not completed the following work.)
• Students will copy the following notes--
• Sentence model 7
• Sentence model 8
• Students will then write 5 sentences of each (following T. Holmes's explanation of sentences)
• Read: Hamlet

Homework:
1. DUE on Thursday (01.2011) B Day: Allusions
2. DUE on Thursday (1.20.11)  B Day: SUMMATIVE Wuthering Heights Reading Check Chapters 1 -1 5
Work collected in class:
• Daily homework blog

TEKS: 1(B) analyze textual context (within a sentence and in larger sections of text) to draw conclusions about the nuance in word meanings; 1(C) infer word meaning through the identification and analysis of analogies and other word relationships; 5(B) analyze the moral dilemmas and quandaries in works of fiction as revealed by the underlying motivations and behaviors of the characters; 7(A) analyze how the author's patterns of imagery, literary allusions, and conceits reveal theme, set tone, and create meaning in metaphors, passages, and literary works.

Day 43 (1.11.11) A Day

Objective: Students will be able to: demonstrate

experience seminar and discuss literary texts read out of class;
and demonstrate an ability to read Elizabethan drama.

Class Activities

• SUMMATIVE REMEDIATION: Hamlet 2
• Homework Log:
• Log onto Blackboard
• Go to the Agenda Blog
• Click on "Daily Homework Blog"
• Please Check: your professional email, grades, and Make-Up/Remediation Schedule
• Go to Quizlet
• Download the following lists to your own Quizlet accounts:
• AP Poetry Terms 3 - Speaker/Tone, Diction, and Imagery
• AP Poetry Terms 4 - Figures of Speech: Simile and Metaphor
• AP Poetry Terms 5 - Sound: Rhyme, Alliteration, and Assonance
• AP Poetry Terms 6 - Rhythm and Meter
• AP Poetry Terms 7 - Structure: Closed Form and Open Form
• LITERATURE CIRCLES SUMMATIVE: Two groups will meet with T. Holmes
• Notes: (For all students who have not completed the following work.)
• Students will copy the following notes--
• Sentence model 7
• Sentence model 8
• Students will then write 5 sentences of each (following T. Holmes's explanation of sentences)
• Read: Hamlet

Homework:
1. DUE on Monday (01.19.11) A Day: Allusions
2. DUE on Wednesday (1.19.11)  A Day: SUMMATIVE Wuthering Heights Reading Check Chapters 1 -1 5
Work collected in class:
• Daily homework blog

TEKS: 1(B) analyze textual context (within a sentence and in larger sections of text) to draw conclusions about the nuance in word meanings; 1(C) infer word meaning through the identification and analysis of analogies and other word relationships; 5(B) analyze the moral dilemmas and quandaries in works of fiction as revealed by the underlying motivations and behaviors of the characters; 7(A) analyze how the author's patterns of imagery, literary allusions, and conceits reveal theme, set tone, and create meaning in metaphors, passages, and literary works.

Day 42 (1.10.11) B Day

Objective: Students will be able to: demonstrate

knowledge of varied sentence models;
practice answering AP style questions;
experience seminar and discuss literary texts read out of class;
and demonstrate an ability to read Elizabethan drama.

Class Activities

• Homework Log:
• Log onto Blackboard
• Go to the Agenda Blog
• Click on "Daily Homework Blog"
• Please Check: your professional email, grades, and Make-Up/Remediation Schedule
• Go to Quizlet
• Download the following lists to your own Quizlet accounts:
• AP Poetry Terms 3 - Speaker/Tone, Diction, and Imagery
• AP Poetry Terms 4 - Figures of Speech: Simile and Metaphor
• AP Poetry Terms 5 - Sound: Rhyme, Alliteration, and Assonance
• AP Poetry Terms 6 - Rhythm and Meter
• AP Poetry Terms 7 - Structure: Closed Form and Open Form
• LITERATURE CIRCLES SUMMATIVE: Two groups will meet with T. Holmes
• Notes:
• Students will copy the following notes--
• Sentence model 7
• Sentence model 8
• Students will then write 5 sentences of each (following T. Holmes's explanation of sentences)
• Read: Hamlet

Homework:
1. DUE on Tuesday (01.18.10) B Day: Allusions
Work collected in class:
• Daily homework blog
• Sentence Models 1- 5 (SUMMATIVE)
• AP Multiple-Choice Practice Activity

TEKS: 1(B) analyze textual context (within a sentence and in larger sections of text) to draw conclusions about the nuance in word meanings; 1(C) infer word meaning through the identification and analysis of analogies and other word relationships; 5(B) analyze the moral dilemmas and quandaries in works of fiction as revealed by the underlying motivations and behaviors of the characters; 7(A) analyze how the author's patterns of imagery, literary allusions, and conceits reveal theme, set tone, and create meaning in metaphors, passages, and literary works.