Week of MAY 17:
VOCAB 14: Complete by Friday, TEST TIME, unit work and complete sentences for Vocab 14, including contextual use. LInks: Vocab 14 Vocab 14b Vocab 14c
GRAMMAR: REVIEW pages 81-83, Sentence structures: simple/compound/complex/compound-complex ; exercises 2.
LITERATURE: complete read: "Of Mice and Men"; personal vocab list maintained during reading is a VOCAB GRADE.
WRITING: students will present to the class their 'best' elaboration from their essays; beginning PERSUASIVE WRITING. 10 minute drills on PLANS: hook/these statement/reason 1 + example 1/reason 2 + example 2/conclusion that LOOPS back to HOOK.
Week of May 10:
VOCAB 13: Complete by Friday, unit work (ROOTS CHART.) TEST FRIDAY ON CUMULATIVE VOCAB: coffer, edifice, hieroglyphic, inaccessible, innovation, juncture, retainer, rivulet, subsidize, tawny
GRAMMAR: (repeat for practice)continue with subject/verb identification, PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES, as adjectives and adverbs, and CLAUSES (independent and dependent) and FANBOY :)
LITERATURE: reading of Alice Walker classics, including poetry, breaking down subjects/verbs/direct objects/complete subject/complete predicate/including predicate nominative/predicate adjective, and starting PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES and CLAUSES. Also, using SSS (single sentence summaries) to underscore comprehension skills.
Week of May 03:
VOCAB 12: Complete by Friday, TEST TIME, unit work(ROOTS CHART)and complete sentences for Vocab 12, including contextual use. LInks: Vocab List 12 Vocab 12 Vocab A Vocab B; TEST FRIDAY ON CUMULATIVE VOCAB: appease, archaic, balmy, beguile, commence, espionage, facsimile, invincible, pretext, vigilant.
GRAMMAR: (repeat for practice)continue with subject/verb identification, PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES, as adjectives and adverbs.
LITERATURE: continue dramatic reading of "Antigone," classical drama by Sophocles.
Week of April 26:
VOCAB 11: Complete by Friday, TEST TIME, unit work and complete sentences for Vocab 11, including contextual use. LInks: VOCAB LIST, VOCAB, VOCAB 11A, VOCAB 11B, VOCAB 11C autonomy, besiege, devastation, inclement, latitude, perseverance,
precarious, vulnerable, wane, wreak.
GRAMMAR: (repeat for practice) pages 81-83, sentence structures: simple/compound/complex/compound-complex ; exercises 1&2.
LITERATURE: reading "Antigone" classical drama by Sophocles; personal vocab list maintained during reading is a VOCAB GRADE.
Week of April 19:
VOCAB 10: Continue unit work and complete sentences for Vocab 10, including contextual use. LInk: Vocab 10, vocab 10a Vocab 10b Vocab English II List 10 - Synonyms Vocab 10cVocab English II List 10 - YesNoWhy
VOCAB 10: encompass, incentive, pivotal, retribution, transcend, implacable, militant, postulate, stringent, transitory. Vocab 10A,
GRAMMAR: (repeat for practice)continue with PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES, as adjectives and adverbs.
LITERATURE: begin pre-read for "Antigone" and classical drama (Sophocles.)
Week of April 12:
VOCAB 09: Continue unit work and complete sentences for Vocab 9, including contextual use. TEST FRIDAY ON CUMULATIVE VOCAB 9: axiom, compatible, compliance, inanimate, indestructible, innate, mutable, perception, prevalent, recourse.
GRAMMAR: continue with page 30-34, PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES, as adjectives and adverbs; exercises 1&2.
Literature: complete reading "Of Mice and Men" and be prepared for test on Tuesday. We will be viewing the movies of both of Steinbeck's workd, "The Grapes of Wrath" and "Of Mice and Men" on Friday and Monday. Testing will follow.
Week of April 6:
TEST FRIDAY ON CUMULATIVE VOCAB
APRIL, 4TH QTR: VOCAB 8: fabricate, impediment, mediocre, mien, opportune, qualm, reactionary, stamina, zealous, zephyr. Links: vocab 8,
continue to write a PERFECTLY contextually correct sentence with each word. vocab powerpointII
Grammar: Students will learn to identify and IMPROVE each verb; we will (review) complex sentences and punctuation.
Literature: Fiction readings will be assigned daily in class, beginning with either "Anthem" by Ayn Rand, or "Grapes of Wrath" or "Of Mice and Men" by Steinbeck.
Note: maintain a personal vocabulary list (for a grade.) Be prepared for a pop quiz on the reading or on the vocabulary.
Spring Break
Week of March 8: Vocabulary, Lesson 7: martial, recipient, aesthetic, conceive, paradox, cliche, wan, charisma, emphatically, repress. List Synonyms **Note: these are powerpoint files.
CLICK on and follow the next 2 vocab links for your vocab assignments for the week for Unit 7: context Yes or No
Test FRIDAY: be prepared to write a PERFECTLY contextually correct sentence with each word. Tests are CUMULATIVE. Students are to learn the part of speech of each word, as well as all definitions, in addition to creating a CONTEXTUALLY CORRECT SENTENCE with each definition.
Grammar: Students will learn to identify each adjective used with a verb in order to identify the CORRECTly: predicate adjective/predicate nominative (review); we will (review) complex sentences and punctuation.
Literature: Fiction readings will be assigned daily in class, beginning with either "Anthem" by Ayn Rand, or "Julius Caesar " by Shakespeare. Note: maintain a personal vocabulary list (for a grade.) Be prepared for a pop quiz on the reading or on the vocabulary.
Week of March 1: Non-fiction readings will be assigned daily in class, of approximately 1700 words in length (same as FCAT testing.) Note : maintain a personal vocabulary list (for a grade.) Vocab will consist of review only.
Week of February 22: Vocabulary, Lesson 6: ascertain, atrocious, compassion, composure, deteriorate, insipid, lament, loathe, painstaking, repress.
CLICK on and follow the next 3 vocab links for your vocab assignments for the week for Unit 5: Vocab Unit 6
Vocab 6c Note: these are powerpoint files. Test FRIDAY: be prepared to write a PERFECTLY contextually correct sentence with each word. Tests are CUMULATIVE. Students are to learn the part of speech of each word, as well as all definitions, in addition to creating a CONTEXTUALLY CORRECT SENTENCE with each definition.
Grammar: Students will learn to identify each adjective used with a verb in order to identify the CORRECTly : predicate adjective/predicate nominative.
Literature: Non-fiction readings will be assigned daily in class, of approximately 1700 words in length (same as FCAT testing.) Note : maintain a personal vocabulary list (for a grade.) Be prepared for a pop quiz on the reading or on the vocabulary.
Week of February 15: Vocabulary, Lesson 5: affiliate, ecstatic, encumber, invariable, plausible, pompous, portly, proximity, rejuvenate, unprecedented.
CLICK on and follow the next 3 vocab links for your vocab assignments for the week for Unit 5: Vocab Unit 5
Vocab 5c Test FRIDAY: be prepared to write a PERFECTLY contextually correct sentence with each word. Tests are CUMULATIVE. Students are to learn the part of speech of each word, as well as all definitions, in addition to creating a CONTEXTUALLY CORRECT SENTENCE with each definition.
Grammar: Students will learn to connect each pronoun used with a corresponding noun in order to use the CORRECT pronoun.
Literature: "A Sound of Thunder" by Ray Bradbury, page 71 in the text and page 35 in IAReader. Note all vocabulary 'Words to Know' for next vocab test. Be prepared for a pop quiz on the reading or on the vocabulary.
Week of February 8: Vocabulary, Lesson 4: apprehensive, callous, commendable, indignant, ineffectual, judicious, mystic, paraphrase, personification, verbatim. Vocab Unit 4
Test FRIDAY; be prepared to write a PERFECTLY contextually correct sentence with each word.Tests are CUMULATIVE. Students are to learn the part of speech of each word, as well as all definitions, in addition to creating a CONTEXTUALLY CORRECT SENTENCE with each definition.
Students will learn to connect each pronoun used with a corresponding noun in order to use the CORRECT pronoun.
Literature: read "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonegut, page 20. Be certain to read the focus statements/question as well as the "Words to Know" at the bottom of the page. Be prepared to answer questions regarding the reading FOR A GRADE.
Week of February 1: Vocabulary, Lesson 3: amiable, anthropology, bayou, grimace, indomitable, malleable, melodramatic, succumb, visage, whimsical. Vocab Unit 3
Test FRIDAY; be prepared to write a PERFECTLY contextually correct sentence with each word. Tests are CUMULATIVE. Students are to learn the part of speech of each word, as well as all definitions, in addition to creating a CONTEXTUALLY CORRECT SENTENCE with each definition. Students will learn to connect each pronoun used with a corresponding noun in order to use the CORRECT pronoun.
Week of January 25: Vocabulary, Lesson 2: ANALOGY, ANTIQUITY, ELECTORATE, ETHICAL, EXCERPT, HERESY, PATERNAL, PAUPER, POSTHUMOUS, PROPHETIC. Vocab Unit 2 Test FRIDAY; be prepared to write a PERFECTLY contextually correct sentence with each word.Tests are CUMULATIVE. Students are to learn the part of speech of each word, as well as all definitions, in addition to creating a CONTEXTUALLY CORRECT SENTENCE with each definition. Students will learn to connect each pronoun used with a corresponding noun in order to use the CORRECT pronoun.
Writing: Students are practicing "answering the prompt" in essays. Students are learning how to properly PLAN an essay: introduction with hook, thesis statement, 3 proofs + 3 examples, conclusion/concluding statement, and clincher.
Week of January 20: First Week: Assignment of personal McDougall Littell "Language of Literature" text, to be kept at homeand used for homework assignments.
Vocabulary, Lesson 1: acquittal, assert, condescend, contemptuous, elite, evolve, fortitude, inarticulate,mentor, notoriety
Vocab English II List 1 - Context
Grammar: daily error sentence correction, including review for use of grammar and vocabulary. Page 171-172 of workbook.
Diagnostic essay writing, timed 45 minutes, to be written this week. Diagnostic timed writing response to a prompt will be performed.
Week of January 11:
VOCAB 15: Complete by Friday, TEST TIME, unit work and complete sentences for Vocab 15, including contextual use. LInks: Vocab 15 Vocab 15a Vocab 15b
GRAMMAR: REVIEW Sentence structures: simple/compound/complex/compound-complex ; exercises 2.
LITERATURE: complete read: "Anthem"; personal vocab list maintained during reading is a VOCAB GRADE.
WRITING: students will write a final essay; PERSUASIVE WRITING: hook/these statement/reason 1 + example 1/reason 2 + example 2/conclusion that LOOPS back to HOOK.
Week of January 4:
VOCAB 14: Complete by Friday, TEST TIME, unit work and complete sentences for Vocab 14, including contextual use. LInks: Vocab 14 Vocab 14b Vocab 14c
GRAMMAR: REVIEW pages 81-83, Sentence structures: simple/compound/complex/compound-complex ; exercises 2.
LITERATURE: complete read: "Of Mice and Men"; personal vocab list maintained during reading is a VOCAB GRADE.
WRITING: students will present to the class their 'best' elaboration from their essays; beginning PERSUASIVE WRITING. 10 minute drills on PLANS: hook/these statement/reason 1 + example 1/reason 2 + example 2/conclusion that LOOPS back to HOOK.
Week of December 14:
VOCAB 13: Complete by Friday, TEST TIME, unit work and complete sentences for Vocab 13, including contextual use. LInks: Vocab 13lesson 13
GRAMMAR: pages 81-83, Sentence structures: simple/compound/complex/compound-complex ; exercises 2.
LITERATURE: Read: "Of Mice and Men" ; personal vocab list maintained during reading is a VOCAB GRADE.
WRITING: students will present to the class their 'best' elaboration from their essays; beginning PERSUASIVE WRITING. 10 minute drills on PLANS: hook/these statement/reason 1 + example 1/reason 2 + example 2/conclusion that LOOPS back to HOOK.
Week of December 07:
VOCAB 12: Complete by Wednesday, TEST TIME, unit work and complete sentences for Vocab 12, including contextual use. LInks: Vocab List 12 Vocab 12 Vocab A Vocab B; TEST FRIDAY ON CUMULATIVE VOCAB: VOCAB 12.
GRAMMAR: (repeat for practice)continue with page 35-40, PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES, as adjectives and adverbs; exercises 1&2.
LITERATURE: Read: "Of Mice and Men" ; personal vocab list maintained during reading is a VOCAB GRADE.
WRITING: students will present to the class their 'best' elaboration from their essays; beginning PERSUASIVE WRITING. 10 minute drills on PLANS: hook/these statement/reason 1 + example 1/reason 2 + example 2/conclusion that LOOPS back to HOOK.
TEST FRIDAY ON CUMULATIVE VOCAB: NOTE VOCAB 12, LOCATED AT ABOVE LINK.
Weeks of November 23 and 30, noting Turkey Day (Thanksgiving Day: In God We Trust)No school on Thurs & Friday; enjoy the Macy's Parade on Thursday along with a nice dinner, with your families:)
VOCAB 11: Complete by Wednesday, TEST TIME, unit work and complete sentences for Vocab 11, including contextual use. LInks: VOCAB LIST, VOCAB, VOCAB 11A, VOCAB 11B, VOCAB 11C
GRAMMAR: (repeat for practice)continue with page 30-34, PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES, as adjectives and adverbs; exercises 1&2.
LITERATURE: begin pre-read for "Antigone" and classical drama (Sophocles); personal vocab list maintained during reading is a VOCAB GRADE.
WRITING: students will present to the class their 'best' elaboration from their essays; beginning PERSUASIVE WRITING. 10 minute drills on PLANS: hook/these statement/reason 1 + example 1/reason 2 + example 2/conclusion that LOOPS back to HOOK.
TEST WEDNESDAY ON CUMULATIVE VOCAB: NOTE VOCAB 11: autonomy, besiege, devastation, inclement, latitude, perseverance,
precarious, vulnerable, wane, wreak.
Week of November 16, noting BAT testing on Tuesday and Wednesday; 3rd hour is unchanged:
VOCAB 10: Continue unit work and complete sentences for Vocab 10, including contextual use. LInk: Vocab 10, vocab 10a Vocab 10b Vocab English II List 10 - Synonyms Vocab 10cVocab English II List 10 - YesNoWhy
GRAMMAR: (repeat for practice)continue with page 30-34, PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES, as adjectives and adverbs; exercises 1&2.
LITERATURE: begin pre-read for "Antigone" and classical drama (Sophocles.)
WRITING: students will present to the class their 'best' elaboration from their essays; beginning PERSUASIVE WRITING. 10 minute drills on PLANS: hook/these statement/reason 1 + example 1/reason 2 + example 2/conclusion that LOOPS back to HOOK.
TEST FRIDAY ON CUMULATIVE VOCAB: NOTE VOCAB 10: encompass, incentive, pivotal, retribution, transcend, implacable, militant, postulate, stringent, transitory. Vocab 10A, names A-L Quiz Vocab 10B, names M-Z, Quiz
Week of November 9: VOCAB 09: Continue unit work and complete sentences for Vocab 9, including contextual use.
GRAMMAR: continue with page 30-34, PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES, as adjectives and adverbs; exercises 1&2.
LITERATURE: *"Poem at 39": read 3 times and write a SSS (single sentence summary) of the theme and of the plot. Cont. discussion regarding the auther, Alice Walker, and her favorite poems, stories, themes.
WRITING: students will present to the class their 'best' elaboration from their essays; beginning PERSUASIVE WRITING. 10 minute drills on PLANS: hook/these statement/reason 1 + example 1/reason 2 + example 2/conclusion that LOOPS back to HOOK.
TEST FRIDAY ON CUMULATIVE VOCAB: NOTE VOCAB 9: axiom, compatible, compliance, inanimate, indestructible, innate, mutable, perception, prevalent, recourse. Vocab 9 Vocab 09 Vocab 9a Vocab 9b
Week of November 2: VOCAB 08: Continue unit work and complete sentences for Vocab 8, including contextual use.
GRAMMAR: continue with page 28-29, adjectives and adverbs; exercises 1&2.
LITERATURE: cont. discussion regarding the auther, Alice Walker, and her favorite poems, stories, themes.
WRITING: students will present to the class their 'best' elaboration from their essays; beginning PERSUASIVE WRITING.
TEST FRIDAY ON CUMULATIVE VOCAB: NOTE VOCABS 8: fabricate, impediment, mediocre, mien, opportune, qualm, reactionary, stamina, zealous, zephyr. Links: vocab 8, continued
Week of October 26: VOCAB: Continue with and complete sentences for Vocab 7, including contextual use.
GRAMMAR: continue with pages 23-29, adjectives and adverbs; exercises 1&2.
LITERATURE: discussion regarding the auther, Alice Walker, and her favorite poems, stories, themes.
WRITING: students will present to the class their 'best' elaboration from their essays.
TEST FRIDAY ON CUMULATIVE VOCAB: NOTE VOCABS 8 & 7 BELOW 'WEEK OF OCT 19' FOR PRACTICE...
Week of October 19: Review and Mid Term Exams. Final revisions of essays. Book reports due Monday. Read: Sonnet 18 by Shakespeare and Sonnet 30 by Edna St. Vincent Millay (text) FOR EXAM (reminders in class.)
Literary analysis: "Everyday Use," by Alice Walker, page 503 in text. Write a single sentence summary; write a thematic sentence summary.
Literary analysis: "In Search of Mother's Gardens," by Alice Walker, page 503 in text. Write a single sentence summary; write a thematic sentence summary.
Finally, write a single sentence comparison of the two stories; write a single sentence contrasting the two stories.
Vocab 8 & 7 Link to words and practice!
Week of October 12: Vocab, Lesson 7: Continue with vocab #7; review all vocab for midterm exams.
Writing: continue practice answering prompts: specifically, adding elaboration rather than extensions.
Grammar: VERBS: page 17-19 of grammar workbook, Exercises 1 & 2, ; continue with pages 13-15, all Exercices 1 & 2.
and with pages 21-22, all Exercices 1 & 2.
Literary analysis: "In Search of Mother's Gardens," by Alice Walker, in text. Be ready for quiz on reading.
Week of October 5: Vocab, Lesson 7: aesthetic, charisma, cliche', conceive, emphatically, martial, paradox, prolific, recipient,wan. Test FRIDAY; be prepared to write a PERFECTLY contextually correct sentence with each word. Sentences due Friday. Tests are CUMULATIVE. Vocab 7 Vocab 7 Quiz Vocab English II List 7 - Synonyms Vocab English II List 7 - YesNoWhy
Writing: continue practice answering prompts: practice writing 'hooks'; practice writing 'thesis statements'; practice writing introductions; adding elaboration rather than extensions. Grammar: page 13-of grammar workbook, Exercises 1 & 2, verbs; continue with pages 13-15, all Exercices 1 & 2.
Literary analysis: "Everyday Use," by Alice Walker, page 503 in text. Be ready for quiz on reading.
Week of September 29: Vocab, Lesson 6: ascertain, atrocious, compassion, composure, deteriorate, insipid, lament, loathe, painstaking, repress. Test FRIDAY; be prepared to write a PERFECTLY contextually correct sentence with each word. Sentences due Friday. Tests are CUMULATIVE. Vocab 6 Vocab Quiz 6 - Eng 2
Writing: continue practice answering prompts: practice writing 'hooks'; practice writing 'thesis statements'; practice writing introductions; adding elaboration rather than extensions. Grammar: page 11-of grammar workbook, Exercises 1 & 2, pronouns: (demonstrative) THIS, THAT, THESE and THOSE; (relative) THAT, WHICH, WHO, WHOM, and WHOSE; (interrogative) WHAT, WHICH, WHO, WHOM, WHOSE; continue with pages 11-13, all Exercices 1 & 2.
Literary analysis: "Like the Sun,"page 848 in text. Be ready for quiz on reading.
Tuesday, 9/22: teacher absence; read and complete work in margins in Interactive Reader "Night" by Wiesel, page 223, as well as "Farewell to Manzanar" in text, page 602 and answer all questions. Work is to be turned in at period end, for a literature grade. Any classwork unfinished is homework and due Wednesday.
Week of September 21: Vocab, Lesson 5: affiliate, ecstatic, encumber, invariable, plausible, pompous, portly, proximity, rejuvenate, unprecedented Test FRIDAY; be prepared to write a PERFECTLY contextually correct sentence with each word. Sentences due Friday. Tests are CUMULATIVE. Vocab 5 Vocab 5 Quiz
Writing: continue practice answering prompts: practice writing 'hooks'; practice writing 'thesis statements'; practice writing introductions; adding elaboration. Grammar: page 9 of grammar workbook, Exercises 1 & 2, pronouns: (demonstrative) THIS, THAT, THESE and THOSE; (relative) THAT, WHICH, WHO, WHOM, and WHOSE; (interrogative) WHAT, WHICH, WHO, WHOM, WHOSE; continue with pages 11-13, all Exercices 1 & 2.
Week of September 14:
Vocabulary, Lesson 3: amiable, anthropology, bayou, grimace, indomitable, malleable, melodramatic, succumb, visage, whimsical. Vocab 3Test THURSDAY; be prepared to write a PERFECTLY contextually correct sentence with each word.Tests are CUMULATIVE.Vocabulary, Lesson 4: beginning Thursday: apprehensive, callous, commendable, indignant, ineffectual, judicious, mystic, paraphrase, personification, verbatim. Vocab Unit 4Students are to learn the part of speech of each word, as well as all definitions, in addition to creating a
CONTEXTUALLY CORRECT SENTENCE with each definition.Grammar: page 9 of grammar workbook, Exercises 1 & 2, pronouns: (demonstrative) THIS, THAT, THESE and THOSE; (relative) THAT, WHICH, WHO, WHOM, and WHOSE; (interrogative) WHAT, WHICH, WHO, WHOM, WHOSE
Writing: practice answering prompts: practice writing 'hooks'; practice writing 'thesis statements'; practice writing introductions.
Weeks of September 1 through September 8: combined lessons due to Labor Day Holiday and Benchmark Testing Days:Vocabulary, Lesson 2: ANALOGY, ANTIQUITY, ELECTORATE, ETHICAL, EXCERPT, HERESY, PATERNAL, PAUPER, POSTHUMOUS, PROPHETIC. Vocab Unit 2 Test FRIDAY; be prepared to write a PERFECTLY contextually correct sentence with each word.Tests are CUMULATIVE. Students are to learn the part of speech of each word, as well as all definitions, in addition to creating a
CONTEXTUALLY CORRECT SENTENCE with each definition.Grammar: page 5 of grammar workbook, Exercises 1 & 2: ANTECEDENTS and pronouns. Students will learn to connect each pronoun used with a corresponding noun in order to use the CORRECT pronoun.
Literature: "A Sound of Thunder" by Ray Bradbury, page 71 in the text and page 35 in IAReader. Note all vocabularywords for next vocab test. Be prepared for a pop quiz on the reading.
Writing: Students are practicing "answering the prompt" in essays. Students are learning how to properly PLAN an essay: introduction, 3 proofs + 3 examples, conclusion First Week: Review of rules and Code of Conduct Handbook.Assignment of personal McDougall Littell "Language of Literature" text, to be kept at homeand used for homework assignments.Vocabulary, Lesson 1: acquittal, assert, condescend, contemptuous, elite, evolve, fortitude, inarticulate,mentor, notoriety Vocab English II List 1 - Context Literature: read "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonegut, page 2. Be certain to read the focus statements/questionsas well as the "Words to Know" at the bottom of the page. Be prepared to answer questions regarding the reading FOR A GRADE.Grammar: daily error sentence correction, including review for use of grammar and vocabulary. Page 3 of workbook, Ex.1. Diagnostic timed (45 minute) writing response to a prompt will be performed.
Diagnostic essay writing, timed 45 minutes, to be written this week.
