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[First
Quarter Assignments] [Second
Quarter Assignments] |
| Week
of January 10 to 14 |
| Mon |
Journal
33 (New beginnings: new year, new semester, new goals, new . . .
?). Intro to 2nd semester. Reorganizing your journal for 2nd semester.
Reminder: spelling quiz on Friday. (Any words missed on the quiz
will be written out 25 times each! Study!!!) Begin reading: "Writing
and Thinking," chpt. 1 in green text (in classroom). Take notes!
Hmwk: review syllabus for quiz tomorrow.
Study for Friday's spelling quiz. |
| Tues |
Journal
34 (My academic performance last semester: what I liked, what I'm
going to change and how). Continue reading "Writing and Thinking,"
chpt. 1 in green text (in classroom). Take notes! "The
Basic, No-Frills Essay: How to Get an "A" on an Academic
Essay." Hmwk: Complete syllabus review. Quiz Wed. Complete
reading of "The
Basic, No-Frills Essay: How to Get an "A" on an Academic
Essay." Quiz Thurs. |
| Wed |
Journal 35 (What I
really wish people understood about me: what I'm good at, what
I care about, what I really like about life).
Syllabus quiz. Continue reading "Writing and Thinking,"
chpt. 1 in green text (in classroom). Take notes! Hmwk: Write
out the characteristics of an "A" essay in your own
words. Due Thurs.
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| Thurs |
Collect
characteristics of an "A" essay (in your own words). Quiz:
"Basic, No-Frills Essay." Finish reading "Writing
and Thinking," chpt. 1 in green text (in classroom) for quiz
tomorrow. Take notes! Hmwk: study for spelling quiz and review reading
notes for quiz. |
| Fri |
Journal
36 (Why I'm glad I live here and not somewhere else OR why I wish
I lived somewhere else and not here). Spelling quiz. (Any words
missed will be written out 25 times each!) Complete notes on chpt.
1 (green book). Hmwk: Write out any words you missed on the spelling
quiz 25 times. Due Wed. |
| Week
of January 17 to 21 |
| Mon |
No School:
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
| Wed |
Journal
37 (What really BURNS me up: am I a victim? can I do anything about
it?). Collect spelling words written out 25 times. Green text, chpt.
1 quiz (open book). Hmwk: think about a childhood place about which
you have strong feelings. |
| Thurs |
Journal
38 (My childhood place: what does it look like? smells? sounds?
happenings? people?) Dictate next spelling words. (You need to check
spelling, definitions, etc. before studying--to make sure you study
the correct words!) Essay #1 assignment. Read sample essay: "A
Boy's View of Playland." Begin thinking/planning stage
for childhood place essay. (Distribute cluster
sheets--as needed) Hwmk: Complete thinking/planning stage. Try
to have MORE than you will eventually need. |
| Fri |
Check
off thinking/planning stage. Distribute Essay
#1: Example (assignment sheet). Move into organization mode.
Work on organization during remainder of class period. Hmwk: complete
rough organization. Be ready to share your organization with a classmate. |
| Week
of January 24 to 28 |
| Mon |
Journal
39 (A really rough fast draft of one section of your essay. Focus
on details.). Check off organization notes for Essay #1. Share organization
schemes with classmates. Discuss organization format. Get/give feedback
on ways organization could be strengthened. Read aloud Anne Lamott's
"The Crummy First Draft" to class. Hmwk: Write out improved,
working essay outline. (Due Wed) |
| Wed |
Journal
40 (A really rough fast draft of another section of your essay OR
continue the section you were working on on Mon. Focus on details.).
Spelling quiz. (Any words missed will be written out 25 times each.)
Begin drafting essay. Hmwk: draft at least two whole paragraphs
before class tomorrow. |
| Thurs |
View
"Bird by Bird with Annie: A Portrait of Writer Anne Lamott"
(available at PUC library, VTR PS 3562 .A4645 Z5). Hmwk: be ready
to have checked off 2nd organization scheme and two paragraphs of
rough draft on Fri. |
| Fri |
Check off
second version of essay outlines and two paragraphs of rough draft.
Continue drafting essay. Hmwk: complete rough draft by Wednesday
next week. Be prepared to draft during class on Monday. |
| Week
of January 31 to February 4 |
| Mon |
Journal
41 (If you hadn't chosen to be here, where would you be. Imagine!).
Continue drafting (by hand or on computer). Hmwk: Be ready to have
COMPLETE rough draft checked off on Wed. |
| Wed |
Journal
42 (Sports). Check off COMPLETE rough draft (1st draft). Self-evaluation
of rough draft structure. Hmwk: make necessary changes to rough
draft. Move to word processor--if you haven't already. On Thurs
bring a word-processed version of rough draft. |
| Thurs |
Check off
word-processed rough drafts (2nd draft). Peer
review of rough draft structure. Hmwk: make necessary changes
to rough draft based on peer review. Print out new, clean copy to
bring to class Fri. |
| Fri |
Check off
new rough drafts (3rd draft). Peer review paragraph examples. Sign
up for conference time. Hmwk: revise rough draft for conference. |
| Week
of February 7 to 11 |
| Mon |
No School:
Staff Development Day. |
| Tues |
(Monday
Classes--with the exception of Assembly. So, English 12 does not
meet.) Conferences (with 4th
draft). Make appointment by contacting Mrs. Dibben. |
| Wed |
No class
meeting: Conferences (with 4th
draft). Make appointment by contacting Mrs. Dibben. |
| Thurs |
No class
meeting: Conferences (with 4th
draft). Make appointment by contacting Mrs. Dibben. |
| Fri |
Yes,
meet in class today! Due:
Final draft of Essay #1. |
| Week
of February 14 to 18 |
| Mon |
Valentine's Day. Journal
43 (Spectrum: National Single Awareness Day to Mushy! Mushy! Mushy!).
I Cor. 13. What little kids think about love. Write a Valentine's
Day poem, rap, or song stanza to your valentine (dog? car? yourself?
another?). Must be appropriate for public consumption. Hmwk: complete
Valentine's Day poem, rap, or song stanza.
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| Wed |
Collect
Valentine's Day poem, rap, or song stanza. Journal 44 (Title: "Me";
Aspects of my life: social, psychological, spiritual, academic,
athletic, historical, political, interpersonal, etc.). Writing for
college applications. What is the thesis statement for you? Resources:
CollegeBoard.com
"College Essay Writing Tips," UC
Berkeley "The Personal Statement" Hwmk: Think of the
two to four most important parts of your life. Write a thesis statement
for you that reflects these. AND, if you have any college admission
essay materials, please bring them to class to share. |
| Thurs |
Check off
personal thesis statements. Collect any college admission essay
materials. Journal 45 (When do I feel free? loved? successful? fun?).
Create thesis statement quadrant on colored paper. (Divide paper
into quadrants. Write thesis statement in center. Write four ideas--from
journals #44 or 45 or from something else--into the quadrants. Work
from details to a thesis statement OR work from a thesis statement
outwards to details.) Hmwk: continue working on thesis statement
for your life and quadrant diagram. |
| Fri |
Journal
46 (peace and tranquility). Check progress on thesis statements
and quadrants for college admissions essay practice. Arrive at a
sense of closure for the week. No hwmk. |
| Week
of February 21 to 25 |
| Mon |
No School:
President's Day |
| Tues |
(Monday
classes and senior interviews with PUC enrollment counselors.) Journal
47 (What is grace? What does grace look like?). Begin reading aloud
"Babette's Feast" by Isak Dinesen. Hmwk: research Isak
Dinesen (pseudonym of Karen Blixen). See if you can discover something
that your classmates won't know. Write out results of research in
your own handwriting and include the source/s. Be prepared to share
what you've discovered. Optional resources for "Babette's Feast":
publisher's
notes on Unruly Women of Paris: Images of the Commune,
notes for a
talk, "The Paris Commune," infoplease.com entry
on General Galliffet, |
| Wed |
Journal
48 (How do I practice grace in my life? How do I receive grace?
What is the role of piety?). Share what you discovered about Isak
Dinesen. Collect hmwk papers. Continue reading "Babette's Feast"
by Isak Dinesen. Hmwk: Read essay: "Babette's
Feast" by Valerie O'Connell. |
| Thurs |
(Honor
Choir Festival) (PUC Health Fair) (Seniors getting shots for class
trip) Journal 49 (How/where do I need grace? How/where is grace
needed in "Babette's Feast"? How does the fear of the
unknown feature?) Discuss reading quiz questions (over essay hmwk).
Hmwk: Read essay: "Current
Trends: Feasts of Grace" by Mary Ann Fatula. |
| Fri |
(Honor
Choir Festival) Finish reading "Babette's Feast" by Isak
Dinesen. No hmwk. |
| Week
of February 28 to March 4 |
| Mon |
Distribute
study/discussion questions.
View Babette's Feast. Hmwk: think about and then answer four
study/discussion questions
in your own handwriting. Be prepared to turn in your answers at
the beginning of class on Thurs. Optional resource: "God
Loves a Joke: Babette and Vocation". |
| Wed |
No Classes:
Prep Ski/Snow Day |
| Thurs |
Collect
answers to four study/discussion
questions. . Hmwk: think about and then answer two study/discussion
questions in your own handwriting. Optional resource: Chapter
2 ("Babette's Feast: A Story") in Philip Yancey's What's
So Amazing About Grace. |
| Fri |
Collect
answers to two study/discussion
questions. View Babette's Feast. Hmwk: continue preparation
for test on Babette's Feast. |
| Week
of March 7 to 11 |
| Mon |
Journal
51 (3rd quarter retrospective: What are you proud of? What do you
wish you had done differently?) Finish viewing Babette's Feast.
Discussion & test review. Hmwk: study for test. |
| Tues |
Test:
"Babette's Feast." No hmwk. |
| Wed |
(Choir in
England) Read aloud Isak Dinesen story, "The Ring," Course
5 anthology, p. 225. No hmwk. |
| Thurs |
(Choir in
England) "The Ring" drawing assignment. No hmwk. |
| Fri |
(Choir in
England) No hmwk. |
| Spring
Break. English
12 resumes after Senior Class Trip, April 6. |