Friday, September 30

Finished watching The Four Feathers.
Briefly discussed Tuesday's unit test.

DUE DATES

TUESDAY, October 4: Unit Test on The Importance of Being Earnest. 

Thursday, September 29

Warm up: (short) silent reading.

Continued watching The Four Feathers  (Two entries are due from today; six entries due so far.)
COLLECTED DEJs for a grade.

DUE DATES

TUESDAY, October 4: Unit Test on The Importance of Being Earnest. 

Wednesday, September 28

Short class today due to club day.

Continued watching The Four Feathers  (Two entries are due from today; four entries due so far.)

DUE DATES

FRIDAY, September 30: Unit Test on The Importance of Being Earnest. (Tentatively)

Tuesday, September 28

Choice of silent reading or (for those in need) make up quizzes or note-taking from Friday.

Continued watching The Four Feathers  (Two entries are due from today/so far.)

DUE DATES

FRIDAY, September 30: Unit Test on The Importance of Being Earnest. (Tentatively)

Monday, September 26

Silent reading.
COLLECTED weekly reading logs.

Finished notes on The Four Feathers.
Introduced The Four Feathers DEJ assignment.
Began watching the film.  (Two entries will be due at the end of tomorrow's class.)

DUE DATES

FRIDAY, September 30: Unit Test on The Importance of Being Earnest. (Tentatively)

Friday, September 23

Vocabulary quiz on Act 3 vocabulary.
Finished watching the film of The Importance of Being Earnest. 

Began notes on The Four Feathers.

DUE DATES

FRIDAY, September 30: Unit Test on The Importance of Being Earnest. (Tentatively)

Thursday, September 22

Vocabulary review.
Finished reading Act 3 of The Importance of Being Earnest. 

Began watching Act 3 on film.

DUE DATES

Act 3 vocabulary quiz Friday, September 23.

Wednesday, September 21

Choice of reading or vocabulary study.
Began reading Act 3 of The Importance of Being Earnest. (Now on page 67.)

DUE DATES

Act 3 vocabulary quiz Friday, September 23.

Tuesday, September 20

Short class due to early release day schedule + picture day.This class taught by a sub in Ms. Bishop's absence.

DUE DATES

Act 3 vocabulary quiz Friday, September 23.

Monday, September 19

Silent Reading.
COLLECTED weekly reading logs.
Finished watching Act 2 of The Importance of Being Earnest.
Introduced Act 3 vocabulary words. 

DUE DATES

Act 3 vocabulary quiz Friday, September 23.

Friday, September 16

Act 2 vocabulary quiz.
Began watching Act 2 of The Importance of Being Earnest.

DUE DATES

Act 3 vocabulary quiz Friday, September 23.

Thursday, September 15

Reading quiz on Act 2 of The Importance of Being Earnest.

Guidance visit to discuss post-high school plans.

DUE DATES

Act 2 vocabulary quiz Friday, September 16.

Wednesday, September 14

Warm Up:
Students who had not previously done so wrote down their second Act 2 example on their DEJ forms.
Choice of silent reading or Act 2 Vocabulary review.  Quiz Friday!

Reviewed Act 2 DEJ entries.
COLLECTED DEJs for a grade.
Continued reading Act 2 of The Importance of Being Earnest, from page 47 to page 54.
HOMEWORK: Finish Act 2 tonight; expect a reading quiz.

DUE DATES

Act 2 vocabulary quiz Friday, September 16.

Tuesday, September 13

Act 2 Vocabulary review.  Quiz Friday!
Students who had not previously done so added an Act 2 example to their DEJ forms.

Continued reading Act 2 of The Importance of Being Earnest, from page 38 to page 47.
Individual students marked another place in Act 2 where characters behave badly.  (Will write up as DEJ entry tomorrow.)

DUE DATES

Act 2 vocabulary quiz Friday, September 16.

Monday, September 12

Silent reading.
COLLECTED weekly reading logs.

Introduced use of Post-it notes for finding examples for DEJs.
Began reading Act 2 of The Importance of Being Earnest. (Now on page 38.)
Pairs worked together to write up one DEJ entry for Act 2 so far.

DUE DATES

Act 2 vocabulary quiz Friday, September 16.

Friday, September 9

Quiz on vocabulary from Act 1 of The Importance of Being Earnest.
Ten minutes silent reading.
Introduced Act 2 vocabulary unit.
Modeled two DEJ entries for Act 1 of The Importance of Being Earnest. 

DUE DATES

Act 2 vocabulary quiz Friday, September 16.

Thursday, September 8

Choice of independent reading or vocabulary review.
Finished watching Act 1 of the film version of The Importance of Being Earnest. 

DUE DATES

First vocabulary quiz Friday, September 9
Signed syllabus and movie form due Friday, September 9.

Wednesday, September 7

Choice of independent reading or vocabulary review.
Finished reading Act 1.
Began watching film version of The Importance of Being Earnest, Act 1. 

DUE DATES

First reading log due Tuesday, September 6.
First vocabulary quiz Friday, September 9
Signed syllabus and movie form due Friday, September 9.

Tuesday, September 6

Class went to the library for new books as needed; 20 minutes of silent reading time.
COLLECTED weekly reading logs.

Continued reading Act 1 of The Importance of Being Earnest.  Now on page 22.

DUE DATES

First reading log due Tuesday, September 6.
First vocabulary quiz Friday, September 9
Signed syllabus and movie form due Friday, September 9.

Friday, September 2

Reminder: first batch of reading logs will be due Tuesday!  (Normally due Mondays.)
BRING A BOOK OR MAGAZINE TO READ.

Choice of reading or Quizlet vocabulary practice.
Continued reading Act 1; now on page 22.

DUE DATES

First reading log due Tuesday, September 6.
First vocabulary quiz Friday, September 9
Signed syllabus and movie form due Friday, September 9.

Thursday, September 1

Reminder: first batch of reading logs will be due Tuesday!  (Normally due Mondays.)
BRING A BOOK OR MAGAZINE TO READ.

Wrapped up background notes on The Importance of Being Earnest.
Began reading Act 1; now on page 16.

DUE DATES

First reading log due Tuesday, September 6.
First vocabulary quiz Friday, September 9
Signed syllabus and movie form due Friday, September 9.