First Quarter Syllabi

2008-2009

Day 1 Introduction Assign: Summer Reading writing

8/20 (W) ALL

Day 2 Summer Reading due;Intro Assign: Read Happy Women

8/22 (F) ALL Alcott & Happy Women

Day 3 Discuss Happy Women; Intro Assign: Work on essay rough draft

8/26 (T) ALL Major composition; Review Parts of

Speech

Day 4 Daily Grammar

8/27(W) & 8/28(TH) Storytelling Day One Assign: Noun Exercises

Day 5 Storytelling Day Two Assign: Rough Draft of essay due 9/2

8/29 (F)

Day 6 Peer conference essay

9/2 (T) ALL Daily Grammar Assign: Voc 1 exercises; rough draft of story due

Day 7 Story Star Assign: Edit story; Story Star

9/3 (W) & 9/4 (TH) Storytelling Day 3

Day 8 Storytelling Day 4 Assign: Essay original due 9/9 (T) by Break

9/5 (F) Daily Grammar

Day 9 Photostory-Ms Moore Assign: All About Me Story

9/9 (T)

Day 10 Photostory-Ms Moore

9/10 (W) & 9/11(TH)

Day 11 Daily Grammar; Intro Voc 1 Assign: Voc 1 Exercises

9/12 (F)

Day 12 Daily Grammar; Check Voc 1 Assign: Final story due

9/16 (T) Story Circle

Day 13

9/17 (W) & 9.18 (TH) Final Story due by all Assign: Voc 1 Quiz; All of Adverb exercises due Friday

In class Photostory

Day 14 Voc 1 Quiz; Check Adverbs Assign: Photostory due Tuesday; Complete “Louisa”

9/19 (F) Intro Literary Terms reading

Read “Louisa”

Day 15 Intro Voc 2; Read “Caged” Assign: Voc 2 exercises; Finish “Caged” reading

9/23 (T)

Day 16

9/24 (W) & 9/25(TH) Check Voc 2; Comparison/Contrast Assign: Voc 2 Quiz-Tuesday, 9/30

Stories

Day 17 Review Voc 2; Intro essay Assign: Voc 2 Quiz; Read Act I

9/26 (F) Intro Anne Frank

Day 18 Voc 2 Quiz Assign: Read Act II; Rough Draft due

9/30 (T) Discuss Act I

Day 19

10/1 (W) & 10/2 Peer Conference rough draft Assign: Voc 3 exercises

Intro Voc 3

Day 20 Check Voc 3; Discuss Act II Assign: Read Act III

10/3 (F) FINAL ESSAY DUE BY ALL MONDAY, 10/6 BY BREAK

MONDAY, 10/6 FINAL COMPARISON/CONTRAST ESSAY DUE BY ALL BY BREAK IN THE BASKET IN RM 214

Day 21 Complete Anne Frank Discussion Assign: Voc 3 Quiz; Bring diorama materials

10/7 (T) Review Voc 3

Day 22 Voc 3 Quiz; Review Anne Frank Assign: Anne Frank Test

10/8 (W) & 10/9 (TH) Work on diorama

Day 23 Anne Frank Test Assign: Dioramas due in class on Friday, 10/17

10/10 (F) Photostory presentations

10/17 (F) Dioramas due; Finish Photostory

Presentations

Present Dioramas if time allows