Week 34: April 23 - 27

Monday
1. Students will take their test.
2. Students will work on vocabulary lesson 28. Quiz on Friday.

Tuesday
Advanced

1. Students will complete vocabulary work.
2. Class will go over Lord of the Flies test if all students have taken it.
3. Students will read begin reading nonfiction selections.

Regular

1. Students will complete vocabulary work.
2. Students will take notes on the following:

• epitaphs 
• the life of Edgar Lee Masters
• Spoon River Anthology (SRA)

Wednesday

Advanced

The class will read and discuss the humorous essay "The Dog that Bit People" by James Thurber.

Regular

We will complete our notes and compose our own epitaphs.

Thursday
Advanced
Students will read and "Emily Dickinson" by Van Wyck Brooks.

Regular

1. Students will complete epitaphs.
2. The class will begin reading the selections from SRA.

Friday

Advanced

1. Students will take vocabulary quiz 28.
2. Students will go to the library to take their AR test on Lord of the Flies.
3. Students may take other AR tests if they are prepared to do so.
4. Students will study for Monday's poetry test.

Regular

1. Students will take vocabulary quiz 28.
2. The class will continue reading selections from SRA.
3. If time permits, we will do a mini-review for Monday's SRA/Masters/Epitaph test.

Week 33: April 16 - 20

Monday
Advanced

• Students will write down the words and definitions for vocabulary unit 27, pages 173-74.
• The class will discuss the remaining haiku.
• Students will compose their own haiku.

Regular

• Students will write down the words and definitions for vocabulary unit 27, pages 173-74.
• The class will discuss Great Expectations in preparation for Tuesday's test.*

Tuesday

Advanced

• Students will complete vocabulary exercises 1-3 on pages 175-76.
• Students will individually analyze a poem they have not seen before.

Regular

• Students will take Great Expectations test 2.
• Students will complete vocabulary exercises 1-3 on pages 175-76.

Wednesday

Advanced

1. Continue group explanations of "Do not go gentle..."
2. Class discussion of "Elegy for my father, who is not dead"

Regular

1. Discuss vocabulary exercises
2. Group discussion of "My Papa's Waltz"

Thursday
Advanced

1. Individual analysis of "My Papa's Waltz"
2. Class discussion

Regular

1. Continue class discussion of "My Papa's Waltz"
2. Vocabulary review.

Friday
Advanced

1. Vocabulary quiz, lesson 27
2. "The Number Pi"
3. If any time remains, mini-review for Lord of the Flies test

Regular

1. Vocabulary quiz, lesson 27
2. AR test on Great Expectations in library.
3. Study for poetry test 2.

* While Monday is normally the English test day, I have been assured that the students would not have more than one test on this Tuesday. Because of that (and the students' request for more time to prepare for the Great Expectations test), I have moved their test back one day.

Week 32: April 9 - 13

Monday
Good Monday holiday!

Tuesday
1. Continue analysis of "First Lesson."
2. Discuss outside reading.

Wednesday
1. Possible outside reading quiz.
2. Continue poetry analysis.

Thursday
Continue poetry analysis.


Friday
1. Greek and Latin roots quiz. This quiz will count for two daily grades.
2.  Continue poetry analysis.
3. Mini-review for outside reading test to be taken on Monday.

Week 31: April 2 - 6

Monday
1. Review terms in action if necessary.
2. Take Poetry Test 1.
3. Complete Poetry terms crossword puzzle

Tuesday
1. Outside reading quiz******abandoned***********
2. Greek and Latin roots

Wednesday
1. Poetry explication directions
2. Practice with "Metaphor."

Thursday
1. Individuals will analyze "First Lesson" on page 609 using analysis handout.
2. Class discussion of "First Lesson."

Friday
Good Friday holiday!

Week 30: March 26 - 30

Monday
1. Outside reading test 1
2. Read poetry

Tuesday
1. Mrs. Westerfield
2. Continue poetry if time permits.

Wednesday
1. Poetry terms quiz
2. Go over Monday's test
3.  Poetry analysis sheet

Thursday
1. Outside reading quiz.
2. Review poetry terms quiz
3. Continue poetry work.

Friday
1. Continue poetry work.
2. Review for Monday's poetry test.


Monday's test may contain the following:

• definitions
• poetry terms in action, i.e. excerpts containing examples of the terms
• information about the poems that we have looked at in class
• a new poem that students will read and analyze

Week 29: March 19 - 23

As of Monday, March 19, we have 39 school days remaining. For many of my students, these last few weeks will prove to be the difference between a higher letter grade and a lower one. For some of you, it will be the difference between passing and failing for the year. I cannot encourage you enough to stay on top of your work this term, especially your outside reading. Your failure to do so will seriously affect your grade. Conversely, reading diligently is a great way build up a buffer for the more difficult material that we will be covering. 


Monday
1. Outside reading quiz
2. Schedule/choice sheet discussion with Mrs. Westerfield


Tuesday
Define poetry terms


Wednesday
1. Complete terms sheet
2. Discuss poetry


Thursday
1. Outside reading quiz
2. Continue poetry discussion


Friday
1. Poetry terms quiz
2. Begin reading poetry.

AR - 9th regular

Charles Dickens's Great Expectations

The following information is for the 9th regular class. If you are looking for information for 9th advanced, click here. 

Also, tomorrow is the last day to sign up for your second AR book. If you fail to sign up for a second book, or choose a book that is not allowed, you will receive a zero daily grade, and I will choose your second book for you. For further info, see this post.

Listed in the chart below is your reading schedule for the novel. On or after each due date, you may take a quiz (daily grade) on the information in the required chapters, except for March 26 and April 16. You will take a test on chapters 1-15 of Great Expectations on March 26 and chapters 16-34 on April 16. If you are absent the day or days before a quiz/ test, you will still take the quiz/test. You have plenty of warning. If you are absent on the day we take a quiz or test, you will take it or another version of it on your FIRST DAY back.

Great Expectations is more difficult than Animal Farm. If you do not keep up with the reading, you will do poorly. You must bring your book to class every day. If we have any free time at the end of the class period, I expect you to spend it reading this novel.

On your quizzes and tests, you will be responsible for anything in the assigned chapters and anything we've discussed in class.

Please note that all chapter headings refer to our specific copy of the abridged version. All other versions of the book are broken down differently. It is your responsibility to know what is required if you did not buy the correct version of the book.

Chapter	Due Date
1 - 10	3/19
11 - 13	3/22
14 - 15	3/26
16 - 21	3/29
22 - 25	4/3
26 - 29	4/10
30 - 34	4/16