Periods 2, 4, 5, 6:
Type 2 quiz on "The Story of the Fisherman and the Genie"
Read part of "The History of the Young King of the Black Isles"

Period 3:
Type 2 quiz on "Romeo and Juliet"
Worked on adjective packet (homework if not finished in class)

Tuesday's agenda and homework

Period 3
Completed and handed in pronoun packet III
Read Romeo and Juliet aloud

Period 2,5,6
Read part of "The Fisherman and the Genie"
Homework: finish the story
Vocabulary I handed out (vocabulary quiz on Friday)
(Some journals for periods 5-6 corrected)

Period 4
Read part of "The Fisherman and the Genie"
Vocabulary I handed out (vocabulary quiz on Friday)

Monday's Agenda

Periods 2,4,5,6:
Read the beginning of Arabian Nights aloud

Period 3
Read the introduction and part of Act I, scene i of Romeo and Juliet aloud

Tuesday's Agenda

Period 2
Writing MBST Test
next unit--Arabian Nights

Period 3
"The Learning Tree" movie of novel
next unit--The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet

Period 4
"The Learning Tree" movie of novel
next unit--Arabian Nights

Period 5/6
"The Power of One" movie on apartheid
Next unit--Arabian Nights

Monday's Agenda and homework

Period 2-4
"Half Past Autumn" DVD on Gordon Parks (write down 20 facts)

Period 5/6
Documentary on Nelson Mandela (write down 10 facts)
Take-home essay test due tomorrow

Friday's Agenda

Periods 2 & 4:
Test on the Learning Tree
Documentary on Gordon Parks (write down 20 facts)
Hand in novel

Period 3:
Test on the Learning Tree
Documentary on Gordon Parks (write down 20 facts)
Hand in novel
Finish editing students' stories

Period 5/6:
Test on Kaffir Boy
Begin watching a documentary on Nelson Mandela (write down 10 facts)
Take home essay test due Tuesday
Hand in novel next week

Thursday's Agenda

Period 2/4:
Warm-up: correcting grammar
20 minutes of silent reading
Comma ex. 4
Test tomorrow on Ch. 13-18

Period 3:
Warm-up: correcting grammar
20 minutes of silent reading
Editing students' stories
Test tomorrow on Ch. 13-18

Period 5/6:
Warm-up: correcting grammar
20 minutes of silent reading
Comma ex. 5
Test tomorrow on Part III

Wednesday's Agenda

Late start: field trip to History Museum

4-5:00 p.m. Girl's Book Club in room 317: we will be choosing our first book and eating cookies!

Tuesday's Agenda/Homework

Periods 2 and 4: 20 minutes of silent reading, comma exercise 5

Period 3: 20 minutes of silent reading, pronoun packet III (done together as a class)

Period 5/6: 20 minutes of silent reading, quiz on Ch. 42-51 of Kaffir Boy

Reading Homework through Friday, January 19th

I.T. Enlish 10 and A.S. English 9:

Homework for Monday 1/15/07: read Ch. 16
Homework for Wednesday: read Ch. 17
Homework for Friday: read Ch. 18 (last chapter); there will be a test!


A.P. English 10

Homework for Friday, 1/12/07: read Ch. 43-44 in Kaffir Boy
Homework for Monday: read Ch. 45-49
Homework for Tuesday: read Ch. 50-51
Homework for Wednesday: read Ch. 52-53
Homework for Thursday: read Ch. 54 (last chapter)
Test on Friday