 | MARYANNE HILLIERhttp://my.uen.org/50868maryanne.hillier@nebo.edu |
| Assignments Read a book each term.
November 2, 2009 1. New Bell Work Assignment Sheet
and Review of Rules Quiz Quote: “Men
are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.” Franklin
D. Roosevelt 2. Newspaper
Activity: A. Read at least 3 different articles. B. Identify the rules of the commas used in
articles. C. Identify sentences types: a. simple sentence b. compound sentence c. compound/complex sentence d. intentional fragment 3. Review Chapter 4
Quiz Write a
mini-article from page 83. Due Wednesday. Reminders: Analysis
Worksheet due every 4th class period. Mini-article
due Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009 Read Chap.
5 for Friday, Nov. 6, 2009 Vocabulary
Test on Friday, Nov. 6, 2009 November 4, 2009 1. Quote Analysis: “He who opens a school door, closes a prison.” Victor
Hugo 2. Turn in Mini-article. 2. Guest Speakers: Take
notes from counselors and college representative. Turn in at the end of class. Reminders: Read
Chapter 5 for Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. Vocabulary
Test on Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. November 6, 2009 1. Quote Analysis: “Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know.” Daniel
J. Boorstin 2. Quiz on Chapter 5 and Vocabulary Test 3. Group Activity: Page 100-101 4. Assignment on page 92 “Writing Project” due Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. Reminders: Writing
Project on page 92 of text. Contest
Essays College/Scholarship
Applications Read
your own book. November 10, 2009 1. Quote Analysis: (Turn in.) “Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” William
Butler Yeats 2. Root Words: act – to do;
bio-life; clud-close; fer-carry 3. Writing Project Peer Review
Worksheet On
the back of the worksheet write three questions you would like your peer
reviews to addresses. 4. Rewrite paper to turn in on Thursday, November 12, 2009. 5. Group Activity: Analyze newspaper articles and rewrite from another
perspective. Reminders: Writing
Project final draft due Thursday, November 12. Contest
Essays College/Scholarship
Applications Read
own book November 12, 2009 1. New Quote Analysis Sheet “Education is what survives when what has been learned has been
forgotten.” 2. Turn in Writing Project final draft. 3. Read “Of Clay Are We Created” on page 35-43 in anthology. Analyze
painting on page 42 in class. Reminders: Contest
Essays College/Scholarship
Applications Read
own book November 16, 2009 1. Quote Analysis: Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity. 3. Read an
autobiographical short story and analyze. Read “Of Clay Are We Created” on page 35-43 in anthology. Analyze
painting on page 42 in class. 4. Guest speaker 5. Read Chapter 18
for Wednesday, Nov. 18. Essay Contests – Martin Luther King, Jr. due Nov. 20 “Being
an American Essay” due Dec. 1 Creative Communications Poetry due Dec. 1 Letters about Literature due Dec. 12 College/Scholarship Applications November 18, 2009 1. Quote Analysis: Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself. 3. Read
autobiographical short story and analyze. "Everyday Use" pg. 80 in the Perrine anthology. 4. Brainstorm a
significant event in your own life to write about. Reminders: Mid-terms –
Dec. 4, 2009 Essay
Contests – Martin Luther King, Jr. due Nov. 20 “Being
an American Essay” due Dec. 1 Creative Communications Poetry due Dec. 1 Letters about
Literature due Dec. 12 College/Scholarship Applications November 20, 2009 1. Quote Analysis: (Turn in.) Education is the
ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your
self-confidence. 2. Begin draft for 4-6 page paper on a significant event in your life. A. Review Chapter 18 B. Review strategies used in autobiographical
short stories. C. Discuss with partners your brainstorming
ideas. D. 1st draft due on Tuesday, Nov. 24. 3. Review comma rules and sentence structures – Comma Fun Identify
simple sentences, compound sentences, and compound/complex sentences. Reminders: Significant Event paper – 1st draft due Nov. 24. Mid-terms –
Dec. 4, 2009 Essay
Contests – Martin Luther King, Jr. due Nov. 20 “Being
an American Essay” due Dec. 1 Creative Communications Poetry due Dec. 1 Letters about Literature due Dec. 12 College/Scholarship Applications November 24, 2009 1. Quote Analysis: Education is the transmission of civilization. 2. Review Peer Review skills from Chapter 18. 3. Peer Review three other student’s drafts. 4. Fill out reflective form and turn in. 5. Check your own paper for punctuation errors especially commas and semi-colons. 6. 2nd draft due Dec. 1, 2009 Reminders: Significant
Event Paper due Dec. 1, 2009 Mid-terms –
Dec. 4, 2009 Essay
Contests – “Being
an American Essay” due Dec. 1 Creative Communications Poetry due Dec. 1 Letters about Literature due Dec. 12 College/Scholarship Applications Dec. 1, 2009 1. Quote
Analysis: Education...
has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is
worth reading. 2. Roots: nav-ship; port-to carry; pop-people;
rupt-break 3 Turn in 2nd draft of Significant Event paper. 4 Review parts of speech and why they are important to know for writing. Reminders: Mid-terms –
Dec. 4, 2009 Essay
Contests – “Being
an American Essay” due Dec. 1 Creative Communications Poetry due Dec. 1 Letters
about Literature due Dec. 12 College/Scholarship Applications Dec. 3, 2009 1. Quote
Analysis: Education is
simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another. 2. Using revising strategies from Chapter 18, revise 2nd draft
of Significant Event paper. Final draft
due Dec. 9, 2009. Reminders: Significant
Event Final Draft due Dec. 9, 2009. Mid-terms –
Dec. 4, 2009 Essay
Contests – “Being
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Dec. 7, 2009 1. Quote Analysis: (TURN
IN TODAY) “Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.” E.B. White 2. Voc. Review of
roots and individual words for test on Wednesday. 3. Review of
Significant Event paper A. Context B. Description using all five senses C. Significance of event in conclusion 4. Review of Parts of
Speech for test of Wednesday. Reminders: Parent/Teacher
Conference – Dec. 9 from 3:30-8:30 p.m. in New Gym 2nd Draft of Significant Event paper due Dec.9 Voc. Test
is Dec.9 Parts of
Speech Test is Dec. 9 Letters
about Literature due Dec. 12 College/Scholarship
Applications Dec. 9, 2009 1. Quote
Analysis: “It is a fair, even-handed,
noble adjustment of things, that while there is infection in disease and
sorrow, there is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter
and good-humor.” From A Christmas
Carol 2. Turn in
Significant Event Paper. Fill out reflection form and staple to paper 3. Take a Voc. Test. 4. Take a Part of
Speech Test 5. Begin reading A Christmas Carol. Reminders: Parent/Teacher
Conference tonight from 3:30-8:30 p.m. Letters
about Literature due Dec. 12 College/Scholarship
Applications Dec. 11, 2009 1. Quote
Analysis: “Darkness is cheap, and
Scrooge liked it.” From A Christmas Carol 2. Review Voc. Test
and Parts of Speech Test 3. Read A Christmas Carol Reminders: Letters
about Literature due Dec. 12 College/Scholarship
Applications Dec. 15, 2009 1. Quote
Analysis: “Men's courses will foreshadow
certain ends, to which, if persevered in, they must lead, said Scrooge. But if
the courses be departed from, the ends will change. Say it is thus with what
you show me!” from A Christmas Carol 2. Roots Words: scribe – write; sect-cut; tele-far;
tort-twist 3. Read A Christmas Carol Reminders: Individual
Book Project due Jan. 6 All make-up
work due Jan. 7 Term Ends
Jan. 14 Dec. 17, 2009 1. Quote Analysis: (Turn
in today.)“It is required of every man, the ghost returned, that the spirit
within him should walk abroad among his fellow-men, and travel far and wide;
and, if that spirit goes not forth in life, it is condemned to do so after
death.” From A Christmas Carol 2. Finish A Christmas Carol. 3. Review book 4. Bring a favorite
holiday story to class on Monday. Reminders: Individual
Book Project due Jan. 6 All make-up
work due Jan. 7 Term Ends
Jan. 14 Dec. 21, 2009 1. Quote
Analysis: .” for it is good to be
children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty Founder
was a child himself.” From A Christmas
Carol 2. Test on A Christmas Carol 3. Share your
favorite holiday story Reminders: Individual
Book Project due Jan. 6 All make-up
work due Jan. 7 Term Ends
Jan. 14
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