StantonEnglish

2013-2014 Class **120-3** meets B1, C2, D3 =In Class:= [|Mrs. Stanton's blogtastic blog] Students supported in this class:  Sara Graves, James Guffey, Erica Guild, Ben Hinds, Dante Mello,Conner Hagerthy, Emily Sharron, Rhiannon True. B1, C2, D3

6/9
 * ORB project due Friday, June 12
 * Skits of favorite part of play performed or shown on Monday

6/5
 * Romeo and Juliet vocab IV & V
 * Outside Reading book project due Friday now

6/3
 * Romeo and Juliet vocabulary big sheet handed out. These words are on the final. Encouraged to create a quizlet to study with.
 * Greek and Latin 15 due Thursday, June 4th.

6/2
 * Last outside reading book project due June 11. Can do a children's chapter book. Can repeat their favorite project. Just do one!
 * Greek and Latin 15 due this Thursday, June 4th.

6/1
 * Practice memorization of their part from Romeo and Juliet, which will be performed in class Tuesday.
 * Act III Romeo and Juliet vocab due Tuesday
 * Complete first response for Romeo & Juliet if it was not turned in today. Should turn in via google doc in google classroom. Mrs. Stanton will take what they have written even if they have not completed it. Some is better than none. It should be at least 400 words. (Erica Guild, James Guffey, Rhiannon did not turn in a paper yet.)
 * Last OSB project is due June 11th!!!

5/28
 * Last book project of the year is due June 11 (can reuse a favorite project)
 * Need to have parts memorized of the lines from Romeo and Juliet by June 2 (Tuesday) Worth 50 points.
 * Response paper- choose 1 of the 4 from Packet- 400 words or more. Worth 100 points. Due June 1 Monday.

5/20
 * R & J Act 2 vocabulary due Wednesday

5/15
 * Greek and latin quiz Tuesday
 * Queen Mab project due Tuesday

5/11
 * Listening rubric signed
 * R&J voc act 1 voc due Tuesday
 * Group quiz on Shakespearean Speak

5/8
 * Romeo and Juliet listening rubric signed by parent/Guardian due Monday
 * This rubric graded each week can really make a students grades go up- all you have to do is come to class, listen, participate
 * Greek and Latin 14 was handed out. Due Monday 5/11

Outside Reading Book Project due Monday, May 4, 2015 5/5
 * Purple packet of poems is due completed by Friday
 * Part III quiz Thursday for F451
 * (Poem in a Pocket) Find poem you like, either write it down or print it out. They will share it with two people by then. Can be siblings, friends, etc. Those people should sign that they were read the poem.

5/4
 * Many did not do Outside Reading book project- James, Erica, Conner, Rhiannon, Sabastian, for just a few
 * Thursday- Quiz on F451 to end of book
 * poem- first Stanza- translate last 3 stanzas of "The Tyger"
 * Community Service day permission
 * Poem #5- find a poem you like- bring it in.
 * hate song quesitons.

4/29
 * read F451 pages 113-123 (107-119) do a QCQ
 * poem 4 assignment & Lit terms
 * write a poem about something messy that happens in high school

4/28
 * Part two of F451 quiz on Wednesday, so they need to read all of section two.
 * Poem number 3- ee cummings - read it outloud and on paper respond to poem as to what you thought of it.
 * collecting qcq for part 2 that was given in class today to work on.

4/16
 * F451 Read 71-84 (little purple book), 99-112 (iPad) 67-80 (big red)
 * ORB to class Monday after vacation for silent reading.
 * G/L 13 due Monday 4/27
 * G/L 13 Quiz Monday 4/27

4/14
 * Read in F451 pages 35-46 the small book or on the iPad 65-78
 * turn in final drafts of research paper via google doc from google classroom under final draft assignment by 2pm 4/14/15.
 * Meet in Library on Wednesday for class.
 * Allusion activity due Wednesday
 * Extra credit for English 7-8 for going to Library to hear poet.
 * Make a poem out of words taken around the building. due Wednesday

4/10
 * Read F451 (book: 1-34) or (iPad 33-65)
 * Final draft due Tuesday on home, family, community

4/6
 * G/L 12 due Wednesday
 * Outside Reading book declared by Wednesday. (Project due 5/4/2015)
 * G/L 12 Quiz Friday, 4/10

4/2 use this to organize paper
 * Movie projects due Monday 4/6
 * rough draft research paper due 4/6
 * New Outside reading book declared 4/6
 * Greek and Latin 12 packet due 4/8


 * Greek and Latin 12 due 4/8
 * [[file:Greek and Latin 12.pdf]]

3/30
 * Movie project materials ready; chapter chosen
 * Greek and Latin quiz Tuesday
 * New outside reading book chosen by Monday
 * project due Monday, 4/6

3/25
 * Odyssey test Friday 3/27 chpt 13-23 closed note, packets only
 * Greek and Latin test on packet 11 3/31 (Tuesday)

3/23
 * Odyssey test Friday 3/27 chpaters 13-23 closed note, packets only
 * Greek and Latin test on packet 11 3/31 (Tuesday)
 * Read chapter 22 & questions for Tuesday 3/24
 * Next book project due week after we get back from vacation

3/17
 * Read first 8 pages of chapter 19 Odyssey.
 * Highlight names and important events.

3/12
 * chapter 18 read and questions answered. Due Tuesday
 * Tuesday groups will present Eulogy with props/ skit

3/5
 * Chapter 17 questions due Friday, 3/6
 * work on group Eulogy project- due Thursday, 3/12
 * Class was given descriptor of Eulogy project for the Odyssey

3/3
 * read first 10 pages in Chapter 17
 * highlight and make notes in margin
 * Chpt 17 questions due Friday

3/2
 * Read first 8 pages of Book 16 Monday
 * Read rest of chapter 16 on Tuesday
 * Do questions for Chapter 16 that are on google classroom-due Wednesday

2/25
 * Odyssey test on Thursday over chapters 6-12
 * Greek and Latin now due Monday 3/2
 * Add to hospitality paper what good deed you did over break.

2/23
 * Odyssey Test on Thursday 2/26 over books 6-12
 * Greek & Latin 10 due Thursday.Need to pick up copy from Mrs. Stanton
 * Book 12 read, highlighted, notes in margin, and vocab definitions were due today. Many did not do.
 * Many did not do outside reading project (James Guffey, Sabastian, Dante)

2/13
 * Change again in due date for ORB project- due Monday 2/23 (1 minute presentation)
 * Review for Odyssey test on 2/23
 * Odyssey test is now Wednesday 2/25
 * Book 12 vocab definitions due 2/23
 * Book 12 read, highlighted, notes in margin due 2/23
 * Commit one act of hospitality over break.

2/12 2/10
 * Odyssey Test Mon. 2/23
 * Book ten timeline Friday
 * book 11 highlighted: answer quote
 * ORB project Wed. 2/25
 * Odyssey book 10 -first 10 pages tonight
 * Read 2nd 10 pages tomorrow
 * Thursday Greek and Latin 9 quiz
 * Odyssey test after break

2/4
 * Book Nine- highlight and make notes
 * Keynote on book 9- be ready to write a caption for the slides. (Keynote should be on Google Classroom)
 * Odyssey test on Monday 2/9

1/29
 * Read Odyssey books 6 & 7 in class
 * Chapter 8 pictures and definitions due- started in class
 * **Hospitality rough draft is due Monday, 2/2/15.** (200 words) Graphic organizer handed out with writing prompt.
 * This paper should tie into the Greek Stories we have been reading and compare to today's examples of hospitality.
 * **Greek and Latin 9 handed out and due 2/3/15**
 * Greek hospitality examples: feasts, gifts of gold and clothing, place to sleep, and Penelope sharing home with suitors from book 1
 * Today hospitality examples- sharing wifi password, food, gifts, give you a ride home.
 * Tonight interview an older person and ask them what hospitality and could they give some examples of hospitality from their childhood.
 * Cite correctly the person you interviewed- (Betsy Glover 1.29.15)
 * Turn in through google doc or print it. Put name on left hand side (Justified left) line down Hospitality Response paper, line down date, line down-Mrs. Stanton/Mace, Title- centered (make it creative)

1/26
 * Students were given an assignment via google classroom to read Books 6 & 7 of the Odyssey
 * They are to draw some pictures for one and define some words on the other, after they read the handouts.



1/13
 * Read book 4 of Odyssey- highlight, notes, definitions
 * Wednesday review novels read for mid-term
 * Many did not turn in Greek and Latin 8 packet today that was due.

1/8
 * study guide- 30 minutes
 * Palace of Olypus highlight and questions

1/7
 * Do questions assigned on Google classroom for the reading of The Beginning of Things

1/5
 * Greek and Latin quiz 7 on Wednesday. They should have link to quizlet to help study. If not room 137 or 217 has it.
 * Many students did not do the book project that was due Monday. They were: Sara Graves, James Guffey, Conner Hagerthy, Skye Hogan, Dante Mello, Rhiannon True. They can present on Wednesday but can only get a 90%. It is worth a lot of points so every effort should be made to have it ready for Wednesday.

12/16
 * short story test on Thursday- complete graphic organizer to study with

12/15
 * Greek and Latin Quiz 7 on Tuesday
 * Poems will be recited on Tuesday
 * permission slips for Chocolate Church due
 * Yellow wallpaper questions due Tuesday. Either via google classroom or hard copy

12/10
 * Greek and Latin 7 packet handed out, due 12/15, quiz on 12/16
 * Read A Very Special Talent and answer question, due Friday. (hard copy or google classroom)
 * Permission slip returned for 12/19 field trip to Chocolate Church

12/9
 * Fill out google doc with a short story elements doc-idea you have using the literary terms- due Wednesday.
 * denouement - the final parts of a story, when all the strands come together and things come together and explain why it happened and explained.(on midterm and short story test)
 * Read in outside reading book
 * Memorize poem for 12/16. If done with first do a second for extra credit

12/8
 * Greek and Latin 6 quiz Tuesday, 12/9
 * Finish reading The Oval Portrait by Edgar Allan Poe. (It is on Google Classroom to read on iPad)
 * Last page of story will be done in class Tuesday
 * 12/16 is the due date to have poem memorized and recited in class

12/4
 * Memorize at least 1/2 of your poem
 * Pie dance questions due Tuesday
 * 12/16 is the due date to have poem memorized and recited in class
 * Bring outside reading book to class on Tuesday
 * Outside reading book project due first day back from holiday break

12/2 Homework


 * 6 lines memorized for Thursday of Poem
 * film yourself reciting your poem, Mrs. Stanton is the only one to see it. Extra points if you share it or creative place that it is filmed, or dressed up
 * Greek and Latin 6 was handed out- due Thursday.

Young Goodman Brown Notes
 * Allegory- A story or poem said " to reveal a hidden meaning, typically moral or political" (know for mid-term)
 * Puritan- Not big fan of joy- live for your religion
 * Faith- Wife's name 2 belief
 * Catechism- set of religious morals and lesson that children are expected to learn
 * Salem village- witch trials and story settings
 * Staff- evil walking stick that looks like snake
 * maple stick- symbol of death (everything the devil touches shrivels up and dies)
 * Laughter- mocking his faith
 * The Woods- symbolize temptations for evil doings

11/25
 * learn first four lines of their poem

11/21
 * Parable= a (visual short ) story that tteaches a moral lesson
 * Moral= knows the difference between right and wrong and acting accordingly
 * Bring class to a piece of wrapping paper, construction paper, old calendar that is at least 8X11 (homework grade)
 * Greek and Latin quiz 5 on Tuesday
 * Man in Black Suit questions due Tuesday

11/19
 * Pick a poem to learn from the Poetryoutloud.org
 * Read The Man in the Black Suit pages 45-58
 * They need to turn in via Google classroom Bubble Bath questions
 * define Parable and morality

11/18
 * Greek and Latin 5- do highlighting
 * Finish reading Veldt and doing questions if not done
 * Start Bubble Bath No. 3 - do questions

11/17
 * Greek Latin Quz is Tuesday
 * iMovie and book projects still need to be turned in.
 * Find new outside reading book to class on Friday
 * Finish reading The Veldt and answer 7 questions. Questions on Google Classroom. Some took hard copy but it is also on Google classroom.

11/12
 * Greek and Latin 4 quiz Tuesday
 * finish up iMovie projects or book projects for Monday
 * complete yellow face with term 3

11/10
 * Outside Reading Book project due Wednesday.
 * Can use the iMovie project they started in class on Friday for the project.
 * return the permission slip if they did not today.

11/7
 * worked on iMovie outside reading book project- this is what keynote is for
 * Speak test moved to Monday
 * G/L 4 was due Friday, several kids did not do. Should turn in Monday
 * Big homework points for returned field trip permission slip.

11/6 Come with a keynote on Friday that has:
 * 1) 1. Your outside title and author
 * 2) 2. Write 4 sentences that would make someone read this book
 * 3) 3. Find pictures/ video. Illustration’s to represent your novel
 * 4) 4. Take a screenshot of these pictures/video’s/illustrations

11/4
 * Speak test Friday over whole book
 * Outside reading book to class Wednesday
 * G/L 4 due Friday
 * 11/13 outside reading book project due
 * Starting Speak Cubist art project started Wednesday

10/29
 * Read Speak pages 141-153 no QCQ
 * Speak Quiz 94-137 on Thursday
 * Art #4 due Thursday

10/28
 * Speak paper was due today
 * Read 120-137 Speak and do a QCQ
 * Quiz on 94-137 is Thursday now.
 * Art #4 due Thursday

10/24
 * Tuesday G/L 3 test
 * Read in Speak 120-137. Do a QCQ
 * Response paper for Speak due (orange sheet has rubric)

10/23
 * Speak Response Paper due Tues (must have thesis statement for Friday)
 * Read Speak 95-107 and do a QCQ
 * Art #3 project for word is due Friday
 * Must get into Google classroom (code is xuj8ee7) for Johnna's google classroom

10/21
 * Speak 83-92
 * Speak Quiz Thursday on pages 49-92
 * Art #3 due Friday
 * Bring Orange paper to class.

10/20
 * 2nd art project for their word was due today
 * Speak quiz Friday pages 49-92
 * sharing G/L vocab word Wednesday that was done in class Monday. [[file:G L 3 vocab activity list of words.pdf]] this has what word the students have and explains the activity.
 * G/L 3 was due today- several did not do.
 * Read in Speak and do qcq for pages 61-83
 * Did they turn in Memoir?
 * Calendar above is correct for assignments
 * Next outside reading book project is due 11/11/14

10/16
 * Speak- quiz on pages 9-46
 * Memoir- complete if didn't turn in today
 * G/L 3 packet due Monday
 * bring outside reading book to class to silent read Friday

10/14
 * Speak 33-46 read and do QCQ for Thursday
 * Memoir - 3rd draft due Thursday
 * Speak Quiz on Friday- Open book
 * G/L 3 packet due Monday 10/20

10/9 Notes they put in their notebooks today 10/8
 * figurative language is when writing goes beyond basic communication and conveys to the reader imagery and meaning.
 * Simile -comparing two things using like or as
 * metaphor- comparing two things without using like or as
 * hyperbole- extreme exaggeration
 * symbolism- using an object, thing or person to represent something else.
 * Read pages 3-12 in Speak do a QCQ (see above new QCQ format)
 * Work on Memoir and turn in Wednesday.

10/6
 * have ready for next class (Wednesday) Dryads, Picasso, or Mayo Angelo activity- picture and description.
 * rows were assigned one to do.

10/3
 * Greek and Latin 2 quiz on Monday
 * Memoirs due
 * Read Outside Reading Book

10/2
 * Greek and Latin 2 quiz on Monday. They can scan qr code to get to quizlet.
 * Memoirs 2nd draft should be turned in (or first if they have not gotten that back with comments)
 * Read ORB
 * Greek and Latin activity is due.

9/29
 * Going to Community Garden Wednesday periods 2 & 3 (freshman team 1) Dress for it.
 * Thursday walking to Patten Free Library- wear comfortable shoes first block.
 * Read in outside reading book this
 * finish the writing of memoir that was worked on in class.

9/26
 * Monday is last chance to turn in late QCQ's
 * Read outside reading book over weekend
 * Many students did not complete Of Mice and Men test and need to do so by 2:05 Tuesday
 * Greek and Latin 2 due date was extended to Monday

9/24
 * Final test on OMM Friday. Need to have read the whole book.
 * ORB needs to brought to class

9/23
 * Class went to the library today and picked out books for next book project
 * Greek and Latin 2 packet due Friday
 * They can read read OF Mice and Men or outside reading book
 * Ask if they did QCQ for chapter 5, many did not (we take late work)

Links to the book being read aloud on YouTube:

Chapters 1 & 2 [] chapter 3: [] Chapter 4: [] Chapter 5: [] Chapter 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDcmusDNpAQ

9/22 > > Chapters 1 & 2 [] > chapter 3: [] > Chapter 4: [] > Chapter 5: [] > >
 * QR code needs to be working for Library visit Tuesday
 * Greek and Latin 2 packet is due Friday
 * Links to the book being read aloud on YouTube:

9/18
 * Quiz on chapters 3 &4 Monday
 * Read chapter 5 and do a QCQ for Of Mice and Men

9/16
 * quiz on Greek and Latin words Wednesday. Link to quizlet [|Greek and Latin 1 Quizlet]
 * Students should have read through chapter 3 in Of Mice and Men
 * read ahead if time 1/2 of chapter 4 in Of Mice and Men
 * Students should have all apps loaded onto iPad so they have Pages.
 * Notes on Circular Plot given in class 9/16/14 (save for midterm) [[file:CircularPlotnotes.pdf]]

9/11/14
 * Students should have read chapters 1 &2 by Friday as there is a QUIZ on Friday
 * QCQ was due today on chapter 1 and chapter 2 is due Friday. See new format above
 * G/L 1 due Friday completed

9/8/14
 * If they didn't do a book project, they need to turn it in tomorrow.
 * Complete sections A & C on the G/L 1 packet
 * expectations sheet signed by parent and turned in.

9/5/14 Greek and Latin Vocab 1, in case someone has lost it.
 * G/L 1 #3 sentences due
 * Book Project due Monday

9/4/14
 * Kids have 1st book project due Monday- 9/8/14

9/2/2014


 * Book project due Monday SEPTEMBER 8, 2014
 * see above project lists

6/12
 * Exam is Friday 9:45-11:15
 * Review chart filled out in class yesterday on characters.
 * know timeline discussed today. Sorry about it being up side down.
 * [[image:R & J timeline.JPG width="800" height="597"]]

6/10
 * Dramatic Irony- We know something that the characters don't know
 * Exam is multiple choice
 * Book project presentation scaled back to 30 seconds. This is how you do it: 1) I read.....2)My project was....3) One interesting part of it was (bad,Awesome) Due 6/10 & 6/12
 * Back of Romeo and Juliet packet is the study guide- know the Romeo and Juliet vocabulary words.
 * Link to study the R & J vocab words: http://quizlet.com/44470437/romeo-and-juliet-packet-vocabulary-flash-cards/

6/6
 * Book Projects due 6/10 or 6/13
 * Skits due 6/11 6/12

6/5
 * 1) final exam is worth 100 points, but 10% of your grade for year.
 * 2) Book project is worth 33% of your grade
 * 3) bookmark blog to find the book project to find out what are the options
 * 4) Book project can be turned in 6/10 or 6/13- **know what your book project is by class Friday 6/5, bring your book**
 * 5) Skit is due 6/11 or 6/12
 * 6) Final exam will be about 60 minutes long on Romeo and Juliet, rest of time will be book project time.
 * 7) If book project is not done by 6/13, the best you can get on final exam is 66% with 100% on the Romeo and Juliet.
 * 8) **Homework for tonight is to define those G/L words that are going to be on the exam for class Friday.**

6/4
 * Romeo and Juliet Vocab V (5) due Thursday.
 * Greek and Latin 16 packet due Friday

6/2
 * Final is 6/13, 2nd block
 * Outside Reading Book Project- last day accepted is 6/13-
 * Start now working on this ORB project so it does not conflict with studying for finals.
 * Romeo and Juliet skits due 6/11 class

5/30
 * Worked on response paper that is due Monday in class.
 * paper needs to be 400 words and cite a quote from book
 * prompts are in packet to choose from
 * Paper must be typed

5/29
 * Choose prompt from packet to write 400 words by Monday on.
 * Cite- quote from a play example- (Shakespeare 3.2.64) (author act scene line number)
 * Shakespeare paper due Monday June 2 ( will write in class Friday) 400 words, prompt in packet
 * Skits due June 10th
 * Outside reading book project due June 12- last class

5/27
 * June 10 skit due (test grade)

5/23
 * Act III quiz Tuesday on R&J
 * Act IV vocab due on Tuesday

5/20 >
 * ** Memorization on Thursday of R& J

5/19
 * Act II quiz on Tuesday
 * Memorization on Thursday of R& J

5/16
 * Memorization of poem assigned out of Romeo and Juliet packet. There are boy and girl parts. (boys do boys- girls do girls) Due Thursday May 22, 2014.
 * Act III vocab due Monday
 * Act III quiz Tuesday

5/13
 * Memorization of poem assigned out of Romeo and Juliet packet. There are boy and girl parts. (boys do boys- girls do girls) Due Thursday May 22, 2014.
 * Read ahead in Romeo and Juliet for your part.

5/7
 * OUTSIDE Reading book project should be started
 * download Romeo and Juliet on iPad so you can read ahead and know your part
 * Queen Mab art project assigned due 5/12. Working in class on Thursday and Monday. Due at end of class Monday. Need to bring art materials.

5/3
 * Elizabethan words quiz Tuesday.
 * Romeo and Juliet act 2 vocab due Tuesday.
 * Read in outside reading book.

5/2
 * romeo and Juliet act 2 vocab due Tuesday
 * Read in outside reading book
 * Elizabethan words quiz Tuesday

5/1
 * **Greek and Latin 15 due Friday. **
 * **Bring outside reading book to class on Friday. **

4/30 > http://quizlet.com/41673025/greek-and-latin-15-flash-cards/
 * Greek and Latin 15 due Friday Link for G/L 15:
 * Listen Rubric needs to be signed by parent- due Thursday
 * Elizabethan speech quiz next Tuesday Quizlet link:(http://quizlet.com/23299483/romeo-and-juliet-shakespearean-speech-flash-cards/
 * Act 1 Romeo and Juliet vocabulary needs to be defined- due Thursday

4/18
 * Come to class Monday, 4/28 with your new outside reading book.
 * Monday will be a make up day of missing assignments. All work due Wednesday 4/30.

4/17
 * Finish reading F451, as there is a test Friday on part III, "Burning Bright"
 * If Outside Reading book project was not done today, bring for Friday.

4/14 Greek and Latin quiz- Tuesday Book project due Thursday not Friday F451 quiz Friday before vacation Friday part 3 quiz.

4/13 Due Monday 4/14
 * 10 Random words
 * read pages 124-136 in F451 and do a QCQ
 * Outside reading book project due Friday

4/8
 * Part 2 quiz Wednesday
 * reading homework 113-123 no qcq
 * 10 random words

4/7
 * Read 95-110 in F451 do a QCQ
 * Wild child draft 3 due
 * Part 2 of F451 quiz onTuesday
 * G/l Vocab test Monday 4/14

4/4
 * Read pages 84-94 no QCQ.
 * Greek and Latin 14 packet handed out- due Monday.
 * Wild Child draft 3 due Monday. take a picture of something pretty

4/3
 * WC draft two due Thursday
 * Read in F451 pages 71-83 and a QCQ
 * take a photo of "regular or mundane stuff" photo

4/2
 * WC draft two due Thursday
 * Read in F451 pages 71-83 and a QCQ
 * take a photo of "regular or mundane stuff" photo

4/1
 * Read in F451 51-68 and do QCQ #3
 * Test on part 1 of F451 (pages 3-68) They can have it read to them by scanning the qr code in Mrs. Stanton's room. It links to youtube with a person reading Part 1. Study notes taken in class. link to Youtube reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MSMIcC4EoY
 * 2nd draft of Wild Child paper due Thursday.
 * Wednesday- they will share their assigned Allusion they were to research.

3/28/14
 * Greek and Latin 13 test on Tuesday
 * Part one quiz for F451 Wednesday
 * Read over weekend through page50 of F451, no qcq

3/23
 * Little Prince test Wednesday, now Thursday.
 * Greek and Latin 13 due Wednesday, but test is now Tuesday, 4/1 not Friday
 * F451 read pages 1-14 do a QCQ (if reading the version of the book on iPad read through the first paragraph of page 44)

3/21
 * Greek and Latin 13 handed out. Due next week
 * Little Prince power point due Monday- only 4 slides- see purple paper
 * Little Prince test on Tuesday
 * Many did not do the symbols, themes, motifs blue paper that was due today.

3/18


 * Outside reading book to class everyday this week
 * Going to library on Thursday- have rough draft of Wild Child synthesis paper ready to hand in.
 * G/L 12 quiz on Friday. Link to study:http://quizlet.com/10817040/greek-and-latin-vocab-12-flash-cards/
 * Finish reading the Little Prince book by Friday; QCQ
 * Little Prince test next Tuesday 3/25
 * Blue Chart for Little Prince due on Friday (symbol, motif, theme)
 * Keynote project was handed out. Due next Monday.

3/7 3/4
 * Due 3/17 - read Little Prince IX (9) through XXV (25) and do a QCQ
 * Given Greek and Latin 12 packet to start due Friday
 * Given pre-reading 5 questions on Little Prince/ blue sheet due Thursday- It is opinion so no wrong answers- just do it.[[file:Little Prince pre-reading.pdf]]
 * Read Little Prince chapters I- VIII (1-8) with a QCQ due Friday
 * New Outside Reading book project due April 10 (must declare book now)
 * Short story test rescheduled for Friday die to Outward Bound presentation.

3/3  Download The Little Prince from this QR code into iBooks on iPad. 2/25
 * Short story test Tuesday.
 * Read part I through part VIII for Thursday in Little Prince.
 * Bubble Bath no. 3 questions
 * 2 Wild Child Questions
 * New Outside Book to class Thursday

2/24 All these shrot stories are on eBackpack to download if student needs a copy. It will be an open book test. A new Outside Reading Book needs to be brought to class this week.
 * Tuesday**- Greek and Latin Vocab quiz 11 [|Quizlet G/L 11]
 * Thursday**- going to Library be ready to start writing Wild Child paper
 * Mnday 3/3** Story story test on-Yellow Wallpaper, Main in the Black Suit, Very Special Talent, Pie Dance, The Veldt, Young Goodman Brown, Bubble Bath No. 3. Do not confuse these stories with the Wild Child stories they have been reading.

2/12 Finish reading Taming the monkey boy and answer questions.

2/11
 * Greek and Latin 11 due Wednesday
 * Read Wild Boy of Aveyron and do questions[[file:The Wild Boy of Aveyron.pdf]]
 * Finish reading the short story (4 pages left) A very special talent and answer 5 questions for homework[[file:A Very Special Talent.pdf]]
 * Pie Dance questions Due today, Tuesday[[file:Pie Dance.pdf]]

Wild Child Paper should be on the top of every student's to do list for Stanton English. Make sure they have read the above pdf which gives an example of the project.

2/6
 * Handed out the start of the Wild Child paper packet. They are to read the packet and figure our what the paper is asking them to do.
 * They watched a video today about the child who was found locked in a basement until age 13 and had no language skills.

2/4
 * Read The Yellow Wallpaper story read and question due Thursday
 * [[file:The Yellow Wallpaper.pdf]]
 * [|link to greek and latin 10 quizlet] quiz on Thursday
 * [[file:Greek and Latin 10 set B study guide.pdf]] print for students to study.
 * Vocab activity was due today, as were questions for the Man in the Black Suit and Young Goodman Brown.

1/29
 * Read to page 58 in The Man in the Black Suit
 * Story will be finished on Friday
 * G/L 10 due on Thursday

1/27
 * movie project due Wednesday that most students did not do and was due today
 * Finish reading The Veldt and answer questions- due Wednesday
 * G/L 10 vocab due Thursday.

1/14
 * Greek and Latin Vocab 9 due Thursday (no test on these they will be on midterm
 * Work on mid-term study guide for class Thursday
 * Movie due 1/27/14 (first day back after mid-terms
 * [[file:Odyssey movie project.pdf]]

1/13
 * Finish chapter 20 for Wednesday
 * Vocab 9 for Wednesday
 * Fill out characters on midterm study sheet.

1/7


 * POL (Poerty Outloud.org) have poem selected from site to recite on Friday
 * POL have poem written down on paper for an easy 100 points
 * Chapter 18 questions
 * Greek and Latin 8 due Friday

Notes from today they need to have written in their Odyssey book:Need for open book midterm. Book 17 What Telemachus did- Brought O (beggar) to the Palace gates

What Odysseus did Went to palace gates; talks to the suitors

What Penelop did: Sad still; welcomes “beggar”; listens to a story about O- told by O

What the suitors did: They are jerks, really unkind to O –beggar; Antinous throws a stool at his head. Set up fight between Iris and “Beggar” who is O. Iris is huge scarey beggar guy, What Argos did: (on midterm) O’s dog who has waited for 20 years for him to come back. He is the only one to recognize O. He wags tale and dies happy as he sees and smeels him him back home.

12/16 >
 * All outside reading book projects will be due on Thursday and presented in class.
 * Permission slips due for the play

12/11
 * Read Book 10- highlight and take notes then do questions (Bk10 is separate handout) Given on Monday to students
 * Friday Greek and Latin 7 test Link: http://quizlet.com/8403765/greek-and-latin-vocab-7-flash-cards/
 * Chapter 11 highlighted
 * Odyssey test on Monday over chapters 6-12.

12/10
 * Chapter 10-highlighting and questions Read pages 232-240 & 241-248
 * Greek and Latin 7 **quiz** Wed. Link: http://quizlet.com/8403765/greek-and-latin-vocab-7-flash-cards/

12/9

These questions are also on ebackpack and were handed out to students today. =[|Odyssey Questions Chapter Nine 120-1; 120-3] = December 6th, 2013 1. What happens between Odysseus, his men, and the Cicones?
 * Greek and Latin & quiz on Wednesday**

2. Zeus sends a wind that sweeps them along for nine days until they land on what island? How does Odysseus finally escape with his men?

<span style="background-color: #f3fbff; color: #595441; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 1.6em;">3. Next Odysseus and his men land on the island of the Cyclops. They find a cave filled with meat and cheese. Unfortunately for Odysseus and his men, he wants to stay, and Polyphemus arrives back in his cave. Describe the events that follow immediately.

<span style="background-color: #f3fbff; color: #595441; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 1.6em;">4. Wine, “Nobody”, blinding, bellies of sheep, vengeance

<span style="background-color: #f3fbff; color: #595441; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 1.6em;">Use the words above to explain how Odysseus escapes Polyphemus’ island.

12/5 Hospitality paper- Attached is the Odyssey response paper assignment. The rough draft is due Monday. They were to talk to an adult over the Thanksgiving break about what hospitality was like when they were kids (0-18) and get specific examples. They are going to compare hospitality in the Odyssey with what responses they got from adults. Adult quotes need to be cited. See example on page. (first name last name date) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: small; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">this is the assignment they need to read this for their paper. It is on the backside of Hospitality paper.

12/5
 * Greek/Latin 7 packet due Monday 12/9
 * Hospitality paper rough draft due Monday 12/9
 * Extra credit for making an appointment with your guidance counselor
 * Field trip Permission slip due Friday- on ebackpack if they need another one
 * Chapter 8 Odyssey words in bold explained/defined for homework Monday

12/3
 * Permission slip for field trip due Friday, 12/6
 * Chapter 5 open book quiz on Wednesday, 12/4
 * We will start hospitality paper in class Wednesday, so make sure you talk with an adult what hospitality

11/26
 * Odyssey book 5 ?
 * Ask an adult about hospitality when they were kids (0-18) get examples
 * Wednesday quiz on books 1-5

11/25
 * Odyssey character list
 * Odyssey book one questions

11/20
 * Palace of Olympus-turn in highlighting, notes,and questions.


 * Bring ORB to class Friday to read.


 * Pandora and Dionysos- questions answered

11/18
 * Greek and Latin 6 due Tuesday
 * Read "In the Beginning" and do three questions on back page

11/13
 * Breathing Underwater test Monday.
 * See blog for BUW study guide later today.
 * Greek and Latin 6 due Monday.

11/12 >
 * Finish reading Breathing Underwater.
 * Be ready to present your tech program if you didn't do it today.

11/6
 * <span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #666666; font-family: 'Arial Regular',arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">Read in BUW pages 191-219.
 * <span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #666666; font-family: 'Arial Regular',arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">Friday walk to Patten Free Library- dress for it.
 * <span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #666666; font-family: 'Arial Regular',arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">Tech Activity- Finish on Monday

11/5
 * read BUW 177-190
 * G/L VOC 5 QUIZ WED
 * FRIDAY WALK TO PATTON FREE- DRESS FOR IT

11/4
 * Greek and Latin 5 quiz Wednesday
 * Read BUW pages 168-176
 * be prepared to discuss BUW as it is a quiz grade
 * turn in G/L 5 and Keynote if you did not today
 * Walking to Patten Free Library Friday- dress for it.

10/31 due
 * Monday Greek and Latin Voc 5
 * Keynote due Monday (see below)
 * Read in BUW 146-167

10/30 <span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #666666; font-family: 'Arial Regular',arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Outside Reading book project due Thursday <span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #666666; font-family: 'Arial Regular',arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Read BUW 117-145 and do a QCQ to be collected Thursday. <span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #666666; font-family: 'Arial Regular',arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">BUW read Keynote due Monday on Breathing Underwater about domestic abuse / about a flashback, or metaphor
 * 1st slide - Title & image that conveys image of topic
 * 2nd slide example from book & using a quotation, in huge font (44), Cite like QCQ
 * 3rd slide 1 connection to real life or another story
 * Your take away. What you learned? and one image

10/24 Journal assignment #4 Breathing Underwater due next Tuesday
 * BUW test next Tuesday 10/29 on 1st half of book (Tuesday)
 * BUW paper due next Tuesday 10/29 on 1st half of book (Tuesday)
 * Greek and Latin activity sheet handed in class today is due next Tuesday
 * Greek and Latin 4 Quiz 10/30 (Wednesday)
 * Outside Reading Book Project due 10/31 (Thursday)

Anger management game. Imagine you have been put in a Blank group for your blank issues. Dear Blank, ___ has signed me up for__ ___support group.

How do you react initially? How do you respond in group? Does it help? Why or why not?

10/23 >
 * ** Tonight Read in //Breathing Underwater// (BUW) pages 85-104
 * Bring to class on Thursday your outside reading book and BUW for silent reading time in class.
 * BUW test next Tuesday 10/29 on 1st half of book (Tuesday)
 * BUW paper due next Tuesday 10/29 on 1st half of book (Tuesday)
 * Greek and Latin 4 Quiz 10/30 (Wednesday)
 * Outside Reading Book Project due 10/31 (Thursday)

For Thursday: Bring in outside reading book and Breathing Under Water reading in Breathing Under Water pages 72-84 G/L 4 handed out due Wednesday Memoir due 10/30 (extra credit)

10/21/13 Monday pages 43 - 71 and QCQ. G/L Vocab 3 quiz Friday Memoir due 10/30 extra credit

10/15/13
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px;">Read Outside Reading Book for book project due 10/31
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px;">Read //Breathing Underwater// pages 30-41 and do a QCQ
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px;">Memoir 3rd draft due typed(peer edit for extra credit)
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px;">Two journal entries due
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px;">Study Greek and Latin 3 vocabulary on Quizlet App if time

10/7
 * Greek and Latin Linear Arrays activity due Thursday
 * Memoirs due -typed (strong :beginning, details, and ending
 * bring earbuds\
 * Bring outside reading book Thursday (project due date moved to 10/31)

10/3 work for 12 minutes on your memoir writing piece tonight. Have a printed copy to hand in on Friday.

Last year 6/7 >
 * know time frame of the R&J- What happens each day. Play starts on what day and ends on what day.
 * Study vocab words that were handed out for final. Link to words on quizlet http://quizlet.com/23838553/stanton-english-9-2013-final-gl-flash-cards/

6/6 > > These are the choices. It was started today and should be finished in class Friday if time. It should be homework if student was not in class today. A. Discuss the comic elements in Romeo and Juliet. In a play filled with tragic love, anger, and death, there IS some humor. Who brings the laughs, and why does Shakespeare include them? B. Describe and commment on the evolution of love in Romeo and Juliet. Where is love at the beginning of the play? What happens to it? Why? C. What role doe Friar Laurence and the Nurse play in this doomed love? Why does Shakespeare include these two characters, and give them the personalities they have? What are ways they could have been successful in creating a happy ending?
 * skits presented Friday
 * link to quizlet words that are on the final- http://quizlet.com/23838553/stanton-english-9-2013-final-gl-flash-cards/
 * 400 word second written response for Romeo and Juliet. Choose 1 of 3 given.

6/3
 * [[file:       Stanton English 9 2013 final G-4.pdf]] Students need to know these definitions for final

5/30
 * Due Friday is the Romeo and Juliet act V vocabulary from the packet.

5/28
 * memorization of Romeo and Juliet is due Wednesday.
 * for easy points students must returned a signed paper saying they recited/practiced in front of three different people three different times
 * Act IV vocab due Wednesday

5/24 Act 2 S2- Keegan, Nick, Tyler, Tucker Act 3 S1- David, Hunter, Tristen, Josh Act 1 S5-Deilia, Seigna, Izzy, Courtney, Cassidy Act 3 S1- Joe and Jamie Act 2 scene 3- Kiana
 * Act III quiz on Tuesday on Romeo and Juliet
 * Act III Vocab is due Tuesday also from the packet
 * Memorization of parts from R&J has been moved to next Wednesday. Don't put off studying for this-learn over the weekend.
 * Romeo and Juliet Skit introduced today- due date is June 7th (this is a test grade, which could really help your grade) Student must be present the day group is presenting or they get an F. No make up for this project.
 * Practice your memorization part with 3 different people and have them sign a note saying they witnessed you reciting it.

5/20
 * rewrite your memorization part on big paper. Leave space between lines to cut up.
 * Memorize your part to be ready on Monday5/28
 * Romeo and Juliet response paper was due today. Only 3 students turned in.
 * Outside reading book project is due Wed. 5/22

5/16
 * First response paper is due next Tuesday, 5/21. See assignment in packet towards back. They have a choice of 4 topics to write about one of them. It needs to be typed. Kids lose their laptops Friday which is tomorrow. If they don't have access to another computer they should either do it tonight or work on it and email to themselves. I have a few desk tops they can use in my room to complete it on.
 * Last outside reading book project due 5/23. A list of different projects was handed out today they might want to try.

5/10 Today the kids will not have more than 5 minutes of English class due to an assembly. This is their homework:
 * Learn the words on Shakespearean Speech which are in their Romeo and Juliet packet towards back. There will be a quiz them Tuesday, since there is no class on Monday.
 * Outside reading book project is due May 23 (Thursday) I have been reminding you May 22
 * Romeo and Juliet vocab words for act 1 should be done, work ahead and do act 2 words if time.

5/8
 * Romeo and Juliet Act 1 vocabulary
 * Outside reading book project due May 22
 * signed listening rubric for Romeo and Juliet needs to returned for credit.

5/3
 * Greek and Latin Quiz in Wednesday not Tuesday. ON both 11 & 12. see blog for link to quizlet
 * G/L activity due Wednesday that was done in class
 * Signed listening rubric from Romeo and Juliet
 * Outside Reading book project due May 22

4/30
 * OM&M quiz has been moved to Thursday, May 2
 * Greek and Latin 12 was handed out today and due Friday
 * Combo quiz on Greek and Latin 11 & 12 will be next Tuesday May 5th
 * Poem due Thursday Langston Hughes "The Instructor said,"

4/29
 * Of Mice and Men essay quiz due Tuesday
 * bring outside reading book to class if you did not today. Many did not have it.
 * Review for Of Mice and Men quiz

4/26
 * We had a great trip to the library today to celebrate Poetry Month.
 * Students need to finish reading Of Mice and Men to ready for the review on Monday and test on book Tuesday.
 * Poetry homework due- pink and green sheets
 * They need to have new outside reading book in class on Monday for silent reading.

4/24
 * Finish reading OM&M, pages 99-107)
 * Complete Anticipation Guide right hand column-hand in Friday
 * Pink and Green poetry done and bring to library
 * Be prepared to walk to Library on Friday for poetry event

4/23
 * OM&M Read 84-98 and do QCQ
 * yellow poetry sheet
 * Greek and Latin 11
 * If you haven't turned in chapter 1, 3, or 4 questions for OM&M, please do so

4/11
 * Read over vacation pages 33-65 in Of Mice and Men
 * QCQ over these pages
 * complete questions for Chapter 3 it is an orange sheet
 * Poetry questions - It was started in class

4/10
 * Read Of Mice and Men pages 17-32
 * Write a things to do poem. Directions on back side of white lies poem sheet.

4/9
 * Read Of Mice and Men pages 1-16
 * Answer questions for reading (green paper)
 * Poem HW white and orange sheet- Poetry notes and terms- match terms with definitions
 * Answer questions for What Kin of a Liar are You? at bottom

4/4
 * F451 test Friday 4/5 over part 2 and 3 of the book and symbols
 * Tuesday Greek and Latin video project due
 * Greek and Latin 10 Quiz on Monday
 * Free Association Poem- from words given today - rearrange word/ phrase order- give it a title and be ready to hand it in today.

4/3
 * finish reading F451
 * F451 test on Friday
 * G/L 10 vocab video, will work on in class Thursday
 * Calendars handed out for April

4/1
 * Read pages F451 154-64 with a QCQ
 * Vocab 10 due Wednesday
 * In class write due Wednesday

3/29
 * Read pages F451 134-153
 * G/L Voc 10 was handed out, due Wednesday
 * Book of Allusions orange sheet was handed out.
 * Allusion page / project due Monday!!

3/28
 * Read in F451 pages 127-133
 * Quiz on part 2 Friday- make sure you have read section 2
 * Good showing of ORB projects today!

3/25
 * "The Tyger" stanza summary due Thursday
 * ORB project due Thursday- if 100% of class comes prepared Mrs. Stanton and Mrs. Mace will make treats for the class.
 * Read in F451 pages120-126

3/25
 * Outside Reading Book project due Thursday
 * Read tonight in F451 100-113
 * IN class today we did a QCQ from pages 70-99
 * Students were given part 1 F451 test back today. They may retake by Wednesday if they want to improve their grade.

3/22 3/18
 * Read in F451 pages 85-99
 * Outside Reading book project due next Thursday
 * In class today (handed out) Vocab 9 activity- gold sheet-Make meaning from five key words words through the 14 visual mediums offered. Bring materials to class if you do not finish this at home.
 * Vocab 9 quiz will be Tuesday- 3/19/13
 * If G/L 9 packet was not done finish at home. In grade book as missing or turned in, several students did not complete. See attached sheet for words on test.
 * quizlet to study: http://quizlet.com/9413437/greek-and-latin-vocab-9-flash-cards/
 * Fill out the white sheet with QCQ for characters that was handed out in class today. Will do while reading rest of book.
 * F451 part 1 quiz on Thursday- should have read through page 68 in book and if reading on computer page 100.
 * QCQ for pages 15-27 was due today. Many did not do. It is in grade book as missing or turned in.

3/11
 * Must turn in 1-5 pre-reading actitivity for F451
 * Read pages 3-14 in F-451 + QCQ
 * Allusion Orange sheet- students were assigned one on the paper. They need to find one of their own from anywhere. Music would be a place to start.

2/28
 * outside reading book must be declared Friday
 * All drafts of Wild Child turned in (1st, 2nd, and 3rd drafts) Did you fix everything?
 * Their own Short story that was started today in class: must have 1-3 characters with names, conflict, symbol or metaphor, 100-500 words, in 12 or 14 font. They will work on it in class Friday.

2/27
 * New outside reading book Thursday to class
 * third draft due Friday
 * Short story test Thursday on: 1. Veldt, 2. Bubble Bath No. 3, Man in Black Suit, 4. Yellow Wall Paper, 5. Pie Dance
 * Pages- make columns for each story,:
 * Title/Author || Characters || Conflict- problems in story || Plot line 10-20 words || Symbols/metaphors ||

Notes from drafts of Wild Child papers: Thesis statement= question Prove=answer Cite sources= quotations + cite SPELLING COUNTS Summaries=YUCK

2/15/13
 * Pie Dance short story questions
 * 2nd draft due of Wild Child essay

2/12
 * Read Ivan the boy dog tonight. Be prepared for a quiz on it.

2/11
 * “Monkey Boy” do questions at end of reading
 * A question about Wild Child and roughly 200 words trying to answer that question.- Using sources- which is why we encouraged students to highlight text today in class. This question will be the start of their Wild Child paper. See the blue sheet in their packet that talks about the synthesis paper and the process.
 * Finish reading the Yellow Wallpaper short story and do the questions (Tucker and Kiana have not done)

2/7 > 2/5
 * Finish reading the Yellow Wallpaper short story and do the questions
 * Finish reading the Wild Boy of Aveyron and answer questions for sections A,B, C, D
 * Watch the link on the blog Part One: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEnkY2iaKis
 * If they did not do Monday's homework- please do- Write a paragraph answering What makes a child wild? ("feral")
 * finish reading short story //The Yellow Wallpaper// from page 8 to 12
 * Finish reading Wild Boy of Aveyron and answer questions for sections A, B, C, & D

1/31 1/29
 * Finish reading //Man in Black Suit// and work on the 21 questions that were handed out. Questions due Monday.
 * Greek and Latin Voc 8 quiz is now Monday
 * use this to study from [[file:Greek and Latin Vocab _8.pdf]]
 * New calendar for end of January and February was handed out
 * Greek and Latin 8 packet handed out. Quiz on these words Thursday 1/31
 * [|Greek and Latin 8 vocab words]
 * Started short story The Veldt and handed out questions
 * Due to the writing unit we are going into students must bring their laptops charged everyday to class.
 * No outside reading book declared until 2/28 to start reading. Think about doing this project over Feb. vacation to get ahead of the game.

Know this for the midterm: tame- to create ties/codependent- May not be healthy because you can not function without one another.
 * The Fox- symbol for:

What it means: Anything you need you already have. The stuff that is important and make happy you can't feel or see. love, friendship
 * "one sees clearly only with the hear. Anything essential is invisible to the eye." (Saint Exupery 63)

"Only children know what they're looking for." (Saint Exupery 65) As we get older we become more aware of what all is being said about us or happening around us.
 * The Switch Man

"eyes are blind. You have to look with the heart." (Saint Exupery 71) The water is important just like love is important.
 * The Well

good or bad? Is the poisen good? Will it work? The pilot becomes concerned about the prince killing himself. Why? Reread this section and figure out why?
 * The snake

[|link to quizlet 40 vocab words on the midterm] kids can use this to study from. All these words will be on the midterm.

1/16/13
 * read the rest of the Little Prince
 * be ready to do your Little Prince missing adventure group presentation
 * turn in any missing work....

1/14/13
 * If they have not turned in Little Prince Response paper (Tucker, Kiana)
 * New assignment today - Little Prince missing adventure due Thursday. Working as a group.[[file:Little Prince's missing adventure project.pdf]]
 * Outside reading book projects are due Wednesday
 * Read in Little Prince pages 56-69 and do a QCQ

1/13/13 Study Guide for 9th grade midterm 1/11/13
 * Monday the Little Prince paper is due with the blue rubric
 * Outside reading book project is due Wednesday. Work on it this weekend
 * A study guide for midterm was handed out

1/10/13 Due Monday 1/14/13 ?? Due Monday 1/14/13
 * These are current copies of assignments for English
 * Read chapters 16-21 (38-54 pages) do a qcq
 * bring laptop to show keynote which is due Friday

1/8/13
 * read pages 34-48 in Little Prince
 * work on essay assigned in class today
 * make up missing homework that was not turned in today (white paper with notes for book)
 * A missing in the grade book counts as a zero. Work is accepted late.
 * Work on Greek and Latin 7 packet due Thursday

1/7/13
 * read in Little Prince pages 24-35
 * continue to fill out yellow sheet symbol, motif, and theme paper as you read about the different characters.

1/4/13
 * Read pages 13-27 in Little Prince
 * Do top two squares on Note Taking Strategy #2 sheet handed out today.
 * Example of how to cite the author (Saint-Exupery then page number with no comma)

1/3/13 >
 * Students were assigned //The Little Prince// to start reading and the book was handed out. They need to have read chapters 1-4 by Friday. If they were out today they should see Mrs. Stanton Thursday for a book.
 * Five questions were handed out for //The Little Prince//. It is yellow and is due Friday. Time was given in class to complete.
 * Symbols, Motifs, and Themes paper was handed out in class for //The Little Prince//. They will be filling that out while they read the book. It has the definitions for symbols, themes, and motifs which they need to learn. Tonight they need to do A snake eating an elephant and Transience of Human life sections filled out from tonights reading.
 * On Friday they will have a Greek and Latin quiz on packet 6. Here is a link for the words: @http://quizlet.com/8165744/greek-and-latin-vocab-6-flash-cards/
 * They are were supposed to have their new outside reading book to class today for credit. The project for that book is due 1/16/3

12/21
 * bring in outside reading book first day of class in January. Read some of it over vacation. This is only homework.

12/20
 * worked on sentences for G/L 6 vocab packet 6. It will be due in class on Friday. They were asked to do 3 sections.

12/14
 * Chapter 23 read and highlight and make notes Read one night pages 455-461 then second night 461-467
 * Odyssey test Monday on chapters 13-23, if a snow day it will be Thursday
 * Visit to Patten Free Library - bring your library card or fill out the pink card to get one. Visit will be Tuesday.

12/12/12
 * read in chapter 21 pages 443-447 Wednesday night- highlight and make notes
 * read in chapter 21 pages 448-454 Thursday night-highlight and make notes answers questions at end to turn in Friday
 * Odyssey test on Monday, if snow day, test will be Wednesday
 * Tuesday is a walk to Patten Free Library

12/11


 * read 436-438 and questions due on Wednesday
 * Odyssey test Monday for chapters 13-23 of Odyssey
 * Going to the library on Tuesday 12/18- should have own library card or orange card filled out to apply for a card-

12/5
 * Read chapter 20 be ready to do questions Thursday
 * Greek and Latin 5 quiz Thursday

12/4
 * Read pages 398-401 highlight and make notes

11/30
 * G/L packet 5 due Tuesday 12/4
 * Eulogy group project due Tuesday.
 * finish backside of vocabulary sheet handed out.

11/29
 * G/L packet 5 handed out due Tuesday 12/4
 * Finish reading chapter 18 and highlight and take notes on it in margin

11/28
 * Eulogy- bright yellow paper handed out. project discussed. It is a group project. class time will be given to do it. 3rd class period will be day they will be presented. They will be shared on Tuesday Dec.4th.
 * read first 7 pages of book 18 - highlight and take notes on side

11/26 11/19
 * Patten Free Library came in today to show us how to use the library to get books on line or reserve books
 * study for G/L 4 quiz for Tuesday
 * Read chapter 16 and answer questions that were handed out before vacation.
 * Hospitality paper due. See directions before for what she is looking for.
 * outside reading book projects due Tuesday
 * G/L 4 quiz Tuesday, if they didn't do the packet they should do that and turn it in also on Tuesday. None of the above students have turned it in.
 * Read chapter 16 -highlight, write notes

11/14 Finish the Odyssey paper started in class and assigned as homework. Read pages 271-278 by tomorrow. Thursday read pages 279-285 Also Thursday vocabulary at the end of chapter 12 is due. Quiz tomorrow (Thursday) with a word bank on the quiz.

11/13
 * G/L 4 packet due Wednesday
 * Read Chapter 11 and highlight
 * Hospitality final paper due Thursday (rough draft was due Monday, drafts back Tuesday with edits)
 * Outside reading book project due 11/19, (in one week!!)
 * Odyssey quiz 6-12 on Thursday 11/15

11/8 > 2. Zeus sends a wind that sweeps them along for nine days until they land on what island? How does Odysseus finally escape with his men? > 3. Next Odysseus and his men land on the island of the Cyclops. They find a cave filled with meat and cheese. Unfortunately for Odysseus and his men, he wants to stay, and Polyphemus arrives back in his cave. Describe the events that follow immediately. > 4. Wine, “Nobody”, blinding, bellies of sheep, vengeance > Use the words above to explain how Odysseus escapes Polyphemus’ island Hospitality Notes __Greek__ Phaecian Polyphemus Baucuis &Philemon Penelope and her suitors __Contempory times__ opening doors hotels new student uninvited visit random roadside assistance breakfast for parents print the prompt from here. <span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%; text-align: center;">ESSAY prompt (looking for 600 words in final paper): <span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%; text-align: center;">Due Tuesday a rough draft: <span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%; text-align: center;">A time you showed/were show hospitality. <span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%; text-align: center;">Defend the idea that hospitality exits "today" (contemporary) <span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%; text-align: center;">or <span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%; text-align: center;">Argue that it does not still exit anymore.
 * Green and Latin vocab.4 was handed out. Homework is due Tuesday.
 * read the next 7 pages
 * answer the 5 questions from blog: ( handed them a sheet with these question on it)
 * 1. What happens between Odysseus, his men, and the Cicones?
 * .[[file:book 9 questions for homework.odt]] print questions from here.

11/7
 * Read first 7 pages of book 9- highlight & take notes
 * Hospitality -One way adults shows hospitality.

11/5 Use this link for Odyssey http://www.leasttern.com/HighSchool/odyssey/Odyssey2.html
 * book eight -read and highlight for Wednesday
 * highlight and notes

11/1
 * Strip for Odyssey due Monday
 * Read in Outside reading book and work on book project
 * G/L Voc quiz 3 Monday

10/31 > 10/30 This is what is expected for the notebook check:
 * test today on first 5 books of The Odyssey
 * Monday, Nov.5 is G/L vocab test []
 * 1) **Videos were due today- Tucker did not have it done- it should be shared with class Wednesday**
 * 2) **Shared G/L word (strip with an assigned G/L word assigned-definition, sentence, illustration)**
 * 3) **Odyssey Book quiz on books 1-5 Wednesday**
 * 1) class expectations
 * 2) 5 dividers + Odyssey
 * 3) Book project choice sheet
 * 4) G/L vocabulary- lesson one, two, and three
 * 5) response papers
 * 6) qcq's/ reading questions
 * 7) Speak Quizzes
 * 8) Speak test
 * 9) Miscellaneous


 * 4.** **Notebook check on Thursday**
 * 5.** **G/L quiz moved to Monday probably**
 * 6.** **All late work due on Thursday**

http://www.leasttern.com/HighSchool/odyssey/Odyssey2.html

10/24
 * 1) Greek and Latin packet 3 due Friday
 * 2) Book one questions for The Odyssey due Friday[[file:Book one questions .doc]]
 * 3) Notebook check on Nov, 1
 * 4) Video project due Tues. 10/30 [[file:Odyssey video project.pdf]]

10/18
 * finish map of Odysseus with key and 19 locations with symbols (Courtney, Tucker, Kiana, Molly, did not turn in Monday)

10/16
 * Finish reading The Palace of Olympus and answer: How are some of the symbols associated with the Olympians still used today? Conside the eagle, lion, peacock, trident, owl, dove and tiger) Give three examples. Complete sentences please
 * Think about next outside reading book is going to be. Due Nov. 21, right before Thanksgiving.

10/15
 * Tucker, Kiana, Izzy, Molly Ward, Josh Reno, & Joe did not present outside reading project
 * Read Prometheus- and do questions at the end of article
 * Kiana, Courtney, Tucker, Josh Reno, and Molly did not do the reading or questions for The Beginning handout.

10/11 10/9
 * Read __The Beginning of thing__ hand out
 * The beginning ?'s answer those on handout or make up your own
 * Outside reading book project due Monday 10/15
 * bring outside reading book to class.
 * started presenting symbol final projects
 * handed out new calendar
 * Thursday is Greek and Latin vocab 2 test [|quizlet link to study words]
 * Outside reading book project due Monday, 10/15

10/5 http://www.leasttern.com/HighSchool/odyssey/Odyssey2.html
 * Outside reading book project due 10/15. See handout above to find a project to do.
 * If they didn't finish Speak test they should do so on Tuesday. They wrote a time on top of test of when they could complete.

10/2
 * final cubist project due Friday. Finish at home
 * Speak test Friday (Courtney will take Thursday with Karen)
 * ORB project 10/15

10/1
 * G/L 2 due LAST Friday but collected on Monday
 * Speak read to end of book do a QCQ 191-end
 * Speak test Friday
 * Speak Symbol #4 (cut it out) bring colored pencils
 * [[file:Speak writing response 2.pdf]] assigned in class- due Tuesday

for those that are still late on this assignment.

9/26
 * G/L voc 2 due Friday
 * Speak read 165-191

9/25 G/L vocab 2 due Friday Speak quiz Wednesday Read Speak pages 150-165 Bring Silent reading book

9/24 Monday Homework. No QCQ on pages 141-150 for Tuesday.

9/20 The Greek and Latin quiz is delayed to Monday because we went to the library today for a tour. Above is a picture of what was written on the board today for homework due Monday. The response paper is the big one. Has student started on it? So to review what the board means: 9/18
 * Read 102-137 in Speak and do a QCQ,
 * Response Paper (yellow sheet with topic he picks and format)
 * 3rd symbol due Monday( Did thhe do 2nd? Still time to turn in))
 * Greek and latin quiz on vocab packet 1 Monday [|Study words with this link to Quizlet]
 * Know what Picasso/cubism is (the symbols he brings in will be used eventually to do a cubism project)
 * **hw:** 73-102 (No QCQ);
 * Greek and Latin Vocabulary quiz Wednesday;
 * Response Paper#1 due __Monday__;see yellow sheet handed out for topics
 * Picasso/Cubism- comprepared to discuss what it is; TURN IN SECOND SYMBOL!

Picasso/cubism- What is it? Discussed writing prompt for Speak due next Monday > I will try to attach the paper here. Format of papers on pages-title on left, Name, Response Paper #1, and date on right side.
 * They need to pick a topic from the page handed out
 * Choose a format.

Due Thursday, 9/13:
 * read 14-41 in Speak
 * quiz on Speak Thursday
 * work on Greek and Latin packet 1 which is due Friday
 * Symbol #1 due Thursday