Mr.+O'Leary+Junior+English

**O'Leary- Junior English 2014-2015**

 * 9/8:** Mr. O'Leary There will be a **quiz on Friday over the entire Act I of Hamlet.** Every day students will read a scene and then write 3 sentences in their journals. All our students have a spiral notebook for that. Every Sunday the parents will receive an e-mail from Mr. O"Leary about the week. Today's reading homework is Act I Scene III.


 * 9/5:** Students learned breathing exercises ad stress relieving exercises to limber up for acting. They need to log about 3 sentences that give good observations with description every night. Mr. O' Leary gave everyone a spiral notebook. Read scene one, act I in Hamlet tonight.


 * 9/4:** Students need their journal entries and to read scene II, Act I of Hamlet by Monday.

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Also, we will discuss the exam. Exam is open book, open notes, outline for essay is allowed to be done ahead of class and used as a draft for actual essay. Exam is 20% of yearly grade. Only do the bonus essay if time. There will also be a ten point bonus question on the test.
 * 6/4:** Next Wednesday all scenes will be given. Be ready! Thursday will be finishing any scenes we didn't have time to do Wednesday.


 * 6/2:** Watched movie of Salesman. Study lines for presentation.


 * 5/30:** Took test on Salesman.


 * 5/27:** Need to let Mr. O' Leary know what scene you are doing and who partners will be.


 * 5/23:** Sub, continue picking out whatever scene you want to recite in front of class.


 * 5/21:** We finished the requiem today. The students should be choosing a scene to give before the class on stage exactly like we did with MacBeth.


 * 5/20:** Finished Act II today in class. Will read the ending tomorrow in class.


 * 5/19:** Read Act II in class.Finish reading Act II for tomorrow.


 * 5/15:** Continue reading Act II.


 * 5/14:** No new work.


 * 5/9:** No new homework. If they need something to do, start reading Act II in Death of a Salesman.


 * 5/7:** Only assignment is to continue reading Act I if they didn't finish it yet. Can start reading Act II.


 * 5/2:** Finish reading Act I for Tuesday which is next class.


 * 5/1:** First quiz on Death of a Salesman tomorrow. Know the characters, the difference between tragedy and Pathos (pathos is feeling sorry because of an accident or murder). Tragedy is when a person does not accomplish their dream, goal and dies not fulfilling / reaching that goal. Sort of like pathos is too bad. Tragedy is waste of that life. Finally know the date Feb 10, 1949 when Death of a Salesman opened for the first performance and Feb. 10 was also the day Arthur Miller died years later.


 * 4/29:** Read the scene in Act 1 about the Loman brothers. Be ready to discuss in class.


 * 4/28:** Starting "Death of a Salesman". Read for homework- Act 1 Scene 1 up to the part about the 2 brothers up in their room. It will be obvious when student gets to that part.


 * 4/15:** Finish the 19 journal notes by Friday! See yesterday's Wiki for info. Get ready for the blue book essay that will be written in class Friday. Should have notes Lunser gave students. Quotes in mind. Thoughts on themes.


 * 4/14:** Did the notes on final exam over Into the Wild which is Friday. Notes were on the characters in Travel Journal. The students should have 19 entries in their Journals which is 18 chapters and the epilogue. Date each one and have student name on the cover.


 * 4/9:** Continuing movie. Make sure students are doing their journals for each chapter of the book. Again it is just jotting a few thoughts of how the student feels about the storyline in each chapter. Blue book test will be next Friday, not this week.


 * 4/8:** Today thru Thursday we are watching Into the Wild movie. When we finish that, we will be having the blue book exam over the entire book aka Travel Journal.


 * 4/4:** Quiz today. No homework. Going to start "Death of a Salesman" on Tuesday.


 * 4/3:** Read last chapter and epilogue is homework. Quiz open book, tomorrow.


 * 4/ 2:** Went to Culinary to make moose and deer with rice dishes to see how Into the Wild's Chris ate and hunted. E.B. and Kevin organized this cooking on the propane stove event. Went well.


 * 3/31:** Class should be almost through their journals. Each chapter should have a short thought by student of their feelings about that chapter. Also, book should be read by tomorrow. Only two chapters left to read.


 * 3/24:** April 18 is the exam on all of Into the Wild. Will finish book by April 4 (next Friday). Homework is to read Chapters 13 and 14. We started 13 in class. No class tomorrow due to S.A.T. and no class Wednesday due to the normal rotation. Should have 14 entries in notebooks. Will hand in at end of book for grade!


 * 3/21:** Quiz on Into the Wild 7 thru 12 today. Monday read chapters 13 and 14.


 * 3/19:** Read Chapter 12 of Into the Wild for next class. Quiz over chapters 7 thru 12 Friday!


 * 3/18:** Reviewed Chapter 10 in class. Need to read Chapter 11 for tomorrow. Keep up on thoughts in journal as those will be collected Friday.


 * 3/17:** Finished chapter 9 today in class. Students should read chapter 10. Journals should now have 9 entries, one for each chapter. These only need be a couple sentences (thoughts). Test over chapters 7 thru 12 is tentatively Friday.


 * 3/7:** Reviewed for test and took it today. Read chapter 7 Into the Wild.


 * 3/4:** Need to have 1 or 2 sentences in journal about the first 5 Chapters which should all be read by now. Make sure to read Chapter 6 soon as test is Friday!

now. Date each entry and title it by chapter. Example: Chapter 4 is "Detrital Wash". Everyone has a copy of Into the Wild.
 * 2/26:** Read chapters 3 and 4 for class on Monday. Friday will be first quiz on chapters 1 thru 6. Everyone should have at least 4 to 6 entries in their journals (mini notebooks) by


 * 2/25:** Students need to write a sentence or two for chapter 1 and 2. Read chapter 3 for homework. They took turns reading aloud Chapter 2.

students were asked today to bring small (19 cents to $1.00 only) journal to jot just a sentence or two in after each chapter given a brief thought on the how they feel about the reading. They need them tomorrow. I gave Stephen one Sharon Hudson found and I have one more for Cheyenne if she needs it. So our students I service are set. If anyone has any extra little notepads, I can see if we need them. No other homework.
 * 2/24:** We are starting a new "travel essay" which is the book "into the Wild". Mr. O'leary read the first chapter and discussed it. The


 * 2/11:** Mr. O' Leary read short stories to class. Discussed short stories are due Thursday at the end of class which is block 3. Two pages double spaced. 3 hole punched when turned in, write in any voice ( 1st, second or third person). Must have a beginning, middle and end. No more than 3 characters in student's story. Clean beginning, middle has tension arising, end is resolution to tension.

Had the whole class clapping when he finished. Second best presentation in class. Probably an A. Cheyenne did well also. Nice job by both!
 * 2/7:** Class did their presentations on lyrics. Stephen gave his in front of class. Not necessary but he wanted the extra points.


 * 2/5:** Working on song lyrics, examples in class of real songs.


 * 2/3:** The lyrics to song students write is not due until Friday.


 * 1/31:** Mr. O' Leary read aloud the poems the students wrote if okay with students. Stephen wrote a whimsical poem and Cheyenne wrote a dark poem. Both were excellent. Due Monday: Start working on song lyrics. Genre of student's choice (rap, rock, country, an aria, etc). They can use any form they choose with an example being 2 verses, the chorus a verse.


 * 1/ 27:** Worked on poems which are due Friday.

Otherwise they may not have time to write the essays as well as answer questions on exam. Cannot pre-write the essays. They must be written in class during the exam time.
 * Jan 13:** Friday Mr. O'Leary will give the students 5 essay possibilities that the students need to then pick 2 choices that will both be written during the midterm. They should have a thesis statement for both essays and outlines for them finished before next Tuesday.


 * Jan 8:** No homework rest of the week.


 * Jan 7:** Started to watch Redford/ Farrow Gatsby. Will finish and then close the week with the comparison of that and Leonardo DiCaprio's Gatsby. Next week will study for midterm in class and then after midterm will start a 3 week session of writing. projects.


 * Dec. 11:** Started Chapter IX in class. Will finish tomorrow and also, if time, take final chapter test.


 * Dec 10:** Finish reading Gatsby. Feel free to write extra letters to human rights activists and give to either Mr. O'Leary or librarians.


 * Dec. 5:** No quiz on chapter VIII (8). Instead of a quiz, students are to write a letter from May of 1919 from either Daisy Fay or Jay Gatsby to the other. Daisy's should be about Surprise, surprise, she met a guy named Tom Buchanan and immediately decided to marry him. Sorry that she cannot wait for Gatsby to return from the army. Jay's letter from Daisy was received 10 days later and should be about how he is madly in love with Daisy. She is the love of his life. He must have her. She must wait, etc. He is heart broken. Mr. O'leary prefers it to be a handwritten letter and in an actual envelop which should be properly addressed and a stamp drawn on it in the proper place. Don't use a real stamp.


 * Dec 4:** Quiz next class on chapter 8 after we finish the in class discussion we started today.


 * Dec. 2:** Read chapter 8 (VIII) for tomorrow.


 * Nov 25:** The quiz on Chapter 6 is again postponed. It will be Tuesday -a written paragraph or essay (not sure which) and open book. My guess is quotes will need to be given and/ or explained. Bring your copy of Gatsby whether online or hard copy to class.


 * Nov. 20:** Change of plans. Mr. O'Leary read chapter 5 to the class. The quiz is now tomorrow. Make sure to read the chapters if you haven't and study the notes. Ms. Lunser gave you.

Tomorrow (Wed) quiz over Chapter 5. Read that and Chapter 6 for quiz on that Thursday.
 * Nov. 19:** Took quiz over chapter 4 of Gatsby today. Started reading Chapter 5 in class.

will have a quiz on chapters 2 and 3 postponed from today.
 * Nov 12:** Need to read the next chapter which is 4. Must have all five chapters read by end of week. Also,


 * Nov 7:** Read chapters 2 and 3. Quiz on both Tuesday.


 * Nov 6:** Chapter 1 Gatsby quiz is tomorrow. Study it. Mr. O'Leary will review; but, make sure to have the chapter read and know the characters.


 * Nov. 5:** Started The Great Gatsby today. Homework is to read the first chapter by tomorrow.

the quarter test. Thursday we will do notes on the lines and scenes. Friday is the test. As they leave class, Mr. O'Leary will give them their essay question for the test. They need to take sticky notes Thursday night and put them into the playbook of MacBeth to have quotes ready for essay. There will not be time to look them up during essay. The following week we start The Great Gatsby" and do 7 weeks of 9 chapters. So, it will be lots of reading. After holiday break, we have two weeks to write a paper on Gatsby which will be the midterm final.
 * Oct. 28:** Everyone has given their speech with props and costumes! No class tomorrow. Wednesday we will take notes on the characters for


 * Oct. 24:** Cheyenne's group will give their speech from MacBeth tomorrow. Stephen does his on Monday. Stephen knows his speech by heart! Today none of the student groups who took their turn had memorized their speech. They don't have to; but, it is extra credit. Only homework is to practice speeches.


 * Oct. 23:** Last day of rehearsal for speeches which start tomorrow. Cheyenne gives hers Friday. Stephen Monday. They both have their props and Stephen has a costume. These are extra credit.


 * Oct 22:** The test over the quarter is open notes and outline. Mr. O'Leary will give the class the essay questions in advance.

extra credit as set. Presentations start Thursday. Three groups signed up for each of three days. Last day is next Monday. That is Stephen's day. Don't know which day is Cheyenne's yet. MacBeth test is Nov. 1 Friday.
 * Oct. 21:** Rehearsed lines for MacBeth presentation. Cheyenne absent and Stephen has his by heart! They have props and costumes for

One missed a bonus and the other missed a question; but, did the bonus. Nov 1 will be the test over the entire play MacBeth. Nov 4 we start The Great Gatsby.
 * Oct 15:** The class received back their quizzes from Act V. Everyone received at least a 90%. Our students received 100%.


 * Oct 8:** Watched the last act of MacBeth in auditorium. Don't forget, the quiz on Act V is Thursday. No class Wed.

Will do performance (student acting) tomorrow. Gatsby will be started next week.
 * Oct 7:** Goal today was to set up accounts with new passwords if students didn't have one. Then download MacBeth and Gatsby.


 * Oct 4:**Reviewed and took quiz on Act IV. On Monday we should have read the entire MacBeth play. Will act out the scenes on stage. Tuesday Mr. O' Leary will show the rest of the movie. Wed- No class, Thursday will be act V quiz.


 * Oct.1:** Read the rest of MacBeth Act IV. Quiz on Monday.

what does it mean, to whom is it referring? Mr. O'Leary sent an e-mail to every student/ parent this past week-end. Only one student read it. He will be doing this probably every week-end now.
 * Sept 30:** Stephen finished quiz. Class as a whole did poorly on quiz. Could be because this is the first quiz with lots of quotes: who said it,


 * Sept. 27:** Took Quiz on MacBeth. Monday will watch part of the film. No homework.


 * Sept. 25:** Act IV read scene 2 for homework.


 * Sept 24: Quiz over Act III tomorrow. Study your notes. Monday start reading Act IV in MacBeth.**


 * Sept 23:** Start Act III in MacBeth.


 * Sept 20**: Discussed end of Act II of MacBeth. Took the quiz over the entire act. Need to start reading Act III, scenes 1. 2, and 3 for next class.


 * Sept. 19: MacBeth Act II : Students should have finished reading Act II. Quiz is Friday over whole Act II. Stephen and Cheyenne have**
 * the notes on the play that I took. They should study those and will be all set.**