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English II - Fourth Progress Reporting Period

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

02/07

  • § Library: Pick up All Quiet on the Western Front
  • § Seating chart
  • § Six week calendar
  • § Tutorial sign-in
  • § PowerPoint: WWI/AQWF Background
  • § Homework: Vocab 17

02/08-09

  • § Collect: Vocab 17
  • § Essay Prompt: Throughout Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front, Paul and his comrades represent the Lost Generation. Discuss this through their physical, mental and emotional destruction.
  • § AQWF 1/ DEJ
  • § Homework: DEJ 1-2

02/10-11

  • § Collect: DEJ 1-2
  • § Writer's Craft - Using Phrases and Clauses p.586
  • o Prepositional Phrases - p.588A
  • o Appositives - p.590-591A
  • § PowerPoint WWI/AQWF Background Quiz
  • § AQWF Quiz 1-2
  • § War Survey / My Opinion of War Journal
  • § AQWF 3/DEJ
  • § Homework: DEJ 3-4 (p.61-74)

02/14-15

  • § Collect: DEJ 3-4
  • § Tutorial Sign-in
  • § AQWF Quiz 3-4
  • § Vocab Test 17
  • § Read Wilfred Owen's "Dulce et Decorum Est" and Mc Crae's "In Flanders Fields" aloud.
  • § WWI Poetry Journal - Discuss the meaning of these poems. Relate them to AQWF.
  • § AQWF 5/DEJ
  • § Homework: Vocab 18, DEJ 5

02/16-17

  • § Collect: Vocab 18, DEJ 5, Packet 1
  • § Writer's Craft - Using Phrases and Clauses p.600
  • o Gerunds - p.600
  • o Clauses - p.604
  • § AQWF Quiz 5
  • § "Us and Them" - paraphrase
  • § AQWF 6/DEJ
  • § Homework: DEJ 6 (p.99-114)

02/18

  • § Lincoln Day

02/21

  • § Washington Day

02/22-23

  • § Collect: DEJ 6
  • § Tutorial Sign-in
  • § AQWF Quiz 6
  • § Vocab Test 18
  • § Conflict Journal: Define conflict in your own words. Discuss conflict as seen through All Quiet on the Western Front. Consider man vs. man, man vs. nature and man vs. self.
  • § AQWF 7/DEJ
  • § Homework: Vocab 19, DEJ 7 (p.143-163)

02/24-25

  • § Collect: Vocab 19, DEJ 7
  • § Writer's Craft - Writing Complete Sentences p.631
  • o Fragments - p.632
  • o Run-ons - p.639
  • § AQWF Quiz 7
  • § On the Rainy River Journal: Under what conditions would you be willing to fight for your country? Discuss in detail.
  • § On the Rainy River - p.267-280
  • o Questions 1-7 p.281
  • § Homework: DEJ 8-9 (p.209-229)

02/28

  • § Collect: DEJ 8-9
  • § Tutorial Sign-in
  • § AQWF Quiz 8-9
  • § Vocab Test 19
  • § Homework: DEJ 10 (p.239-264), Vocab 20

03/01-02

  • § Collect: DEJ 10, Vocab 20
  • § AQWF Quiz 10
  • § Writing Process - brainstorm
  • § AQWF - movie
  • § Homework: DEJ 11-12 (p.275-292)

03/03-04

  • § Collect: DEJ 11-12, Packet 2
  • § Writer's Craft Review:
  • o PowerPoint Notes on p.586-639
  • o Quiz Review p.642 - Checkpoint
  • § AQWF Quiz 11-12
  • § Green Sheets - divided thesis
  • § AQWF - movie
  • § Homework: Green Sheet ¶2

03/07

  • § Collect: Green Sheet ¶2
  • § Vocab Test 20
  • § Homework: Vocab 21, Green Sheet ¶3

03/08-09

  • § Collect: Vocab 21, Green Sheet ¶3
  • § Tutorial Sign-in
  • § Trurl's Machine Journal - What technology has mankind created that can eventually work against us?
  • § Trurl's Machine p.727
  • 1. Questions 1-4:Who acts more illogically in this story, the people or the machine? Why do you think so?
  • 2. What does the character Trurl seem to imply about mankind?
  • 3. What do you think is the theme or message? Explain.
  • 4. Compare the theme of this story to the theme of your journal. What similarities do you notice?
  • § Writer's Workshop
  • § Homework: Green Sheet ¶4

03/10-11

  • § Collect: Green Sheet ¶4
  • § Writer's Craft - Open Note Test p.628C/p.643B
  • § CAHSEE Study Guide - Review/Discuss:
  • o General Tips - p. 8
  • o Word Analysis - p. 13
  • o Reading Comprehension - p. 23
  • o Literary Response and Analysis - p. 39
  • o Writing Strategies - p. 49
  • o Writing Conventions - p. 59
  • o Writing Applications - p.69
  • § CAHSEE Practice Test:
  • o Discuss essay prompts - p.113-117
  • o Questions 1-34 - p. 93-112
  • § Homework: Green Sheet ¶1&¶5, Works Cited

03/14

  • § Collect: Green Sheet ¶1 &¶5, Works Cited
  • § Tutorial Sign-in
  • § Vocab Test 21
  • § Homework: RD w/ Works Cited, Vocab 22

03/15-16

  • § Collect: RD w/ Works Cited, Vocab 22
  • § MLA notes/works cited/essay breakdown
  • § Peer Editing
  • § Sound of Thunder Journal: How can seemingly small decisions in our lives have a large impact on our future? Discuss a decision in your life (past or present, positive or negative) that you think will impact your future. You may also discuss this in relation to current events and/or history.
  • § Sound of Thunder p.683
  • § Questions 1-5 p.693
  • § Homework: Final typed essay, www.turnitin.com

03/17-18

  • § Collect: Packet 3, Prewriting Packet (Brainstorm, Green Sheets, Rough Draft), Final Essay
  • § Final essay into Best of the Best Portfolio
  • § New six week calendar
  • § Timed Writing 4: Compare and Contrast Essay - Compare and contrast Lenin and Stalin's economic, political and social policies.