Welcome! The purpose of this page is to
keep you up to date with assignments. I will post the assignments and their due
dates regularly. The day an assignment is due is indicated in parenthesis:
(M)=Monday, (T)=Tuesday, and so on.
8/20/07
Obituaries (M); Poem Recitation (Aug 30); Syllabus (T); “Warm Fire Burnin’” Analysis (B)
8/23/07
Poem recitation (Aug 30); “Warm fire Burnin’” Analysis (F); X-word Puzzle (F); “Rose” Analysis (M)
9/4/07
World Around Us #2 (F); “Barbara Allen” Analysis (T, 9/11)
9/6/07
CHANGE! “Barbara Allen” Analysis is now due on Wednesday, 9/12
9/10/07
World Around Us #3 (F); “Barbara Allen” Analysis is now due on Wednesday, 9/12; Ballad Poems Folder (Block, 9/19-20); Ballad Poem (F, 9/21)
9/14/07
World Around Us #4 (F); Ballad Poems Folder (Block, 9/19-20); Ballad Poem (M, 9/24) This is a change!
9/24/07
Ballad Poem (M, 9/24); World Around Us #5 (F); Bean Trees Reading Guide II (B); Bean Trees Reading Guide III (F)
9/28/07
Read chapter and complete Reading Guides: Chap 4 (T); Chap 5 (B); Chap 6 (F); World Around Us #6 (F)
10/2/07
Turn in completed reading guides 1-6 (F); know your map! (B); Chap 4 quiz (T)
10/11/07
Quiz on Chaps 10-11 (M); Read chapter and complete Reading Guides: Chaps 11-12 (M); Chaps 13-14 (T); Chaps 15-16 (B); Chap17 (F); World Around Us #7 (F); Bean Trees Vocab Test (B); Complete and turn in Reading guides 7-14 (B);
10/19/07
Finish Reading Guides 14-17 (M)
11/2/07
Character Sketch Essay on Taylor Greer (T); World Around Us #9 (F) No more Late World Around Us!
11//10/07
Character Sketch Essay on Taylor Greer (T); World Around Us #10 (F) No more Late World Around Us!; Essay on “Communication Devices” (F)
11/26/07
World Around Us #11 (F); Finish Chapter I of The Pearl, define vocab and answer questions (B)
11/28/07
World Around Us #11 (F); Finish Chapter II of The Pearl, define vocab and answer questions (F); Lottery (B); Personal Song (F)
11/30/07
Finish Chapter III of The Pearl, define vocab and answer questions (M); Quiz on Chap III (M)
12/3/07
Finish Chapter IV of The Pearl, define vocab and answer questions (T)
12/4/07
World Around Us #12 (F); Finish Chap VI for quiz on Monday; Pearl Project (M, Dec 17); Pearl Study Guides (T)
Spring 2008
1/16/08 World Around Us #1 (F); Memorize and Recite Poem (1/29); Finish chapter one of OMM and Reading Guide (T); Chapter One Vocabulary Quiz (T)
1/22/08 World Around Us II (F); Memorize and Recite Poem (1/29); Finish chapter Two of OMM and Reading Guide (F)
1/28/08 World Around Us III (F); Memorize and Recite Poem (1/29) (postponed); Finish chapter 1-3 of OMM and Reading Guide and turn in (B); Chap 4 Reading Guide turned in (F). Chap 5 Reading Guide turned in (M); Chap 5 listening response questions (F)
2/5/08 World Around Us #4 (F); Memorize and Recite Poem (2/7); Complete OMM Chapter reading Guides (T); OMM Test (2/13 and 2/14); Late World Around Us #3 (2/7 and 2/8)
2/12/08 World Around Us #5 (F); Memorize and Recite Poem (be ready on any day); OMM Test (2/13 and 2/14); Projects are cancelled.
2/19/08 World Around Us #6 (F); Memorize and Recite Poem (Friday); Newspaper Deadline (Block)
2/25/08 World Around Us #7 (F); Memorize and Recite Poem (Monday); OMM Essay (2/3)
3/3/08 World Around Us #8 (F); OMM Essay (2/7) CHANGE!
3/10/08 World Around Us #9 (F); Alchemist Reading I (F)
3/17/08 Santiago “character sketch” (Block) World Around Us #10 (after break); Alchemist Reading II (after break)
3/31/08 World Around Us #10 (F); Alchemist Reading 51-82 (Block); Vocab I Quiz and words defined and used in a sentence (F)
4/7/08 World Around Us #11 (F); Alchemist Reading 83-101 (M); Alchemist Reading 102-130 (T); Vocab II Quiz and words defined and used in a sentence (F); Alchemist Story (Tuesday 4/15)
4/14/08 World Around Us #12 (F); Alchemist Reading 131-177 (M); Vocab III Quiz and words defined and used in a sentence (F); Alchemist Story CHANGE (Friday 4/18)
4/21/08 World Around Us # 13 ( F); Vocab III Quiz and words defined and used in a sentence (F); “Ideas Hierarchy” (Tuesday at the end of the period)
4/26/08 World Around Us # 14 ( F); Vocab IV Quiz and words defined and used in a sentence (F);
5/2/08 World Around Us # 15 ( F); Vocab V Quiz and words defined and used in a sentence (F); “Runaway Train” work (T)
5/5/08 CHANGE! “Runaway Train” work (Wednesday!); World Around Us # 15 ( F); Vocab V Quiz and words defined and used in a sentence (F);
5/12/08 World Around Us # 16 ( F); Vocab VII Quiz and words defined and used in a sentence (F)
5/18/08 World Around Us # 17 ( F); Vocab VIII Quiz and words defined and used in a sentence (F); Renaissance Man Essay, Viewing Responses, and Project (May 29)
5/22/08 No World Around Us! Vocab VIII Quiz and words defined and used in a sentence (F); Renaissance Man Essay, Viewing Responses (Friday 5/30) Project is cancelled!