What We Did—English 10
Week 1:
August 13-14
Thurs: Class
Rules Questions; Commas lessons 1 and 2
Fri: finish
Commas lessons 1-3 + review ex. 1; read “The Monkey’s Paw”
Week 2:
August 17-21
Mon: short
story unit 1 notes, day 1
Tues: read “The
Masque of the Red Death”; writing assignment: survivor’s journal entry
Wed: short
story unit 1 notes, day 2
Thurs: Commas 4
& 5; read “A Visit to Grandmother’s”
Fri: read the
Biographical Narrative handout; How to Set-up a Word Processing Document”; short
story unit 1 notes, day 3
Week 3:
August 24-28
Mon: read AR
handouts; day 4 notes
Tues: Commas 6;
go to library for AR books
Wed: Commas
Review ex. 2; Literary Terms Questions
Thurs: “This Is
a Test” due on Turnitin by 7:00 p.m.; Literary Terms
Questions; Allusions
Fri: AR day;
Commas 7 and 8
Week 4:
August 31 – September 4
Mon: Poe movie
part 1
Tues: Unit One
Test (3 short stories + literary terms); typing conventions
Wed: Commas 9;
read “Walk to the Jetty”
Thurs: Poe
movie 2
Fri: AR day;
folders 1
Week 5:
September 7-11
Mon: NO SCHOOL;
Biographical Narrative due on Turnitin 7:00;
Tues: Biographical
Narrative hardcopy due; read nonfiction selections; Commas 10 and 11
Wed: read
nonfiction selections (pages 70, 128, 168, 199, 200, 220, 256, 464)
Thurs: read
nonfiction; work on Commas Practice Test
Fri: AR day;
work on Commas Practice Test
Week 6:
September 14-18
Mon: Comma
notes; read nonfiction
Tues: read
nonfiction
Wed: work on
Nonfiction questions 1
Thurs: Commas
Test
Fri: AR day;
work on Nonfiction questions 2
Week 7:
September 21-25
Mon: work on
Nonfiction #2, Nonfiction study sheet, or Advice Column
Tues: work on
Nonfiction #2, Nonfiction study sheet, or Advice Column
Wed: Nonfiction
Test; turn in Nonfiction study sheet
Thurs: Advice
Column due; Random Writing Topics
Fri: AR day;
folders #2
Week 8:
September 28 – October 2
Mon: NO SCHOOL
Tues: NO SCHOOL
Wed: distribute
student handbook; prepositional phrases 1; read “The Open Window”; begin Open
Window classwork
Thurs: prepositional
phrases 2; Open Window classwork
Fri: AR day
Week 9:
October 5-9
Mon: Fall 10th-grade
Pre-Test; writing sentences with prepositional phrases 1;
Tues: read
“Hearts and Hands”; copy sentences for missed pre-test questions
Wed: “The Widow
and the Parrot”; work on short story classwork
Thurs: “The
Street of the Canon”; work on short story classwork
Fri: Before the
Law writing assignment due; AR day
Week 10:
October 12-16
Mon: Before the
Law Writing Assignment--Evaluation
Tues: Unit Two
Short Story Test (5 stories); Writing Prepositional Phrases 2
Wed: Gerund
Phrases 1; Critical Review (due Friday 10-23)
Thurs: William
S. Hart Writing Assessment
Fri: AR day
Week 11:
October 19-23
Mon: read “Work
That Counts” p. 753; Gerund Phrases 2
Tues: read “The
Marginal World” p. 660; Infinitive Phrases 1
Wed: read
“Flood” p. 712; Nonfiction Unit 2 Classwork
Thurs: Possessives
Before Gerunds
Fri: AR day;
folders #3; Critical Review due—hardcopy only, not Turnitin
Week 12:
October 26-30
Mon: read
“Angela’s Ashes” p. 474; nonfiction classwork #2
Tues: read “A
Child’s Christmas in
Wed: Infinitive
Phrases 2; work on nonfiction classwork
Thurs: begin
participial phrases; work on nonfiction classwork
Fri: AR day
Week 13:
November 2-6
Mon: work on
nonfiction study sheets
Tues: Test:
Nonfiction Unit 2; participial phrases
Wed: Critical
Review Response 1
Thurs:
Participial Phrase Classwork & Participle or Gerund
Fri: AR day
Week 14:
November 9-13
Mon: There Will
Come Soft Rains; Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Past Participles
Tues: By the Waters of Babylon, part 1
Wed: NO SCHOOL
Thurs: Critical
Review Response 2 due
Fri: read short
stories; work on short stories classwork
Week 15:
November 16-20
Mon: read short
stories; work on short stories classwork
Tues: read
short stories (or Lord of the Flies); then: work on critical review response response or short story questions
Wed: read Lord
of the Flies; then: work on critical review response response
or short story questions
Thurs: read
Lord of the Flies
Fri: read Lord
of the Flies; folders, last day for AR tests; Critical Review Response Response due; Unit 3 Short Stories Test; collect short
story handouts
Week 16:
November 23-27
Mon: read Lord
of the Flies
Tues: read Lord
of the Flies; Lord of Flies Test 1 (chapters 1-3)
Wed: read Lord
of the Flies
Thurs: read
Lord of the Flies
Fri: read Lord
of the Flies
Week 17:
November 30 – December 4
Sun: Critical
Review 2nd draft due on Turnitin by 7:00
p.m.
Mon: read Lord
of the Flies; Critical Review 2nd draft hardcopy due in class;
Tues: read Lord
of the Flies; Lord of Flies Test 2 (chapters 4-6)
Wed: read Lord
of the Flies
Thurs: read
Lord of the Flies
Fri: read Lord
of the Flies
Week 18:
December 7-11
Mon: read Lord
of the Flies
Tues: read Lord
of the Flies; Lord of Flies Test 3 (chapters 7-9)
Wed: read Lord
of the Flies
Thurs: read
Lord of the Flies
Fri: read Lord
of the Flies
Week 19:
December 14-18
Mon: read Lord
of the Flies
FINALS DAY
(period 2 on Thursday; period 6 on Wednesday; period 7 on Thursday): Lord of
Flies Test 4 (chapters 10-12);