1) Read To Kill a Mockingbird, Chapter 9, p. 74-89, by Tuesday, 11/17/09.

2) Evaluation Essay hard copy due, and same essay submitted to Turnitin, on Tuesday, 11/17/09

3) Choose PowerPoint topics and partners by Thurs., 11/19.

Read Mockingbird, Chapter 10, p. 89-99.

1) Read Mockingbird, Chapter 11, p. 99-112.

2) Mockingbird test

3) Choose PowerPoint topics and partners by Thurs., 11/19/09.

1) Read Mockingbird to the end of Chapter 14, p. 144, by Monday, 11/23/09.

2) Start looking for quotations for your PowerPoint topic.

Read To Kill a Mockingbird, Chapter 1, p. 3-15, by Tuesday, 11/10/09.

1) Evaluation Essay: submit a hard copy to me, and submit the same essay to Turnitin (due Tuesday, 11/17/09).

2) Read Mockingbird to the end of Chapter 4, by Thursday, 11/12/09.

HOLIDAY

1) Read Mockingbird to the end of Chapter 6, by Friday, 11/13/09.

2) Mockingbird worksheet with complete sentence answers due Friday, 11/13/09

1) Read Mockingbird to the end of Chapter 8, by Monday, 11/16/09.

2) Evaluation Essay hard copy submitted to me, and the same essay submitted to Turnitin (due Tuesday, 11/17/09)

3) Choose PowerPoint topics and partners by Thurs., 11/19/09.

1) Parts of Speech test on Tuesday, 11/03/09

2) Vocabulary parts of speech, definitions, and sentences due Friday, 11/06/09

3) Vocabulary/Spelling test on Friday, 11/06/09

4) Get the To Kill a Mockingbird book from our library by Monday, 11/09/09.

1) Parts of Speech test

2) Do the numbered exercises on p. 300 (due Wednesday, 11/04/09).

1) Read "The Washwoman," p. 648-654.

2) Read p. 880-882, and answer questions #1-6 on p. 883, in complete sentences (due Thursday, 11/05/09).

1) Read "Washwoman," p. 654-655.

2) Read "On Summer," p. 656-661.

3) Read "Understanding Comics," p. 694-704.

4) "Washwoman" test

5) Vocabulary parts of speech, definitions, and sentences due Friday, 11/06/09

6) Vocabulary/Spelling test on Friday, 11/06/09

7) Get To Kill a Mockingbird book from our library by Monday, 11/09/09.

1) Vocabulary/Spelling test

2) "Comics" test

3) Worksheet p. 70 and 72 due Monday, 11/09/09

4) Bring To Kill a Mockingbird book on Monday, 11/09/09.

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Read p. 394-396, and answer questions #1-5 on p. 397 in complete sentences (due Wednesday, 10/28/09).

Read "Single Room...," p. 634-640, and complete the story test (due Friday, 10/30/09).

"Single Room" test due Friday, 10/30/09

1) Grammar worksheets due Monday, 11/2/09

2) Parts of speech test on Tuesday, 11/3/09

Read p. 196-198, and answer questions #1-7, p. 199 (due Tuesday, 10/20/09).

Read "The Machine That Won the War," p. 454-462, by Thursday, 10/22/09.

Read "The Machine That Won the War," p. 454-462, by Thursday, 10/22/09.

Answer questions #1-7, p. 462 (due Friday, 10/23/09).

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1) Read "Go Deep to the Sewer," p. 366-372.

2) Read "The Talk," p. 380-383.

3) Answer questions #1-3 on p. 383.

4) Vocabulary parts of speech, definitions, and sentences due Friday, 10/16/09

5) Vocabulary/Spelling test on Friday, 10/16/09

1) Read "Blues Ain't No Mockin Bird," p. 570-573.

2) Vocabulary worksheet, p. 85 and 141, due Wed., 10/14/09

Read "Blues," p. 573-576.

1) Answer questions #1-6 on p. 576.

2) Vocabulary parts of speech, definitions, and sentences due Friday, 10/16/09

3) Vocabulary/Spelling test on Friday, 10/16/09

1) Vocabulary/Spelling test

2) "Blues" test

1) Read "The Scarlet Ibis," p. 552-558.

2) Book Report due Friday, 10/09/09

Read "Ibis," p. 558-564.

1) Answer questions #1-7 on p. 564.

2) "Scarlet Ibis" test

1) Read "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty," p. 344-352.

2) "Mitty" test

3) Book Report due tomorrow, Friday, 10/09/09

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HOLIDAY

HOLIDAY

Read "A Person of Character" hand-out

1) Read "Aha Moment," p. 467-469.

2) Answer questions #1-3, p. 469.

Book Report due next Friday, 10/9/09

Do the numbered exercises on p. 160 (due Tues., 9/22/09).

"Children in the Woods" test

1) Read "Checkouts," p. 280-285.

2) Read "Fifteen," p.286.

3) worksheet, p. 58 and 66 (due Thursday, 9/24/09)

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1) "Checkouts" test

2) Work on book report (due 10/9/09).

1) Read "A Lincoln Preface," p. 150-155.

2) "Who Am I" project due Friday, 9/18/09

Read "Lincoln," p. 155-157.

1) Read "Lincoln," p. 157-158.

2) Answer questions #1-6, p. 158

3) "Lincoln" test

1) Read "Children in the Woods," p. 246-249.

2) "Who Am I" project due Friday, 9/18/09

1) Read "Woods," p. 249-252.

2) Answer questions #2, 3, 6, 8, on p. 252.

3) Answer questions #1, 4, 6, 7, on p. 253.

4) Read your novel (book report due 10/9/09).

HOLIDAY

"Who Am I" project due Friday, 9/18/09

Read "The Most Dangerous Game," p. 24-29.

1) Read "Game," p. 29-35.

2) "Game" worksheet, p. 6-7, due Friday, 9/11/09

1) Read "Game," p. 35-36.

2) "Game" test

3) "Who Am I" project due Friday, 9/18/09

1) Vocabulary worksheet, p. 22-23, due Tues., 9/01/09

2) Library Study Guide due in library by Thursday, 9/03/09

3) Vocabulary parts of speech, definitions, and sentences due Friday, 9/04/09

4) Vocabulary/Spelling test on Friday, 9/04/09

5) Book Report due Friday, 10/09/09

Read "The Most Dangerous Game," p. 16-20.

1) Read "Game," p. 20-24.

2) Library Study Guide due in library by Thursday, 9/03/09

1) Vocabulary parts of speech, definitions, and sentences due Friday, 9/04/09

2) Vocabulary/Spelling test on Friday, 9/04/09

3) "Who Am I" project due Friday, 9/18/09

1) Vocabulary/Spelling test

2) "Who Am I" project (due 9/18/09)

3) Look for a novel for the book report (due 10/09/09)

1) Read "The Cask of Amontillado," p. 4-7.

2) Mission Statement rough and final drafts, plus self-evaluation sheet, due Friday, 8/28/09

1) Read "Cask," p. 7-10.

2) Do all numbered exercises on p. 14 (due Wed., 8/26/09).

1) Read "Cask," p. 9-12.

2) "Cask of Amontillado" test

1) Mission Statement hard copy of rough and final drafts, plus self-evaluation sheet, due Friday, 8/28/09

2)Final draft must be uploaded to Turnitin before Friday, 8/28/09.

Library Study Guide due in the library by 9/03/09

Finish scoring the "Values Survey."

Write definitions for the literary terms (due Wed., 8/19/09).

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1) Register on Turnitin by next Thursday, 8/27/09.

2) Mission Statement composition due Friday, 8/28/09

Mission Statement rough and final drafts, plus self-evaluation sheet, due Friday, 8/28/09

HOLIDAY

HOLIDAY

HOLIDAY

Get the class orientation signed, and return it to class on Friday, 8/14/09.

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