Dial Into Honors English

2nd Block – A days  (Tues./ Thurs.)

Vocabulary 11 sentences due Tuesday; quiz, Thursday

Raisin in the Sun — We’ll continue reading Act I in class. You’ll read Act II on your  own; then, we’ll finish Act III together in class. Work on filling out the handout as you /we read.  The test will include another essay question and you’ll need the handout to help with writing the essay.

4th Block

No vocabulary this week.

To Kill A Mockingbird: quiz, chapters 7-11 on Thursday

Poetry: Tuesday and Thursday– We’ll be reading the final poem that must go in the Poetry Notebook. Now you’re on your own. Find 6 poems to analyze and write one of your own and analyze it too.  Put all 10 poems in a notebook (follow instructions!) and turn it  in on March 23.

Romeo and Juliet: we begin reading Act I together in class this week.

2nd Block– A days (Mon., Wed., Fri.)

Vocabulary #11: sentences due next Tuesday 3/9; quiz Thursday, 3/11

A Raisin in the Sun: We’ll be taking parts and reading this play, mainly in class, this week and next. We’ll also be watching the made-for-tv movie of the play with Sean Combs and Phylicia Rashad.

Non-fiction Friday: We’ll review the Maya Angelou autobiographical piece you read. You will be turning in the questions you answered about the selection for a grade.

4th Block

SAT vocabulary #7– sentences due Thursday; quiz Friday

To Kill A Mockingbird– First chapters (1-6) quiz is Wednesday, 3/3. See the TKAM page for the schedule.

Poetry–  Tuesday and Thursday: We’ll read and analyze the next two poems for the poetry notebook; we’ll continue to look at poetry, but you should begin working on the poetry notebook, finding 6 of your own poems to analyze as well as one of your own. The poetry notebook is due on March 18th.

Romeo and Juliet–we’ll start this unit with some background. On Monday in class read the background information about William Shakespeare, the theater in his day, and where he got the idea for this play (pages 764-768). Take good notes on what you read because you’ll be taking an open note quiz on Tuesday. You’ll also be getting literary terms for the unit to define.  We’ll be reading Act I together in class. Then, you’ll read Acts II, III, and IV  in groups.  We’ll read Act V together. As we read we’ll stop and watch portions of both movies: the 1970 Franco Zeferelli version which is true to the play and the modern version with Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes.

2nd Block- A Days (Tuesday/ Thursday)

• Animal Farm quiz chapters6-10– Also, turn in two sheets: “Propaganda in AF” and “Comparing AF to the Russian Revolution.”
• vocabulary 1-10 review on Tuesday; quiz Thursday
• “When I Lay My Burden Down” by Maya Angelou– nonfiction assignment from Friday is due.  We will discuss this, some Langston Hughes poetry and start reading the play A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry.

4th Block

Vocabulary #6 this week: sentences due Thursday; quiz, Friday.

Short Story unit ends with discussion of Poe story and assignment: “Buried Alive!” story due next week on Monday (3/1).  Short Story unit test is on Tuesday(2/23). See the page for details about what to study.

Poetry on Tuesday/ Thursday will continue.

Research: House on Mango Street– you will be given a critical article to read, summarize, and cite. We’ll be working on this in class on Wednesday and Thursday and then this annotated bibliography is due on Friday. See the page for details.

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee starts this week. Background and schedule: see the page for details.

Reading Comprehension Benchmark #1: will be given Friday in class.