Friday, April 29

Groups wrapped up Macbeth motif work.
COLLECTED motifs for contest.

Finished watching the film version of Macbeth.

DUE DATES

WEDNESDAY, May 4: Act 1 The Importance of Being Earnest vocabulary quiz.
MONDAY, May 16: Last weekly reading log is due.

TERM PAPER DUE DATES

TUESDAY, APRIL 26: Rough draft due. Term papers must be shared by midnight on Tuesday for full credit; all late work loses 4 points per day.

FRIDAY, MAY 13: Final draft due.

Thursday, April 28

Distributed the Act 1 Importance of Being Earnest vocabulary.

Finished reading Macbeth.
Picked up watching Act 5 from 5.2 in the film version of the play.

DUE DATES

Wednesday, May 4: Act 1 The Importance of Being Earnest vocabulary quiz.

TERM PAPER DUE DATES

TUESDAY, APRIL 26: Rough draft due. Term papers must be shared by midnight on Tuesday for full credit; all late work loses 4 points per day.

FRIDAY, MAY 13: Final draft due.

Wednesday, April 27

Silent reading.
COLLECTED weekly reading logs.
Read 5.5, pausing to discuss the "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow" speech.

DUE DATES

Wednesday, May 4: Act 1 The Importance of Being Earnest vocabulary quiz.

TERM PAPER DUE DATES

TUESDAY, APRIL 26: Rough draft due. Term papers must be shared by midnight on Tuesday for full credit; all late work loses 4 points per day.

FRIDAY, MAY 13: Final draft due.

Tuesday, April 26

Reviewed common stumbling blocks of the term paper.
Research and writing time.

DUE DATES

Silent reading and weekly reading logs will be WEDNESDAY, April 27, for this week.

TERM PAPER DUE DATES

TUESDAY, APRIL 26: Rough draft due. Term papers must be shared by midnight on Tuesday for full credit; all late work loses 4 points per day.

FRIDAY, MAY 13: Final draft due.

Monday, April 25

Reviewed common stumbling blocks of the term paper.
Research and writing time.

DUE DATES

Silent reading and weekly reading logs will be WEDNESDAY, April 27, for this week.

TERM PAPER DUE DATES

TUESDAY, APRIL 26: Rough draft due. Term papers must be shared by midnight on Tuesday for full credit; all late work loses 4 points per day.

FRIDAY, MAY 13: Final draft due.

Friday, April 15

Watched a short grammar refresher on comma splices and run-on sentences.

Research and writing time.

DUE DATES

TERM PAPER DUE DATES

TUESDAY, APRIL 26: Rough draft due.

FRIDAY, MAY 13: Final draft due.

Thursday, April 14

Macbeth 5.4 reading quiz.
Reviewed the resources on grammar and mechanics.
Watched a short grammar refresher on apostrophes.

Research and writing time.

DUE DATES

TERM PAPER DUE DATES

TUESDAY, APRIL 26: Rough draft due.

FRIDAY, MAY 13: Final draft due.

Wednesday, April 13

Read and discussed 5.2 and 5.3.
Homework for Thursday: Read 5.4, Macbeth.

Reviewed the sample essay and margin notes.
Research and writing time.

DUE DATES

TERM PAPER DUE DATES

TUESDAY, APRIL 26: Rough draft due.

FRIDAY, MAY 13: Final draft due.

Tuesday, April 12

Homework for Wednesday, April 13: Read over sample essay and margin notes.
Research and writing time.

Finished 4.3 on film.
Read and watched 5.1 (the sleepwalking scene).

DUE DATES

TERM PAPER DUE DATES

TUESDAY, APRIL 26: Rough draft due.

FRIDAY, MAY 13: Final draft due.

Monday, April 11

Silent reading.
COLLECTED weekly reading logs.
Returned graded introductory paragraphs.

Finished reading 4.3.
Began watching 4.2 and 4.3 on film.

DUE DATE

TERM PAPER DUE DATES

FRIDAY, APRIL 8: Intro paragraph with thesis due. Share with cbishop@grsd.org via Google Docs!

TUESDAY, APRIL 26: Rough draft due.

FRIDAY, MAY 13: Final draft due.

Friday, April 8

Research and Writing.
Students shared their introductory paragraphs, with updated Works Cited pages, with me via Google Docs.

Continued reading 4.3 (read to line 213 on page 504).

DUE DATE

TERM PAPER DUE DATES

FRIDAY, APRIL 8: Intro paragraph with thesis due. Share with cbishop@grsd.org via Google Docs!

TUESDAY, APRIL 26: Rough draft due.

FRIDAY, MAY 13: Final draft due.

Thursday, April 7

Research and Writing.  (Intro paragraphs should be shared with me by the end of day Friday via Google Docs.)

DUE DATE

TERM PAPER DUE DATES

FRIDAY, APRIL 8: Intro paragraph with thesis due.

TUESDAY, APRIL 26: Rough draft due.

FRIDAY, MAY 13: Final draft due.

Wednesday, April 6

Silent reading.
COLLECTED weekly reading logs.

Watched and discussed video clips "Writing an Intro," and "MLA In-text Citations."

DUE DATE

TERM PAPER DUE DATES

FRIDAY, APRIL 8: Intro paragraph with thesis due.

TUESDAY, APRIL 26: Rough draft due.

FRIDAY, MAY 13: Final draft due.

Tuesday, April 5

Short class today due to early release schedule.
Homework: Finish reading the MLA Guide by Wednesday!
Reading logs will be due on Wednesday this week!

Watched video clips on organizing notes into an outline, followed by video clip on composing a thesis statement.  (This is a suggested format, not a mandatory one, though the intro paragraph should accomplish these tasks.)
Students organized notes and began writing introductory paragraphs.

DUE DATE

TERM PAPER DUE DATES

FRIDAY, APRIL 8: Intro paragraph with thesis due.

TUESDAY, APRIL 26: Rough draft due.

FRIDAY, MAY 13: Final draft due.

Monday, April 4

No school due to snow day.

Friday, April 1

Homework: Finish reading the MLA Guide by Wednesday!
Reading, research, or updating motif notes.
COLLECTED set of 20 note cards with matching source cards.
Reviewed dramatic purpose of upcoming family scene, 4.2.
Read Macbeth, 4.2.
Discussed Malcolm's danger from visitors from Scotland.
Began reading 4.3. (Reached line 25.)

DUE DATE

TERM PAPER DUE DATES

FRIDAY, APRIL 1: Notes due.
FRIDAY, APRIL 8: Intro paragraph with thesis due.

TUESDAY, APRIL 26: Rough draft due.

FRIDAY, MAY 13: Final draft due.