<p>English II Honors Period 3 Daily Agenda</p><p>9/1 -Name games, attendance, summer reading, student survey, class expectations 9/2 -summer reading, syllabus, current event podcast, compare/contrast translations, writing prompts, faculty website, Oedipus powerpoint, begin reading, hw: Read 1-19 and take notes. 9/9 -discussion and notes over reading assignment (what kind of ruler is Oedipus, irony of Tiresias, family tree diagram) 9/10 Notes on “Amsterdam” Finish discussion over reading, read aloud, notes on Oedipus/Creon/Tiresias. Soliloquy/Monologue assignment (due week of 21st), Vocab books – lesson 1 for homework. Read 28-32 for HW 9/14 Collect vocab HW, any questions over reading? Hw: finish Oedipus and take notes (light/lightness, truth, dark/darkness), listen to linguistics podcast: what is your relationship with language? 9/16 – Discussion: What is Your Relationship with Language? Questions over the end of Oedipus, veggie movie, finish Oedipus slideshow 9/17 – Continue language discussion and how it relates to vocab words. Vocab quiz on Wednesday, presentation on Freud’s Oedipus Complex – anyone want to do an assignment on this?</p><p>OPEN HOUSE</p><p>9/21 - Notes and discussion over hubris, characters, chronology. Re-visit Soliloquy Assignment (due Monday). Oedipus test review: test on Thursday! NWEA’s!!! Vocab test on Wednesday. Substitute 9/23 – Vocab Test/Soliloquy assignment work time 9/24 – Oedipus short answer test / NWEA talk </p><p>HOMECOMING! – Have fun, be safe</p><p>9/28 – NWEA Testing 9/30 – Essay rubric given out (choice of Antigone or Oedipus), Antigone books given out- hw: read 1-10, NWEA discussion and ideas for incentives 10/1 – Soliloquy due/discussion of Antigone/HW: Finish Antigone – be ready for quiz. Work day for essay on Monday 10/5 – Antigone quiz/Essay work day/ Room 203 (Computer Lab) 10/7 – Citation clarification, Parent teacher conference sign up! 10/8 - Rough drafts due of Oedipus or Antigone Essay (final drafts due Oct. 14th) Room 203 Computer Lab COLUMBUS DAY – Rest up!</p><p>10/14 – PSAT testing (don’t forget about your Oedipus/Antigone Essay!) 10/15 – Essays due! Lesson 2 in vocabulary book assigned for homework. Class discussion on next unit. 10/19 – Collect vocab hw. Watched One in 8 Million (sneaker, taxidermist, teenager, bankrobber, busker). Began reading in class (Siddhartha books given out). HW: read to page 37. 10/21 – Notes and discussion on Siddhartha, meditation practice 10/22 - Siddhartha packets distributed, reading discussed, One in 8 Million 10/26 – Quiz over reading, discussion on what can be taught in school, HW: read Kamala and answer questions. 10/28 – Discuss Kamala questions, read (finish Amongst the People for homework), reminder: wear comfortable clothes…bring yoga sheet. 10/29 – One in 8 million, yoga, HW: read 75-100 and answer reading guide questions, don’t forget to update stress graph. 11/2 – Poetry assignment. Read through “The Son”, vocab quiz on Thursday, hw: brainstorm 3 people to interview and why. 11/4 – Collect poetry assignment, review grades, discuss “1 in 8 million” project 11/5 – Vocab quiz, Finish project discussion (due date, rubric), silent reading 11/9 – Rubric for project discussed, timeline for project discussed, end of book writing prompt 11/12 – Half of period for drafting interview scripts, begin movie 11/16 – Have pictures ready for downloading!! (send to [email protected]) Discussion about grades, SlumDog Millionaire, work time in library if needed. 11/18 – Finish Slumdog…who needs time for parent teacher conferences? Workday on Thursday, quick tutorial on how to record sound and drop in pictures. 11/19 – PEP grant surveys, finished Slum Dog movie, hw: complete at least 85% of your project over break!!!</p><p>THANKSGIVING BREAK – rest up!</p><p>12/2 – Media discussion on World AIDS Day campaign posters. 12/3 – Book Pass/project trouble shooting. Pass back papers 12/7 – Discuss book pass, book for next Monday! Trouble shoot projects – they need to be turned on before winter break. Next unit: literary terms through fiction, poetry, independent reading. Looking ahead to the final: performance assessment with literary terms (more discussion and explanation to follow- after break). 12/10 – Pass back all papers and grade reports for Q2, assign lit term homework: fiction and poetry. 12/14 – Bridges presentation (guidance) 12/16 – Project presentations 12/17 – Project presentations 12/18 – Project presentations, Lit. term packet and discussion on homework, schedule for readings… WINTER BREAK – Phew.</p><p>1/4 – Midterm assignments to be given this week, review lit packet and reading schedule, comp books and prompts. 1/6 – Midterm assessment introduced, discussion ensued. Pause the reading for fiction and poetry anthologies. 1/8 – Substitute: study hall/reading of independent book 1/11 – Review of fiction/poetry, explanation of midterm assessment. 1/13 – Literary term search, listen and tell with lyrics 1/14 – continue lyric discussion… 1/19 – lit. term scavenger hunt (media, books, info texts). Collect journals, read short story… 1/21 – 1/26 – Review for Midterm Assessment 1/27 – Midterm Assessment 2/2 – Pass back journals and give grades for midterm/Q2 – any missing work? Move projects to Q3. Class evaluations. 2/3 – 1 in 8 million projects 2/4 – Introduce Drown and Garcia Girls, packets given, DR/Haiti notes, read Ysrael in class. HW: Ysrael and first prompt (1 page min, formal writing), research facts on DR. 2/8 – Read and discuss Chapter 1, Ysrael quiz, DR facts, hw: read Fiesta, complete prompt. 2/10 – Collect writing prompts, discuss Drown (quiz) 2/11 – Word games/brainteasers</p><p>FEBRUARY BREAK – yes!</p><p>2/22 – Discussion on immigration, Junot Diaz interview, podcast “Scenes from a Parish” 2/24 – Writing prompt for homework (narrative fashion), brainteaser with prefixes, summaries collected, Aurora discussion began 2/25 – Aurora discussion continued, next chapter assigned for homework with writing assignment: 2 page memory, typed for Monday. Ms. M is here! i225 questionnaire 3/1 – Notes on untrustworthy narrator, collect memoirs, read “The Yellow Wallpaper” 3/3 – collect memoirs (share), finish story, apply untrustworthy narrator to the short story 3/4-Discuss Aguatando, begin Drown and talk about the significance of the title. </p><p>Looking ahead: Read Aurora Journal prompts Fishbowl discussion Podcasts </p>