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Extra Credit Opportunity:

See me to be assigned one literary device term. On a small poster, write the name of the term, its definition, an example (preferably from something we've read this year), and an illustration (should complement your example). Finished posters should be neat, legible, and written in marker. Turn in posters any time before the end of the nine weeks.

Week of January 4-8 Class Assignments/Homework
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
No school for students   Welcome back!

Review school/class rules and procedures

Quick Write: Imagine the kind of student you could be...

^^Set goals

Introduction to Julius Caesar

  Begin reading Act I Julius Caesar

^^Take notes

 

Week of January 11-15 Class Assignments/Homework
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
  Finish reading Act I

Review Act I

  Turn in Act I notes

Quiz over Act I

Begin Act II

 

 

Week of January 18-22 Class Assignments/Homework
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
No School: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Finish reading Act II

Turn in Act II notes

  Literature WB: pg. 50, 51

Personal Narrative:
Pre-write and Rough Draft

Review Act II
^Study for quiz next class

 

 

Week of January 25-30 Class Assignments/Homework
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Quiz over Act II

Revise and Edit Personal Narrative

  Due:
Personal Narrative (1/2 Test grade)

TAKS Strategies

Begin reading JC, Act III

1st and 2nd periods: TAKS Field Test Finish Reading Act III

Act III Review

*Quiz next class

 

Week of February 1-5 Class Assignments/Homework
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
  Act III Quiz

Paraphrase WS

  Watch the movie, Julius Caesar

Test next week!

 

 

Week of February 8-12 Class Assignments/Homework
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Finish watching Julius Caesar

WS: Acts IV & V

  Lit. WB: Pgs. 52-53

Review for JC, Acts I-III Test

^^Test on Friday

  JC, Acts I-III Test

 

Week of February 15-19 Class Assignments/Homework
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
No School for Students   Intro. to research paper project

Choose topic

Begin notes over initial reactions to topic and information from Julius Caesar

  (Research on hold)

TAKS Practice
^^ ELA Test on March 3rd!!!

 

Week of February 22-26 Class Assignments/Homework
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
  Continue research notes:
--on the play
--on articles about the play
  Due today: Notes (2xD)

Begin outline

Bring overdue library books to class next time

 

 

Week of March 1-5 Class Assignments/Homework
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
TAKS Prep.

Library

  English Language Arts TAKS   Due today: Outline (quiz grade)

Begin rough draft

 

Week of March 8-12 Class Assignments/Homework
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
  Research:
--Outlines (Quiz)
--Rough Draft (2xDaily)
  Research:
--Rough Draft
--Peer Conference
End of 3rd 9 weeks

 

 

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