FALL 2008

-----	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
8/18 - 8/22	*No school	*No school	First day School policies and procedures Review syllabus Paired activity	Vocab. words Diagnostic test *"Hero" paragraph	Vocab. words Beowulf pre-reading Building background Characteristics of an epic *Beowulf vocabulary (write definitions and sentences)
8/25 - 8/29	Vocab. words Homework due Assign workbooks Read "Grendel," "Beowulf," and "The Battle with Grendel" *Workbook assignment (pgs. 32-34)	*Teacher planning	Vocab. words Review workbook Assign textbooks Read "Grendel's Mother" and "The Battle with Grendel's Mother" *Beowulf projects *Journal entry	Vocab. words Read "Beowulf's Last Battle," "The Death of Beowulf," and "Mourning Beowulf" Chapter questions Silent reading	Vocab. quiz Review questions *Beowulf projects *Journal entry
9/1 - 9/5	*No school (Labor Day)	Vocab. words Beowulf projects *Silent reading	Vocab. words Beowulf projects *Journal entry	Vocab. words Beowulf projects *Silent reading	Vocab. quiz BRACE advisor Finish projects Journal entry
9/8 - 9/12	Vocab. words Test review *Beowulf cartoon *Journal entry	Vocab. words Projects due *Beowulf test *Silent reading	Vocab. words Intro to Canterbury Tales Worksheet activity Building background Vocabulary definitions and sentences Journal entry	Vocab. words Overview of "The Prologue" Review the frame story Begin reading "The Prologue" Character maps Silent reading	Vocab. quiz Continue reading "The Prologue" Character maps (from workbook) Journal entry
9/15 - 9/19	Vocab. words DATA DAY Character maps Pinwheels for Peace project *Journal entry	Vocab. words Continue reading "The Prologue" Character maps Silent reading	Vocab. words Continue reading "The Prologue" Character maps Journal entry	Vocab. words Continue reading "The Prologue" Character maps Silent reading	Vocab. quiz Finish reading "The Prologue" Character maps Chapter questions *Journal entry
9/22 - 9/26	Vocab. words Chapter questions due Character maps due Character sketch Review for "Prologue" test Journal entry	Vocab. words "Prologue" test Begin background on "The Pardoner's Tale" Vocabulary list *Silent reading	Vocab. words Read "The Pardoner's Tale" *Journal entry	EARLY RELEASE Vocab. words Chapter questions Silent reading	Vocab. quiz Film clip Begin background on "The Wife of Bath's Tale" Vocabulary list *Journal entry
9/29 - 10/3	Vocab. words Read "The Wife of Bath's Tale" Journal entry Grammar assignment	*NO SCHOOL	Vocab. words Finish "The Wife of Bath's Tale" Chapter questions Journal entry	Vocab. words The Canterbury Tales videos *Silent reading	Vocab. quiz Begin senior portfolio projects *Journal entry
10/6 - 10/10	Vocab. words Review grammar Test review Senior portfolio *Journal entry	Vocab. words The Canterbury Tales Test Vocab. list Silent reading	Vocab. words Begin reading "Sir Gawain" Grammar assignment Journal entry	*NO SCHOOL	Vocab. quiz Finish reading "Sir Gawain" Chapter questions Journal entry
10/13 - 10/17	Vocab. words Test review Review grammar Assign novels *Journal entry	Vocab. words "Sir Gawain" Test Novel pre-reading assignment Silent reading (begin reading assigned novel)	*Vocab. words	*Vocab. words	*Vocab. quiz
10/20 - 10/24	*No vocab.	*No vocab.	*Mid-term exams	*Mid-term exams	*TEACHER PLANNING
10/27 - 10/31
11/3 - 11/7
11/10 - 11/14
11/17 - 11/21
11/24 - 11/28
12/1 - 12/5
12/8 - 12/12
12/15 - 12/19

Holiday Break: 12/22/08 - 1/2/09

1/5 - 1/9
1/12 - 1/16

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SPRING 2008

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1/21 - 1/25	*NO SCHOOL	*TEACHER PLANNING	First day Assign books *Review syllabus	Diagnostic test Silent reading	Review diagnostic Begin Beowulf
1/28 - 2/1	"What is a hero?" - discussion and list qualities "What is an epic?" - read elements of epics (group assignment) *Vocabulary assignment (write definitions and sentences)	Silent reading Turn in vocabulary assignment Building Background Read "Grendel" Read "Beowulf" Grammar workbook (pgs. 1-2)	Read "Battle with Grendel" Interactive Reader (pgs. 32-34)	Silent reading Review workbooks Literature in Performance video Answer questions from video	Read "Grendel's Mother" and "Battle with Grendel's Mother" Grammar workbook (pgs. 3-4)
2/4 - 2/8	Review grammar workbook assignment Read "Beowulf's Last Battle" and read "The Death of Beowulf" *Also read "Mourning Beowulf"	Silent reading Chapter questions #1-5 (including the Comprehension Check) (pg. 63) Exercise A #1-7, Exercise B #1-8 (pg. 65) Grammar Workbook, "Transitive and Intransitive Verbs" (pgs. 7-8)	*Compare and contrast essay (Beowulf vs. a modern day superhero)	Silent reading Review questions Beowulf cartoon Test review	Beowulf Test Beowulf Activity "Cartoon Hero"
2/11 - 2/15	Intro to Geoffrey Chaucer Intro to Canterbury Tales *"The Prologue" vocabulary list	*FCAT Writes Test Day	Begin reading "The Prologue" to the Canterbury Tales Character maps	Silent reading Continue reading "The Prologue" *Interactive Reader (workbook pages)	Continue reading "The Prologue" Continue working on the character maps
2/18 - 2/22	*NO SCHOOL	Silent reading BRACE visit	Finish reading "The Prologue" Character maps	Review pages from workbook Chapter questions Turn in character maps Pilgrim sketch	Silent reading "The Prologue" Test *Finish pilgrim sketch
2/25 - 2/29	Chaucer historical background info Begin reading "The Pardoner's Tale" *Vocabulary list	Silent reading Finish reading "The Pardoner's Tale" *Chapter questions	Film clip Writing activity	Silent reading "The Pardoner's Tale" Test	Journals due Begin "The Wife of Bath's Tale" *Vocabulary list
3/3 - 3/7	*Continue "The Wife of Bath's Tale"	Silent reading Finish "The Wife of Bath's Tale" *Begin "Comparing Knights" essay	"The Wife of Bath's Tale" Test Finish "Comparing Knights" essay *The Canterbury Tales video	Silent reading The Canterbury Tales videos	*Revise and edit "Comparing Knights" essays
3/10 - 3/14	Background on "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" Vocabulary list *Silent reading	*FCAT testing	*FCAT testing	*FCAT testing	Silent reading Begin reading "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"
3/17 - 3/21	Finish reading "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" Chapter questions	Silent reading Test on "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"	*Writing activity	Silent reading Mid-term essay	*No school
3/24 - 3/28	*Review day	*Review day	*Mid-term exams	*Mid-term exams	*No school (planning day)
3/31 - 4/4	*Spring Break!	-------------	-------------	-------------	-------------
4/7 - 4/11	*Laptop assignment (Document 20 facts about William Shakespeare)	Silent reading A&E Biography (William Shakespeare) *Answer questions	Background on English Renaissance (pgs. 276-281) The English Renaissance Theater (pgs. 318-322) The Tragedy of Macbeth (pgs. 323-325) Begin reading Act I (Scene 1, pg. 327); (Scene 2, pg. 329)	Silent reading Read Macbeth, Act I (Scene 3, pg. 331) *View two film clips to compare and contrast	Read Macbeth, Act I (Scenes 4-7, pgs. 337-345) Chapter questions for discussion *Answer novel guide questions
4/14 - 4/18	Turn in novel questions Test review *Test on Act I	Silent reading Read Macbeth, Act II (Scenes 1 and 2, pgs. 348-353) *Answer novel guide questions	Read Macbeth, Act II (Scenes 3 and 4, pgs. 354-362) Answer novel guide questions	Test review Test on Act II *Silent reading	*Watch film version of the play (Acts I and II)
4/21 - 4/25	Read Macbeth, Act III (Scenes 1-3, pgs. 363-371) Answer novel guide questions	Silent reading Read Macbeth, Act III (Scenes 4-6, pgs. 372-381) *Answer novel guide questions	Finish novel guide questions Test review *Test on Act III	Silent reading Read Macbeth, Act IV (Scenes 1-3, pgs. 382-400) Answer novel guide questions Early release	*Pep Rally
4/28 - 5/2	Finish Act IV (Scene 3) Finish novel guide questions *View film (Act IV)	Finish Macbeth drawing activity Test review *Test on Act IV	Read Macbeth, Act V (Scenes 1-3, pgs. 401-407) Answer novel guide questions	Silent reading Read Macbeth, Act V (Scenes 4 and 5, pgs. 408-409) *Answer novel guide questions	Read Macbeth, Act V (Scenes 6-8, pgs. 410-420) Answer novel guide questions *View film (Act V)
5/5 - 5/9	Test review Test on Act V *Silent reading	*Macbeth film	Read "A Modest Proposal" (pgs. 611-620) Chapter questions	Read "What Men Live By" (pgs. 914-929) Silent reading	Finish reading "What Men Live By" Chapter questions
5/12 - 5/16	Read "The Rising of the Mood" (pgs. 994-1002) Chapter questions Silent reading Study for quiz on three stories	Quiz on three stories Read "The Duchess and the Jeweller" (pgs. 1046-1054)	Finish reading "The Duchess and the Jeweller" Chapter questions	Read "The Demon Lover" (pgs. 1157-1164) Chapter questions	Read "Six Feet of the Country" (pgs. 1289-1299) Chapter questions
5/19 - 5/23	Makeup day Review for final essay *Journals due	Final essay Silent reading	*Review for final exams	*Final exams	*No school (planning day)
5/26 - 5/30	*Memorial Day (no school)	*Final exams	-------------	-------------	*Graduation practice
6/2 - 6/6	*Senior graduation	-------------	-------------	*Last day for students	*No school (planning day)
6/9 - 6/13	*Summer Break!	-------------	-------------	-------------	-------------

FALL 2007

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MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

8/20 - 8/24

*1st day

*Code of Conduct Book

*Rules/Syllabus

*Pre-reading for Beowulf

*Vocabulary Assignment

*Silent Reading

*Read Chapters - "Grendel" and

"Beowulf"

*"Battle with Grendel" on CD

*Workbook pgs.

32-34

*Review workbook

*Film/review

*Silent Reading

*Read Chapters - "Grendel's Mother" and "Battle with Grendel's Mother"

*Application Letter (Planning)

8/27 - 8/31

*Read "Beowulf's Last Battle" and "The Death of Beowulf"

*Application Letter (Final)

*Read "Mourning Beowulf"

*Questions on pgs. 63-65

*Silent Reading

*Review questions

*Compare/Contrast Essay (Beowulf vs. a Modern Day Superhero)

*"Cartoon Hero" Activity

*Silent Reading

*Beowulf Test

*Silent Reading

9/3 - 9/7

*No School

*BRACE visit

*Silent Reading

*Beowulf video

*Intro to Canterbury Tales

*Vocabulary list

*Begin reading "The Prologue" on pg. 37 of Interactive Reader

*Workbook pgs. 58-60

*Silent Reading

*Continue "The Prologue" on pg. 50

*Finish workbook

9/10 - 9/14

*Review workbook pgs. 58-60

*Continue reading "The Prologue" on pgs. 120-122

*Continue reading "The Prologue" on pgs. 122-128

*Silent Reading

*Character Maps

*Continue reading "The Prologue" on pgs. 128-136

*No School

*"Illustrate a Pilgrim" Activity

*Silent Reading

9/17 - 9/21

*Questions on pgs. 137-138

*Continue Character Maps

*Review for test

*Data Day

*Finish Character Maps

*Finish Questions

*Silent Reading

*"Pinwheels for Peace" Activity

*Review for test

*Canterbury Tales Test on "The Prologue"

*Silent Reading

*Planting "Pinwheels for Peace" and assembly

9/24 - 9/28

*Testing Day

*Review Test

*Testing Day

*Silent Reading

*Vocabulary List

*Begin reading "The Pardoner's Tale"

*Continue reading "The Pardoner's Tale"

*Silent Reading

*Journals due

*Finish "The Pardoner's Tale"

*Questions on pgs. 152-153

10/1 - 10/5

*Language of Literature Video of "The Pardoner's Tale"

*Test Review

*Test on "Pardoner's Tale"

*Review test and essays

*Silent Reading

*"Pardoner's Tale" Writing Activity on pg. 153

*Vocabulary list for "The Wife of Bath's Tale"

*Begin reading "Wife of Bath's Tale" on pg. 154

*Silent Reading

*Continue reading "Wife of Bath's Tale"

10/8 - 10/12

Finish reading "Wife of Bath's Tale"

*Ch. Questions on pgs. 168-170

*Begin "Wife of Bath's Tale" activity

*Review questions

*Finish "Wife of Bath's Tale" activity

*Silent Reading

*Test review

*Test on "Wife of Bath's Tale"

*Compare/contrast knights essay

*Silent Reading

*Vocabulary list

*Read "Building Background" for "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"

*Begin reading "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"

*Narrative poem elements worksheet

*Romance poem elements worksheet

10/15 - 10/19

*Finish reading "Sir Gawain"

*Chapter questions and review

*Silent Reading

*Selection quiz

*Vocabulary worksheet

*PSAT test day (early release)

*Review vocab. worksheet

*Vocab. Bingo

*Test on "Sir Gawain"

*Midterm essay

*Silent Reading