8/23/10 - 8/27/10 - Review syllabus. Create a vocabulary chart for the ten "words to know" for "The Necklace" (listed on p16 of Interactive Reader). Take notes on the elements of fiction. Read "The Necklace". Answer all "pause and reflect" questions in the margins of pages 4 - 13. Complete p14. Review vocabulary from the week.

8/30/10 - 9/3/10 - Read "The Most Dangerous Game" in your Interactive Reader. Answer all "pause and reflect" questions.Do the activities on pp43 - 45. "Writing Wednesday" - brainstorm and planning only. Create a vocabulary chart for the ten "word to know" for "The Scarlet Ibis" Take vocabulary test #1.

9/6/10 - 9/10/10 - Read "The Scarlet Ibis" and answer all of the "pause and reflect" questions in your Interactive Reader. "Writing Wednesday" - brainstorm, planning, and introduction only. First short story test. Create a vocabulary chart for the ten "words to know" for "The McWilliamses and the Burglar Alarm".

9/13/10 - 9/17/10 - Read "The McWilliamses and the Burglar Alarm". Write down several characeristics of Mr. McWilliams and cite evidence from text to support each. On the same paper, briefly summarize the story in your own words. "Writing Wednesday" - brainstorm, planning, and introduction only. Complete p100 in Interactive Reader. Take notes on figurative language. Read the author study for Edgar Allen Poe on pp194 - 197 in your text book. Read "The Cask of Amontillado" in your interactive reader and answer all of the "pause and reflect" questions. Vocabulart test #2

9/20/10 - 9/24/10 - Review note-taking strategies. Complete "inferences" activity as explained on p207 in your text book and the "mood" activity as explained in the top half of the tan litereary analysis box on p216. Take notes on mood and irony. "Writing Wednesday" - write the entire essay. Include brainstorming and planning. Answer "Think Critically questions for "Girft of the Magi" on same paper as predictions that you made while reading. Second short story test. Vocabulary test #3.

9/27/10 - 10/1/10 - brainstorm everything you associate with the word "Courage". Read background information and define the vocabulary for part one of the novel To Kill A Mockingbird. Read chapters 1 - 5. complete appropriate study questions. Vocabulary test #4

10/4/10 - 10/8/10 - Read chapters 6 - 10. Complete study questions. Illustrate most important or interesting scene you've read so far. Label your illustration and include a brief explanation as to why you chose this scene. Take notes on author's point of view. "Writing Wednesday" writing prompt. Vocabulary test #5

10/11/10 - 10/15/10 - Finish reading Part 1 of To Kill A Mockingbird. Finish study questions. Test Wednesday. Define the vocabulary for Part 2. "Writing Wednesday". Read chapters 12 - 15. Complete appropriate study questions. Vocabulary test #6.

10/18/10 - 10/22/10 - Read chapters 16 - 28 of To Kill A Mockingbird. Complete appropriate study questions. Write down ten words from chapters 15, 16, and 17 that are unusual, unfamiliar, or otherwise intersting. Include page numbers and definitions. Write down a passage from chapters 16 - 19 that you found significant or espescially interesting and write a paragraph explaining why you chose this passage. Summarize chapters 18 - 22 in your own words. For "Writing Wednesday", revise and rewrite last week's essay. Vocabulary test #7.

10/25/10 - 10/29/10 - Finish reading To Kill A Mockingbird and finish study questions. To Kill A Mockingbitd Test. Midterm Exams. Midterm Exams. For Midterms, be sure to know the meanings of all of the words you've looked up for vocabulary homeowork, how to identify various parts of speach and all of the notes taken in class this semester.