11+Honors+Term+1

Term 1

 * Monday, October 3**
 * -** You brainstormed and plotted your children's story

- We listened to slave spirituals.
 * Friday, September 30,**
 * -** We completed Tubman's story on page 418

- We continued reading Equiano's story - We answered the questions on page 63 - We started reading Harriet Tubman's story on page 418
 * Thursday, September 29,**

- We started reading Equiano's story on page 56
 * Wednesday, September 28,**


 * Tuesday, September 27**
 * -** You peer reviewed the first draft of the essay

- You completed your conclusions and revised your essays
 * Monday, September 26**

- Completed Body Paragraphs 2 and 3
 * Friday, September 23**
 * -** Discussed the elements of a good conclusion

- Completed Introduction and Body Paragraph 1
 * Thursday, September 22**
 * -** Discussed the elements of a good introduction


 * Wednesday, September 21**
 * -** We researched your topics at the library

- You wrote your thesis - You outlined your essay
 * Tuesday, September 20**
 * -** We discussed how to create a good thesis statement

- We discussed the elements of persuasion - You chose your topic for your persuasive essay
 * Monday, September 19**
 * -** We completed a persuasion activity

- Love and Friendship Day
 * Friday, September 16**


 * Thursday, September 15**
 * -** Puritan Unit Test


 * Wednesday, September 14**
 * -** Reviewed for the Unit Test on Thursday: [|PuritanBAAM.ppt]

- We checked your vocabulary sentences - You helped to create some of the test questions - Unit test on Thursday.
 * Tuesday, September 13**
 * -** We compared the three different authors

- Completed SAT practice 10 - We finished discussing the questions from page 42 - Unit test on Thursday.
 * Monday, September 12**

- We started answering questions 1-5 on page 42
 * Friday, September 9**
 * -** Completed SAT practice 9
 * -** We completed "A Narratve of Captivity"

- We read "A Narrative of Captivity" from pages 37-40.
 * Wednesday, September 7**
 * -** We discussed allusions: [|Allusion worksheet.pdf]

- We read about Mary Rowlandson on page 35:
 * Tuesday, September 6**
 * -** We completed a worksheet about extended metaphors: [|SoccerExtendedMetaphor.doc]

- We answered questions 1-4 and 7 on page 30 - We started Writing Practice 9 for the SAT
 * Monday, September 5**
 * -** We completed reading "..Burning of Our House"


 * Friday, September 2**
 * -** Completed Writing Practice 8 for the SAT
 * -** We started reading "..Burning of Our House"

- Read "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" and answered questions 1-5 on page 49 - Homework: Fix the 10 sentences/errors from your myth. They will be due on Friday.
 * Wednesday, August 31**
 * -** We completed Writing Practice 7 for the SAT

- Finished the notes on Puritan literature on pages 11-14 - Started Reading about Jonathan Edwards on page 45 of the text
 * Tuesday, August 30**

- We practiced for the SAT - Took notes on Puritan literature on pages 11-14
 * Monday, August 29**

- We completed the vocabulary quiz - You turned in your 2nd Draft for your myth - We read some of your myths in class
 * Friday, August 26**

- Practiced for the SAT: [|WritingPractice5.doc] - Finished reviewing your first Draft. - Homework: Complete the final draft of your myth.
 * Thursday, August 25**
 * -** We reviewed your vocabulary worksheet for the quiz tomorrow.

- Homework: Complete the Creation Myth Vocabulary worksheet:
 * Wednesday, August 24**
 * -**We edited and peer reviewed the first draft of the story.

- We finished reading the creation myths on pages 24 and 25 in the textbook. - Brainstormed ideas for your creation myth, looked at the rubric, and organized your myth with the Myth Map:[|mythmap.doc] - Homework : Complete the 1st Draft of your creation myth so we may discuss it tomorrow.
 * Tuesday, August 23**

- Read "Coyote Finishes His Work" on page 25
 * Monday, August 22**
 * -** Practiced for the SAT: [|WritingPractice4.doc]
 * -** Took notes on on character archetypes

- Compared the different elements of the creation stories - Selected possible vocabulary for the vocabulary quiz
 * Friday, August 19**
 * -** Finished reading the creation myths and filling in the chart: [|creationstories.doc]

- We separated into groups and read creation myths from African and Cherokee cultures. We shall discuss what each group discovered in the next class. Homework : Look up the definition for the word you were assigned.
 * Thursday, August 18**
 * -** We practiced for the SAT test:

- We read page 23 from the textbook - Went to bigmyth.com and watched the Inca creation myth. We discussed elements from the myth with discussion questions. - Started a vocabulary term list for a future vocabulary quiz - If you were absent, read page 23, Go to bigmyth.com, select a myth story to watch, and answer the following questions on a piece of paper: 1. What culture was the myth from? 2. What does this myth tell us about what was important to this culture? 3. What was the world like in the beginning of this myth? 4. Who created man in this myth? How? 5. How was the natural world (earth, wather, sun... etc.) formed in this myth?
 * Wednesday, August 17**
 * -** We practiced for the SAT test: [|WritingPractice2.doc]

- Discussed our previous knowledge of Native cultures - Read pages 6-10 from the Holt textbook - If you were absent, complete the SAT practice exercises and read pages 6-10 from the Holt textbook.
 * Tuesday, August 16**
 * -** We practiced subject/verb agreement for the SAT test: [|whatisthesat.doc]

- If you were absent, you need to come to recuperation and complete the diagnostic exam. See me so we may arrange a date and time.
 * Friday, August 12**
 * -** We completed our diagnostic writing exam. Thank you for your hard work. Enjoy your long weekend.

- If you were absent, see me to make up the points (25 speaking/listening points) for missing the puzzle activity.
 * Thursday, August 11**
 * -** Today we discussed the diagnostic writing exam for tomorrow. Please be prepared with plenty of paper, pens, and pencils. We also completed a speaking/group work activity with puzzle pieces. I was impressed with everyone's confidence!

- If you were absent, see me to fill in the English Survey worksheet. I can give you a copy of the class rules and procedures, or you may print it off this wiki.
 * Wednesday, August 10**
 * -** Welcome to the first day of class! Today we assigned seats, filled in the English Survey about your English abilities, and went over the class rules and procedures. It was a pleasure meeting all of you. I'll see you tomorrow!