Friday, April 29

The Importance of Being Earnest Act 1 vocabulary quiz.
Term paper revision work.

DUE DATES

FRIDAY,  May 6: The Importance of Being Earnest Act 2 vocabulary quiz.
MONDAY, May 16: Final reading logs are due.

TERM PAPER DUE DATES

FRIDAY, MAY 6: Final draft due.

Thursday, April 28

Short warm up with choice of vocabulary, reading, or revision work.

Term paper revision work.

DUE DATES

FRIDAY,  April 29: Act 1 Importance of Being Earnest vocabulary quiz.

TERM PAPER DUE DATES

FRIDAY, MAY 6: Final draft due.

Wednesday, April 27

Short warm up with choice of vocabulary, reading, or revision work.

Term paper revision work.

DUE DATES

FRIDAY,  April 29: Act 1 Importance of Being Earnest vocabulary quiz.

TERM PAPER DUE DATES

FRIDAY, MAY 6: Final draft due.

Tuesday, April 26

Introduced The Importance of Being Earnest Act 1 vocabulary words on Quizlet. (Quiz Friday).
COLLECTED group entries in the Macbeth motifs contest.

Term paper revision work.

DUE DATES

FRIDAY,  April 29: Act 1 Importance of Being Earnest vocabulary quiz.

TERM PAPER DUE DATES

FRIDAY, MAY 6: Final draft due.

Monday, April 25

Returned graded rough drafts; discussed common issues that need to be addressed.

Choice of silent reading or work revising term papers.
COLLECTED weekly reading logs.

DUE DATES

FRIDAY,  April 29: Act 1 Importance of Being Earnest vocabulary quiz.

TERM PAPER DUE DATES

FRIDAY, MAY 6: Final draft due.

Friday, April 15

Last session of research and writing before rough drafts are due.

Printed out proofreading copies for students who requested them, reviewed requirements around length, Works Cited sections, and formatting; published a work-around link to the databases to deal with a temporary glitch in the librarian's links.

All papers must be shared with me by noon on Saturday, or they will lose 4 points (20%) per day they are late.

DUE DATES

TERM PAPER DUE DATES

FRIDAY, APRIL 15: Rough draft due.

FRIDAY, MAY 6: Final draft due.

Thursday, April 14

Finished watching Macbeth on film.
Students worked on term papers.

DUE DATES

TERM PAPER DUE DATES

FRIDAY, APRIL 15: Rough draft due.

FRIDAY, MAY 6: Final draft due.

Wednesday, April 13

Reading quiz on 5.3 and 5.4.
Read 5.5 as a class; finished reading the play.
Began watching the final scenes of Macbeth on film.

DUE DATES

TERM PAPER DUE DATES

FRIDAY, APRIL 15: Rough draft due.

FRIDAY, MAY 6: Final draft due.

Tuesday, April 12

Reminder: read 5.3 and 5.4 for Wednesday.
Watched grammar refresher clip on sentence fragments.

Writing, revision and further research. Drafts due Friday!

DUE DATES

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13: Read Macbeth 5.3 and 5.4. (Wednesday will be focused on Macbeth.)

TERM PAPER DUE DATES

FRIDAY, APRIL 15: Rough draft due.

FRIDAY, MAY 6: Final draft due.

Monday, April 11

Silent reading.
COLLECTED weekly reading logs.

Writing, revision and further research.

DUE DATES

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13: Read Macbeth 5.3 and 5.4. (Wednesday will be focused on Macbeth.)

TERM PAPER DUE DATES

FRIDAY, APRIL 15: Rough draft due.

FRIDAY, MAY 6: Final draft due.

Monday, April 11

Silent reading.
COLLECTED weekly reading logs.

Writing, revision and further research.

DUE DATES

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13: Read Macbeth 5.3 and 5.4. (Wednesday will be focused on Macbeth.)

TERM PAPER DUE DATES

FRIDAY, APRIL 15: Rough draft due.

FRIDAY, MAY 6: Final draft due.

Friday, April 8

Watched grammar refresher video clip: apostrophes.
Writing, revision and further research.

Groups read 5.2 in Macbeth. (For next Wednesday, read 5.3 and 5.4.)

DUE DATES

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13: Read Macbeth 5.3 and 5.4. (Wednesday will be focused on Macbeth.)

TERM PAPER DUE DATES

FRIDAY, APRIL 15: Rough draft due.

FRIDAY, MAY 6: Final draft due.

Thursday, April 7

Reviewed sample papers with the "Sample Research Paper Discussion" video clip.
Writing, revision and further research.

DUE DATES
TERM PAPER DUE DATES

FRIDAY, APRIL 15: Rough draft due.

FRIDAY, MAY 6: Final draft due.

Wednesday, April 6

Silent reading.
COLLECTED weekly reading logs.

Read and watched 5.1.

DUE DATES
TERM PAPER DUE DATES

FRIDAY, APRIL 15: Rough draft due.

FRIDAY, MAY 6: Final draft due.

Tuesday, April 5

Short class today due to early release schedule.
Reading logs due WEDNESDAY this week.
Shared model term paper; read before tomorrow and do bring to class each day.
Research/writing time; all intro paragraphs with thesis due, in MLA format, by end of students' school day.
Students shared completed intro paragraphs with me via Google Docs.

DUE DATES
TERM PAPER DUE DATES

MONDAY, APRIL 4: TUESDAY, APRIL 5: Intro paragraph with thesis due.
FRIDAY, APRIL 15: Rough draft due.

FRIDAY, MAY 6: Final draft due.

Monday, April 4

No school due to snow day.

Friday, April 1

Watched video clip: "In-text Citations."
Research/writing time.

Watched end of 4.3 in Macbeth.

DUE DATES
TERM PAPER DUE DATES

MONDAY, APRIL 4: Intro paragraph with thesis due.
FRIDAY, APRIL 15: Rough draft due.

FRIDAY, MAY 6: Final draft due.