FRESHMAN ENGLISH
Honors
Welcome to Freshman Honors English!!!
I look forward to meeting all of you on the first day of school. Parents, you are invited to come with your children and go with them as they follow their schedules and find their classrooms.
You will need the following materials for this class: a three-ring notebook; white, loose-leaf paper; a pack of notebook dividers; and ink pens with blue or black ink. I do not allow my English students to write with a pencil. They will only need a pencil to take a scantron test, which does not occur very often. For the second semester beginning in January, a copy of the novel Animal Farm will be needed.
Students, you will be receiving during the first full week of school a syllabus containing a list of most assignments for the first semester; therefore, you will know fairly quickly what we will cover in the class and what types of assignments will be required of you. Homework will mainly comprise reading, writing papers, studying vocabulary and literary terms, and preparing for oral presentations.
See you soon!
Wednesday, August 6 Students and Parents report to the gymnasium at 8:00 a.m. for orientation. Students will be sent from there to their first-period classes and will then follow their schedules, being in each class for about 15 minutes. Bring your schedule with you.
In English class: Overview of the first semester; Common Mistakes homework assignment given--due Monday; Frequent Errors sheet given--test next week
Week of August 11-15
Monday--tell 4 things about yourself
Tuesday--go over Common Mistakes sheet
Wednesday--hand out: Class Procedures; finished going over the Common Mistakes sheet; discussed subject, object pronouns; answer questions about the Frequent Errors sheet and test Friday
Thursday--Issue Writer's Craft books; Pronouns in Compound Construction; begin Pronouns as Predicate Nominatives
Friday--Frequent Errors test;
Week of August 18-22
Monday--finish going over Pronouns in Compound Construction; explain Pronouns as Predicate Nominatives, give worksheet
Tuesday----issue literature books; go over Pronouns as Predicate Nominative worksheet
Wednesday--Pronouns in an incomplete construction; subject/verb agreement with indefinite pronouns; reflexive and intensive pronouns
Thursday-- hand out and begin going over literary terms--test over literary terms in about two weeks (This grade will count three times); pronoun review
Friday--pronoun test; continue going over literary terms; go ahead and read "The Lady, or the Tiger?" and be ready for a short quiz: know who did what where
Week of August 25-29
Monday--Library Orientation
Tuesday--went over literary terms--test in two weeks; announcment: be thinking of something to write about for the first paper listed on the syllabus
Wednesday--quiz over "The Lady, or the Tiger?"; begin preparation for debate; announcement: there will be a vocabulary quiz over each story in the purple book; the one over "The Lady, or the Tiger?" will be on Tuesday
Thursday--prepare for debate
Friday--Debate
Week of September 1-5
Monday--NO SCHOOL--LABOR DAY
Tuesday--vocabulary quiz over words on page 359; finish the debate
Wednesday---discussion over the debate and "The Lady, or the Tiger?"
Thursday--discussion over the debate and "The Lady, or the Tiger?"; write an ending to the story
Friday--4th period, turn in ending to the story (paper); notes over "The Lady, or the Tiger?"
Week of September 8-12
Monday---1st and 2nd periods turn in ending to the story (paper); quiz over "The Most Dangerous Game"
Tuesday--vocabulary quiz over "The Most Dangerous Game"--words on page 15; finish notes over "The Lady, or the Tiger?"
Wednesday-- I am moving the Literary Terms test to Friday. On this day we will discuss "The Most Dangerous Game"
Thursday--I will not be here; this will be a reading / study day.
Friday--Literary Terms Test--counts three times;discussion of "The Most Dangerous Game"
Week of September 15-19
Monday--continue discussion over "The Most Dangerous Game"
Tuesday--Pictures taken today! This one will go in the yearbook! Bring your order form with payment if you wish to order; finish discussion and notes over "The Most Dangerous Game"
Wednesday--quiz over "A Christmas Memory"; assignment--find 50 examples of alliteration in the story
Thursday--open-book test over "A Christmas Memory;" discuss alliteration and figurative language
Friday--vocabulary quiz over "A Christmas Memory; discussion and notes over "A Christmas Memory"
Week of September 22-26
Monday--video-"A Christmas Memory"
Tuesday--finish video
Wednesday--pre-writing: draw a picture from your childhood
Thursday--begin writing a rough draft of your paper: What I Learned Before I Turned Ten; discuss informal writing guidelines
Friday--NO SCHOOL
Week of September 29-October 3
Monday--rough draft due; peer reading of essays
Tuesday--make a collage that tells your personal narrative
Wednesday--present collages to the class; finish discussion and notes over "A Christmas Memory"
Thursday--write revised essay--Parent/Teacher conferences are today between 3-6. Come early, as there is often a long line of people to see me. You do not need an appointment.
Friday--quiz over "Poison"
Week of October 6-10
Monday--
Tuesday--went over "Lady or Tiger" paper individually
Wednesday--hand out over phrases and clauses; subordinating conjunctions,subordinate clauses, and conjunctive adverbs
Thursday--quiz over "A Man Called Horse"; examples of subordinate clauses
Friday--group assignment over "A Man Called Horse"
Week of October 13-17
NO SCHOOL--FALL BREAK
Week of October 20-24
Monday--Manuscript Form--assignment in class for a grade
Tuesday--peer editing of essays; final draft in manuscript form due Monday--counts three times
Wednesday--finish notes over "A Christmas Memory" and begin discussion of "A Man Called Horse
Thursday--quiz over "Thank You, M'am;" dialect
Friday--quiz over "The Sniper;" discuss the Irish conflict
Week of October 27-31
Monday--papers due; discuss unit test,evaluations given for the book report
Tuesday--
Wednesday--Go to the library to check out a biography for the book report due November 17
Thursday--Unit Test--must be made up within one week either during lunch or after school
Friday--Read "The Cask of Amontillado;" test Monday
Week of November 3-7
Monday--quiz over "The Cask of Amontillado;" Homework--Find 5 examples of irony in the story and explain in your own words what makes the example ironic; if you simply list 5 quotes from the story, you will receive no credit. You must explain it in your own words.
Tuesday--Discuss irony in the story; read hand outs about the origin of the story--no quiz
Wednesday--read "The Tell-Tale Heart" in class; it is not in your book; went over the requirements for the book report. Book reports begin November 17.
Thursday--quiz over "The Gift of the Magi"
Friday--Reading day--bring your biography to class
Week of November 10-14
Monday--quiz over "The Necklace"
Tuesday--Read "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty;" It is not in your book, but it is online.
Wednesday--Impromptu Speaking
Thursday--Finish impromptu speaking; discuss "The Necklace."
Friday--Read "The Little Girl and the Wolf" and "The Princess and the Tin Box" in class. They are not in your book. Book reports begin Monday! I will start with volunteers and then begin at the bottom of the alphabet. Everyone should be prepared on Monday.
Week of November 17-21
Monday--Book reports! Read Friday's note.
Tuesday--Book reports
Wednesday--Book reports
Thursday--Book reports
Friday--Book reports
Week of November 24-25
Monday--lecture over Greek mythology and Homer
Tuesday--continue yesterday's lecture
Week of December 1-5
Monday--begin reading the Odyssey in class
Tuesday--read the Odyssey in class
Wednesday--read the Odyssey in class
Thursday--read the Odyssey in class
Friday--read the Odyssey in class