English 12: Google classroom "cleanup" and finalization.  No more freebies.  It's part of our way of life now, so we need to get it right.  Finish the two "Opportunity" assignments in Classroom.  

English 10H: F451 test.

English 12: Vocabulary schedule and format. Vocabulary List 1 test will be Wednesday 9/3. Sentence construction practice for our test format.  Begin Opportunity discussion in conjunction with hero cycle.

English 10H: Vocabulary schedule and format. Vocabulary List 1 test Wednesday 9/3 and Thursday 9/4. Sentence construction practice for our test format.  Fahrenheit review/discuss

English 12: Read the excerpt from The Lord of the Rings in the textbook.  Class discussion of LOR and how Sam fits the hero cycle even within a short excerpt.  Discuss Dialectical Journal/4S Close Reading Strategies.  For tomorrow, apply these strategies to Edward Rowland Sill's poem  "Opportunity" in Google Classroom.  Find and briefly analyze 2 examples of each of the 4S strategy and complete 2 dialectical journal entries.

English 10H: Discuss extra credit options.  Dialectical/4S breakdown of By the Waters.  Fahrenheit 451 test on Friday the 29th.  Don't forget!!!

English 12:  Epic hero cycle notes.  Revise and resubmit the real-life hero assignment from Friday.  Apply the 12 step hero cycle to your hero.  If you can't get most/all of the categories filled for your hero, you might need to rethink your choice.  Vocabulary starts this week, so if you are absent Wednesday, make sure you get the words.  We will go over them in class, and they will be posted on this site.

English 10H: Finish The Pedestrian discussion using the 4S close reading strategy.  For tomorrow, reread By the Waters of Babylon.  Finish two dialectical journal entries and two of each of the 4S categories in your notes.  (2 key sentences, 2 speaker observations, 2 situation, 2 shifts, 2 dialectical journals)

English 12:  Fun with computers!!!  Watched "What Makes a Hero" while making specific note of the 12 step "hero cycle" that is common in most hero stories, especially mythology and the epic form.  Applied the 12 step cycle to a character of your choice from film or literature.  We will expand on this Monday.

English 10H: Online submission through Google Classroom of 10 minute journal prompt.  It is posted, so if you were absent, go to GC and complete. Make sure you create it in Google (not Pages) and click the "turn in" button. Discussion of responses to prompt.  Discussion of dialectical journal as a close reading strategy.  Application of Pedestrian/Fahrenheit themes to the 10 minute prompt.  Samples of Pedestrian dialectical journals.  For Monday, read By the Waters of Babylon.  We will be using both the 4S and Dialectical model on this story, so feel free to get ahead over the weekend.  Don't forget that the Fahrenheit 451 test is next Friday the 29th.

English 12: Anglo-Saxon/Middle Ages introduction.  Politics, structure of time period.  Literary traits of period.  Epics, heroes, archetypes, common themes and structures.  Logged into Google Classroom.  Assignment posted through classroom: Identify a modern day hero who meets some/all of the criteria of a classic literary hero.  Submit response through GC.

English 10H: Discuss "The Pedestrian" in conjunction with the identified literary/discussion terms.  Close reading strategies.  Reread "The Pedestrian" and apply both the 4S (find one of each) and Dialectical Journal (2 entries) for tomorrow. Strategies on 10H page.

English 12: Introductory writing sample in class.  We also went over discussion terminology/literary terms.  We will begin our Middle Ages/Anglo Saxon unit later this week.

English 10H: Discussion terminology/literary terms with examples.  Introductory writing sample (Morally ambiguous literary character).  For Thursday, read Ray Bradbury's "The Pedestrian" in the text book.  In your English notebook, identify and briefly explain the use of 3 literary terms from discussion in the story. The Pedestrian

I will begin to use this site to post updates, links, files, and other items that are relevant to class in the near future.  In the meantime, I will continue to give you specific locations of items, but eventually this blog will be the primary platform for information related to class.