Tuesday 3/31

English 12: 1984- Continuation of questions from yesterday.  Kurzweil/Aoki video.

English 10H: Begin KS Reading Assessment

Monday 3/30

English 12: 1984 Book 2 questions on GC.  Respond and discuss.

English 10H: Vocabulary List 11- test will be on Wed/Thurs next week as usual.  Sonnet 94 article and response using vocab words on GC.  Reading assessment rest of this week.

English 12:  Vocabulary List 13: contemplate, conflicted, fleeting, intermittent, gratuitous, meager, abyss, incriminate, neutralize, exterminate.  1984 Book 2 Quiz/test on Friday 3/27.  

English 10: Wordwright prep for Friday.  Vocabulary test 10 discussion/review.  4th quarter calendar review.  

English 12: Seniors, please log on to GC and sign on to the Heritage Voting Page.  There you will vote for Heritage and fill out the Senior Survey.  This needs to be done by 3 pm on Tuesday 3/24.  I will set aside some time in class, but you can do it on your own.  The GC login password is in our GC's announcement from today.

English 12: Turn in Senior Paper.  1984 Book One quiz in class.  SP presentations this week 3/10 and 3/12 (odd block days).  Last names A-K on Tuesday, L-Z on Thursday.  If you are scheduled for Thursday but want to go on Tuesday and are finished, you may make this choice.

English 10H: Written portion of Caesar test.  Thursday/Friday this week is extra credit Big Kid Show and Tell.  Bring in something to share that highlights an interest, hobby, outside of school activity, etc. of yours.  If it is not an item/ability/etc. that can be "brought in" but there is a way to show the class what it is, that will work (website, video, recording, writing, travel, etc.)  It must be something you do outside of school, even if you also do it at school.  Be prepared to demo, show video, explain, present, etc.

English 12: Check for Imovie download.  SP work.  1984 Book 1 quiz Monday (it should have been read for today)

English 10H: Objective portion of Caesar test.  Short answer half on Monday.  Notes and books for test.

English 12: Work day for SP.  If you have not downloaded Imovie onto your computer yet, you will need to do so for the presentation.  Go to the apple app store, click on purchases at the top, then click on install for Imovie.

English 10H: Finish JC film.  Go over content of JC test.

English 12: Work on script/storyboard for SP presentation.

English 10H: Finish JC.

English 12: Assigned 1984 reading:  For Wednesday through pg 81.  GC read and respond. For Friday finish book 1.  Senior paper due one week from today (Monday March 9)

English 10H: Finish Act 4 discussion using questions from last week.  Read Act 5 S1 in class.  Objective half of Caesar test Friday, written half Monday.  We will discuss what to prepare in more detail on Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday this week.

Friday 2/27

English 12: Grade/discuss 1984 take home quiz questions.  SP meetings as needed.

English 10H: Read Act 4 S1 and part of S2.  Answer the following questions while finishing S2 on your own:  What does the way Portia's death is introduced show us about Brutus? (There are multiple possibilities)  What do Brutus and Cassius argue about other than money/Where does this leave their relationship?  What does the encounter Brutus has before going to bed accomplish from an audience's perspective?