Act IV

1. Read Act IV
2. Character Posters due on Monday
3. Read and highlight FYI on Act IV
4. Collect 10 letters – names on board

Quiz Act III

1. Signed letters, please
2. Quiz Act III
· Read summary of Act III
· Review vocabulary words
3. Puritan families meet to complete and turn in the basket today:
· Conflict sheet Act III
· Discussion questions

Finish Act III

1. collect signed letters
2. finish Act III
3. Did anybody remember their dreams last night?
4. Study vocabulary words tonight for quiz tomorrow
5. Act III conflict sheet due tomorrow

Act III

1. Read Act III - the courtroom scene
2. Dream Journal
3. Parent Letter
4. Highlight Act II and Act III Background Information
5. Watch for conflicts
6. Cards for Jane Austen movies

Week-end Work

Sit back in a chair and read your independent reading nove.

Watch a Jane Austen movie and write a one page report on what you learned about the class system, dating, entertainment, houses, clothing, etc. in England in the 1800's from the pictures and the plot of the novel.

Performances in the Auditorium

One Act Play on Thursday.
Ed Bok Lee on Friday. (see www.edboklee.com)

Act II Quiz

1. Collect Act I homework in basket
2.Quiz Act II with vocabulary
3.Act II worksheet on Making Inferences
4. Meet in Puritan families and complete four questions after quiz
5. Thursday – One Act Play in auditorium (4th-eat “A” lunch)
6. Friday – Ed Bok Lee in auditorium
(4th eat “A” lunch)

Act II

1. Read Act II (the witch accusations) on Tuesday and Wednesday (quiz Wed. with vocabulary words
2. One Act play in auditorium on Thursday. Go straight to the auditorium.
3. Ed Bok Lee, guest speaker, in auditorium on Friday. Go straight to the auditorium.

Act I Discussion and Visual

1. Sit in families today
2. Complete Act I Family Discussion using words from the vocabulary sheet- Highlight in yellow
3. Draw a visual of all the important scenes/information from Act I using the rest of the vocabulary words
4. Turn in Journal 1 in basket
5. When done, pick up character traits from Act I - Homework

Act I Quiz

1. Finish reading Act I
2. Read summary of Act I
3. Quiz on Act I
4. Vocabulary Quiz on Act I
5. Journal on Act I – Homework
6. Tomorrow: sit in families for assignment
7. Return the CD Rom for Grammar

Read Act I

1. Read Act I
2. Study vocabulary words
3. Return grammar tapes
4. Read independent novel and make a brochure for book talk the end of the trimester.
5. Determine families
6. Watch a movie clip.

Act I

1. Display name tags
2. Return grammar tapes, please
3. Rules in effect starting today.
4. Watch 3 video clips for factual information
5. Read Act I
6. Vocabulary Handout – tests on each act
· Complete study guide on Act I
· Complete character list on Act I

The Complete Jane Austen

Engish 10HP students read Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice this spring.
On TV, three Jane Austen movies will be shown:

Persuasion on Sunday, Jan 13th at 8:00 p.m. repeated Friday, January 17th at 8:00 p.m.

Northanger Abbey on Sunday, January 20th at 8:00 p.m. repeated Friday, January 25th at 8:00 p.m.Mansfield Park on Sunday, January 27th at 8:00 p.m. repeated Friday, February 1st at 8:00 p.m.

Each movie can be watched for 10 extra credit points for this trimester or spring trimester.

Tape the movies and watch at a later time.

Start reading The Crucible

1. Make a name tag for your Puritan name
2. Vote on three rules to be enforced
3. Select a judge
4. Select reading parts
5. Journal #1 (in notebook)
6. Complete continuum
7. Book Report is a brochure and presented in a group of 4 on finals

Extra Credit

I need Puritan bonnets for the females and Puritan hats for the men when we read The Crucible. I want 20 female and 10 male so everyone in the room will have a hat. You can make one or many out of material or construction paper or another way I have not thought of< but your creativity will think of.

Extra Credit

After the rules are selected for each class, students can turn in a violation form in a black box against other students who break one of the rules.
I need four volunteers (one per each hour 3-6) to make a black box about the size of a shoe box and mark it Hour 3 or Hour 4 or Hour 5 or Hour 6.
The first person to volunteer in each hour will be given 10 extra credit points when they bring the black box, which is due on Monday, January 14th.

Finish Brochure

1. Computer Room for brochure, which is due on Thursday, January 9th.
2. Select a Puritan name (Biblical or virtue like Patience, Purity)
3. Select a judge to preside over the trial of offenses committed in your hour
4. Choose 3 rules to follow in class while reading The Crucible. Offender can be reported and prosecuted.

Brochure and Intro to The Crucible

On Friday the webquest was due.
1. Lab 316 to work on brochure, which is due on Thursday, January 10th.
2. We will pick the reading parts for The Crucible on Thursday and start reading the play.
3. Before we start:
· Puritan rules for this classroom enforced during the reading of the play
· Select a Puritan judge for the trial of offenses committed during class
· Select a Puritan name based on a virtue, e.g. Patience or a Biblical name
4. Make-up Fragment, Comma and Colon Tests after school.

Computer room

Computer Room today:
1. Finish web quest study guide on The Crucible - due on Friday.
2. Choose one person to work on the brochure together –

3. All 14 topics need to be taken
· Hour 3 (26) leave off Rosenbergs
· Hour 5 (24) leave off Rosenbergs and Disney
· Hour 4 (29) groups of 2

· Hour 6 (30)groups of 2

Welcome Back!

It's hard getting out of bed again and returning to school!
Today we worked in lab 313 to work on the Web Quest Study Guide on The Crucible, which is due on Friday.
Tomorrow, I will introduce the brochure assignment on background information for The Crucible. Plan on choosing one person in the room to work with on the brochure.