Mrs. Kubik's English Page

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Sophomore Speech Schedule

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Welcome Back!!!

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Welcome back to a great new year! We have a lot of new things happening in English classes this year, so be prepared to work hard and learn a lot!

See you soon

Mrs. Kubik

Weeks of April 28- May 12

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Week of April 7-11

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English 10

Monday: Read "Explorers"
Tuesday: Read "Notes from a Bottle" answer questions.
Wednesday: Test Review
Thursday: Review for test. Writing assignment
Friday: Review for test. Writing assignment

English 11

Monday: Discuss Pound/Eliot. Notes over Williams. Read Williams Poems. 12.1.2 assessments.
Tuesday: Notes over Moore & Cummings. Read both sets of poems. Answer questions.
Wednesday: Notes over Hemingway. Read "Soldier's Home".
Thursday: Notes over Faulkner. Read "A Rose for Emily" 12.1.5 assessment.
Friday: Notes over Fitzgerald. 12.1.3 assessment.

English 12

Monday: Notes over Mary W. Read "A Vindication of the Rights of Women".
Tuesday: Notes over Defoe and Johnson. Read "Education of Women" and "Journal of the Plague Year."
Wednesday: Notes over Swift. Read "Gulliver's Travels" Part I
Thursday: Read "Gulliver's Travels" Part II
Friday: Review for test

College English

Monday: College English over ITV
Tuesday: Test make-up day.
Wednesday: College English over ITV
Thursday: Notes over Voltaire & Cervantes. Read Candide
Friday: College English over ITV

Speech

Monday: Senior Video/Composite
Tuesday: Senior Video/Composite
Wednesday: Senior Video/Composite
Thursday: Senior Video/Composite
Friday: Senior Video/Composite

Week of March 24-28

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English 10

Monday: No School
Tuesday: Quiz over "And of Clay We are Created". Discuss newspaper article.
Wednesday: Read "The Man in the Water" and "The Parable of the Good Samaritan"
Thursday: Review for test
Friday: Review for test

English 11

Monday: No School
Tuesday: Quiz over "Neighbor Rosicky". Notes over Willa Cather, Edwin Arlington Robinson
Wednesday: Read Robinson's poetry. Review for test
Thursday: Review for test
Friday:Review for test

English 12

Monday: No School
Tuesday: Work on Story Presentations
Wednesday: Story Presentations
Thursday: No Class
Friday: No Class

College English

Monday: College English over ITV
Tuesday: Read "The Rape of the Lock" in class.
Wednesday: College English over ITV
Thursday: No Class
Friday: College English over ITV

Speech

Monday: No School
Tuesday: "The Bully Show!" presentation
Wednesday: "The Bully Show!" presentation
Thursday: "The Bully Show!" presentation
Friday: "The Bully Show!" presentation

Week of March 17-21

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English 10

Monday: No School
Tuesday: Comparison and contrast paper
Wednesday: Read "Of Clay we are Created" p. 305-317.
Thursday: No School
Friday: No School

English 11

Monday: No School
Tuesday: Read "A Wagner Matinee" p 580-586. Answer questions 1-8 on p 586.
Wednesday: Read "Neighbor Rosicky" handout.
Thursday: No School
Friday: No School

English 12

Monday: No School
Tuesday: Author PowerPoint presentations due to Mrs. Kubik
Wednesday: Presentation of author PowerPoint presentation
Thursday: No School
Friday: No School

College English

Monday: College English over ITV
Tuesday: Read "The Rape of the Lock" in class.
Wednesday: College English over ITV
Thursday: No School
Friday: No School

Speech

Monday: No School
Tuesday: "The Bully Show!" presentation
Wednesday: "The Bully Show!" presentation
Thursday: No School
Friday: No School

Week of March 10-14

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English 10

Monday: Test over Collection 3
Tuesday: Notes over Theme. Read "The First Seven Years"
Wednesday: Gone for career day
Thursday: "The First Seven Years" activity.
Friday: Read "Catch the Moon" in class. Answer the questions at the end of the story.

English 11

Monday: Notes over Jack London. Read "To Build a Fire"
Tuesday: Quiz over "To Build a Fire". Work on Huck Finn.
Wednesday: Huck Finn Quiz
Thursday: Huck Finn group activities. Chapters 16-31 assigned. Due March 27.
Friday: Notes over Kate Chopin. Read "A Pair of Silk Stockings"

English 12

Monday: Notes over Pope and Swift. Review sheet for Pope and Swift stories
Tuesday: Work on questions.
Wednesday: Review for Pope and Swift Test.
Thursday: Pope and Swift Test.
Friday: Divide other satires. Go over project qualifications.

College English

Monday: College English over ITV
Tuesday: Read "A Modest Proposal" answer the questions in the yellow boxes.
Wednesday: College English over ITV
Thursday: Quiz over "A Modest Proposal". Read "Top of the Food Chain" answer questions on p. 594 #1-15.
Friday: College English over ITV

Speech

Monday: Speech contest prep.
Tuesday: Speech contest prep.
Wednesday: Speech contest prep.
Thursday: Speech contest prep.
Friday: Speech contest prep.

Week of March 3-7

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English 10

Monday: Read "Typhoid Fever" answer questions 1-12 following the story.
Tuesday: Read "An Ancient Enemy gets Tougher" and do disease search.
Wednesday: Review for test
Thursday: Review for test
Friday: No School

English 11

Monday: Read "Connected Readings" pp511-517. Do questions 1-5 on p 518, and 1-6 on p. 522.
Tuesday: Notes over Mark Twain. Begin "Huckleberry Finn".
Wednesday: Read "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" pp 527-532. Questions 1-10 on p. 533.
Thursday: Read "The Lowest Animal" p. 535-541. Answer questions 1-7 on p. 542.
Friday: No School

English 12

Monday: Read "Top of the Food Chain" pp 590-593. Answer questions 1-15 on p 594.
Tuesday: Work on questions. Questions due.
Wednesday: Notes over Pope and Swift. Begin reading Pope.
Thursday: Read "Rape of the Lock"
Friday: No School

College English

Monday: College English over ITV
Tuesday: Watch Hamlet
Wednesday: College English over ITV
Thursday: Notes over Collection 4
Friday: No school

Speech

Monday: Speech contest prep.
Tuesday: Speech contest prep.
Wednesday: Speech contest prep.
Thursday: Speech contest prep.
Friday: No School

Week of February 25-29

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English 10

Monday: Read "The Storyteller p 188. Answer the questions #1-10 following the story.
Tuesday: Writing a satire. In-class writing of a satire.
Wednesday: Read "The Cold Equation" in class. Finish outside of class if necessary.
Thursday: Quiz over "The Cold Equation"
Friday: No School

English 11

Monday: Read "A Heroism" by Stephen Crane. Do Questions 1-8 following the story.
Tuesday: Crane Notes. Begin reading "The Open Boat"
Wednesday: Finish reading "The Open Boat" Answer handout questions.
Thursday: 4th Hour -- no class. Read Civil War literature.
Friday: No School

English 12

Monday: Read "A Modest Proposal"
Tuesday: Discuss "A Modest Proposal" Notes over Jonathan Swift.
Wednesday: Writing your own proposal
Thursday: No Class
Friday: No School

College English

Monday: College English over ITV
Tuesday: Watch Hamlet
Wednesday: College English over ITV
Thursday: Watch Hamlet
Friday: No school

Speech

Monday: Speech contest prep.
Tuesday: Speech contest prep.
Wednesday: Speech contest prep.
Thursday: Speech contest prep.
Friday: No School

Week of February 18-22

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English 10

Monday: Test over Collection 2.
Tuesday: Peer Revision of Biographical Narrative. Notes over Point of View.
Wednesday: Quick-write p. 166. Read "The Secret Garden" in class. Answer questions on p. 173 # 1-6.
Thursday: Final Draft of Biographical Narrative due. Quick Write p. 174. Read "By the Waters of Babylon".
Friday: Quiz over "By the Waters of Babylon" Quick write and vocabulary p 188.

English 11

Monday: Introduction to Collection 4. Adjective worksheets.
Tuesday: Notes over Frederick Douglas. Read "from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" pp 465-469. Answer questions 1-8 p. 470. Adverbs worksheets.
Wednesday: Notes over Harriet A. Jacobs. Read "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" p. 473-476. Answer question 1-11 p. 477.
Thursday: Read "Connected Readings" pp 478-486. Answer Questions 1-4 p. 487.
Friday: Notes over Ambrose Bierce. Read "Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" in class.

English 12

Monday: Hamlet Test.
Tuesday: Watch Hamlet
Wednesday: Watch Hamlet
Thursday: Watch Hamlet
Friday: Intro to collection 4

College English

Monday: College English over ITV
Tuesday: Check questions over Act V
Wednesday: College English over ITV
Thursday: Hamlet Test
Friday: College English over ITV

Speech

Monday: Speech contest prep.
Tuesday: Speech contest prep.
Wednesday: Speech contest prep.
Thursday: Speech contest prep.
Friday: Speech contest prep.

Week of February 11-15

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English 10

Monday: Read "By Any other Name" pp 140-144. Answer questions 1-11 p. 145
Tuesday: Check questions. Autobiographical Narrative
Wednesday: Autobiographical Narrative. Review for test.
Thursday: Test over Collection 2.
Friday: No School

English 11

Monday: Grammar Slammer. 12.1.1
Tuesday: Grammar Slammer. 12.1.3
Wednesday: Grammar Slammer.
Thursday: Grammar Slammer.
Friday: No School

English 12

Monday: Check Act V Questions.
Tuesday: Review for test
Wednesday: Review for test
Thursday: Test over Hamlet.
Friday: No School

College English

Monday: College English over ITV
Tuesday: Listen to Act V
Wednesday: College English over ITV
Thursday: Act V
Friday: No School

Speech

Monday: Speech contest prep.
Tuesday: Speech contest prep.
Wednesday: Speech contest prep.
Thursday: Speech contest prep.
Friday: No School

Week of February 4-8

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English 10

Monday: Finish quilt exercise. Quick write and vocabulary over "Two Kinds" p 124.
Tuesday: Notes over character. Read "Two Kinds" p. 125-133.
Wednesday: Quiz over "Two Kinds". Vocabulary exercises.
Thursday: Quick Write and Vocabulary over "By Any Other Name" p 138. Begin reading "By Any other Name" pp 140-144. Answer questions 1-11 p. 145
Friday: No School

English 11

Monday: Grammar Slammer.
Tuesday: Grammar Slammer.
Wednesday: Grammar Slammer.
Thursday: Grammar Slammer.
Friday: No School

English 12

Monday: Begin listening to Act V
Tuesday: Listen to Act V of Hamlet.
Wednesday: Finish Act V of Hamlet. Begin Act V Questions from Hamlet
Thursday: Act V Questions work day.
Friday: No School

College English

Monday: College English over ITV
Tuesday: Check Act IV Questions. Begin listening to Act V
Wednesday: College English over ITV
Thursday: Act V
Friday: No School

Speech

Monday: Speech contest prep.
Tuesday: Speech contest prep.
Wednesday: Speech contest prep.
Thursday: Speech contest prep.
Friday: No School

January 28-February 1

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English 10

Monday: Finish reading "Everyday Use". Do Character sketch and questions 1-13 on p. 112
Tuesday: State-wide writing assessment
Wednesday: State-wide writing assessment
Thursday: Non-fiction works pp 114-120. Begin quilt exercise.
Friday: Finish quilt exercise.

English 11

Monday: Grammar Slammer.
Tuesday: State-wide writing assessment
Wednesday: State-wide writing assessment
Thursday: ACT Review with Mrs. Hoyt
Friday: Grammar Slammer Verbs

English 12

Monday: Begin listening to Act IV
Tuesday: Listen to Act IVof Hamlet.
Wednesday: Finish Act IV of Hamlet. Begin Act IV Questions from Hamlet
Thursday: Act IV Questions work day.
Friday: Check Act IV Questions. Act V vocabulary.

College English

Monday: College English over ITV
Tuesday: Work on Act III questions over Hamlet. Act IV Vocab.
Wednesday: College English over ITV
Thursday: Check Act III Questions. Begin listening to Act IV of Hamlet.
Friday: College English over ITV

Speech

Monday: Speech contest prep.
Tuesday: Speech contest prep.
Wednesday: Speech contest prep.
Thursday: Speech contest prep.
Friday: Speech contest prep.

Week of January 21-25

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English 10

Monday: Collection 1 test.
Tuesday: Present narratives in class.
Wednesday: Notes over Character. Quick Write and Vocab p. 86. Read "The Opportunity" p. 87. Answer questions #1-7 on p. 101.
Thursday: Introduce Character sketch. Do character sketch from a character in "The Opportunity". Do Quick Write and vocab on p. 102.
Friday: Present Character sketches. Read "Everyday Use" on p. 103-109.

English 11

Monday: Persuasive writing prep.
Tuesday: Persuasive writing prep.
Wednesday: Grammar Slammer Sentences & Nouns
Thursday: Grammar Slammer Nouns and Pronouns
Friday: Grammar Slammer Verbs

English 12

Monday: Begin listening to Act III
Tuesday: Listen to Act III of Hamlet.
Wednesday: Finish Act III of Hamlet. Begin Act III Questions from Hamlet
Thursday: Act III Questions work day.
Friday: Check Act III Questions. Act IV vocabulary.

College English

Monday: College English over ITV
Tuesday: Check Act II questions over Hamlet. Act III Vocab. Begin listening to Act III.
Wednesday: College English over ITV
Thursday: Act III of Hamlet.
Friday: College English over ITV

Speech

Monday: Speech contest prep.
Tuesday: Speech contest prep.
Wednesday: Speech contest prep.
Thursday: Speech contest prep.
Friday: Speech contest prep.

Week of January 14-18

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English 10

Monday: Quiz over "The Leap". Quick Write and vocabulary with sentences for "The Pedestrian" p 56.
Tuesday: Notes over setting. Begin reading "The Pedestrian" in class.
Wednesday: Finish "The Pedestrian" answer questions #1-10 on p 63.
Thursday: Personal Narrative writing workshop. Review for vocabulary portion of the test.
Friday: Personal Narrative writing workshop. Review for stories portion of the test.

English 11

Monday: Non-Fiction ACT prep.
Tuesday: Non-Fiction ACT prep.
Wednesday: Non-Fiction ACT prep.
Thursday: Non-Fiction ACT prep.
Friday: Post-test for reading portion of ACT. All review articles are due.

English 12

Monday: Act II vocabulary. Begin Act II
Tuesday: Listen to Act II of Hamlet.
Wednesday: Finish Act II of Hamlet. Begin Act II Questions from Hamlet
Thursday: Act II Questions work day.
Friday: Check Act II Questions. Act III vocabulary.

College English

Monday: College English over ITV
Tuesday: Check Act I Questions. Act II Vocab. Begin listening to Act II.
Wednesday: College English over ITV
Thursday: Act II of Hamlet.
Friday: College English over ITV

Speech

Monday: Speech contest prep.
Tuesday: Speech contest prep.
Wednesday: Speech contest prep.
Thursday: Speech contest prep.
Friday: Speech contest prep.

Week of January 7-11

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English 10

Monday: Finish reading "Contents of the Dead Man's Pockets". Read "You want a social life, with Friends" p 28. Answer questions 1-9 on p 29.
Tuesday: Talk about non-fiction and synthesizing material. Do vocabulary on p. 31. Read "Double Daddy" together in class. Read "Diary of a Mad Blender" and "A Child's View of Working Parents" for homework. Answer questions on pp 38-39.
Wednesday: Persuasive writing workshop.
Thursday: Persuasive writing workshop.
Friday: Do Quick Write and vocabulary on p. 41. Read "The Leap" pp 43-48. Answer questions 1-11 on p 51.

English 11

Monday: Practice ACT test
Tuesday: Reading Fiction for ACT prep.
Wednesday: Persuasive writing workshop.
Thursday: Persuasive writing workshop.
Friday: Reading Fiction for ACT prep.

English 12

Monday: Act I of Hamlet
Tuesday: College Prep worksheets
Wednesday: Finish Act I of Hamlet. Begin Act II
Thursday: College Prep worksheets
Friday: Act II of Hamlet

College English

Monday: College English over ITV
Tuesday: Finish Act I of Hamlet. Begin Act II.
Wednesday: College English over ITV
Thursday: Finish Act II of Hamlet.
Friday: College English over ITV

Speech

Monday: Speech contest prep.
Tuesday: Speech contest prep.
Wednesday: Speech contest prep.
Thursday: Speech contest prep.
Friday: Speech contest prep.

Week of January 3-4

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English 10

Monday:
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
Thursday: Introduction to third nine weeks. Pass out textbooks. Demonstrate on-line text.
Friday: Notes over Plot. Check on novels for numbers. Do practice plot charts.

English 11

Monday:
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
Thursday: Introduce ACT prep unit. Do ACT Prep pre-worksheet and goals.
Friday: ACT reading test prep. Increasing reading time.

English 12

Monday:
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
Thursday: Introduction to College Prep unit. Do college prep worksheet.
Friday: Introduction to Collection 4 notes & worksheet.

College English

Monday:
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
Thursday: Intro to college prep unit. Fill out college prep worksheet.
Friday: College English/ Intro to Collection 4.

Speech

Monday:
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
Thursday: Speech contest prep.
Friday: Speech contest prep.

Week of December 17-21

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English 10

Monday: Group C Final Presentations. Group D analysis due
Tuesday: Group D Final Presentations. Group A analysis due
Wednesday: Group A final Speeches
Thursday: 2nd Period Semester Test 8:10
Friday: 6th Period Semester Test 9:40

English 11

Monday: The Scarlet Letter Test
Tuesday: Poem Test
Wednesday: Review for Finals
Thursday: 4th Period Semester Test 11:00, 5th Period Semester Test 1:00
Friday:

English 12

Monday: Collection 3 Test
Tuesday: Review for Final
Wednesday: Review for Final
Thursday: 3rd Period Semester Test 9:35
Friday:

College English

Monday: Collection 3 Test
Tuesday: Review for Final
Wednesday: Review for Final
Thursday:
Friday: 8th Period Semester Test 8:10

Speech

Monday: Practice Final Speech
Tuesday: Practice Final Speech
Wednesday: Prepare for final speech
Thursday: 7th Period Semester Test 2:25
Friday:

Week of December 10-14

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English 10

Monday: Group B Persuasive Presentations. Group C analysis due.
Tuesday: Group C Persuasive Presentations.
Wednesday: Final Speech Work Day (Persuasive Makeup Day)
Thursday: Final Speech Work Day. Group B analysis due
Friday: Group B Final Presentations. Group C analysis due.

English 11

Monday: Discuss Chapters 16-18. Read 19-21
Tuesday: Read "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" p 401, "I heard a Fly Buzz when I died" p. 403, and "Much Madness" p. 404
Wednesday: Discuss Chapters 19-21. Read 22-24 Journals due Friday.
Thursday: Project work day.
Friday: Worksheet over chapters 16-24. Journals over the same due today. Review for TSL Test.

English 12

Monday: Finish "Paradise Lost"
Tuesday: Personal Presentations
Wednesday: Personal Presentations
Thursday: Review for Collection 3 Poem test
Friday: Review for Collection 3 Poem test

College English

Monday: College English over ITV
Tuesday: Francis Bacon/John Milton Notes. Read Bacon's literature.
Wednesday: College English over ITV
Thursday: King James' Bible.
Friday: College English over ITV

Speech

Monday: Extemporaneous Speeches
Tuesday: Extemporaneous Speeches
Wednesday: Prepare for final speech
Thursday: Prepare for final speech
Friday: Prepare for final speech

Week of December 3-7

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English 10

Monday: Persuasive Speech Introduction. Informative Speech Makeup Speech Analysis due.
Tuesday: Persuasive Speech Work Day. Makeup Informative Speeches
Wednesday: Persuasive Speech Work Day. Group D analysis Due
Thursday: Group D Persuasive Speech Presentations. Group A analysis due.
Friday: Group A Persuasive Speech Presentations. Group B analysis due.

English 11

Monday: Discuss Chapters 7-9. Read 10-12
Tuesday: Poetry Journal Due. Finish Whitman Poems. "A Sight in Camp in the Daybreak Gray and Dim" p. 376. & "Journals" pp 377- 380. Writing assignment (choose one of the four). Due Thursday.
Wednesday: Discuss Chapters 10-12. Read 13-15. Journals due Friday.
Thursday: Review Emily Dickinson. Read "The Soul Selects her own Society" p 391 and "If you were coming in the Fall" p 392.
Friday: Quiz over chapters 7-15. Journals over the same due today. Read 16-18.

English 12

Monday: Work on Presentations.
Tuesday: F. Exchange students presentations. Notes over Francis Bacon. Read "Of Studies" and "Axioms" p. 361-363
Wednesday: "Equality and Education" pp. 365-371.
Thursday: King James version. pp. 372-381.
Friday: Review Authors and Poems.

College English

Monday: College English over ITV
Tuesday: Review Sonnets. Sonnets Due. Notes over Donne. Read Donne's Poems pp. 338-351.
Wednesday: College English over ITV
Thursday: Notes over Ben Johnson. Read poems on pp 355-356.
Friday: College English over ITV

Speech

Monday: Extemporaneous Speeches
Tuesday: Extemporaneous Speeches
Wednesday: Extemporaneous Speeches
Thursday: Extemporaneous Speeches
Friday: Extemporaneous Speeches

Week of November 26-30

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English 10

Monday: Make-Up Demonstrative Day. Informative Work Day. Group C Analysis Due.
Tuesday: Group C Informative Speech Presentations. Group D Analysis Due.
Wednesday: Group D Informative Speech Presentations. Group B Analysis Due
Thursday: Group B Informative Speech Presentations. Group A Analysis Due.
Friday: Group A Informative Speech Presentations. Persuasive Speech Intro.

English 11

Monday: Discuss Chapters 1-3 of The Scarlet Letter. Read Chapters 3-5
Tuesday: Finish Notes over Whitman and Dickinson. Introduce Reading Journal.
Wednesday: Chapters 3-5 of The Scarlet Letter Due. Read chapters 6-8
Thursday: Introduce Free Verse Poetry. Read: "I Hear America Singing" p. 365, "Song of Myself" p 368-371, and "Song of Myself" p. 373.
Friday: Chapters 6-8 due. Read chapters 7-9.

English 12

Monday: Sonnets due. Notes over John Donne. Read "Song" p. 338 and "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" p 341.
Tuesday: Read "Meditation 17" p 344-345, and "Death Be Not Proud" p 349, and "W;t" p 350-351.
Wednesday: Notes over Ben Johnson. Read "On My First Son" p 355 and "Song: To Celia" p 356.
Thursday: Notes over Francis Bacon. Read "Of Studies"
Friday:No School

College English

Monday: College English over ITV
Tuesday: Introduction to Collection 3 Quiz. Read Sonnets. Choosing a sonnet style and writing their own.
Wednesday: College English over ITV
Thursday: Sonnets due. Notes over John Donne
Friday: College English over ITV

Speech

Monday: One-Act Set
Tuesday: One-Act Set
Wednesday: Persuasive Speeches
Thursday: Persuasive Speeches
Friday: Persuasive Speeches

Week of November 19-23

2007-11-19T07:44:00.000-06:00

English 10

Monday: Group D Demonstrative Presentations. Intro to Informative Speeches.
Tuesday: Informative Speech Work Day. Informative Speech Topics Due.
Wednesday: Informative Speech Work Day
Thursday: No School
Friday: No School

English 11

Monday: Intro to The Scarlet Letter
Tuesday: Intro to Collection 3
Wednesday: Chapter 1 TSL
Thursday: No School
Friday: No School

English 12

Monday: Intro to Sonnets
Tuesday: Shakespearean Sonnets
Wednesday: Writing Sonnets
Thursday: No School
Friday:No School

College English

Monday: College English over ITV
Tuesday: Shakespeare Notes. Quiz over intro
Wednesday: College English over ITV
Thursday: No School
Friday: No School

Speech

Monday: Persuasive Speeches
Tuesday: Persuasive Speeches
Wednesday: Persuasive Speeches
Thursday: No School
Friday: No School

Week of November 12-16

2007-11-12T07:46:00.000-06:00

English 10

Monday: Demonstrative Speech Preview
Tuesday: Group A Speech Analysis Due
Wednesday: Group A Presentations. Group B Analysis Due
Thursday: Group B Presentations. Group C Analysis Due
Friday: Group C Presentations. Group D Analysis Due.

English 11

Monday: Read "The Oval Portrait" and finish Quiz.
Tuesday: Review for Test
Wednesday: Review for Test
Thursday: Collection 2 Test
Friday: Collection 2 Test

English 12

Monday: Notes over Collection 3.
Tuesday: Notes over Poets I
Wednesday: Read Poets I
Thursday: Notes over Shakespeare.
Friday: Read Shakespeare Poetry

College English

Monday: College English over ITV
Tuesday: Intro to Collection 3 Notes
Wednesday: College English over ITV
Thursday: Shakespeare Notes
Friday: College English over ITV

Speech

Monday: Persuasive Speeches
Tuesday: Persuasive Speeches
Wednesday: Persuasive Speeches
Thursday: Persuasive Speeches
Friday: Persuasive Speeches

Week of October 29-November 2

2007-10-28T22:37:00.001-05:00

English 10

Monday: PowerPoint Presentations
Tuesday: PowerPoint Presentations
Wednesday: Mrs. Hoyt's presentation
Thursday: Work day for iMovie
Friday: PowerPoint Presentations

English 11

Monday: Begin Poe Packet. Poe facts are due at the end of the period
Tuesday: Poe Packet. Read The Pit and the Pendulum.
Wednesday: Mrs. Hoyt's presentation.
Thursday: Poe Packet. Poe Poetry.
Friday: Poe Packet. Razzin' the Raven.

English 12

Monday: Finish Frame stories quiz.
Tuesday: Check Frame stories quiz and Chaucer Quiz.
Wednesday: Mrs. Hoyt's presentation
Thursday: Collection 2 Test
Friday: Work on PowerPoint Presentation

College English

Monday: College English over ITV
Tuesday: Check Frame Story Quiz and Chaucer Quiz
Wednesday: College English over ITV
Thursday: Collection 2 Test
Friday: College English over ITV

Speech

Monday: Persuasive Speeches
Tuesday: Persuasive Speeches
Wednesday: Persuasive Speeches
Thursday: Persuasive Speeches
Friday: Persuasive Speeches

Week of October 22-26

2007-10-22T07:25:00.000-05:00

English 10

Monday: Work on PowerPoint Presentation
Tuesday: Intro to Of Mice and Men
Wednesday: 5 slides due
Thursday: Of Mice and Men
Friday: No School

English 11

Monday: Questions Day.
Tuesday: ASVAB Results
Wednesday: Notes over Melville. Begin Moby Dick
Thursday: Moby Dick
Friday: No School

English 12

Monday: Poems
Tuesday: Review Frame Stories & Poems
Wednesday: Review Frame Stories and Poems.
Friday: No School

College English

Monday: College English over ITV
Tuesday: King Arthur Stories
Wednesday: College English over ITV
Thursday: Poems & Review
Friday: No School

Speech

Monday: Fixing Prose
Tuesday: Fixing Prose
Wednesday: Final Presentation of Prose
Thursday: Final Presentation of Prose
Friday: No School

Week of October 15-19

2007-10-16T08:18:00.000-05:00

English 10

Monday: Edit/Revise Papers
Tuesday: Edit/Revise Papers
Wednesday: Edit/Revise Papers
Thursday: Papers Due!!!
Friday: No School

English 11

Monday: Notes over Hawthorne. Read "The Minister's Black Veil" Answer Questions.
Tuesday: Discuss Hawthorne & Stories.
Wednesday: Hawthorne Quiz
Thursday: Finish Hawthorne Quiz.
Friday: No School

English 12

Monday: Read "Fedrigo's Falcon"
Tuesday: Discuss "Fedrigo's Faclon". Introduce King Arthur Tales.
Wednesday: King Arthur Tales
Friday: No School

College English

Monday: College English over ITV
Tuesday: Read "Righ Mind Wrong Mind" in class. Read "Sinbad" out of class
Wednesday: College English over ITV
Thursday: Read "Fedrigo's Falcon" in class.
Friday: No School

Speech

Monday: Cuttings of Prose
Tuesday: Cuttings of Prose
Wednesday: Cuttings of Prose
Thursday: Cuttings of Prose
Friday: No School

Week of October 8-12

2007-10-08T08:29:00.000-05:00

English 10

Monday: Hand out Peer Review Rubrics. Explain how they work. Begin reviewing citations.
Tuesday: Finish reviewing citations. Go over revision marks, what to look for.
Wednesday: Review Introductions and Conclusions.
Thursday: Review Transitions. Begin in-class reviews of peer papers.
Friday: Complete in-class reviews of peer papers. All Peer Review Rubrics due on Monday, October 15.

English 11

Monday: Discuss Walden. Assign Civil Disobedience. Answer questions over both essays.
Tuesday: Quiz over Emerson's essays and Walden and Civil Disobedience. Notes over Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Wednesday: Read "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment" in class together. Answer questions.
Thursday: Read "The Minister's Black Veil" Answer Questions.
Friday: Quiz over Hawthorne's stories.

English 12

Monday: Read "The Wife of Bath's Tale". Answer the questions
Tuesday: Quiz over The Canterbury Tales Prologue, "The Pardoner's Tale", and "The Wife of Bath's Tale"
Wednesday: Write a poem that introduces a character like Chaucer did in the prologue.
Thursday: Talk about frame stories. Notes over Panchantra. Read Right Mind Wrong Mind.
Friday: Read "Fedrigo's Falcon"

College English

Monday: College English over ITV
Tuesday: Read "The Wife of Bath's Tale" and answer Questions
Wednesday: College English over ITV
Thursday: Quiz over The Canterbury Tales and both Tales
Friday: College English over ITV

Speech

Monday: Cuttings of Prose
Tuesday: Cuttings of Prose
Wednesday: Cuttings of Prose
Thursday: Cuttings of Prose
Friday: Cuttings of Prose

Week of October 1-5

2007-10-01T07:49:00.000-05:00

English 10

Monday: Begin writing rough draft of research paper. Bibliography notes. Please use these cites to learn how to make a bib page.

http://webapps.calvin.edu/knightcite
Has forms for MLA, APA, and Chicago styles

http://noodletools.com
Contains both free and subscription services for MLA and APA styles

http://citationmachine.net
Contains help with formatting MLA and APA styles

Tuesday: Still working on the rough draft...
Wednesday: And still working....
Thursday: And you should be close to finished working...
Friday: Rough draft of the paper due.

English 11

Monday: Discuss poems. Quiz over "The Devil and Tom Walker," "Rip Van Winkle" and the Fireside poets & poems. Do questions over poems in journal.
Tuesday: Notes over Transcendentalism & Ralph Waldo Emerson. Begin paper on Transcendentalism.
Wednesday: Review Ralph Waldo Emerson. Read "Nature"
Thursday: Read "Self-Reliance" & discuss Essays.
Friday: Quiz over Ralph Waldo Emerson & his essays. Essay due.

English 12

Monday: Share Character Sketches. Papers due. Talk about The Canterbury Tales Prologue.
Tuesday: Read The Pardoner's Tale & Answer Questions.
Wednesday: Read The Wife of Bath's Tale & Answer Questions
Thursday: Review sheet of The Canterbury Tales
Friday: Talk about frame stories. Notes over Panchantra. Read Right Mind Wrong Mind.

College English

Monday: College English over ITV
Tuesday: Read Prologue to The Canterbury Tales
Wednesday: No School
Thursday: Read Pardoner's Tale & Answer Questions.
Friday: College English over ITV

Speech

Monday: Children's prose.
Tuesday: Looking for prose for contest
Wednesday: Looking for prose for contest
Thursday: Looking for prose for contest
Friday: Present Children's prose to elementary?

Week of September 24-28

2007-09-24T05:39:00.000-05:00

English 10

Monday: Noun/Pronoun Review. Paragraphing. Citing your sources.

http://webapps.calvin.edu/knightcite
Has forms for MLA, APA, and Chicago styles

http://noodletools.com
Contains both free and subscription services for MLA and APA styles

http://citationmachine.net
Contains help with formatting MLA and APA styles

Tuesday: Action Verbs. Citing Sources. Transitions
Wednesday: Action Verbs. Work Day. 10 Sources and notes Due Thursday
Thursday: 10 Sources and notes due to Mrs. Kubik Today!
Friday: Begin writing research paper.

English 11

Monday: Intro to Collection 2.
Tuesday: Notes over Washington Irving. Read "The Devil & Tom Walker" Answer Questions.
Wednesday: Read "Rip Van Winkle"
Thursday: Notes over Fireside Poets. Read Poems & Answer questions
Friday: Notes over

English 12

Monday: Intro to Collection 2
Tuesday: Notes over Canterbury Tales
Wednesday: Read Prologue to Canterbury Tales. Descriptive Papers due.
Thursday: Character sketch of Characters
Friday: Read the Wife of Bath's tale

College English

Monday: College English over ITV
Tuesday: Intro to Collection 2
Wednesday: No School
Thursday: Notes over Canterbury Tales. Read Prologue.
Friday: College English over ITV

Speech

Monday: Present Informative Speeches. Choose prose.
Tuesday: Children's prose
Wednesday: Children's prose presentation
Thursday: Looking for prose for contest
Friday: Looking for prose for contest

Week of September 17-21

2007-09-17T07:34:00.000-05:00

English 10

Monday: Review methods of organization & outlining.
Tuesday: Flowers for Algernon Test
Wednesday: No School
Thursday: Rough Outline and method of organization due to Mrs. Kubik
Friday: Work day for research paper.

English 11

Monday: Review for test.
Tuesday: Test Part I
Wednesday: No School
Thursday: Test Part II
Friday: Introduction to Collection 2

English 12

Monday: Review for test
Tuesday: Test over Collection 1
Wednesday: No School
Thursday: Writing assignment
Friday: Introduction to Collection 2

College English

Monday: College English over ITV
Tuesday: Finish Troy
Wednesday: No School
Thursday: Test
Friday: College English over ITV

Speech

Monday: Improvements to Informative Speeches
Tuesday: Improvements to Informative Speeches
Wednesday: No School
Thursday:Present Informative Speeches
Friday: Present Informative Speeches

Week of September 10-14

2007-09-10T08:52:00.000-05:00

English 10

Monday: Notes over thesis statements. Reseach and work on Flowers for Algernon journals.
Tuesday: Check Flowers for Algernon Journals Reports 15-17. Test review will be Thursday.
Wednesday: 6 sources and notes due. Thesis statement is also due. One-on-one conference with Mrs. Kubik to check these. Keep working for all 10 sources.
Thursday: Review for Flowers for Algernon Test. Test will be on Tuesday
Friday: Notes over prewriting and organizing. Rough outline will be due on Monday.

English 11

Monday: Catch up day. Epitaphs due. Read Phyllis Wheatley.
Tuesday: Read Ben Franklin's Autobiography.
Wednesday: Read Poor Richard's Almanac. Make up aphorisms of your own.
Thursday: Notes over Patric Henry. Read his speech to congress
Friday: Notes over Thomas Paine. Read The Crisis #1

English 12

Monday: Watch Troy
Tuesday: Watch Troy
Wednesday: Watch Troy
Thursday: Review for Test
Friday: Review for Test

College English

Monday: College English over ITV
Tuesday: Review for Test
Wednesday: College English over ITV
Thursday: Test
Friday: College English over ITV

Speech

Monday: Watch Speeches
Tuesday: Finish Watching speeches. Discuss Revision
Wednesday: Improvements to Informative speeches
Thursday: Improvements to Informative Speeches
Friday: Improvements to Informative Speeches

Week of September 3-7

2007-09-04T07:33:00.000-05:00

English 10

Monday: No School
Tuesday: Check Flowers for Algernon Journals Reports 9-11. Assign 12-14. Due Thursday.
Wednesday: 3 sources and notes due. One-on-one conference with Mrs. Kubik to check these. Keep working for all 10 sources.
Thursday: Check Flowers for Algernon Journals Reports 12-14. Assign 15-17. Due next Tuesday.
Friday: Notes over prewriting and organizing. Next 3 sources due Wednesday, September 12.

English 11

Monday: No School
Tuesday: Discuss "A Narrative of the Captivity". Notes over Jonathan Edwards. Read "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God".
Wednesday: Review Settlers/Puritan literature. Notes over Olaudah Equiano. Read "The Interesting Live of Olaudah Equiano" answer the questions at the end of the story.
Thursday: Discuss "The Interesting Life..." Notes over Ben Franklin. Discuss epitaphs.
Friday: Students write their own epitaphs.

English 12

Monday: No School
Tuesday: Discuss "Gilgamesh".
Wednesday: Notes over the "Iliad". Read the story, and answer the questions.
Thursday: Watch Troy
Friday: Watch Troy

College English

Monday: No School
Tuesday: Discuss "Gilgamesh." Notes over the "Iliad" Read the story and answer the questions at the end of the story.
Wednesday: College English over ITV
Thursday: Notes over Bede. Read "A History of the English Church and People", and "The Seafarer", and "The Wife's Lament" Answer all questions over the story and poems.
Friday: College English over ITV

Speech

Monday: No School
Tuesday: Prepare for Informative Speeches
Wednesday: Informative Speeches Take I
Thursday: Informative Speeches Take I
Friday: Watch Speeches and discuss.

For the Week of August 27-31

2007-08-27T07:32:00.000-05:00

English 10

Monday: Today we will have our topic conference. We will also learn about the two types of research, and talk about the reliability and relevancy of sources. Homework: Journal for Flowers for Algernon.

Tuesday: Progress reports 5-8 in Flowers for Algernon. Working on research for research paper.

Wednesday: Today we will talk about bibliography cards and note cards. We will do some practice cards on each one. You will need to have 3 bibliography cards and at least one note card for each bib card by next Wednesday.

Thursday: Progress reports 9-11. Working on research for the research paper.

Friday: Research Day.

English 11

Monday: Finish sharing the creation myths. Begin talking about Puritan literature. Read "Of Plymouth Plantation" and "Huswifery" pp 121 & 129.

Tuesday: Talk about the literature of the explorers. Read: "The History of the Dividing Line" pp 131, and "La Relacion" on pp 117.

Wednesday: Talk about the literature of the settlers: Read "A Narrative of the Captivity..." pp 37.

Thursday: Talk about the up swing of Puritan religion. Read "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" pp 46.

Friday: Review literature of the Puritans, settlers, and explorers. Writing an editorial.

English 12

Monday: Finish discussing Part I of Beowulf. Give Beowulf take-home-quiz and students should have part I completed for Tuesday.

Tuesday: Discuss "Grendel" on p 39 and "Life in 999: A Grim Struggle" pp 40-41. Begin reading Beowulf Part II.

Wednesday: Read Beowulf Part II. Finish Beowulf take-home quiz.

Thursday: Check Beowulf take-home quiz. In-class writing assignment: How is Beowulf an archetypical hero?

Friday: Notes over Gilgamesh. Begin reading Gilgamesh.

College English

Monday: College English over ITV

Tuesday: Read Beowulf Part II. Do take-home quiz.

Wednesday: College English over ITV

Thursday: Notes over Gilgamesh. Begin reading Gilgamesh.

Friday: College English over ITV

Speech

Monday: 1 source and notes from that one source

Tuesday: How to write an informative speech

Wednesday: 3 more sources and notes for those sources.

Thursday: How to make good visual aids

Friday: Start working on visual aids, and writing speeches.

Week of August 20-24

2007-08-20T05:51:00.000-05:00

English 10

Monday: Today we will begin with a journal entry. We will also hand out your Flowers for Algernon (FFA) books and jounals.

Tuesday: Another journal entry. We will begin reading Flowers for Algernon in class together. You will be responsible for the first part of the journal. It will be due on Thursday.

Wednesday: Another journal entry. We will introduce the steps to a quality research papers. We will have your topics due on Friday.

Thursday: Taking notes over choosing your topics. We will also be doing the activities for the first part of Flowers for Algernon. You will have a little time to work on your journals, or do some pre-researching.

Friday: Today we will focus on getting your topics finalized. You will have a one-on-one conference with Mrs. Kubik to discuss your final topic choice.

English 11

Monday: Today we will begin with a grammar worksheet. We will hand out books, check out the on-line textbook, and talk about how the book works.

Tuesday: Today we will begin with a journal entry. We will take notes over the introduction to Collection 1. We will talk about the Native American oral tradition.

Wednesday: Today we will begin with a grammar exercise. We will review the Native American oral tradition, and you will read some Native American creation literature.

Thursday: Today you will take notes over the intro to Collection 1. You will also have notes over the Puritan authors. You will read "...Upon the Burnin of Our House" on p 29, and "Of Plymouth Plantation" on p 119, and "Huswifery" on p 129.

Friday: We will present your creation myths to the class. we will also discuss the Puritan reading assignments.

English 12

Monday: Today we will begin with a grammar worksheet. We will hand out books, check out the on-line textbook, and talk about how the book works.

Tuesday: Today we will begin with a journal entry. We will take notes over the introduction to Collection 1. We will then preview the literature of Collection 1.

Wednesday: Today we will begin with a grammar exercise. We will then do the introduction to Beowulf. We will begin reading Beowulf.

Thursday: Today we will be taking the notes over Beowulf, and we will begin reading in class.

Friday: Today we will continue reading part one of Beowulf. You will have questions due on Monday.

Speech

Monday: We will begin working with the informative speech. You will learn what the ballot looks like, and how to be successful at informative speaking.

Tuesday: We will do some acting exercises. This will help with your voice during your speech.

Wednesday: Today we will do some research for your informative speech. Your topic will be due at the end of the class period today.

Thursday: You will share your topics with the class today. We will also start your formal research for the project.

Friday: More research for your informative speech. We will present the speeches on September 5th.

College English

Monday: College English over ITV

Tuesday: We will begin with a grammar exercise. We will then take notes over the introduction to the collection and to Beowulf.

Wednesday: College English over ITV

Thursday: We will begin reading Beowulf. You will need to have Part I read, and the questions answered by Tuesday.

Friday: College English over ITV

Welcome Back

2007-08-16T06:27:00.000-05:00

Welcome Back to Another Great Year!

Your first assignment:

You are going to write a back-to-school haiku. Now this haiku must be in the traditional 5 syllable, 7 syllable, 5 syllable; it must also be a positive aspect of back-to-school. This assignment will be due tomorrow, Friday, August 17th. Have fun!