"Keep not standing fixed and rooted; briskly venture, briskly roam."- Goethe
Welcome to our Honors & College Prep English Classes! I am so excited to start the school year with you and can't wait to get on the program!
OCTOBER "HONE"WORK CALENDAR
Monday, 10/22 |
Tuesday, 10/23 |
Thursday, 10/25 |
Bring in THREE copies of your horror story to participate in a Writer's Workshop on Tuesday. |
ALL CLASSES: HW for THURSDAY: Print ONE final draft on your horror story -- BEFORE CLASS STARTS. AND submit your final draft to the Google Classroom as well. Next Thursday -- WOTD QUEST 2 - Get ready and study your words. |
ALL CLASSES: Your Horror Story Mash-Up is due today! |
Monday, 10/15 |
Tuesday, 10/16 |
Thursday, 10/18 |
HW: WORK ON YOUR CONCEPT AND MAYBE START WRITING. . . DAY 1 - HORROR WRITING FINAL PROJECT Remember, WRITING DAY 1 is ON TUESDAY. Use your assignment sheet to guide you! Here is a fun, quick read to inspire you! Five Writing Tips to Help Scare Your Readers. |
Watch the Twilight Zone Episode if you missed it. HW: NEW. . .Work on writing 1 or 2 pages of your story. You will have a large block of class time to write on Thursday. Yes, you should start writing EVEN IF you did not have a stamp on your plotline. |
HW All classes: Work on your drafts for your horror mash up-- 3 PRINTED copies are due on TUESDAY. Remember - Use the assignment sheet for guidance. |
Monday, 10/8 |
Tuesday, 10/9 |
Thursday 10/10 |
NONE - FAMILY NIGHT!! |
WOTD LIST HW for all classes: Revise your literary analysis body paragraph for class and print ONE copy to bring to class. We have one last day to revise. Woohoo! |
HW for all classes: Revise your literary analysis body paragraph, SUBMIT IN GOOGLE CLASSROOM and have a print out for class on MONDAY. We will start our horror stories on Monday. . . |
Monday, 10/1 |
Tuesday 10/2 |
Thursday 10/4 |
WOTD QUIZ tomorrow! Thank you, Bella for the Quizlet and thank you, Mia: Quizlet. Here's the AOW we discussed in class. Everyone: This is the last week to make up your Literary Terms Quest. Thursday is the last day. Honors: Pineapple pencil winner announced tomorrow! |
Honors: Congratulations Pineapple Pencil Winners! Honors HW: Please finish reading and annotating our story: Here is the reading for "The Lady, or the Tiger?" - Adapted from Frank R. Stockton Here's the video from today. |
ALL CLASSES: WOTD LIST Honors English: Please create a draft of your literary analysis paragraph and print it out for class. Remember that the assignment is posted in Google Classroom. Period 1 Period 5 CP English: Print & review this assignment sheet for Monday. Remember to review it--there will be a quiz! |
Monday, Late Start 9/24 |
Tuesday 9/25 |
Thursday 9/27 |
College Prep: Please start to review the WOTD Honors 7: Please start to review the WOTD and spend 30 minutes on the discussion questions. |
ALL CLASSES: Hey there! Check your literary terms quest online to see if you need to re-test. WOTD QUIZ next Tuesday! Thank you, Bella for the Quizlet and thank you, Mia: Quizlet. Honors 7: Email me: (jeannie.chufo@sduhsd.net) your paragraph by Wednesday night if you want to win. Writing Assessment this Thursday! You only need one paragraph but it must be perfect. |
ALL CLASSES: WOTD QUIZ next Tuesday! Thank you, Bella for the Quizlet and thank you, Mia: Quizlet. Just Honors English: Join Google Classroom: Honors 7 Period 1: 7a47a4y3lg Honors 7 Period 5: 5qwfr9y3lg |
Monday, Late Start 9/17 |
Tuesday, 9/18 |
Thursday, 9/20 |
Both Honors & CP Step It Up Challenge! Write a one page response to the following article of the week. Yes, title your paper in MLA format. Yes, you should handwrite it ONLY. Yes, it's due tomorrow. : ) |
Both Honors & CP Remember that there is a Literary terms. Quest on THURSDAY. Woohoo! Bring in our ORB book too! |
WOTD for both classes! Quest grades are posted! Honors 7 Please read "All Summer in a Day" (Ray Bradbury). Be sure to mark up the figurative language & look up words you don't know. English 7 CP Please read "All Summer in a Day" (Ray Bradbury) - look up word you don't know. |
Monday |
Tuesday, 9/11 |
Thursday, 9/13 |
NO SCHOOL |
Both Honors & CP Practice your Literary terms. for 30 minutes using Quizlet. Bring in an outside reading book. |
Both Honors & CP Practice your Literary terms. for 30 minutes using Quizlet. Bring in an outside reading book. |
NO School! Happy Labor Day! |
Tuesday, Sept. 4th BLOCK 1, 3, 5 |
Wednesday, Sept. 5th BLOCK, 2, 4, 6 |
Thursday, Sept. 6th BLOCK 1, 3, 5 |
Friday, Sept. 7th BLOCK 2, 4, 6 |
NO SCHOOL! |
BOTH CP & HONORS
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At the district office. Will not be at school today. Here is my back to school night presentation! Thank you, parents! |
BOTH CP & HONORS
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At the district office. Will not be at school today. |
MONDAY 27th |
TUESDAY 28th SINGLE PERIOD |
WEDNESDAY 29th SINGLE PERIOD |
THURSDAY 30th BLOCK (1, 3, 5) |
FRIDAY, 31st BLOCK (2, 4, 6) |
NO SCHOOL! |
(BOTH H & CP) WOTD: peruse & potable HW:
Here is my first day of school presentation. |
(BOTH H & CP) WOTD: slipshod, dilly-dally, behoove, allegory, facetious 1- Do you remember how to head your paper in MLA format? 2-Ask your parents about the craziest parenting strategy they have tried on you. Did it work? Think of my whipped cream example. HW:
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(BOTH H & CP) WOTD: cantonment, mongoose, bungalow 1 - Review Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" if need be and how it relates to Plotline. HW:
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At the District Office TODAY. Email Chufo if you have questions. |
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