"Keep not standing fixed and rooted; briskly venture, briskly roam."- Goethe

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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, 10/15
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. 
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Just Honors English:
Join Google Classroom:
Honors 7 Period 1: 7a47a4y3lg
Honors 7 Period 5: 5qwfr9​y3lg
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 CP & HONORS HW:
  • Bring in an outside reading book. 
  • Write down one goal for the year on the index card I handed out in class.
  • Practice - ​quizlet.com/_54jtk4​​ ​​
At the district office.  Will not be at school today.

Here is my back to school night presentation!  Thank you, parents!









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BOTH CP & HONORS CP & HONORS HW: Practice your literary terms for 20 minutes on Quizlet.
At the district office.  Will not be at school today.













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MONDAY 27th 
TUESDAY 28th
​SINGLE PERIOD
WEDNESDAY 29th
SINGLE PERIOD
THURSDAY 30th
​BLOCK (1, 3, 5)
FRIDAY, 31st
​BLOCK (2, 4, 6)
NO SCHOOL! 







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(BOTH H & CP)
WOTD: peruse & potable
HW:
  • Review my class expectations, syllabus (see above) (SIGN BY TUESDAY the 4th)
  • Have a section for English in your notebook & bring a free reading/outside reading book.
  • Remember how to put an MLA heading on your papers. (Hee hee)
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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:
  • Bring in an English notebook.  Take notes on Plotline from the images above.
  • Bring in a Silent Reading Book by Tuesday the 4th. Woohoo & 
  • Don't forget to sign your syllabus (see below)
(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: 
  • ​Fill out plotline chart with "Allegory ot the Cave"
  • quizlet.com/_54jtk4​- Play the quizlet  on your literary terms 5 times for fun. Try the Matching game.
  • Use your WOTD.
  • Bring in an outside reading book and sign that syllabus. (see below)   Woohoo! ​​
​At the District Office TODAY.  Email Chufo if you have questions.