31 January - Monday

Semester II Begins!
I. Notes on semester presentations
II. Art Video #5
III. Tomorrow to Media Center!

21January - Friday

Group work time for EXAM!

20 January - Thursday

Sub for Mr. Wabel
I. After attendance - to media center for group work
II 2nd hour group work in classroom

19 January - Wednesday

Seminar/Club Schedule
I. Meet in classroom - pass out rubrics
II. Head to Media Center
III. Group work time
IV. 2nd hour in classroom -- Work in groups....

18 January - Tuesday

I. History --timed writing
II. Lit:
A. Discuss Thomas Wolfe "His Father's Earth"
B. Discuss Fitzgerald intro from book
C. A&E Biography on Fitzgerald
D. Discuss "Winter Dreams"

14 January - Friday

History:

The 1918 Influenza Video
    -- take notes and turn in at the end of the video...
Lit:
A. Discuss Thomas Wolfe "His Father's Earth"
B. Discuss Fitzgerald intro from book
C. A&E Biography on Fitzgerald
D. Discuss "Winter Dreams"



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13 January - Thursday

I. Lit -->
A. Turn in p605 questions before 7:24!
B. File and pick up papers before 7:24!
C. Discuss Cather, Wolfe & "Winter Dreams"?
II. History
a. chapt 7: sect 3&4 - discussion

12 January - Wednesday

Club Meeting Day
I. Lit --A. Turn in homework from Tuesday before class begins
B. Discuss readings - Chopin, Cather, & Wolfe
C. Collect novels and FFN chapters
   - read Robert Frost pp. 558-575 while we do this  (Finish by Monday)
II. History
- Short Discussion
III. Work time for New Lit reading....
Read F. Scott Fitzgerald; "Winter Dreams" pp 584-605;
p605 ?'s a-d, 6-7,10 -- due Thursday
IV. Work time for exam groups

11 January - Tuesday

I. Turn in homework from Monday to in-box
II. History quiz
III. Lit work in textbooks
RKU: pages 548-557 page 557 do questions A&B, 4-5 for Wednesday

10 January - Monday

I. Discussions on The Jungle and Fast Food Nation
II. collect Novels
III. begin "The Moderns"
IV. Extra Credit Presentations?
V. history
      a. 5-Star Test #3 -- Amendments
VI. Announce Decades groups
VII. Lit Homework --> RKU pages 538-547 (Willa Cather) p547 - do questions A&B, 4-5
and turn them in at the beginning of the hour tomorrow.

7 January - Friday

I. Drop names in the cups for Decades Groups
II. History
III. Discuss readings for Lit
IV. Lit HWK: RKU pp 524-536 --> The Moderns

6 January - Thursday

History First:
I. Correct Objective portion of Huck Finn test
II. "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"
III. TBA

5 January - Wednesday

Sub day for Mr. Wabel & Mr. Scheidler
LIT:

1.     Attendance

2.     In-Class Work

a.     Collect homework from yesterday (page 445 reading check a-b, extending the text #5 and extending the text #6)

b.     Hand out Chapter 9 packet from Fast Food Nation – have students read it

c.     Read Jack London “To Build a Fire” in textbook---pages 495-509_____

d.     Read “On Freezing to Death” (Handout)

e.     Read Ambrose Bierce “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”

in textbook---pages 466-474____

HOMEWORK:  Finish all readings for Thursday

HISTORY:
I. Quiz
II. Reading TBA

4 January - Tuesday

I. History -
  a. correct pop quiz
II. Lit
  a.  Grammar Practice (On board)
   b. Correct part of Huck Finn Test
   c. Discuss The Jungle and  Fast Food Nation
   D. BRING TEXTBOOKS THE REST OF THE WEEK!
  E. HWK: Read Kate Chopin (pp 435-445) and do read check A-b, Extending the text #5 and Challenging the text #6 on page 445

3 January -- Monday

I. Welcome Back!!
II. Collect/check-in reading logs/blogs
III. Quiz over The Jungle
IV. Correct Old Quizzes
V. C Presentation _ Ashley Krolczyk -- The Biltmore
VI. Handed out chapter 8 from Fast Food Nation
VII. History

22 December - Wednesday

I. History
II. The Jungle 

Hwk: Have a GREAT VACATION!
(oh...and finish reading The Jungle and
do a chapter by chapter reading log/blog)

21 December - Tuesday

Continue work from Monday
I. Test over Huck Finn
II. Read The Jungle and work on
Chapter by chapter reading log/blog -- reactions, questions, etc...

20 December - Monday

I. History
II. Discuss Huck Finn worksheets...and theme of Huck Finn
--little test on Tuesday? Wednesday?
III. Read our journals on the DIA and discuss
IV. Peer editing for Field Trip Argumentative Essay
V. Begin The Jungle before break....

17 December - Friday

History First --
English/Lit
 --> Collect Huck Finn question sheets
  --> DIA Journals
     A. The Best Thing about the DIA (must be about the art)
     B. The worst, most obnoxious, etc..Thing about the DIA (must be abut art)
--> Timed Argumentative Journal
    Topic:

Some people argue that field trips are a waste of time, money and other valuable resources.  They argue that anything we need to ‘see’ can be viewed online or in video.

In a well-organized and uniform argumentative essay, explain your position on field trips in regard to the trip to the Detroit Institute of Arts.  Your audience is the district administration, including the superintendent, and the school board.

Take 40 minutes to finish this & hand in at the end of the hour.

HWK: RKU pp 406-422 

16 December - Thursday

Sub for Mr. Wabel
Correct Art Video #4
History
Finish Huck Finn & All Worksheets
    (test before Christmas)
RKU: page 406-422 (for quiz)