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 * OLD INFORMATION **
 * Homework... **
 * WEEKLY PACKET #8 due EVEN - 12/10 ODD -12/11
 * WEEKLY PACKET #7 due ODD - Thursday 12/3 and EVEN - Friday 12/4
 * WEEKLY PACKET #6 due EVEN - Wednesday 11/18 and ODD - Thursday 11/19
 * WEEKLY PACKET #5 due EVEN - Tuesday 11/10 and ODD - Wednesday 11/11
 * ALL - Final Book Reviews due Even - Monday 11/2 and ODD - Tuesday 11/3
 * [[file:BookReviewRevision.doc]]
 * ALL - Rough drafts of your book reviews are due on Tuesday 10/27 for even classes and Wednesday 10/28 for odd classes
 * NO HOMEWORK DUE FOR 10/22 and 10/26
 * HONORS - Final Draft of your essay is due Wednesday 10/21
 * REGULAR - FInal Draft of About Me Paragraphs due...
 * ODD: Thursday 10/22
 * EVEN: Wednesday 10/21
 * REGULAR - Weekly Packet #12 due ODD - 3/10 and EVEN - 3/9
 * [[file:WordWorkVocabWriting12.doc]]
 * HONORS - Weekly Packet #12 due 3/11 - Finish reading DJMH
 * [[file:Outline.doc]]
 * [[file:WordWorkVocabWriting12HONORS.doc]]
 * REGULAR - Weekly Packet #11 due 3/2 for ODD and 3/3 for EVEN periods (pages 75-160)
 * [[file:WordWorkVocabWriting11.doc]]
 * HONORS - WEEKLY PACKET #11 due 3/1 (pages 29-54 or chapters 5-8) Read chapters 5 and 6 by 2/23
 * [[file:WordWorkVocabWriting11HONORS.doc]]
 * REGULAR - Weekly Packet #10 due 2/22 (pages 1-72) PERIOD SIX PACKET DUE 2/23
 * [[file:WordWorkVocabWriting10.doc]]
 * HONORS - Weekly Packet #10 due 2/9 - Chapters 1-3 or pages 1-21 (Read chapter 1 by next class)
 * [[file:WordWorkVocabWriting10HONORS.doc]]
 * DJMH Reading Difficult Texts Page Due ODD - 2/5 and EVEN - 2/8
 * Electronic Book Reviews due ODD - 2/3 and EVEN 2/4
 * Weekly Packet #9 - ODD - 1/28 and EVEN - 1/29
 * [[file:WordWorkVocabWriting9.doc]]
 * REGULAR - Book Review Rough Drafts due Friday 1/15 and 6th hour - due Tuesday 1/19
 * HONORS - Book Review Rough Drafts due Thursday 1/14
 * Final Cyrano Playbook due ODD - 1/7 and EVEN 1/8 and HONORS 1/12
 * Honors - Make sure to have BOTH the Cyrano set and costume paragraphs and pictures!
 * Paragraphs - 12 point Times New Roman Font
 * Pictures (Designs) - professional published quality
 * **Class WORK:**
 * 3/4 and 3/5 - Honors - The Necklace (see the Necklace Page) evidence collection and Regular - Tell-Tale Heart
 * 3/2 and 3/3 - Honors - Wiki discussion and addiction article and Regular Quiz and Packet due
 * /26 and 3/1 - Honors - Quiz and Packet due - Regular Finish the Necklace
 * 2/24-2/25 - DJMH addiction article, discussion, and Case files for Regular and Figurative language/The Necklace for honors
 * 2/22-2/23 - DJMH Discussion Chapters 4 and 5 for honors and Timed writing reflection for regular and word work quiz and new packets
 * 2/18-2/19- DJMH Discussion and Timed Writing for honors and regular
 * 2/16-2/17 - DJMH Reading and Packet writing Time for regular and DJMH discussino for honors
 * 2/12 - 2/15 - Timed writing recap and grades as well as reflection
 * 2/3-2/11 - Knowledge Walledge project, paraphrasing and gathering background knowledge in order to read Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
 * 2/1 and 2/2 - Today we started our Victorian Knowledge Walledge project
 * 1/28 and 1/29 - Today we paraphrased our research on the Victorian Era
 * [[file:ParaphrasingFORKIDDOS.doc]]
 * 1/26 and 1/27 - Today, we researched the Victorian Era to prepare for our next unit. See the "Research" link under Links for Current Unit
 * 1/22 and 1/25 - We continued to work on book reviews
 * 1/20 and 1/21 - We worked on finalizing and revising our book reviews!
 * 1/15 and 1/19 - Timed writing - Your principal has asked you to suggest one way of improving your school to make it a better place for students. Think about the changes that are needed at your school. Pick one change you feel would really make a difference. Write an essay to convince your principal that your idea is one that should be adopted.
 * [[file:CSAP PRACTICE2.doc]]
 * 1/13 and 1/14 - Grammar Pre-Test and work on book review rough drafts and rough draft revision
 * 1/11 and 1/12 - Groups activity and book review rough drafts
 * 1/7 and 1/8 - Timed writing - What will the world be like in 100 years?
 * [[file:CSAP PRACTICE.doc]]
 * 1/5 and 1/6 - We brainstormed for our book reviews and worked on our Final Cyrano Playbook
 * 1210 and 12/11 - We watched the rest of Act III in Cyrano and took our Word Work Test #8 and started our Set Designs
 * 12/8 and 12/9 - We watched clips of the Cyrano balcony scene and created acting plans and talked about our final Cyrano Assessment
 * [[file:ACTING PLAN.doc]]
 * 2/4 and 12/7 - We watched Act III in Cyrano - the balcony scene
 * 12/2 and 12/3 - We watched Act II
 * 11/24 and 12/1 - Today we reviewed Act I and started Act II - we also did a chart for our weekly packet progress!
 * 11/20 and 11/23 - Today we finished analyzing Cyrano and had a silent discussion over the concepts. Then, we did a survey.
 * 11/18 and 11/19 - Today we took a word work quiz and got our new homework packets. We also started to analyze Cyrano for character, verbal irony, exposition and comedy!
 * 11/16 and 11/17 - Today, we discussed how people see Cyrano and finished Act I. Then we organized and reflected.
 * 11/12 and 11/13 - We watched the nose insult scene clip from Roxanne and acted out parts of the play from the fencing scene.
 * 11/10 and 11/11 - We learned fencing and critically analyzed the nose insult and fencing scenes of Cyrano. We also took our vocabulary quiz and turned in our Weekly Packet #5
 * 11/ 5 and 11/9 - Today we watched part of Act I in Cyrano and created nose insults. We are summarizing what we know about the play so far!
 * 11/4 and 11/5 - Today we looked at background information from Cyrano and created questions based on Bloom's Taxonomy!
 * 11/2 and 11/3 - Today, we went through our new weekly packet and went to the media center to check out books. Then we read a letter explaining our new unit and wrote advice to a character from CYRANO!
 * [[file:LetterCyranoMission.doc]]
 * 10/27 and 10/28 - After revising our rough drafts, we went into the computer lab to type our finals. Final drafts should be finished at home!
 * 10/23 and 10/26 - We finished brainstorming for our book reviews and started drafting!
 * 10/21 and 20/22 - We reflected on our essays and paragraphs. Then we investigated the parts of a book review and started brainstorming to write our own!
 * [[file:BOOK REVIEW PLANNING PAGE.doc]]
 * 10/19 and 10/20 - We traded and annotated our "About Me" writings and did our final revisions as well as a quarter reflection


 * Regular - Rough Draft Paragraph boxes due
 * ODD: Friday 10/9
 * EVEN: Monday 10/12
 * [[file:Paragraph Outline.doc]]
 * HONORS: Write the next draft of your essay - due Monday 10/19
 * HONORS - Grade Mrs Bean's Paragraphs due Next Class Friday 10/9
 * I AM poem drafts due next class
 * ODD: Monday 10/5
 * EVEN: Tuesday 10/6
 * ALL: Bring your independent reading books every day
 * QUIZ STUDY[[file:WordPlayFormativeQuiz1.doc]]
 * Reading/Vocabulary Packets due Tuesday 9/29 and Wednesday 9/30
 * Reading/Vocabulary Packets due Wednesday 9/23 and Thursday 9/24
 * [[file:HomeworkPacket3.doc]]
 * Descriptive paragraphs due Monday 9/14 and Tuesday 9/15
 * [[file:Descriptive Paragraph.doc]]
 * Reading/Vocabulary Packets due Wednesday 9/16 and Thursday 9/17
 * [[file:2HomeworkPacket.doc]]
 * Reading/Vocabulary Packets due Tuesday 9/8 and Wednesday 9/9
 * **EXTENDED DUE TO MAPS TESTING - now due Thursday 9/10 and Friday 9/11**
 * [[file:HomeworkPacket.doc]]

**Class Work…**
 * ALL: Decorate your Journal by Friday 8/28 and Monday 8/31 (at least one decoration to personalize your journal)
 * HONORS: Write one page using any format you want (poem, essay, story) that describes your favorite place - due Thursday 8/27
 * ALL: Info For My Teacher Survey due Wed 8/26 and Thursday 8/27
 * [[file:INFO FOR MY TEACHER.doc]]
 * ALL: All supplies due Monday 8/24
 * [[file:Supply List for English Class.doc]]
 * HONORS: Write an essay describing yourself - due Friday 8/21
 * REGULAR:
 * ODD - Write a paragraph describing yourself - due Thursday 8/20
 * EVEN - Write a paragraph describing yourself - due Friday 8/21
 * 10/13 and 10/14 - We worked on our "About Me" writings in class and watched a Junior National Honors Society presentation
 * 10/9 and 10/12 - We focused on adding descriptions to our paragraphs and essays
 * 10/7 and 10/8 - We set goals for paragraphs and started writing new drafts
 * 10/5 and 10/6 - We acted out scenes from Walter Mitty and figured out what makes something worth reading
 * 10/1 and 10/2 - We wrote paragraphs about Walter Mitty and finished annotating the story
 * 9/29 and 9/30 - We started to synthesize "Walter Mitty" and figure out what is going on in the story. We also took our vocabulary quiz!
 * 9/25 and 9/28 -- We looked at background knowledge and sensory images for "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"
 * 9/23 and 9/24 - We took a new word play quiz, found background knowledge for "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" and went to the book fair!
 * 9/18 and 9/22 - We continued to write in our books and then used these reading/thinking skills to find meaning in the poem "Who am I?"
 * 916 and 9/17 - We annotated in actual books! We added determining importance, monitoring for meaning, inference and synthesizing to our list of skills!
 * 9/14 and 9/15 - **We learned about questioning, visualization and connections today and how they help create meaning during reading. We annotated the water picture text and reflected on what we do when we read!**
 * [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://beanenglish.wikispaces.com/file/view/Water+Picture.doc"]] [|Water Picture.doc]
 * **9/10 and 9/11 -** Today, we took our Vocabulary Quiz #1 and got our new homework packets!
 * **9/8 and 9/9 -** We took Maps tests today
 * 9/3 and 9/4 - Today, we finished our poem final drafts and wrote some rough draft descriptive paragraphs using the skills we have been working with for description.
 * [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://beanenglish.wikispaces.com/file/view/Descriptive+Paragraph.doc"]] [|Descriptive Paragraph.doc]
 * This week we are creating out "Red Wheelbarrow" poem drafts, finalizing two of them. We are also working on descriptive writing and working to answer the question, "how do you determine importance?"