New Semester Lessons #1 1/30-2/3

Review at home for the CAHSEE test - Test date are 2/7 and 2/8

This semester we will be reading Antigone and Julius Caesar.

Monday 1/30
1. Review first semester test
2. Clean backpacks
3. Unit 9 Vocabulary do Part A and B

Tuesday 1/31
1. Review Final
2. Practice CAHSEE Test
3. Review Vocabulary
4. Do Unit 9 Vocabulary Part C and D

Wednesday 2/1
1. Review Vocabulary
2. Review Writing Handouts and work in Portfolio
3. Start To Kill A Mockingbird essay

Thursday 2/2
1. Meet in library – have ID
2. Vocabulary Bingo
3. Research for essay
4. Work on essay
5. Review for vocabulary test

Friday 2/3
1. Unit 9 Vocabulary Test
2. Edit essay
3. Practice CAHSEE Test

Writing Situation:

In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee the Finch children are tolerant and accepting of all people due in great part to their father’s guidance. He tells his children, “…If you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you’ll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view, until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” This is the direction Atticus provides for his children in terms of their relationships with all people. Unlike most of the citizens of Maycomb, who were scandalized by Tom Robinson’s audacity at admitting that he felt sorry for Mayella Ewell, a white woman, the Finch children were not horrified at the thought of feeling empathy for someone of a different ethnic background.

Writing Directions:

In a coherent five-paragraph essay argue for or against the value of relationships that cross racial, religious, socio-economic, class and/or caste lines. You may wish to address the issues of inter-racial dating and marriage in this essay.
You must take a definite position on the issue and argue persuasively using solid evidence and sound inventive reasoning. You may want to refer to examples from your own life, society, history, the school setting and the novel itself. Your argument must be well reasoned and logical and contain numerous examples to support your position. Your ultimate goal is to convince readers that your position should be taken seriously.

Scoring:

Thesis 20 pts. _______

Body

Three topic sentences 30 pts. _______

Concrete details and commentary 30 pts. _______

Conclusion 10 pts. _______

Rough draft 50 pts. _______

Outline 20 pts. _______

Notes 20 pts. _______

Grammar/mechanics 20 pts. _______

Total 200 pts. _______

This is it! Final week of the semester 1/23-1/26

Monday 1/23
Open note test on To Kill a Mockingbird (200 points) (100 questions)

Part I Multiple Choice questions 1-33 Part II Matching questions 34-43

Part III Fill in the Blank questions 44-50 Part IV True or False questions 51-75

Part V Multiple Choice questions 76-90 Part VI True or False questions 91-100


Finals Know your day for your final

There will be 205 questions- each worth 3 points each for 615 points.

Questions 1-50 vocabulary unit 1-3 synonyms and matching

12 analogies questions units 1-8 and 13 sentence completion

25 spelling word (review your last spelling exercise)

25 idioms matching (review your last test)

20 literary terms matching (should be in your notebook)

To Kill a Mockingbird test 60 questions (1-30 Multiple Choice,

31-40 Matching, 41-50 Sentence completion, 51-60 Identication of quotes)

There will be a study session Monday from 5-6 pm.

It will be just like the last session.

Your best decorum required.

Last week of the first semester 1/17-1/20

Wednesday from 5:30 - 6:45 pm there is an Extra credit study session in P30. You should have read the novel.

Tuesday 1/17
1. Finish grading packet
2. Lecture: Setting and Style
3. Review all Vocabulary and To Kill a Mockingbird (homework)

Wednesday 1/18
1. Review and grade Spelling
2. Lecture: Structure and Point of View
3. Review Novel (homework)

Thursday 1/19
1. Test To Kill a Mockingbird
2. Lecture – Themes
3. Review Idioms, Vocabulary and Spelling (homework)

Friday 1/20
1. Finish lecture
2. Grade Quarter Notebook
3. Study for Final (homework)

Notes test Monday and Finals start Tuesday---Good Luck

Lessons for week 17 of the semester 1/9-1/13

Check the welcome to 2006 note first. Finals start in two weeks.

Monday 1/9
1. To Kill a Mockingbird quiz chapters 9-22
2. Review Spelling homework (185 points)
3. Essay due (100 points)
4. Review Unit 3 and 4 Vocabulary (homework)

Tuesday 1/10
1. Review Tests and quizzes
2. Lecture- Characters: Scout, Atticus, Jem, Calpurnia, Dill, Boo, Tom Robinson
3. To Kill a Mockingbird packet chapters 9-22 (homework)

Wednesday 1/11
1. Vocabulary Bee
2. Lecture- Characters
3. Finish To Kill a Mockingbird packet (homework)

Thursday 1/12
1. Unit 3 and 4 Vocabulary Test
2. Lecture: Setting and Style
3. Grade To Kill a Mockingbird packet
4. Write two journals from chapters 9-22 (Pick the best two passages that mean
something to you, and that you can really relate to them.) (homework)

Friday 1/13
1. Finish grading packet
2. Lecture: Structure and Point of View
3. Spelling do pages 210-212 (70 points) (homework)

Welcome to 2006

This is not your lessons, but a reminder: you should have your Spelling done pages 202-209, editted and typed your essay again, and finally finished reading To Kill a Mockingbird. You will have a quiz tomorrow chapters 9-22, and we will grade your spelling. Finals start January 24.