UPDATE

Students are now being informed of due dates and provided handouts on their respective Ning sites.

• American Literature (sophomores) www.mrsfollis2.ning.com

• British Literature (juniors) www.mrsfollis.ning.com

Teachers interested in my handouts, etc should consider going to www.follisfiles.wordpress.com for more details and ideas.

Thanks!!!

Week 5/11 – 5/15

Welcome to the last FULL week of school! You can do it!

English II – Now that we have finished The Grapes of Wrath, we will:

• Mon/Tues: discuss the novel (circle discussion)
• Wed/Thurs: turn in ESSAYS (see topics here), perform skits/reader’s theater, play vocab CatchPhrase
• Mon/Tues: Essays will be returned w/comments, self grade,  write a letter to yourself regarding your strengths and weaknesses in writing. Review for final.

English III – We will read two dystopic short stories and discuss in class. Next Monday will be a review activity for the final.

Creative Writing – Finish revising short stories, turn in portfolio by the last day of class.

Reminder to all: Extra credit PORTFOLIOS are due by Friday, May 15. Late submissions will not be graded.

Week 5/4 – 5/8

English II – We are deviating from the schedule! I apologize for the incovenience, but it should allow more time for us to discuss, write, and review for the final. In class [B: Tues 5/5   A: Wed 5/6] we will read ch. 25 aloud, jigsaw and discuss ch. 26 in your lit circle groups, and your homework is to read ch. 28! Don’t forget that you are responsible for 3 entries on your DEJs (Double Entry Journals) for ch. 24, 26, and 28. Your homework Thurs/Fri [May 7/8] will be to FINISH the book!!!

English III - We will be watching Gattaca and filling out a chart describing its dystopic characteristics in class to transition between Frankenstein and our new Dystopia unit.

Creative Writing - You should be finishing your short story and we will peer edit in class.  Don’t forget about your portfolio!

Week 4/27 – 5/1

English II – Make sure you are caught up on your reading (through Ch. 18) and remember to bring your “Ticket in the Door” questions to class Monday (B: 4/27) or Tuesday (A: 4/28).  Remember that we will engage in another “circle discussion” and you will be receiving credit based on your participation.

English III – You should be finished with the novel, finished responding (best and worst) to the “Science on Trial” papers on our Ning and prepared for our Socratic Seminar over Frankenstein (responsibility) on Tuesday (4/28).  There will be a test over this unit on Thursday (4/30).

Creative Writing - Now that we have discussed plot structure and dialogue, we’ll focus on authentic characterization as we begin writing our short stories.

Week 4/14 – 4/17

English II – Read ch 10 by Fri (B 4/17) or Mon (A 4/20).

English III – Read ch. 20-21 by Monday 4/20.

Creative Writing – Finish uploading to voicethread.com.

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Week 4/6 – 4/8

I hope everyone has a lovely Easter break!!!

English II – We are reading The Grapes of Wrath and you should be through chapter 8 by Tuesday (4/14) when we return from break. (We will read ch. 5 and 7 IN CLASS.) CLICK HERE FOR GOOGLE LIT TRIPS!

English III - You should have completed your Science on Trial rough draft and read through ch. 16 when we get back from break on Tuesday (4/14).

Creative Writing – You should have completed your rough draft for you supernatural (legend, myth, fairy tale, fable) children’s story and be ready to revise and illustrate!

Week 3/30 – 4/3

English II - We will finish watching our film and then pass out The Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck.

English III - Introduce the NING; your blog reflections over ch 7-8 are due on Wed 4/1.  We will be discussing ch 9-11 on Wed, and you will be at the Junior retreat on Friday.  We will be back in the computer lab for class on Tues 4/7.

Creative Writing - We will continue working on the supernatural children’s stories this week!

Week 3/23 – 3/27

English II – You will have ONE last day in the computer lab to finish your Gatsby Meets the Press newspapers on MS Publisher.  Use your time WISELY!  Then, we will begin watching a Gatsby related film as a reward for all of your hard work!  I will return your graded exams by the end of this week.

English III - We will continue reading Frankenstein and I will pass out instructions on how to prepare for our scientist debate (or trial- we’ll see!) and we will begin working on our Ning soon.  I am going to pass out a parent permission form for using the Ning and will need it back A.S.A.P…

Creative Writing - March is flying by and we are nearly finished with our poetry unit!  We will work on metaphor poems and devote the remainder of this week to REVISING all of our work to date.  Next up: Short Stories!!!

Week 3/9 – 3/13

UPDATE: Sophomores (B Day) - your Gatsby TEST is postponed until Tuesday, March 17!!! (Gatsby Meets the Press will also be pushed back 1 day!)

English II – Mon/Tues you need to finish the Gatsby by classtime, there will be a quiz and we will discuss.  I will also provide a handout to help you prepare for the Socratic Seminar (American Dream) for Wed/Thurs.  Fri/Mon there will be an in class test.

English III – You need to be working on your I-Search papers, and you should have conducted your interview by class on Tuesday.  You should bring in your Works Cited page Thursday.  We will be starting The Romantics (poetry) this week, and I will be passing out your Frankenstein novels soon!

Creative Writing – We will finish up our closed form poetry and moving to free verse by the end of the week!