Upcoming Assignments
Please come to class prepared with each assignment on the day it is listed. Remember to check the response journal page for journal entries you may have missed when absent.
Ms. Cowden is currently on maternity leave. Check with Mr. Lyon for your assignments.
Assignment Archive
Wednesday, 8/25 - Guidelines Crossword Puzzle, Two-Voice Poem
Thursday, 8/26 - "Waltz" Imitation Draft
Friday, 8/27 - "Waltz Imitation" Final Draft
Monday, 8/30 - Journal Materials (spiral notebook, makers or colored pencils, highlighter, gluestick), Signed Guidelines
Tuesday, 8/31 - Khmer Rouge Narratives
Thursday, 9/2 - Vocabulary List 1, Word Clues 1
Friday, 9/3 - Animal Farm Chapters 1-2
Tuesday, 9/7 - Vocabulary / Word Clues Test 1, Personal Vocabulary List 1, Animal Farm, Chapters 3-4
Thursday, 9/9 - Vocabulary List 2, Word Clues 2, Characterization in Animal Farm
Friday, 9/10 - Animal Farm, chapters 5-6
Monday, 9/13 - Animal Farm, chapter 7
Tuesday, 9/14 - Personal Vocabulary List 2, Animal Farm, chapter 8
Thursday, 9/16 - Vocabulary / Word Clues Test 2. Animal Farm, chapter 9
Friday, 9/17 - Animal Farm, chapter 10. Vocabulary List 3. Word Clues List 3
Monday, 9/20 - Animal Farm Creative Response
Tuesday, 9/21 - Vocabulary / Word Clues Test 3. Personal Vocabulary List 3
Thursday, 9/23 - Vocabulary List 4, Word Clues List 4, Animal Farm Assertion Paragraph Prewriting
Friday, 9/24 - Animal Farm Assertion Paragraph Draft
Monday, 9/27 - Animal Farm Assertion Paragraph Final Draft
Tuesday, 9/28 - Personal Vocabulary List 4, Vocabulary / Word Clues Test 4
Thursday, 9/29 - Vocabulary 5, Word Clues 5, Laramie Proejct Pre-Reading
Friday, 10/1 - Outside Reading Book 1, Laramie Project 1, Journal
Tuesday, 10/5 - Personal Vocabulary List 5, Vocabulary / Word Clues Test 5, Laramie Project 2
Wednesday, 10/6 - Vocabulary 6, Word Clues 6, Laramie Project 3
Thursday, 10/7 - Service Learning Field Trip
Friday, 10/8 - Laramie Project 4
Tuesday, 10/19 - Vocabulary / Word Clues Test 6, Personal Vocabulary List 6
Thursday, 10/21 - Vocabulary List 7, Word Clues List 7. Laramie Project 5
Tuesday, 10/26 - Personal Vocabulary List 7, Vocabulary / Word Clues Test 7
Friday, 10/22 - Laramie Project 6
Monday, 10/25 - Laramie Project 7
Tuesday, 10/26 - Vocabulary / Word Clues Test 7, Personal Vocabulary List 7, Laramie Project 8
Thursday, 10/28 - Vocabulary List 8, Word Clues List 8, Persuasive Essay Prewriting
Tuesday, 11/2 -Vocabulary / Word Clues Test 8, Personal Vocabulary List 8, Persuasive Essay Draft
Thursday, 11/4 - Persuasive Essay Final Draft, Vocabulary List 9
Friday, 11/5 - Outside Reading Book 2, Dream Poems Response
Monday, 11/8 - Identity Collage, Raisin in the Sun to page 39
Tuesday, 11/9 - Vocabulary Test 9, Personal Vocabulary List 9, Raisin in the Sun to page 53, Understanding Identity Response
Wednesday, 11/10 - Vocabulary List 10
Monday, 11/15 - Raisin in the Sun, Act I, scene 2
Tuesday, 11/16 - Vocabulary Test 10, Personal Vocabulary List 10, Raisin in the Sun, Act II, scene 1
Thursday, 11/18 - Raisin in the Sun, Act II, scene 2, Vocabulary List 11
Friday, 11/19 - Raisin in the Sun, Act II, scene 3
Monday, 11/29 - Laramie Project Viewing
Tuesday, 11/30 - Vocabulary Test 11, Personal Vocabulary List 11, Revised Persuasive Essay (optional), Langston Hughes Poems
Thursday, 12/2 - Vocabulary List 12, Motivation Activity Recap
Friday, 12/3 - Raisin in the Sun Subject Map
Monday, 12/6 - Subject to Theme, Theme to Thesis, Developing Assertion Statements
Tuesday, 12/7 - Journal, Personal Vocabulary List 12, Vocabulary Test 12, Raisin in the Sun Essay Prewriting
Thursday, 12/9 - Raisin in the Sun Essay - Body Paragraphs, Vocabulary List 13,
Friday, 12/10 - Outside Reading Book 3, Raisin in the Sun Essay Draft 1, Raisin in the Sun Body Paragraphs Peer Response
Tuesday, 12/14 - Vocabulary Test 13, Personal Vocabulary List 13, Raisin in the Sun Essay Final Draft
Thursday, 12/16 - Vocabulary List 14, "The Great Figure" Response, HD Poems Response
Friday, 12/17 - Imagist Poem Assignment
Tues, 1/4 - Catcher in the Rye, Chapters 1-2
Thurs, 1/6 - Catcher in the Rye, Chapters 3-4
Fri, 1/7 - Catcher in the Rye, Chapters 5-8
Mon, 1/10 - Catcher in the Rye, Chapters 9-10, Telling Details
Tues, 1/11 - Catcher in the Rye, Chapters 11-13, Vocabulary Test 14, Personal Vocabulary List 14, Telling Details--Catcher in the Rye
Thurs, 1/13 - Catcher in the Rye, Chapters 14-16
Tues, 1/18 - Catcher in the Rye, Chapters 17-20
Thurs, 1/20 - Catcher in the Rye, Chapters 21-23
Friday, 1/21 - Outside Reading Book 4, Catcher in the Rye, Chapter 24
Mon, 1/24 - Catcher in the Rye, Chapters 25-26, Multiple Choice Section of the Final Exam
Thursday, 2/3 - Catcher Symbol Analysis, Vocabulary List 15
Friday, 2/4 - Vocabulary Practice Test 15
Monday, 2/7 - Vocabulary Test 15, Secret Goldfish Draft
Tuesday, 2/8 - Personal Vocabulary List 15, Secret Goldfish Draft 2
Friday, 2/11 - Catcher in the Rye In-Class Essay
Monday, 2/14 - Catcher Board Game Assignment, Vocabulary Practice Test 16
Tuesday, 2/15 - Vocabulary Test 16, Personal Vocabulary List 16, Secret Goldfish Final Draft
Thursday, 2/17 - Lord of the Flies Chapters 1-2, Reading Logs Chapters 1-2, Vocabulary List 17
Friday, 2/18 - Lord of the Flies Chapter 3, Reading Log 3
Monday, 2/28 - Vocabulary Practice Test 17, Lord of the Flies Chapter 4, Chapter 4 Reading Log, AP Practice Test
Tuesday, 3/1 - Vocabulary Test 17, Personal Vocabulary List 17, Lord of the Flies, Chapter 5, Chapter 5 Reading Log
Thursday, 3/3 - Lord of the Flies, Chapter 6, Chapter 6 Reading Log, Vocabulary List - Lesson 1, Spatial Order Paragraph Draft
Friday, 3/4 - Lord of the Flies, Chapter 7, Chapter 7 Reading Log
Monday, 3/7 - Lord of the Flies, Chapter 8, Chapter 8 Reading Log, Vocabulary Lesson 1 Exercises, Lord of the Flies Sensory Details Poem
Tuesday, 3/8 - Lord of the Flies, Chapter 9, Chapter 9 Reading Log, Vocabulary List - Lesson 2, Personal Vocabulary List 18 (entry 179), Lord of the Flies Chapter 8 Close Reading Assignment
Thursday, 3/10 - In Class Essay, Lord of the Flies, Chapter 10, Chapter 10 Reading Log, Spatial Order Paragraph
Friday, 3/11 - Lord of the Flies, Chapter 11, Chapter 11 Reading Log, Outside Reading Book 5
Monday, 3/14 - Lord of the Flies, Chapter 12, Chapter 12 Reading Log, Vocabulary Unit 2 Exercises, Units 1-2 Review Exercises
Tuesday, 3/15 - Vocabulary Test Lessons 1-2, Spatial Order Paragraph Final Draft
Thursday, 3/17 - Vocabulary List - Lesson 3, AP Test Practice 3
Friday, 3/18 - Lord of the Flies In-Class Essay, Lord of the Flies Seminar Debrief
Monday, 3/21 - Vocabulary Lesson 3 Exercises
Tuesday, 3/22 - Vocabulary List - Lesson 4, Lord of the Flies Essay Response
Thursday, 3/24 - Fahrenheit 451, pages 1-19
Friday, 3/25 - Fahrenheit 451, pages 19-35, Lord of the Flies Essay Revision
Monday, 3/28 - Fahrenheit 451, pages 35-48. Vocabulary Lesson 4 Exercises
Tuesday, 3/29 - Fahrenheit 451, pages 48-68. Journal. Vocabulary Lessons 3-4 Test. AP Test Practice 3
Thursday, 3/31 - Fahrenheit 451, pages 71-91, Eyewitness Account Assignment, Vocabulary List - Lesson 5
Friday, 4/1 - Fahrenheit 451, pages 91-110
Monday, 4/4 - Fahrenheit 451, pages 113-125. Vocabulary Exercises for Lesson 5
Tuesday, 4/5 - Fahrenheit 451, pages 125-136. Eyewitness Account Final Draft
Thursday, 4/7 - Fahrenheit 451, pages 137-154. Vocabulary List - Lesson 6. In-Class Essay
Friday, 4/8 - Fahrenheit 451, pages 154-165. Outside Reading Book 6, Language Usage Review
Monday, 4/11 - Fahrenheit 451, pages 167-179. Vocabulary Lessons 6 Exercises and 5-6 Review Exercises. Language Review Part II
Tuesday, 4/12 - Vocabulary Lessons 5-6 Test. Language Usage Test
Thursday, 4/13 - Fahrenheit 451--Making it Relevant Seminar. Vocabulary List 7
Friday, 4/15 - Language /Stylistic Devices Test--Take 2
Tuesday, 4/26 - Vocabulary Lesson 7 Exercises
Friday, 5/13 - Outside Reading Book 7