Monday, September 22

Daily Editing DGP part 1 Grammar

Adjective & Adverb phrases (p.65) Continue project presentations Animal Farm movie Homework

CompleteR-43 exercises F-H Define nonfiction terms

Tuesday, September 23 Daily Editing DGP Review R-43 F-H Appositive phrases (p.67-70) Review editing quiz Review Sentence Parts quiz Review Animal Farm test Return Project grades Continue Animal Farm movie

Wednesday, September 24

Daily editing DGP Participle phrases (71-74) Test Tuesday!!! Nonfiction ppt Review nonfiction terms (Quiz Tuesday!!) Learning about nonfiction “Before Hip-Hop was Hip-Hop” (391-396) Essay

Thursday, September 25 (1st period)

Daily Editing DGP Gerund phrases (75-78) Finish Animal Farm movie “The Talk” Humorous essay p522 “Go Down to the Sewer” Humorous essay p525 Writing to compare

Thursday, September 25 (3rd period)

Daily Editing DGP Gerund phrases (75-78) Finish Animal Farm movie “The Talk” Humorous essay p522 “Go Down to the Sewer” Humorous essay p525 Writing to compare

Friday, September 26 (1st period)

DGP Editing quiz Infinitive phrases (79-81) Animal Farm movie Autobiography ppt “My English” Autobiography

Friday, September 26 (3rd period)

DGP Editing quiz Infinitive phrases (79-81) Autobiography ppt “My English” Autobiography Journal entry #4

Journal #4 (September 26)

My subject Why my subject is important to me When my subject became important to me How I felt about my subject five years ago How I feel about my subject now Specific words or images I associate with my

subject

Monday, September 29

Daily Editing DGP Phrases practice test (Writing and Grammar pg 299) “On Summer” Reflective essay (pg415) Journal #5REMINDERS: nonfiction terms quiz & phrases quiz tomorrow!!

Journal #5

What season do you associate with a specific event or specific feelings? Explain

-1 page

Wednesday, October 1

Daily Editing DGP Adjective clauses (83-86) Progress reports Continue I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Tuesday, September 30

Daily Editing DGP Phrases quiz Nonfiction terms quiz Continue I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Journal #6

Journal #6

What has happened in the movie so far? What do you think will happen next?

Thursday, October 2

Daily Editing DGP Adverb clauses (87-88) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings quiz Continue I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Friday, October 3

DGP Editing quiz Noun clauses (89-90) Review Phrases quiz Review nonfiction terms quiz The writing process How to write an autobiography Autobiography projects Homework: Complete planning sheet

Monday, October 6

Daily EditingDGPSentence Structure (91-92) Quiz

Wednesday!!Begin first draftHomework: Edit rough drafts

Tuesday, October 7

Daily Editing DGP Clauses practice test Quiz tomorrow! Peer revisions Final draft

Wednesday, October 8 (1st period)

Daily Editing DGP Clauses and Sentence structure test Type final autobiographies Submit on Edmodo.com Read “I Have a Dream” by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

on page 494 (Answer the questions that follow)

Wednesday, October 8 (3rd period)

Daily Editing DGP Clauses and Sentence structure test Type final autobiographies Submit on Edmodo.com Read “I Have a Dream” by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

on page 494 (Answer the questions that follow) Complete Selection test B

Thursday, October 9

Daily Editing DGP Sentence Function (93-94) What should a persuasive speech include? “I Have a Dream” speech Complete selection test B

Friday, October 10

Daily Editing DGP Sentence combining (95-96)

Monday, October 13

DGP 8 Daily Editing 29 Sentence Variation (97-100) Nonfiction unit test Homework: Define Epic terms

Tuesday, October 14

Daily Editing 30 DGP 8 Grammar: fragments (101-104) Clauses and Sentence Parts quiz retake Epic terms The Odyssey PowerPoint The Odyssey pg 950-968 Answer questions on pg 955

Wednesday, October 15

Daily Editing 31 DGP 8 Grammar: Run-ons (105-108) Return work Odyssey Characters (pg 952) Characterization posters Homework: Read from “The Land of the Dead” on pg

969-987 Answer questions on pages 974 & 987

Thursday, October 16

Daily Editing 32 DGP 8 Return work Begin The Odyssey Part II: pages 993-1003 (Stop at

“Penelope”

Friday, October 17

DGP Grammar: Fragments and Run-ons quiz Editing Quiz The Odyssey: pg 1003 from “Penelope” – 1017 Answer questions on pages 1008 & 1017

Monday, October 20

DGP 9 Grammar: Modifiers (109-112) Return work Odysseus Needs a Job What makes a cover letter effective?

Tuesday, October 21 (1st period)

DGP 9 Grammar: Dangling Modifiers Epic terms quiz Cover letters O Brother, Where Art Thou? Movie

Take notes Journal: How does the movie relate to the Odyssey?

Tuesday, October 21 (3rd period)

DGP 9 Grammar: Dangling Modifiers Epic terms quiz Cover letters

Wednesday, October 22

DGP 9 Grammar: Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers Resumes

Thursday, October 23

DGP 9 Grammar: Modifiers practice quiz Students will submit cover letters and resumes Begin the Odyssey video

Take notes

Friday, October 24

DGP 9 Grammar: Modifiers quiz the Odyssey video

Take notes

Monday, October 27

Epic Unit test

MIDTERM tomorrow!

Tuesday, October 28

MIDTERM

Wednesday, October 29

Review midterm Review Epic Unit test Jeopardy review game (units 1-3)