1. 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

2. 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

3. Wednesday, September 24  Daily editing  DGP  Participle phrases (71-74) Test Tuesday!!!  Nonfiction ppt Nonfiction ppt  Review nonfiction terms (Quiz Tuesday!!)  Learning about nonfiction  “Before Hip-Hop was Hip-Hop” (391-396) EssayBefore Hip-Hop was Hip-Hop

4. 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

5. 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

6. Friday, September 26 (1 st period)  DGP  Editing quiz  Infinitive phrases (79-81)  Animal Farm movie  Autobiography ppt  “My English” Autobiography

7. Friday, September 26 (3 rd period)  DGP  Editing quiz  Infinitive phrases (79-81)  Autobiography ppt  “My English” Autobiography  Journal entry #4

8. 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

9. Monday, September 29  Daily Editing  DGP  Phrases practice test (Writing and Grammar pg 299)  “On Summer” Reflective essay (pg415)  Journal #5 REMINDERS: nonfiction terms quiz & phrases quiz tomorrow!!

10. Journal #5 What season do you associate with a specific event or specific feelings? Explain -1 page

11. Wednesday, October 1  Daily Editing  DGP  Adjective clauses (83-86)  Progress reports  Continue I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

12. Tuesday, September 30  Daily Editing  DGP  Phrases quiz  Nonfiction terms quiz  Continue I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings  Journal #6

13. Journal #6  What has happened in the movie so far? What do you think will happen next?

14. 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

15. 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

16. Monday, October 6  Daily Editing  DGP  Sentence Structure (91-92) Quiz Wednesday!! Sentence Structure  Begin first draft  Homework: Edit rough drafts

17. Tuesday, October 7  Daily Editing  DGP  Clauses practice test Quiz tomorrow!  Peer revisions  Final draft

18. Wednesday, October 8 (1 st 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)

19. Wednesday, October 8 (3 rd 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

20. Thursday, October 9  Daily Editing  DGP  Sentence Function (93-94) Sentence Function (93-94)  What should a persuasive speech include? What should a persuasive speech include?  “I Have a Dream” speech “I Have a Dream” speech  Complete selection test B

21. Friday, October 10  Daily Editing  DGP  Sentence combining (95-96)

22. Monday, October 13  DGP 8  Daily Editing 29  Sentence Variation (97-100)  Nonfiction unit test  Homework: Define Epic terms

23. 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 PowerPoint  The Odyssey pg 950-968  Answer questions on pg 955

24. 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

25. Thursday, October 16  Daily Editing 32  DGP 8  Return work  Begin The Odyssey Part II: pages 993-1003 (Stop at “Penelope”

26. 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

27. Monday, October 20  DGP 9  Grammar: Modifiers (109-112)  Return work  Odysseus Needs a Job  What makes a cover letter effective?

28. Tuesday, October 21 (1 st 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?

29. Tuesday, October 21 (3 rd period)  DGP 9  Grammar: Dangling Modifiers  Epic terms quiz  Cover letters

30. Wednesday, October 22  DGP 9  Grammar: Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers  Resumes

31. Thursday, October 23  DGP 9  Grammar: Modifiers practice quiz  Students will submit cover letters and resumes  Begin the Odyssey video Take notes

32. Friday, October 24  DGP 9  Grammar: Modifiers quiz  the Odyssey video Take notes

33. Monday, October 27  Epic Unit test MIDTERM tomorrow!

34. Tuesday, October 28  MIDTERM

35. Wednesday, October 29  Review midterm  Review Epic Unit test  Jeopardy review game (units 1-3)