1. Tuesday 08/28/2012  Plan for the day: Finish going over syllabus/ “get to know you” activity Begin discussing college essay  Remember: Supplies and signature sheet due by Friday! College essay topic due Tuesday!

2. Wednesday 8/29/2012  Plan for the day: Journal: Showing and not telling writing Continue discussing college essay  Remember: Supplies and signature sheet due by Friday! College essay topic due Tuesday!

3. Journal 8/29/2012  Using the sentence “That dog is ugly” describe the dog using the 5 senses (taste– this might be hard, touch, smell, hear, see) and you may not use the word ugly.  6-8 sentences.

4. Thursday 8/30/2012  Plan for the day: Pre-writing sentence stubs Continue discussing college essay  Remember: Supplies and signature sheet due by Friday! College essay topic due Tuesday!

5. Friday 8/31/2012  Plan for the day: Lit terms Continue discussing college essay  Intro  Remember: Supplies and signature sheet due by Friday! College essay topic due Tuesday!

6. Tuesday 09/04/2012  Plan for the day: Check your topics with me Hand-write rough draft!  Remember: First typed RD due Thursday!

7. Wednesday 09/05/2012  Plan for the day: Finish conferencing with essay Discuss the use of voice  Remember: First typed RD due Thursday!

8. Thursday 09/06/2012  Plan for the day: Picture day… strike a really cheesy pose. Peer edit 1 st typed draft!  Get out your typed draft and a PEN  Remember: 2 nd typed RD due Tuesday!

9. FRIDAY! 09/07/2012  Plan for the day: Go over lit terms quiz Read “Story of an Hour”  Highlight for lit terms and answer questions  Remember: 2 nd typed RD due Tuesday! Write out lit terms for +10 points on quiz

10. Monday 09/10/2012  Plan for the day: Turn in quiz corrections Check annotations for “Story of an Hour” Discuss “SOAH”  Remember: 2 nd typed RD due Wednesday! FINAL COPY DUE FRIDAY (upload to turnitin.com too) Short Story Test Thursday!

11. Tuesday 09/10/2012  Plan for the day: Journal Read “The Demon Lover” pg. 1230 Turnitin.com Answer questions  Remember: 2 nd typed RD due Wednesday! FINAL COPY DUE FRIDAY (upload to turnitin.com too) Short Story Test Thursday!

12. Journal 9/11/2012  What is the scariest movie you have ever seen? What made it scary? Has your fear of it lessened over time or does it still terrify you?  6-8 sentences

13. Turnitin.com  1st period: 5428637 PW: first  2nd period: 5428770 PW: second  3rd period: 5428775 PW: third  5th period: 5428786 PW: fifth  6th period: 5429196 PW: sixth  7th period: 5429203 PW: seventh

14. Wednesday 09/12/2012  Plan for the day: Get out your 2 nd draft  Pen, 2 highlighters or markers  Remember: FINAL COPY of College Essay DUE FRIDAY (upload to turnitin.com too) Short Story Test Friday!

15. Thursday 09/13/2012  Plan for the day: Journal Complete DL questions Discuss short story “The Demon Lover”  Remember: FINAL COPY of College Essay DUE FRIDAY (upload to turnitin.com too) Short Story Test Friday!

16. Journal  Scary books exist, but since they are words and not visual it is harder for them to create the “jump effect”. How does a film maker create this feeling? How does a writer create this feeling in his work?

17. FRIday! 09/14/2012  Plan for the day: Turn in College essay  Have all your drafts stapled together. Final draft on top Short Story Test  Grab a scantron!  Remember: Have a lovely weekend!

18. Monday 09/17/2012  Plan for the day: Vocab Begin Anglo- Saxon/ Epic Hero notes  Remember: Vocab check Wednesday Reading/ Vocab quiz Friday

19. Vocab- definition, use in a sentence, 1 synonym  Encroaching  Accoutrement  Mead  Lamentation  Belies  Unscathed  Gluttonous  Repertory  Fetters  Disparagement

20. Tuesday 09/18/2012  Plan for the day: Portfolio exchange  Be quiet and quick: 11 th grade teachers have test to give! Finish Anglo-Saxon/ Epic Hero notes Last 5= turnitin.com  Remember: Vocab check Wednesday Reading/ Vocab quiz Friday

21. Wednesday 09/19/2012  Plan for the day: HAPPY WODENSDAY! Check vocab Beowulf intro Begin reading Beowulf Last 5= turnitin.com  Remember: Notes/ Vocab quiz Friday

22. Beowulf Vocab #1  Encroaching- To take another's possessions or rights gradually or stealthily  Accoutrement- the equipment, excluding weapons and clothing, of a soldier  Mead- an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting honey and water  Lamentation- the act of expressing grief  Belies- To show to be false  Unscathed- unharmed; uninjured  Gluttonous- tending to eat and drink excessively; voracious.  Repertory- a store or stock of things available.  Fetters- a chain or shackle placed on the feet  Disparagement- something that derogates or casts in a bad light, as a remark or censorious essay