Tenafly High School

TOPIC:

Prom Assembly

TOPIC: Nightrider questions & No Red Ink

HW: Nightrider questions and No Red Ink due by 11:59 pm tonight. 

D day - dropped class

TOPIC: Nightrider + questions

HW: None

TOPIC: Offside questions 

HW: Submit Offside questions when complete. Due by the end of the day. 

TOPIC: Film unit 

HW: If you didn't submit Streetcar scene questions, scene-writing, op ed, or current events, please catch up asap.

D day - dropped class

TOPIC: Op Ed due today. Current Events & No Red Ink in class. 

HW: both assignments due Wed. 5/17.

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TOPIC: Finishing op ed letter. 

HW: Op ed due Monday 5/15. 

TOPIC: Writing 2 paragraphs of your op ed letter.

HW: Op ed due Monday 5/15

TOPIC: Reading Op Ed samples & choosing a NY Times article to respond to

HW: Select a NY Times article and start drafting your own op ed. Due Friday 5/12. 

D day - dropped class

TOPIC: Scene writing + No Red Ink from last Friday

HW: Scene writing due Wed. 5/10. If you didn't complete No Red Ink or scene questions last week, do them asap!

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TOPIC: TEST on scenes 6-11

HW: Work on your scene. Due Wed. 5/10. Membean due Sunday. 

TOPIC: Review of scenes 6-11 + scene-writing

HW: Study for tomorrow's test on scenes 6-11

Upcoming: Membean due Sunday. Scene due Wed. 5/10

TOPIC: Scene-writing task

HW: Continue writing your scene. Due Wednesday 5/10 (you will get part of class time after your test to work on it. Complete your scene questions in Google Classroom. 

Upcoming: Test on scenes 6-11 on Friday 5/5. Membean due Sunday. Scene due 5/10.

D day - dropped class

TOPIC: Finish Streetcar film + intro to creative scene-writing task

HW: Start writing your scene in Google Classroom. It is due by the end of the period Wednesday. You will only have part of the class period to work on it. 

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TOPIC: Streetcar scene 11

HW: Complete the scene questions

TOPIC: Streetcar scenes 7-10

HW: Membean

TOPIC: Streetcar scenes 1-5 QUIZ + No Red Ink

HW: Finish No Red Ink

D day - dropped class

TOPIC: Review of Streetcar Scenes 1-5

HW: Test on first 5 scenes on Wed. 4/26 (Remember to do Membean).

TOPIC: We watched scenes 6 & 7 and read scenes 6 & 7.

HW: There will be a quiz on the first half of the play next Wed. 4/26. 

TOPIC: We reviewed scene 4 & finished reading scene 5. We also did the questions in class. You must add your own quotes to support your answers. 

HW: Complete and submit scene 4 & 5 questions

TOPIC: We read scenes 4 & half of 5 today. Complete and submit scene 3 questions

HW: None

D day - dropped class

TOPIC: Read scene 3

HW: Start answering scene 3 questions. Remember to quote correctly (cite page numbers, incorporate into your writing)

Upcoming: Membean QUIZ on Wednesday

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TOPIC: Watch film scenes 1 - 3 + answer & turn in scene 2 questions. 

HW: None

TOPIC: Answer and turn in scene 1 questions + reading of scene 2

HW: None

TOPIC: Streetcar scene 1 + Google Question

HW: None

D day - dropped class

TOPIC: "Streetcar" pre-reading activity

HW: None

TOPIC: Poetry Test #2

HW: None. Enjoy your break!

TOPIC: "Love Poem with Toast"

HW: Study for tomorrow's open-note test. Bring your packets.

TOPIC: "Bike Ride with Older Boys" & analysis

HW: Test on last 4 poems on Fri. 3/31

D day - dropped class

TOPIC: "Smoking" & analysis

HW: None. Make sure you have all the notes.

Upcoming: TEST on last 4 poems on Friday 3/31. 

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TOPIC: "Bullet Points" Day 2

HW: None

TOPIC: "Bullet Points" Day 1

HW: None

TOPIC: Poetry recitations

HW: Bring your poetry packets to class

D day - dropped class

TOPIC: Poetry packet poem #8

HW: Prepare for Wednesday's recitation.

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TOPIC: Test on first 7 poem. 

HW: Work on reciting/memorizing your poem for poetry recitation (starting Wed. 3/22).   

TOPIC: "Facing It" (poem #7)

HW: Make sure you have all notes. Open note (hard copy only) test on first 7 poems this Friday. 

Work on memorizing your poem for poetry recitation (starting Wed. 3/22).   

TOPIC: Review of "For the Anniversary of my Death" (poem #6)

HW: Make sure you have all notes. Open note test on first 7 poems this Friday. 

Work on memorizing your poem for poetry recitation (starting Wed. 3/22).   

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TOPIC: Poetry Unit

HW: Check Google Classroom

TOPIC: Poetry Unit

HW: Check Google Classroom

TOPIC: Comparison Essay - Poem and TTTC

HW: Check Google Classroom

DUE Monday, 2/27: Revisions of comparison essays

TOPIC: Comparison Essay - Poem and TTTC

HW: Check Google Classroom

DUE Tuesday, 2/14: Comparison Essay

DUE Wednesday, 2/15: Quiz on Comma Usage

TOPIC: Comparison Essay - Poem and TTTC

HW: Check Google Classroom

DUE Tuesday, 2/7: Introduction paragraph

DUE Thursday, 2/9: Comma packet first 2 pages #6-10 on exercises A & B

TOPIC: The Things They Carried

HW: Check Google Classroom

DUE Wednesday, 2/1: No Red Ink Quiz

DUE Thursday, 2/2: No Red Ink assignment

DUE Monday, 2/6: No Red Ink & Thesis statement for essay

TOPIC: The Things They Carried

HW: Check Google Classroom

Final research papers due Wednesday, 1/25

Due by Sunday, 1/29: No Red Ink assignment - NO Membean this week

TOPIC: The Things They Carried

HW: Check Google Classroom

Final research papers due Wednesday, 1/25

TOPIC: The Things They Carried (Stories #4 - The Rainy River)

HW: Check Google Classroom

Research paper drafts will be returned by this Friday. Final draft due date TBD.

DUE 1/12: Creative assignment on one of the vignettes from The Rainy River on Classroom

DUE 1/13: Questions on Story #4 posted on Classroom

TOPIC: The Things They Carried (Stories #1-3)

HW: Check Google Classroom

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TOPIC: Writing your Works Cited page

D day - dropped class

Research papers due Thursday 2/22.

Research papers due Thursday 2/22.  

Research papers due Thursday 2/22.  

TOPIC: Drafting page 2 of your research papers

HW: Membean + catch up on drafting and incorporating quotes 3 different ways.

D day - dropped class

TOPIC: Drafting + Writing Effective Titles

HW: Keep working according to the research calendar

TOPIC: Drafting page 2 of your research paper

HW: Membean + 2 pages of your research. 

TOPIC: Drafting page 2 of your research paper

HW: Membean + 2 pages of your research. 

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TOPIC: We worked on drafting the introduction to the research paper today

HW: One page of your draft (including your introduction), due by the end of the period on Wednesday. If you did not complete your outline, do so ASAP and let us know. 

D day - dropped class

TOPIC: Drafting the research paper

HW: Make sure you've completed at least 1 page of your draft

TOPIC: How to integrate quotes into your paper

HW: Draft your research paper + incorporate at least 3 quotes (blended, comma-introduced, colon-introduced). Use the comment function in Google Docs to identify an example of one of each type of quote integration in your draft by Friday 12/2.

TOPIC: Drafting your paper + integrating quotes 3 different ways

HW: Membean + catch up on drafting at least 1 page of your draft + indicate the 3 ways you integrated quotes. 

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TOPIC: Outline your research paper. At this point, you should have at least 3 notecards per source (5 sources: website, newspaper, magazine, scholarly journal, and book).

HW: Outline your research paper

TOPIC: Outline your research paper

HW: Keep working on your outline. Due by the end of the period. No membean this week. 

TOPIC: Research paper outline due today by the end of the period. 

HW: Have a great Thanksgiving!

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TOPIC: Magazine notecards due by end of period; Start drafting thesis statement

HW: Thesis statement due today

TOPIC: Researching scholarly articles; make sure thesis statement is typed in your "First Draft" assignment

HW: Work on research notes. Catch up if needed (website, newspaper, magazine notecards should be complete. 

D day - dropped class

TOPIC: Complete 3 notecards for scholarly article.

HW: By tomorrow, you should have completed a minimum of 12 notecards (3 per source for website, newspaper, magazine, and scholarly journal). Keep Membeaning.

TOPIC: Outlining your research paper

HW: Book notecards due Monday 11/21. 

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D day - dropped class

HW: Bring your research book to class

TOPIC: Magazine articles for research (3 notecards due by Monday)

HW: Catch up on Website & Newspaper notecards if you fell behind. Find a research book. 

TOPIC: Make up Website and Newspaper notecards by today. Find Magazine article & do notecards by Monday 11/14. Find and bring in a book asap (it was due Tues. 11/8). 

HW: 30 mins of Membean by Sunday.  

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TOPIC: Quoting vs Paraphrasing

HW: Start looking for a book on your topic                    

D day - dropped class

TOPIC: Create notecards for your website (minimum of 3, with citation & description)

HW: Find a book you can use for research

TOPIC: Reading newspaper articles to find quotes; searching online databases

HW: Finish website notecards; work on newspaper notecards 

TOPIC: Newspaper notecards

HW: Find a book for your research. Bring it to class on Tuesday. 11/8.

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TOPIC: uPAR reading assessment

HW: Start thinking about what research topic you want to write about. Come with ideas on Wednesday. 

D day - dropped class

TOPIC: Research topics brainstorm

HW: Finish the brainstorm. Due tomorrow. 

TOPIC: Research topic brainstorm/conferencing

HW: Finalize research topic by tomorrow

TOPIC: Finding websites for research

HW: Membean + refine research topic. 

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TOPIC: We read "Foster Care" (poem) and NY Times Op-Ed article on the foster care system.

HW: Work on all Socratic Seminar Questions (#1-4 should be done. #9-16 should be mostly done).

UPCOMING: You will get some class time on Wednesday to get help with finding quotes for Soc Sem questions, but come to class with most of these complete. 

Thursday 10/20: Socratic Seminar on Foster Unit

Friday 10/21: Test on "Foster" by Claire Keegan

TOPIC: Socratic Seminar prep

HW: Make sure all questions are completed in preparation for tomorrow's Socratic seminar

TOPIC: Socratic Seminar

HW: Study for tomorrow's TEST on "Foster" + do Membean

TOPIC: "Foster" QUIZ + revision of introductory paragraph

HW: Complete Membean. Bring headphones to class on Monday 10/24.

D day - dropped class

TOPIC: "Foster" from page 19

HW: You can start the Socractic Seminarr questions on "Foster" if you'd like. Remember to write full responses and cite quotes to support your ideas. 

TOPIC: We finished "Foster" in class today. If you were absent or missed any of the reading, please catch up. 

HW: Membean =)

TOPIC: Class time to complete Socratic Seminar questions (#9 -16) about "Foster." Include a quote and page number for each question.

HW: Socratic Seminar questions #1-16 due Wednesday. 

UPCOMING: Socratic Seminar on Thursday 10/20

Test on Foster Unit on Friday 10/21.

TOPIC: "Foster" pre-reading activities + we started reading the story and stopped at the bottom of page 5.

HW: Membean

No School

TOPIC: "Foster" to page 18

HW: Membean

TOPIC: Reading check quiz + "Foster"

HW: Comma packet -- Do #1-5 of each exercise in the comma sections (pp. 674 - 684) + Finish the Socratic Seminar questions #1-4 on "Franklin Avenue" in the Short Fiction & Poem Unit post in Google Classroom. Everything is due on Wednesday 10/12. 

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TOPIC: Intro paragraph writing & "The Franklin Avenue Rookery for Wayward Babies"

HW: Membean only 15 minutes this week

Upcoming: There will be a Membean quiz tomorrow or Friday. 

TOPIC: "The Franklin Avenue Rookery for Wayward Babies" (finished reading & annotating)

HW: 15 mins of Membean 

TOPIC: Response to "Franklin Avenue"

HW: Socratic Seminar questions #1 & 2 due Monday 10/3 in Google Classroom.

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TOPIC: "Worry" and "Mockingbird" in class today. 

HW: Write your own short short story brainstorm sheet due tomorrow in Google Classroom.

Upcoming: Short short story due Friday 9/23 + TEST on 4 short short stories on Friday 9/23. 

TOPIC: "Say Yes" and write your own short short story

HW: Keep working on your short short story

Upcoming: Short short story due Friday 9/23 + TEST on 4 short short stories on Friday 9/23.  

We will collect your short short story packet on Friday. 

TOPIC: Tips on writing your short short (how to include dialogue, MLA format, title case)

HW: Write your short short story -- due by the start of class on Friday. Remember to do Membean.

TEST on 4 short short stories on Friday 9/23 (open packet, but must bring your own hard copy of notes). Packets will be collected with your test. 

D day - dropped class

TOPIC: TEST on 4 short shorts today, open packet. Packets will be collected for a HW grade.

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TOPIC: Plagiarism lesson Socrative quiz on plagiarism + Short short story #1: "Popular Mechanics"

HW: Do Membean, submit your summer reading assignment, study elements of fiction slideshow for QUIZ on Wednesday 9/14. 

TOPIC: "Popular Mechanics" + story elements chart + "Worry" + story elements chart

HW: Study for tomorrow's quiz using your notes and the slideshow from last week. Do Membean by Sunday. 

D day - dropped class

HW: Do Membean -- 2 sessions of 15 minutes each by Sunday night!

No class

Make sure you have joined Google Classroom, joined Membean, completed the Pre-course survey, and submitted your summer reading assignment (see the post for an alternative assignment if you didn't read a book this summer).

Membean is due by Sunday 11:59 pm (2 sessions of 15 minutes).