Miss Bass' Class

Weekly Agendas

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Week of May 14 to May 17, 2012

Monday, May 14

Discuss Chapter 7

Read Chapter 8

Tuesday, May 15

Review Study GuideWednesday, May 9

Work on Revisions

Thursday, May 10

Work on Revisions 

Week of May 7 to May 10, 2012

Monday, May 7

Quiz and Discussion Chapter 3 & 4 of The Great Gatsby

Revisions for Portfolio

Read Chapter 5 

Tuesday, May 8

Read Chapter 6Wednesday, May 9

Discuss Chapter 6

Work on Revisions

Thursday, May 10

Due: How-to and Twelfth Night revisions

Read Chapter 7 for Monday

Week of April 30 to May 3, 2012

Monday, April 30

Read Preface and Chapter 1 of The Great Gatsby 

Tuesday, May 1

Read Chapter 2Wednesday, May 2

Introduce Portfolios

Thursday, May 3

Discuss Chapters 1 & 2

Read Chapters 3 & 4 for Monday (Study Guide Ch. 1-3 due Monday)

Due: AoW #29

Week of April 23 to April 26, 2012

Monday, April 23

Introduce The Great Gatsby

Click here to access the website for information about Gatsby. If you were absent, you must complete all questions on the above website.

Tuesday, April 24

ACTWednesday, April 25

Work on How-to Essay

Thursday, April 26

Peer Review How-to Essay

How-to Essay Due

Week of April 16 to April 19, 2012

Monday, April 16

NWEA Testing

Tuesday, April 17

How-to EssayWednesday, April 18

How-to essay

Thursday, April 19

How-to

Due: AoW  #28

Week of April 9 to April 12, 2012

Monday, April 9

Presenations:

Matt T.

Micaela L.

Caleb L.

Marc N.

Tuesday, April 10

German E.Wednesday, April 11

Revise 12th Night Essays

Due at end of hour: Psychoanalysis

Thursday, April 12

Revise 12th Night Essays

Due: AoW

Week of April 2 to April 5, 2012

Monday, April 2

Annotated Bibliography

Presentations: Brianna and Tim

Tuesday, April 3

Wednesday, April 4

Presentations: Annie, Sammi, Brandon, Kayla

Thursday, April 5

Presentations:Cassidy, Reh, Tyler, Michaela

Due: AoW 26 and Annotated Bibliography 

Week of March 19 to March 22, 2012

Monday, March 19

Hand out AoW

Work on Ethnography Project

Tuesday, March 20

Wednesday, March 21

Work on Ethnography Project Conclusion

Thursday, March 22

Work on Ethnography

Discuss AoW

Week of March 12 to March 15, 2012

Monday, March 12

Hand out AoW

ACT Practice

Finish up 12th Night Unit

Tuesday, March 13

Wednesday, March 14

Work on Ethnography -- Secondary Research

Thursday, March 15

Work on Ethnography -- Secondary Research

Discuss AoW 

Week of March 5 to March 8, 2012

Monday, March 5

Hand out AoW

Work on Comparison Essay

Tuesday, March 6

Wednesday, March 7

Work on Comparison Essay

Thursday, March 8

Due: Comparison Essay (turnitin.com)

Discuss AoW 

Week of February 27 to March 1, 2012

Monday, Feb. 27

Hand out AoW

Tuesday, Feb. 28

Wednesday, Feb. 29

Watch She's the Man

Thursday, March 1

Begin Comparison Essay

Review

Week of February 21 to February 25, 2012

Tuesday, Feb. 21

Wednesday, Feb. 22

Finish Act III

Watch Act IV

Due: Interview #2

Thursday, Feb. 23

Finish Act IV

Watch Act V

Friday, Feb. 24

Due: AoW and Observations 6 & 7 

Week of February 13 to February 16, 2012

Monday, Feb. 13

Tuesday, Feb. 14

Watch Act I

Due: Interview #1

Wednesday, Feb. 15

Finish Act I

Watch Act II

Thursday, Feb. 16

Due: AoW and Observation #4 & 5 

Week of February 6 to February 9, 2012

Monday, Feb. 6

Tuesday, Feb. 7

ACT Practice

Wednesday, Feb. 8

Intro to Shakespeare

Thursday, Feb. 9

Due: AoW and Observation #2 & 3

Week of January 30 to February 2, 2012

Monday, Jan. 30

Tuesday, Jan. 31

Read "Sales Barn"/Conference with Miss Bass

Wednesday, Feb. 1

Discuss "Sales Barn"

Due: "Sales Barn" Questions

Thursday, Feb. 2

Due: AoW and Observation #1 

Week of January 23 to January 26, 2012

Monday, Jan. 23

Tuesday, Jan. 24

Watch Hoop Dreams

Wednesday, Jan. 25

Watch Hoop Dreams

Thursday, Jan. 26

Due: AoW

Week of January 16 to January 19, 2012

Tuesday, Jan. 17

Wednesday, Jan. 18

ACT Practice

Continue Proposal

Get a book in relation to the topic

Two-Column Notes

Thursday, Jan. 19

Read, Annotate, Answer Questions for "House for the Homeless"

Friday, Jan. 20

Discuss "House for the Homeless"

Due: AoW

Week of January 9 to January 12, 2012

Monday, Jan. 9

Tuesday, Jan. 10

ACT Practice

Wednesday, Jan. 11

What is observation?

Introduce Ethnography

Thursday, Jan. 12

Due: AoW

Week of January 3 to January 6, 2012

Tuesday, Jan. 3

ACT Prep

Resume uploaded College in Colorado

Revisit Resumes

Handout AoW

Wednesday, Jan. 4

Read Nacirema

Thursday, Jan. 5

ACT Practice

Friday, Jan. 6

Discuss AoW

Introduce Ethnography

Due: AoW 

Week of December 5 to December 8, 2011

Monday, Dec. 5

Interview Questions

Research for Career Project

AoW this week

Tuesday, Dec. 6

Research for Career Project

Wednesday, Dec. 7

Research and Write-up

Thursday, Dec. 8

Research for Career Project

Due: AoW

 Week of November 28 to December 1, 2011

Monday, Nov. 28

NWEA

AoW this week

Due Straw into Gold

Tuesday, Nov. 29

Introduce Career Project and Revise Straw into Gold

Wednesday, Nov. 30

Guest Speakers

Work on Bios

Thursday, Dec. 1

Guest Speakers

Work on Proposal

Due: Bio and AoW

Week of November 21 to November 22, 2011

Monday, Nov. 21

Finish Essay for Crucible Test

Discuss Straw into Gold  (read over the weekend)

No AoW this week

Tuesday, Nov. 22 

Brainstorm Straw into Gold

Straw into Gold essay is due after break

Week of November 14 to November 17, 2011

Monday, Nov. 14

Quiz Act III

Character Activity (Inside)

Hand out Article of the Week (AoW)

Tuesday, Nov. 15

Continue Act IV

Read Act IV

Wednesday, Nov. 16

Finish Act IV

Due: Character Activity (Inside)

Thursday, Nov. 17

Crucible Quiz

Homework: Read Straw into Gold Essay 

Week of November 7 to November 10, 2011

Monday, Nov. 7

Review Act II

Character Activity

No Article of the Week (AoW)

Tuesday, Nov. 8

Begin Act III through page 1297 (answer questions 20 and 21)

Quiz Act II

Wednesday, Nov. 9

Read Act III

Begin Inside of Character Activity

Due: Character Activity (Outside)

Thursday, Nov. 10

Read Act III

Week of October 31 to November 3, 2011

Monday, Oct. 31

Finish Act I of The Crucible (p. 1257-1263)

Turn in Act I questions

Hand out Article of the Week (AoW)

Due: Vocabulary Definitions

Tuesday, Nov. 1

Act II of The Crucible Wednesday, Nov. 2

Act II of The Crucible

Thursday, Nov. 3

Finished Act II of The Crucible

Due: Article of the Week

Week of October 24 to October 27, 2011

Monday, Oct. 24

Discuss Background Notes

Anticipation Guide

Begin Act I of The Crucible (p. 1234-1238)

Hand out Article of the Week (AoW)

Due: Background Notes

Tuesday, Oct. 25

Act I of The Crucible (p. 1238-1243)Wednesday, Oct. 26

Act I of The Crucible (p.1243-1251)

Thursday, Oct. 27

Act I of The Crucible (p. 1251-1257)

Due: Article of the Week  

Week of October 17 to October 20, 2011

Monday, Oct. 17

Watch Guilty by Suspicion

Hand out Article of the Week (AoW)

Tuesday, Oct. 18

Finish and Discuss Guilty by SuspicionWednesday, Oct. 19

Begin Study Guide and introduce Crucible 

Thursday, Oct. 20

Finish Study Guide and Background notes for Crucible (Due on Monday)

Due: Article of the Week 

Week of October 11 to October 14, 2011

Tuesday, Oct. 11

Begin Crucible Introduction

Read Why I Wrote the Crucible by Arthur Miller

Annotate Article

Answer Why I Wrote the Crucible Questions

Hand out Article of the Week (AoW)

Wednesday, Oct. 12

Thursday, Oct. 13

Watch Guilty by Suspicion

Friday, Oct. 14

Watch Guilty by Suspicion

Due: Article of the Week

 Week of October 3 to October 6, 2011

Monday, Oct. 3

Presentation 1946-Present

Finish up Timelines

Hand out Article of the Week (AoW)

Tuesday, Oct. 4

Wednesday, Oct. 5

Test on Time periods

Questions and 5-Paragraph Essay

Thursday, Oct. 6

Wrap up Time Periods

Due: Article of the Week

Week of September 26 to September 29, 2011

Monday, Sept. 26

Presentation 1750-1800

Hand out Article of the Week (AoW)

Tuesday, Sept. 27

Wednesday, Sept. 28

Presentation 1850-1914

Thursday, Sept. 29

Presentation 1914-1946

Due: Article of the Week

Week of September 19 to September 22, 2011

Monday, Sept. 19

Introduce Literary Time Period Assignment

Hand out Article of the Week (AoW)

Tuesday, Sept. 20

Wednesday, Sept. 21

Research for Time Period

Thursday, Sept. 22

Quiz on Lecture about Puritans

Research for Time Period

Presentations next week

Due: Article of the Week

Week of September 12 to September 15, 2011

Monday, Sept. 12

Review Topic Sentences, Thesis Statements, and supporting details

Hand out Article of the Week (AoW)

Tuesday, Sept. 13

Wednesday, Sept. 14

What is American Literature Lecture

Due: Where I'm From Poem (e-mail to me) and Over the River (submit using turnitin.com) Final drafts

Thursday, Sept. 15

What is American Literature Lecture

Due: Article of the Week

Week of September 5 to September 9, 2011

Monday, Sept. 5

No School Labor Day (School on Friday instead)

Tuesday, Sept. 6

Wednesday, Sept. 7

Grammar Practice

5-Paragraph Essay

Thursday, Sept. 8

Grammar practice

Write 5-Paragraph Essay

Friday, Sept. 9

Write 5-Paragraph Essay

Due: Article of the Week

Week of August 29 to September 1, 2011

Monday, Aug. 29

Introduce Article of the Week (AoW)

Continue to write "Where I'm From" Poems

Tuesday, Aug. 30

Grammar Pretest

Wednesday, Aug. 31

Review Grammar Pretest

Work on Poems

Thursday, Sept. 1

Discuss AoW (hand in)

Finish and hand in "Where I'm From" Poem with Writer's Memo

Grammar homework

Due: Article of the Week

Week of August 22 to August 25, 2011

Monday, Aug. 22

Freshman Academy (No School for Juniors/Seniors)

Tuesday, Aug. 23 (first day of classes)

Miss Bass Quiz

Where I'm From Listen to poem and start to dissect it

Assign Article of the Week

Wednesday, Aug. 24

Expectations and Introductions

Where I'm From Poem continued

Thursday, Aug. 25

Quiz and review of expectations

Write Where I'm From Poems