Miss Bass' Class

May 9 to May 13, 2011

Monday, May 9

Career Presentations

Revisit Portfolio Assignmnet

Tuesday, May 10

Work on Revisions

Wednesday, May 11

Work on Revisions

Thursday, May 12

Work on Revisions

Friday, May 13

Work on Revisions

Darren, KC, Marissa, and Tony go to Mrs. Moore's for Peace Corps talk.

May 2 to May 6, 2011

Monday, May 2

Resumes

Due: Resume (at end of class)

Tuesday, May 3

Cover Letters

Due: Cover Letters (at end of class)

Wednesday, May 4

Work on Presentations

Due: Final Career Projects

Thursday, May 5

Career Presentation

Friday, May 6

No School -- Professional Development 

April 25 to April 29, 2011

Monday, April 25

Continue Research Paper

MLA Citation

Tuesday, April 26

Write Research Paper

Wednesday, April 27

ACT

Work on Research Paper

Thursday, April 28

Work on Research Paper

Friday, April 29 

Research Paper

Due: Draft Research Paper

Preview of next week:

Monday we will work on resumes.

Tuesday we will work on cover letters.

 April 18 to April 22, 2011

Monday, April 18

ACT Practice Reading

Final Blog

Tuesday, April 19

Test on Novel

Work on Research for Career Projects

Wednesday, April 20

Career Projects

Thursday, April 21

ACT Practice

Friday, April 22

No School -- Earth Day

April 11 to April 15, 2011

Monday, April 11

Hand out AoW 

ACT Practice

Blog

Tuesday, April 12

Work on Career Projects

Research and find a career

Bio Due

Read

Wednesday, April 13

ACT Practice

Blog

Thursday, April 14

Work on Career Project

Read

Due: Article of the Week 

Friday, April 15

No School -- Professional Development for Teachers

April 4 to April 8, 2011

Monday, April 4

Hand out AoW 

NWEA Testing

Tuesday, April 5

ACT Introduction to English Test

Blog

Wednesday, April 6

ACT Practice

Introduce Career Projects

Sample Career Projects

Thursday, April 7

Read

Blog

Friday, April 8

Discuss AoW 

Career Projects

Due: Article of the Week 

March 21 to March 25, 2011

Monday, March 21

Hand out AoW 

Blog Instructions -- Sign-up for account and blog

Bibliography

Continue Reading 

Tuesday, March 22

Workshop

Read

Wednesday, March 23

Workshop and Read

Blog

Due: How-to and Final of Lit Analysis

Thursday, March 24

Discuss AoW

Read

Due: Article of the Week 

Friday, March 25

 AM Assembly Schedule & Dismissal at 1:00 No class

Have a lovely Spring Break

March 14 to March 18, 2011

Monday, March 14

Hand out AoW 

Book Choice: Glass Castle or Kite Runner

Revisit How-to

Outline/Brainstorm

Write

Tuesday, March 15

Write

Hand out books

Wednesday, March 16

Due: How-to Essay

Thursday, March 17

Revisions

Reading

Due: Revisions of Literary Analysis

Friday, March 18

Discuss AoW 

Read

Blog

Due: Article of the Week

March 7 to March 11, 2011

Monday, March 7

Hand out AoW 

Gatsby Test

Tuesday, March 8

Write Literary Analysis

Wednesday, March 9

Writer Literary Analysis

Mini Lesson: in-text citation/quotes

Due: Literary Analysis to turnitin.com and a hard copy with rubric checklist.

Thursday, March 10

Revise Essays

Friday, March 11

Discuss AoW 

Read How-To Essay

Due: Article of the Week

February 28 to March 4, 2011

Monday, February 28

Hand out AoW 

Finish Chapter 9, Great Gatsby

Discuss Gatsby

Tuesday, March 1

Brainstorm for Literary Analysis

Wednesday, March 2

Write Literary Analysis

Thursday, March 3

Revise Literary Analysis

Friday, March 4

Independent Reading

Due: Article of the Week 

February 21 to February 25, 2011

Monday, February 21

No School

Tuesday, February 22

Hand out Article of the Week

Finish Quiz

Read Chapter 7

Wednesday, February 23

Read Chapter 8

Thursday, February 24

Junior Ski Day

Friday, February 25

Read Chapter 9

February 14 to February 18, 2011

Monday, February 14 (Assembly Schedule)

AoW due on Wednesday!!

Finish Setting Map

Tuesday, February 15

Read Chapter 5

Wednesday, February 16

Discuss AoW

Read Chapter 6

Thursday, February 17

Quiz on Chapters 4-6

Define Vocabulary (Write sentence from the book)

Read (if time)

Friday, February 18 

No School (4-day weekend)

February 7 to February 11, 2011

Monday, February 7

Hand out AoW

Quiz on Gatsby through page 44

Read Gatsby from page 44- 59

Tuesday, February 8

Grammar Practice

Read Gatsby (61-70)

Wednesday, February 9

Read Gatsby (p.71-80)

Thursday, February 10

Read Gatsby

Friday, February 11

Discuss AoW

Silent Read

Due: AoW

January 31 to February 4, 2011 

Monday, January 31

Hand out Article of the Week

Writer's Notebook

Read Great Gatsby (p.3-7)

Reading Calendar Question: Describe the setting and the people who we meet in these 4 pages.

Hmwk: Commonly confused handout

Tuesday, February 1

Read Great Gatsby (p.8-21)

Reading Calendar Question: Why is Daisy cynical? What right does she have?

Due: Commonly confused word handout

Wednesday, February 2

Read Great Gatsby

Revise of This I Believe Essays

Thursday, February 3

Read Great Gatsby (read to end of Chapter 2)

Due: Revisions of This I Believe

Friday, February 4

Discuss Article of the Week

Silent Reading

Blog

Hmwk: Read through page 44. Quiz on Monday

January 24 to January 28, 2011 

Monday, January 24

Hand out Article of the Week

Literary Element Presentations

Tuesday, January 25

Gatsby WebQuest

Wednesday, January 26

Finish and Discuss Gatsby WebQuest

Literary Elements Quiz

Thursday, January 27

Discuss Article of the Week

Silent Reading

Friday, January 28

No School

January 17 to January 21, 2011 

Monday, January 17

No School MLK, Jr. Day

Tuesday, January 18

Hand out Article of the Week

Go over This I Believe Essays

Assign Literary Elements Assignment

Fill out agendas

Wednesday, January 19

Work on Literary Elements Assignment

Thursday, January 20

Present Literary Elements Assignment

Friday, January 21

Discuss Article of the Week

Independent Reading 

January 10 to January 14, 2011 

Monday, January 10

Discuss This I Believe Essays

Read more Sample Essays

Discuss Components of personal essay

Hand out Article of the week

Tuesday, January 11

Creating Seeing is Believe Posters

Wednesday, January 12

Brainstorm using Writer's Notebook

Begin Writing

Thursday, January 13

Write

Friday, January 14

Discuss Article of the Week

Independent Reading

Write

 January 3 to January 7, 2011 

No School January 3 to 5

Thursday, January 6

We will begin the semester with Personal Essays based off of Edward R. Murrow's This I Believe. 

In-Class writing Activity

Agree/Disagree Activity

Homework:

Please listen to one essay each night using this link. You can choose any of the essays that interest you. Please write a summary and a reaction of each essay you listen to. 

Friday, January 7

What is a Personal Essay?

Read Sample Personal Essays

Homework:

Please listen to one essay each night using this link. You can choose any of the essays that interest you. Please write a summary and a reaction of each essay you listen to.