5th week's lessons 2/26 - 3/2 - 2007

You should finish Fahrenheit 451 this week. Make sure you are also reviewing for the CAHSEE test. I have only had four people ask for extra credit; this is the last week for Fahrenheit 451 extra credit.

Monday 2/26
1. Review Vocabulary Test
2. Review Part Two Test
3. Worksheets due
4. Part Two Reading Guide (homework)

Tuesday 2/27
1. Reading Guide due
2. See The Majestic
3. Practice CAHSEE test
4. See Fahrenheit 451
5. Finish Novel

Wednesday 2/28
1. Vocabulary Bee
2. Lecture: Realism versus Romanticism
3. Part three Reading Guide

Thursday 3/1
1. Reading Guide due
2. Practice Vocab Test
3. Lecture: Title
4. Strategic Reading and Literary Concept packet

Friday 3/2
1. See Fahrenheit 451
2. Work on and finish packet
3. For Your Information handouts

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4th week's lessons 2/20 - 2/23 - 2007

Please finish reading Fahrenheit 451. Also pay attention for extra credit, only if you have done your reading and can answer my questions about the novel, then you may do one of the extra credit projects.

Tuesday 2/20
1. Reading Guide due
2. Review Vocabulary Test
3. Finish Lecture: Science Fiction
4. Review Building Background Censorship worksheet
5. Do Unit 11 Vocabulary Part A and B (homework) and read

Wednesday 2/21
1. Review Vocabulary
2. Practice CAHSEE test
3. Read Fahrenheit 451
4. Finish Vocabulary 11 and do The Last Word

Thursday 2/22
1. Vocabulary Bingo and Vocabulary Pretest
2. Setting, Inference, Conflict worksheet - work in groups
3. Read Fahrenheit 451

Friday 2/23
1. Unit 11 Vocabulary Test
2. Lecture: Anticommunism and The McCarthy Era and see part of The Majestic
3. Finish worksheets
4. Read Fahrenheit 451

Read, Read, Read!

3rd Week's lessons 2/13 - 2/16 - 2007

Please do all your reading and use sparknotes.com to understand Fahrenheit 451. Be ready for pop quizzes. Also you should be using your CAHSEE practice test book at home. The exit exam is a month away.

Tuesday 2/13
1. Review Vocabulary Test
2. Finish Censorship Worksheets and discussion
3. Building Background worksheet (homework)
4. Read Fahrenheit 451 (homework)

Wednesday 2/14
1. Vocabulary quiz
2. Review Homework
3. Lecture: Genre and The Novel
4. Read "The Sieve and the Sand" (homework)

Thursday 2/15
1. Review Vocabulary quiz and take vocab quiz
2. See Fahrenheit 451
3. Reading Guide worksheet (homework)

Friday 2/16
1. Worksheet due
2. Unit 9 and 10 Review Vocabulary Test
3. Lecture: Science Fiction
4. Read Fahrenheit 451 (homework)

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2nd semester 2nd lesson 2/5-2/9-2007

Fahrenheit 451 books are due this week for 25 points extra credit if you did not bring one last week. Vocab cards are due Wednesday before the bell, unit 9 and 10.

Monday 2/5
1. Review Vocabulary Test
2. Check out 451 books
3. Read Part One 451
4. Do Unit 10 Vocab A & B

Tuesday 2/6
1. Review Vocabulary
2. See “Mike Edwards”
3. Do Vocabulary Part C-D (85 points)
4. Read Fahrenheit 451

Wednesday 2/7
1. Review Vocabulary
2. See “The Veldt”
3. Read Fahrenheit 451

Thursday 2/8
1. Pretest and Vocabulary Bingo
2. Glossary and Censor worksheet for 451
3. Read Fahrenheit 451

Friday 2/9
1. Unit 10 Vocabulary Test
2. Group work on Building Background and Censor worksheets
3. Read Fahrenheit 451

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