This Week: Dec. 4th-8th
Monday: We will finish the film clip for Act III, and continue work on the characterization charts that you have for the play.
Tuesday: Act IV. If you are absent please click the link below for the vocabulary homework for Act IV.
Homework: Vocabulary Handout
Wednesday-We will finish reading Act IV and begin the questions in class. Finish the questions for homework. If you are out, click the link below for the handout.
Homework due FRIDAY: Act IV Questions.
Thursday: A review of Themes in the play.
Friday: Review theme handout and Act IV questions. STUDY!! UNIT ASSESSMENT MONDAY!

This Week: November 27- December 1
Monday: We will begin Act III
Tuesday: We will finish Act III of the play.
Wednesday: Group work: Characterization Charts and Conflict Analysis.
If you are absent, please click above for the handouts for classwork, and below for HW questions.
HOMEWORK: Act III questions. 
Thursday: Review. Quiz tomorrow on ACTS II and III. This will include some vocabulary!
Friday: QUIZ

This Week: Nov.20-22
We will finish Act II of Miller's The Crucible. Please keep up with the reading! Have the questions for Act II completed by Wednesday. You can access the audio link for each act on the previous blog post. If you need a copy of the ACT II questions click HERE-ACT II QUESTIONS.
Happy Thanksgiving to all!!

This Week: Nov. 13-17
Monday: We will review the questions from Act I.
HOMEWORK: Quiz Act I tomorrow!
Tuesday: Quiz Act I - Film clip
Homework: Act II Vocabulary. If you are out and need a copy, click HERE.
Wednesday: Review of "Journey to the Crucible" text analysis.
Thursday-Friday: We begin Act II.

If you need the audio links, click below to listen as you read along!

Act I
Act II
Act III
Act IV

This Week: November 6-10
We continue with our reading of Arthur Miller's The Crucible. If you are absent, simply keep up with the reading schedule at home!
Monday - Wednesday: We continue reading Act I. Please complete the study guide questions for Act I. If you need a copy, click HERE.
Thursday- Quiz on Act I Tuesday!!

This Week: October 30- Nov. 3

Monday: We will review the close reading questions on "An Overture" and do a first close reading of another non-fiction piece by Miller called "Journey to the Crucible." If you need a copy, click HERE.
Tuesday-Wed: Text analysis assigned for Miller's "Journey to the Crucible." Today you will brainstorm, outline and draft. If you need a copy of the assignment, click HERE.
Thursday: Completed text analysis is due at the end of the period.
Friday: Act I of The Crucible. Vocabulary in class.

This Week: Oct 23-27
Monday: We finish Patrick Henry's "Speech in the Virginia Convention." UNIT TEST TOMORROW!
Study: Bradford, Bradstreet, Edwards, Henry. NO VOCABULARY.'
 Tuesday: UNIT TEST Part I
Wednesday: UNIT TEST Part II
Thursday: An introduction to Arthur Miller's The Crucible
If you need the notes, click HERE for the power point.
Friday: Close reading of "The Overture" with questions.
HOMEWORK: Complete the questions on "The Overture" sheet. If you need a copy, click HERE.

This Week: Oct. 16-20

We finish our unit on Puritan literature
Monday: We will continue closely reading Jonathan Edwards's "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" and working on the close reading questions. If you are absent and need a copy of the questions, click HERE.
Tuesday: We will review the appeals used by Edwards in his sermon, and compare all three authors we have studied so far. You must complete the following TWO handouts by tomorrow
APPEALS
SUMMARY CHART
Wednesday-Thursday: We begin looking at the "Speech in the Virginia Convention" by Patrick Henry. If you need a copy, click HERE.
Friday: Close reading questions on the speech. Click HERE for a copy.

This Week: October 10-13
Tuesday - Continuation of Puritan literature. We will be looking at the poetry of Anne Bradstreet, the first female poet to be published in America.
Wednesday - Continuation of Bradstreet and her work.
Homework - Poetry Analysis. Complete the poetry analysis form for Bradstreet and the summary questions. If you need a copy of the poems, click HERE. For the analysis assignment, click HERE.n For the summary questions click HERE.
Thursday - We will review last night's homework. 
Homework: Vocabulary for "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God." If you need a copy of the vocabulary handout, click HERE. And for a copy of the literary analysis assignment, click HERE.

Friday - We will finish our examination of Puritan literature with a look at the sermons of Jonathan Edwards.

This Week: Oct 2-6

We finish up our first piece of Puritan literature.
Monday - "Examining the author's purpose" ...We will review a summary handout in preparation for tomorrow's quiz. If you are absent, you can get the handout by clicking HERE.
Homework: Study for quiz. Including, vocabulary, Puritan Age handout, and "Of Plymouth Plantation."
Tuesday: QUIZ
Wed-Friday; FILM

This week: Sept. 25-29
Monday: Grammar Monday! A review of clauses, and proper use of the comma and the semi-colon.
HOMEWORK- If you are out, complete the handout by clicking HERE.

Tuesday: An introduction to Puritan literature. We will begin by examining the cultural characteristics of Puritan literature.
HOMEWORK: Vocabulary for our first text, "Of Plymouth Plantation." You can download by clicking HERE.
Wed-Fri: We continue reading "Of Plymouth Plantation."

This Week: September 18-20, 2017
Monday - We begin a close reading and annotating session of  the speech "Women of Courage" by M. Obama. You will also do the multiple choice questions based on the passage. These count as 20 points towards a quiz grade.
Tuesday - We will begin writing our text based responses on "Women of Courage" in class. We will examine how to properly insert evidence when writing.
Wednesday - Finished written responses are due Monday, September 25th. You do not need to hand in an outline for this text analysis. The text response will count as the last 5 points of your first 25 pt. quiz grade.

Welcome to English 11!!
This Week: September 11th-15th, 2017
 You should have all gotten a syllabus in class.
Review of the class policies and procedures.
Monday - An introduction to close reading and annotating.
 - Close reading of "Shoulders" by Nels Gould.
HOMEWORK - Answer the questions at the end of the article.
Tuesday - A second close read and oral "annotation" of "Shoulders."
A review of writing strategies. If you are absent, check the outbox for handouts.
Wednesday - Friday - Begin writing a 2-3 paragraph response based on the text "Shoulders" by Nels Gould. You should identify the central idea of the text, and choose writing strategy (literary element or literary technique or rhetorical device) the author uses to develop this central idea. Examples may be: characterization, conflict, diction (denotation/connotation), metaphor, simile, point of view, structure, symbolism, theme, etc. USE SPECIFIC EVIDENCE FROM THE TEXT to develop your response.
Wednesday Homework - Outlines only!
For Friday - Responses must be complete!