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MONDAY, 1/7/08
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SPANISH II
Give vocabulary 1 for the second semester (from page 152):
5 Persons:
el dentista
el medico
el entrenador
el dependiente
el dueno
5 Places:
el banco
el centro
el consultorio
la farmacia
el supermercado
5 Things:
el buzon
la carta
el correo
el sello
la tarjeta
5 Verbs
abrir
cerrar
devolver
llenar
sacar
Translations:
dentist
doctor
coach
attendant
owner
bank
downtown
pharmacy
clinic
grocery
mailbox
letter
post office
stamp
card
open
close
return
fill
take out
Practice use of the words with Spanish questions and answers.
ESL
Study page 52, Topic 26: The Gold Rush, in the Oxford Picture Dictionary. Work the exercises for Topic 26, on page 26, in the workbook that accompanies the dictionary.
ENGLISH II
For the first half of the class period, work Lesson 1 on pages 1-2 of the Glencoe Language Arts Grade 10 Vocabulary Power Workbook.
ENGLISH I
Period 5
Work Lesson 2 on pages 3-4 of the Glencoe Language Arts Grade 9 Vocabulary Power Workbook.
Period 6
Work Lesson 1 on page 1 of the Prentice-Hall Gold Level Vocabulary and Spelling Practice Workbook.
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TUESDAY, 1/8/08
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SPANISH II
Assign each person an oral response to a question using one of the vocabulary words from yesterday.
Review the direct object pronouns, including, too, personal pronouns, on pages 138 and 166.
ESL
Have students write sentences using the words from the topic covered yesterday, in the Oxford Picture Dictionary, and then read their sentences aloud.
ENGLISH II
Work Lesson 2 on pages 3-4 of the Glencoe Language Arts Grade 10 Vocabulary Power Workbook.
ENGLISH I
Period 5
Work Lesson 3 on pages 5-6 of the Glencoe Language Arts Grade 9 Vocabulary Power Workbook.
Period 6
Work Lesson 2 on page 2 of the Prentice-Hall Gold Level Vocabulary and Spelling Practice Workbook.
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WEDNESDAY, 1/9/08
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SPANISH II
Write Actividades 12-14 on pages 166-167 of the textbook for a daily grade.
ESL
Study English to Use, pages 68-69, going over the examples and using Activity B as a class exercise; then assign Activities A, C, and D on pages 68-69, for a daily grade.
ENGLISH II
Read the short story by Katherine Anne Porter (see short biographical note on TX36), “Rope,” pages TX43-TX48.
ENGLISH I
For the first half of the class period, work together Lesson 4 on pages 5-8 of the Glencoe Language Arts Grade 9 Vocabulary Power Workbook.
Then read O. Henry, “The Princess and the Puma,” pages TX43-TX47.
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THURSDAY, 1/10/08
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SPANISH II
Use the exercise on page 52 from the back section of the workbook to practice the vocabulary words for this week.
ESL
Help students with homework.
ENGLISH II
Assign response to items 1-3 and 5 under Critical thinking, page TX48, on the story “Rope,” by Katherine Anne Porter, pages TX43-TX48, with the addition of elements from TAKS prompts A and B below.
Talk about the requirements for the TAKS short answer items, giving on the black board examples of the way in which a question about a literary passage is followed by one of these instructions:
a. Support your answer with evidence from the selection.
b. Explain your answer and support it with evidence from the text.
c. Support your answer with evidence from both selections.
ENGLISH I
Assign response to the items on page TX51 under Check Your Comprehension, 1-4, and Critical thinking, 1-3 and 5, on the story O. Henry, “The Princess and the Puma,” pages TX43-TX47., with the addition of elements from TAKS prompts A and B below.
Talk about the requirements for the TAKS short answer items, giving on the black board examples of the way in which a question about a literary passage is followed by one of these instructions:
a. Support your answer with evidence from the selection.
b. Explain your answer and support it with evidence from the text.
c. Support your answer with evidence from both selections.
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FRIDAY, 1/11/08
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SPANISH II
Take the vocabulary 1 test.
Study the command form, using pages 168-170.
ESL
Watch a portion of an American history film, for some more information on Topic 26, the Gold Rush, from the Oxford Picture Dictionary.
ENGLISH II
Read Katherine Anne Porter, Letter: “One Fixed Desire,” pages TX49-TX51, and Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger, a selection from Lost Moon, pages TX 52-TX57.
As we read together, ask questions that make the students think, such as the following:
Have you ever wished, like Ms. Porter, for a single place to keep your things, a single place to call home? Many of the students will have lived in various houses and apartments, some moving many times back and forth from one new place with one divorced parent to another new place with the other.
ENGLISH I
For the first half of the class period, take the test over Unit 1 on pages 9-10 of the Glencoe Language Arts Grade 9 Vocabulary Power Workbook.
Read J. Frank Dobie, Findlay Simpson, “Tall-Tale Teller,” pages TX48-TX51.
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MONDAY, 1/14/08
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SPANISH II
Vocabulary 2 for the Second Semester (from page 180)
la avenida
el camion
la carretera
el conductor
el cruce de calles
la cuadra
la esquina
la fuente
el peaton
el permiso de manejar
el puente
el semaforo
la senal de parada
el peligro
el medio
poner una multa
cruzar
manejar
doblar
parar
Translations:
the avenue
the truck
the highway
the driver
the intersection
the block
the corner
the fountain
the pedestrian
the driver's license
the bridge
the stoplight
the stopsign
the danger
the middle
to give a ticket
to cross
to drive
to turn
to stop
Have the students write ten sentences with the vocabulary words - at least one per sentence, and all the last five included.
ESL
Study page 27, Topic 54: The Civil War, in the Oxford Picture Dictionary. Work the exercises for Topic 27, on page 27, in the workbook that accompanies the dictionary.
ENGLISH II
For the first half of the class period, work pages 8-10 of the Glencoe Language Arts Grade 10 Vocabulary Power Workbook.
ENGLISH I
For the first half of the class period, work Lesson 5 on pages 11-12 of the Glencoe Language Arts Grade 9 Vocabulary Power Workbook.
Assign response to TAKS prompts on the two readings from pages TX43-TX51, using items from the Guide for Responding on page TX51 (perhaps Check Your Comprehension, 5 and 6 changed to call for comparison of Simpson and Givens, and Critical Thinking, 4 and 6-7 changed in the same way), with item C below added to the instructions for each one.
Talk about the requirements for the TAKS short answer items, giving on the black board examples of the way in which a question about a literary passage is followed by one of these instructions:
a. Support your answer with evidence from the selection.
b. Explain your answer and support your it with evidence from the text.
c. Support your answer with evidence from both selections.
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TUESDAY, 1/15/08
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SPANISH II
Review use of the imperfect tense, pages 194-196. Do Actividades 14 and 16 on pages 195 and 196.
ESL
Have students write sentences using the words from the topic covered yesterday, in the Oxford Picture Dictionary, and then read their sentences aloud.
Then study English to Use, page 82. Assign Activities A through D on pages 82-83.
ENGLISH II
Assign response to short-answer TAKS prompts on the two readings from Katherine Anne Porter, pages TX43-TX51, and the Lovell reading, pages TX52-TX57. Use Check Your Comprehension and Critical Thinking, page TX57, for the basic questions and add to each question item C below. (Use pages TX58-TX59, too, as appropriate.)
Talk about the requirements for the TAKS short answer items, giving on the black board examples of the way in which a question about a literary passage is followed by one of these instructions:
a. Support your answer with evidence from the selection.
b. Explain your answer and support your it with evidence from the text.
c. Support your answer with evidence from both selections.
ENGLISH I
Work the exercise entitled Elements of Drama, from CSCOPE Unit 4, Lesson 1, page 14. Use a story from the literature book that would illustrate these features of drama: Anton Chekhov, “The Inspector-General,” pages 310-313, with the introductory biographical note on page 308 and the Guide for Responding on pages 313-314.
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WEDNESDAY, 1/16/08
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SPANISH II
Work the puzzle entitled El pasado imperfecto (Imperfect Past Tense) to review formation of the imperfect tense.
Then watch the final portion of the Standard Deviants' Advanced Spanish: Building on the Basics, dealing with object pronouns.
ESL
Review prepositions and play a game with students divided into teams responding to questions in English and using prepositions in their answers.
ENGLISH II
For the first half of the class period, take the test over Unit 1 on pages 9-10 of the Glencoe Language Arts Grade 10 Vocabulary Power Workbook.
Read Franz Kafka, Before the Law, pages 368-369. See the biographical note on page 366. Take the questions under Check Your Comprehension and Critical Thinking on pages 369-370 and revise them to be like TAKS prompts. Assign short answer responses.
ENGLISH I
Period 5
For the first half of the class period, work Unit 2, Lesson 6 on pages 13-14 of the Glencoe Language Arts Grade 9 Vocabulary Power Workbook.
Period 6
For the first half of the class period, work Vocabulary Practice 6: Suffixes, on page 6 of the Prentice-Hall Gold Level Vocabulary and Spelling Practice Workbook.
Use copies of Do You Know These Idioms, from CSCOPE Unit 4, Lesson 1, page 11, for a homework assignment.
Take the questions under Check Your Comprehension and Critical Thinking on pages 313-314, from the Chekhov play read yesterday, and revise them to be like TAKS prompts. Assign short answer responses.
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THURSDAY, 1/17/08
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SPANISH II
Warn students of a vocabulary test tomorrow.
Study indirect object pronouns, page 199. Do Actividades 23-26 on pages 200-201.
Play a game with the vocabulary words, pitting teams against each other to test knowledge of spelling and translation.
ESL
Help students with homework.
ENGLISH II
For the first half of the class period, work Unit 2, Lesson 5 on pages 11-13 of the Glencoe Language Arts Grade 10 Vocabulary Power Workbook.
Begin reading James Thurber, “The Dog That Bit People,” pages 234-239. See the biographical note on page 232.
ENGLISH I
Period 5
For the first half of the class period, work Unit 2, Lesson 7 on pages 15-16, of the Glencoe Language Arts Grade 9 Vocabulary Power Workbook.
Period 6
Warn students of a vocabulary test tomorrow. For the first half of the class period, work Vocabulary Practice 7: Suffixes, on page 7, and Vocabulary Practice 8: Suffixes, on page 8, in the Prentice-Hall Gold Level Vocabulary and Spelling Practice Workbook.
Watch the Interest Grabber Tape 5, Unit 8, #7, for Romeo and Juliet.
Read aloud Theater Superstitions, from CSCOPE Unit 4, Lesson 1, pages 12-13, before starting to read from Romeo and Juliet.
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FRIDAY, 1/18/08
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SPANISH II
Take the weekly vocabulary test.
ESL
Watch a portion of an American history film, for some more information on the topic from the Oxford Picture Dictionary.
ENGLISH II
For the first half of the class period, work Unit 2, Lesson 6 on pages 13-14 of the Glencoe Language Arts Grade 10 Vocabulary Power Workbook.
Finish reading James Thurber, “The Dog That Bit People,” pages 234-239. See the biographical note on page 232. Take the questions under Check Your Comprehension and Critical Thinking on pages 239-240 and revise them to be like TAKS prompts. Assign short answer responses.
ENGLISH I
Period 5
For the first half of the class period, work Unit 2, Lesson 8 on page 17, of the Glencoe Language Arts Grade 9 Vocabulary Power Workbook.
Period 6
For the first half of the class period, take the vocabulary test over lessons 5-8 in the Prentice-Hall Gold Level Vocabulary and Spelling Practice Workbook.
activist
defendant
conductor
specialist
designer
orator
machinist
columnist
legislator
finalist
arbitrator
assistant
scholar
electronic
potimist
fantastic
projectile
supportive
fragile
selective
successive
magnetic
tactic
brotherhood
neighborhood
parenthood
childhood
statehood
awkwardness
likeness
resonsiveness
friendliness
astuteness
individuality
activity
curiosity
rapidity
originality
commencement
expression
disagreement
conclusion
concentration
commitment
juxtaposition
diplomacy
enrichment
normalcy
In both classes continue reading Romeo and Juliet and assign completion of Act I.
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TUESDAY, 1/22/08
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SPANISH II
Vocabulary 3 for the Second Semester (see page 182)
los abuelos
los hermanos
los padres
los primos
los tios
las bebidas
la galleta
el helado
los pasteles
el postre
el queso
el refresco
el azocar
la cuchara
el cuchillo
el tenedor
el vaso
la servilleta
el pimiento
la sal
ESL
Study Topic 28: U. S. Government, in the Oxford Picture Dictionary, pages 56-57, and work the exercises over this topic in the workbook that accompanies the dictionary.
ENGLISH II
Assign for a major grade a two-page paper to be written as homework, to be turned in tomorrow: What is the most significant incident of your life involving a pet (or some other animal)? Note that Period 4 has already been given the topic and made to write it down; they were also instructed to write down some ideas over the weekend.
Do Unit 2, Lesson 7, pages 15-16 of the Glencoe Language Arts Grade 10 Vocabulary Power Workbook.
Give any remaining time to work on the two-page paper.
ENGLISH I
Period 5
For the first half of the class period, work Unit 2 Review, on page 18 of the Glencoe Language Arts Grade 9 Vocabulary Power Workbook. Warn students of a vocabulary test tomorrow.
Period 6
For the first half of the class period, work Lesson 9 in the Prentice-Hall Gold Level Vocabulary and Spelling Practice Workbook, page 9.
Do the Romeo and Juliet Act I Reflection, from CSCOPE Unit 4, Lesson 2, pages 12-13.
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WEDNESDAY, 1/23/08
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SPANISH II
Use workbook pages 71, 75, and 76, to review the week's vocabulary.
Do the exercises in the back part of the workbook, pages 73 and 77, dealing with the indirect object pronoun.
Read pages 202-203, the story El grillo y el jaguar: una fabula mexicana. Write answers to the questions under comprendiste and y tu, que dices.
ESL
Watch a portion of an American history film, for some more information on the topic from the Oxford Picture Dictionary, Topic 28: U. S. Government.
Write sentences using the terms from the topic, on page 28.
ENGLISH II
Do Unit 2, Lesson 8, page 17 of the Glencoe Language Arts Grade 10 Vocabulary Power Workbook.
Take up the two-page paper written as homework, to be turned in today: What is the most significant incident of your life involving a pet (or some other animal)?
Use CSCOPE Unit 4, Lesson 1, pages 11-12, The Research Process, and assign the writing of a paper, using the ideas developed in the two-page paper.
ENGLISH I
Period 5: For the first half of the class period, take the Unit 2 Test, on pages 19-20 of the Glencoe Language Arts Grade 9 Vocabulary Power Workbook.
Period 6: For the first half of the class period, work Lesson 10 in the Prentice-Hall Gold Level Vocabulary and Spelling Practice Workbook, page 10.
Begin the reading of Romeo and Juliet, Act II.
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THURSDAY, 1/24/08
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SPANISH II
Work Spanish puzzles, with copies already made:
Frutas y verduras
La comida
Read page 204, Canciones infantiles. Work at translation.
ESL
Help students with homework.
ENGLISH II
Do the Unit 2 Review, pages 18 of the Glencoe Language Arts Grade 10 Vocabulary Power Workbook.
Warn of vocabulary test over lessons 5-8 tomorrow.
Give folders to those that need them to keep up with research paper and materials related to it. Show them where they can keep those in the room. Then give them Unit 4, Lesson 1, pages 11-12, The Research Process. Discuss this and then have the students put it in the folder to keep.
ENGLISH I
Period 5: For the first half of the class period, work Lesson 9, on pages 21-22 of the Glencoe Language Arts Grade 9 Vocabulary Power Workbook.
Period 6: For the first half of the class period, work Lesson 11 in the Prentice-Hall Gold Level Vocabulary and Spelling Practice Workbook, page 11.
Continue the reading of Romeo and Juliet, Act II.
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FRIDAY, 1/25/08
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SPANISH II
Take the weekly vocabulary test.
ESL
Work selections from English to Use, pages 88-89; read aloud a portion and do on paper to turn a portion (maybe separated by even and odd numbers).
ENGLISH II
For the first half of the class period, take the test over Unit 2 on pages 19-20 of the Glencoe Language Arts Grade 10 Vocabulary Power Workbook.
Give vocabulary from CSCOPE Unit 4, Lesson 1, pages 4-5, terms dealing with research, and discuss these. Have the students place these pages in their folders.
ENGLISH I
Period 5
For the first half of the class period, work Lesson 10, on pages 23-24 of the Glencoe Language Arts Grade 9 Vocabulary Power Workbook.
Period 6
For the first half of the class period, work Lesson 12 in the Prentice-Hall Gold Level Vocabulary and Spelling Practice Workbook, page 12.
Study the Vocabulary of Instruction for CSCOPE Unit 4, Lesson 1, pages 2-3. Use the Idiom Cards, from CSCOPE Unit 4, Lesson 1, pages 7-9, to play a bit of a game through the rest of the class period, offering bonus points for successful participation.
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MONDAY, 1/28/08
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SPANISH II
Vocabulary 4 for the Second Semester (see page 208)
la cuerda
la muneca
el oso de peluche
el triciclo
el pez
la tortuga
la guarderia infantil
el patio de recreo
el vecino
la moneda
el mundo
la verdad
molestar
pelearse
saltar
mentir
ofrecer
portarse bien/mal
permitir
obedecer
Continue work on this page to review the imperfect tense and the indirect object pronouns.
ESL
Study page 58, Topic 29: People in U. S. History, in the Oxford Picture Dictionary. Work the exercises for Topic 29, on page 29, in the workbook that accompanies the dictionary.
ENGLISH II
Distribute copies of pages 13-14 for class exercises on determining the credibility of a source.
Hand out copies of Newsweek and Time from those in the two-drawer file cabinet, and talk about the variety of source material. Have the students tear out pages that illustrate the different types of sources and show them to the rest of the class.
Make sure that the students put these pages away in their folders if they do not need them at home.
ENGLISH I
Period 5
For the first half of the class period, work Lesson 11, on pages 25-26 of the Glencoe Language Arts Grade 9 Vocabulary Power Workbook.
Period 6
For the first half of the class period, work Lesson 13 in the Prentice-Hall Gold Level Vocabulary and Spelling Practice Workbook, page 13.
Finish reading Act II of Romeo and Juliet.
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TUESDAY, 1/29/08
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SPANISH II
Do workbook pages 73-78, using the week's vocabulary as well as the imperfect tense and the indirect object pronouns.
ESL
Have students write sentences using the words from the topic covered yesterday, in the Oxford Picture Dictionary, and then read their sentences aloud.
ENGLISH II
Distribute copies of Unit 1, Lesson 1, pages 15-19 for class exercises on research and writing, and for an assignment of an essay specified in these pages. Students should use remaining time on this assignment and turn it in tomorrow.
Make sure that the students put these pages away in their folders if they do not need them at home.
ENGLISH I
Period 5
For the first half of the class period, work Lesson 12, on page 27 of the Glencoe Language Arts Grade 9 Vocabulary Power Workbook.
Period 6
For the first half of the class period, work Lesson 14 in the Prentice-Hall Gold Level Vocabulary and Spelling Practice Workbook, page 14.
Do the Romeo and Juliet Act II Reflection, from CSCOPE Unit 4, Lesson 2, page 16.
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WEDNESDAY, 1/30/08
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SPANISH II
Work the Spanish puzzle, with copies already made:
Preterito o imperfecto? (Preterite or Imperfect?)
ESL
Watch a portion of an American history film, for some more information on the topic from the Oxford Picture Dictionary.
ENGLISH II
Take up the essay assigned yesterday.
Distribute copies of Unit 4, Lesson 1, pages 22-24, The Writing Process: Practice for Success, for class instruction on research and writing.
Distribute copies of an article on the Chernoble disaster and copies of Unit 4, Lesson 1, pages 25-29, Source Credibility Investigation.
Assign writing the Critical Review to turn in tomorrow.
ENGLISH I
Period 5
For the first half of the class period, work the Unit 3 Review, on page 28 of the Glencoe Language Arts Grade 9 Vocabulary Power Workbook.
Warn students of a vocabulary test tomorrow.
Period 6
For the first half of the class period, work Lesson 15 in the Prentice-Hall Gold Level Vocabulary and Spelling Practice Workbook, page 15.
Warn students of a vocabulary test tomorrow.
Begin reading Act III of Romeo and Juliet.
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THURSDAY, 1/31/08
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SPANISH II
Read aloud pages 214-215, La fiesta de San Pedro, and write answers to the questions under Actividad 3.
ESL
Help students with homework.
ENGLISH II
Distribute copies of Unit 4, Lesson 1, page 3, Internet sources for Chernobyl, and page 32, List of Sources Consulted, for class instruction on research and writing.
Give vocabulary from CSCOPE Unit 4, Lesson 2, pages 4-5, more terms dealing with research.
Use CSCOPE Unit 4, Lesson 2, pages 9-10, Instructional Procedures, to give the questions on these pages for written work. Use the suggested article on the Chernobyl disaster.
ENGLISH I
Period 5
For the first half of the class period, take the Unit 3 Test, on pages 29-30 of the Glencoe Language Arts Grade 9 Vocabulary Power Workbook.
Period 6
For the first half of the class period, take the vocabulary test over Lessons 9-15 in the Prentice-Hall Gold Level Vocabulary and Spelling Practice Workbook.
Continue reading Act III of Romeo and Juliet.
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FRIDAY, 2/1/08
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SPANISH II
Take the vocabulary test.
Use the drawing of the city with parts numbered further to practice vocabulary related to transportation, adding other words related to translation.
ESL
Study English to Use, pages 91-92; then assign Activities A and B on page 93.
ENGLISH II
Use CSCOPE Unit 4, Lesson 2, pages 14-18, The Research Process, and go over the assignment of the writing of a research paper. Review previously distributed selections from CSCOPE Unit 4, Lesson 1, on research and writing.
Hand out CSCOPE Unit 4, Lesson 2, page 19, Text Structure; and practice writing according to the different kinds of text structure.
ENGLISH I
Study the Vocabulary of Instruction for CSCOPE Unit 4, Lesson 2, pages 2-3. Then use CSCOPE Unit 4, Lesson 2, pages 6-7, to review the structure of the sonnet, looking back at Sonnet 30 on page 843 and noting that the Prologue to Romeo and Juliet is a sonnet.
Assign the writing of a sonnet. Use CSCOPE Unit 4, Lesson 2, page 9, for instructions on writing them and for the rubric to grade them.
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MONDAY, 2/4/08
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SPANISH II
Vocabulary 5 for the Second Semester (see page 234)
Verbs:
Abrazar(se)
Besar(se)
Dar(se) la mano
Despedir(se)
Saludar(se)
Contar
Llevarse bien/mal
Llorar
Reirse
Reunirse
Casarse
Charlar
Cumplir anos
Divertirse
Felicitar
Nacer
Regalar
Recordar
Sonreir
Hacer un picnic
Have students write sentences with the words, to turn in for a daily grade.
ESL
Study page 60, Topic 30: Parts of the Body, in the Oxford Picture Dictionary. Work the exercises for Topic 30, on page 30, in the workbook that accompanies the dictionary.
ENGLISH II
Distribute copies of CSCOPE Unit 4, Lesson 2, pages 21-23, on plagiarism and how to avoid it and practice making notes with paraphrasing and documentation according to the illustrations there. (Jump ahead to use also CSCOPE Unit 4, Lesson 3, pages 16-17, the card with the documentation on one side and the note/paraphrase on the other side of the card.)
Study CSCOPE Unit 4, Lesson 2, pages 27-28, on annotation of a source, and practice it by using a passage from An Appeal and these two pages.
ENGLISH I
Study the Vocabulary of Instruction for the new CSCOPE Unit 4, Lesson 3, page 3.
Complete the reading of Act III of Romeo and Juliet.
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TUESDAY, 2/5/08
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SPANISH II
Study pages 216-218 of the textbook, greetings and customs in families. Do appropriate selections form workbook pages 82-89 in the front and 85-87 in the back.
ESL
Have students write sentences using the words from the topic covered yesterday, in the Oxford Picture Dictionary, and then read their sentences aloud.
ENGLISH II
The rest of Study CSCOPE Unit 4, Lesson 2, as well as all of Lesson 3, deals with writing of a three-page research paper. See CSCOPE Unit 4, Lesson 2, pages 29-30, for the Supplemental Writing Guide, with its instruction on four different purposes of writing: inform, persuade, express, and entertain. Practice these in the given activity.
ENGLISH I
Do the Romeo and Juliet Act III Reflection, from CSCOPE Unit 4, Lesson 3, page 9.
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WEDNESDAY, 2/6/08
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SPANISH II
Study pages 219-223 of the textbook, festivals celebrated in families around the world. Do appropriate selections form workbook pages 82-89 in the front and 85-87 in the back.
ESL
Watch a portion of an American history film, for some more information on the topic from the Oxford Picture Dictionary.
ENGLISH II
Work with CSCOPE Unit 4, Lesson 2, page 31, to develop a Thesis Statement.
(Jump ahead to use also CSCOPE Unit 4, Lesson 3, page 20, on writing a thesis statement.)
ENGLISH I
Distribute the pages Entitled Frequently Misused Homonyms, from CSCOPE Unit 4, Lesson 3, pages 10-11. Write senences with these for homework.
Read homonym sentences aloud to study these again and to give the students a chance to correct their papers before taking up the papers for a grade.
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THURSDAY, 2/7/08
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SPANISH II
Read selections from pages 224-231 in the textbook, continuing to discuss the celebrations important to persons in the Spanish-speaking world. Do appropriate selections form workbook pages 82-89 in the front and 85-87 in the back.
ESL
Help students with homework.
ENGLISH II
Work with CSCOPE Unit 4, Lesson 2, page 32, to develop an Introduction.
ENGLISH I
Begin reading Act IV of Romeo and Juliet.
Assign the Live and on Location exercise, from CSCOPE Unit 4, Lesson 3, page 14, for class presentations. Perhaps use this for collaborative work for extra credit. Use the Live News Report Rubric from CSCOPE Unit 4, Lesson 3, page 15, with the instructions on page 14; and the rubric for grading, too.
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FRIDAY, 2/8/08
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Warning! Possible Six Weeks Tests Ahead
SPANISH II
Take the vocabulary test.
ESL
Study English to Use, pages 94-95; then assign Activities A and B on page 94-95.
ENGLISH II
Work with CSCOPE Unit 4, Lesson 2, pages 33-38, to develop and Outline.
ENGLISH I
Continue reading Act IV of Romeo and Juliet.
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MONDAY, 2/11/08
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Warning! Last Week of the Fourth Six Weeks Period
SPANISH II
Take the week's vocabulary from the already-copied quiz over the professions.
Read page 244, with students filling in the blanks of Actividad 4.
ESL
Study page 62, Topic 31: Inside the Human Body, in the Oxford Picture Dictionary. Work the exercises for Topic 31, on page 31, in the workbook that accompanies the dictionary.
ENGLISH II
Give vocabulary from CSCOPE Unit 4, Lesson 3, pages 4-5, more terms dealing with research.
Work on a timeline for the research paper with CSCOPE Unit 4, Lesson 3, page 9 (distribute copies of pages 14-15, too, to use for this specific assignment.
ENGLISH I
Finish reading Act IV of Romeo and Juliet.
Work the exercise entitled Elements of Drama in Romeo and Juliet, from CSCOPE Unit 4, Lesson 3, page 16.
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TUESDAY, 2/12/08
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SPANISH II
Do the Spanish puzzle, with copies already made:
Las profesiones [formation of the word for someone who does a thing]
See also the Spanish puzzle without copies made:
Las Ocupaciones [formation of the word for someone who does a thing]
ESL
Have students write sentences using the words from the topic covered yesterday, in the Oxford Picture Dictionary, and then read their sentences aloud.
ENGLISH II
Review and do exercises with CSCOPE Unit 4, Lesson 3, page 10, writing conventions.
ENGLISH I
Do the presently applicable Act IV portions of the Romeo and Juliet Acts IV and V Reflection, from CSCOPE Unit 4, Lesson 3, page 13.
Begin reading Act V of Romeo and Juliet.
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WEDNESDAY, 2/13/08
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SPANISH II
Work selections from the workbook, pages 91-100 in the front, and pages 94-97 in the back.
ESL
Watch a portion of an American history film, for some more information on the topic from the Oxford Picture Dictionary.
ENGLISH II
Review and do exercises with CSCOPE Unit 4, Lesson 3, pages 11-12, rubrics for revision and rewriting.
ENGLISH I
Continue reading Act V of Romeo and Juliet.
Note that we shall have a test over the play on FRIDAY.
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THURSDAY, 2/14/08
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SPANISH II
Do the Spanish puzzle, with copies already made:
El amor en todas direcciones
ESL
Help students with homework.
ENGLISH II
Work on the final draft of the research paper.
ENGLISH I
Finish reading Act V of Romeo and Juliet.
Do the applicable undone portions of the Romeo and Juliet Acts IV and V Reflection, from CSCOPE Unit 4, Lesson 3, page 13.
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FRIDAY, 2/15/08
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SPANISH II
Take the vocabulary test.
ESL
Study English to Use, pages 96-97; then assign Activities A and B on page 97.
ENGLISH II
Work on the final draft of the research paper and turn it in.
ENGLISH I
Take a test over Romeo and Juliet.
