Fall+2010+English+II

=English II= Mrs. Boyle

THIRD SIX WEEKS

Friday, December 3, 2010 You Are Going to Alaska Web Quest

SECOND SIX WEEKS

Monday, October 11, 2010 1) Define new vocabulary 2) Read Chapter 2; complete reading guide
 * bestial**
 * blandishments**
 * contagion**
 * crucible**
 * emaciated**
 * leprous**
 * manacle**
 * queue**
 * vigilance**
 * wizened**

Read Chapter 3; Chart Text Create Timeline of events in WWII and Wiesel's life
 * Tuesday, Oct. 11**

Monday, October 18 NO SCHOOL!

1) Copy/define vocabulary: nonchalance (n.) pedestrian (adj.) relic (n.) satirize (v.) trite (adj.) ubiquitous (adj.) volatile (adj.) zeal (n.)
 * Tuesday, October 19**

Finish Night/Review
 * Wednesday, October 20**

Night Test Research Social Issue that concerns you and post your thoughts about it on discussion board [|Social Issues Index]
 * Thursday, October 21**

Read/chart editorial about texting Identify FEED CATS in editorial Start working on Editorial -- prewriting
 * Friday, October 22**

New vocabulary: Turn in pre-writing; begin drafting editorial
 * Monday, October 25**
 * acrimony**
 * apprehension**
 * beneficial**
 * chronicle**
 * decry**
 * gregarious**
 * philanthropist**
 * taciturn**

New vocabulary:
 * Monday, November 1, 2010**
 * decimated**
 * demarcated**
 * equidistant**
 * ferrous**
 * instinctive**
 * revitalize**
 * sequestration**
 * subsistence farm**

Complete Internet Hunt

__FIRST SIX WEEKS__

__**Monday, September 13, 2010**__ __I. Copy/Correct DOL__ __II. Look up this week's vocabulary__ __abdicate__ __blatant__ __clandestine__ __deterrent__ __empirical__ __futile__ __herculean__ __industrious__ __mercurial__ __III. Post response to discussion forum to this question: What are ten questions that parents never seem to be able to answer?__ __IV. [|Cluster Maps]__

Monday, September 20, 2010
I. Copy/Correct DOL

__II. This week's vocabulary __ __**aberration ** __ __ **bombast ** __ __ **candor ** __ __ **dissent ** __ __ **ecstatic ** __ __ **loquacious ** __ __ **malevolence ** __ __<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">pallid ** __ __<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">theorize ** __ __<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">ubiquitous ** __ __<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">III. Read a news article of interest and write a one-paragraph report on the discussion section. Here are some papers you can use: __ __<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">[|Raleigh News and Observer] __ __<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">[|Chatham News] __ __<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">[|CNN.com] __

__**Tuesday, September 21, 2010**__ __Read/discuss the Declaration of Independence__ __What was Jefferson's writing process? His thesis?__

__**Wednesday, September 22**__ __EARLY RELEASE__ __Write/post your declaration of independence on the discussion portion of the wiki__

__**Thursday, September 23**__ __Vocabulary Quiz__ __Read AR/Test__ __Read [|Preamble to the Constitution and First 10 Amendments]__ __Which Amendment is most important to you? Why?__ __Create a poster of your Amendment with a personal statement explaining its importance to you__

__**Monday, September 27, 2010**__ __Define this week's vocabulary__ __**abhor**__ __**counterfeit**__ __**enfranchise**__ __**kindle**__ __**obscure**__ __**placid**__ __**renumeration**__ __**respite**__

__**Tuesday, September 28**__ __Read AR/Test__ __Read/Listen to "This I Believe" Essays__ __Discuss our beliefs__

__**Wednesday, September 29**__ __Brainstorm/organize belief essay__

__**Thursday, September 30**__ __Take Vocabulary Quiz__ __Read AR/Test__ __Write This I Believe Essays__

__**Friday, October 1**__ __Continue working on essays__

__**Monday, October 4, 2010**__

I. Define this week's vocabulary:

__**Beadle**__ __**Surname**__ __**Hasidic**__ __**Waiflike**__ __**Cabbala**__ __**Mysticism**__ __**Zohar**__ __**Indulgently**__ __**I**I. Respond to Discussion Question__ __III. Complete Night Internet Hunt__

__**Tuesday, October 5**__ __This I Believe Essays Due!!!!!__ __Watch Oprah's Interview with Elie Wiesel at Auschwitz__ __Respond to discussion question online__ __Finish Internet Hunt__

__**Wednesday, October 6**__ __**AR DUE!**__ __Go to library to check out "Night"__ __Begin reading, answering questions in Study Guide__

__**Thursday, October 7**__ __Take Vocabulary Quiz__ __Career Presentations -- Mrs. Kirk__ __Continue Reading Night__

1) Take an on-line news quiz [|USA Today]  [|New York Times]  [|NPR: Wait! Wait! Don't Tell Me!]  AND/OR  2) Read an online newspaper! 3) Read AR silently. 4) Study vocabulary.


 * RESOURCES**
 * [|Merriam-Webster Online]**