MARCH 2012
Wednesday 3/8/12
Assignment#17: -->Daily Dispatch#109: 60-Minutes news-story,
"After the Wave"
-->Read: "The Raven" (Literature Book)
Assignment#18: -->"The Raven" QUIZ
Monday 3/12/12
Assignment#19: -->DD#111: "Write about your weekend"
-->Begin: Vocabulary Squares#10 --
“Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass” (McDougal-Littell: pages 536—549)
1. narrative
2. abolitionist
3. skeptic
4. self-reliance
5. solemn
6. compensation
7. restorative
8. renounce
9. tyranny
“Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl” (McDougal-Littell: pages 550—559)
10. malice
11. provocation
12. fervently
13. grope
14. peril
15. outwit
16. mulatto
17. melodramatic
“Gettysburg Address” & “Emancipation Proclamation” Abraham Lincoln (McDougal-Littell: pages 562—568)
18. conceived
19. devotion
20. consecrate
21. emancipate
22. proclamation
23. rebellion
24. suppress
VOS#10DUE: Thursday (March 22, 2012)
Thursday 3/15/12
Assignment#20 -->DD#113: 60-MINUTES news-story:
"Big Game Hunting"
Assignment#21: -->Daily Dispatch#115:
-->Read: "Narrative of Frederick Douglass"
(McDougall-Littel Literature Book)
Assignment#22: -->"Frederick Douglass" Q#1--3 (page 507)
Monday 3/27/12
Assignment#23 --> DD#121: Write about your weekend
-->Check & Score Composition Books
-->Begin Vocabulary Squares#11
Thursday 3/29/12
Assignment#24 -->DD#123: HD Net World Reports --
"EAT, PRAY, GIVE"
Assignment#25 -->Cornell Notes: Cesar Chavez PPT -- "Core Values"
FRIDAY, March 31st (Cesar Chavez Holiday) thru SUNDAY, April 8th = SPRING BREAK
Return to School, MONDAY, April 9th
APRIL 2012
Monday 4/09/12
Assignment#29 -->DD#125: "Write about your SPRING BREAK"
-->READ: LA YOUTH article "We Fought for Fairness & Won"
Assignment#30 -->Newspaper Report#1: "We Fought for Fairness & Won"
Tuesday 4/10/12
Assignment#31 -->DD#127: "What do people do when faced with the
inevitable? How do people escape the inescapable"
-->WATCH short-film: "An Occurrence on Owl Creek Bridge"
(youtube.com)
Thursday 4/12/12
Assignment#32 -->DD#129: 60-MINUTES news-story:
"Maximum Security Education"
-->READ: "An Occurrence on Owl Creek Bridge"
(McDouggal-Littell: pages 580--592)
Monday 4/16/12
Assignment#33 -->DD#131: "Write about your weekend"
Assignment#34 -->VOS#12: UNIT#5 TERMS”(McDougal-Littell: pages 824—837)
1. the Great War
2. Roaring Twenties
3. 19th Amendment
4. flapper
5. Prohibition
6. Great Depression
7. Dust Bowl
8. New Deal
9. Mass Culture
10. Modern Short Story
11. Harlem Renaissance
12. Great Migration
“WINTER DREAMS”(McDougal-Littell: pages 936—959)
13. precipitate
14. patrimony
15. surfeit
16. retinue
17. blatantly
18. petulance
19. camaraderie
20. mundane
21. flux
22. precarious
23. antagonist
24. protagonist
25. neurasthenic
26. patronize
27. aspire
28. status
29. redemption
30. gilded
VOS#12 DUE: Thursday, April 26, 2012
Assignment#35 --> "...Owl Creek" QUIZ
(short & extended written responses)
Thursday 4/19/12
Assignment#36: -->DD#133: 60-MINUTES news-story:
"Teacher to the World: Khan Academy"
-->VOS Test
Monday, 4/23/12
Assignment#37 -->DD#135: "Write about your weekend"
Assignment#38 -->Cornell Notes: "Intro UNIT#5"
Tuesday, 4/24/12
Assignment#39 -->DD#137: "Is love stronger than hate? Why?"
-->Begin Reading "Winter Dreams"
(Literature Book: pages: 936--944)
Thursday, 4/26/12
Assignment#40 -->DD#139: 60-MINUTES news-story:
"Even in Tough Times, Contemporary Art Sell"
-->Continue Reading: "WINTER DREAMS"
(Literature Book: pages 944--947)
Monday, 4/29/12
Assignment#41 -->DD#141: "Write about your weekend"
Assignment#42 -->Cornell Notes: 1992 LA Riots
Assignment#43 -->VOS#13: “The Great Gatsby”F. Scott Fitzgerald (Chapter 1)
1. vulnerable
2. snob
3. plagiaristic
4. excursion
5. temperament
6. prominent
7. riotous
8. superficial
9. eyesore
10. supercilious
11. effeminate
12. wistful
13. intimate
14. pungent
15. reciprocal
16. unobtrusive
17. banter
18. devoid
19. extemporize
20. cynical
21. egotistic
22. peremptory
VOS#13 DUE:Thursday, May 10, 2012
MAY 2012
Thursday, 5/3/12
Assignment#44 -->DD#143: 60-MINUTES news-story: "All-American Canal"
-->CONCLUDE READING: "WINTER DREAMS"
(Literature Book: 947--958)
Monday, 5/7/12
Assignment#45 -->DD#145: "Write about your weekend"
-->Assign books to each student: "The Great Gatsby"
-->BEGIN READING "The Great Gatsby"
("Gatsby": Chapter 1, pages 1--11)
-->make-up DD#143
Tuesday, 5/8/12
Assignment#46 -->DD#147: "Write your feeling and thoughts on
the CST testing".
-->DISCUSS: "All-American Canal"
MAY 10, 2012 = Check & Score COMPOSITION BOOK
Thursday, 5/10/12
Assignment#56 -->DD#149: 60-MINUTES news-story:
"Joy in the Congo"
-->turn-in VOS#13
-->Check & Score COMPOSITION BOOKS
-->READ: "The Great Gatsby"
(Gatsby: Chapter 1, pages 11--21)
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Monday, 5/14/12
Assignment#48 -->DD#151: "Write about your weekend"
-->READ: "The Great Gatsby"
(Gatsby: Chapter 2, pages 22-- )
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Thursday, 5/17/12
Assignment#49 -->DD#153: 60-Minutes news-story:
"Cheating on the SATs"
Assignment#50 -->VOS#14: “The Great Gatsby” (F. Scott Fitzgerald Chapters 2--4)
1. oculist
2. reluctant
3. gypsy
4. homogenous
5. undergraduate
6. jaunt
7. soprano
8. hydroplane
9. asunder
10. dissension
11. aristocrat
12. indignant
13. malevolence
14. monopolize
15. debut
16. roadster
17. fathom
18. unfathomable
19. chauffeur
20. olfactory
21. privileged
22. somnambulate
VOS#14 DUE: Thursday -- May 24, 2012
-->READ: "The Great Gatsby"
(Gatsby: Chapter 2)
Monday, 5/21/12
Assignment#51 -->DD#155: "Write about your weekend"
Assignment#52 -->"The Great Gatsby" Characters I
Tuesday, 5/22/12
Assignment#53 -->DD#157: "In your opinion, is a block schedule or standard bell
schedule best for students & teachers?"
Assignment#54 -->"Gatsby" Chp. 1&2 QUIZ
Thursday, 5/24/12
Assignment#55 -->DD#159: 60-MINUTES news-story: "Role of a Lifetime"
-->READ: "The Great Gatsby" (Gatsby: Chapter 3)
Tuesday, 5/29/12
Assignment#56 -->DD#161: "Write about your weekend"
Assignment#57 -->VOS#15: “FINAL VOCABULARY SQUARES” 2011--2012
1. knickerbockers
2. bootlegger
3. overpopulated
4. hearse
5. haughty
6. stagger
7. Armistice
8. skeptic
9. pompadour
10. nebulous
11. laudable
12. ambitious
13. contemporary
14. shiftless
15. contemporary
16. Platonic
17. oblivious
18. ramifications
19. livid
20. debauchee
21. euphemism
22. menagerie
23. sulk
24. bona-fide
25. vague
26. swindler
27. oppressive
28. morbid
VOS#15 DUE: Thursday -- June 14, 2012
-->READ: "The Great Gatsby" (Gatsby: Chapter 3 & 4)
Thursday, 5/31/12
Assignment#58 -->DD#163: 60-MINUTES news-story:
"Hooked: Why bad habits are hard to break"
-->READ: "The Great Gatsby" (Gatsby: Conclude Chapter 4)
Assignment#59 -->Great Gatsby QUIZ: Chapter III
Write a 1-to-2 sentence response for EACH question in your COMPOSITION BOOK.
1.) List four of the rumors Nick hears about Gatsby before he actually meets him.
2.) When Nick finally meets Jay Gatsby shortly after midnight, what do they talk about?
3.) What does Nick remember about a scandal Jordan had been involve with?
4.) What is Nick’s cardinal virtue?
Assignment#60 -->Great Gatsby QUIZ: Chapter IV
Write a 1-to-2 sentence response for EACH question in your COMPOSITION BOOK.
1.) Does Nick have any difficulty believing Gatsby’s life story. Why or why not?
2.) What evidence is offered as to confirm Gatsby’s stories? Do you find this presentation of this evidence, as odd? Why or why not?
3.) What happens when Gatsby is stopped by a motorcycle police officer?
4.) What do we learn about Mr. Wolfsheim’s business? (Give some specifics)
JUNE 2012
Monday, 6/4/12
Assignment#61 -->DD#165: "Write about your weekend"
-->READ: "The Great Gatsby" Chp. V & begin Chp VI
Thursday, 6/7/12
Assignment#62 -->DD#167: 60-MINUTES news-story:
"Dropping Out: Is college worth the cost?"
-->READ "The Great Gatsby" Chp. VII (pages 105--127)
Monday, 6/11/12
Assignment#63 -->DD#169: "Write about your weekend"
-->CONCLUDE READING "The Great Gatsby",
Chp VII, VIII, & IX (pages 127--180)
Assignment#64 -->FINAL "Gatsby" QUIZ
Thursday, 6/14/12
Assignment#65 -->DD#171: "Think & reflect on all the 60-MINUTES news-stories we've watched, all year...which was your favorite & why?"
-->turn-in VOS#15
-->Check & Score COMPOSITION BOOK
-->begin watching FILM: "The Great Gatsby" (1974)
Monday, 6/18/12 (minimum day, dismissal 12:36PM)
-->conclude watching FILM: "The Great Gatsby" (1974)
Tuesday, 6/19/12 EVEN CLASSES (minimum day, dismissal 12:36PM)
FINAL DAY OF 2011--2012 SCHOOL YEAR!
Wednesday 3/8/12
Assignment#17: -->Daily Dispatch#109: 60-Minutes news-story,
"After the Wave"
-->Read: "The Raven" (Literature Book)
Assignment#18: -->"The Raven" QUIZ
Monday 3/12/12
Assignment#19: -->DD#111: "Write about your weekend"
-->Begin: Vocabulary Squares#10 --
“Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass” (McDougal-Littell: pages 536—549)
1. narrative
2. abolitionist
3. skeptic
4. self-reliance
5. solemn
6. compensation
7. restorative
8. renounce
9. tyranny
“Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl” (McDougal-Littell: pages 550—559)
10. malice
11. provocation
12. fervently
13. grope
14. peril
15. outwit
16. mulatto
17. melodramatic
“Gettysburg Address” & “Emancipation Proclamation” Abraham Lincoln (McDougal-Littell: pages 562—568)
18. conceived
19. devotion
20. consecrate
21. emancipate
22. proclamation
23. rebellion
24. suppress
VOS#10DUE: Thursday (March 22, 2012)
Thursday 3/15/12
Assignment#20 -->DD#113: 60-MINUTES news-story:
"Big Game Hunting"
Assignment#21: -->Daily Dispatch#115:
-->Read: "Narrative of Frederick Douglass"
(McDougall-Littel Literature Book)
Assignment#22: -->"Frederick Douglass" Q#1--3 (page 507)
Monday 3/27/12
Assignment#23 --> DD#121: Write about your weekend
-->Check & Score Composition Books
-->Begin Vocabulary Squares#11
Thursday 3/29/12
Assignment#24 -->DD#123: HD Net World Reports --
"EAT, PRAY, GIVE"
Assignment#25 -->Cornell Notes: Cesar Chavez PPT -- "Core Values"
FRIDAY, March 31st (Cesar Chavez Holiday) thru SUNDAY, April 8th = SPRING BREAK
Return to School, MONDAY, April 9th
APRIL 2012
Monday 4/09/12
Assignment#29 -->DD#125: "Write about your SPRING BREAK"
-->READ: LA YOUTH article "We Fought for Fairness & Won"
Assignment#30 -->Newspaper Report#1: "We Fought for Fairness & Won"
Tuesday 4/10/12
Assignment#31 -->DD#127: "What do people do when faced with the
inevitable? How do people escape the inescapable"
-->WATCH short-film: "An Occurrence on Owl Creek Bridge"
(youtube.com)
Thursday 4/12/12
Assignment#32 -->DD#129: 60-MINUTES news-story:
"Maximum Security Education"
-->READ: "An Occurrence on Owl Creek Bridge"
(McDouggal-Littell: pages 580--592)
Monday 4/16/12
Assignment#33 -->DD#131: "Write about your weekend"
Assignment#34 -->VOS#12: UNIT#5 TERMS”(McDougal-Littell: pages 824—837)
1. the Great War
2. Roaring Twenties
3. 19th Amendment
4. flapper
5. Prohibition
6. Great Depression
7. Dust Bowl
8. New Deal
9. Mass Culture
10. Modern Short Story
11. Harlem Renaissance
12. Great Migration
“WINTER DREAMS”(McDougal-Littell: pages 936—959)
13. precipitate
14. patrimony
15. surfeit
16. retinue
17. blatantly
18. petulance
19. camaraderie
20. mundane
21. flux
22. precarious
23. antagonist
24. protagonist
25. neurasthenic
26. patronize
27. aspire
28. status
29. redemption
30. gilded
VOS#12 DUE: Thursday, April 26, 2012
Assignment#35 --> "...Owl Creek" QUIZ
(short & extended written responses)
Thursday 4/19/12
Assignment#36: -->DD#133: 60-MINUTES news-story:
"Teacher to the World: Khan Academy"
-->VOS Test
Monday, 4/23/12
Assignment#37 -->DD#135: "Write about your weekend"
Assignment#38 -->Cornell Notes: "Intro UNIT#5"
Tuesday, 4/24/12
Assignment#39 -->DD#137: "Is love stronger than hate? Why?"
-->Begin Reading "Winter Dreams"
(Literature Book: pages: 936--944)
Thursday, 4/26/12
Assignment#40 -->DD#139: 60-MINUTES news-story:
"Even in Tough Times, Contemporary Art Sell"
-->Continue Reading: "WINTER DREAMS"
(Literature Book: pages 944--947)
Monday, 4/29/12
Assignment#41 -->DD#141: "Write about your weekend"
Assignment#42 -->Cornell Notes: 1992 LA Riots
Assignment#43 -->VOS#13: “The Great Gatsby”F. Scott Fitzgerald (Chapter 1)
1. vulnerable
2. snob
3. plagiaristic
4. excursion
5. temperament
6. prominent
7. riotous
8. superficial
9. eyesore
10. supercilious
11. effeminate
12. wistful
13. intimate
14. pungent
15. reciprocal
16. unobtrusive
17. banter
18. devoid
19. extemporize
20. cynical
21. egotistic
22. peremptory
VOS#13 DUE:Thursday, May 10, 2012
MAY 2012
Thursday, 5/3/12
Assignment#44 -->DD#143: 60-MINUTES news-story: "All-American Canal"
-->CONCLUDE READING: "WINTER DREAMS"
(Literature Book: 947--958)
Monday, 5/7/12
Assignment#45 -->DD#145: "Write about your weekend"
-->Assign books to each student: "The Great Gatsby"
-->BEGIN READING "The Great Gatsby"
("Gatsby": Chapter 1, pages 1--11)
-->make-up DD#143
Tuesday, 5/8/12
Assignment#46 -->DD#147: "Write your feeling and thoughts on
the CST testing".
-->DISCUSS: "All-American Canal"
MAY 10, 2012 = Check & Score COMPOSITION BOOK
Thursday, 5/10/12
Assignment#56 -->DD#149: 60-MINUTES news-story:
"Joy in the Congo"
-->turn-in VOS#13
-->Check & Score COMPOSITION BOOKS
-->READ: "The Great Gatsby"
(Gatsby: Chapter 1, pages 11--21)
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Monday, 5/14/12
Assignment#48 -->DD#151: "Write about your weekend"
-->READ: "The Great Gatsby"
(Gatsby: Chapter 2, pages 22-- )
`
Thursday, 5/17/12
Assignment#49 -->DD#153: 60-Minutes news-story:
"Cheating on the SATs"
Assignment#50 -->VOS#14: “The Great Gatsby” (F. Scott Fitzgerald Chapters 2--4)
1. oculist
2. reluctant
3. gypsy
4. homogenous
5. undergraduate
6. jaunt
7. soprano
8. hydroplane
9. asunder
10. dissension
11. aristocrat
12. indignant
13. malevolence
14. monopolize
15. debut
16. roadster
17. fathom
18. unfathomable
19. chauffeur
20. olfactory
21. privileged
22. somnambulate
VOS#14 DUE: Thursday -- May 24, 2012
-->READ: "The Great Gatsby"
(Gatsby: Chapter 2)
Monday, 5/21/12
Assignment#51 -->DD#155: "Write about your weekend"
Assignment#52 -->"The Great Gatsby" Characters I
Tuesday, 5/22/12
Assignment#53 -->DD#157: "In your opinion, is a block schedule or standard bell
schedule best for students & teachers?"
Assignment#54 -->"Gatsby" Chp. 1&2 QUIZ
Thursday, 5/24/12
Assignment#55 -->DD#159: 60-MINUTES news-story: "Role of a Lifetime"
-->READ: "The Great Gatsby" (Gatsby: Chapter 3)
Tuesday, 5/29/12
Assignment#56 -->DD#161: "Write about your weekend"
Assignment#57 -->VOS#15: “FINAL VOCABULARY SQUARES” 2011--2012
1. knickerbockers
2. bootlegger
3. overpopulated
4. hearse
5. haughty
6. stagger
7. Armistice
8. skeptic
9. pompadour
10. nebulous
11. laudable
12. ambitious
13. contemporary
14. shiftless
15. contemporary
16. Platonic
17. oblivious
18. ramifications
19. livid
20. debauchee
21. euphemism
22. menagerie
23. sulk
24. bona-fide
25. vague
26. swindler
27. oppressive
28. morbid
VOS#15 DUE: Thursday -- June 14, 2012
-->READ: "The Great Gatsby" (Gatsby: Chapter 3 & 4)
Thursday, 5/31/12
Assignment#58 -->DD#163: 60-MINUTES news-story:
"Hooked: Why bad habits are hard to break"
-->READ: "The Great Gatsby" (Gatsby: Conclude Chapter 4)
Assignment#59 -->Great Gatsby QUIZ: Chapter III
Write a 1-to-2 sentence response for EACH question in your COMPOSITION BOOK.
1.) List four of the rumors Nick hears about Gatsby before he actually meets him.
2.) When Nick finally meets Jay Gatsby shortly after midnight, what do they talk about?
3.) What does Nick remember about a scandal Jordan had been involve with?
4.) What is Nick’s cardinal virtue?
Assignment#60 -->Great Gatsby QUIZ: Chapter IV
Write a 1-to-2 sentence response for EACH question in your COMPOSITION BOOK.
1.) Does Nick have any difficulty believing Gatsby’s life story. Why or why not?
2.) What evidence is offered as to confirm Gatsby’s stories? Do you find this presentation of this evidence, as odd? Why or why not?
3.) What happens when Gatsby is stopped by a motorcycle police officer?
4.) What do we learn about Mr. Wolfsheim’s business? (Give some specifics)
JUNE 2012
Monday, 6/4/12
Assignment#61 -->DD#165: "Write about your weekend"
-->READ: "The Great Gatsby" Chp. V & begin Chp VI
Thursday, 6/7/12
Assignment#62 -->DD#167: 60-MINUTES news-story:
"Dropping Out: Is college worth the cost?"
-->READ "The Great Gatsby" Chp. VII (pages 105--127)
Monday, 6/11/12
Assignment#63 -->DD#169: "Write about your weekend"
-->CONCLUDE READING "The Great Gatsby",
Chp VII, VIII, & IX (pages 127--180)
Assignment#64 -->FINAL "Gatsby" QUIZ
Thursday, 6/14/12
Assignment#65 -->DD#171: "Think & reflect on all the 60-MINUTES news-stories we've watched, all year...which was your favorite & why?"
-->turn-in VOS#15
-->Check & Score COMPOSITION BOOK
-->begin watching FILM: "The Great Gatsby" (1974)
Monday, 6/18/12 (minimum day, dismissal 12:36PM)
-->conclude watching FILM: "The Great Gatsby" (1974)
Tuesday, 6/19/12 EVEN CLASSES (minimum day, dismissal 12:36PM)
FINAL DAY OF 2011--2012 SCHOOL YEAR!