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=English 2 Semester 2 - This Week=

Last Day for Late Work - Friday, May 27 Late Slips Collected - Friday, May 27

 * Monday, May 23**
 * Discuss "The Veldt."
 * Literal plot, conflict, resolution
 * Themes Present
 * Problems Bradbury includes in the story
 * 3 Stories - Problems, Resolutions, Effects
 * **Homework** - Finish the blue chart for the 3 short stories[[file:CC chart for 3 stories.Prob,Res, Effects.may11.doc]]
 * Tuesday, May 24**
 * What problems did the authors foresee about technology and our society that led them to write about our future?
 * Look over the problems on your blue chart. Generalize them into 2-3 ideas.
 * Freewrite for 1st idea. Freewrite for the 2nd idea.
 * Example from one of the stories for each idea?
 * Final Project Assignment - Authors' Predictions of our Future
 * In what ways do we see that their visions have (or have not) come true?
 * Look over the Effects on your blue chart. Generalize them into 2-3 ideas.
 * Freewrite for 1st idea. Freewrite for 2nd idea.
 * Example from one of the stories for each idea?
 * **Homework** - Draft the 2 paragraphs (2 cycles each) that answer the two questions in the project assignment. Type, proofread, and edi
 * Wednesday, May 25**
 * Illustration Hunt and Quote Match-up - Search for 8 images to illustrate ideas in the 2 central paragraphs.
 * Reading Minutes
 * **Homework** - Find 8 images (drawings, photos, ads, magazines, etc. as listed on the Project Assignment) for your project. Match them with quotations from one of the 3 stories
 * Thursday, May 26**
 * Find/Type captions: 8 quotations from the story with page numbers. Ex. (16).
 * **Homework**-
 * Revise final copy of central paragraphs
 * Gather necessary illustrations, materials for Glue Day
 * Friday, May 27**
 * Glue Day - Assemble project, using the images you bring in, a copy of your final paragraphs, and materials available in class.
 * **Homework** - Complete final Project due Tuesday, May 31 - Components:
 * Final copy of two paragraphs - 2 cycles each: What ideas have the authors predicted about the future? (focus on stories) Have their predictions come true? (focus on the connections you can make to your life and today's society).
 * Use 8 (total) to illustrate your paragraphs' ideas. Label with a quote from one of the 3 stories. Include the citation's page number to match your Works Cited page. Ex. (15).
 * Your //graded// rough draft of your 2 paragraphs

Week of May 23, 2011

 * Monday, May 30 - No School for Memorial Day**
 * Tuesday, May 31**
 * __Final project due__ - poster, final copy of 2-paragraph essay, graded draft
 * LRC to assemble the Works Cited page for your Final Project according to the LRC directions using NoodleTools on the STCE LRC website.
 * **Homework** - If you have not turned in the finished copy by the end of the hour, finish Works Cited page using instructions given in class.
 * Copy the bibliographical information //__exactly as it appears on the handout__.//
 * Wednesday, June 1**
 * Review of literary elements for Final Exam
 * Thursay, June 2**
 * Review of grammar, mechanics elements for Final Exam

Period 7 - Friday, June 3 9:20-11:00 am Period 3 - Tuesday, June 7 7:30-9:10 am
 * Final Exams**