Guntersville High School
Lesson Plans
10th Grade Language
Monday 01/05/09
No School-Teacher Work Day
Tuesday 01/06/09
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Cover Literary Analysis of a novel project.
Vocabulary 2
Wednesday 01/07/09
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Media Center-Pick out books for Lit. Analysis Project
Thursday 01/08/09
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Transitive and Intransitive Verbs
Pg. 454 Ex. 23-24
Transitive and Intransitive Verbs Handout
Friday 01/09/09
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Active Voice and Passive Voice
Pg. 600 Ex. 17-18
Monday 01/12/09
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Vocabulary 2 Handout
Principle Parts of Verbs and Irregular Verbs
Pg. 585 Ex. 1-2
Tuesday 01/13/09
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Verb Tenses
Pg. 589 Ex. 4-5 &7
Wednesday 01/14/09
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Narrative Essay Assignment and Handout
Vocabulary 2 Test
Vocabulary 3 Handout
Thursday 01/15/09
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Perfect Tenses
Pg 593 Ex 8-10
Work on Narrative Essay
Friday 01/16/09
DOL Test
Journal
Vocabulary Handout 2 of Lesson 3
Progressive and Emphatic Forms
Pg 596 Ex. 12-14
Monday 01/19/09
No School
Tuesday 01/20/09
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Compatibility of Tenses
Pg 598 Ex 15-16
Wednesday01/21/09
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Vocabulary Test 3
Grammar Review
Ex 1-3, 5-7, and 10
Thursday 01/22/09
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Grammar Test on Verbs, and Passive and Active Voice
Finish Narrative Essay Rough Draft
Vocabualry Handout for Lesson 4
Friday 01/23/09
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Writing Lab-Type Narrative Essays and turn in
Monday 01/26/09
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Comma Uses
Pages 743-748
Ex. 11-13
Tuesday 01/27/09
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Reading Comprehension and Grammar Booklets
Vocabulary 4 sections C-E
Wednesday01/28/09
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Additional Uses of Commas
Pages 749-751
Handout Pages 261-264
Thursday 01/29/09
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Review of Commas
Page 774-775
Ex 3-4
Writing Lab
Friday 01/30/09
Journal
DOL Test
Vocabulary 4 Test
Expository Essay Hand Out
Monday 02/02/09
DOL and Journal
Life on the Mississippi Reading passage
Twain-Vocabulary and Graphic Organizer
Tuesday 02/03/09
DOL and Journal
Review of Commas
Wednesday 02/04/09
DOL and Journal
Comma Quiz
Main Clauses and Subordinating Clauses-Pg. 543-545
Ex. 1-2
Voc. 5 C-E Packet
Thursday 02/05/09
DOL and Journal
Simple and Compound Sentences, Complex and Compound-Complex Sentences
Pg. 545-548
Ex. 3-4 and 6-7
Friday 02/06/09
DOL
Adjective Clauses and Adverb Clauses
Pg. 549-552
Ex. 10-13
Monday 02/09/09
DOL and Journal
Noun Clauses and Four Kinds of Sentences
Pg. 553-556
Ex. 15, 17, and 20
Vocabulary 6 A-B Packet
Tuesday 02/10/09
DOL and Journal
Sentence Fragments and Run-On Sentences
Pg. 557-561
Ex. 22, 24-26
Wednesday 02/11/09
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Grammar Review
Pg. 563-569
Ex. 1-8 (Evens Only)
Voc. 6 C-E Packet
Thursday 02/12/09
DOL and Journal
Grammar Test on Clauses and Sentences
Friday 02/13/09
DOL Test
Vocabulary 6 Test
Review the Different Modes of Writing
Writing Vocabulary
Modes Handout
Monday 02/09/09
DOL and Journal
Noun Clauses and Four Kinds of Sentences
Pg. 553-556
Ex. 15, 17, and 20
Vocabulary 6 A-B Packet
Tuesday 02/10/09
DOL and Journal
Sentence Fragments and Run-On Sentences
Pg. 557-561
Ex. 22, 24-26
Wednesday 02/11/09
DOL and Journal
Grammar Review
Pg. 563-569
Ex. 1-8 (Evens Only)
Voc. 6 C-E Packet
Thursday 02/12/09
DOL and Journal
Grammar Test on Clauses and Sentences
Friday 02/13/09
DOL Test
Vocabulary 6 Test
Review the Different Modes of Writing
Writing Vocabulary
Modes Handout
Monday 02/16/09
No school-President's Day
Tuesday 02/17/09
DOL
PowerPoint on the 4 Modes of Writing and notes
Wednesday 02/18/09
DOL and Journal
Notes on the 4 Modes of Writing
Writing Terms Test
Writing Prompt-begin essay due Friday 2/20
Thursday 02/19/09
Black History Month Activity- Frederick Douglass Movie and Notes
Friday 02/20/09
DOL
Complete Essay in class.
Monday 02/23/09
DOL
Writing Modes Quiz
Review the Different Modes of Writing
Tuesday 02/24/09
DOL
Vocabulary
Wednesday 02/25/09
DOL and Journal
Graduation Exam Review-Subject-Verb Agreement
Thursday 02/26/09
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Graduation Exam Review- Subject-Verb Agreement Cont.
Friday 02/27/09
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Graduation Exam Review-Reading Comprehension
Monday 03/02/09
DOL
Parallel Structure
The Semicolon Page 740
Ex. 8-10
Tuesday 03/03/09
DOL
The Comma Page 743 (Series, Coor. Adj., Comp. Sent., Noness. Elements, Interjec., Paren. Express., & Conjun. Adv.)
Ex. 11-12
Commonly Confused Words Handout
Wednesday 03/04/09
DOL and Journal
Graduation Exam Review-Identifying Main Ideas, Using Context Clues, and Following Directions
Thursday 03/05/09
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Graduation Exam Review- More Commonly Confused Words
Friday 03/06/09
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Graduation Exam Review-Grammar Usage Booklets
Monday 03/09/09
DOL
Additional Uses of Comma, Page 748
Ex. 14-15
The Dash, Page 752
Ex. 16
Tuesday 03/10/09
DOL Test
Parentheses, Page 753
Ex. 17
Quotation Marks, Page 755
Ex 18
Wednesday 03/11/09
DOL and Journal
C. S. Lewis Assignment
"The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe"
Handout
Thursday 03/12/09
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C. S. Lewis Assignment Continued
"The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe"
Handout
Friday 03/13/09
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C. S. Lewis Assignment Continued
"The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe"
Handout
NO SCHOOL: March 16-March 20, SPRING BREAK
Students return on March 23, 2009
Monday 03/23/09
Rick Shelton Meeting with Students
"Writing about Literature"
Tuesday 03/24/09
Pop Quiz on the 5 key elements for writing about literature
Quotation Marks Review, Page 757
Ex. 18
Wednesday 03/25/09
DOL
Literature Assignment: "The Devil and Tom Walker"
Pgs. 310-334
Handout
Thursday 03/26/09
DOL and Journal
Italics, Page 758
Ex 19
The Apostrophe, Page 760
Ex 20
Friday 03/27/09
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The Hyphen, Page 763
Ex. 21-22
Abbreviations, Page 766
Ex 23-24
Monday 03/30/09
DOL
Numbers and Numerals, Page 769
Ex. 25-26
Tuesday 03/31/09
DOL
Punctuation Review
Pg. 773-778 Ex. 1-7 &9 Evens
Wednesday 04/01/09
DOL
Punctuation Test
Vocabulary Packet
Thursday 04/02/09
DOL and Journal
History of Poetry
Poetry Terms
Friday 04/03/09
DOL and Journal
The Epic and Epic Characteristics
Monday 04/06/09
DOL
Poetry Powerpoint
History of Poetry
Epics
Tuesday 04/07/09
DOL
Poetry Powerpoint
Epic Characteristics
Wednesday 04/08/09
DOL
Poetry Powerpoint
Lyric Poems and Sonnets
Thursday 04/09/09
DOL and Journal
Poetry Powerpoint
Ballads and Haiku
Friday 04/10/09
DOL and Journal
Poetry Powerpoint
Limericks and Blank Verse
Monday 04/13/09
DOL
Poetry Powerpoint
Rhythm and Rhyme Scheme
Review
Tuesday 04/14/09
DOL
Poetry Test
Wednesday 04/15/09
DOL
Huck Finn Activity
Thursday 04/16/09
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Huck Finn Activity Continued
Friday 04/17/09
No School for Students.
Monday 04/20/09
No School for Students.
Tuesday 04/21/09
DOL
Vocabulary Lesson 7
Wednesday 04/22/09
DOL
Introduction to Early American Literature
Native American Myths
Thursday 04/23/09
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"The World on the Turtle's Back"
Pages 34-40
Graphic Organizer, Vocabulary, and Questions
Friday 04/24/09
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Finish "The World on the Turtle's Back"
Pages 34-40; Graphic Organizer, Vocabulary, and Questions
Monday 04/27/09
DOL
"Coyote and Buffalo"
Pages 44-48
Tuesday 04/28/09
DOL
"The Way to Rainy Mountain"
Pages 52-58
Wednesday 04/29/09
DOL
Historical Narrative
"The General History of Virginia"
Pages 88-95
Graphic Organizer, Vocabulary, and Questions
Thursday 04/30/09
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"The World on the Turtle's Back"
Pages 34-40
Graphic Organizer, Vocabulary, and Questions
Friday 05/01/09
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Anne Bradstreet Poetry:
"To My Dear and Loving Husband" Pg 112
"Upon the Burning of Our House, July 10th, 1666" Pg 114-115
Edward Taylor's "Huswifery" Pg 116
Questions on page 117
Monday 05/04/09
DOL
Jonathan Edwards's "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
Pages 120-125
Graphic Organizer, Vocabulary, and Questions
Tuesday 05/05/09
DOL
American Drama Introduction
The Crucible by Authur Miller
Act I, Pages 134-158
Wednesday 05/06/09
DOL
The Crucible by Authur Miller
Act I, Pages 134-158
Thursday 05/07/09
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The Crucible by Authur Miller
Act I, Pages 134-158
Friday 05/08/09
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The Crucible by Authur Miller
Finish Act I, Pages 134-158
Monday 05/11/09
DOL
The Crucible by Authur Miller
Act I, Pages 134-158
Tuesday 05/12/09
DOL
The Crucible by Authur Miller
Act I, Pages 134-158
Wednesday 05/13/09
DOL
The Crucible by Authur Miller
Act I, Pages 134-158
Thursday 05/14/09
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The Crucible by Authur Miller
Act I, Pages 134-158
Friday 05/15/09
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The Crucible by Authur Miller
Finish Act I, Pages 134-158
Answer Act I Questions
Monday 05/18/09
DOL
The Crucible by Authur Miller
Act II
Tuesday 05/19/09
DOL
The Crucible by Authur Miller
Act II
Wednesday 05/20/09
DOL
Semester Exam Study Guide
Thursday 05/21/09
DOL and Journal
Semester Exam Study Guide
Friday 05/22/09
DOL and Journal
Semester Exam Study Guide
Monday 05/18/09
Memorial Day-No School
Tuesday 05/19/09
DOL
Review for Semester Exam
Wednesday 05/20/09
Follow Semester Exam Schedule
Thursday 05/21/09
Follow Semester Exam Schedule
Friday 05/22/09
Semester Exam 10-11:30
9th Grade Language
Monday 01/05/09
No School-Teacher Work Day
Tuesday 01/06/09
DOL and Journal
Cover Literary Analysis of a novel project.
Vocabulary 2
Wednesday 01/07/09
DOL and Journal
Media Center-Pick out books for Lit. Analysis Project
Thursday 01/08/09
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Adjectives
Pg. 461 Ex. 38 and 41
Friday 01/09/09
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Articles and Proper Adjectives
Pg 464-465 Ex 42, 44, and 45
Monday 01/12/09
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Adverbs
Pg 467 Ex 49-50
Vocabulary 2 Handout for Lesson 2
Tuesday 01/13/09
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Soviet Union Reading Comprehension Activity
Adverbs that Compare
Pg. 468 Ex. 51-52, and 54
Wednesday 01/14/09
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Narrative Essay Handout and Assignment
Vocabulary Test 2
Vocabulary Lesson 3 Handouts
Thursday 01/15/09
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Identifying Adjectives and Adverbs
Pg 472 Ex 57
Review Ex 6-9
Friday 01/16/09
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DOL Test
Adjectives and Adverbs Test
Monday 01/19/09
No School
Tuesday 01/20/09
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Prepositions
Pg 473 Ex 58-59
Conjunctions (Correlative and Correlative)
Pg 475 Ex 60-61
Wednesday 01/21/09
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Subordinating Conjunction
Pg. 477 Ex 62-63
Conjunctive Adverbs
Pg 479 Ex. 65
Thursday 01/22/09
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Conjunctive Adverbs
Pg 480 Ex 68
Interjections
Pg 481 Ex 69-70
Vocabulary Handout 2 for Lesson 4
Friday 01/23/09
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Writing Lab-Type up Narrative Essays and turn them in.
Monday 01/26/09
DOL
Review of Prepositions, Conjunctions, and Interjections
Page 490
Tuesday 01/27/09
DOL and Journal
Reading Comprehension and Grammar Booklets
Vocabulary 4 C-E
Wednesday 01/28/09
DOL and Journal
Review Prepositions, Conjunctions, and Interjections
Handouts
Thursday 01/29/09
DOL and Journal
Test on Conjunctions, Prepositions, and Interjections
Friday 01/30/09
Journal
DOL Test
Vocabulary 4 Test
Monday 02/02/09
DOL and Journal
Life on the Mississippi Reading passage
Twain-Vocabulary and Graphic Organizer
Tuesday 02/03/09
DOL and Journal
Main Clauses and Subordinating Clauses-Pg. 539-540
Ex. 1-2
Wednesday 02/04/09
DOL and Journal
Comma Quiz
Simple and Compound Sentences, Complex and Compound-Complex Sentences
Pg. 541-544
Ex. 3-4 and 6-7
Voc. 5 C-E Packet
Thursday 02/05/09
DOL and Journal
Adjective Clauses
Pg. 545-547
Ex. 10, 12-13
Friday 02/06/09
DOL
Adverb Clauses
Pg. 548-559
Ex. 14-15
Monday 02/09/09
DOL and Journal
Noun Clauses and Four Kinds of Sentences
Pg. 550-552
Ex. 16-17, and 19
Vocabulary 6 A-B Packet
Tuesday 02/10/09
DOL and Journal
Sentence Fragments and Run-On Sentences
Pg. 553-557
Ex. 21-22, 24-25
Wednesday 02/11/09
DOL and Journal
Grammar Review
Pg. 558-565
Ex. 1-2, 5-7, 9-10 (Evens Only)
Voc. 6 C-E Packet
Thursday 02/12/09
DOL and Journal
Grammar Test on Clauses and Sentences
Friday 02/13/09
DOL Test
Vocabulary 6 Test
Review the Different Modes of Writing
Writing Vocabulary
Modes Handout
Monday 02/16/09
No school-President's Day
Tuesday 02/17/09
DOL
PowerPoint on the 4 Modes of Writing and notes
Wednesday 02/18/09
DOL and Journal
Notes on the 4 Modes of Writing
Writing Terms Test
Writing Prompt-begin essay due Friday 2/20
Thursday 02/19/09
Black History Month Activity- Martin Luther King, Jr. Movie and Notes
Friday 02/20/09
DOL
Complete Essay in class.
Monday 02/23/09
DOL
Turn in essays.
Writing Modes Quiz
Tuesday 02/24/09
DOL
Vocabulary
Wednesday 02/25/09
DOL and Journal
Commas and Semicolons Packet
Thursday 02/26/09
DOL and Journal
Winter Dreams Page 938-961
Friday 02/27/09
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Winter Dreams Graphic Organizer and Questions
Monday 03/02/09
DOL
The Colon Page 733
The Semicolon Page 735
Ex. 3-6
Tuesday 03/03/09
DOL
The Comma Page 738 (Series, Coor. Adj., Comp. Sent., Noness. Elements, Interjec., Paren. Express., & Conjun. Adv.)
Ex. 7-11
Wednesday 03/04/09
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Commas with Other Phrases and Clause & Additional Uses of Commas
Ex. 12-13 Evens and 14
Thursday 03/05/09
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Finish Commas
The Dash
Ex. 16.1
Friday 03/06/09
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Parentheses, Page 750
Ex. 16.2 and 18
Monday 03/09/09
DOL
Using Quotation Marks, Page 753
Ex. 19-20 and 22
Tuesday 03/10/09
DOL Test
Quotation Marks Continued, Page 755
Ex. 22
Wednesday 03/11/09
DOL and Journal
C. S. Lewis Assignment
"The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe"
Handout
Thursday 03/12/09
DOL and Journal
C. S. Lewis Assignment Continued
"The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe"
Handout
Friday 03/13/09
DOL and Journal
C. S. Lewis Assignment Continued
"The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe"
Handout
NO SCHOOL: March 16-March 20, SPRING BREAK
Students return on March 23, 2009
Monday 03/23/09
Rick Shelton Meeting with Students
"Writing about Literature"
Tuesday 03/24/09
Pop Quiz on the 5 key elements for writing about literature
Quotation Marks Review, Page 756
Ex. 22
Wednesday 03/25/09
DOL
Literature Assignment: "The Devil and Tom Walker"
Pgs. 310-334
Handout
Thursday 03/26/09
DOL and Journal
Italics, Page 757
Ex 23
The Apostrophe, Page 759
Ex 25
Friday 03/27/09
DOL and Journal
The Hyphen, Page 763
Ex. 26-27
Abbreviations, Page 765
Ex 28-29
Monday 03/30/09
DOL
Numbers and Numerals, Page 768
Ex. 31-32
Tuesday 03/31/09
DOL
Punctuation Review
Pg. 773-778 Ex. 1-7 &9 Evens
Wednesday 04/01/09
DOL
Punctuation Test
Vocabulary Packet
Thursday 04/02/09
DOL and Journal
History of Poetry
Poetry Terms
Friday 04/03/09
DOL and Journal
The Epic and Epic Characteristics
Monday 04/06/09
DOL
Poetry Powerpoint
History of Poetry
Epics
Tuesday 04/07/09
DOL
Poetry Powerpoint
Epic Characteristics
Wednesday 04/08/09
DOL
Poetry Powerpoint
Lyric Poems and Sonnets
Thursday 04/09/09
DOL and Journal
Poetry Powerpoint
Ballads and Haiku
Friday 04/10/09
DOL and Journal
Poetry Powerpoint
Limericks and Blank Verse
Monday 04/13/09
DOL
Poetry Powerpoint
Rhythm and Rhyme Scheme
Review
Tuesday 04/14/09
DOL
Poetry Test
Wednesday 04/15/09
DOL
Huck Finn Activity
Thursday 04/16/09
DOL and Journal
Huck Finn Activity Continued
Friday 04/17/09
No School for Students.
Monday 04/20/09
No School for Students.
Tuesday 04/21/09
DOL
Vocabulary Lesson 7
Wednesday 04/22/09
DOL
Introduction to the Holocaust
"The Children Who Survived"
Questions and I Am POEM
Thursday 04/23/09
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Night Vocabulary
Friday 04/24/09
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Powerpoint on the Holocaust
Monday 04/27/09
DOL
Finish Powerpoint on the Holocaust
Tuesday 04/28/09
DOL
Begin reading Night by Elie Wiesel
Chapter 1
Wednesday 04/29/09
DOL
Night by Elie Wiesel
Chapter 1 and Chapter 1 Questions
Thursday 04/30/09
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Night by Elie Wiesel
Chapter 2 and Chapter 2 Questions
Friday 05/01/09
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Night by Elie Wiesel
Chapter 3
Monday 05/04/09
DOL
Night by Elie Wiesel
Chapter 3 and Chapter 3 Questions
Tuesday 05/05/09
DOL
Night by Elie Wiesel
Chapter 4
Wednesday 05/06/09
DOL
Night by Elie Wiesel
Chapter 4 and Chapter 4 Questions
Thursday 05/07/09
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Night by Elie Wiesel
Chapter 5 and Chapter 5 Questions
Friday 05/08/09
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Night Quiz on Chapters 1-5
Monday 05/11/09
DOL
Night Chapter 6
Tuesday 05/12/09
DOL
Night Chapter 6
Wednesday 05/13/09
DOL
Night Chapter 7
Thursday 05/14/09
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Night Chapter 7
Friday 05/15/09
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Night Chapter 8
Monday 05/18/09
DOL
Night Chapter 9
Tuesday 05/19/09
DOL
Night Summary and Review
Wednesday 05/20/09
DOL
Semester Exam Study Guide
Thursday 05/21/09
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Semester Exam Study Guide
Friday 05/22/09
DOL and Journal
Semester Exam Study Guide
Monday 05/25/09
Memorial Day-No School
Tuesday 05/26/09
DOL
Semester Exam 1:30-3
Wednesday 05/27/09
Follow Semester Exam Schedule
Thursday 05/28/09
Follow Semester Exam Schedule
Friday 05/29/09
Follow Semester Exam Schedule