October 11

("EARLY OUT" SCHEDULE/ 30 MIN. PERIODS)

JOURNAL TOPIC:
Advertisements and reviews often say that a book or movie will "change your life"--describe a time when one actually did.

AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Vocabulary

October 8

JOURNAL TOPIC:
Tell the story of a bug getting mashed on the windshield of a truck driving down the 101. You may tell the story from the point of view of the bug, the windshield, the driver, or an omniscient third person. (Choose with an idea in mind.)


AGENDA:
1. Journal/turn in Literature Analysis #3
2. Vocabulary quiz
3. Return/discuss Antigone final
4. Preview of coming attractions: logic and leadership


HW:
1. Select a book for Literature Analysis #4 and bring to class Monday 10/10
2. Paragraph on logic and leadership

October 7

JOURNAL TOPIC:
If you could have dinner with anyone (living or dead, real or fictional), who would you choose? Why? What would you talk about? Describe in detail.


AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Grammar/Using quotation marks in dialogue and citation

HW: Finish Literature Analysis #3 (due, typed, Friday 10/8)

October 6

JOURNAL TOPIC:
Why do people procrastinate? How does it affect your life? What can you do about it?


AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Antigone final exam


HW: Literature analysis #3 due Friday, 10/8

October 5

JOURNAL TOPIC:
People believe that words have so much power that we've declared some words "bad". George Carlin, on the other hand, said, "There are no bad words-- there are bad people, bad intentions, and words." What do you think?

AGENDA:
1. Journal/check HW
2. Write Antigone final exam
3. Grammar/using quotation marks

HW:
1. Study for Antigone final
2. Work on literature analysis #3

October 4

JOURNAL TOPIC:
Do you think there is life on another planet? What would it look like? Would its civilization be more or less advanced than ours? Use your imagination and describe in detail.


AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Vocabulary/sentences due tomorrow
3. Read/work on literature analysis #3

HW: Review active reading notes on Antigone and be ready to discuss Tue 10/5

October 1

JOURNAL TOPIC:
It has been said that, "Everything old is new again." Cultural trends such as fashion and music are often recycled; what are your new/old favorites? What styles do you wish stayed in the past?


AGENDA:
1. Journal
2. Vocabulary quiz
3. Finish reading Antigone and bring active reading notes to turn in on Monday, 10/4.


HW: Work on Literature Analysis #3 (due Friday, 10/8)