Macbeth Unit

We have recently begun our unit on Shakespeare's Macbeth. After having spent the past few days reviewing and practicing working with key concepts and literary terminology, we are ready begin reading the play upon our return from break.

Reading will be conducted entirely in-class. For homework, students will complete reading journals after each in-class reading. Journal guidelines and packets were distributed in class. Journals will receive both daily completion grades and cumulative grades on entry quality at the end of each act.

After each act, students will take a comprehension quizzes. All questions will be in short answer format. After we finish reading the entire play, students will take a unit test. This will primarilly be in same format as the act quizzes. There will, however, be additional sections for matching/multiple choice and an in-class essay.

Additional assignments for the unit will be posted as we come to them.

Vocab Unit 10

B Block:
Exercises due Monday, February 28
Sentences due Wednesday, March 2
Quiz on Thursday March, 3

C Block:
Exercises due Monday, February 28
Sentences due Wednesday, March 2
Quiz on Thursday March, 3

F Block:
Exercises were due on the 17th
Sentences due  Monday, February 28
Quiz on Tuesday, March 1

G Block:
Exercises were due on the 17th
Sentences due  Monday, February 28
Quiz on Tuesday, March 1

Vocab Unit 9

B Block:
Exercises due Wednesday, Feb. 2
Sentences due Thursday, Feb. 10
Quiz on Friday, Feb. 11

C Block:

Exercises due Wednesday, Feb. 2

Sentences due Thursday, Feb. 10
Quiz on Friday, Feb. 11

F Block:
Exercises due Tuesday, Feb. 1
Sentences due Tuesday, Feb. 8
Quiz on Wednesday, Feb. 9

G Block:
Exercises due Wednesday, Feb. 2
Sentences due Tuesday, Feb. 8
Quiz on Wednesday, Feb. 9

Mock IOPs

Students will prepare and deliver mock Individual Oral Presentations over the next few weeks. This assignment will be given the weight of a unit essay or test. Critical handouts have been distributed in class. The schedule for presentations is available in the column on the right. All other due dates are as follows:

F Block:
Outline due Monday, Jan. 31
Rehearsals will take place on Monday, Jan. 31

B, C and G Block:
Outline due Tuesday, Feb. 1
Rehearsals will take place on Tuesday, Feb. 1

Notecards and other materials (visuals, etc.) will be checked at the beginning of class on the day of your presentation.

Your personal reflection is due at the beginning of class on the day after your presentation.

ALL peer grading sheets are due at the end of class on the last day of presentations.

Understanding the Gradebook

An updated gradebook has been uploaded.

Please note:

• Empty boxes represent assignments that have not yet been logged.
• Empty boxes are automatically counted as zeros. 
• Therefore, the grade in the final righthand column is NOT accurate until ALL of the boxes in your row have been filled.
• Your grade in the final column likely reflects the fact that I have not yet finished grading all "Hills" essays and Foster journals. Marks for all other assignments are up to date; empty boxes in these columns mean missing or late work that should be made up by the Friday before mid-year exams.
• If I have a grade for a particular assignment, it is in the gradebook. I am currently updating the gradebook multiple times a day. 

In other words:

DO NOT PANIC. Take a deep breath. Or three. And be patient.

If you have turned in all of your work, you'll be fine. If not: turn in your make-up work ASAP!