Film Lit:
Continue The Shining and take notes
*Analyzed pantry scene and discussed Kubric's messages about man's inhumanity against man

ALH:
1) two-part quiz over "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"
HW - read handout on figurative language in "Legend..." and read "Rip Van Winkle" and annotate figurative language to discuss Monday

Am Lit:
Warm-up: pg. 349 Connect to Your Life (write and discuss)
1) Read pg. 350-359
2) Answer Comprehension Check on pg. 360

Valhalla:
Halloween Party and hand in all work due today (sports photos, sports interviews, team work)
*Photo contest submissions due Monday (may upload photos and type captions in lab on Monday)
*If you will not be in class Monday, please let me know what type of assignments you would like for the next deadline (photo, writing, interviewing, etc.).
*I will email sports assignments over the weekend. You are free to swap with someone, but both parties must let me know of the change.
*If you wish to retake the yearbook quiz or writing quiz, you may do so Monday in class (just don't forget to take care of your photos), any time during the day, or after school. It will go on 1st quarter.
*Ads due Nov. 7.

Film Lit:

Finish film and write response (in notebook, 3 paragraph minimum): Explain three ways the director develops suspense.



ALH:

1) open-note (and 5 min. open-book) quiz over Romanticism and Transcendentalism

2) read Washington Irving bio. (pgs. 264-6)

3) read and annotate first half of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (284-93); look for signs that Irving is a romantic

HW - vocab quiz tomorrow



Am Lit:

WORK DAY - get caught up (and do extra credit assignment if complete)

1. pg. 279 #1-8 & comprehension check (from Fri.)

2. read 289-92 and do #1-7 on 293 (from Mon.)

3. Unit 3 notes worksheet (or take notes in notebook) over pgs. 340-42 (from Tues.)

4. "A Psalm of Life" worksheet (rhyme & meter review) & #1-7 on 347 (from Tues.)

5. Extra Credit - pg. 348 Writing Option #1 (due Fri. 10/31)

HW - finish all missing work; study for vocabulary quiz



Valhalla:

**CHECK YOUR EMAIL TODAY AND RESPOND**

Film Lit:
Continue viewing film and taking notes (no plot - focus on how and why)

ALH:
Warm-up - Create a definition like de Crevecoeur's (What is a Grosse Pointer? What is a Norseman? What is a Michiganian?)
1) Read and take notes over pgs. 239-249

Am Lit:
Warm-up - put six vocab words into sentences
1) Take notes over introduction to Unit 3 (pgs. 340-342); use of worksheet optional
2) Read pgs. 343-346 ("A Psalm of Life")
HW - complete poetry worksheet (rhyme and meter review)

Valhalla:
See past posts - a lot due Oct. 31, Nov. 3, and Nov. 7

Film Lit:
Continue film and take notes

ALH:
1) "What is an American" (de Crevecoeur) and Poor Richard's Almanac (Franklin) assignment (handout)
2) revise Death of a Salesman impromptu - due Tuesday with original impromptu, rubric, and outline

Am Lit:
Reading Comprehension test
HW: read pgs. 290-291, answer #1-7 and comprehension check on pg. 292

Valhalla:
Work day - see previous posts for due dates
**DL 2B should be nearing completion; 2C teams in full swing and lots of work due this week!
All assignments due Friday must be submitted for credit. If you will be absent, it is your responsibility to email or send the materials with a buddy so we can keep up with deadlines.

Film Lit:

1) Intro. to Horror genre
2) begin film (2nd hr - The Omen; 7th hr - The Exorcist) Viewing notes: everything but narrative

ALH:
1) Impromptu - "The Declaration of Independence"
HW - revise Death of a Salesman impromptu - due Tuesday with original, rubric, and outline

Am Lit:
1) retake vocab quiz 6 (wrong quiz given yesterday)
2) answer all questions on pg. 279 and complete parallelism worksheet for HW

Valhalla:
See yesterday's post for due date reminders
*Final chance at terminology quiz will be next Friday

Film Lit:
1) finish Brick essay and hand in by end of hour
Reminder: all makeup work must be completed no later than Monday, Nov. 3

ALH:
1) Read "Speech to the Virginia Convention" and answer questions - due tomorrow

Am Lit:
1) vocab quiz 6
2) get list 7
3) Read "The Declaration of Independence" (pgs. 270-276) and answer all blue guided reading questions AND comprehension check on pg. 279 for tomorrow.

Valhalla:
*MIPA
See yesterday's post for reminders and due dates!

Film Lit:
Outline Brick essay response and begin essay (must get approval of thesis and outline before writing essay) - essay due end of hour Thurs. 10/23

ALH:
Warm-up: Quickwrite (stress)
1) Outline your Impromptu (Death of a Salesman) to see what you left out
HW - find persuasive techniques in "Common Sense" and note them on your outline

Am Lit.
Warm-up: rhetorical questions
1) Read "Speech to the Virginia Convention" - pgs. 262-266 and answer blue guided reading questions
HW - finish guided reading questions and answer #2-7 on pg. 267

Valhalla:
1) MIPA tomorrow - bus leaves at 6:30 SHARP; wear your shirts; bring lunch money
2) Photo assignment, Part II due Friday
3) Continue team work for DLs 1A, B, & C
Reminders:
Oct 31 - sports photos and remainder of interviews due
Nov 3 - photo contest #1 (mandatory)
Nov 7 - ads due
Next week - bring money for MIPA if you haven't paid ($20)

Film Lit:
Finish Brick and outline essay response (must get approval of thesis and outline before writing essay) - essay due end of hour Thurs. 10/23

ALH:
Warm-up: Brainstorming - American Revolution
1) outline brainstorming results
2) reverse outlining intro.
HW - Read Thomas Paine bio and "Common Sense" and create an outline

Am Lit:
Warm-up: Quickwrite - how to be successful in American Lit.
1) Outlining practice (whales)
HW - Outline intro to Revolutionary Writers - pgs. 257-261

Valhalla:
1) See past posts for deadlines - get in overdue work ASAP
2) Photo assignment, Part I (Part II due tomorrow end of hour)

Film Lit:
1) continue Brick (through kabuki makeup scene)

ALH:
Warm-up: P.M.I.
1) receive vocab list 4 (optional - put each word in a sentence - if submitted by Friday, I will correct them for you so you can study)
2) impromptu outline - American Dream and Miller's experiences
HW - bring book tomorrow

Am Lit:
Warm-up: P.M.I.
1) finish film
2) finish questions
HW - 1 page response: Discuss the role of the American Dream in Death of a Salesman (1 pg single-spaced handwritten or 1 pg double-spaced typed)

Valhalla:
1) team work for DLs 1A, 1B, 1C
2) ads due end of qtr (end of this month!)
3) sports interviews - half due today, half due 10/31
4) sports pics due 10/31
5) photo contest #1 - pics and captions due 11/3

Film Lit:
1) finish responses (15 min. in lab)
2) Intro to Brick (2005, Rian Johnson; notes on slang and what to look for)
3) Begin Brick (through punch scene with Dode)

ALH:
1) vocab quiz 3
2) answer response questions over Act II and Requiem and Focus Questions 2 and 3 for tomorrow

Am Lit:
1) vocab review quiz 1 (lists 1-5)
2) continue viewing Act II and answer questions (viewed through restaurant scene)

Valhalla:
1) lab time to upload photos
2) quiz
3) wear shirts tomorrow (check your email)
4) see previous posts for reminders and due dates
5) progress reports for all teams tomorrow

Film Lit:
Lab time - respond to two of five prompts for The Big Sleep - due tomorrow

ALH:
Continue viewing Act II
HW: finish Act II and Requiem; vocab quiz 3 tomorrow

Am. Lit.:
Continue viewing Act II and answering comprehension questions
HW: Vocab Review Quiz 1 (lists 1-5) tomorrow

Valhalla:
1) Continue working on DLs 1A, B, C
2) bring forms & money for MIPA
3) sports interviews & photos, ad sales, and summer photos (see previous post)

Film Lit:
1) finish The Big Sleep
2) begin two responses (due end of hour Wednesday - saved to Film Lit Submissions folder)

ALH:
1) Quiz - beginning of Act II (through start of restaurant scene)
2) continue viewing Death of a Salesman
(No HW)

Am Lit:
Warm-up - vocab review (QUIZ THURSDAY)
1) Continue Death of a Salesman
2) Finish Act I Comprehension Questions and begin Act II Questions
(No HW)

Valhalla:
1) photo reading assignment (ch. 3 from text - read by Monday)
2) photo contest #1 - Due Nov. 3
3) intro to captions (handout with format)
HW: six captions for three photos due tomorrow
REMINDERS:
MIPA forms due by Friday (and $20 this week or next)
DLs 1A,B,C - keep in touch with your editor
Sports interviews due Oct. 20 & 31
Sports photos due Oct. 31
Ad sales due end of quarter (SOON!)

Film Lit:
Continue The Big Sleep
End of hour question: What moral dilemmas is Philip Malone currently battling?

ALH:
Warm-up: quickwrite (conflicts in Act I)
View Act I
HW: Read Act II, pgs. 52-82 only

Am Lit:
Warm-up: vocab (define 3 of Friday's 10)
Continue viewing Act I and answer comprehension questions through #12.
HW: List conflicts in Act I. Include WHO is involved in each, WHAT the conflict is about, and the TYPE of conflict (internal - man vs. self or external - man vs. man, man vs. fate, man vs. nature, man vs. society)

Valhalla:
Time with each team today
HW:
1. MIPA forms due by Friday
2. Sports photos due Oct. 31
3. Sports interviews - half due Oct. 20, half due Oct. 31
4. study for quiz on Thursday - CHECK EMAIL for study guide and materials - quiz mandatory for all
5. keep working on DLs 1A, 1B, 1C

Film Lit:
1) handout over The Big Sleep
2) continue viewing (through 59:00); note convoluted plot elements, banter/slang, immoral activities implied and how film subverted Hayes Code

ALH:
Impromptu - Death of a Salesman Act I
HW - finish reading Act I for Monday

Am Lit:
Warm-up: vocabulary (list 10 words you'll study this weekend)
Begin Act I of Death of a Salesman (view and answer comprehension questions 1-6 - viewed first 35 min.)

Valhalla:
1) meet with team 1C
2) summer photos due Monday
3) sports interview assignment (half due Oct. 20, half Oct. 31)
4) sports photos due Oct. 31
5) MIPA forms due ASAP! ($20 before trip)
6) first photo contest Nov. 1 (details Monday)

Film Lit:
Terminology/Early Film Test Retake

ALH:
1) discuss pre-reading questions
2) begin Death of a Salesman
HW - read through pg. 26

Am Lit:
1) vocab quiz 5
2) new vocab list - review list 1 (covers lists 1-5)
3) intro to Death of a Salesman
HW - extra credit - sketch of stage for beginning of Act I

Valhalla:
1) meet with team 1C
2) summer photos due Monday
3) continue work for 1A, B, & C

Film Lit:
Begin The Big Sleep (Howard Hawkes, 1946 - Humphrey Bogart & Lauren Bacall)

ALH:
Warm-up - 2 differences between The Crucible play and film
1) finish viewing The Crucible
HW - read/annotate "Arthur Miller's Vanishing Act" (Vanity Fair, September 2007); revise answers to last night's pre-reading questions if necessary

Am Lit:
Warm-up - vocabulary practice with partner; list problem words
1) Answer Pre-Reading Questions for Death of a Salesman and discuss with small groups
HW - vocab quiz 5 tomorrow

Valhalla:
1) team 1A & 1B progress reports
2) Big Idea brainstorming with team 1C (will have more time tomorrow to finish and get approved by Adwers)
HW - MIPA forms!
Varsity staff - interview/photo with reporter from GP Times on Friday at 8:30 a.m.!

Film Lit:

1) Finish Film Noir documentary

2) view three intros to film noir examples and explain why they are examples of the genre



ALH:

Warm-up - vocab (6 sentences)

Continue The Crucible

HW - four pre-reading questions for Death of a Salesman (due tomorrow)



Am Lit:

Warm-up - sentence proofing

1) check summary draft for credit

2) write final copy of summary (due tomorrow)



Valhalla

*BRING MIPA PERMISSION SLIPS! (So far 14 Valhalla and 17 North Pointe going!)

1) Photo uploading mini-lesson with Caitlin

2) Time management/managing deadlines using your planner

HW:

• Permission slips ASAP, please


• check email and this blog daily


• bring yearbook planners (counts towards staff participation grade)

Film Lit:
Introduction to Film Noir (view first 30 min. of documentary and take notes: Hayes Code, femme fatale, etc.)

ALH:
Warm-up - vocab (choose 4 words from list 3 and put into sentences)
View The Crucible (Act II through Elizabeth's arrest)

Am Lit:
Warm-up - vocab (choose 4 words from list 5 and put into sentences)
1) how to write a summary
2) write draft of summary for "Arthur Miller's Vanishing Act" - due tomorrow

Valhalla:
1. quiz retakes today
2. new teams (make folders)
HW: bring permission slip tomorrow for MIPA; bring yearbook planner tomorrow

Film Lit:
Finish essay over The Godfather

ALH:
1) Finish Act III and take open-book quiz (10 questions)
2) Read Act IV and answer focus questions for Monday

Am Lit:
Warm-up: 5 vocabulary explanations (of cartoons and how they relate to word)
1) Read "Arthur Miller's Missing Act" and take notes/annotate for Monday

Valhalla:
1) check your email - new ad rates, rewards scale, and information sent to you today
2) continue DL1A & DL1B work - stay on track!
3) MIPA (Lansing) permission slips due Monday
4) Bring shirts Monday for peronalizing
5) MONDAY - Quiz retake (terminology) is mandatory if you got a C+ or below the first time. Quiz retake (writing) is optional.

Film Lit:
1) Finish film
2) Begin essay (in class only - due end of hour tomorrow)

ALH:
1) vocab quiz 2
2) Read Act III through bottom of pg. 97 for tomorrow

Am Lit:
1) vocab quiz 4
2) pg. 243 #1-8 and comprehension check

Valhalla:
1) keep up with spread/team assignments!

Film Lit:
Continue The Godfather (through Vito's funeral)

ALH:
Warm-up - vocab 6 sentences
1) Read Act II of The Crucible
HW - Answer response questions (12); Vocab quiz 2 tomorrow

Am Lit:
Warm-up: sentence proofing
1) finish film
HW - Answer response questions 15-18; vocab quiz tomorrow

Valhalla:
1) writing quiz tomorrow
2) designs should be completed online by Friday