September 8th-11th 2020

September 8th-Tuesday

Please answer the following questions in complete sentences.

 1. What is your name?

2. What do you like most about English Class?

3. What do you like least about English Class?

4. Who was your English Teacher last year?

5. Tell me something you want me to know about you; something that motivates you, sports, an activity etc.

September 11th-Friday

Journal #1-What does September 11th mean to you? Do you know anyone that has been personally impacted by this day?How has it affected society in general?

September 14, 2020-Tuesday

Read pages 1-54 of Flowers For Algernon.

September 18, 2020

Do you think a person is weak if he or she chooses to walk away from a disagreement with someone? Why or Why not?

Due Friday, September 18th:

The first assignment of the year will count as two quiz grades. I want you to take your time with this assignment. I want you to first make an outline or a rough copy (for your personal use). I want you to take a night to culminate your thoughts , then a night to organize them (an outline or a rough copy) and then I want you to take a a day to write. 

I don’t want this to come off of the top of your head. I want you to have vivid examples , thought provoking ideas, and imagery that catches my attention.

So…..

As a diagnostic (aka pre assessment)of your writing ability, please complete the following:

In a five paragraph essay, tell me about you. In most writing, we know that we are not supposed to use personal pronouns ( I, me). However in this assignment it is allowed.

I want the standard 5 paragraphs; Introduction, Body, Body, Body, Conclusion.

For the three body paragraphs I want to know about any or all of the following:  your family, friends, sports, activities, neighborhood, vacations, relatives , school experiences, challenges , hopes and dreams !

AS WITH ALL ASSIGNMENTS, if there is a personal reason that you may not want to write about something in particular, that is okay, let me know, and develop one of the other topic areas listed above.

September 22, 2020

Journal #3 What does Dr. Strauss mean when he tells Charlie, "The more intelligent you become the more problems you'll have."? Uti;ize the term, "Ignorance is Bliss" and how it is realized in your own experiences.

September 24, 2020

Part 1
1. We meet Charlie at age 32. At the time of the meeting:
A. Where does he work and as what?
B. Where does he attend night school, and what is his reasoning for attending?
C. What is his attitude towards intelligence?
D. Who does he think his friends are?
E. What is his relationship to his family? (parents, uncle, sister)
2. Explain briefly the experiment Charlie will take part in?
(Include the sponsors of this experiment , its aim, the experiments done so far, and the risks involved)
3. Why is Ms. Kinnian hesitant to refer Charlie for the operation?
4. Why is Hilda removed from Charlie's case? What faction of the population does she represent that is incompatible with the operation?
5. How do the men at work use Charlie for their amusement?
Give specific examples.
6. From Charlie's recollections, how did Rose feel about him, Matt, Norma?
7. Dr. Strauss tells Charlie, "The more intelligent you become, the more problems, you'll have." List at least five problems you can predict Charlie will have to cope with at the same time his intelligence is increasing.
8. What conflict begins to emerge between Dr. Strauss and Professor Nemur? Whom do you side with, and why?

September 29, 2020

Read pages 55-83 of Flowers for Algernon.

October 1, 2020

Turn in Part 2 Questions:

Answer the following Questions:
1. In what way is Rose unrealistic about her son? Use the examples in the book to explain your answer.
2. What is the reason that Charlie is fired from the bakery?
3. What happens to Charlie every time he tries to get close to Ms. Kinnian?
4. Charlie has lost his respect for the university students and the professors. Explain his change in attitude towards these people.
5.How does Rose's attitude about her two children differ? What is Matt's attitude?
6. How does Charlie seem to feel about Norma, and how does Norma seem to feel about Charlie?

October 5, 2020

Use the vocabulary words from the first Vocabulary List in a story using 4 of your classmates' names. Show me that you understand the meaning of the words by the way they are being used in the sentence.

Journal # 4- There are many schools that are currently in, as well as many schools that are hybrid or fully remote. What do you thinks is best? Why? Do you think that we will stay in school? 

October 6, 2020

Read pages 84-94 in Flowers For Algernon.

October 7, 2020

Read pages 95-115 in Flowers For Algernon.

October 8 or 9,  2020

There will be a 20 question quiz on the reading thus far in Flowers For Algernon.
*This quiz will be on your five week notice!
THIS QUIZ WILL COUNT TWICE!!
There will be no answer bank, so you have to know your stuff! Study names, places and important conflicts!

Quiz has been moved to October 13th or October 15th.

October 13, 2020

Journal 📓 # 4- What does The Black Lives Matter movement mean to you? What are the positive things that have come out of the movement? Do you feel any negative things have come out of the movement ?Explain your response.

October 15, 2020

Journal #5

Look up the following words in the dictionary. Be sure to include the part of speech.

1. Hostility

2. Premature

3. Hypothesis

4. Regression

5. Opportunis

t 6. Cynic

7. Pessimist

8. Adolescent

9. Inanimate

10. Pompous 

October 16, 2020-Friday

Journal #6

Read pages 84-115 Of Flowers For Algernon.

October 19,2020-Monday

Journal #7

Review Questions Part 2

October 20, 2020-Tuesday

Journal #8

Questions Part 3 due:

Answer the following questions from pages 84-115 of your reading.

1. What attitude in society is largely responsible for the type of life Francine has been subjected to ?

2. What quality does Alice feel Charlie has lost as he has gained intelligence? How does this alter her feelings about him ?

3. After the incident in the park, Charlie realizes he wanted to be punished. From clues about his family, what conclusion can you draw as to the cause of his feelings of guilt ?

4. Dr. Guarino obviously was a quack. What hinders Rose from seeing this? How does this incident show that Matt’s life revolves around protecting Charlie? What is Matt sacrificing in order to please his wife?

5. What reasons does Charlie give for his obsession, even as a moron to gain intelligence ?

6. How does Charlie’s conversations with Dr. Nemur show that the proper research had not been carried out before the operation? What other factors contribute to Charlie’s realization that the doctor is not a “super man”?

7. Explain how Dr. Nemur used Charlie as a tool for his own ends? What is really the power that has been pushing this man ?

8. Why dies Charlie liberate Algernon and himself?

October 22, 2020

Flowers For Algernon Double Quiz Grade-Any and all questions and Reading are fair game. Pay close attention to in class review.

October 23, 2020

Journal #9

October 23, 2020-Friday

BE ACCOUNTABLE!!!
BE IN CLASS!!
STOP MAKING EXCUSES!!
I gave a lot of wiggle room the first month of school, so that everyone could get their bearings.
I WILL NO LONGER DO THAT!!
You have two days to make up an assignment after it is due. PERIOD!
I WILL NOT CHASE AFTER YOU! All of my assignments are on my website and on google. If you missed a class, you need to contact me to set up a time on Wednesday to make up your quiz or get missed information.
I TEACH EVERY DAY- This is a classroom , your parents don’t attend my class, your friends don’t attend my class, and your siblings don’t attend my class. I will not entertain any nonsense during class. Email me or set up a conference if you have an issue .
If you have a LEGITIMATE reason for missing work or class or submitting a quiz that I gave you a zero for , reach out. I will always work with you.

October 26th

Read  pages 116-137 of Flowers For Algernon by the October 28th.

October 28th

Answer the following questions from pages 116-137 by Friday October 30th.

 1. Where does Charlie run to after the convention? Why is this location for him a purposeful one ?
2. Fay is the opposite of Alice in many ways. Compare these two characters and Charlie’s initial feeling about each woman . 
3. By running away, what is Charlie rejecting?

October 29th

Reading Comprehension Quiz

November 2nd

Part 5 pgs-138-150:
1. How does the anti-intellectual binge Charlie experiences correlate to the change in Algernon's behavior?
2. What is the most startling revelation Charlie has as a result of the incident with the dishwasher?
3. Charlie's relationship with Fay is one he feels he must follow through with. How does this relationship serve to unite the old Charlie with the new Charlie?
4. What is the significance of Algernon's rejection of Minnie? How does this confirm the pattern of his most recent behaviors? What does this predict for Charlie?
What incidents prove that "You can't put a new building up on the old site until you destroy, the old one "and the old Charlie won't be destroyed? What do these incidents foreshdow?

November 3rd

 Answer the following questions in complete sentences.  Part 6

1. Why is Professor Nemur unnerved by the Foundation’s decision to let Charlie work on the project ?
2. Why does Algernon’s regression make Charlie feel “time” is of the utmost importance?
3. What possible outcomes have caused the Foundation to secure a place at Warren for Charlie, rather than just let him go back to the bakery and his old life style ?
4. How does Charlie’s description of what he saw and heard at Warren exemplify society’s inability to cope with the exceptional individual? How do the workers at Warren show that they are above most of society in their attitude towards these individuals?
5. Why does Charlie’s comparison of Warren to a coffin make him feel that seeing Warren is like seeing his own coffin? What information at Warren supports this idea?
6. What are Alice’s two greatest concerns about Charlie’s relationship with Fay? What “proof” does Charlie offer that he does not love Fay, but does love Alice?
7. How does Alice’s attitude toward Fay show that she sees Charlie as a human being rather than as a guinea pig?
8. What does Charlie mean when he writes, “ Whatever happens to me, I will have lived a thousand normal lives by what I might add to others not yet born”?
9. The cocktail party reveals several insights Charlie has acknowledged. List the three most important insights and be able to explain each in class .
10. In your own terms, explain what Charlie’s letter to the foundation reveals about the outcome of the experiment . How does this foreshadow Charlie’s future?

November 4th

 Answer the following questions in complete sentences. Part 7

1. After Charlie tells Alice what the consequences of the experiment will be, he writes, "I've got to impress on her that there is no reason for her to feel guilty about this." What basis for Alice's guilt could he be thinking about?
2. What does Charlie see in his autopsy of Algernon that makes him fear the future? What clue does this give us about the extent of regression that will take place in Charlie?
3. How does Charlie's "gift" to Rose signify that he understands her constant desire to impress other people?
4. What fantasy has Rose created about Charlie to appease her own guilt? What pressure do you think she felt from others that caused the creation of such an absurd story?
5. How does Norma's reaction to Charlie fulfill one of his greatest dreams?
6. How does Rose's last outburst confirm all the guilt Norma has felt about Charlie?
7. What motivation could Charlie have had to make him lie to Norma about his help to the family and visits in the future?

November 5th

 Answer the following questions in complete sentences. Part 8

1. What is the significance of Charlie's vision on pgs194-198?
2. Describe the ways Charlie can tell his mind is deteriorating?
3. Why does Alice say, "You've lost something you had before, you had a smile......"?
4. What was Charlie's reason for putting flowers on Algernon's grave?
5. What was your reaction to the ending? Explain.
6. In retrospect, what comments does Keyes make about the ratio of intelligence to human compassion?
7. Alice expresses fears in the beginning of the book about the operation. How have these fears become realities for Charlie's condition?
8. List the points in the novel where you, as the reader, felt that the operation did not produce the product it was intended to produce?
9. You have seen Charlie piece together his past. Do you think this knowledge was worth the pain he suffered as acondequence of it?
10. What do conflicts between the Doctor and Professor point out, which warn men of science? What does Keyes feel is the most important prerequisite to progress through society?

November 6th

 Look up the following words in the dictionary. Be sure to include the part of speech. List 7

1. Tangible
2. Arrogant
3. Antisocial
4. Self - effacement 
5. Syndromes 
6. Capacity
7. Senility
8. Duncecap
9. Platitude 
10. Repressed

November 8th

In a five paragraph essay prove that “Ignorance is Bliss” in regards to Charlie Gordon and his life prior to his surgery and to his life after his surgery!. Be sure to cite at least 4 textual supports for your response!

November 9th

Look up the following words in the dictionary. Be sure to include the part of speech. List 8

1. Psychic experience
2. Microcosm
3. Perpetuate
4. Solitary
5. Impaired

 November 10th-13th

Flowers For Algernon Movie in class. Begin background notes on Shakespeare.

November 16th

New books and Packets

November 17th 

Journal 📓 # 2

Study 📖 background information on Shakespeare.

November 18th

A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Vocabulary List One
Look up every word. ( don’t forget the parts of speech!!

1. Filched
2. Abjure
3. Persuasion
4. Revenue
5. Visage
6. Base
7. Perjured
8. Lamentable
9. Extempore
10. Discretion

November 19th

Journal 📓#3

Vocabulary List One due!

November 20th-Friday

Shakespeare Background Quiz (double grade)!

November 23rd

Answer the following questions in complete sentences. Every answer must have a quote with it to support the response.

 1. What are Theseus and Hippolytus discussing at the play's start?

2. How does Hippolytus come to be betrothed to Theseus?

3. Why is Egeus disturbed?

4. What will be Hermia's fate if she refuses to marry Demetrius?

5. To what do Lysander and Hermia agree ?

6. What hope does Helena have by telling Demetrius of Lysander and Hermia's flight?

7. Who are the characters in scene two, and what do they plan?

November 24th-Tuesday

Journal #4

Act One Questions due

December 1st-Tuesday

Look up the following words in the dictionary. Do not forget the part of speech.

1. perforce
2. amorous
3. undistinguishable
4. rheumatic
5. chaplet
6. promontory
7. dulcet
8. spurn
9. clamorous
10. Flout

December 3, 2020-Thursday

Journal#5

December 7, 2020-Monday

Journal #6

December 8th-Tuesday

AMSND Character Identification Quiz

December 8th-Tuesday

Act 2 Questions- Answer in complete sentences. Be sure to have a quote to support each response.

1. Why is Oberon angry with his queen?
2. On what mission does Oberon send Puck?
3. Upon overhearing Demetrius and Helena, what does Oberon command Puck to do?
4. Upon whose eyes does Puck apply the potion?
5. When he wakes up, who does Lysander see and love?
6. To where has Lysander disappeared when Hermia wakes up?

December 15th-Tuesday

Act 3 Vocabulary-Look up the following vocabulary words in the dictionary. Do not forget the part of speech.

1. chink

2. brake

3. knavery

4. enamored

5. purge

6. kindred

7. bower

8. lamenting

9. consecrated

10. rebuke

 December 18th-Friday

Act 3- answer the following in complete sentences. Be sure to have a quote to support each response.

1. Why does Bottom want a prologue written for the play?

2. What has Puck done to Bottom?

3. Identify the speaker:Tie up my love's tongue, bring him silently."

4. What news does Puck bring Oberon?

5. Why does Oberon send Puck to fetch Helena?

6. What is Helena's situation at this point in the play?

7. What does Helena suppose of Hermia?

8. What does Hermia think Helena has done?

9.Why does Oberon send Puck to confuse the two men? 

10. What remedy corrects the crossed-loved couples?

December 23, 2020-Wednesday

Mid-point Test

January 5, 2021-Tuesday

Act 4 -Look up the following words in the dictionary. Be sure to include the part of speech.

1. amiable

2. fret

3. loath

4. entwist

5. dotage

6. upbraid

7. conjunction

8. enmity

9. recount

10. discourse

January 8, 2021-Friday

Act 4- Answer the following questions in complete sentences. Be sure to use a supporting quote for each response.

1. Why does Titania give Oberon the child?

2. How does Oberon find Titania and Bottom?

3. Why does Oberon remove the spell he has cast over his queen?

4. Finding the two couples asleep in the wood and learning of their more balanced love, what order does Theseus give?

5. What news does Bottom bring his companions?

January 12th, 2021-Tuesday

Act 5-Look up the following words in the dictionary. Don't forget the part of speech.

1. mirth

2. audacious

3. broached

4. tarrying

5. valor

6. wane

7. beguiled

8. shroud

9.sprite

January 15th, 2021- Friday

1. Why do you think Shakespeare included a play within a play.

2. What do the fairies do after the palace goes to sleep?

3. Who does Puck address at the paly's end?

4. What is the purpose of this last speech?

January 22nd, 2021-Friday

AMSND Final Exam

January 25th & 26th, 2021- Monday and Tuesday

"AMSND" Performance

January 27, 28, 29th, 2021

AMSND Movie

February 1st-5th, 2021

Daily Journal Entries

Background on Mitch Albom

Background on The Five People You Meet in Heaven (TFPYMIH)

Kahoot Review

Quiz Friday

February 8th-12th, 2021

Daily Journal entries

(TFPYMIH)

Read The End- Complete Vocabulary and Questions

Kahoot Review

Quiz Friday

February 15th- 19th, 2021

Daily Journal Entries

(TFPYMIH)

Read The Journey-The Arrival- Complete Vocabulary and Questions

Kahoot Review

Quiz Friday

February 22nd-26th, 2021

Daily Journal Entries

(TFPYMIH)

Read The First Eddie Meets in Heaven-Complete Vocabulary and Questions

Kahoot Review

Quiz friday

March 1st- 5th, 2021

Daily Journal Entries

(TFPYMIH)

Catch Up- Mutliple Snow Days

March 8th-12th, 2021

Daily Journal Entries 

(TFPYMIH)

Kahoot Review

Quiz Friday

March 15th- 19th, 2021

Daily Journal Entries 

(TFPYMIH)

Kahoot Review

Quiz Friday

March 22nd -26th, 2021

Daily Journal Entries

Read The Second Person Eddie Meets in Heaven- 

Complete Vocabulary

March 29th-April 2nd, 2021

Spring Break

April 5th-April 9th, 2021

Daily Journal Entries

Complete The Second Person Eddie Meets in Heaven Questions

Kahoot Review

Quiz Friday

April 12th-16th, 2021

Daily Journal Entries

Read The Third Person Eddie Meets in Heaven  Complete Vocabulary and Questions

Kahoot Review

MID TERM TEST on (TFPYMIH)