| Due Date | Assignment |
| 1/18/06 | Dialectical Notebook for "Resistance to Civil Government" (text pgs. 249-254); notes on Literary techniques |
| 1/20/06 | Better Sentence Writing: 6.5, exercises 6.12-14 Vocabulary: lesson 2, exercises 1-3 |
| 1/24/06 | Read "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" pg. 256, complete SOAPS; read "I Have a Dream" (handout), highlight metaphors, similes, personification, repetition, parallelism |
| 1/30/06 | M.L. King essay (include mydropbox.com report) |
| 2/1/06 | Better Sentence Writing: 6.6, exercise 6.15; Vocabulary: lesson 3, exercise 1-4 |
| 2/3/06 | Study usage in Better Sentence (6.6) and vocab. lesson 3--quiz on Friday |
| 2/9/06 | Poetry project |
| 2/13/06 | Essay corrections and rewrite (optional) for MLK essay |
| 2/15/06 | Read chapters 1-3 in The Great Gatsby; complete journal for Gatsby |
| 2/21/06 | Read chapters 4-5 in The Great Gatsby: complete journal |
| 2/23/06 | Vocabulary quiz, Lesson 4 (cumulative) |
| 3/3/06 | Read chapters 6-7 in The Great Gatsby; complete journal |
| 3/9/06 | Midterm exam; journal due |
| 3/6/06 | Vocabulary Lesson 5, exercises #2,3,4 |
| 3/14/06 | Gatsby theme collage |
| 3/16/06 | Vocab. quiz, lesson 6 |
| 3/22/06 | Gatsby essay due; complete exercises 1-4 vocab 7 |
| 3/24/06 | Read "A Rose for Emily" page 715; answer questions 1-11 on page 722; vocab quiz on Lesson 7 (cumulative) |
| 4/4/06 | Finish questions for "Rose" |
| 4/6/06 | library visit; prewriting on subject due |
| 4/10/06 | 5 notecards and 2 bibliography cards for research essay |
| 4/12/06 | 15 notecards and 2 bibliography cards |
| 4/18/06 | bring Of Mice and Men books |
| 4/20/06 | research paper due; include outline, mydropbox report, notecards, works cited page |
| 4/24/06 | Read pages 1-37 (Chapters 1-2) in Of Mice and Men; complete dialectical notebook |
| 4/28/06 | Read pages 38-64 (Chapter 3) in Of Mice and Men; complete D.N. |
| 5/4/06 | Read pages 64-end (Chapters 4-5) in Of Mice and Men; complete D.N. |
| 5/8/06 | Final scene (creative writing) Of Mice and Men due |
| 5/10/06 | Final Portfolio due |
| 5/16/06 | Final examination |
| 5/22/06 | present scenes from Of Mice and Men |