Friday, March 31

Short block due to half day/inclement weather schedule.
Postponed vocabulary quiz due to attendance issues.

Finished watching No Impact Man.

DUE DATES

FRIDAY, March 29: THREE Double Entry Journal notes on No Impact Man are due for a grade.
TUESDAY, April 4: Whitman and Poetry vocabulary quiz. 
 
Mondays: weekly reading logs are due.

Thursday, March 30

Choice: silent reading, vocabulary study, or work on DEJs on No Impact Man.
Guidance visit for scheduling.
Continued watching No Impact Man.

DUE DATES

WEDNESDAY, March 29: Third Quarter ends. 
FRIDAY, March 29: THREE Double Entry Journal notes on No Impact Man are due for a grade.

Mondays: weekly reading logs are due.

Wednesday, March 29

HOMEWORK: Read "Form in Poetry" and Walt Whitman background information (394-396).

Choice: silent reading, vocabulary study, or work on DEJs on No Impact Man.

Continued watching No Impact Man.
Paused for students to make notes on DEJ forms.
(Three DEJs will be due by the end of the film; students will have a chance to expand on or revise their notes.)

DUE DATES

WEDNESDAY, March 29: Third Quarter ends. 
FRIDAY, March 29: THREE Double Entry Journal notes on No Impact Man are due for a grade.

Mondays: weekly reading logs are due.

Tuesday, March 28

Introduced Whitman and Poetic Forms vocabulary unit.

Continued watching No Impact Man.
Paused for students to make notes on Double-entry journal forms.
(Three DEJs will be due by the end of the film; students will have a chance to expand on or revise their notes.)

DUE DATES

WEDNESDAY, March 29: Third Quarter ends. 
THURDAY, March 29: THREE Double Entry Journal notes on No Impact Man are due for a grade.

Mondays: weekly reading logs are due.

Monday, March 27

Homework check: DEJ on "Spring" and "Conclusion" (389--391)
Silent reading.
COLLECTED weekly reading logs.

COLLECTED 3 Double Entry Journal notes on Walden.
Introduced and began watching No Impact Man.  (Three DEJs will be due by the end of the film.)

DUE DATES

WEDNESDAY, March 29: Third Quarter ends. 
WEDNESDAY, March 29 (tentatively): THREE Double Entry Journal notes on No Impact Man are due for a grade.

Mondays: weekly reading logs are due.

Friday, March 24

Silent reading.
Discussed excerpts questions, observations, and DEJS from first parts of Walden (382--388).

HOMEWORK: Read "Spring" and "Conclusion" (389--391) and write one more double entry journal note on Walden.

DUE DATES

MONDAY, March 27: THREE Double Entry Journal notes on Walden excerpts are due for a grade.
WEDNESDAY, March 29: Third Quarter ends.

Mondays: weekly reading logs are due.

Thursday, March 23

Students read Build Background for Walden excerpts (381).
Silent reading.
Quick write and share on what it means to live life fully and well.

Began reading excerpts from Walden; read "Where I Lived and What I Lived for" (382--386) and discussed questions and observations.

HOMEWORK: Read "Solitude" and "The Pond in Winter" (386--388) and write two double entry journal notes on noteworthy passages on any part of the Walden excerpts so far.

DUE DATES

FRIDAY, March 24: Two Double Entry Journal notes on Walden excerpts through "The Pond in Winter."

Mondays: weekly reading logs are due.