Thursday, February 9, 2012.

English 2B Periods 1-5

1) Review prepositional phrases with warm-up

2) Students checked "Ions" on page 23 in workbook to revise for incorrect answers.

3) Check Glossy TAKS exercise "Ions" (Except period 5).

Vocabulary Words for quiz tomorrow:
1. assent v. to agree
2. capitulate: v. to give up
3. desolation: n. abandonment; loneliness
4. guileless: adj. free of deceit or cunning; clueless
5. inaudible: adj. not able to be heard
6. foment: v. to cause to grow; incite Ex. The bad leader fomented a fighting, bickering environment.
7. intangible: adj. not capable if being perceived (felt) by the senses.
8. interim: n. period of time between events
9. overt: adj. obvious; out in the open; not covered/hidden
10. posthumous: adj. occurring after death
11. premonition: n. an inner sense that something bad will happen
12. rapt: adj. deeply absorbed
13. rescind: v. to reverse or cancel
14. subside: v. to sink to a normal level; to lessen in intensity
15. subterranean: adj. underground

Study for Quiz tomorrow!!

Wednesday, February 8, 2012.

Sentence Construction: List of subordinating conjunctions. What are the requirements for a complete sentence? What is a fragment? Review different clauses on overhead. Construct own sentences with proper punctuation:

IC. IC.

IC ; IC.

IC , (fanboys) IC.

DC, IC.

IC DC.

Prep phrase, IC.

Participial phrase, IC.

Absolute phrase, IC.

NOTE: Study Farewell to Manzanar Vocabulary Glossary words with a "4" .

Monday, Feb. 6, 2012.

Farewell to Manzanar Ch. 12-22 TEST

Thursday, February 2, 2012.

1) Farewell to Manzanar: Read Ch. 19-21. Discuss Jeanne Wakatsuki's difficulty in assimilating into mainstream society, the racial prejudice she encounters due to her Japanese ethnicity, her struggles with respect for her father, and her difficulty in coming to terms with her Japanese roots while wanting to belong to the American culture in which she grew up and using her femininity as a tool to break the "intangible barriers" she writes about in order to fit in this society.

Study words with asterisk * from Farewell to Manzanar Glossary for quiz tomorrow.

Wednesday, February 1, 2012.

Farewell to Manzanar: Read Ch. 17-20. Discuss Woody's visit to Japan and how both he and Great Aunt Toyo benefit from his visit. Also discuss Jeanne Wakatsuki's return to public school and the "double impulse" she has to be "invisible" because of her Japanese ethnicity but also noticed and accepted as one who fits into mainstream society.

NOTE: Farewell Vocabulary Quiz 3 (Words with *) has been moved to Friday 2/3 due to time constraints with the memoir.

Tuesday, January 31, 2012.

1) Read Farewell to Manzanar Ch. 12-17. Discuss and fill out question guide.

Reminder: Study vocabulary words with * from Farewell to Manzanar glossary.

Monday, January 30, 2012.

1) Farewell to Manzanar Ch. 1-11 TEST

2) Reminder: Study for Vocabulary quiz from Farewell to Manzanar Glossary: Words: *

Friday, January 27 2012. (Absent)

1) Complete Farewell to Manzanar Questions for chapters 6-11 using complete sentences.


2) Work on Farewell... timeline.


3) Study for Farewell to Manzanar TEST on Monday, 1/30.


Thursday, January, 26, 2012.

Farewell to Manzanar: Read Ch. 7-11.

Wednesday, January 25, 2012.

1) Complete reading of Farewell to Manzanar Ch. 6 silently. Write a one page summary. Turn in.

2) Read Chapter 7 out loud (the interview) and begin reading chapter 8 to page 64.

Reminder: Bring sentences using Vocabulary words with * from Farewell... Glossary for a homework grade.

Tuesday, January 24, 2012.

1) Students must make up work from Glossy TAKS workbook: "First Lady, All the Years..., Notes from a Novice, Palindromes, and Ions.

2) Complete Farewell to Manzanar Ch. 3-5, and check in class. Students reviewed their work and under honor code graded it, filling in any information lacking for each response.

3) If finished, work on homework assignment: Copy all * words from Farewell...Glossary, write definition, part of speech, skip a line, and write a sentence which shows its meaning. Due Thursday, January 26.

Monday, January 23, 2012.


Farewell to Manzanar: Complete chapters 3-5 questions. Discuss Chapter 5 and the effect of the interment in Manzanar had on the Wakatsuki family.

REMINDER: Vocabulary words for this week are the words with the asterisk: *

Friday, January 20, 2012.

1) Vocabulary Quiz Farewell...2

2) Work on Farewell to Manzanar questions Ch. 3-5

Thursday, January 19, 2012.

Check Farewell to Manzanar question handout for Ch. 1-2. Read ch. 3-4

REMINDER: Study words with STAR from Farewell to Manzanar Glossary for quiz tomorrow.


Wednesday, January 18, 2012. (Teacher absent)

Students read Farewell to Manzanar Ch. 1-3 and completed question handout for Chapters 1-2 and a summary for chapter 3.

Tuesday, January 17, 2012.

Farewell to Manzanar: Read Chapter 1 silently: Discuss. Begin reading chapter 2 as a class.

Vocabulary for this week: Words with a star. Quiz: Friday 1/20

Friday, January 13, 2012.

1) Discuss Japanese internment camps; view film clips. Terms to know: Issei, Nissei, Sansei, p. 8 in memoir Farewell to Manzanar. Read Chronology and discuss American antagonism toward people of Oriental races.

2) Vocabulary Quiz on words from Farewell... Glossary: Words with check.

Thursday, January 12, 2012.


1) Complete glossy booklet "First Lady" pp. 17-20: 1-10.

2) Read play based on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s non-violent peaceful protest and desegregation in the deep South during the 60s.

HOMEWORK: DON'T FORGET TO STUDY FOR QUIZTOMORROW: WORDS WITH A CHECK.

Wednesday, January 11, 2012 (Early Dismissal)

1) Complete Revising and Editing sections: "Ions" pp. 21-24 and "Palindromes" pp. 45-47.

Tuesday, January 10, 2012.

Discuss OER questions on pg. 15 in glossy booklet. Work on three questions...17-19.


Monday, January 9, 2012.

Read pp. 7-9 Complete questions pp. 12-14.

"Notes from a Novice"

7. -16.

Friday, January 6, 2012.

1) Read pp. 2-6 in glossy TAKS booklet "All the Years of Her Life". Complete questions 1-6 on page 11. Turn in for grade.

2) Vocabulary quiz over Night 11 words.



Monday, January 9, 2012.

1) Read pp. 7-9 and complete questions "Notes from a Novice" pp. 12-14 questions 7-16.

2) Complete OER questions with ACE (Answer question, Cite evidence, Explain).

3) Distributed Vocabulary for Farewell to Manzanar. Copy all the words with a check (14). Stamp and study for quiz on Friday.


HOT DAY in the building....

Thursday, January 5, 2012.

1) Read article "Fighting with Parents" Have class discussion and sharing of thoughts and opinions. Writing: Quickwrite: Title: "Conflict with Parents" Write a one page reflection including these three ideas:
- How do you resolve conflict with your parents?
-What do you think is the best way to resolve conflict?
- What advice would you give your own children when they are sixteen (16)?

2) Review Night vocabulary. Refer to vocabulary worksheet and notes from yesterday.

3) Night quiz.

HOMEWORK: Study vocabulary for quiz tomorrow.

Thursday, January 4, 2012.

1) Period 1: SSR Pass out vocabulary worksheet. Begin reading "from Night."
Periods 2-5: Begin with vocabulary worksheet writing the sentences used in Night reading selection. Discuss events leading up to Holocaust. Read "from Night" beginning on p. 940 in literature book. Take Notes!

2) Passed out vocabulary words for this week: Words from Night excerpt. Reviewed vocabulary as we read the selection. Bring vocabulary worksheet tomorrow.

Vocabulary Quiz over Night words: Friday, January 6, 2012.