Quarter 1 Calendar

Grades 11-12 Honors

Due Homework Test Handout No School
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
Aug. 18-21 First Day of
Quarter 1.
Introduced bell
work; reviewed
literary elements.
Finished
identifying literary
elements for given
short films; did a
quickwrite on
what it means to
be human.
Read different
scholarly opinions
on what it means
to be human and
identified a list of
ten traits.
Began writing
Guide to Being
Human for a Non-
Human.
Week 1 Bell Work
Due
Aug. 25-28 Guide to Being
Human for a Non-
Human. Due
Discussion
questions on
Independence.
Discuss homework
questions. Begin
reading The Old
Man and the Sea.
Take notes on
character traits.
Read through
page 34, answer
three questions
citing direct
quotations for
support.
Finish questions
from yesterday.
Create future
assignment ideas.
Continued reading
Week 2 BW Due.
Sept. 1-4 Labor Day!
No school.
Read through
page 60 and
answer given
questions.
Finish yesterdays
questions.
Participate in a
Socratic seminar.
Write an
expository/creative
essay on your
choice of given
prompts.
Week 3 BW Due.
Sept. 8-11 Finish essays from
last Thursday.
Diagramming
Notes. Finish
essays if not done.

Vocab Quiz 1
(weeks 1-3 words)
Read to page 100
in The Old Man
Week 4 BW Due.

Family Days!
No school.
Sept. 15-18 Get independent
reading novels
assigned. Create
two discussion
questions for The
Old Man and
Questions for
pages 61-100.
Vocab Quiz 2;
Finish reading The
Old Man and the
Sea and make a
list of each
character and his
human traits.
Week 5 BW Due.
Character traits list
due.
Begin argument on
what the novel
teaches us about
being human.
Sept. 22-25 Play Prove it!
Find quotations
from the book to
support given
statements.
Exercise in
citation. Due.
Essay outlines.
Vocab Quiz 3
Work on essays.
Week 6 BW Due.
Work on essays
Honors book
report criteria
given.
Sept. 29-Oct. 2 Finish essays. Creative writing
assignment.
Create your own
Vocab Quiz 4
Continue creative
writing.
Week 7 BW Due.
Be finished reading
independent
story that follows
a theme from The
Old Man and the
Sea.
novels.
Diagramming test.
Oct. 6-9 Work on book
reports/final
papers.
Work on book
reports/final
papers.
Vocab Quiz 5
Work on book
reports/final
papers.
Week 8 BW Due.

Last Day of Quarter
1.
All work due.