First, second, and seventh periods finished up verbs. Now that we’ve covered nouns, pronouns, and verbs, we’ll be trying to cover subject-verb agreement quickly before the PASS test.
Fourth period almost completed work on clauses. We’ll be starting a new unit on Great Expectations, with a grammatical focus on phrases, clasuses, and sentence types, and we are [...]

First, second, and seventh periods went over linking verbs in a desperate attempt to get subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement finished before the PASS writing test next week. We should finish up working on verbs tomorrow.
Fourth period went over clauses, both independent and dependant/subordinate. This is in preparation for Great Expectations, when one of the grammar [...]

All classes went to the spring book fair today. This year we were given only fifteen minutes in the fair, which seemed fair enough.
Afterward, first and seventh periods began working on linking verbs, with the eventual goal of working on subject/verb agreement.
Second period evaluated their PASS exams.
Fourth period worked on quoting and the use of [...]

We had a late start, so first period didn’t have class today. Second period only had twenty minutes; we continued our whirlwind review of the parts of speech.
Fourth period continued watching Romeo + Juliet and discussed a little about the project.
Seventh period did first period’s work from yesterday, so the two classes are now caught [...]

Whew — what an odd day. First period went over yesterday’s test, as did second period. Additionally, first period began working with verbs. Second period didn’t get that far: Dr. Mark made the announcement regarding the early dismissal, and it became almost impossible to get back to work. (It also didn’t help that we had [...]

First, second, and seventh periods all had a test on nouns, pronouns, and adjectives. We spent the remainder of the time going over examples of PASS writing test responses, evaluating and discussing the individual essays’ strengths and weaknesses.
Fourth period took the final quiz on Romeo and Juliet and we continued watching the film version. We’ll [...]

First and second periods were taken up with the ITBS. Our team switched second and fourth period, so second period met during the fourth period slot. We did the second part of our parts of speech review (pronouns).
Seventh period completed work on the addition of specific details to our writing. We also did a quick [...]

First and seventh periods had a final review of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives. We played a version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?  and both classes made it to the million dollar mark.
Second period began a whrilwind review of the parts of speech. We’ll be spending the next week or so splitting our time between [...]

First and seventh periods turned back to grammar, covering a one-day review of adjectives. We’ll have a small test on nouns, pronouns, and adjectives next week.
Second period finally had their PASS review. We’ll spend a little more time on it tomorrow.
Fourth period finished IV.3.
Homework

First, second, and seventh periods: none (except the daily journal)
Fourth:

read IV.4 and [...]

First period finished up pronouns. We went through the final groups very quickly: my goal is only to have them be able to recognize them in sentences, not necessarily to identify the type of pronouns.
Seventh period is about 20 minute behind first period.
Second period began watching Much Ado About Nothing and taking notes for the [...]

First and seventh periods worked on reflexive and intensive pronouns. First period completed everything; seventh period needs to work on practice exercises.
Additionally, first and seventh periods were assigned journals. First, second, and seventh periods are now working on identical journal assignments. The requirements are simple:

Write daily.
Write deeply (always ask “Why” and go a little deeper [...]

Fourth period began working on tableau vivants (Wikipedia) for act three, scene one. We’ll be presenting them tomorrow. We have heavy homework coming up this weekend, though: three scenes from act three (two, three, and four).
First and seventh periods continued with the parts of speech review, going over personal pronouns today.
Second period finished Much Ado [...]

First and seventh periods began a slow overview of the eight parts of speech, beginning with nouns today. We’ve neglected grammar this year, and now we’re going to remedy that. We’re continuing with the literature circles tomorrow.
Second period went over act three from Much Ado About Nothing. We’ll finish the play by the end of [...]

We completed the final day of group work for the memoir today. We’ll be spending two more days polishing it up, and then turn it in Monday.
English I began verbs today. We’ll finish up tomorrow, testing willing.
The testing in question is the Explore test. We’ll be taking that test Thursday and Friday.
Homework

First and seventh periods: [...]

First and seventh continued working on improving our use of specific nouns. Second period worked on the same thing, but then, having some extra time, we returned to sensory details to look at how to include them without being so direct: “I smell,” or “I hear.”
Fourth period continued working on Antigone. We began by creating [...]