English
9 period 6 Lesson Plans
Mrs. Seuell
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Week of May 5-May 9
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Monday |
begin oral reports on
mythology—takes notes/ Homework: work on
unit 14—to be graded Wed. and quiz on Friday |
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Tuesday |
oral presentation of
assigned mythology reports—take notes/ Homework: work on unit 14 and Latin/
Greek vocabulary worksheet |
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Wednesday |
grade unit 14 vocab.
// oral reports—take notes |
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Thursday |
oral presentation of assigned mythology
reports—take notes/ vocab. quiz unit 14 tomorrow--- |
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Friday |
vocab. quiz unit 14/
finish oral presentation assigned mythology reports-- writing folders
due in proper chronological order with list of errors by date for both
semesters |
Week of May 12-May 16
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Monday |
writing folders due/ work
in pairs to do mythology review sheets/ /Latin and Greek vocabulary
worksheets/ Homework: work on unit
15—to be graded Wed. and quiz on Friday/ |
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Tuesday |
/ mythology quiz /
Homework: work on unit 15 and Latin/ Greek vocabulary worksheets |
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Wednesday |
grade unit 5 vocab.
/work on Latin/ Greek vocabulary worksheets
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Thursday |
grade Latin/ Greek worksheets/ vocab. quiz unit 15 tomorrow---grammar review quiz |
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Friday |
vocab. quiz unit 15/
grammar review quiz |
Monday, May 19 review for exam Exam: Wed., May
21 10:00-11:30
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Week of April 28-May 2
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Monday |
Test: Fahrenheit 451 / Homework: work on vocab. unit 13 |
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Tuesday |
Library research to
work on assigned mythology reports/ Homework: work on vocab.
unit 13—to be graded and quiz tomorrow |
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Wednesday |
grade unit 13 vocab.
and take quiz/ go over unit 14 vocab. words/ work
on oral reports |
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Thursday |
Library research to work on
assigned mythology reports/ Homework: unit 14 vocab. |
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Friday |
Library research to work on assigned
mythology reports |
Week of April 21-25
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Monday |
no school |
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Tuesday |
grade vocab. review p. 138-149/ quiz and discussion of Fahrenheit 451 through p. 110 section
2/ today we read aloud to p. 123/
Homework: read halfway through p. 145—vocab
review quiz= Thursday |
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Wednesday |
quiz and discussion of novel read to p.
145/ read middle of p. 145 to p.153 /50 point
vocab review quiz tomorrow |
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Thursday |
vocab review quiz / finish reading and discussing Fahrenheit 451 |
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Friday |
Test: Fahrenheit
451 changed to Monday / begin vocab unit 13/
discuss mythology reports/ sanctuary for prayer |
Week of
April 14-18
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Monday |
quiz and discussion Fahrenheit 451 section 1 through p. 68
/Homework: begin vocab. review unit p. 138-149/ |
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Tuesday |
Fahrenheit 451 read aloud—today we read to the bottom of
p.-77-time to work on vocab.-/Homework: vocab. review
unit p. 138-149/ |
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Wednesday |
Fahrenheit
451 read aloud—today we read to
p.87/ |
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Thursday |
Fahrenheit 451—quiz and discussion of novel read thus far—silent reading—read
through p. 110 to end part two/ work on vocab. review—to
be graded Tuesday/ review vocab. quiz Wed. |
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Friday |
no class: next class Tuesday, April 22 |
Week of
April 7-11
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Monday |
read aloud
ch.21-22 A |
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Tuesday |
grade vocab.unit 12/ read aloud and discuss ch.
24-25/ students read ch. 26-27 silently—test
tomorrow--**bring grammar book—vocab. quiz Thursday |
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Wednesday |
Test:
A |
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Thursday |
vocab. quiz/ second part of test—will need grammar
book—reading assignment for tomorrow given Wed. |
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Friday |
discussion of themes, Bradbury and pages
read/ begin reading aloud p. 32—today we read to p. |
Week of
March 31-April 4
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Monday |
vocab.
unit 12 / read aloud and discuss
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court-- beginning at ch. 8 , today we read ch. 8-9
to p. 688/ Homework: read ch. 10-12 halfway through p. 697 |
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Tuesday |
vocab.
unit 12/ / read aloud and discuss ch. 13 A |
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Wednesday |
vocab. unit 12 /collect homework and go over questions
and answers/ read aloud and discuss A |
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Thursday |
- vocab. unit 12// read aloud and discuss A |
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Friday |
paper due/ vocab.
unit 12/ quiz and discussion through ch. 20/ read aloud and discuss A |
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Enjoy Spring Break!! next class :
Tuesday, March 25
Week of
March 24-28
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Monday |
no class |
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Tuesday |
silently read and
take notesp. 575-581 , p. 607-608 King Arthur
legends and Mark Twain p. 663-665 Appreciating Literature/finish
as homework if not completed in class/ /-Great Expectations paper
is due Tuesday, April 1 |
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Wednesday |
notes given on a frame story, time travel
stories, anachronisms// begin reading aloud A |
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Thursday |
begin
reading aloud and discussing A |
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Friday |
begin vocab. unit
12/ quiz and discussion A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court through ch. 7/ /-Great
Expectations paper is due Friday, April 4-- e-mail to me Gwen.Seuell@wca-hsv.org subject = your name, per. #, Great
Expectations (or Romeo) AND bring a
printed copy to class |
. Week of March 10-14
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Monday |
Test Great Expectations / vocab. unit 11—to
be graded Wed./ vocab. quiz Thursday |
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Tuesday |
video: Great Expectations / Homework: vocab.
unit 11-to be graded tomorrow |
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Wednesday |
/ grade unit 11 vocab/
video: Great Expectations |
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Thursday |
quiz unit 11 vocab./ video: Great
Expectations/- / |
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Friday |
video: Great
Expectations may bring snacks to class / Enjoy Spring Break!! next class : Tuesday, March 25 |
Week of March 3-7
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Monday |
read aloud and
discuss ch. 26 Great
Expectations / Homework: read Great
Expectations through ch. 31 p. 638—25 min. to
read in class/ vocab. review p. 105-116—/ |
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Tuesday |
quiz and discussion
up through ch. 31/ read aloud and discuss Great
Expectations—today we read ch. 32 / Homework: read through ch. 34 p. 648/ corrected Romeo and Juliet paper due by Friday with the original graded
one—vocab review due Friday |
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Wednesday |
/ read aloud and discuss Great Expectations— today we read ch. 35-36 / vocab. review p.
105-116—/ — |
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Thursday |
read aloud and
discuss Great Expectations/- today
we read through ch.38/ finish novel by tomorrow, ch.
39-40/ vocab.
review p. 105-116—to be finished by tomorrow/ corrected papers with original
due tomorrow |
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Friday |
corrected Romeo and Juliet paper due with the original / due: vocab. review p. 105-116—/begin vocab.
unit 11/ peer editing The Old Man and the Sea papers / Test
Monday |
Week of Feb. 25-29
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Monday |
vocab.
quiz unit 10/ quiz and discussion ch. 1-19 Great Expectations/ —Old Man paper due
tomorrow (extra day given)—e-mail Gwen.Seuell
@wca-hsv.org with subject: your name Old Man 6 and bring printed copy---
Homework: read Great Expectations
through ch. 11 p. 578 |
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Tuesday |
paper due/ final
discussion of The Old Man and the Sea.
read aloud and discuss Great
Expectations— today we read to ch. 13/ Homework: read through ch.
15 p. 591—expect a quiz |
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Wednesday |
read
aloud and discuss Great Expectations—
today we read through ch. 17/ — |
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Thursday |
read aloud and discuss Great Expectations/ today we read to /
begin vocab. review p. 105-116——/ rewritten/
corrected Romeo paper due Wed., March 5 with the original graded one/
Homework: read through ch. 23 p. 612 |
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Friday |
continue reading aloud and discussing Great Expectations / today we read
through ch. 25 p. 619 / vocab. review p. 105-116— |
Week
of Feb. 18-22
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Monday |
no class |
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Tuesday |
vocab.
unit 10 / begin reading aloud and discussing Great Expectations—today we read to p.548 ch.
1 and 2 / Homework: read to p.
558 through ch. 6 |
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Wednesday |
vocab. unit 10/ / begin reading aloud and discussing Great Expectations—today we read to p.
562 almost finishing ch. 7 |
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Thursday |
vocab. unit 10/ / yet another lesson on writing a good paper
/silently read through ch. 8 p. 565 Great Expectations/ answer worksheet
questions for ch. 1-3 and study questions # 6-7 /
read Literary Focus and answer #2/ Homework: grade vocab.
unit 10 tomorrow—expect a quiz ch. 1-8 |
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Friday |
grade vocab. unit
10/ quiz will be Monday/continue reading aloud and discussing Great Expectations today we read ch. 9/ The Old Man and the Sea paper will be
due Monday—change : was due today |
Week of Feb. 11-15
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Monday |
Romeo paper due/ Read
aloud and discuss The Old Man and theSea beginning
on p. 69/ today we read to p. 86/ Homework: read
to middle of p. 98—section II reading guide to be graded tomorrow/ section
III to be graded Wed. / |
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Tuesday |
/ Grade section II reading
guide/ quiz and discussion through p. 98 / Read aloud and discuss The Old Man and the Sea ---today
we read to p.107 / Homework: read to the bottom of p. 117---answer section
III reading guide |
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Wednesday |
Begin vocab. unit
10/ Grade section III reading guide/ Finish reading aloud and discuss The Old Man and the Sea/ Test
tomorrow—bring Understanding Lit. book |
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Thursday |
TEST/ after test ---Understanding Lit. read on
bio of Charles Dickens p. 541-542—answer worksheet to guide note taking/ also read p. 670-671/ The Old
Man and the Sea paper due Monday, Feb. 25 |
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Friday |
No class—next class: Tuesday, Feb. 19 |
Week of
Feb. 4-8
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Monday |
Grade vocab. unit 9/answer questions p. 427-429 orally as a
review/ vocab
quiz unit 9 Wed./ Test tomorrow |
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Tuesday |
TEST/ begin reading The Old Man and the Sea--/ read the
final page and the back cover of the novel--take notes---reading guide for
each section will be due once each section is completed then expect a quiz/ vocab. unit 9 quiz tomorrow |
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Wednesday |
Vocab quiz unit 9/ begin reading The Old Man and the Sea—today we read to p. 24 |
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Thursday |
Read aloud and discuss The Old Man and the Sea—section I ends
on p. 35/pass out paper assignment for the novel-- paper due Friday, Feb. 22/
Homework: reading guide for section I/ read through bottom of p. 50 |
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Friday |
Quiz and discussion of novel through p. 50/
begin reading aloud p. 51 today we
read to the end of p. 68/ section II reading guide due Tuesday. |
Week of Jan. 28-Feb. 1
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Monday |
Begin vocab. unit 9/ Go over prereading
vocab. worksheets and reading guides for ActI-II/ work with a partner to read and answer Literary
Focus p. 375 #1-3 and study question #
11—share answers with the class / Homework: work on unit 9 vocab. |
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Tuesday |
read aloud and
discuss Romeo and Juliet
begin at Act III, sc. iii, line 50/ today we finished Act III /Act III reading guide will be checked
tomorrow—also read and know Lit. Focus definitions/ work on vocab.
unit 9 for homework |
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Wednesday |
read aloud and discuss Romeo and Juliet today we read to p. 409 Act IV, sc.v |
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Thursday |
read aloud and discuss Romeo
and Juliet today we read to
today we read to p. 419 Act V, sc. iii line 88// work on vocab.
unit 9 for homework and Act IV reading guide is due— |
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Friday |
Finish
reading aloud and discuss Romeo
and Juliet / pass out paper
assignment for Romeo and Juliet—due Monday, Feb. 11/ grade vocab. unit 9 Monday/ TEST Tuesday/ vocab.
unit 9 quiz Wed. |
Week of Jan. 21-25
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Monday |
No
school. |
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Tuesday |
Grade
vocab unit 8/ read aloud and discuss Romeo and
Juliet today we read to p. 364
Act II sc. iii / vocab.
quiz tomorrow |
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Wednesday |
Vocab quiz unit 8/ / grammar p. 366 Review Ex. B if not already
in notebook/ worksheet on comma usage |
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Thursday |
read
aloud and discuss Romeo and Juliet today we finished Act II / Homework: grammar –read p. 367-368 The
Preposition/ study p. 368/ do p. 369 ex. 20/ Act II reading guide and prereading vocab. should be
finished |
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Friday |
Turn
in grammar p. 366, p. 369 and grammar worksheet/ read aloud and discuss Romeo
and Juliet beginning at Act III/
today we read to p. 386 line 50 |
Week of Jan. 14-18
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Monday |
Discussion of Deut. 20:7/
go over first semester final--how to incorporate an essay question into a
topic sentence/ review of essential info needed for high school and college
writing/ vocab.
unit 8--go over pronunciation and parts of speech—pronoun quiz Wed. |
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Tuesday |
Copy notes on iambic pentameter and
Shakespearean sonnet/ Go over
Elizabethan language/ looking at the play from a Christian worldview/
silently read and take notes p. 328-333/ read p. 430-431/ / / reading
guides given for Romeo and Juliet p. 334/ standard assignment
will be to complete reading gudes and character
sheets for as far as we read each day—the stopping place for each day will be
put on the lesson plans/ pronoun quiz
tomorrow—used in compound sentences |
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Wednesday |
Pronoun quiz/ discussion of Shakespeare
and the Globe theatre/ / looking at the play from a Christian worldview
/ vocab. unit 8/--last day to have class time to do
vocab. unit 8 / / assign parts for Romeo and Juliet |
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Thursday |
read the Prologue—look at sonnet
rhyme scheme and rhythm / begin reading aloud
Romeo and Juliet—today
we read to / homework: answer reading guide for as far as
read , fill in character sheets/ vocab. unit
8 to be graded Tuesday |
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Friday |
Continue reading aloud and discussing Romeo
and Juliet /
today we finished Act I/ read Lit. Focus p. 356, take notes on
definitions, answer # 2 Thinking about Verse/ reading guide and vocab. worksheet for Act I to be graded Tuesday—class
time given / vocab. unit 8 to be graded Tues. |
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Week of Dec. 3-7
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Monday |
Test The Odyssey/ after the test after the
test do fun worksheet for The Odyssey/vocab. unit 7 |
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Tuesday |
Grammar p. 359 verb
phrases—do ex. 13 p. 360 together orally/ p. 360 adverbs, do ex. 14 together
orally/ Homework: time to do in class p. 362 ex. 15 and ex. 16 p. 363—writing
folders due Thursday—organized by date: August in back working up to Dec. in
the front.. |
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Wednesday |
Grade grammar p. 362-356 ex. 15 and 16/ do
ex. 17 p. 363 together orally/ work on vocab. unit
7 |
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Thursday |
Review of writing folders/
Grammar p. 365 do ex. 18 together orally/ unit 7 vocab./
students do grammar p. 366 ex. 19 |
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Friday |
Listen to a recording of “A Christmas Memory” by Truman Capote—Animal Farm test Monday |
Week of Dec. 10-14
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Monday |
Test Animal Farm/ finish vocab. unit 7—to be graded tomorrow |
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Tuesday |
Grade vocab. unit 7/ grade grammar p. 366 do ex. 19 / vocab. quiz tomorrow
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Wednesday |
Vocab. quiz unit 7/ after quiz do review ex. B p.366-367 |
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Thursday |
Grade grammar/ review for
exam |
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Friday |
Listen to a recording of “A Christmas
Carol” by Charles Dickens Exam: Thursday, Dec. 20 8:15-9:45 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! |
Week of Nov. 26-30
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Monday |
Continue to read
aloud and discuss The Odyssey—begin
p. 453 line 390/ fill out reading guides for as far as read—today we read to
p. 467/--50 pt. vocab.
review quiz tomorrow/ field trip
Wed., Nov. 28 –missing 10 min. of per. 2 and per. 3-5—wear chapel clothing
and bring a sack lunch |
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Tuesday |
50 pt. vocab. review quiz/ after quiz sign cards for soldiers/
read rules for attending the performance tomorrow/ answer reading guides for
up to p. 467, go over study questions p. 467 |
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Wednesday |
Check reading guides/ Begin vocab. unit 7/ grammar worksheet |
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Thursday |
read aloud and discuss The Odyssey— p. 468/ fill out reading guides
for as far as read—today we read to p.467/ Homework: read The Test of the Bow
p. 477-479—possible quiz |
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Friday |
// Read aloud Odysseus Against the Suitors/
students silently read The Final Test--
The Odyssey—fill out reading
guides---test Monday |
Week of 19-23
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Monday |
Grade vocab.
review p. 72-83/ read aloud p. 446 The Cyclops--The Odyssey- today we read
to p. . 453 line 390/ —long standing reading assignment due tomorrow/ have
definitions for Literary Focus p. 458, 467,480, and p. 487 copied to
notes--learn |
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Tuesday |
/ Quiz and discussion Animal Farm ch.
1-6/ 50 pt. vocab. review quiz will be
Tuesday, Nov. 27 |
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Wednesday |
No school. |
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Thursday |
No school. |
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Friday |
No school.---field trip Wed., Nov. 28
–missing 10 min. of per. 2 and per. 3-5—wear chapel clothing and bring a sack
lunch |
Week of Nov. 12-16
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Monday |
No school---- Enjoy
your 3-day weekend! |
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Tuesday |
read and discuss
"Lost" by Carl Sandburg p. 226 --answer orally study questions #1-7, know author,
homework: grammar p. 354-360--carefully read and study, do ex.
8-10 |
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Wednesday |
unit vocab.
p. 72-83-/ turn in grammar/ read and discuss "space" p.
217 and "maggie and milly
and molly and may" by e.e. cummings
p. 223--should be able to answer study question # 1-10, know author— review
for test / TEST tomorrow—moved due to Day of Prayer on Friday |
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Thursday |
Test—2nd group
of poems and definitions/ : begin reading and taking notes
Preview the Epic p. 433-437, look over p. 438-441, read p. 488-489/ notes
will be checked tomorrow/ --Animal Farm ch. 1-6
with reading guides due Tuesday |
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Friday |
Day of Prayer---check notes due today/
begin reading aloud The Odyssey p.
442 Invocation to the Muse / today we read to p. 446 The Cyclops/ standing
assignment= fill out reading guides for as far as read /—vocab
to be graded Monday—50 pt. quiz Tuesday, Nov. 27 |
Week of Nov. 5-9
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Monday |
listen to a recording of
"I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" by William Wordsworth p.
211--discuss/ recording of "My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose"by Robert Burns p. 210--fill out
worksheet / vocab. review unit p. 72-83 / /
keep reading Animal Farm/ Tomorrow:
poetry project presentations/ oral 2-3 minutes with poster to show and
explain--no objectionable lyrics will be presented--no music |
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Tuesday |
Oral presentations / vocab. review p. 72-83/ keep reading Animal Farm |
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Wednesday |
Finish oral presentations / vocab. review p. 72-83/ keep reading Animal Farm |
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Thursday |
/ finish discussion of "I
Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" and "My Love is Like a Red, Red
Rose"-- go over worksheets/ vocab. review unit p. 72-83/Homework: Grammar: p. 57-59 direct reference and
transitional expressions--do ex. 10 |
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Friday |
/ go over grammar p. 352-354 ex. 6, ex. 7
and review ex. A plus ex. 10 p. 59/ read aloud "The Courage That
My Mother Had" p. 212 -be able to discuss using the study questions/ vocab. review
unit p. 72-83/ poetry test part 2 will be Friday, Nov. 16---next class:
Tuesday, Nov. 13 |
Week of Oct. 29-Nov. 2
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Monday |
/ read and discuss
"I Hear America Singing"by Walt
Whitman p. 228--answer study questions #1-5, 7,8-/ vocab.
unit 6 to be graded tomorrow/ |
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Tuesday |
Collect
homework/Grade vocab. unit 6/ read aloud and
discuss "Dreams" p. 203--notes on Langston Hughes/ "A Dream
Deferred" by Langston Hughes----oral reading/ read aloud "I Have a
Dream" by Martin Luther King, Jr./ keep reading Animal Farm/ vocab. quiz tomorrow |
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Wednesday |
Vocab. quiz unit 6/ Grammar: p. 349-354, read and
carefully study, do ex 6, ex 7 and review exercise A |
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Thursday |
// turn in grammar p. 352-354 ex. 6 and 7 plus
review ex. A / read and take notes on Literary Focus--Haiku and Imagery p.
199/ read and discuss
"Haiku" p. 198 and answer study questions 1-6 plus Thinking About
Haiku #1-2/ read and discuss "Hokku"
by Richard Wright / |
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Friday |
//read aloud and discuss "A Narrow
Fellow in the Grass" p. 200/ life of Emily Dickinson--notes given/
listen to a reading of "There is No Frigate Like a Book"/
read aloud and discuss "The Seven Ages of Man" p. 206—copy notes
from board---should be able to answer # 1-6—read question 8/ vocab. review
unit p. 72-83/ / keep reading Animal
Farm |
Week of Oct. 22-26
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Monday |
Grade vocab. unit 5/ read " and discuss
"Onomatopoeia" p. 188/ listen to a recording of
"Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll p. 189--focus on onomatopoeia
/ share original poems written Friday/ vocab. quiz
tomorrow unit 5 |
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Tuesday |
Quiz vocab. unit 5/ / read "Sea Fever" p. 184---look
for alliteration, refrain, simile, personification---read Literary Focus/
grammar worksheet—finish for homework |
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Wednesday |
corrected short story with the original
graded one / oral reading and discussion of "The Bells"-by
Edgar Allan Poe -refrain, personification, alliteration, assonance,
onomatopoeia/ discuss worldview of poem vs. Christian worldview/ answer
Literary Focus, fill out worksheet/- know for each of the four
stanzas: four types of bells, four kinds of bells, four moods, four stages of
life / |
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Thursday |
/ read and
discuss "Child on Top of a Greenhouse" p. 178, focus on speaker, personification, and
similes/ answer questions #1-8 and worksheet / review for test |
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Friday |
TEST/ last day to turn in corrected short
story with the original graded one/ pass out Animal Farm / read definitions and characters from hand-out/ read
Preface and Intro--then ch. 1-6
due Tuesday, Nov. 20 --- ch. 7-10 (end of novel)
due Monday, Dec. 10—reading guides for chapters completed are also due |
Week of Oct. 15-19
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Monday |
No class due to
parent/teacher conferences |
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Tuesday |
Begin vocab.
unit 5—go over pronunciation and parts
of speech/study guide passed out/
listen to recording of narrative poem "The Charge of the Light
Brigade" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson p. 168--know author, read
biographical info found in book/ discuss history, story, foreshadowing,
refrain, metaphors/ **printed out short story rewrite is due Friday,
Oct. 26 with the original/*** poetry project given: due Friday., Nov.
2---continue to work on vocab. |
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Wednesday |
/ listen to a recording of folk ballad "Lord Randal" p. 170-discuss/
focus on the speaker and word choice-- take notes on Literary Focus p. 171/
answer study questions in class / work on vocab.
unit 5 |
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Thursday |
-/ read aloud and discuss
"She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways" by William
Wordsworth p. 186--metaphor, simile, approximate rhyme / read "The
Runaway" by Robert Frost p. 172--know author, read biographical info
found in book/ make a list of similes and metaphors/ answer study questions 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, and
9--- in class/ work on vocab. unit 5 to be graded
Monday |
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Friday |
/ read aloud and discuss
"The Base Stealer"/ p. 180-look for alliteration, repetition, and
similes / read aloud and discuss "Knoxville, Tennessee" p.
177/ answer questions for " |
Week of Oct. 1-5
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Monday |
Work on vocab. review p. 42-50/ grammar: nominative and objective
case pronouns—pronoun quiz Wed./ keep working on vocab.
review—to be graded Friday |
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Tuesday |
Begin narrative
poetry p. 165—listen to a recording of “Casey at the Bat”—discuss in
conjunction with Prov. 16:18/ Homework: answer
study questions p. 167 # 1-7 |
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Wednesday |
Pronoun quiz/ / Vocab.
review p. 42-50—to be graded tomorrow |
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Thursday |
/ Discuss answers to
homework/ read and discuss “Casey’s Revenge”—handout/ write compound
sentences with patterns and pronouns
given Monday/ Vocab.
review p. 42-50—to be graded tomorrow |
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Friday |
Grade vocab.
review p. 42-50/work with a partner to write sentences with vocab./ Enjoy Fall
Break!! |
Week of Sept. 24-28
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Monday |
/vocab.
quiz unit 4/ read "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" p.
246-250,--autobiography, answer questions #1-4 and 7, read and answer
Vocabulary p. 251/ take note on bio. of Maya Angelou and Literary
Focus/ know 1st life lesson – |
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Tuesday |
Picture Day/ read "A Son
of the Middle Border" (narrative essay) p. 287--pay close
attention to blue side notes/ answer the study questions—finish for homework |
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Wednesday |
:quiz over “I Know Why the Caged Bird
Sings”/ Fill out reading guides for
“The Spreading ‘You Know’” and “A Son of the Middle Border”/if time permits
do vocab. review by writing sentences for missed
words |
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Thursday |
/discussion of all
non-fiction pieces not discussed /Test tomorrow-non-fiction pieces and - definitions
from pp. 234, 245, 263, 273, 277, 280, and 285 |
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Friday |
Test/ after test Preview Poetry p. 161 and
Literary Focus p. 162/ begin vocab. review
unit 1-3 p. 42-50—to be graded next Friday |
Week of Sept. 17-21
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Monday |
Short story due/ collect grammar/
discuss "A Lincoln Preface" p. 241/ read aloud "Our Cow
Named Tiger Lily"--descriptive essay / begin vocab.
unit 4// read, take notes, and answer Literary Focus p. 245/ By
Wed., Sept. 26: prepare a study
guide-- copy definitions from pp. 234, 245, 263, 273, 277, 280, and 285
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Tuesday |
--/
read aloud and discuss "Shakespeare of London" p. 284--expository
essay/read Lit. Focus p. 285 and answer study questions for "Shakespeare
in |
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Wednesday |
Quiz
over “Shakespeare of London”/work on vocab. unit 4 |
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Thursday |
.: bio
of Anne Morrow Lindberg p. 274 and "Sayonara" p.
274-276--descriptive essay, answer study questions # 1,2, 3 and answer Viewpoint,
read and take notes on Literary Focus p. 277/ vocab.
4 to be graded tomorrow |
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Friday |
Grade vocab.
unit 4/discuss “Sayonara”/ read aloud and discuss " The Spreading
'You Know'" p. 278--persuasive essay |
Week of Sept. 10-14
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Monday |
Listen to a recording
of “The Tell-Tale Heart”/ discuss/work on vocab.
unit 3/ Homework: work on short
original short story/ on-going grammar ch. 6. and
“About Two Nice People” |
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Tuesday |
Discuss “About Two
Nice People”—open book quiz to prepare for test/ review for test-- "The
Tell-Tale Heart", "The Gift of the Magi", "Split
Cherry Tree", "The Necklace" , "About Two Nice
People", "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty",
"The Lady, or the Tiger"--know literary focus definitions, plot
development definitions (p. 10), plot development given, plot events,
themes, characters, setting, conflicts, point of view, direct vs indirect characterization |
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Wednesday |
Test/ after test read and take notes Intro
to Nonfiction p. 233-234 and Literary Focus: Essay p. 263—take notes/ work on
vocab.—to be graded tomorrow |
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Thursday |
Grade vocab.
unit 3. Read aloud” Of Dry Goods and Black Bow Ties” biography p. 235-240,
answer #9 study question p. 240--(write a paragraph)/ Homework: vocab. quiz unit
3 |
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Friday |
Vocab. quiz unit 3/finish any work from yesterday
and read biographical info on Carl
Sandburg p. 241/read definition of anecdote p. 245 then read “From a Lincoln Preface” biography p.
241-244/ -look over study questions to prepare for a possible quiz if discussion
does not go well/ Original short story and ch. 6
grammar due Monday—e-mail short story—subject = your name, period #, short
story Gwen.Seuell@wca-hsv.org
–plus bring printed copy and require plot diagram |
Week of Sept. 3-7
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Monday |
No school |
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Tuesday |
Begin vocab.
unit 3/ : read aloud "The Necklace" p. 139-144, study and take notes on Literary Focus p.
145/-be able to answer study questions on a quiz/ time to read, do vocab. , or look at study questions in class/ / Homework:
work on vocab. unit 3, keep reading “About Two Nice
People” (due Sept. 11)—vocab. to be graded Th, Sept. 13 |
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Wednesday |
Quiz and discussion “The Necklace” which I
read aloud and explained yesterday/ work on vocab.
unit 3 or reading |
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Thursday |
read aloud and discuss:
"The Lady, or the Tiger" p. 146-150, answer #5 and 6, answer
Viewpoint and Literary Focus p. 151 / definition of cur= dog/
/Homework: finish "The Lady, or the Tiger" questions if not
finished in class, read "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" p. 152-156, pay attention to what is daydream
and what is reality, know why Mitty daydreams,
answer questions 4-6, read Viewpoint and Thinking about Character and Theme
p. 157-- |
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Friday |
discussion “The Lady , or the Tiger” and
“The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”/ work on vocab. unit 3/ By Sept. 11 read "About Two Nice People" p.
128-138 paying close attention to the blue notes—assigned Aug. 30 |
Week of August 20-24
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Monday |
Begin vocab.
unit 2/ quiz and discussion of “A Mother in Manville”/ discussion of famous
feuds / discuss definition of "interloper"/ Quiz and
discussion of “The Interlopers”/ Homework: grammar review and
diagnostic quiz p. 341 green grammar book- do first without help, then check
with p. 374-375 |
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Tuesday |
/finish “The Interlopers”/ check grammar/ grammar p. 342 The Noun—do
ex. 1-2 orally/ grammar p. 344 do ex. 3 then check in class/ Homework: vocab. unit 2 finish synonyms and antonyms |
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Wednesday |
finish discussion of stories and
summer reading/ read grammar p.
345-348 The Pronoun : grammar p.348
ex. 4— |
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Thursday |
finish discussion of stories-review
for test / work on vocab. unit 2/ TEST
tomorrow and Monday: know definitions and be able to do a plot development
diagram--exposition, narrative hook, rising action, climax, falling action,
resolution (dénouement), conflicts: internal and external (man vs man, man vs nature, man vs society, man vs fate),
round/flat character, foreshadowing (p. 26), irony (p. 728).
"A Monkey's Paw", "Sixteen", "The Most Dangerous
Game", "A Mother in Mannville",
"The Interlopers" |
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Friday |
Test part I/ after test vocab. unit 2/
Homework due Tues.: read “Split Cherry Tree” p. 54-62, read and take notes Literary Focus p. 63/
answer Study Questions Interpreting #5 p. 62, Literary Focus Thinking About
Characterization #1-2 and Thinking bout Figurative Language p. 63, —expect a
quiz on Tuesday/ vocab. unit 2 to be graded Tuesday |
Week of August 13-17
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Monday |
Notebook check/ Summer
reading test: The Scarlet
Pimpernel work on vocab./ finish stories and written work for tomorrow |
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Tuesday |
Collect written work
for short stories/. Quiz and
discussion of “The Monkey’s Paw”/ work on a plot summary diagram for the
story/ discussion of a typical 3 wish story /
quiz and discussion of “The Most Dangerous Game”/ / Discussion of Biblical principles in
relation the the stories/ work on vocab. as
time permits/ / Homework/ read” Sixteen p. 27-32, answer Study
questions Interpreting #6-8 |
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Wednesday |
Discuss “The Most
Dangerous Game”/ discussion of conflict—copy types from board/discussion of
foreshadowing—do Literary Focus together orally/ quiz and discussion of
“Sixteen”/ discussion of internal
conflict and dialogue/ / vocab. unit 1 to
be grade tomorrow |
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Thursday |
Grade unit 1 vocab. workbook/ finish discussion of “Sixteen” / Homework: vocab.
quiz unit 1/ |
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Friday |
vocab.
quiz unit 1/ after quiz read "A
Mother in Manville" p. 48-52, read and take notes on Literary
Focus--flat and round characters, answer the study questions #2,4,6,7
and 8 p. 53 Discussion of The Scarlet Pimpernel each day as time permits
/ Homework for Monday: finish “A
Mother in Manville” / read "The Interlopers" p. 76-80 answer:
What is ironic about the fact that Georg and Ulrich settle the feud after all
these years?-definition of irony p. 728—expect quizzes |
Week of August 8-10
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Tuesday |
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Wednesday |
Welcome to high school! Review of syllabus and class verse. By Friday have a copy of the syllabus
signed showing that you and a parent/guardian have read it Be sure to have a
3-ring binder with required dividers, notebook paper, and pens that write
blue or black. Bring grammar book,
vocabulary book, and Understanding
Literature for tomorrow. . Essay test over The Scarlet Pimpernel will be Monday. Test: Be prepared to answer questions about
the plot line, chronology, major characters and their importance in the
novel, settings, and important dates--if any. Be prepared to write an essay
giving a character sketch of a designated character to include physical and
personality description. Tell about three or four traits of the
character and be able to use examples from the novel to show how the
character exhibited these traits. (ex. cowardly--tell about a situation
in which the character exhibited cowardice---this is merely and
example) |
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Thursday |
No class today. Material to
be covered today will be done on Friday.---- Review and notes given for
writing a good essay/ go over vocabulary unit 1—to be graded Thursday—quiz
Friday next week. Homework: due Tuesday---written work will be collected/ read Preview: The
Short Story p.1, "The Monkey's Paw" p. 2-9, and Literary Focus p.
10/write the answer to #5-8 p. 9, read and answer Viewpoint p. 9,
read and take notes: Literary Focus p. 10—should get some finished in class |
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Friday |
Notebook checkwork on vocab. as time
permits. Homework: due Tuesday--read "The Most Dangerous
Game" p. 11-25/ answer #2, 5, and 7 p. 25-26--expect a quiz on Tues. |
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