Friday, September 27, 2019

Short Story Unit: "Lamb to the Slaughter"

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AGENDA FOR FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27:
  • Debrief, pass in reading roles for "The Veldt"
  • Read "Lamb to the Slaughter"
  • Complete Reading Role
HOMEWORK:
  • Vocabulary Test #2: Tues, October 7th

Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Vocab and Summer Reading

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AGENDA FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25:
  • Vocabulary review
  • Vocab Kahoot
  • Individual conferences
  • Work on: 
    • Summer reading essay, rough draft
    • Vocabulary Activities 2A, 2B, and 2E
    • Other classwork - as long as it's quiet!
    • If you do not make the most of your time and choose to distract others, there will be an extra short story assigned for homework!
HOMEWORK:
  • Summer Reading Essay - rough draft due by 11:59 tonight!
  • Complete vocabulary workbook activities 2A, 2B, and 2E

Monday, September 23, 2019

Vocab Unit 2 Intro

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AGENDA FOR MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23:
  • Vocab Unit 2: Skits
    • Groups of 3
    • Presenting optional; presenters who use vocab correctly gets extra credit on next test
  • Work on summer reading essay (due Wednesday)
  • If complete essay, work on Vocab workbook 2A, 2B, 2D
HOMEWORK
  • Summer reading assignment due Wednesday
  • Vocab workbook activities due Friday

Thursday, September 19, 2019

Short Stories Unit: Lady or the Tiger

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AGENDA FOR THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19:
  • Before-Reading Prompt: "A difficult decision?"
    • Share
  • Read "Lady or the Tiger"
  • Complete "Lady or the Tiger" worksheet
  • Work on summer reading essay (draft due Wednesday)
HOMEWORK
  • Summer reading essay - rough draft DUE WEDNESDAY!

Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Short Stories: "Most Dangerous..." Reading Roles

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AGENDA FOR TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17:
  • Finish reading "Most Dangerous Game"
  • Complete reading roles
  • Share roles
  • Work on summer reading essay (rough draft due MONDAY!)
HOMEWORK
  • Summer reading rough draft due Monday

Friday, September 13, 2019

VOCAB TEST!


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AGENDA FOR FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13:
  • Go over summer reading essay grading
  • Vocabulary Test
  • After the Test, begin work on summer reading essay
  • When everyone completes the test, we will continue "The Most Dangerous Game"

Wednesday, September 11, 2019

Short Stories Unit: The Most Dangerous Game

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AGENDA FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11:
HOMEWORK
  • Vocabulary Test #1 FRIDAY!

Monday, September 9, 2019

MLA Writing: Supporting Paragraphs, Sources

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AGENDA FOR MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9:

  • Info: Vocab books corrected, test on Friday, give out candy to last week's winners!
  • Notes: Supporting Paragraphs, Quotes and Sources
  • Interview Activity
    • Interview a partner (take notes!)
    • Write a paper on that person using a quote, paraphrase, and summary
    • Share with class
  • Whatever time is left in class please use to either:
    • Study vocabulary words
    • Begin working on thesis for summer reading essay
HOMEWORK:
  • Vocabulary Test on FRIDAY!
  • If interview is incomplete, please finish for HW

Thursday, September 5, 2019

MLA Intro and Thesis-Writing

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AGENDA FOR THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5:
  • Seating Chart
  • Vocabulary Kahoot, Chapter 1
  • Collect vocab books (grading 1A, B, D, and E)
  • MLA introduction
    • Formatting and Thesis Notes
  • Thesis Activity
    • Watch Video
    • Class discussion: pros and cons of autotune
    • Now: write a thesis statement about the topic
    • Swap thesis statements, class determines if they have good thesis criteria
    • The top thesis statement writer will win the candy of their choice!
  • For the remaining time, work on a thesis for your summer reading assignment

HOMEWORK:

Tuesday, September 3, 2019

Short Stories Unit: The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant

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AGENDA FOR TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3:

HOMEWORK:
  • Complete your summer reading journal by Wednesday
  • Complete your vocabulary activities (1A, 1B, 1D, 1E) by Thursday
  • Next week will be our first vocab test! (9/13)