Saturday, August 6, 2011

Last weekend before freedom!

These are the things you will need to do this weekend:
1. Review lit terms to the end of the list
2. Finish your novel/book
3. Write a final dialectical journal
4. Write a reflective essay about your book. A reflective essay can use "I" and it should contain some personal insights and connections you have made during your reading. Use quotations and be sure to cite them correctly.
Have fun and enjoy the sun as well.
Act 3/4 test will either be on Tuesday or Wednesday depending on how much we get through on Monday.

Thursday, August 4, 2011

Thursday, August 4th

Almost the end of week 5!
Tomorrow is exam day in the computer lab
Please write:
Narrative essay/collect all 4 essays/star one that you think is the best
Found poem good copy is due
Journals to be handed in tomorrow if you did not do so today.
Enjoy your evening.
Reflective essay on your independent novel is due on Monday.

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Tuesday, August 2nd

We have finished Act 2 of  The Crucible. Write a reflection as a character from the play. Do the vocabulary words for Act 3 and finish the conflict sheet.
Persuasive essay draft for tomorrow/topic: Sometimes children misbehave because they want to be corrected. (No more than 40 minutes)
Book club meeting tomorrow.
You will need to have your book finished for Monday next.
Have a good evening.

Friday, July 29, 2011

It's Friday, Friday!

Okay, all you weekend warriors, here is your homework!
Quiz on lit terms to repetition
Reflective Essay based on the prompt: Life is full of surprises
Begin the conflict sheet (doesn't need to be finished yet)
Quiz on Act 2 on Wednesday
Your next book club meeting is on Wednesday

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Thursday, July 28th

Less than 2 weeks to go!
Tonight:
Be ready for book club meeting/fill in your reading sheet. I will collect everyone's if you don't have all of your work done
Quiz on Act 1
Definitions sentences for words in Act 2
Have a good evening!

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Wednesday

Lit terms quiz to pastoral
TPCASTT sheet on Swimmer's Moment poem (look it up online)
Book club reading fill in reflection sheet for Friday
Crucible
Character Sheet should be complete
Write a journal reflection about act one from the point of view of one of the characters.
Quiz on Act 1 on Friday. Know the characters......

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Tuesday July 26

If you missed today:
You missed a quiz on lit terms
Continue reading act one of the crucible
Read for book club
Write draft of essay: try to use metaphors and unusual language in your writing
Topic: Beauty is found in simple things.
Spend no more than 35 minutes on the topic.
Have a great evening!

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