Tuesday July 31, 2012

Finish your draft of your irony essay
Finish your essay from the practice exam on Friday. You can look it up online if you don't have it with you.
Write an example of metonymy and synedoche (spelling is probably wrong)
Lit terms quiz to repetition
Reading journal with definition for tomorrow. I will collect all of them on Friday.

Monday July 30, 2012

Our last Monday
Keep up with your bookclub journals. Remember to include your vocabulary words. Five for each section
Your final journal should be about what you have learned from this book and it should be highly reflective. Try to think about the implications of what you have read. For example, can you think of examples of man's inhumanity to man that exist today? How are they the same or different from what happened in the first or second world wars?  If you read My Sister's Keeper, reflect on the longterm implications of organ donation. When are we going too far to save a life? When should we stop?

Finish the irony sheet (questions 1 and 3)
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Begin an outline for an essay on irony in The Crucible. Be sure to have a topic sentence and a thesis statement. We will continue with this tomorrow.

Lit terms to repetition on Wednesday and the final quiz on Friday.

There is a final 40 question test on Thursday, August 9th.

Friday, Friday, Friday

Okay, one more weekend to go and then we are done, done, done!
This weekend:
Choose one of the essay topics from the booklet that I handed out on the first or second day of class. Choose a theme and write a narrative. Practice using dialogue if you can. I want you to try writing a story even if that is not what you decide to do on the government exam day.
Book club meeting on Monday. Have your journal done and make sure that you are reflecting on your reading; not just retelling the plotline.
It is your thinking that counts to me. Final journal is due on Friday
There is a lit terms quiz on Monday. The terms go to passive voice.
You can finish the essay that we did in the computer room if you took a copy home. You can also go to the government website and read the questions there.
Here is the link
Have a good, good weekend.

Thursday July 26, 2012

One more day to go!
Tonight: correct your dialogue. Go over the rules for dialogue writing.
Lit terms quiz to metaphor tomorrow. Next quiz on Monday. We have to get these terms done.
Compare and contrast 2 characters from the Crucible. Practice using transitions. Be sure to have a strong thesis.
Write one line using hyperbole/refer to relationships.
Try here to find: Transitions and transitional devices

Wednesday July 25, 2012

Tonight:
Write a dialogue/about one page/conversation between any two people/tell a story
Write two similes from your journal list (Love is etc.)
Read the poem Adolscence and make notes on the page
Book club meeting tomorrow
Skim the next act of the play.
Lit terms to metaphor on Friday
Friday: computer lab

Tuesday July 24, 2012

Not too much for tomorrow
Lit terms to idiom
Next 15 on Friday

Read The Crucible and keep notes about your learning and about your thoughts about the play(point form is acceptable)
Learning and reflections (they should be separated)

Book Club is for Thursday/I will colllect journals on that day.

Monday July 23,2012

Tonight:
Be ready for bookclub. You will discussion your reading in your group. Journal 11/2 to 2 pages double spaced.
Read "No One's a Mystery" for tomorrow/Wednesday
Vocab quiz on Catcher tomorrow after the computer lab.
Write 3 "I am" metaphors
Fill in the Crucible sheet/what have you learned? We will begin the play tomorrow.