For Monday

English 12
We will finish our presentations on Monday. Today's group was excellent. You will have one final reading day on Monday with journals. We will be starting talking about our I-search project related to the novel.

English 8

You will have one final reading day on Monday with journals. We will be starting talking about our I-search project related to the novel. If you have finished your novel, please bring another reading book to class.

Creative Writing
Short stories on Monday. Please bring your printed version to class with your rubric. We can't wait to hear Megan's ending on Monday! Be prepared to share your writing.

For Friday

Creative Writing
Bring a printed copy of a favorite poem for tomorrow.
We will be editing our drafts of our stories. Use your rubric to help you with criteria for a strong story.

English 8
Reading journals and questions for tomorrow.
We will have a book club meeting tomorrow in class. We will be talking about our project. If you have a laptop that you can use for movie viewing, please consider bringing it to class.

English 12
We will continue with our book club work tomorrow. You will present your ideas in class.
conflict and character and quotes for presentation.
I will collect your reading journals and your questions tomorrow. Remember to reflect more.

For Wednesday

Creative Writing
We are working on our stories tomorrow.

English 12
Reading time tomorrow.

English 8
We will be doing tableaux tomorrow. We will also be reading.

For Monday April 24, 2017

English 12
Reading on Monday and completion of moving tableaux. I will collect your reading journals then.

English 8
Reading on Monday.

Creative Writing
First draft of short stories for Monday

For April 21, 2017

English 12

If you were absent today, please hand in yesterday's worksheet for Catcher or 1984. I will be collecting your reading journals tomorrow. Journals need to make connections; they need to extend the ideas from the novel. Make sure that you have your questions ready to go. Try to create deeper thinking questions, please.
Tomorrow we will be doing a place-mat activity and we will also be doing a moving tableaux related to the theme of the section you are reading.

Creative Writing
Bring first draft to class tomorrow to share.

English 8
Overdue character sketches are due tomorrow. Rough copy and good copy are due,
First book club meeting tomorrow. Make sure that you have read up to the designated page. Also, make sure you have your journal ready to hand in.

For Wednesday, April 19, 2017

English 8
Write a draft of a character sketch of one of the main characters from Toy Story for tomorrow. Please have your sheet done with Plot Graph and Theme statement. I will be collecting it.

Creative Writing
We are sharing titles tomorrow and we are working on our short stories.

English 12
Reading for tomorrow. Remember that we have 2 more weeks of reading. Reminder that Crossgrade is on May 15th. One month to go.

For Tuesday, April 18, 2017

English 12
Book club meeting on Tuesday. Be sure to be ready with your questions and your double-sided journal.

Creative Writing
Brainstorm a list of titles for your story assignment. Make sure that you send me all of your overdue assignments if you want them included in this report card.

English 8
Finish your Toy Story 3 sheet. We will be writing a character sketch on Tuesday in class and we will be beginning our lit circle reading.