Hello and Welcome to the weeks of: 11/2-6 and 11/9-13
Information and Stuff:
1.)Writing Tip for the Week-Major titles of books, CDs, movies, TV shows, names of magazines and newspapers, and the names of art pieces and ships MUST be typed in italics or underlined when written by hand...You use quotation marks for shorter works like: poems, song titles, articles in magazines or newspapers, essays, and short stories...
2)Reading Tip for the Week-Use the SQ3R Method for your reading-to-learn assignments...here it is:
S=survey...look over the entire reading assignment to get a general idea what it is about...it is an overview
Q=question or wonder about the material...have an "inquiring mind" as you read
R=read the entire selection carefully from start to finish and take notes on your reading
R=recite...answer question out loud...who, what, when, where, why, how...
R=review-review-and then review some more...study the reading!
3.)No school November 11th-Veterans Day
4.)Thanksgiving Break is coming up now that we are in November! Can You Believe it?...early dismissal for Horizon Wednesday, November 25th...then off the 26th and 27th
5.)It will be midterm grade time before we know it too
6.)LN-this week we are studying prepositions and prepositional phrases p.19-21 and next week the interjections & conjunctions p.22-24
7.)spel/vocab-this week's unit: the strength of your convictions words (words dealing with your values and beliefs)...next week's unit: ruined reputation words (words associated with discrediting a person's character or reputation)
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English 1-2
M11/2-your THE SCARLET IBIS book work and essay is due
-go over the schedule for the week-LN and spel/vocab -study another great, modern author of the horror genre Stephen King...you may read a Stephen King book and chat with me about it for extra-credit
T11/3-W11/4-read Poe's THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO and illustrate and rewrite the story from another point of view(due Friday)
Th11/5-read" Shirley Jackson's THE LOTTERY and see a film version of the story
F11/6-spel/vocab and LN tests...read CASK stories in class
next week:
M11/9-go over the schedule for the week and read THE CENSORS
T11/10-read POSSIBILITY OF EVIL by Shirley Jackson
W11/11-no school
Th11/12-read THE VERY OLD MAN WITH ENORMOUS WINGS
F11/13-reading/literature test...no spel/vocab or LN test this week
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English 3-4 make sure you have your study grid complete
starting with FUTURE RENSE
M11/2-turn in A VISIT TO A SMALL PLANET work and read:
EPICAC by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.-assign the alien or robot drawing/due Friday for the Alien/Robot Beauty Contest
T11/3-W11/4-Th11/5-the space, alien, invasion themes of sci-fi...the series V starts Tuesday...view INDEPENDENCE DAY and read: THE TEST
F11/6-the robot theme/R.U.R and I, ROBOT...turn in robot and alien drawings...LN and spel/vocab tests...read Poe's THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM
next week:
M11/9-T11/10--APOLLO 13 and read: EARTHMEN BEARING GIFTS
W11/11-no school for Veterans Day
Th11/12-finish APOLLO 13/review for lit test
F11/13-huge literature test
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