Pre-AP English I

10/28  MUGshot Monday editing exercise; SAT Vocabulary:  List 4 is posted in Google Classroom – Students will review list with flashcards DUE Friday and TEST 11/8; Grammar:  Sentence Structure – Students will sort sentences into simple or compound and identify subjects, verbs, and the correct way to create compound sentences; The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde – Students will briefly discuss chapter 1 and begin reading chapters 2 & 3, answering study questions as they go (DUE Tomorrow)

10/29  LTOTW:  epithet; Sentence Structure – Students will begin memorizing subordinating conjunctions, relative pronouns, and relative adverbs (QUIZ Friday) which introduce dependent clauses as they work to identify and create complex sentences; The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde – Students will briefly discuss chapters 2 & 3 and begin reading chapter 4, answering study questions as they go (DUE Tomorrow)

10/30  1/2 Day for Students; PLC for Faculty; Students will watch Shakespeare’s Macbeth; The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde – Students will begin reading chapters 5 & 6, answering study questions as they go (DUE Friday)

10/31  Happy Halloween!! MicroFiction – Students will take notes over micro fiction and create 6 word horror stories to be read around the “campfire”; QUIZ Tomorrow over subordinating conjunctions, relative pronouns, and relative adverbs

11/1  Sentence Structure:  QUIZ; The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde – Students will begin reading chapters 7 & 8, answering study questions as they go (DUE Monday)

English I

10/28  MUGshot Monday editing exercise; SAT Vocabulary:  List 4 is posted in Google Classroom – Students will review list with flashcards DUE Friday and TEST 11/8

10/29  LTOTW:  epithet;  Grammar:  Sentence Structure – Students will sort sentences into simple or compound and identify subjects, verbs, and the correct way to create compound sentences

10/30  1/2 Day PLC for Faculty; Students will watch Shakespeare’s Macbeth

10/31  Happy Halloween!! MicroFiction – Students will take notes over micro fiction and create 6 word horror stories to be read around the “campfire”

11/1  Grammar:  Sentence Structure – Students will begin memorizing subordinating conjunctions, relative pronouns, and relative adverbs (QUIZ Wednesday 11/13) which introduce dependent clauses as they work to identify and create complex sentences

Pre-AP English I

10/21  NO SCHOOL – Teacher In-Service

10/22  LTOTW:  dystopia; Author Background Research:  Robert Louis Stevenson – Students will use online sources to discover information about the author prior to our study of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

10/23  Think About it Thursday:  students will write a paragraph response in their journals DUE Today; Students will complete their background research of Robert Louis Stevenson and begin a reading and analysis of his poem “The Land of Storybooks” posted in Google Classroom – DUE Tomorrow

10/24  Robert Louis Stevenson:  Students will have a short time of group discussion over the poem “The Land of Storybooks,” begin an introduction to The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and go to the library to trade out their chromebook case as well as check out a new book for the second quarter Book Talk which will be December 16 & 17

10/25  Grammar:  Students will take notes over the 4 types of sentences as we begin a study of proper sentence structure; Robert Louis Stevenson:  As a class, we will read chapter 1 of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde answering study questions as we go; the chapter and questions are available in the Google Classroom

English I

10/21  NO SCHOOL – Teacher In-Service

10/22  LTOTW:  dystopia; Author Background Research:  Robert Louis Stevenson – Students will use online sources to discover information about the author

10/23  Think About it Thursday:  students will write a paragraph response in their journals DUE Today; Students will complete their background research of Robert Louis Stevenson and begin a reading and analysis of his poem “The Land of Storybooks” posted in Google Classroom – DUE Tomorrow

10/24  Students will go to the library to trade their chromebook case as well as check out a new book for the second quarter Book Talks which will be December 16 & 17

10/25 Grammar:  Students will take notes over the 4 types of sentences as we begin a study of proper sentence structure

Pre-AP English I & English I

10/14  MUGshot Monday editing exercise (ALL MUGshots are DUE today); Students will have time to read their self-selected novel for their Book Talk (TEST Grade), do their Book Talk (DUE by Wednesday 10/16), work on the review for the 9-weeks Exam on Thursday 10/17, or study vocabulary for Test on Friday 10/18.

10/15  LTOTW:  connotation (LTOTW Chart is DUE today); While students are presenting their Book Talks individually, others may work on the review for the 9-weeks Exam on Thursday 10/17, or study vocabulary for Test on Friday 10/18.

10/16  While students are presenting their Book Talks individually, others may work on the review for the 9-weeks Exam on Tomorrow 10/17, or study vocabulary for Test on Friday 10/18.

10/17  Nine Weeks Exam

10/18  SAT Vocabulary List 3 Test

Pre-AP English I

10/7  MUGshot Monday editing exercise; Greek Mythology TEST; SAT Vocabulary List 3 in Google Classroom – flashcards are DUE Friday 10/11 and TEST is Friday 10/18

10/8  LTOTW – cliffhanger; Greek Mythology In-Class Essay

10/9  Grammar:  Verbals – gerunds  Students will take notes over gerunds and work to identify them in sentences

10/10  Grammar:  Verbals Review – Trashketball Game; SAT Vocabulary List 3 flaschcards DUE Tomorrow

10/11  Grammar:  Complements & Verbals Review for TEST Monday

English I

10/7  MUGshot Monday editing exercise; SAT Vocabulary List 3 flashcards DUE Friday and TEST is Friday 10/18

10/8  LTOTW -cliffhanger; Grammar:  Complements & Verbals Review for TEST Tomorrow

10/9  Grammar:  TEST

10/10  Author Background Research:  Langston Hughes – Students will research information about author Langston Hughes in anticipation of reading one of his short stories; SAT Vocabulary List 3 flashcards DUE Tomorrow

10/11  Sustained Silent Reading:  Students will read their chosen novel in preparation of their Book Talks DUE next week