NO SCHOOL!!! Happy Thanksgiving!! Enjoy your friends and family! Rest! Read! Reflect on all your many blessings!!

For one last, final push, I will up the ante for donating can goods!

For 100 cans, I will give you a “100” TEST grade.

I’m not replacing a test, but I will add a “100” to your TEST grades!!! Share the word!!

Pre-AP English I

11/18  MUGshot Monday editing exercise; “The Cask of Amontillado” Socratic Seminar discussion; SAT Vocabulary List 5 – flashcards DUE Friday, TEST Friday 12/6

11/19  LTOTW:  foil; Write Like a Pro introduction – Students will take notes over tips to write like a pro; The House on Mango Street – Students will upload a video of themselves reading one of their vignettes from the summer reading assignment and post constructive comments on at least three classmates’ videos

11/20  Write Like a Pro Stations – Students will work through stations utilizing the techniques presented to write like a pro

11/21  Write Like a Pro – Students will search for Write Like a Pro techniques in a student-written narrative essay; HOMEWORK:  SAT Vocabulary List 5 flashcards DUE Tomorrow

11/22 Students will write and deliver a Thank You letter to a teacher on campus.

English I

11/18  MUGshot Monday editing exercise; SAT Vocabulary List 5 flashcards DUE Friday, TEST Friday 12/6

11/19  LTOTW:  foil; “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe – the students will read the short story together in class

11/20 “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe – In small groups, the students will begin answering questions over the short story

11/21 “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe – In small groups, the students will finish answering questions over the short story; HOMEWORK:  SAT Vocabulary List 5 flashcards DUE Tomorrow, TEST Friday 12/6

11/22 Students will write and deliver a Thank You letter to a teacher on campus; Sustained Silent Reading; Book Talks DUE by Dec 17

Pre-AP English I

11/4  MUGshot Monday editing exercise; Sentence Structure:  Complex Sentences – Students will work as a class identifying the pieces that create a complex sentence before identifying complex sentences on their own in an assignment in the Google Classroom;  The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – Students will begin reading the last two chapters answering study questions in the Google Classroom as they go DUE Thursday  HOMEWORK:  SAT Vocabulary List 4 TEST Friday

11/5  LTOTW:  euphemism; The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – Students will continue reading the last two chapters answering study questions in the Google Classroom as they go DUE Thursday  HOMEWORK:  SAT Vocabulary List 4 TEST Friday

11/6  The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – Students will finish reading the last two chapters answering study questions in the Google Classroom as they go DUE tomorrow  HOMEWORK:  SAT Vocabulary List 4 TEST Friday

11/7  The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – Students will complete a Storytelling Arc (plot diagram) for the novella  HOMEWORK:  SAT Vocabulary List 4 TEST Tomorrow

11/8  SAT Vocabulary List 4 TEST

English I

11/4  MUGshot Monday editing exercise; Author Background Research:  Langston Hughes – Students will utilize online resources to complete background research on the author  HOMEWORK:  SAT Vocabulary List 4 TEST Friday

11/5  LTOTW:  euphemism; “Thank You, Ma’am” by Langston Hughes – In small groups, students will read the short story and individually answer both comprehension and analysis questions in the Google Classroom  HOMEWORK:  SAT Vocabulary List 4 TEST Friday

11/6  “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell – Students will read the short story and answer both comprehension and analysis questions from Common Lit (link will be available in the Google Classroom)   HOMEWORK:  SAT Vocabulary List 4 TEST Friday

11/7 “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell – Students will finish reading the short story and answering both comprehension and analysis questions from Common Lit (link will be available in the Google Classroom)      HOMEWORK:  SAT Vocabulary List 4 TEST tomorrow

11/8  SAT Vocabulary List 4 TEST