February 28

Lesson Plans: February 28 – March 4

This is the last week of the 9 weeks! This report card will determine eligibility.  Take care of your responsibilities.

Honors English I

2/28  Silas Marner:  Students will read chap 11, building their study guide as they go; Book Talks; SAT Vocabulary List 8 TEST Friday

3/1   Silas Marner:  Students will read chap 12-13, building their study guide as they go; Book Talks; SAT Vocabulary List 8 TEST Friday

3/2  Silas Marner:  Students will read chap 14-15, building their study guide as they go; SAT Vocabulary List 8 TEST Friday

3/3  SAT Vocabulary List 8 Review for TEST tomorrow

3/4 SAT Vocabulary List 8 TEST; Silas Marner:   Students will read chap 16, building their study guide as they go

English I

2/28  Book Talks; SAT Vocabulary List 8 TEST Friday

3/1  Book Talks; SAT Vocabulary List 8 TEST Friday

3/2

3/3 SAT Vocabulary List 8 Review for TEST tomorrow

3/4 SAT Vocabulary List 8 TEST

 

 

February 23

Lesson Plans: February 21 – 25

Honors English I

2/21  NO SCHOOL – President’s Day

2/22  LTOTW:  hubris; SAT Vocabulary List 8 flashcards DUE Friday and TEST 3/4; Silas Marner  Students need to read through chapter 8 by Thursday, building their study guide as they go

2/23  English I EOC Benchmark

2/24  Silas Marner  Students need to read chapter 9, building their study guide as they go

2/25  Silas Marner  Students need to read chapter 10, building their study guide as they go

English I

2/21  NO SCHOOL – President’s Day

2/22  LTOTW:  hubris; SAT Vocabulary List 8 flashcards DUE Friday and TEST 3/4

2/23  English I EOC Benchmark

2/24 SAT Vocabulary List 8 flashcards DUE Friday and TEST 3/4

2/25  Reading Day for Book Talks on Monday (2/28) and Tuesday (3/1)

 

February 13

Lesson Plans: February 14 – 18

Honors English I

2/14  MUGshot Monday editing exercise; Expository Essay:  Students will highlight the various parts of their rough draft for organization and development; Silas Marner:  Students will receive the expectations for the novel unit and begin the author background research

2/15  LTOTW:  pun; Expository Essay:  Students will begin writing their final draft DUE Thursday; Silas Marner:  Students will read chapter 1, building their study materials as they go

2/16 1/2 Day of School; Silas Marner:  Students will read chapters 2-3, building their study materials as they go

2/17  Silas Marner:  Students will read chapter 4, building their study materials as they go

2/18  Silas Marner:  Students will read chapters 5-6, building their study materials as they go

English I

2/14  MUGshot Monday editing exercise; Expository Essay:  Students will take notes over the introductory paragraph and brainstorm hook ideas before writing their introductory paragraph; each student will conference with teacher over first body paragraph written last week

2/15  LTOTW:  pun; Expository Essay:  Students will review the organization of a body paragraph (TEXXEXXT method) and conclusion before writing their remaining body paragraphs

2/16   1/2 Day of School:  Students will read their self-selected novels for Book Talks Feb 28 & Mar 1

2/17  Expository Essay:  Students will write their last two body paragraphs for their essay, following their thesis statement

2/18  Expository Essay:  Students will take notes over a conclusion paragraph before writing one to complete their expository essay; if time, students will highlight the various parts of their essay for organization and development

February 6

Lesson Plans: February 7 – 11

Honors English I

2/7  MUGshot Monday editing exercise; Expository Writing: Students will review the grading rubric, take notes over construction of expository essay, and practice creating an outline for writing

2/8  LTOTW:  onomatopoeia; Expository Writing:  Students will complete notes over outlines begun yesterday, and brainstorm ideas for hooks

2/9  Expository Writing:  Students will choose a prompt and begin crafting their outline for an expository essay

2/10 Expository Writing:  Students will follow their outline and begin writing a rough draft of an expository essay; GimKit review for Vocab List 7 TEST tomorrow

2/11  SAT Vocabulary List 7 TEST

English I

2/7  MUGshot Monday editing exercise; Review Comma Rules 1-6 for QUIZ Tomorrow

2/8  LTOTW:  onomatopoeia; Comma Rules QUIZ

2/9  Expository Writing:  Students will be introduced to TEXXEXXT method of paragraph writing

2/10  Expository Writing:  Students will follow the TEXXEXXT method and write a paragraph in response to provided prompt; GimKit review for Vocab List 7 TEST tomorrow

2/11  SAT Vocabulary List 7 TEST