Honors English I

10/24  MUGshot Monday editing exercise; Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde:  Students will read chapters 2-3, using study guide questions as a resource; SAT Vocabulary List 4 flashcards DUE Friday 10/28 and TEST Friday 11/4

10/25  LTOTW:  foil; Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde:  Students will read chapter 4, using study guide questions as a resource; SAT Vocabulary List 4 flashcards DUE Friday 10/28 and TEST Friday 11/4

10/26  Early Release for Students; PLC for teachers

10/27  Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde:  Students will read chapters 5-6, using study guide questions as a resource; SAT Vocabulary List 4 flashcards DUE tomorrow and TEST Friday 11/4

10/28  Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde:  Students will read chapters 7-8, using study guide questions as a resource; SAT Vocabulary List 4 flashcards TEST Friday 11/4

English I

10/24  MUGshot Monday editing exercise; SAT Vocabulary List 4 flashcards DUE Friday 10/28 and TEST Friday 11/4

10/25  LTOTW:  foil;  “Rules of the Game” by Amy Tan:  Students will finish reading the chapter from Tan’s novel The Joy Luck Club as they search for various literary devices and characterization; SAT Vocabulary List 4 flashcards DUE Friday and TEST Friday 11/4

10/26  Early Release for Students; PLC for teachers

10/27 “Rules of the Game” by Amy Tan:  Students will use their annotated story to do literary analysis over the literary devices found in the chapter – assignment is in Google Classroom; SAT Vocabulary List 4 flashcards DUE tomorrow and TEST Friday 11/4

10/28  Sentence Structure:  Students will review 4 structures of sentences, identifying and writing simple and compound; “Rules of the Game” by Amy Tan:  Students will use their annotated story to complete their literary analysis over the literary devices found in the chapter

Honors English I

10/17  NO SCHOOL – Fall Break

10/18  Band Contest in Mt Pleasant

10/19  LTOTW:  theme; Sentence Structure Notes:  Students will take notes over the four sentence structures and work on identifying simple and compound sentences

10/20  Author Background Research:  Robert Louis Stevenson

10/21  Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson Introduction

English I

10/17  NO SCHOOL – Fall Break

10/18  Band Contest in Mt Pleasant; Listen & Learn Podcast posted in Google Classroom

10/19  LTOTW:  theme; Sentence Structure:  Students will take notes over the four sentence structures and work on identifying simple and compound sentences

10/20  Author Background Research:  Amy Tan

10/21  “Rules of the Game” by Amy Tan:  We will begin reading the short story as a class looking for personification, imagery, and theme

This is the LAST week of the quarter! Clear the zeros! Study for the tests!

Honors English I

10/10  MUGshot Monday editing exercise – turn in this quarter’s MUGshots; Greek Mythology TEST and binders DUE; SAT Vocabulary List 3 TEST on Friday

10/11  LTOTW:  euphemism – turn in this quarter’s chart; Edgar Allan Poe Author Background Research

10/12  Edgar Allan Poe:  Students will read the short story “Cask of Amontillado” and respond to analysis questions

10/13  SAT Vocabulary List 3 GimKit Review

10/14  SAT Vocabulary List 3 TEST

English I

10/10  MUGshot Monday editing exercise – turn in this quarter’s MUGshots; Nine Weeks Exam review; SAT Vocabulary List 3 TEST on Friday

10/11  LTOTW:  euphemism – turn in this quarter’s chart; Nine Weeks Exam review; SAT Vocabulary List 3 TEST on Friday

10/12  Nine Weeks Exam

10/13  SAT Vocabulary List 3 GimKit Review

10/14  SAT Vocabulary List 3 TEST

Honors English I

10/3  MUGshot Monday editing exercise; Greek Mythology:  Theseus – Students will complete the notesheet and flashcards for the story; SAT Vocabulary List 3:  flashcards DUE Friday 10/7 and TEST Friday 10/14

10/4  Greek Mythology:  Perseus – Students will read the myth, complete the notesheet, and create flashcards of the following characters: Perseus, Danae, Acrisius, Medusa, Gray Sisters, Andromeda, Athena, Hermes; SAT Vocabulary List 3:  flashcards DUE Friday 10/7 and TEST Friday 10/14

10/5  LTOTW:  epithet; Greek Mythology:  Perseus – Students will complete the notesheet and flashcards for the story; SAT Vocabulary List 3:  flashcards DUE Friday 10/7 and TEST Friday 10/14

10/6  Field Trip to Kilgore College for Edgar Allen Poe play (Permission slip and $5 ticket price is DUE); SAT Vocabulary List 3:  flashcards DUE Tomorrow and TEST Friday 10/14

10/7  Greek Mythology:  Binder Work Day – DUE Monday and Exam on Monday

English I

10/3  MUGshot Monday editing exercise;  SAT Vocabulary List 3:  flashcards DUE Friday 10/7 and TEST Friday 10/14

10/4  Author Background Research:  Edgar Allan Poe; SAT Vocabulary List 3:  flashcards DUE Friday 10/7 and TEST Friday 10/14

10/5  LTOTW:  epithet; Cask of Amontillado:  students will watch a video about the catacombs of Paris before they read the short story as a class; SAT Vocabulary List 3:  flashcards DUE Friday 10/7 and TEST Friday 10/14

10/6  Cask of Amontillado:  students will answer analysis questions over the short story; SAT Vocabulary List 3:  flashcards DUE Tomorrow and TEST Friday 10/14

10/7  Sustained Silent Reading of self-selected text for Book Talks next week