Hello, my sweet freshmen!! I would like to start off by saying how very proud I am of your success on our EOC Benchmark!! 94% of you passed, and 22% were at the Masters Standards level!! I am very proud of you all!  Typically, we would spend the next several weeks focusing on our weak areas and doing some one-on-one strategy sessions gearing up for the actual EOC; however, Governor Abbott has cancelled all STAAR tests this year.  🙂 Don’t cheer too loudly!

When we get back together at the end of the month, we will read and write some poetry before beginning our study of Shakespeare and Romeo and Juliet! It is a great way to round out the school year!

For the next couple of weeks, I want you to read! You will have a Book Talk in May, so take advantage of this time.  Find a book…the Longview library is open! Kindle Unlimited is offering a two-week free trial, so you can read online FREE! 🙂 Read! Read! Read!

Also, there are two passages posted in the Google Classroom for you to read and respond to through multiple choice questions as well as short answers.  These are “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson and “Life Isn’t Fair – Deal with It” by Mike Myatt.

Next week, there will be a Flipgrid posted in the Classroom for you to upload a video chronicling how you spent this week. It will be fun seeing your faces, hearing your voices, and sharing our experiences of social distancing! Be watching for it!

Read! Read! Read! and Wash your hands!

The Silas Marner Quiz on Monday, February 24th will be over chapters 12-18 as shared in class and written on the board.  The previous week’s blog included a typo indicating the quiz would be over chapters 12-16.

Pre-AP English I

2/24  MUGshot Monday:  editing exercise; EOC Writing Passage Practice as a class; Silas Marner Quiz over chapters 12-18; HOMEWORK:  Silas Marner reading chapters 19-Conclusion; Journal is DUE Wednesday 2/26

2/25  LTOTW:  oxymoron; EOC Expository Essay Writing:  students will review sections of the graphic organizer and plan sheet and then begin work on Silas Marner essay (TEST Grade); HOMEWORK:  Silas Marner journal DUE Tomorrow

2/26 Silas Marner EOC Expository Essay Writing:  students will complete and submit their essay

2/27  EOC Benchmark:  students will take an English I EOC mock exam.

2/28 EOC Benchmark:  students will take an English I EOC mock exam.

English I

2/24  MUGshot Monday:  editing exercise;  Writing Passage practice:  students will work through a revising and editing packet and submit answers into DMAC

2/25  LTOTW:  oxymoron;

2/26 1/2 Day

2/27  EOC Benchmark:  students will take an English I EOC mock exam.

2/28  EOC Benchmark:  students will take an English I EOC mock exam.

Pre-AP English I

2/17  NO SCHOOL:  President’s Day

2/18  LTOTW:  onomatopoeia; Counselor’s Visit for 20-21 scheduling; Silas Marner: students will read chapters 12-13

2/19  Silas Marner students will read chapters 14-15

2/20  Reading Passage Practice; Silas Marner students will read chapter 16

2/21  Revising/Editing Passage Practice; Silas Marner students will read chapters 17-18 and prepare for a Quiz over chapters 12-16 on Monday

English I

2/17  NO SCHOOL:  President’s Day

2/18  LTOTW:  onomatopoeia; Counselor’s Visit for 20-21 scheduling

2/19  Reading Passage Practice

2/20  Reading Passage Review

2/21  Revising/Editing Passage Practice

Pre-AP English I

2/10  MUGshot Monday editing exercise; Silas Marner:  students will take a reading quiz over chapters 1-3 and begin reading chapters 4-5

2/11 LTOTW:  nemesis; Expository Writing:  students will begin essay corrections from their Night response collaborative essay DUE Thursday 2/13; Silas Marner:  students will begin reading chapters 6-7

2/12  Expository Writing:  students will continue essay corrections from their Night response collaborative essay DUE Tomorrow 2/13; Silas Marner:  students will begin reading chapters 8-9

2/13  Expository Writing:  essay corrections are DUE; Silas Marner:  students will take a reading quiz over chapters 4-8 and begin reading chapter 10; SAT vocabulary list 7 TEST Tomorrow

2/14 SAT Vocabulary List 7 TEST; Silas Marner:  students will begin reading chapter 11

English I

2/10  MUGshot Monday editing exercise; Expository Essay Writing:  students will write body paragraph #1 following the TEXXEXXT structure of writing

2/11  LTOTW:  nemesis; Expository Essay Writing:  students will write body paragraph #2 following the TEXXEXXT structure of writing

2/12  Expository Essay Writing:  students will write their conclusion paragraph

2/13  Expository Essay Writing:  students will revise and edit their rough drafts and write their final draft in 26-line box; SAT Vocabulary List 7 TEST Tomorrow

2/14  SAT Vocabulary List 7 TEST

Pre-AP English I

2/3  MUGshot Monday editing exercise; Night collaborative essay – students will review the essay correction codes before working through the revising and editing process; Final Draft DUE tonight; SAT Vocabulary List 7 – flashcards DUE Friday 2/7; TEST 2/14

2/4  LTOTW:  motif; Night collaborative essay – students will work through a gallery walk of essays

2/5  Counselor Visit:  students will meet with the counselors to discuss their sophomore year and make course selections

2/6 Silas Marner:  students will be introduced to the author and novel as they prepare for their next novel study; Homework:  SAT Vocabulary List 7 flashcards DUE Tomorrow

2/7 Silas Marner:  

English I

2/3  MUGshot Monday editing exercise; Night TEST

2/4  LTOTW:  motif; SAT Vocabulary List 7 flashcards DUE Friday 2/7; TEST 2/14

2/5  Counselor Visit:  students will meet with the counselors to discuss their sophomore year and make course selections

2/6  Expository Essay – Students will take notes over the parts of an expository essay beginning with the introductory paragraph; Homework:  SAT Vocabulary List 7 flashcards DUE Tomorrow

2/7  Expository Essay – Students will review the TEXXEXXT method of writing body paragraphs

Pre-AP English I

1/27  MUGshot Monday editing exercise; 100th Day of School activities

1/28  LTOTW:  mood; How to Write an Introduction – students will take notes over how to write an introductory paragraph and practice writing a hook, bridge, and thesis statement

1/29 How to Write an Introduction – students will review each other’s introductory paragraphs for their collaborative essay

1/30 Collaborative Writing – How to Write a Conclusion – students will review the TEXXEXXT style of writing body paragraphs before they take notes on how to write a conclusion paragraph and practice the restatement, answer the “so what”, and write a kicker

1/31  Collaborative Writing – in small groups, students will write an essay in response to the novel, Night: they will use a Google doc which they have shared with one another and me

English I

1/27  MUGshot Monday editing exercise; 100th Day of School activities

1/28  LTOTW:  mood; Night – students will read chapter 6 together in class, answering study questions as they go; Chap 4-6 study questions are DUE Thursday

1/29 1/2 Day; SSR – students will read in preparation for Book Talks 3/3 & 3/4

1/30 Night – students will read chapters 7-9 together in class, answering study questions as they go; Chap 7-9 study questions are DUE Tomorrow; TEST Monday

1/31 Night – students will review in class for the TEST on Monday

Pre-AP English I

1/20  NO SCHOOL – MLK, Jr. Day

1/21  LTOTW:  irony (verbal/situational/dramatic); Night – students will read chapter 6 and complete a dialectical journal entry while entries for chapters through 5 are checked; TEST on Friday 1/24

1/22  Night – students will read chapters 7-9 and complete a dialectical journal entry for each while entries for chapter 6 are checked; TEST on Friday 1/24

1/23  Night – dialectical journal entries for chapters 7-9 are checked while students review and study for test tomorrow; SAT Vocab List 6 TEST Tomorrow

1/24  Night & Vocab List 6 TEST

English I

1/20  NO SCHOOL – MLK, Jr. Day

1/21  LTOTW:  irony (verbal/situational/dramatic); Night – class will read chapter 3 as a group and answer study questions individually; HOMEWORK:  finish chapter 3

1/22  Night – class will review study questions for chapters 1-3 and begin reading chapters 4 & 5 as a group, answering study questions individually; HOMEWORK:  Vocabulary List 6 TEST on Friday

1/23  Night – class will complete chapter 5 and begin reading chapter 6 as a group, answering study questions individually; HOMEWORK:  Vocabulary List 6 TEST Tomorrow

1/24  SAT Vocabulary List 6 TEST; Night – students will finish reading chapter 6 and answer study questions

For all those who were absent on Thursday, January 16th, please come to my classroom before school or during enrichment tomorrow, January 21st to make up the Comma Rules Quiz.

Pre AP English I

1/13  MUGshot Monday editing exercise; Comma Rules review – QUIZ Thursday 1/16; SAT Vocabulary List 6 is posted in Google Classroom – flashcards are DUE Friday 1/17 and TEST is Friday 1/24; Night – Dialectical Journaling notes and expectations for novel unit

1/14  LTOTW – imagery; Night – Introduction to novel and author; Common Lit – “The Perils of Indifference”; Comma Rules QUIZ Thursday 1/16

1/15  Night – Chapter 1; Comma Rules QUIZ Tomorrow; SAT Vocab List 6 flashcards DUE Friday

1/16  Comma Rules QUIZ; Night – Chapters 2-3; SAT Vocab List 6 flashcards DUE Tomorrow

1/17  Night – Chapters 4-5

English I

1/13  MUGshot Monday editing exercise; Comma Rules review – QUIZ Thursday 1/16; SAT Vocabulary List 6 is posted in Google Classroom – flashcards are DUE Friday 1/17 and TEST is Friday 1/24

1/14  LTOTW – imagery; Night – Introduction to novel and author; Comma Rules QUIZ Thursday 1/16

1/15 Night – Chapter 1 students will read together in class, answering study questions as we go; Comma Rules QUIZ Tomorrow; SAT Vocab List 6 flashcards DUE Friday

1/16 Comma Rules QUIZ; Night – Continue Chapter 1 students will read together in class, answering study questions as we go

1/17 Night – Chapters 2-3 students will read together in class, answering study questions as we go