Friday October 24, 2014

Honors 9- Today we did a satire exercise

English 10- HOME WORK FOR BREAK:

Extended Writing Assignment for Lord of the Flies. Due Monday November 3, 2014. No late work accepted.

To finish up Lord of the Flies, I want you to write a Type 3 paper responding to the following prompt:

“Identify one topic from the book and develop that topic into a theme. Discuss how a symbol and character development drove and developed this theme.”

FCA’s:

1.       Thoughtful and demonstrated organization of ideas

2.       Clear topic and theme

3.       3 quotes from the text

Please be prepared to turn in a quality paper Monday November 3^rd, I will not be accepting any late work for this assignment..

Wednesday October 22, 2014

Honors 9- Today you are reading and annotating A Modest Proposal. 


English 10- If you did not attend the field trip with us today, you read The Veldt by Ray Bradbury and answered some short questions about the piece.

Tuesday October 21, 2014

Honors 9- Today we turned in Anthem writing prompts and I collected books. If you were absent, I need to get your book back so you will not be charged for it. Today were were introduced to the satirical piece A Modest Proposal, Swift and Ireland in the 1700's.

English 10- Today we analyzed topics and themes from LOTF and read the article "Lord of the Flies is still a Blueprint for Savagery" and began writing about reflections and correlations. The field trip is tomorrow. If you are attending, make sure you bring a lunch! We will meet in the commons at 9:20 am sharp!!!

Monday October 20, 2014

Honors 9- Today Vocab #4 was handed out, quiz on Friday. We finished developing our definition of satire as a class that we will use going forward. In addition, we reviewed the Anthem writing prompt and class time was given for students to continue working on this. The Anthem writing prompt is due tomorrow.

English 10- We looked at expectations for the field trip on Wednesday. We reviewed chapter 12 and discussed our reflections on the book overall. In addition, we identified topics from the book and worked on developing themes out of these topics. Some classes began to construct a compare and contrast outline.

Friday October 17, 2014

Honors 9- Today we looked at the last two chapters of Anthem and were introduced to the final writing prompt:

Many topics and themes arise in Ayn Rand’s Anthem. Identify a topic and develop it into a theme. Please discuss this theme using one of the lenses we have used to discuss theme, such as character development, setting, conflict etc. In addition, please choose one area of author’s craft to discuss as well. Remember to always use specific evidence from the text.

English 10- Chapters 10, 11, and 12 in LOTF

Thursday October 16, 2014

ASPIRE/PACT testing today

Wednesday October 15, 2014

ASPIRE/PACT testing today

Tuesday October 14, 2014

Honors 9- Today we continued to work on our definitions of satire and identifying the elements of satire.

English 10- Today we are finishing chapter 9 and looking at chapter 10. You will need to be finished with chapter 11 questions- if you are unable to complete them in class they will be homework.

Monday October 13, 2014

Honors 9- Today we started looking at satire and the elements of satire through 3 short video clips. We will develop our own working definition of satire tomorrow. Please make sure you have completed all of Anthem. We will finish up with the novel this week and turn the book back in.

English 10- Today is the day! ALL PERMISSION SLIPS AND MONEY FOR THE FILED TRIP IS DUE! NO EXCEPTIONS! We will finish reading chapter 8 of LOTF and complete questions together. We will then move on and work on chapter 9.

Thursday October 9, 2014

Honors 9- Today we took vocab quiz #3. We read chapter 8 and 9 together.

English 10- Today we finished the character development graphic organizer and definitions.

Monday October 6, 2014

Honors 9- Today we finished assessments, turned in Narrative #2 project and read chapter 7 in Anthem. Please be through chapter 7 tomorrow. If you want to read ahead, you can read chapter 8 as well.

English 10- Today we finished assessments and I handed out Lord of the Flies chapter 7 questions. Chapter 7 questions will be due tomorrow.If you haven't finished your assessment, you will need to set up a time to complete it before Wednesday October 8th!!

All permission slips for our field trip on October 22nd, must be turned in no later than Monday October 13!! I can't make any exceptions on this so please get them turned in!!!

Friday October 3, 2014

Honors 9- Reading assessment day. Remember that the final drafts of narrative #2 are due Monday!

English 10- Assessment day. Field Trip permission forms are due 10/13! No Exceptions! Make sure you are getting your teacher's signatures and your parent's signatures!

Thursday October 2, 2014

Honors 9- Reading assessment


English 10- Reading/writing assessment

Wednesday October 1, 2014

Honors 9- Today I introduced the reading assessment that students will be taking Thursday/Friday.  Make sure you are prepared! We also completed peer reviews of the narrative #2 assignment. Due Monday: Narrative #1 rough draft, Narrative #2 Rough draft, Narrative #2 Final Draft, Completed Peer review sheet.

English 10- LOTF Chapter 6 questions due. Today we worked on the first portion of the Quarter 1 assessment. We will complete it Thursday/Friday depending on your class period.