Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Tuesday - Jan 11, 2011

1st Period - Creative Writing:
  • Continue building projects. You should be nearing completion of your building and/or quite a ways into the write-up part of the project by now. These are due Thursday.

2nd Period - Honors English IV:

  • Bartleby the Scrivener pages 11 - 16. Reading in class.
  • Journal Due tomorrow (Wednesday) 1 full page.
  • Vocabulary words due tomorrow.

3rd Period - 8th Grade:

  • Pretest #1 on spelling words from list 9 A&B. There were 20 words and each one is worth 1/2 point, for a total of 10/10.
  • Finish essay "The Lottery" and discuss Juxtaposition - which is the idea that things are opposites in literature. Modern societies aren't supposed to believe in the ancient practice of human sacrifice still - or are they?
  • Don't forget the journal entries, Vocabulary worksheets, and Irony examples are due tomorrow.
  • Tomorrow, we begin working on reading for the main ideas from the Yellow Literature book.

4th Period - 7th Grade:

  • See 3rd Period. We still need to finish the essay we began last week called "The Lottery." Class discussion.
  • Tomorrow, we will be starting a unit on persuasive essays.

5th Period - 12th Grade:

  • Spelling Pretest from 9 A&B. 10 points, or 1/2 point per word.
  • Finish essay "The Lottery" we started last week. Discussion with class.
  • Tomorrow, we start adjectives and their placement rules.

6th Period - 10th Grade:

  • Spelling pretest from 9 A&B. 10 points, or 1/2 point per word. Finish the Essay "The Lottery."
  • Adjectives rules and placement begins tomorrow.

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