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.

Monday - Jan 10, 2011

1st Period - Creative Writing:

• We are working on building our lego projects. You need to create a detailed list of parts, provide diagrams, and write a manual in such a way that someone else could put your project together from your illustrations and instructions.

2nd Period - Honors English IV:

• We continue with the story of Bartleby the Scrivener. We'll be working on this for several more days.

3rd Period - 8th Grade:

• The New Vocabulary list in cludes the words: Alacrity, Brash, Egregious, Ominous, Promulgate
• Journal Entry: If you could live one day over again, which day would it be and why? 1/2 page.
• Both of these things are due on Wednesday.
• Spelling words from list 9 A&B. Test on these Friday.

4th Period - 7th Grade:

• New Vocab and Journal Entry. See the 3rd period (8th grade) posting above.
• Due Wednesday.
• Spelling Words from list 9 A&B. Test Friday.

5th Period - 12th Grade:

• New Vocab and Journal Entry. See 3rd Period (8th grade) posting above for vocab words and journal topic.
• Due Wednesday.
• Spelling Words from 9 A&B. Test Friday.

6th Period - 10th Grade:

• New vocab and Journal Entry. See 3rd Period (8th grade) posting above for vocab words and journal topic.
• Due Wednesday.
• Spelling words from list 9 A&B. Test this Friday.