READING 7:
We'll kick off this week with a break from informative nonfiction, spending the first two days of the week moving our inferences and generalizations practice to a short story. On Wednesday, we will start our new topic of study and will begin rotations days 1 and 2 on Thursday and Friday. Any homweo
ENGLISH 9:
This week, we begin working on our nonfiction narratives in class. The deadlines for elements of planning and completion are as follows:
Monday 10/30 - Revision & evaluation
Tuesday 10/31 - Final draft submitted via Google Docs
We will be in the library on Monday and Tuesday to work.
Beginning Wednesday, we will continue in the library for work on presentations to begin introducing our study of Romeo and Juliet.
Monday, October 30, 2017
Monday, October 23, 2017
October 23-27
READING 7:
This week, we move into practicing with inferences, generalizations, and textual evidence. Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday will be rotation days, either working on Study Island or two nonfiction articles. You will have a quiz on Thursday and Friday will introduce analyzing interactions among elements of nonfiction texts. Any work that is not completed in class will become homework.
ENGLISH 9:
This week, we begin working on our nonfiction narratives in class. The deadlines for elements of planning and completion are as follows:
Wednesday 10/25 - Prewriting
Friday 10/27 - First rough draft & peer edit
Monday 10/30 - Revision & evaluation
Tuesday 10/31 - Final draft submitted via Google Docs
We will be in the library beginning Wednesday, 10/25, and you must have something to work with.
This week, we move into practicing with inferences, generalizations, and textual evidence. Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday will be rotation days, either working on Study Island or two nonfiction articles. You will have a quiz on Thursday and Friday will introduce analyzing interactions among elements of nonfiction texts. Any work that is not completed in class will become homework.
ENGLISH 9:
This week, we begin working on our nonfiction narratives in class. The deadlines for elements of planning and completion are as follows:
Wednesday 10/25 - Prewriting
Friday 10/27 - First rough draft & peer edit
Monday 10/30 - Revision & evaluation
Tuesday 10/31 - Final draft submitted via Google Docs
We will be in the library beginning Wednesday, 10/25, and you must have something to work with.
Monday, October 16, 2017
October 16-20
READING 7:
We will continue our work with central idea as we finish working through our three rotations. There will be a review on central idea with a quiz on either Wednesday or Thursday of this week, depending on the progress made on Monday and Tuesday. If you want extra practice, continue working with Summary or begin working on Central Idea on Study Island. We will continue our study of key ideas and details by turning the focus to inferences, generalizations, and textual support at the end of the week.
ENGLISH 9:
We will begin working with the narrative "American History" to gain an understanding of the elements of a narrative prior to beginning our personal narrative assignment this week. Assignments scheduled are:
MONDAY: Read the narrative, complete comprehension check on page 45.
TUESDAY: Close read the narrative, complete analyze the text on page 46.
WEDNESDAY: Review the author's use of conflict and its impact on the narrative, complete craft and structure on page 47.
THURSDAY: Review the author's use of vocabulary and its impact on tone and mood, complete vocabulary work on page 48.
FRIDAY: Review the conventions of the narrative (focus on prepositions) and complete the conventions practice on page 49.
We will continue our work with central idea as we finish working through our three rotations. There will be a review on central idea with a quiz on either Wednesday or Thursday of this week, depending on the progress made on Monday and Tuesday. If you want extra practice, continue working with Summary or begin working on Central Idea on Study Island. We will continue our study of key ideas and details by turning the focus to inferences, generalizations, and textual support at the end of the week.
ENGLISH 9:
We will begin working with the narrative "American History" to gain an understanding of the elements of a narrative prior to beginning our personal narrative assignment this week. Assignments scheduled are:
MONDAY: Read the narrative, complete comprehension check on page 45.
TUESDAY: Close read the narrative, complete analyze the text on page 46.
WEDNESDAY: Review the author's use of conflict and its impact on the narrative, complete craft and structure on page 47.
THURSDAY: Review the author's use of vocabulary and its impact on tone and mood, complete vocabulary work on page 48.
FRIDAY: Review the conventions of the narrative (focus on prepositions) and complete the conventions practice on page 49.
Monday, October 9, 2017
October 10-13
READING 7:
We will begin our work with central idea and supporting details in informational texts this week. Students will be working in small groups to complete a series of three different tasks. Because of the shortened week and several special schedules, this week's assignments will carry into next week.
TUESDAY HW (ALL classes): Finish Study Island benchmark by tonight. (Username is lunch number@ns (1234@ns) and password is abc123). We'll take a look at your scores during Wednesday's classes! :)
FRIDAY HW (ALL classes): Rewrite TDA (if you need to) - due Friday. Also finish Study Island benchmark if you have not done so already. Benchmarks will be 1/2 credit at this point.
ENGLISH 9:
We will spend our week continuing to work on our comparative analysis of the diction in Quindlen and Kennedy's texts found on pages 13 and 23 of the textbook respectively. Students are expected to be working on their essays outside of class as well as in class with the guidance of the teacher. Final essays are due at the beginning of class on Friday, October 13 either as a hard copy or in Google Docs.
We will begin our work with central idea and supporting details in informational texts this week. Students will be working in small groups to complete a series of three different tasks. Because of the shortened week and several special schedules, this week's assignments will carry into next week.
TUESDAY HW (ALL classes): Finish Study Island benchmark by tonight. (Username is lunch number@ns (1234@ns) and password is abc123). We'll take a look at your scores during Wednesday's classes! :)
FRIDAY HW (ALL classes): Rewrite TDA (if you need to) - due Friday. Also finish Study Island benchmark if you have not done so already. Benchmarks will be 1/2 credit at this point.
ENGLISH 9:
We will spend our week continuing to work on our comparative analysis of the diction in Quindlen and Kennedy's texts found on pages 13 and 23 of the textbook respectively. Students are expected to be working on their essays outside of class as well as in class with the guidance of the teacher. Final essays are due at the beginning of class on Friday, October 13 either as a hard copy or in Google Docs.
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