October 15 - 19, 2012

English 9
On Monday, the students will complete New Directions vocabulary Quiz and discuss their 8 parts of speech quiz . On Tuesday, I will return their  narrative essays and discuss grammatical errors within the essays. Each student will have an opportunity to revise  their narrative essay. On Wednesday their revised narrative essay is due. We will also complete a practice exercise reviewing the 8 parts of speech. On THursday, I will introduece the literature selection  "The Scarlet Ibis"  ,and the students will read "The Scarlet Ibis". On Friday, each student will  complete  their "The Scarlet Ibis " quiz ,and we will review the 8 parts of speech for Monday's quiz.  
** 8 parts of speech quiz will be given Monday October 22, 2012.


English 9 Pre-AP
During this week, we will  discuss The Scarlet Ibis homework assignment. The students will also
annotate teacher selected passages from one of the short stories. We will discuss the annotation assignment.  On Thursday, we will review and discuss the elements of narrative fiction such as characterization, theme, tone, etc. On Friday, we will read "The New England Nun" ,and each student will write a narrative using the prompt "Describe a time when unhappiness occured because people did not understand each other".


English 10
On Monday, Students will read the following short selections "The Earth on Turtle's Back", :When Grizzlies Walked Upright" and "The Navajo: Origin Legend".  Each student will complete a quiz pertaining to the selections on Tuesday. On Wednesday, they will write an essay comparing/contrasting each selection. Thursday and Friday will be devoted to reviewing sample material for the PLAN test next week.