Tuesday, November 13, 2012

November 12 - 16, 2012

English 9
Monday-       Veteran's Day -- No school
Tuesday -      Demonstrate correct usage of action and linking verbs
                      Discuss "American History" Quiz
                      Define "American History" vocabulary terms
Wednesday - Review "American HIstory" vocabulary terms
                      Discuss and Identify action and linking versbs - discuss guided practice exercise
Thursday -     Review for quizzes
Friday -          Identify action and linking verbs -- quiz
                       Define "American History" vocabulary terms -- quiz

English 9 Pre-AP
Monday --      Veteran's Day -- No school
Tuesday --      Discuss New England Nun graphic organizer homework assignment
                       Introduce The Odyssey -- Read the background information
Wednesday -- Review The Odyssey background information
                        Define epic hero, epic, Greek mythology and the journey of the hero
Thursday --     Introduce The Odyssey characters
                        Begin reading the Odyssey
Friday --         Identify the background material pertaining to The Odyssey -- Quiz

English 10

Monday --    Veteran's Day -- No school
Tuesday --      Due to the fact that the students were not prepared, I postponed their vocabulary quiz
                       unitl tomorrow. I allowed them in class time to study.
Wednesday --  Define vocabulary terms associated with ACT, SAT and GRE material.
                        Introduce the selection "Iroquois Constitution"
Thursday --     Return and discuss vocab quizzes
                        Discuss "Iroquois Constitution" -- identifying the characters, and culture represented
Friday ---        Identify the characters, events, and culture represented within "Iroquois Constitution" --                     Quiz