Thursday, February 25, 2016
Poetry Unit
Students will be working on a poetry unit working with poetry literary terms. They will complete an acrostic poem, a partner scavenger hunt using several poems to find and describe literary terms used in the poems and they will also complete a group project poetically analyzing a chosen song as a form of poetry using literary terms.
Unit 11 Vocabulary Test
Students will be given the Unit 11 vocabulary words and pages to complete. Some of the assignments will be done in class and others are expected to be completed as homework. The students will hand in all assignments and be tested over the Unit 11 vocabulary words on Friday, March 4th. Please be prepared.
Thursday, February 11, 2016
Grammar Lessons - Subject/Verb
Students will be given a set of mini-lessons to complete as a class over the next couple weeks. Students will be tested over this material on subjects and verbs on Friday, February 19th. They will be expected to hand in the mini-lessons at that time.
Character Analysis
We will be writing a character analysis using a character from To Kill a Mockingbird. We will be developing an outline, rough draft and final copy of this analysis in class. The due date for the character analysis is Tuesday, March 1st.
Friday, February 5, 2016
Character Body Map
We will be creating a body map with quotes, symbols and textual evidence to analyze a character from To Kill a Mockingbird. Students will work on this in class and will have my assist in developing this character analysis as a form of prewriting for a written and formal character analysis we will be writing the following week. The due date for the body map is Friday, February 12th.
Unit 10 Vocabulary Test
Students will be given the Unit 10 vocabulary words and pages to complete. Some of the assignments will be done in class and others are expected to be completed as homework. The students will hand in all assignments and be tested over the Unit 10 vocabulary words on Friday, February 12th. Please be prepared.
Tuesday, February 2, 2016
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