Monday, October 24

American Lit:
Finish watching The Crucible
Turn in movie viewing guide
Timed Write about The Crucible


9th Grade English:
go over vocabulary words for The Alchemist - copy defintitions from PowerPoint
Continue working on reading 3-21 and chapter questions
HW: be ready to discuss 3-21, turn in questions
Due Wednesday: "Smart" sentences for each vocabulary word

Friday, October 21

Homecoming Assembly schedule

American lit:
Continue Watching The Crucible and taking notes on viewing guide, due Tuesday
No homework

9th Grade English:
Parables Activity - The Alchemist is a parable and contains many parables. To understand it better, we are looking at parables in Aesop's Fables
SSR when finished with parables activity
Work on reading questions for 3-21, due Tuesday

Thursday, Oct 21

American Lit:
Daily Spark
Watch Interview with Arthur Miller and Daniel Day-Lewis, who plays John Proctor in film
Start watching The Crucible movie
Received movie viewing guide: due Tuesday

9th Grade English:
4-part responses stamped
divided into discussion groups
Discussed topics in "fish bowl" style, took notes
turned in notes by end of class
Received questions for 3-21 due Tuesday

Wedsnesday, October 19

American Lit:
Daily Spark
Finsihed presenting projects
Watched movie trailer for The Crucible

9th Grade English:
Turned in essays by 10 am
Intro to The Alchemist
Read Four Pillars on handout (check back later for these documents)
Received Reading Calendar
Went over a 4 part repsonse
HW: Read Four Pillars, Intro (10 Years On), and Prologue then
Write a 4 part response on these topics.

Tuesday, October 18

American Lit:
Daily Spark SAT Prep
Last Mystery Person
Presented Projects

9th Grade English:
Document Formatting 101

Ms. Watson’s Essay Formatting 101

1.  Add Header. Double click the top inch of paper. Right align. Type Name, Period and Date.

2.       Double Space –a must for Turnitin.com submissions and hand-written comments!

3.      In paragraph settings, click on “remove space after paragraph”. You should not have any spaces added before or after paragraphs. 

Thesis Examples Document
Essay Tips
Book Exchange: Turned in House on Mango Street, checked out The Alchemist

Monday, October 17

American Lit:
Worked in computer lab to finalize presentations on The Crucible topic
HW: Presentations tomorrow

9th Grade English:
Worked on Wizards of Perfil Essays
HW: Bring thesis examples to share in class