Special Announcement:

Vegan bake sale this weekend at Side for Pigs Peace!

Bake sales at Sidecar start at noon on Saturday, and continue until 7pm Sunday night.

This weekend’s bake sale is especially important, as all proceeds from the Bake Sale will help solve the urgent safety crisis at Pigs Peace Sanctuary, which you can read about here: http://pigspeace.org/events/concretePlatform.html

Sidecar for Pigs Peace is located in Seattle's University District, on the corner of 55th and University Way.

Friday, October 28

American Lit
Daily Spark, grammar: complex and compound-complex sentences
Listen to "The Declaration of Independence" pages 240-244
Vocabulary List #1
HW: Journal Entry for "The Declaration of Independence"

9th English:
Reading Quiz
Discuss 42-56 in full circle discussion groups
no time for SSR today
HW: read 56-71 with reading questions
reminders:
Vocabulary quiz on Tuesday, 11/1
2 symbol cards due Wednesday, 11/2

Thursday, October 27

American Lit:
Daily Spark, Vocab Warm-up
Listen/Read "The Crisis" pg 250-255
Introduced Argument and Rhetoric Analysis Journal (see helpful links for document)
HW: Write a Journal Entry for "The Crisis"

9th Grade English:
Write Now warm up response
Reading Quiz
Discuss 21-42 reading questions
Symbols - looking for meaning
HW: Read 42-56 with reading questions
2 symbols due Wednesday, Nov 2

Wednesday, October 26

American Lit:
Daily Spark
Tools for arguments: Rhetoric Terms PowerPoint
Took Unit Notes based on textbook pages 226-227

9th Grade English
Turned in Vocabulary Sentences
Grammar: Nouns- singular/plural, common/proper, abstract/concrete

HW: Read pages 21-42 in The Alchemist, complete reading questions

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

American Lit:
Daily Spark
Timed Write: What was the most impactful thing about The Crucible?
Shared Timed Writes
"Speed Discussing" What is the American Dream?
no homework

9th Grade English:
Reading Quiz
Discuss Reading Questions of 3-21
Viewed Following The Alchemist Slideshow
Timed Write: What's the meaning of dreams?
HW: Bring Vocabulary sentences tomorrow (Wednesday)
Due Thursday: Reading 21-42, reading questions