Friday, December 9

American Lit:
Daily Spark
Character Quiz
Turned in Creative Activity (dialect or caricature)
Group discussion pages 27-32
HW: Read 33-37
discussion questions available here and at the beginning of class on Monday. Due at end of class.

9th Grade English:
Quiz on chapter 5
Lit discussion ch. 5
Vocab List 2
HW: Submit revised Essay with introduction paragraph by 12 midnight Friday (Use a hook from the presentation earlier this week and include 1-2 sentences of summary with the author's name and the book title. Conclude the paragraph with your thesis.)
- Read chapters 6 & 7, complete reading questions, and ONE of the NEW Lit jobs

See calendar for upcoming dates for vocabulary

Thursday, December 8

American Lit:
Daily Spark
in class work time w/ laptops to work on creative assignment
HW: finish creative assignment, complete question sheet and reading 29-32

9th Grade English:
Quiz Ch 4 Active Expressions
Writing Introductions Ppt example, notes
Lit Circle - Discuss rules: Discussion director needs to use open ended questions like the Bloom's taxonomy list and create sample answers
Character Chart  - see the example on the front
HW: 9 characters on Character Chart,
Introduction paragraph to wind essay due by Midnight on Friday.
Optional: submit a revised essay along with introduction paragraph

Wednesday, December 7

American Lit
Daily Spark
Group Discussion on question sheet
Quiz w/ active Expressions
Work day in class tomorrow for creative activity
Possible character quiz as well on these characters
HW: For Friday, read 29-32 w/ question sheet filled out
Creative activity (dialect or caricature) also due Friday

9th grade English
Stamped chapter 4 questions, Lit circle tasks
Discuss chapter 4 in groups
Review questions with active votes
Chose lit job for Chapter 5
HW: Read Chapter 5, reading questions and 1 Lit circle job

Tuesday, December 6

American Lit:
Daily Spark - choosing the right punctuation
Project Activity: Caricature or Dialect
Worked on these projects in the lab
Handed out questions for this week's chapters 24-32
HW: Please bring the first 3 questions filled out to discuss tomorrow on Chapters 24-28
Creative Activity due Friday with work time on Thursday (w/ laptops)

9th Grad English:
Quiz on chapter 3
Allusion (not Illusion!) powerpoint with embedded links
- Movie clip referencing Alice in Wonderland
- "Vincent" by Don Mclean references Vincent Van Gogh and his paintings
HW: 6th period, you have a lot!
+ Read chapter 4
+ Complete reading questions AND Lit Circle Allegory Jobs (yes, all four jobs)
Review Allegory ppt and Rushdie ppt if necessary
+ Find Sentences in book (here's a hint: chapter chart of vocabulary words)
- please remember to include a sentence for "Eminent" on the front page, even though there is no line +You may also correct your sentences and resubmit them at this time.
+ Study for Vocabulary Quiz

Monday, December 5

American Lit:
Daily Spark - best word for the job
Work with partner on topics 17-23
Discuss chapters
HW: Read 24-28 by Wednesday

9th Grade English:
Returned Vocabulary sentences
Chapter 2 quiz
Discuss chapters 1-2
Allegory ppt w/ Yertle the Turtle video of book
HW: Read Chapter 3 with reading questions
Find vocabuarly sentences in book, write down on vocab sheet - due Wednesday