Friday, January 13

American Lit:
Daily  Spark
Reading Questions in class, stamp, then discuss
Quiz on "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"
American Lit Final Study list of materials tested on
9th Grade English:
Free write - guiding questions for both Haroun and the Sea of Stories and Big Fish
Brainstorming on Thesis Statements (see list)
Y-Chart for Comparison (choose one thesis statement and write what applies to each and then their similarities)
HW: complete Y-chart

Thursday, January 12

American Lit:
Daily Spark
Vocabulary
The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County pg 683
HW: Finish vocabulary worksheets

9th Grade English:
Finished watching the movie Big Fish

Tomorrow is the last day for late assignments from Quarter 2

Wednesday, January 11

American Lit:
Daily Spark
Stamp Reading questions from Autobiography of Mark Twain
Go over Irony Examples and answers to reaidng questions
Take Quiz
no homework

9th Grade Enligsh:
Continued watching the movie Big Fish
no homework

Tuesday, January 10

American Lit:
Daily Spark
Finished Reading from "Autobiography of Mark Twain"
Went over irony examples
Reading Questions (on handout)
HW: complete reading questions handout

9th Grade English
Started Watching the movie: Big Fish 

Monday, January 9

American Lit:
DAily Spark
Power Notes Presentation - Mark Twain
Reading from Autobiography of Mark Twain  P 658-672
Vocabulary Study - predicting and finding actual meaning
HW: Make predictions of vocabulary words

9th Grade English:
Finish Presentations of Group Analysis Project
Essay Example: Compare/Contrast (we went over the guided analysis in class and you can continue to explore this resource and comapre see how it compares to a weak example.)
Introduce Essay for in class compare/contrast essay
Watch Movie Trailer of Big Fish
No homework!