Friday, Februrary 3

American Lit:
Daily Spark
Research Lessons Quiz
Research Paper Requirements, How to Choose a Topic
Research Paper due dates
HW: Read packet to review Research Info and get index cards (at least 100). Bring index cards to class on Monday

9th Grade English:
Timed Write on "The Youngest Doll"
SSR
No homework

Thursday, Februray 2

American Lit:
Continue Research Lessons
Lesson 10: Plagiarism
Lesson 11: Organizing your ideas
HW: Buy index cards! Must have them in class on Monday

9th Grade English:
Finished Discussion on "The Youngest Doll"
Good examples of analysis from compare/contrast essays
HW: Bring SSR book and reading notes from "The Youngest Doll"
Note: Book Review #2 is due February 29!

Wednesday, February 1

American Lit:
Cont. Research Lessons:
Lesson 8: Capturing Sources
Lesson 9: Taking notes and writing a thesis
To review, lessons located here: http://my.hrw.com/la_2010/na_lit/nsmedia/website/wrda/html/l3/home.html

Cont. discussion of "The Youngest Doll"
- What is being criticized?  What is being symbolized?
Chart Worksheet - analyze in table groups, group share to class
Collect Haroun and the Sea of Stories book

Tuesday, January 31

American Lit:
Daily Spark: who is "they" actually referring to?
Start Research Lessons
Lesson 2: Choosing a topic and writing research questions
Lesson 8: Caputuring Sources and MLA format
Took notes on these lessons

9th Grade English:
Continued analyzing "The Youngest Doll"
Filled in quote interpretations and made inferences
Collected ivory quote worksheets
* Please bring your Haroun and the Sea of Stories books to class to turn in

Monday, January 30

American lit:
worked in comptuer lab to prepare research lessons
Be ready to present tomorrow!


9th Grade English:
Worked on analyzing and making inferences for "The Youngest Doll", a short story we read on Friday.
We will continue working on this tomorrow. No homework.