Week 13's lessons 11/27 - 12/1

I hope you are refreshed and ready to go again. Extra credit is due Monday before the warning bell, or it is late. It will only be accepted Monday. If you have questions or need help remember I am here at 7am and at break.

Monday 11/27
1. Review Reading Quizzes
2. To Kill a Mockingbird Reading Quiz Chapters 9 and 10
3. Review Chapter 1-8 packet
4. Do Unit 6 Part A and B (homework)
5. Read !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tuesday 11/28
1. Review Vocabulary
2. Finish reviewing packet
3. Discuss To Kill a Mockingbird Study Guide
4. Do Unit 6 Vocabulary Part C and D (homework - will be graded)
5. Read !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wednesday 11/29
1. Review Vocabulary (70 points with Spelling and Wordplay)
2. Review Idioms
3. Discuss Study Guide
4. Write three journals from chapters 9 - 22 of To Kill a Mockingbird (three total) hmwk

Thursday 11/30
1. Practice Unit 6 Vocabulary Test
2. See To Kill a Mockingbird
3. Read !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
4. Study for vocabulary test Unit 6

Friday 12/1
1. Unit 6 Vocabulary Test
2. Discuss Study Guide
3. See To Kill a Mockingbird
4. Read !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! --- should be finished reading

Now we are going to lecture; if you have read it will make more sense to you and you can participate in discussions.

Thanksgiving week 11/20 - 11/22

Let's have a great short week of school. There is a vacation extra credit project. First pick up from me "A Thanksgiving Fable" and read it aloud in a family gathering. After you read it aloud write a paragraph explaining the moral, and have a parents sign the paragraph stating that you read the fable aloud in a family gathering. This is due Monday 11/27.

Monday 11/20
1. Review Vocabulary Test
2. Reading quiz
3. Chapters 1-8 TKM packet (homework)
4. Vocabulary corrections (homework)

Tuesday 11/21
1. Grade The Real Cause
2. Write journals Chapters 6-8 (homework)
3. Read and discuss To Kill a Mockingbird
4. Work on Packet (homework)

Wednesday 11/22
1. Reading quiz
2. Work on packet
3. Read and discuss To Kill a Mockingbird
4. Read To Kill a Mockingbird

Have a happy Thanksgiving, and enjoy your family.

The Burial at Thebes (EXTRA CREDIT)

For extra credit you can go and see the school play The Burial at Thebes.
After seeing the play which is a version of Sophocles' Antigone that we will be reading, write a summary of the play, and staple your ticket to the summary. Make sure to describe the conflict of the play and characters involved. Type your summary MLA style. (from 50 to 100 points - your choice it can go into homework or test category) The Show dates are November 15 - 17 at 7:30 p.m. The running time is one hour with no intermission. See you there.

11th lesson 11/13 - 11/17

Don't forget the Can Food Drive (extra credit). Please make sure you keep up with your reading and journals for To Kill a Mockingbird.

Monday 11/13
1. Review Vocabulary Test
2. Journal: Listen to CD and do a Quick write "Integrity" What are you building?
3. Do Vocabulary Unit 5 A and B (homework)

Tuesday 11/14
1. Review Vocabulary
2. Lecture: Objectives of TKM unit
3. Write Journals for Chapters 1-5 of To Kill a Mockingbird (homework - develop well)
4. Do Vocabulary Part C and D and The Last Word (homework)

Wednesday 11/15
1. Review Vocabulary
2. Review Journals
3. Type final copy of essay
4. Work on The Real Cause (homework)

Thursday 11/16
1. Vocabulary Bingo and Pretest
2. Work on The Real Cause
3. Review TKM Glossary
4. Discuss Study Guide
5. Type final copy of essay

Friday 11/17
1. Unit 5 Vocabulary Test
2. Essay due
3. Discuss TKM
4. Practice CAHSEE test

If you have questions about To Kill a Mockingbird please come and ask them. Let's have a great unit and finish with a super essay.

Week ten's lessons 11/6 - 11/10

Aloha, we are finished with the first quarter, and I hope you like what you have done so far. If not then you need to see me and let's get off to a better start this quarter. We are working on To Kill A Mockingbird and
these websites will be very helpful to you. http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/Belmont_HS/tkm/index.html
Also http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/ will help you.

Monday 11/6
1. Review Spelling Test
2. Clean backpack and review first quarter
3. Conclusion handout
4. Edit Essay
5. Do spelling corrections (homework)

Tuesday 11/7
1. First quarter printout of your grade
2. Vocabulary Bee
3. Lecture: Author- Nelle Harper Lee
4. Read pages 819 - 821 Figurative Language (homework)

Wednesday 11/8
1. Pass out To Kill a Mockingbird books
2. Review Reading
3. Hand out Study Guide
4. Read chapters 1 and 2
5. Retype essay (homework)

Thursday 11/9
1. Take review Vocab Test
2. Edit essay
3. Glossary React
4. Explain Dialectical Journals

Friday 11/10
1. Review Vocabulary Test
2. Journal: Listen to CD on "Integrity" Quick write "integrity" What are you building? Remember a house is built with an exterior and an interior.
3. Lecture: Objectives of TKM unit
4. Type final copy of Essay (homework)

Remember if you need help I am here every morning.