23 March 2015:
Today’s Agenda:
Obtain a short story packet
and put your name on it.
When you have done so,
flip through it and preview
some of the information.
1. Short Stories and
Close Reading:
Expectations and How-To
2. “A Dark Brown Dog” by
Stephen Crane
HMWK:
•
Online SAT (or ACT) review
on USATestPrep: Week #7
•
Complete your reading of “A
Dark Brown Dog” if needed
•
Continue collecting words,
four a week, but now, you
must collect THREE
vocabulary words and ONE
spelling word!
24 March 2015:
Today’s Agenda:
1. Check Annotations
Have your annotations out and
read to be checked. You should
have been thorough with your
close reading, a thorough as we
were when we were reading
yesterday. Anything less will
result in a zero.
2. Class Discussion of
“A Dark Brown Dog” by
Stephen Crane: What Did
You REALLY Read About?
HMWK:
•
Online SAT (or ACT) review
on USATestPrep: Week #7
•
Read and annotate “The
Scarlett Ibis” by James Hurst
for TOMORROW!!!
•
Continue collecting words,
four a week, but now, you
must collect THREE
vocabulary words and ONE
spelling word!
25 March 2015:
As it was before, have your
short story packet out and
ready to be checked. Once it
is, we will have a quiz.
Afterwards, we will discuss
the story as a class.
Today’s Agenda:
1. Check Annotations
2. Class Discussion of
“The Scarlet Ibis”:
Similarities and Differences
in the TWO Stories We have
Read Thus Far
HMWK:
•
Online SAT (or ACT) review
on USATestPrep: Week #7
•
Read and annotate “A Good
Man is Hard to Find” by
Flannery O’Connor for
TOMORROW
•
Continue collecting words,
four a week, but now, you
must collect THREE
vocabulary words and ONE
spelling word!
26 March 2015:
Today’s Agenda:
1. Annotations Check
2. Class Discussion of “A Good
Man is Hard to Find” by
Flannery O’Connor
Who was the “Misfit”,
where did his name
come from, and overall,
what did he represent?
3. TOMORROW!!!
HMWK:
•
Online SAT (or ACT) review
on USATestPrep: Week #7
•
Make sure you are prepared
for TOMORROW!
•
Continue collecting words,
four a week, but now, you
must collect THREE
vocabulary words and ONE
spelling word!
27 March 2015:
Today’s Agenda:
Today, you will have a test on
Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton.
As of today, you have had more
than two weeks to make sure the
novel was read. If you read, you
should be fine and do quite well.
1. Test on Ethan Frome
HMWK:
•
Online SAT (or ACT) review
on USATestPrep: Week #7
•
Complete your reading and
annotation of the short
stories in the packet for
Wed. 4/8/15
•
Continue collecting words,
four a week, but now, you
must collect THREE
vocabulary words and ONE
spelling word!