English 8: Blocks 3/4

Silent Reading and Commonly Confused Words (lead/led; through/threw/thorough/though)

We read and discussed the poems "My Mother, Who Came From China, Where She Never Saw Snow" and "When I Was a Little Girl". There are corresponding questions for the poems, which are to complete for homework.

During the second half of the period, we went to the library and worked on PowerPoints for the Independent Novel Study. Today was the last class given for this; make sure you are ready to present next Wednesday!

Reminders:

• "I Am" poems due today
•  Questions for "My Mother, Who Came From China, Where She Never Saw Snow" and "When I Was a Little Girl": due Friday, June 5, 2015
• Commonly Confused Words Open-Book Quiz: Friday, June 5, 2015
• Independent Novel Study Presentations: Thursday, June 11, 2015

English 11

To start off class, I allotted some time to work on the grammar booklets. We then finished reading The Crucible and started watching the movie version of the play.

Reminders:

• Grammar Booklets: Friday, June 5, 2015

English 8: Blocks 7/8

Silent Reading and Commonly Confused Words (lead/led; through/threw/thorough/though)

We read and discussed the poems "My Mother, Who Came From China, Where She Never Saw Snow" and "When I Was a Little Girl". There are corresponding questions for the poems, which are to complete for homework.

During the second half of the period, we went to the library and worked on PowerPoints for the Independent Novel Study. Today was the last class given for this; make sure you are ready to present next Wednesday!

Reminders:

• "I Am" poems due today
•  Questions for "My Mother, Who Came From China, Where She Never Saw Snow" and "When I Was a Little Girl": due Friday, June 5, 2015
• Commonly Confused Words Open-Book Quiz: Friday, June 5, 2015
• Independent Novel Study Presentations: Wednesday, June 10, 2015

English 11

We started off class with a quiz on Acts One and Two of The Crucible. We then went over Act Two questions, and went through a Powerpoint review of Act Three. Students had the rest of class to work on Act Three questions.

Reminders:

• Movie posters due today!
• Act Three questions: due tomorrow, June 3, 2015
• Grammar booklets: due Friday, June 5, 2015

English 8: Blocks 3/4 and 7/8

Silent Reading and Commonly Confused Words (council/counsel; lose/loose; passed/past)
We read, analyzed, and discussed the poem "I am an Earthling". Students then worked on corresponding questions; they were then given time to work on their own "I am" poem.

Criteria for "I am" Poem:
1) Pick anything (ex. unicorn/dinosaur/mountain) and write from the perspective of that thing.
2) 12 lines minimum
3) 3 words minimum per line
4) Free Verse (no pattern or rhyme needed; of course, if you want a pattern or rhyme, feel free to include that)

Reminders:

• "The Earthling" questions: due next class
• "I am" Poem: due next class

English 11

Almost done The Crucible!

Today we went over Act One questions, read Act Three, and started to work on another set of grammar booklets. If you haven't handed in the first grammar booklet, hand it in ASAP!

Reminders:

• Quiz on Acts One and Two of The Crucible: Tuesday, June 2, 2015
• Movie posters: due Tuesday, June 2, 2015
• 2nd Grammar booklet: due Friday, June 5, 2015

English 8: Blocks 3/4 and 7/8

June is here!!!

We started off the day with silent reading, and looked at more Commonly Confused Words (conscience/conscious;two/too/to; then/than). After that, we discussed two poems: "My Guilt" and "It's Different Now", and answered corresponding questions.

Reminders:

• Poem questions due tomorrow, June 2, 2015
• Blocks 3/4: Acrostic poems were due today!
• Blocks 7/8: Acrostic poems are due tomorrow, June 2, 2015 (see the criteria on Friday's blog post)