Friday, March 13, 2009

Agenda For Week Starting March 16th, 2009

9th Grade English

Monday- Journal entry. Read Shakespeare's biography as a class. Individually complete the questions 1-11. Read the prologue and disect the language. Complete the handout on the prologue together.

Tuesday- Word of the week. The students will read "The Year of Magical Thinking." Students need to read the article and write down examples of the traits of descriptive writing.

Wednesday- Reader's minute. Collect the descriptive writin piece. Further introduce Romeo and Juliet. Read p. 8 together, and the students will complete p. 9 with a partner. This is a handout.

Thursday- Words most often confused. Learned 6-column note taking. Started to read Act I Scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet. Update the notes. For homework, complete the take home quiz.

Friday- Writing tip of the week and SSR. Collect the take home quiz. Complete the jigsaw activity to learn background information on Shakespear and the Elizabethen time period.

11th Grade English

Monday- Journal. Continue to work on Canterbury Tales Project.

Tuesday- Word of the week. Finish working on the Canterbury Tales Project.

Wednesday- Reader's minute. Collect projects. Extra credit presentations on the Canterbury Tales. Study the vocabulary words.

Thursday- Words most often confused. Vocabulary study game. Study your vocabulary words for the quiz tomorrow. I passed out the "Frankenstein" books.

Friday- Writing tip of the week and SSR. Quiz on "Frankenstein" vocabulary words.

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