Friday - 10th Grade Break Homework

10-1

Read Chapters 8,9, and 10.

Keep a reading journal (this is not plot synopsis; it is a record of your opinions, thoughts, predictions, and questions.)

Bring in your thesis statement on Monday.

10-2

Read Chapters 9,10, and 11.

Keep a reading journal (this is not plot synopsis; it is a record of your opinions, thoughts, predictions, and questions.)

Bring in your thesis statements on Monday.

Friday - 9th Grade Break Homework

In your purple book, read page 327 and write the definitions of:

comedy

farce

dialogue

monologue

soliloquy

stage direction

parody

pun

exaggeration

understatement

Read p. 328.

Read p. 329 (Pyramus and Thisbe) and answer the sidebar questions.

Do pgs. 339-341

Thursday - 10th Grade Classwork and Homework

10-2

Classwork:

Today we talked about what criteria we use to judge people.  We then created character webs for a celebrity.  Then, we created character webs for ourselves.  To follow up, we did a character web for individual characters in the novel, and discussed how we judge them, what they think of themselves, and how or if they have changed.

Homework:

Read Chapter 8

10-1

Today in class we discussed and practiced making inferences.  Then, we read Chapter 7 in pairs, and kept a list of events.  After reading, we revisited the plot events and made inferences about them.

Homework:

Read Chapter 8

Thursday - 9th Grade Homework and Classwork

Classwork:

We finished poetry packets and began Shakespearean vocabulary.  We also did test prep for the test tomorrow.  Remember, there is a test tomorrow on Shakespeare.

Homework:

1. Read p. 781-782

2. Copy the vocabulary on 782.

3. On p. 783 do the Quickwrite and answer 1-5.

4. Read p. 784 (the five bullets)

5. Copy the cast of characters on p. 785

6. Study for your test.

Wednesday - 10th Grade Classwork and Homework

Classwork:

10-1

We discussed the themes, characters, quotes, and plot of Chapters 4 and 5.  We made connections to contemporary life and wrote questions, opinions, and predictions.  We assessed ourselves as group members.

10-2

We read Chapter 6 of the novel, and kept a list of characters' actions. We then drew inferences from those actions about the characters' traits.

Homework:

10-1

Read Chapter 6.  You may:

write a poem

draw a picture

write one paragraph about whether your opinion of a character has changed or not and why

10-2

Read Chapter 7.

Tell the story from Jem's point of view.

Wednesday - 9th Grade Classwork and Homework

Classwork:

We worked on poetry patterns packet.  We took inventory of our knowledge of Shakespeare and Romeo and Juliet.  We also defined archaic words and wrote a Shakespeare word wall.

Homework:

Do numbers 7-12 in the poetry packet.

Monday - 10th Grade Classwork and Homework

Classwork-

10-2 took their benchmark today.  10-1 will take theirs tomorrow.

Homework:

Please read chapters 4 and 5 of To Kill A Mockingbird.  Write if you think Jem, Scout, and the other children's imaginings about the Radley family are accurate or not.

Monday - 9th Grade Classwork and Homework

Classwork:

9-1 and 10-2 took their benchmarks today.  The two other sections will take theirs tomorrow.

Homework:

Read 776-780 and write down ten facts; you will have a quiz tomorrow.