Today we finished either the trial worksheet or the Prejudice/Courage worksheet and watched part of the movie in class.

Homework: 5 and 7: 21 and 22, 8: 20-22.

Tuesday

Today we finished the other worksheet and watched part of the movie in class.

Homework: 5 and 7: 23 and 24, 8: none.

Have a great break!!!

Discuss Chapter 9 and 10, time to read.
HW: 5 and 7 – Chpts. 11 and 12 8 – Chapts. 10-13

Tuesday – We worked on a prejudice worksheet and found pages in the book that related to the theme.

Hw: 5 and 7 – Chpts. 13 and 14 8 – None

Wednesday – We worked on a courage worksheet, grammar, and discussed the homework.
HW: 5 and 7 – Chpts. 15 and 16 8- 14-16

Thursday – We Summarized the homework chapters and began our trial worksheet and reading in class.

HW: 5 and 7 – Chpts. 17 and 18 8 – 17-19

Friday – We took a quiz, went over it and continued working on the trial worksheet.

HW: 5 and 7 -Chpts. 19 and 20 8 – None

HW: Periods 5 and 7, Read Chapters 1 and 2. Period 8, Read Chapters 1-3.

Tuesday – We discussed the important characters of the book so far.

HW: Periods 5 and 7, Read Chapters 3 and 4. Period 8, None.

Wednesday –

Periods 5 and 7 – We discussed Chapters 3 and 4 using study questions.
Period 8 – We discussed more about Chapters 1-3 and spent time doing more debating.

HW: periods 5 and 7, Read Chapters 5 and 6. Period 8, Read Chapters 4-6

Thursday –

All periods – We wrote a journal about a neighbor we remember.
Periods 5 and 7 – We discussed some important points from Chapters 5 and 6 and then added a bit more about Boo to our character sheet.

Period 8 – In groups, you created a summary of your assigned chapter and found three quotations from the chapter that you felt were important. We discussed these chapters based on your work.

HW: 5 and 7 – Chapters 7 and 8
8 – Chapters 7-9

All Periods – there is a quiz tomorrow!!!!!

Friday – We will take our quiz and then grade them together as a class.

HW: Periods 5 and 7 – Chapters 9 and 10
Period 8 – None

Tuesday – Today you gave your presentations.

Wednesday – Today we continued the presentations.

Thursday – Today we reflected on the presentations and had a mini-debate on a topic related to the new book, To Kill a Mockingbird

Friday – Today we created your reading schedule for the novel.

Homework: Pre-Reading worksheet

Today I explained your group research project assignment and gave you the assignment sheet. In a group you filled out the K and W of a KWL worksheet based on your assigned topic. We will be in the library all this week researching.

20th-22nd

In the library doing research.
Your 5W’s and How worksheet is due at the end of the period on the 22nd. The more information you have the better.

This weekend you should start thinking about what you want to do for your individual project. You will have class time to work the project next week, so bring any supplies that you might want.

Rough Drafts are due tomorrow!!

14th

We peer edited in class. You MUST turn a peer edit in with your final draft, so if you did not finish today you need to find time on your own to get the editing finished.

15th

We were in the computer lab typing our final drafts.

16th

Today you turned in your Odyssey papers and we had a debate on whether or not the Odyssey should be a required part of the freshmen English curriculum. Every single class voted to keep the Odyssey!

Today we finished reading the Odyssey and watching the movie. We also completed our study guide. I explained the test as well. It is all short answer except for one essay question. The short answer questions are on: The Hero’s Journey, the Epic, Literary Techniques, and the story of the Odyssey.

October 6th

Today we took the state writing test.

October 7th

Today we reviewed for The Odyssey test TOMORROW!

October 8th

Today we are taking the Odyssey test.

October 9th

Today I am explaining the Odyssey paper and TEA Format, and you will have time to work on beginning your outline. The outline of the paper is due Tuesday the 13th. Rough draft is due the 14th.

Today we read Book 12 of the Odyssey and worked on the study guide.

October 1st

Today we read “Penelope” and “The Challenge” in the other textbooks. We worked on the study guide.

October 2nd

We watched the Odyssey movie. The test will be next Thursday.