Week of 11/29-12/3

We are writing and revising Letters about Literature to enter in the national contest.

11/29 Begin letters
11/30 Get new set of Greek roots to be tested 12/16
12/1 Type letters
12/2 Letter revision
12/3 Finish and prepare to send letters

11/16

Prize quiz on roots

Test on 2nd set of Greek roots

Wins

11/15

Prize quiz on Greek roots for test 11/16.

Begin planning Of Mice and Men essay.

10/29 Friday

Greek root re-test, if necessary.

Read Chapter 2 in Of Mice and Men keeping track of characters in on the Characterization worksheet.

Lecture on new set of roots. Next root test on November 16 on these terms.

10/28 Thursday

Do now: Review setting, characters, and conflict in the first chapter of OMM.

Open book test on Chapter 1.

Read Chapter 2 of Of Mice and Men while doing Characterization worksheet.

10/27

Do now: Read to the bottom of four in Of Mice and Men.

Define Characterization.

Begin Characterization worksheet for Of Mice and Men.

Finish Chapter 1 of Of Mice and Men.

Greek roots terms test

October 26 will be our first Greek roots test. If you've lost your notes, please access my notes on Greek terms. Be ready to define the term, provide an example, and define words made up of combinations of the roots.

Summaries are due 10/25

Summaries on the article paraphrased about the topics related to Speak are due at the end of the day Monday. Rules for writing a summary:
     1) Summaries should not contain your own opinion.
     2) Summaries should be approximately 1/3 the length of the original.
     3) Summaries should begin with a topic sentence that contains the author, title, and main idea of the article summarized.
    4) Facts in the summary should be presented in the same order as the original.

Journal 9/2

Write a letter to me in your journal explaining what you already know about essay writing.

Journal 9/1

Write a few sentences explaining what courage means to you.