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Thurs., Nov. 5

brianbackman — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:03:42 +0000

11AP: Finish questions on “Serving in Florida.” Complete I.R. Report and study for vocab. quiz. Friday is the last day to hand in Book Discussions for 1st Quarter. See Worksheet: Serving in Florida

9th Honors: Book Response/Review due tomorrow. See format in syllabus. Attach all of your I.R. Reports to it when you hand it in tomorrow. Also, study for vocabulary quiz.

Wed., Nov. 4

brianbackman — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:02:23 +0000

11AP: Today we received details on the 2nd Quarter Memory Anthology. Go through the packet of poems and select one 200-word passage, or two 100-word passages to begin reading and analyzing.

9th Honors: Look through the 2nd Quarter Memory Anthology packet and begin selecting a passage for memorization.

Tues., Nov. 3

brianbackman — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:50:29 +0000

11AP: Write a Diction paragraph on the “Accordian” passage.

9th Honors: Today we went over this week’s vocabulary and worked on Chapter 5 of G.E. Read Chapter 6 tonight.

Also, work on your Book Response/Review – Due on Friday 11/6.

Monday, Nov. 2

brianbackman — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:02:54 +0000

11AP: Complete intro. paragraph on “Accordion” passage and do Diction worksheet on the back of the passage.

9th Honors: Complete verb worksheet and multiple choice questions on the back.

Thurs., Oct. 29

brianbackman — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:53:08 +0000

11AP: Today in class we handed in the Reading Response/Review of the Scarlet Letter. We also took Vocab. Quiz 7.

Homework: Do Independent Reading Report 7 on a book from the Challenge List.

9th Honors:

Do revision of your Pearl Essay. Be prepared to hand in your graded version and your clean, revised version on Monday.

Tues., Oct. 27

brianbackman — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:04:09 +0000

11AP: Read “The Rattler” and do worksheet on back. Prepare for Memory Anthology.

Scarlet letter Book Response/Review due on Thursday.

9th Honors: Finish crossword and prepare for Memory Anthology.

Monday, Oct. 26

brianbackman — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:54:36 +0000

11AP: Read “Corn Pone Opinions” on page 717-721. Do Questiosn on Rhetoric and Style on page 721: 1, 2, 5, and 8.

9th Honors: Today we handed-in our Pearl Essay and talked about Independent Reading for 1st Quarter. You need to complete a Book Response/Review by 11/6.

Homework: Finish reading Great Expectations Chapter 1-4 and do questions.

Friday, Oct 23

brianbackman — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:14:31 +0000

11AP: Complete multiple choice on “Death of a Moth”

9th Honors: Complete final draft (typed) of Pearl Essay. Bring book in also on Monday.

Thurs., Oct. 22

brianbackman — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:26:16 +0000

11AP: Complete final I.R. Report on Scarlet Letter and study for Vocab. Quiz

9th Honors: Today we reviewed the requirements for the Pearl Essay. Final Draft is due on Monday.

Homework: Review for vocabulary quiz and complete I.R. Report.

Wed, Oct. 21

brianbackman — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:07:14 +0000

11AP: Read pages 167-171 in the textbook and do exercise 1 and 3 on appositives.

9th Honors: Complete and revise as necessary you Pearl essay body paragraphs.