Posted on November 9, 2009 by brianbackman
11AP: Complete draft on your passion. Use the model paragraph on the guitar and include antithesis and parallelism.
9th Honors: Today we talked about the Poem Analysis assignment that is due on Thurs., Nov. 12. Complete chapter 7 of G.E. Continue work on Memory Anthology.
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Posted on November 8, 2009 by brianbackman
11AP: Read the essay on the “Gettysburg Address” and complete the questions.
Also, select your one 200 word poem, or two 100-word poems for Memory Anthology 2nd Qtr.
9th Honors: Read through your MemoryAnthology 2nd Quarter packet.
Select your one 200 word poem, or two 100 word poems. Write them out on a separate piece of paper.
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Posted on November 5, 2009 by brianbackman
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.
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Posted on November 5, 2009 by brianbackman
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.
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Posted on November 3, 2009 by brianbackman
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.
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Posted on November 2, 2009 by brianbackman
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.
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Posted on October 29, 2009 by brianbackman
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.
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Posted on October 27, 2009 by brianbackman
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.
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Posted on October 26, 2009 by brianbackman
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.
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Posted on October 23, 2009 by brianbackman
11AP: Complete multiple choice on “Death of a Moth”
9th Honors: Complete final draft (typed) of Pearl Essay. Bring book in also on Monday.
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