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.
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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.
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11AP: Write the analysis of the two swamp passages. Defend your answer to this question with evidence and commentary: Which of the two passages is more subjective?
9th Honors: Continue work on Pearl body paragraphs. We turned in the second body paragraph draft in today.
Question of the day: What does a piece of photography equipment have in common with a legislative building?
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11AP: Read “Help Us Overthrow the Short/Tall Mafia” on page 588-9 of the textbook. Do questions 1-4.
9th Honors:
Homework: Write your second Pearl body paragraph.
Question of the Day: What does a crane have in common with searching for your ancestors?
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11AP:
Homework: Write the paragraph comparing two similar things, using specific details.
9th Honors:
Homework: Write the first body paragraph of your Pearl essay. Use at least two quotes, clear commentary, and at least 8 sentences.
Question of the Day: What does a person running for election have in common with being humiliated or discredited?
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11AP:
Homework: Priam Paragraph: Write one paragraph on the King Priam monologue (Page 12 of the textbook) identifying the point, the purpose, and the tone of the passage. Use specific evidence (quotes) and commentary to explain the tone. Write in blue/black ink or type.
Vocab Quiz tomorrow and I.R. Report on Chapters 18-21 of Scarlet Letter
9th Honors:
Homework: Complete I.R. Report and study for vocabulary quiz.
Question of the Day: What does an annual celebration have in common with massive bloodshed?
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Homework: Prepare for MEMORY ANTHOLOGY #3.
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11AP: Today we talked about tone, and we wrote a cumulative sentence in class conveying a specific tone. If you didn’t finish in class, hand it in on Thursday.
Homework: Rest up for the PSAT on Wednesday; Memory Anthology 3 on Thursday, Oct. 15.
9th Honors: Today we handed-in our Pearl Essay planning sheet and took the MAPP test in the library.
Homework: Do independen reading and prepare for Memory Anthology 4 on Thursday.
Question of the Day: What does a line of poetry have in common with all things that exist?
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11AP: Today in class we took notes on the Ladder of Abstraction and Deductive versus Inductive organization.
Homework: Write an inductive paragraph using the instructions on the worksheet entitled: “Take the Inductive Challenge.”
9th Honors: Today we talked about the essay on The Pearl. The question we are writing on is: Were Kino and Juana defeated or victorious at the end of the book?
Homework: Complete the worksheet on reasons and evidence in preparation for writing the essay.
Question of the day: What does your spinal column have in common with a TV or radio commercial?
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11AP: Today we handed in the Indep. Reading Report on Scarlet Letter, chapters 14-17. Next week we’ll work on Chapters 18-21.
Homework: Prepare for Memory Anthology 3 on Thurs., Oct. 15.
9th Honors: Today we handed-in I.R. Report 4 and did Vocabulary Quiz 4.
Homework: Organize your notebook and prepare for Memory Anthology 3 on Thurs., Oct. 15.
Question of the Day: What does an expert in languages have in common with a type of pasta?
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