Week 20, Day 1
Objective: recognize distinctive and shared characteristics of cultures through reading; understand cultural background to literary texts, grade level vocabulary, and listening for understanding.
- Week 19 SAT Quiz
- Week 20 DRE
- Grade "The Fall of the House of Usher" Reading Guide
- Henry David Thoreau (p. 374-377)
- Read and take notes on your Author Information Document
- from Walden and from Civil Disobeience"--put these on your Literary Terms and Vocabulary Google Doc
- Literary Terms (p. 376)
- Author's Purpose
- Style
- Diction
- Tone
- Metaphor
- Analogy
- Vocabulary (p. 376)
- Dilapidated
- Sublime
- Superfluous
- Magnanimity
- Expedient
- Alacrity
Week 19, Day 5
Objective: Objective: recognize distinctive and shared characteristics of cultures through reading; understand cultural background to literary texts, grade level vocabulary, and listening for understanding.
- Bell Work: Free Write! (70 words for Regular English, 80 words for Honors English AND 2 words from the current week)
- Grade Week 19 DRE
- Work with a partner and finish "The Fall of the House of Usher" Reading Guide (due Monday)
- You may also work on finishing your Vocab. and Lit. Terms for "The Fall of the House of Usher" if you have not already finished it.
- Free Read
- Free Rice
- Reminders/Announcements
- Be good for the sub.
- Study for your SAT Quiz on Monday!
- Sign-up to help work the Middle School Dance and the Debate Tournament for the Junior Class!
- Bring money for Pennies for Patients/Owen!!!!!!!!
Week 19, Day 4
Objective: Determine the meaning of grade-level technical academic English words derived from Latin roots and affixes; Demonstrate familiarity with works by authors in American fiction from each major literary period; Revise drafts to clarify meaning and achieve logical organization by adding transitional words and phrases; Write an interpretation of a literary text that identifies and analyzes the ambiguities, nuances, and complexities within the text and anticipates and responds to readers' questions or contradictory information; Reflect on understanding to monitor comprehension.
- Bell Work: Turn in your textbook to page 280.
- Finish reading "The Fall of the House of Usher"
- Work on "The Fall of the House of Usher" Reading Guide
- Due Monday
- Work on Vocabulary and Literary Terms for "The Fall of the House of Usher"
- Due Monday...If you're done, you can show me today.
- Reminders/Announcements
- I won't be here tomorrow. Be good for the sub.
- Grading Week 19 DRE tomorrow.
- Study for your SAT Quiz on Monday!
- Sign-up to help work the Middle School Dance and the Debate Tournament for the Junior Class!
- Bring money for Pennies for Patients/Owen!!!!!!!!
Week 19, Day 3
Objective: Determine the meaning of grade-level technical academic English words derived from Latin roots and affixes; Demonstrate familiarity with works by authors in American fiction from each major literary period; Revise drafts to clarify meaning and achieve logical organization by adding transitional words and phrases; Write an interpretation of a literary text that identifies and analyzes the ambiguities, nuances, and complexities within the text and anticipates and responds to readers' questions or contradictory information; Reflect on understanding to monitor comprehension.
- Bell Work: Turn in your textbook to page 280.
- SAT Words for Week 19
- Begin reading "The Fall of the House of Usher"
- As you listen, work on "The Fall of the House of Usher" Reading Guide
- Due Monday
Week 19, Day 2
Objective: recognize distinctive and shared characteristics of cultures through reading; understand cultural background to literary texts, grade level vocabulary, and listening for understanding.
- Week 18 SAT Quiz
- Week 19 DRE
- Edgar Allan Poe Author Information (p. 288-290)
- Read and take notes on your Author Information Document
- "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "The Raven"--put these on your Literary Terms and Vocabulary Google Doc
- Literary Terms (p. 291)
- Gothic literature
- Single-effect
- Vocabulary (p. 291)
- Importunate
- Munificent
- Equivocal
- Specious
- Anomalous
- Sentience
Week 18, Day 5
Objective: digital integrity and web literacy!
- Bell Work: Free Write! (80 words for Honors English AND 2 words from the current week)
- Grade Week 18 DRE
- Free Read or
- Free Rice
- Study for your Week 18 SAT Quiz on Tuesday
- Make sure you've created your Grammarly account. Go to http://www.grammarly.com/edu/students/
- Create Account
- Type your first and last name
- Godley Email Address
- Confirm your Godley Email Address
- Preferred password
- Access Code: 2tyVKRytbDHvj6dU
- Your controversial issue form was due yesterday at 4:00pm. Any entered after this will have 20 points deducted. Any forms entered after Friday will be a zero.
Week 18, Day 4
Objective: digital integrity and web literacy!
- Bell Work: complete these sentences
- My biggest fear is...
- My biggest dream is...
- You do NOT have to have a minimum number of words and you do NOT have to have SAT words.
- Web Literacy Quiz
- Make a copy and take this quiz.
- I will show you answers in just a few minutes.
- Go to http://www.grammarly.com/edu/students/
- Create Account
- Type your first and last name
- Godley Email Address
- Confirm your Godley Email Address
- Preferred password
- Access Code: 2tyVKRytbDHvj6dU
- Might want to take another look at the resources you pulled for your controversial issue. Form is due by Thursday at 4:00pm.
