This week's lessons!

Class	Monday 9/9	Tuesday 9/10	Wednesday 9/11	Thursday 9/12	Friday 9/13
English 7	Review Chapter 1 Pre-Viewing w/s	View “The Wizard of Oz”	Viewing day	Workday for “Be A Critic” assignment, due tomorrow	Critique due Review Quiz
English 8	Introduce Book --à Film View “Where the Wild Things Are” in its original format Begin film	Film viewing	Field Trip with Mrs. Skadberg	Finish viewing film, Write a one-page response to film, including  a comparison and contrast of the two mediums	Response due Review Quiz
English 9	Ashley Walters performs Off By Heart Shakespeare Read Act I, Scene I – Act 2, Scene 2	Finish reading Text analysis worksheet AMES testing	Text analysis View two interpretations of Balcony Scene	Allusions to Romeo and Juliet accompanied by examples	Text Analysis Due Review Quiz
English 10	Ashley Walters performs Off By Heart Shakespeare Read Act I, Scene I – Act 2, Scene 2	Finish reading Text analysis worksheet AMES testing	Text analysis View two interpretations of Balcony Scene	Allusions to Romeo and Juliet accompanied by examples	Text Analysis Due Review Quiz
English 11	Peer review	Essays due Begin “Transcendentalism and the Twilight Zone!” Read “Nature,” w/s	View “Walking Distance,” Read selections from “Walden”	Analyze multiple interpretations of the same subject	Review Quiz

There's lots going on this week with Homecoming, AMES testing, and the 8th grade field trip! Show your school spirit, dress up, and come to the games! We will be leaving early from school on Friday for the Pep Rally. For those classes, we will make up the review and quiz Monday morning.

2nd Week of School

I hope everyone had a great Labor Day weekend! I moved into a new apartment so it truly was a laborious weekend for me. ;) It's great to be back in the classroom, getting to know all of my students better each day, and making headway into the year's curriculum!

I will be taking on the role of Junior Class Adviser, and with that, helping to make a homecoming float with the class. Next week should be a lot of fun!!

If you look back to my last post, you will be able to see the week's lessons. We are covering the Craft and Structure section of the Common Core for English/Language Arts (ELA) this week.

I'll continue to post lesson plans for the week here so you can use the brief descriptions to your benefit if you miss school or just want to know what's going on in English.

Lesson Plans for 9/3 - 9/6

Class	Monday 9/2	Tuesday 9/3	Wednesday 9/4	Thursday 9/5	Friday 9/6
English 7	Labor Day	Introduce Maya Angelou In class, read 266-267 Assign reading, 268-272	Define vocabulary and diction Assign “Still I Rise”	Read “Still I Rise” Similes, metaphor, repetition	Quiz Song Assign Ch. 1 The Wizard of Oz
English 8		Introduce “Flowers for Algernon” Watch tolerance videos Assign pages 198-204 Handout reading guide (Guide due Thursday)	In class reading day for “Flowers for Algernon”	Review reading guide and collect	Quiz Song
English 9		Read “Woman with Flower” Diction Assign 560-565 Q. 1-3, 6, 8	Discussion Worksheet in class Assign first half of “The Most Dangerous Game” Pages 60 – 70	In class read pages 71 – 80 and Q. 1 – 8 on page 81	Hand in questions from yesterday Quiz Song
English 10		Read 886-887 to class Worksheet Pages 888-889	Read 900 – 907 “Only Daughter” and “Caramelo” Q. 1- 10 Due tomorrow	Discuss Tension worksheet Assign “The Pit and the Pendulum” Pages 858 -873 Homework due Monday: 10 places where Poe creates tension, mystery, or surprise	Quiz Reading Song
English 11		Introduce Satire Worksheet Outline Begin reading “A Modest Proposal”	Connotation Structure Create outline (due tomorrow)	Type satirical essays on laptops Due Friday	Quiz Song