Ms. Allen’s Reading Corner

MONDAY:

Warm-Up: None
Class work: Introduce vocabulary #5 words and explain the following related written assignment:

Your written assignment must include the specific details of a crime.  Perhaps it’s a newspaper article relaying the details of a crime that’s already been committed.  Perhaps it’s a letter written from one of the criminals to his/her partner which outline the specifics of the crime they’re about to commit. Perhaps it’s a detailed confession.  Perhaps it’s simply a story.  Use your imagination. Be creative! Use specific DETAILS. Remember final form and the minimum page length. Follow the general guidelines you were given with the vocabulary lists.

Introduce adverb clauses and students take notes.  Read (447-450) then do exercises 8 in the red textbook.  Follow the directions as written.

Homework: Vocabulary #5 written assignment due Thursday.

TUESDAY:

Warm-Up: None
Class work: Take final Think Link test.  Continue working on adverb clauses.
Homework: Vocabulary #5 written assignment due Thursday.

WEDNESDAY:

Warm-Up: Complete “Editor-in-Chief” #26
Class work:
Homework: Vocabulary #5 written assignment due Thursday.

THURSDAY:

Warm-Up: Complete “Editor-in-Chief” #27.
Class work:
Homework: Study for vocabulary #5 quiz on Friday.

FRIDAY:

Warm-Up: Return grades papers.
Class work: Take the vocabulary #5 quiz.
Homework: None

MONDAY:

Warm-Up: Complete “Editor-in-Chief” #23.
Class work: Introduce vocabulary #4 words and explain the following related written assignment:

You are on vacation!! Use one of three forms to describe where you are vacationing and what you’re seeing and doing. The three forms are as follows: post cards, travel journal entries, or a letter(s) to a friend or family member. Tell your reader what’s been going on since your arrival. This vacation might be a real vacation or a completely made up vacation. It might be a “dream” vacation or a “nightmare” vacation. Use your imagination. Be creative! Use specific DETAILS. Remember final form and the minimum page length. Follow the general guidelines you were given with the vocabulary lists.

Begin working on vocabulary #1 written assignment.

Homework: Vocabulary #4 written assignment due Thursday.

TUESDAY:

Warm-Up: Complete “Editor-in-Chief” #24.
Class work: Review phrases and clauses. Copy notes on “Types of Clauses.” Take “Diagnostic Preview” (438-439) in Elements of Language. Then do exercises 1, 2, & 3 (440-443).
Homework: Vocabulary #4 written assignment due Thursday.

WEDNESDAY:

Warm-Up: Complete “Editor-in-Chief” #25.
Class work: Check ex. 1 & 2 from Tuesday.  Take notes on adjective clauses.  Then complete (85-88) in your brown grammar workbook.  Follow the directions as written.
Homework: Vocabulary #4 written assignment due Thursday.

THURSDAY:

Warm-Up: Complete “Editor-in-Chief” #26.
Class work:
Homework: Vocabulary #4 quiz on Friday.

FRIDAY:

Warm-Up: Return grades papers.
Class work:
Homework: None

MONDAY:

Warm-Up:  None
Class work: Finish reading “The Most Dangerous Game.”  Students were pulled out in small groups for 9th grade registration.
Homework:  None

TUESDAY:

Warm-Up: None
Class work: Review and discuss the story’s end (80).  Then on notebook paper, answer “The Most Dangerous Game” questions 1 – 22 (handout) in CRS.  Turn in by period’s end.
Homework: None

WEDNESDAY:

Warm-Up: None
Class work: Orally review the 22 story questions from Tuesday’s handout.  Then in pairs, complete the plot peak activity for “The Most Dangerous Game.”
Homework:  Story quiz over “The Most Dangerous Game.”

THURSDAY:

Warm-Up: Return grades papers.
Class work: Take story quiz over “The Most Dangerous Game.”  Begin watching the original 1938 film The Most Dangerous Game.
Homework: None

FRIDAY:

Warm-Up: Return grades papers.
Class work: Finish watching the original 1938 film The Most Dangerous Game.
Homework: None