Friday, January 27, 2012

January 23-27

Monday- Wednesday (January 23-25)
Writer's Choice- pgs. 477-478- Exercises and worksheets
appositives and appositive phrases

Bellwork- daily (Turn in on Friday.)

Thursday (January 26)
Vocabular for Act One of The Crucible
1. compromise
2. contention
3. subservient
4. pretense
5. pretense
6. evade
7. dialogue
vocabulary quiz- using notes

pre-reading video- Arthur Miller-  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdLSq2oq9Aw
pre-reading video- The Crucible- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA46QrgFx7s
Anticipation Guide- pre-reading activity

Friday (January 27)
Bellwork-Turn in bellwork for the week.
Vocabulary Development worksheet and writing link
Begin Act One.

Friday, January 20, 2012

January 17-20

Assignments for the week:
Writer's Choice pgs. 466-468 Exercises 1&2
Grammar Review for unit 11.
Writer's Choice- pgs. 475&476- Exercise 1
Beginning of unit 12- Phrases


* Bellwork will be done daily. Make sure you turn in all bellwork on Friday.
* The STAR tests for reading and math will be given this week. Do your very best!
* Winter sports and club pictures will be made on January 19th of this week.

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Video for Direct and Indirect Objects

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-8hwsOgp7Y&feature=related    Direct and Indirect Objects

January 9-13

Writer's Choice- pgs. 456-461- Complements- Direct and Indirect Objects...
Exercises 10-15.
Bellwork will be done daily. Remember to turn in your bellwork on a daily basis or by Friday.

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Subjects and Predicates Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugGZPieO9ZI   Complete Subjects and Complete Predicates

January 4-6

Writer's Choice pgs. 452-458.
Complete Subjects and Predicates
Compound Subjects and Predicates
Order of Subjects and Predicates
Exercises 2-11

This week we will also be going to the library sporadically to practice skills on http://www.freerice.com/.  For every vocabulary and grammar question that you get correct on this website, ten grains of rice is donated to the world hunger/food program. We will be taking time this week to practice our skills and help people in the process.