October 30 and 31st

Please close read one passage from Act I.
(I.iv.65-67)

You will be following a word as we read.
blood... Darby Chelsea Sawyer
colors... Andrew  Courtney Cole
animals... Julia Taylor Miles
gender... Kolton Isaiah
light/dark...Grace Meg Whitney
heaven/hell...Julian Hannah Brooklynn


blood... Makao
colors... Maggie Thomas
animals... Jessie Nolan
gender... Alexis
light/dark...Levi Tucker
heaven/hell... Thad, Emma

October 27th

Period 1:

We finished Act I of Macbeth today.

You handed in your close reading.

You have a vocabulary assessment (quack 2A and 2B) on Thursday.

If you choose to revise your Lamb to the Slaughter paper, then you need to hand it in on Thursday.

Period 3: (10/29--Sub)

• Please turn in your revised papers.
• Please post your close reading assignments to your blogs.
• Please read from your choice books. 
• You may also study for vocabulary.

October 24

Today you took a vocabulary assessment.
Your final draft of the blog post was due.
You need to read through page 25 in Macbeth.

Select one passage from the play and do a close reading of the text.
Remember that we cite lines in the following way:
The Act is a capitalized roman numeral.
The scene is a l/c roman numeral.
The line numbers follow.
Example:

(I.iv.174-175)

Here is a
Close Reading
handout. You do not need to write a paper or even a paragraph. A bulleted list of things you note will work just fine.

You will be following a word as we read.
blood
colors
animals
gender
light/dark
heaven/hell

October 22 and 23

Today we read and commented on student blogs.
We continued working with the anticipation guides.

Your homework is to:

Study for vocabulary (period 1 only)
Revise blogs
Read Act I scene I of Macbeth. Come to class with a question or comment on the scene.

Read your choice books.

October 20th and 21st

Today we reviewed literary devices with Kahoot!
We discussed Shakespeare for a bit and went to the library to sign out Macbeth.
We completed an anticipation guide.

Homework:
Study for vocabulary. The assessment is on Friday, but we're Kahooting (this should not be a word) on Wednesday.
Read your choice books.
Write a blog post on one of the five topics discussed in class on Monday. Make sure you connect the topic to your own life. Tell a story!
Power
Ambition
Fate
Guilt
Gender

October 16th and 17th

Today we finished taking notes on literary devices.
We also reviewed vocabulary words.
You will have a vocabulary assessment on October 24th.

Here is a link to my wiki. Quizlets are linked to from this page.

Homework:
Read your choice books and study for your vocabulary assessment.
When reading your choice books pay attention to the following:
Character (protagonist and antagonist as well as character traits)
How do your characters develop and influence one another?
Plot
Theme
Conflict
Setting

October 10th and 14th

We reviewed PSAT strategies today.

1. Only make REALLY educated guesses (when you can remove two options). Skip the ones you don't know.

2. Write in your booklets. Mark questions you might be able to answer if you have extra time. Go back to these if you end up having extra time at the end.

3. Know the kinds of questions you are going to be asked. Because it is a timed test, not having to read directions is key.

4. Remember the vocabulary questions are the only ones that go from easier to harder AND it's only a hard question if you don't know the answer.

Homework: Read from your choice books.

Good luck on your PSAT!

October 8th and 9th

Today you handed in your constructed responses.
We spent some time reading from our choice books and printing our pieces.
We also took notes over literary devices.

Homework:
Enjoy the long weekend!

October 6th and 7th

Today we peer edited your pieces and reviewed embedding quotations.

Due next class:
Final draft of constructed response
Keep reading your choice books.

October 2nd and 3rd

Today we did the following:

1. Created a template for English papers.
2. Reviewed words and phrases to avoid (It is shared to your drive. Print a hard copy if you would like one.).
3. Went over how to write a constructed response including format, thesis statements, and embedding quotations.

Format:

See OWL Purdue site.

Thesis statement:

Throughout Roald Dahl's piece Lamb to the Slaughter, the atmosphere parallels Mary Maloney's state of mind.

1. topic/thesis (with title and author)
2. sentence leading to quotation (contains first idea)
3. embedded quotation
4. discussion of quotation
5. sentence leading to quotation (contains second idea)
6. embedded quotation
7. discussion of quotation
8. concluding sentence