Monday, March 26, 2012

Week of March 26

Friday
Students finalized the Literary Devices Crossword and turned it in.
Handout: Vocab stems 1-6
See how many you know without looking at your stems list. Then fill in the rest using your list.
Homework:
Vocab stems list is due Monday.




Thursday
Special Schedule - No Class Today


Thursday
Students finalize the Literary Devices Crossword and turn it in.
Handout: Vocab stems 1-6
See how many you know without looking a your stems list. Then fill in the
Homework:
Lit. Devices is not homework; we will continue it on Friday.

Wednesday
Error/Fixit: Ides of March/Volcanic Iceland
Students analysed the news article "Tighter Security for the SAT" using the News Article Analysis w/s. The w/s was then turned in.
Homework:
Lit. Devices is not homework; we will continue it on Friday.



Tuesday
Error/Fixit: Nuts for Pecans/Larsen B Ice Shelf
We revised for and took the final Parts of Speech / Sentence Structure test, graded it, and turned it in.
Handout: Literary Devices crossword (review - students could work in groups and use their notebooks).
Homework:
Lit. Devices is not homework; we will continue it on Friday.



Monday
Error/Fixit: Tunisia/Silly Putty
Paragraph structure work: Japanese-Amercans During WWII and Albert Einstein: Winning the Race to Develop the Atom Bomb
The first was turned in; the second w/s was to be finished for homework
Students also challenged their brains by completing Animal Crackers and Checked-out Charlie crossword puzzles.
Homework:
Finish w/s 229 - due tomorrow