Wednesday, November 21, 2018

English 11 Blocks 1/2: Homework for Thursday
  • Be ready for Thursday's Act 1 test on Macbeth!
  • Be ready for Thursday's Friday's capitalization test. Look for extra help here and here.
  • Make sure you get all the notes and grammar sheets if you have missed any classes!
  • Are you finished the poetry project?

English 12 Block 3: Homework for Thursday
  • Finish your 2nd set of point form notes on either "I Have a Dream" or "If Hitler Asked...". The notes will be given a completion mark for tomorrow. 
  • Review these videos on blending quotations and citing quotations.

English 9 Linear: 
Homework for Thursday
  • Spelling #6 will be postponed until Monday. Too many people will be away tomorrow!
  • Complete a second newspaper article summary for Thursday
  • The Newspaper Project: Review the last six chapters of Interface. Choose one chapter and then choose four articles/stories within that chapter (except the poems). By the end of next week, we will have typed up four explanatory paragraphs (of 8 to 12 sentences). They should all follow the same format:
    • Explain your article like this!
      • TS: Bob Smith's "--------------------" explains how/discuses the/argues that ______________________________. [Transition phrase, ...]
      • Explain three events, examples and/or points in full detail.
      • CS: Overall, what is the author's message? What is your view of this message?
      • Create a title and include your full name.
      • No line breaks, please!
  • If you haven't written the verb test, study the following: