8s

Tues-Thurs we are writing and revising. Monday (12-5) your stories are due at the beginning of the hour.

10s

Continue working on your short stories. Due Thursday. One copy to me and one copy for you to read out loud.

Brit Lit

Read to line 470 and paraphrase. You will have a quiz over today's discussion as well as what you are going to read on your own tonight.

Basic

Finish Autobio of fictitious felon and turn in at end of hour tomorrow. All autobios need to be no less than 1.5 pages and no more than 2.5 pages. Focus on detail of feelings and keeping the major events (crime, guilt, punishment or freedom) in chronological order.

Grade 9s

Finish Myths by Wednesday in class. You will present to your class and other classes on Thursday.

Thanksgiving Break!

9: Continue working on myth

basic: finish autobiography of your fictitious felon

brit: see previous post

10s: finish character profiles and begin writing short story. The further you get the more we have to edit next week

8s: begin writing your short stories. The further you get the more we will have to edit next week.

Brit Lit

Read PL from line 280-470 for Monday (11/28)

Have a very nice Thanksgiving and a safe break.

Tuesday (11.22.11)

9: Continue Myth Writing
Basic: Turn in your autobio by midnight tonight! Begin new (original) autobio tomorrow - finish Wednesday
Brit: Breakdown PL
10: Character profile - begin writing short story
8: Review suspense - begin writing

Monday (11/21/11)

9: Begin writing myth
Basic: Autobio for Clyde
Brit: Your papers are due at Midnight or before. We'll be moving on to PL
10: Begin writing Realistic Fiction
8: How to build suspense

TEST TOMORROW

ALL CLASSES BUT BRIT LIT, YOU HAVE A TEST TOMORROW.

All Students

I HIGHLY recommend that you sign up for 'Poetry Out Loud'. The sign up list is on Mrs. Lundy's door.

Rest of Week (11/16-18)

Grade 8, 9, and 10:
We are reading more tomorrow, review on Thursday, Test on Friday

Basic:
We'll finish the film and practice autobiography

Brit Lit:
Finish Titus paper

8th Graders

Friendly reminder 8th graders. Your Third person to First person translated stories are due before class. You need to email them to me AS AN ATTACHMENT. If you do not have a proper subject line or message, I will promptly delete your email.

See you tomorrow.

8s

I finished the "Make a Change" video. We will watch it tomorrow at the beginning of the hour.

All Classes

1st hour - Debate is going down Tuesday, we'll practice speeches Monday, we move onto short stories Wednesday and will reading and writing them for the next few weeks.

2nd hour - Debate is going down Tuesday. We'll practice speeches on Monday.

3rd hour - TITUS

5th hour - Debate is going down Tuesday, we'll practice speeches Monday, we move onto short stories Wednesday and will reading and writing them for the next few weeks.

6th hour - Continue through short story unit. We'll revisit "Revenge" as a review and then move on to further examples of short story

Brit Lit

Come to class tomorrow having finished reading the intro to Titus Andronicus and a family tree of all the characters in Titus Andronicus.