English 12 (meeting days BCE): |
1. | Students take part in elementary classroom activities as assigned and continue evaluating children’s lit. They follow schedule as handed out and revised. This week, on E day, those assigned to Mr. Fryburger will meet in the elementary library instead, because of exams. They need to turn in book reports and classroom reports. |
Standards 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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ACE/AP English (meeting days ABD) |
Apr 26-Apr 30: examine Oedipus Rex (1382-1423) | |
Guide: using as many critical approaches as help you, answer orally 1424, #9. We will view a BBC production, as time allows. |
Write essay: explore the theme of personal change in TheMetamorphosis. Focus primarily on a single character in depth. You must provide at least six (6) quotations or examples from throughout the story in your essay. Due by 7 p.m. on April 29. |
Standards: 2, 3, 4 | |||||||||||||
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English 9 (Block 9.02 meeting days ACD; 9.03 meeting ABD; 9.06 meeting ACD; 9.08 meeting BCE) |
Day 1: | ||||||||||||||
a. from Regents Prep:. students turn in response to prompt on 85; review note-taking tips (95). Students in groups evaluate note-taking on 96-97, comparing with their own. | ||||||||||||||
b. Students continue One Fat Summer project, reading (goal for week is completing chapter 15). | ||||||||||||||
Day 2: | ||||||||||||||
a. students take vocab test on first 28 items from Global/Earth Science vocab. list. | ||||||||||||||
b. from Regents Prep students apply tips on 99 to activities on 100–111 in groups. | ||||||||||||||
Day 3: | ||||||||||||||
a. students explore answers for second third of the novel on day 3, probably taking a quiz (to chapter 15), justifying their answers to our guides and explicating theme, characterization, motivation, setting. They begin to evaluate the book: how does it compare with other readings; which is more challenging? which is better? How do they make that judgment? | ||||||||||||||
b. from Regents Prep, students review tips on 112, write paragraphs as on p. 113. | ||||||||||||||
Standards: 1, 2, 3, 4 | |||||||||||||
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ELA Lab.09 (meeting day B) | |||||||||||||
Students make sure that they are succeeding with English 9 class work. |