Friday, January 27, 2017

Goals Worksheet

Agenda:

  • STAR Results
  • Grade sheet reflection
  • Workshop Time


Homework:

  • Letter due Wednesday
  • POL on Tuesday

Thursday, January 26, 2017

STAR

Agenda:

  • STAR testing
  • Workshop time for letter and reading questions

Homework:
  • Letter now due Wednesday
  • Reading questions still due tomorrow for Part 4 Ch 1-4

Monday, January 23, 2017

Part 3: Novel Demeuble Raft

Agenda:

  • Review
  • Review Task and Grading Criteria: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13G6nMlj6Q5uF0-QL8KXyl4lj4mBKa1apNOYySURM92U/edit
  • Workshop Time
Homework:
  • Finish Letter for Friday
  • Read ch 1-4 of Part 4 for Friday
  • Practice poems (guest artist comes on Thursday)

Thursday, January 19, 2017

Close Reading Continued

Agenda:

  • Overview of the grading system
  • Review terms
  • Close reading of selected passages
Homework:
  • P3 reading questions now due tomorrow
  • Begin reviewing your POL poem

Wednesday, January 18, 2017

The Novel Demeuble Continued (selections to choose from)

Name:
Ms. Hoffmann
English 10
Date:

The Novel Démeublé Passages

Selection from Willa Cather’s My Antonia:


Selection from Nathanial Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter:


Selection from Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn:


Selection from Henry James The Portrait of a Lady:

Selection from Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina:

Tuesday, January 17, 2017

POL: Changing Emphasis

Agenda:

  • Review of last activity
  • Listening to Sonnet 18 for tone and meaning
    • How does the tone support the meaning
  • Practice changing emphasis

Homework:
  • Practice your poem
  • Read Part 3 for Thursday with reading questions

Thursday, January 12, 2017

Catch-up Day

Many students absent on a field trip.  See previous post regarding deadlines.

Wednesday, January 11, 2017

The Novel Demeuble

Agenda:

  • Review Cather's Article
  • Answer Questions
  • Extra Time?  Workshop

Homework:
  • Complete Cather Style Questions
  • Read 8-9 for tomorrow (10-12 saved for Friday due to glitch)
  • SPOTTTS STILL DUE FRIDAY
  • Draft due Tuesday

Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Subject Verb Review

Agenda:

  • Complete Review Exercise A pp. 460-461 (must pass to take Friday's Quiz)
  • Continue working on SPOTTTS analysis (due Friday)
  • Edit and Revise Papers (due next Tuesday)
Homework:
  • See deadlines above
  • Complete reading questions for chapters 8-9 (and make sure you actually read!)

Monday, January 9, 2017

POL: SPOTTTS Analysis

Agenda:

  • Review of SPOTTTS
  • SPOTTTS analysis of selected poem
Homework:
  • Blue Book 1-13 should be completed for tomorrow
  • Read chapters 6 +7 along with questions for tomorrow
  • SPOTTTS due Friday
  • Draft now due 1/17

Friday, January 6, 2017

Subject-Verb Agreement

Agenda:

  • Continue working on subject-verb agreement.  You should finish up through exercise 13 by next Wednesday in preparation for Friday's test.
  • Work on paper if finished early
Homework:
  • Final paper due 1/13
  • Read chapters 1-5 with questions for Monday

Thursday, January 5, 2017

City or Country Life: Agree/Disagree Lines

Agenda:

  • Read article
  • Complete agree/disagree survey.  Be sure to answer the whys.
  • Agree/Disagree Lines
  • Blue book work with extra time
Homework:
  • 1/13 Final Draft of paper due
  • Read chapter 6 and 7 w/ questions for tomorrow
  • Make up work from before break due tomorrow

Wednesday, January 4, 2017

Paper Workshop

Agenda:

  • Common Issues in Drafts Reviewed
  • Final Draft Writing
Homework:
  • Revisions and Retakes from before break due at the end of the week
  • Final Draft due 1/17 (date may need to be bumped back to 1/13 depending on when the quarter ends...I will update you accordingly)

Tuesday, January 3, 2017

Grammar Practice: Subject-Verb Agreement

Agenda:

  • Announcements
  • Subject-Verb 
    • pp 446-455 reading and exercises 1-8

Homework:
  • You have through to the end of the week to complete make-up work from before break
  • Land paragraph and reading questions 4-5 should have been handed in
  • Complete additional exercises if you did not get close to finishing the 8 exercises during class