October 26th Weekly Agenda for 11th Grade American Literature

Monday, October 26th:
Assign the text book,INTEGRATED STUDIES, to take home. Make a graph for the following characters: John Proctor, Elizabeth Proctor, Abigail,and Parris. Write what the characters say; what other characters say about them; and what they do.

Read Act 3 in THE CRUCIBLE.

Tuesday, October 27th:
Shortened day.
Read Act 3 in THE CRUCIBLE
Create tableaux from the play. A tableau (ta blow) is a group of actors frozen in a composition of a scene from a painting, a play or a literary piece.

Wednesday, October 28th:
Your grammar book, WRITER'S CHOICE, will be assigned to you today. We will work on subordinate and independent clauses. The assignment is on page 537; exercise 3; numbers 1- 30; "Identifyinig Main and Subordinate Clauses". This will be due on Friday, October 29th.

Continue reading THE CRUCIBLE.

Thursday, October 29th:
Your Unit 2 vocabulary from your VOCABULARY WORKSHOP:Level F is due today.

Directions for doing the vocabulary homework.

Write out the word; the part of speech; the definition, and the phrases (pages 28 - 30);for “Competing the Sentence” write out the correct word; for “Synonyms” write out the phrase, underline the bold faced word or phrase, and then write the correct vocabulary word"; for “Antonyms” write out the phrase, underline the bold faced word or phrase and then write the correct vocabulary word. For “Choosing the Right Word” simply choose the right word and write it.

Continue reading THE CRUCIBLE.

Friday, October 30th:
Your grammar homework is due today.
Continue reading THE CRUCIBLE.

When we finish reading THE CRUCIBLE an essay will be assigned.

Mystery Question: What do you have to do on page 32 for the synonyms?

11TH GRADE AMERICAN LITERATURE
OCTOBER 12TH WEEKLY AGENDA

Monday, October 12th:
Begin reading THE CRUCIBLE
Begin a character and plot log.

Tuesday, October 13th:
Shortened day!
Grammar handout: Run-ons: pages 73 and 74; exercise 6. This homework assignment will be due on Thursday, October 15th.
Continue reading THE CRUCIBLE.
Continue working on character and plot log.

Wednesday, October 14th:
Warm-ups: Write five sentences using your vocabulary words from Unit One.
Continue reading THE CRUCIBLE.
Continue working on character and plot log.

Thursday, October 15th:
Your grammar handout is due today: “Run-ons”; pages 73 and 74; exercise 6.
Continue reading THE CRUCIBLE.
Continue working on character and plot log.
Act out scenes from THE CRUCIBLE

Friday, October 16th:
Warm-ups: Write five sentences using your vocabulary words from Unit One.
Continue reading THE CRUCIBLE.
Continue working on character and plot log.
When we finish Act One we will work on a tableau for each major scene.

Mystery question: What is due on Thursday?

OCTOBER 5TH
WEEKLY AGENDA
FOR
11TH GRADE
AMERICAN LITERATURE

Monday, October 5th:

Go over the compare and contrast essay.
Go over the topic sentence.
Go over the introductory paragraph.
Go over the body paragraph

Tuesday, October 6th:

Shortened day!

Your compare and contrast essay is due today.

Break into groups of four, choose five words from your unit one voabulary and create either a song and dance or a skit showing the meaning and the usage of the words. This will be due on Wednesday, October 7th.

Wednesday, October 7th:

Your vocabulary presentations are due today.
This is for a grade and is in lieu of a test.

An assignment from your grammar book, WRITER’S CHOICE, on run-ons will be given today. It will be due on Friday, October 9th.

Thursday, October 8th:

Begin reading THE CRUCIBLE today.

Friday, October 9th:

Continue reading THE CRUCIBLE
Begin a character and plot web on THE CRUCIBLE.

Mystery question: What is due on Tuesday?