November 17, 2014 - November 21, 2014 American Literature Agenda

Monday, November 17^th:

First Period:

11^th Grade ELA Assessment

Work on the five graphic organizers

2^nd Period:

11^th Grade ELA Assessment

Wok on the five graphic organizers

Tuesday, November 18th:

1^st Period:

Continue working on the ELA Assessment: the four questions

2^nd Period:

Continue working on the ELA Assessment: the four questions

Wednesday, November 19^th:

1^ST Period:

Begin work on the fifty minute essay for the ELA Assessment.

2^nd Period:

Begin work on the fifty minute essay for the ELA Assessment.

Thursday, November 20^th:

Period 1

Check out THE BLUEST EYE

WRITER’S CHOICE

Pages 538 – 539

Exercise 4 and Exercise 5

Exercise 4:

Write out the sentences for exercise 4 and identify the sentences as either compound or simple.

Exercise 5:

On your own paper write original sentences about crocodiles, using the information and the structure (compound or simple) provided in exercise 4.

Example:

Laws protect crocodiles and ensure their survival.  (Simple sentence with compound predicate.)

Due Friday, November 21^st.

Tomorrow Vocabulary Unit 4 Test

Part of the test will include having to write five original, grammatically correct sentences using five words from the Unit 4 vocabulary.

2^nd Period:

Eddie Vargas gave his senior project presentation to my class with a short survey.

 Friday, November 21st: 

First Period:

No one here today!

Two people did the homework last night, so had the class do the homework for class work:

Writer’s Choice: pages 538 – 539; Simple and Compound Sentences; Exercises 4 and 5; due at end of period.

2^nd Period:

Had those who were absent finish the packet: the graphic organizers, the evidence based questions and the essay

For the rest assigned: Writer’s Choice; pages 538 – 539; Simple and Compound Sentences; exercises 4 and 5, collected at end of period.