April 13, 2015 - April 17, 2015 Weekly Agenda for 11th Grade English

Monday, April 13^th:

1^st Period:

Your rewritten essay and prewrite for the "Smarter Balanced" assessment is due today. 

Watch an instructive video about taking the “Smarter Balanced” assessment.

Then I will give you the rest of the sections to do for your The Great Gatsby In-Class Scaffolded Reading and Figurative Language Handouts. THIS WILL BE DUE ON FRIDAY, APRIL 17^TH.

Tomorrow begins three weeks of testing. The schedule will be block scheduling with three two hour classes each day.  We will meet in 502 for testing during this three week period.

Tomorrow’s schedule is:

Tuesday, April 14^th:

Periods 5, 1, and 4:

Period  5              8:00 – 10:13

Nutrition             10:13 – 10:28

Period 1              10:34 – 12:32

Lunch                 12:32 -    1:02

Period 4              1:08   -     3:06

The following are the assignments for The Great Gatsby, which will be due on Friday, April 17^th:

Pages 163 – 167 (Wolfsheim phone call): In-Class Scaffolded Reading and Figurative Language (ends on “Then a quick squawk as the connection was broken.”)

Pages 167 – 169 (Gatsby’s father): In-Class Scaffolded Reading and Figurative Language (Ends on “I should have known better than to call him.” )

Pages 169 (bottom of page 169) – 172 (Meeting with Wolfsheim): In-Class Scaffolded Reading and Figurative Language (Ends with “And my own rule is to let everything alone.”)

Pages 172 – 175 (Gatsby’s funeral): In-Class Scaffolded Reading and Figurative Language (Ends on “That poor son of a bitch.”)

Pages 175 – 179(Carroway speaking about the difference between the East and the West; his breakup with Jordan; and running into Tom Buchanan in New York): In-Class Scaffolded Reading and Figurative Language

Pages 179 – 180 (The historical promise of the American Dream; one cannot repeat the past nor can one escape the past): In-Class Scaffolded Reading and Figurative Language

Due on Friday, April 17^th!  

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Period 2:

Your rewritten essay and pre-write for the "Smarter Balanced" Assessment is due today.

Tomorrow begins three weeks of testing. The schedule will be block scheduling with three two hour classes each day.  We will meet in 502 for testing during this three week period.

Tomorrow's schedule is:

Tuesday, April 14^th, and Thursday, April 16^th:

Periods 5, 1, and 4

Period  5              8:00 – 10:13

Nutrition             10:13 – 10:28

Period 1              10:34 – 12:32

Lunch                  12:32 -    1:02

Period 4               1:08   -     3:06

Wednesday, April 15^th and Friday, April 17^th:

Periods 6, 2, and 3

Period 6            8:00 – 10:13

Nutrition           10:13 – 10:28

Period 2            10:34 – 12:32

Lunch                12:32 – 1:02

Period 3            1:08 -  3:06

We will meet in 502 for testing during those testing days.

The following are the assignments for The Bluest Eye which will be due on Friday, April 17^th:

Pages 61 – 65: In-Class Scaffolded Reading and Figurative Language Handouts

Pages 65 – 74: In-Class Scaffolded Reading and Figurative Language Handouts

Pages 75 – 80: In-Class Scaffolded Reading and Figurative Language Handouts

Pages 82 – 86: In-Class Scaffolded Reading and Figurative Language Handouts

Pages 87 – 93: In-Class Scaffolded Reading and Figurative Language Handouts

Pages 97 – 101: In-Class Scaffolded Reading and Figurative Language Handouts

Pages 101 – 109: In-Class Scaffolded Reading and Figurative Language Handouts

Pages 110 – 122: In-Class Scaffolded Reading and Figurative Language Handouts

Pages 122 – 126: In-Class Scaffolded Reading and Figurative Language Handouts

Pages 126 – 131: In-Class Scaffolded Reading and Figurative Language Handouts

Pages 131 – 143 (Up to “One of these cousins interested…”): In-Class Scaffolded Reading and Figurative Language Handouts

Pages 143 – 151 (Up to “The fear it produced was enough”): In-Class Scaffolded Reading and Figurative Reading Handouts

Pages 151 – 161: In-Class Scaffolded Reading and Figurative Reading Handouts

Pages 161 – 163: In-Class Scaffolded Reading and Figurative Reading Handouts

Pages 164 – 173 (Up to “…the Maker had not sought his counsel.”): In-Class Scaffolded Reading and Figurative Reading Handouts

Pages 173 – 176 (Up to “….ran out of the yard, and down the walk.”): In-Class Scaffolded Reading and Figurative Reading Handouts

Pages 176 – 183 (Soaphead Church’s letter to God):In-Class Scaffolded Reading and Figurative Reading Handouts

Pages 187 – 192: In-Class Scaffolded Reading and Figurative Reading Handouts

Pages 193 – 204: In-Class Scaffolded Reading and Figurative Reading Handouts

Pages 204 – 206: In-Class Scaffolded Reading and Figurative Reading Handouts 

Tuesday, April 14th: 

First period: 
Smarter Balance Testing in 502 today!

 No 2nd period today due to special Smarter Balance Testing 

Wednesday, April 15th: 

No first period today due to special Smarter Balance Testing 

2nd Period: 
Smarter Balance Testing in 502 today!