Tuesday, 03/30/10

Academic Skills
1. Keep reading...and enjoy your vacation!

Composition
1. Get Lord of the Flies! Students need to have their Lord of the Flies books by the time they return to class.

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World Literature
1. Read Things Fall Apart chapters 20 & 21. Do the 'Hearsay' worksheet on ch. 20 & 21.

Happy Easter!

Monday, 03/29/10

Academic Skills
1. Nothing official - just keep reading your IR book.

Composition
1. None.

World Literature
1. None - retreat day.

Tuesday, 03/23/10 - Friday, 03/26/10

Academic Skills
1. IR Habits Journal - due Thursday.
2. Study for all midterms!

Composition
1. Study for the midterm using the midterm review sheet.

World Literature
1. Study for the midterm using the midterm review sheet.

Monday, 03/22/10

Academic Skills
1. IR Habits journal -- due Thursday.
2. Annotations -- finish it up! Also work on your binder.

Composition
1. Finish Of Mice & Men.
2. Write 5 quiz questions for the last chapter.
3. Turn in vocabulary crosswords tomorrow (part of your midterm grade!).

World Literature
1. Read Things Fall Apart chapter 19...think about why part 2 is ending.
2. Do the Rituals/Customs, Beliefs, Vocab, and Proverbs sheet we created in class for chapter 19.
3. Turn in vocabulary crosswords tomorrow (part of your midterm grade!).

Friday, 03/19/10

Academic Skills
1. Continue reading your IR book and filling in the IR Habits Journal. This week's focus is Making Connections as you read (text-text, text-self, or text-world).

Composition
1. (extra credit) VPP 10-13 = one sentence using each word (you may use VPP sentence completion sentence starters). I recommend that you do one lesson each night. All 60 are due on Monday.
2. Vocabulary midterm crossword
3. Read Of Mice & Men chapter 5. When finished, write a letter as if you are Curley's wife writing to her sister. These are the requirements:
-You are Curley's wife, so it must be written in first person
-It should be about a page long
-It must be in letter format (Dear ____ at the beginning, Yours Truly or something at the end).
-It must reference 2 or more specific events mentioned in the book
-It must include your feelings about your (Curley's wife's) life

World Literature
1. (extra credit) VPP 10-13 = one sentence using each word (you may use VPP sentence completion sentence starters). I recommend that you do one lesson each night. All 60 are due on Monday.
2. Vocabulary midterm crossword
3. Finish Things Fall Apart chapters 17 & 18. Finish the Socratic Seminar part 1 discussion questions. Include CDs! Be ready for the Socratic Seminar on Monday.

Thursday, 03/18/10

Academic Skills
1. Annotations on "Eleven" by Sandra Cisneros - finish.

Composition
1. VPP 10-13 = one sentence using each word (you may use VPP sentence completion sentence starters). I recommend that you do one lesson each night. All 60 are due on Monday.
2. Read Of Mice & Men chapter 4, and do the ch. 4 questions.

World Literature
1. VPP 10-13 = one sentence using each word (you may use VPP sentence completion sentence starters). I recommend that you do one lesson each night. All 60 are due on Monday.
2. Read Things Fall Apart chapters 17 & 18. Work on the Socratic Seminar pt. 1 Questions. We will be having our Socratic Seminar on Monday.

Wednesday, 03/17/10

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Academic Skills
1. IR Habits journal...due tomorrow!

Composition
1. VPP 10-13 = one sentence using each word (you may use VPP sentence completion sentence starters). I recommend that you do one lesson each night. All 60 are due on Monday.
2. Of Mice & Men - finish chapter 3 and finish the loneliness/dream graphs for characters. We will have a quiz on chapter 3 tomorrow on the event at the end!

World Literature
1. VPP 10-13 = one sentence using each word (you may use VPP sentence completion sentence starters). I recommend that you do one lesson each night. All 60 are due on Monday.
2. Things Fall Apart read chapters 14-16, do the ch. 15 & 16 sheet.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Tuesday, 03/17/10

Academic Skills
1. IR Habits Journal...continued.
2. Tutorial packet due tomorrow - finish the summary/reflection.

Composition
1. VPP 10-13 flashcards due tomorrow (60 total).
2. Read Of Mice & Men first half of chapter 3 (p 38-50). Do the characterization of George -- 3 CDs on the left side of Cornell notes, and how he is characterized on the right side (what does the reader learn about his personality?).

Click here to download a zip file containing a Word document of the entire book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck.

World Literature
1. VPP 10-13 flashcards due tomorrow (60 total).
2. Things Fall Apart - read chapter 3 and answer the Q:
What important event occurs at the funeral in ch. 13, and what must Okonkwo and his family do? How does Obierika react, and what do you think about Okonkwo's punishment?

Monday, 03/15/10

Academic Skills

1. Continue your IR Habits Journal and your reading.

2. Complete your Tutorial Tuesday questions.

Composition

1. VPP10-13 Master List of words: Study every night to prepare for the midterm. Flashcards are due on Wednesday for all 60 words.

2. Read OM&M (Of Mice & Men) chapter 2. Choose five characters to draw accurately based on their descriptions in the book.

World Literature

1. VPP10-13 Master List of words: Study every night to prepare for the midterm. Flashcards are due on Wednesday for all 60 words.

2. Read TFA (Things Fall Apart) chapters 11 & 12. Answer the chapter 11 & 12 questions on the questions sheet. In case you missed them, the questions are as follows:

1. What is the theme of the story of the tortoise and the feast in the sky? Remember that a theme is a statement about how things are in life.

2. Why does Ekwefi follow Chielo and Ezinma? Why is Ezinma important to her?

3. What does Okonkwo end up doing (at the end of ch 11 – it is explained a bit more in ch 12)? Why is Ekwefi grateful? Why does this remind her of when they were young lovers?

4. Once again the event with Ezinma shows another side to Okonkwo. What does this show about him?

5. How do the villagers of Umuofia feel about the huge marketplace of Umuike?

6. What are the in-laws of the suitor of Obierika’s daughter supposed to bring to the celebration? Do they come through and act “like men” even though they are known for being “closefisted” (stingy)?

7. What do you think the lyrics to the “latest song” in the village mean?

Wednesday-Friday, 03/10-12/10

Academic Skills
1. IR habits journal - keep on reading.

Composition
1. OM&M (Of Mice & Men) read chapter 1, do a 3-reaction journal entry.

World Literature
1. Read TFA chapters 9 & 10 and do the ch 9 & 10 questions

Tuesday, 03/09/10

Academic Skills
1. Tutorial Notes - reflection/summary fill-in.
2. Binders - be ready for a check on Friday.
3. IR Habits journal due Friday.

Composition
1. Dreams graph (3 or more above, 3 or more dream distractions below).

World Literature
1. Read chapter 8 of TFA, and complete the chapter 8 questions:

1. How does Okonkwo feel about his daughter Ezinma?
2. How does Okonkwo feel about himself after the death of Ikemefuna?
3. How does Obierika feel about the killing of Ikemefuna? How is his attitude different than Okonkwo’s?
4. Why is Okonkwo confused about Ogbuefi Ndulue, the old man in the other tribe that died, who he thought was a ‘strong man’? What makes him less ‘strong’ in Okonkwo’s opinion (but not necessarily in Obierika’s opinion or Ofoedu’s opinion)?
5. What difference is there in the different clan cultures regarding tapping trees and the ozo title?
6. How do the families bargain the dowry of Obierika’s daughter?
7. What are three different practices in different cultures that are mentioned regarding dowries at the end of the chapter? List what the traditions are.
8. How do the clan members talking about the cultural differences react to these differences?
9. What do they say about the “white men”: What interesting thing have they heard about them, and why might they think that?

Monday, 03/08/10

Academic Skills
1. Tutorial Tuesday Questions sheet.
2. IR Habits journal - due Friday.

Composition
1. None - just keep bringing Of Mice & Men to class.

World Literature
1. TFA (Things Fall Apart) - read chapters 6 & 7
2. Answer this question: What huge event occurs in ch. 7? Make two predictions about what will happen next. Include "because..." and then one CD from the chapter to explain what helped you make your prediction.

Friday, 03/05/10

Academic Skills
1. IR habits journal...due next week. Keep reading!

Composition
1. None (but remember to continue bringing Of Mice & Men).

World Literature
1. Look over chapters 1-5 in TFA (Things Fall Apart).
2. Continue/complete the "Strange" Perspective chart based on chapter 4 if you have not already done so.
3. Create a TFA (Things Fall Apart) character chart based on the characters from the first five chapters. Connect characters with lines that show their relationships.

Thursday, 03/04/10

Academic Skills
1. None

Composition
1. Study for the vocab VPP13 test.
2. Start bringing John Steinbeck's Of Mice & Men book tomorrow.

World Literature
1. TFA (Things Fall Apart) read chapters 4 & 5.
2. Complete the "Strange" Perspective chart based on chapter 4.
3. Study for the vocab VPP13 test.

GO VIKINGS GIRL'S BASKETBALL!! WOO HOO!!!!!

Wednesday, 03/03/10

Academic Skills
1. Fix up binders for the check tomorrow.
2. Read 10+ pages in your IR book, and then summarize what you read on the summary notes sheet we worked on in class. Don't forget the 6 Ws.

Composition
1. Greek myth origins essay: FINAL DRAFTS due tomorrow.
2. Mythology crossword.
3. Vocab - spelling quiz makeups, Words in Context, Sentence Completion.

World Literature
1. Things Fall Apart (TFA) read chapters 2 & 3, take notes (open-note quiz tomorrow).
2. Vocab - spelling quiz makeups, Words in Context, Sentence Completion.

Tuesday, 03/02/10

Academic Skills
1. Finish the summary/reflection part of your Tutorial Tuesday Cornell notes page. It should summarize what you learned during the tutoring.

Composition
1. Greek Myth origins essay: Finish the CMs. The rough drafts are due tomorrow.
2. Mythology crossword. We have a TEST on the 'Big 14' gods and goddesses tomorrow.
3. Vocab - spelling quiz tomorrow.

World Literature
1. Things Fall Apart - read ch. 1 and do the inference journal we started in class: 5 entries.
2. Vocab - spelling quiz tomorrow.

Monday, 03/01/10

Academic Skills
1. Practice Monitoring for Meaning in your IR book - 10 total entries on 10 paragraphs on the notes from today.
2. Finish your tutorial questions sheet so that you are prepared for tutoring tomorrow.

Composition
1. Greek Mythology origins essay: Do the CMs tonight, and write them out into the rough draft. Rough drafts are due tomorrow.
2. Mythology crossword puzzle - start working on it.
3. Vocabulary: Pictures on your notes and flashcards in class tomorrow.

****make sure you have Of Mice & Men by the end of the week!***

World Literature
1. Final essay drafts for the Siddhartha essay are due tomorrow.
2. Vocabulary: Pictures on your notes and flashcards in class tomorrow.