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.