Friday, 04/30/10

Academic Skills
1. Continue reading your IR book and doing your IR Habits Journal.

Composition
1. Read Lord of the Flies chapter 2, "Fire on the Mountain," and do Journal #5 (p. 32-38).

World Literature
1. Read The Joy Luck Club chapter "The Moon Lady," Ying-ying St. Clair's story, and answer the three questions on looseleaf:
-What does Ying-ying tell the Moon Lady?
-What surprising thing is revealed about the Moon Lady?
-What would you tell the Moon Lady?

Thursday, 04/29/10

Academic Skills
1. Binders: Have them ready to be checked before tomorrow.
2. Watch part of the news tonight (channel of your choice). Choose one news story, and take 6-W notes on it using the Cornell notes sheet we started in class.

Composition
1. VPP14 spelling quiz makeups.
2. VPP14 Words in Context, Sentence Completion.
3. JOTF (Journal of the Flies) #4 (p. 25-31).
If there is a problem with your book, use the following link to find the full text of Lord of the Flies online:
http://www.zbths.org/165310818145034323/lib/165310818145034323/_files/LOTF.pdf

World Literature
1. VPP14 spelling quiz makeups.
2. VPP14 Words in Context, Sentence Completion.
3. Read chapters 2 & 3 in The Joy Luck Club: "Scar" and "The Red Candle." On a piece of paper, explain in detail why these chapters have the titles they do. Get deep! What is the deeper meaning of each chapter title?

Wednesday, 04/38/10

Academic Skills
1. Tutorial Tuesday notes summary.
2. IR Habits Journal (due tomorrow).

Composition
1. Finish Journal of the Flies #2 (p. 13-17)
2. Finish Journal of the Flies #3 (p. 17-24)

World Literature
1. Read and outline The Joy Luck Club chapter 1 - "The Joy Luck Club" (p. 19-40). There will be a quiz tomorrow, and you will be allowed to use your outline.

*To all classes - vocabulary spelling quizzes tomorrow. Vocabulary Words in Context and Sentence Completion exercises are due on Friday.

Tuesday, 04/27/10

Academic Skills
1. Tutorial Tuesday Qs sheet.
2. Continue reading your IR book and working on the Habits Journal.

Composition
1. VPP14 vocab words - study for the spelling quiz (tomorrow) and work on the Words in Context and Sentence Completion exercises. They are due Thursday.
2. Finish up your Of Mice & Men essay.

World Literature
1. VPP14 vocab words - study for the spelling quiz (tomorrow) and work on the Words in Context and Sentence Completion exercises. They are due Thursday.
2. Finish your Things Fall Apart group essays. One typed copy per group is due tomorrow.
3. Make sure your The Joy Luck Club book is highlighted.

Monday, 04/26/10

Academic Skills
1. Continue reading your IR books and doing your IR Habits Journals.

Composition
1. VPP14 vocabulary notes, pictures, and flashcards.
2. Finish your Of Mice & Men essay.
3. Your Of Mice & Men project was due today.

World Literature
1. VPP14 vocabulary notes, pictures, and flashcards.
2. Things Fall Apart group essay: Finish the CMs for your body paragraphs. Group essays are due on Wednesday.
3. Make sure you bring in The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan.

Friday, 04/23/10

Academic Skills
1. none...just keep reading!

Composition
1. VPP14 vocabulary - put pictures on your notes and create flashcards for the words. Flashcards will be checked Monday (remember, extra points are given for additional pictures on the flashcards).
2. Of Mice & Men essay - turn it in as soon as it is finished.
3. Of Mice & Men projects - due Monday.

World Literature
1. Things Fall Apart group essay - finish the introduction and get the concrete details.
2. Make sure you have The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan.
3. Remember to bring your VPP vocabulary book on Monday.

Thursday, 04/22/10

Academic Skills
1. Organize your binder, and continue reading.

Composition
1. VPP14 vocabulary - put pictures on your notes and create flashcards for the words. Flashcards will be checked Monday (remember, extra points are given for additional pictures on the flashcards).
2. Of Mice & Men essay - turn it in as soon as it is finished.
3. Of Mice & Men projects - due Monday.

World Literature
1. Finish up the literary elements and techniques sheet for Things Fall Apart.
2. Make sure you have The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan.

Wednesday, 04/21/10

Academic Skills
1. None, except to continue reading each night.

Composition
1. Of Mice & Men essay.
2. Of Mice & Men project (due Monday).
3. Remember to bring your VPP vocab book every Thursday and Monday, starting tomorrow.
4. Start bringing Lord of the Flies tomorrow.

World Literature
1. Make sure your Socratic Seminar reflections are finished. We will turn them in tomorrow.
2. Make sure your The Last Samurai project packets are finished. We will turn them in tomorrow.
3. Start bringing The Joy Luck Club in to class starting on Monday.
4. Be sure to have your VPP vocabulary book again starting on Monday.

Monday, 04/19/10

Academic Skills
1. none

Composition
1. Work on your Of Mice & Men essay.
2. Work on your Of Mice & Men project (due Monday, 04/26).

World Literature
1. Go over the questions on the The Last Samurai project packet. Answer as many as you can.
2. Get Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club! (if you don't already have it)

Thursday, 04/15/10

Academic Skills
1. Fix up binders...
2. Study homophones

Composition
1. Work on your Of Mice & Men essay - extra credit if you can finish it and turn it in on Monday.

World Literature
1. Do a reflection on today's Socratic Seminar.
2. Think about the following essay prompt: In the novel Things Fall Apart, how does author Chinua Achebe show that the Ibo culture has value?
3. Get The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan and bring it in next week.

Wednesday, 04/14/10

Academic Skills
1. Binders...prepare for a check tomorrow!
2. IR Habits Journal finish, do summary.

Composition
1. Finish Of Mice & Men introduction and get CDs from the text. Write them onto your essay packet.

World Literature
1. Finish reading Things Fall Apart!
2. Answer the Socractic Seminar questions - use CDs to answer, and be ready for the discussion tomorrow.

Tuesday, 04/13/10

Academic Skills
1. Tutorial notes sheet - reflection/summary section.
2. IR habits journal (due Thursday, of course).

Composition
1. Finish the Of Mice & Men literary elements & techniques sheet.
2. Remember to have Lord of the Flies...keep bringing in Of Mice and Men, too.

World Literature
1. Read Things Fall Apart chapter 24: How are things 'falling apart' even further in this chapter? Answer this question with an 8-sentence body paragraph using CDs from ch. 24.

Monday, 04/12/10

Academic Skills
1. Tutorial sheet questions.

Composition
1. Bring in Lord of the Flies -- be sure to put your name on it and in it!

World Literature
1. Finish Things Fall Apart chapters 22 & 23. Answer the following questions -
-How are Reverend Smith and Reverend Brown different? What is the result?
-What does the District Commissioner say is the motive of the British for colonizing the Africans?
2. Be ready for the ch. 22 & 23 quiz tomorrow! Hints:
-Old reverend/New reverend
-"Soul of the tribe"...why weep?
-Enoch & the incident with the egwugwu
-the D.C. and the six tribal leaders of Umuofia
-the court messengers and the six tribal leaders of Umuofia