Junior and Senior English Assignments for the week of August 17th-20th

Monday- Students will respond to the journal prompt by writing a minimum of 200 words.  Teacher will present grammar PPT, play multimedia clips to assist in the comprehension of subject matter, and have students take notes in their journal.

Tuesday- Students will be given 10-15 minutes silent reading time for pleasure.  The teacher will continue presenting the grammar PPT, playing multimedia clips to assist in the comprehension of subject matter, and have students take notes in their journal.

Wednesday- Students will respond to the journal prompt by writing a minimum of 200 words.  The teacher will finish presenting the grammar PPT, playing multimedia clips to assist in the comprehension of subject matter, and have students take notes in their journal.

Thursday- Students will be given 10-15 minutes silent reading time for pleasure.  Students will then take a grammar test utilizing the notes they took throughout the week.

Junior and Senior Assignments for the Week of August 10-13th

Monday- Students will respond to the journal prompt by writing a minimum of 200 words.  Students will then present their introductory posters.

Tuesday- Students will be given 10-15 minutes silent reading time for pleasure.  The teacher will then work with the students by teaching mini lessons 6-7.

Wednesday- Students will respond to the journal prompt by writing a minimum of 200 words.  The teacher will then work with the students by teaching mini lessons 8-9.

Thursday- Students will be given 10-15 minutes silent reading time for pleasure.  The teacher will then work with the students by teaching mini lessons 10-11. JOURNALS DUE!

Welcome Back Students! Junior and Senior Assignments for the Week of August 3-6, 2015

Monday- Students will respond to the journal prompt by writing a minimum of 200 words.  Teacher will then review the course Syllabus and Introduction Poster Project. The class will then watch a short motivational video and participate in a scavenger hunt to get to know their classmates.  Teacher will encourage students to bring a book to class on Tuesday to read for pleasure.

Tuesday- Students will go to the library and select a book to read for pleasure.  Students will be given 10-15 minutes to read and complete their reading log.  The teacher will then present Dr. Taylor’s writing mini lessons 1-2.

Wednesday- Students will respond to the journal prompt by writing a minimum of 200 words.  Students will help each other become master learners of lesson 1 by quizzing one another on the previous day’s starter word song.  The teacher will then work with the students by teaching mini lessons 3-6.

Thursday- Students will be given 10-15 minutes silent reading time for pleasure.  The teacher will then work with the students by teaching mini lessons 7-9.

Junior and Senior Assignmnets for the Week of May 3-6, 2015

Seniors

 

Monday- Final presentation by the Arizona Youth Coalition.

Tuesday- Students will then read chapters 14-17 in Insurgent and answer chapter questions concomitantly.

 

Wednesday-  Students will then read chapters 18-21 in Insurgent and answer chapter questions concomitantly.

Thursday- Students will then read chapters 22-26  in Insurgent and answer chapter questions concomitantly..

 

Juniors

 

Monday-  Final Presentation by the Arizona Youth Coalition.

Tuesday- Students will read the short story, "Araby."

 

Wednesday- Students will answer text-based comprehension questions citing specific examples from the text.

 

Thursday- Students will finish answering text-based comprehension questions citing specific examples from the text.

Junior and Senior Assignmnets for April 27-30, 2015

Seniors

 

Monday- Students will then read chapters 4-7 in Insurgent and answer chapter questions concomitantly.

Tuesday- Presenter

 

Wednesday-  Students will then read chapters 8-10 in Insurgent and answer chapter questions concomitantly.

Thursday- Students will then read chapters 11-13 in Insurgent and answer chapter questions concomitantly..

 

Juniors

 

Monday-   Students will then read, "Lamb to the Slaughter," written by Ronald Dahl, and answer short story questions with textual evidence.

Tuesday- Presenter

 

Wednesday- Students will watch the theatrical performance of "Lamb to the Slaughter," taking notes of the differences between the short story and the movie.

 

Thursday- Students will write a five paragraph essay discussing the differences between the short story and the movie.

Junior and Senior Assignmnets for the Week of April 13-16th 2015

AZ Merit testing will take place this week, so classes will be deferred to an alternate schedule.  

 

 

Seniors

 

Monday- Finish watching the theatrical production of Divergent in class. 

Tuesday- Students will write in their journal. Students will then read chapters 1-3 in Insurgent and answer chapter questions concomitantly .

 

Wednesday- Students will write in their journal. Students will then read chapters 4-6 in Insurgent and answer chapter questions concomitantly .

Thursday- Students will write in their journal. Students will then read chapters 7-9 in Insurgent and answer chapter questions concomitantly .

 

Juniors

 

Monday- Students will write in their journal.  Students will then read, "Love is a Fallacy," written by Max Shulman, and engage in a class discussion regarding a variety of literary fallacies. 

Tuesday- Students will write in their journal. Students will then create a poster explaining and illustrating the different types of fallacies discussed the prior day.

 

Wednesday- Students will write in their journal. Students will continue creating a poster explaining and illustrating the different types of fallacies discussed the prior day.

 

Thursday- Students will share their posters and watch a short theatrical depiction of "Love is a Fallacy."