May 29

AGENDA:

1. Vocabulary Review Quiz
2. Correct in Class and go over

May 28

AGENDA:

1. Computer Lab 622 0 testing

HW: Vocabulary Review quiz tomorrow with lit terms

May 27

AGENDA:

1. Vocabulary Review Game


HW: Vocab review quiz on Friday

May 26

AGENDA:

1. What makes a good analysis?
2. Practicing....


HW: Vocab review on Friday

May 21

AGENDA:

1. Review paragraphs in class
2. In class poem 


Enjoy the four day weekend!!

May 20

AGENDA:

1. Comparing two poems


HW: Review your notes from class today on the two poems. Incorporate these answers into your paragraph. Write a paragraph (4-6 lines) on how the author's differ in purpose of the two poems, "Mushroom" and what they were trying to say. Make every word count.

May 19

AGENDA: 

1. Complete and discuss Miniver Cheevy 
2. Turn in your papers!

HW: Vocab review on Friday

May 18

AGENDA:

1. Discuss papers
2. Poetry - Miniver Cheevy by Edward Arlington Robinson

HW: Papers due tomorrow in class - typed.

May 15

AGENDA:

1. Vocabulary Quiz
2. Editing

May 14

AGENDA:

1. Writing Workshop


HW: Vocab tomorrow

May 12

AGENDA:

1. Individual Presentations


HW: Vocab Friday

May 11

AGENDA:

1. Individual project presentations

HW: Vocab this week (last new one)

May 13

AGENDA:

1. Individual Presentations 



HW: Vocabulary on Friday (last one with new words)

May 8

AGENDA:

1. In Class - 45 minute writing assignment - thesis! Intro - no I's, no you's

ORGANIZE YOUR THOUGHTS / MAKE A PLAN

Choose one:

Gretel, Bruno's sister, is seen several times with her dolls and then one day Bruno finds the discarded dolls ominously piled into a dark corner of the cellar. What does this image tell the film's viewers about the changes the girl is experiencing? How does our perception change how we see things?

Write an essay showing Bruno's progress from complete innocence to an awakening of understanding about what is going on around him. What events and experiences lead Bruno to gradually give up some of his innocence and see things differently? 

May 7

AGENDA:

1. Complete Group Projects in Class
2. Volunteer Independent Project Presentations

May 6

AGENDA:

1. Group Presentations

May 5

AGENDA:

1. Finish movie
2. Group Presentations
3. Return books to library

May 4

AGENDA:

1. Boy in the Striped Pajamas


HW: Projects due tomorrow in class

May 1

AGENDA:

1. Turn in Literary Analysis today
2. Begin watching The Boy in the Striped Pajamas - you will be asked to write about it next week


HW: Group and individual projects due Tuesday