English I, Second Quarter: Class Assignments and Schedule

Monday, October 27, 2008

  1. Read chapter 1, To Kill a Mockingbird, p. 3-15.
  2. Find outdoor pictures without people to use in writing a descriptive paragraph on Wednesday, November 5.
  3. Get synonyms for vocab list #7.

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

  1. Read chapter 2, TKAM, p. 15-22.
  2. W&G worksheet, p. 24.  Underline all words used as adjectives and also circle nouns used as adjectives.

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

  1. Read chapter 3, TKAM, p. 22-32.
  2. Read “Only Daughter,” LOL, p. 694-697.

Thursday, October 30, 2008

  1. Closed book vocab quiz on lists 1-7.
  2. Read chapter 4, TKAM, p. 32-41.

Friday, October 31, 2008

  1. Quiz on parts of speech.
  2. Open book quiz on Cisneros works.
  3. Read chapter 5, TKAM, p. 41-50.

Monday, November 3, 2008

  1. Read “New Directions,” in LOL, p. 494-498.  Answer from p. 498 the Comprehension Check questions and #2-5.
  2. Adjectives as Pronoun worksheet, p. 77-78.
  3. Read chapter 6, TKAM, p. 50-57.

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

  1. Write paragraph describing an outdoor scene in a photograph.  Must bring an outdoor photograph without people to class.  You may bring it in early if you think that you might forget it.
  2. Read chapter 7, TKAM, p. 57-63.

Thursday, November 6, 2008

  1. Read chapter 8, TKAM, p. 63-74.
  2. Read in the Interactive Reader the excerpt from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, p. 161-169.  Answer all of the Pause and Reflect questions on pages 164, 166, and 169.  Honors only do pages 170-172.  On page 172 only do A & B.
  3. Vocabulary Practice 9 & 10: Word Roots.  Do everything except B on page 10.

Friday, November 7, 2008

  1. Open book quiz on Angelou works, “New Directions” and the excerpt from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.

Monday, November 10, 2008

  1. Read chapter 9, TKAM, p. 74-89. 
  2. Read Angelou’s “Encounter with Martin Luther King, Jr.” in LOL, p. 501-503.
  3. Get synonyms for vocabulary list #8.

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

  1. Read chapter 10, TKAM, p. 89-99.
  2. Adverbs worksheet, W&G, p. 27-28.
  3. Read King’s “I Have a Dream,” LOL p. 440-444.

Thursday, November 13, 2008

  1. Read chapter 11, TKAM, p. 99-105.
  2. Finish “I Have a Dream.”

Friday, November 14, 2008

  1. Open book quiz on King materials, LOL, p. 440-444 and 501-503.  Honors, also on Mandela, LOL, p. 445-447.
  2. Closed book vocabulary quiz on lists 1-8.
  3. Adverbs worksheet, W&G, p. 29 (exercise 2 only) and p. 30 (exercise 1&2).

Monday, November 17, 2008

  1. Finish chapter 11, TKAM, p. 105-112.
  2. Review for closed book test on Cisneros, Angelou, and King.

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

  1. Closed book test on Cisneros, Angelou, and King (LOL p. 440-444, 481-487, 495-503, 695-697).