English 8

Answer the questions on Chapter 2.  In addition, fill in the chart for the differences between Socs and Greasers for Chapter 2 only.

English 10

Read Chapters 22 and 23 tonight.

Communications 11/12

Today in class, we read Chapter 7.  Your business letters are due on Wednesday.  There will be a vocabulary quiz on Friday.

English 8

Finish reading Chapter 2 for homework, and complete the fill-in-the-blank section on the vocabulary handout.
There will also be a quiz on nouns on Monday.  The first section will be a matching exercise asking you to pair terms to the correct definition, so know what common, proper, concrete, abstract, count, non-count, and collective nouns are.  The second section will be a short paragraph where you will have to identify different kinds of nouns (just like we did in class on Friday).  Finally, remember that the word the can help you identify nouns.

English 10

We had a vocabulary quiz and read Chapter 18 on Friday.  Read Chapters 19-21 for Monday. If you have not done so already, feel free to read on in the book.

Communications

We read Chapter 5 in class on Friday.  Make sure your vocab sheet for Chapters 5 and 6 is complete for Monday.  In addition, a new business letter was assigned that is due next Wednesday.  There will be a vocabulary quiz next Friday on the 30 vocabulary words that we have been studying.

English 10

Today, we read Chapter 17.  Your visual narrative journals are due tomorrow.  We will also be having a vocabulary quiz tomorrow, so review those words tonight!

English 8

For homework, do the synonym/antonym section of the vocabulary sheet and answer the Chapter 1 questions.  There will be a quiz on nouns early next week, so review your handout.  Know the definition of a noun and be able to define and give one example each of the following:  common, proper, count, non-count, concrete, abstract, and collective nouns)

Comm 11/12

We finished the questions on Chapter 5 today and worked on the next vocabulary sheet.  The visual design assignment is due tomorrow.

Communications 11/12

We finished reading Chapter Five of the novel.  Do questions 2-5 on the study guide.  The Visual Design assignment is due on Friday.

English 10

Study those vocab words!!! Also, the due date for the visual narrative journals has been extended to Friday.

English 8

Finish reading Chapter One of the novel, and complete the second page of the handout on nouns.

English 10

Tonight, read Chapter 14 and do the questions.  There will be a homework check.  We'll go over your answers for Chapters 13 and 14 tomorrow.
In addition, your first narrative journal is due on Wednesday and there will be a vocabulary test on Friday.

Communications 11/12

Complete Chapter 4 questions #1-5 tonight, plus the fill-in-the-blanks section of the vocabulary sheet.

English 8

Complete the vocabulary mix-and-match worksheet tonight.  There will be a homework check tomorrow.

English 8

Your poetry projects are due tomorrow.  Also, you will have a short quiz on poetry terms such as narrative and lyric poems, ballads, epics, haikus, limericks, free verse and concrete poems.

Communications 11/12

Today, we went over answers to questions on Chapter 2, wrote a grammar quiz, were introduced to a new set of vocabulary words from the novel, and read Chapter 3.  If you missed class, make sure to read what we covered today.

English 10

Today, we went over the answers to the questions on Chapter 10 and read Chapter 11.  Please do the Chapter 11 questions tonight for homework. 
The first entry for the visual/narrative journals is next Wednesday, April 25th. Also, the vocabulary test on Chapters 1-11 is on Friday, April 27th--so make sure to start studying those words!!

English 8

The final poetry quiz (#3) will be on Thursday. Makes sure you know terms like lyric and narrative poetry, limerick, concrete poem, haiku, blackout poetry.

Tomorrow, bring what you need to work on your final project in class.

English 10

Read Chapter 10 tonight.  Begin working on the visual narrative journal; the first one is due on Wednesday, April 25th.

Communications 11/12

Tonight, answer the questions on Chapter 2 of the novel.  Also, fill in as much as you can about the fire and Piggy's glasses on the Important Object Chart.

Communications 11/12

Today we read the first ten pages of Lord of the Flies.  Please answer questions #1-3 and finish the vocabulary sheet.

English 10

Finish writing the paragraph on Miss. Maudie for tomorrow.

English 8

Write a list of 10 things you know to be true. 

Write a poem on one of these things. 

The poem does not have to be complete for tomorrow, but at least have the list of 10 things.

English 10

Your response to "A Class Divided" is due tomorrow.  Submit the completed handout with your response.  The topic of your response is to explain the three most memorable aspects of the documentary.

English 8

There will be a small quiz on metaphor, simile, personification, and hyperbole tomorrow.  Review your notes on these terms.

Communications 11/12

Marks cut off is this Friday.  If you have not written the short story test, the rewrite is after school on Thursday in PIVOT.

Communications 11/12

As you all know, the Short Story Unit test is Monday.  Study your short story terms.  You will be applying these to a story you have not seen yet.  The test will include multiple choice questions, fill-in-the-blanks, and some short answers.  There will also be a letter of enquiry task, so review all handouts on this as well as previous writing assignments.

English 10

Read Chapter 6 this weekend.

English 10

Read Chapter 5 tonight.

English 10

Read TKAM Ch 2-3 for tomorrow (Wed)

Read TKAM Ch 4 for Thursday

English 8

Finish writing 3 limericks if you didn't hand them in at the end of class. 

1st limerick: about a friend of yours

2nd limerick: about a meme

3rd limerick: about anything

Communications 11/12

The vocabulary test on Chapters 4-6 will be tomorrow.  There will be a short story test on Monday, so know your terms.  The test will consist of a story you have not seen, multiple choice comprehension questions, fill in the blanks questions on the story and on terms, short answer responses, and a business letter response.