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Friday, December 15, 2017

English 11 week of December 18

Monday - Idiom practice; Language Assessment studying status update. Work on Letter to Younger self Draft.

Tuesday/Wednesday - Scheduling for Senior year with the Guidance office. Make sure you can login to your Powerschool account!

Thursday/Friday - Editing Letter to Younger self with Smith's classes (6, 7, 8) - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bjMrItIvUdS_Ac_uIN-zUO8ATogtdZ1cpQzVcnPFo7o/edit?usp=sharing

Creative Writing week of December 18

Monday - Schedule for Novel. Plot Diagram for Novel assigned

Tuesday - Schedule for Novel and Character Sketches for Novel Due. Work on Setting Sketch and Plot Diagram.

Thursday - Plot Diagram due.

Friday, December 8, 2017

English 11 week of December 11

Monday/Tuesday - Group work - Irregular verbs. Irregular verb practice. Status update on Language Assessment study plan. Review Strength and Weakness from Informational Writing unit. Begin drafting Letter to Younger Self - share with Luttke - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bjMrItIvUdS_Ac_uIN-zUO8ATogtdZ1cpQzVcnPFo7o/edit?usp=sharing. Homework - take notes on Idioms Slideshow.

Wednesday - half day
Khan Academy - link your PSAT/NMSQT scores to Khan for individualized practice for SAT.


Thursday/Friday - Reading practice - choose fix-up strategy. Go over answers. Group work - Idioms.

Creative Writing week of December 11

Tuesday - Support characters. Develop characters for novel.

Thursday - Dream vacation - place and time. Create a setting sketch for that place - must do research!

Friday, December 1, 2017

English 11 week of December 4

Monday - 1st and 7th - Language group work - Adjectives vs Adverbs; Adjectives vs Adverbs practice. Homework: Irregular verb slideshow.

Tuesday/Wednesday - Khan Academy; Feedback from Declaration of Independence central idea and theme. Independent work on Iroquois Constitution central idea and theme.

Thursday/Friday - Iroquois Constitution returned with feedback; Declaration of Sentiments central idea and theme for a summative grade. Language group work - Irregular verbs.

Creative Writing week of December 4

Monday - continue discussion of Good and Bad novels - make a list of elements you want to try in your novel.

Tuesday - revisit warm-up writings - develop a character from one of the warm-ups with a character sketch.

Thursday - Vacation location - choose a time and place you would like to visit. Research and fill out setting sketch.