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Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Exam for English 11

Please complete the following items in the recommended order during your exam time:

1. Schoolnet exam - Grammar, Reading, and Memoir assessed

2. Post unit survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1-S6nqkMmeMl2GXu0Zl660zkWs-9EMKVX8r6gQTkAkZg/viewform

3. Learning Target - Reading Strategies

Friday, January 22, 2016

English 11 week of January 25

Monday - work on advocacy letter; 2nd, 6th will mail letters today.
Tuesday - work on advocacy letter; 1st will mail letters today. Exams - 5th and 7th hours
Wednesday - review. Exams - 6th and 8th hours
Thursday - Exams - 1st hour
Friday - 2nd hour

Exam contains:


  1. Schoolnet test: Grammar - SAT type; Reading - SAT type; and Memoir Writing short answer
  2. Post unit Survey for Reading Strategies
  3. Learning Target for Reading Strategies


Grammar practice:
SAT type sentence errors: http://www.majortests.com/sat/identify-sentence-errors-test01

SAT type sentence corrections: http://www.majortests.com/sat/sentence-correction-test01

















Reading practice:






Memoir practice:


Use this article to remind yourself about memoirs


Creative Writing week of January 25

Monday - Work on outlining

Wednesday - Exam

Friday, January 15, 2016

English 11 week of January 18

Monday - MLK day - no school

Tuesday/Wednesday - continue working on group project - finish rough draft of advocacy letter.

Advocacy letter expectations: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1P16B3CXrqb3GfnWsZU-IN7-OnWubuUXZs2Gsq1WA19A/edit?usp=sharing

Formatting your mailing address: https://www.informatica.com/products/data-quality/data-as-a-service/address-verification/address-formats.html#fbid=g3eigWgufe7

Thursday/Friday - work on draft of letter.

MAKE-UP WORK DUE BY JANUARY 22

Exam week - January 25

Monday - Review - all classes

Tuesday - 5th and 7th hour exams - in afternoon

Wednesday - 6th and 8th hour exams - in afternoon

Thursday - 1/2 day; 1st and 3rd hour exams

Friday - 1/2 day; 2nd and 4th hour exams

Creative Writing week of January 18

Monday - MLK day - no school

Wednesday - Update on novel process - Character creation, Conflict creation, Outline. Continue outlining work.

Friday - Profile self-published authors.

Sunday, January 10, 2016

English 11 week of January 11

Monday – Group work – sharing information

Tuesday/Friday – Information regarding advocacy letter; Group work on rough draft of letter


Wednesday/Thursday – Reading strategy practice and extended reading time

Creative Writing week of January 11

Monday – Good Novel/Bad Novel discussion

Wednesday – Work on Character Development and Conflict for novel


Friday – Outline for novel