Mr. Davis
Week of 12/5-12/9
Monday
- Bell Assignment: How do you feel about the verdict of the trial? Was it what you expected? Why did it come out as it did?
- Quiz over chapters 13-18
- Questions for chapters 13-18 due
- Read chapters 23-25
Tuesday
- No bell assignment
- Read chapters 26-28
Wednesday
- Bell Assignment: Start a story or poem that includes the following words: preserve, orphan, whisper, benefit
- Read chapters 29-31 in class! The end of the novel
Thursday
- No bell assignment
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Friday
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Week of 11/28-12/2
Monday
- No Bell assignment
- Talk about schedule for TKAM
- Questions for chapters 1-6 will be due tomorrow before the chapter 1-6 quiz
- Today: read chapters 7-9. Questions for chapter 7-9 are here, 10-12 here. Questions due Thursday! Quiz over 7-12 Thursday!
- To Kill A Mockingbird full text
Tuesday
- No bell assignment
- Questions for chapters 1-6 due today!
- Quiz over chapters 1-6
- Read chapters 10-12
Wednesday
- Bell Assignment: What type of insult would most provoke you? One about your dress or appearance? One about your character or actions? One about a friend or family member? One about a hero or belief? Explain your reasons.
- Read chapters 13-15
- Questions for chapters 13-15 are here, 16-18 here. Due Monday!
- Quiz over chapters 7-12 tomorrow! Questions for 7-12 due tomorrow as well!
Thursday
- No bell assignment
- Questions for chapters 7-12 due today!
- Quiz over chapters 7-12
- Watch clips from TKAM movie: first 10 minutes to see characters and Maycomb, and the scene of Atticus in front of the jailhouse
- Read chapters 16-18
Friday
- Bell Assignment: Free Write Friday
- Read chapter 19-22: read aloud in class
- Quiz over chapters 13-18
Week of 11/21-11/25
Monday
- No Bell assignment
- Collect any remaining discussion make-up paragraphs
- Read chapter 3 as a class - questions due Tuesday after break
- Homework: Read chapters 4-6 (about 30 pages) and complete questions for 4-6 (also due Tuesday). There will be a quiz on Tuesday, November 29 over chapters 1-6.
- To Kill A Mockingbird full text
Parent/Teacher Conferences - 5:30-8:30
Tuesday
- No school - Parent/Teacher Conferences 1:00-7:30
Wednesday
- No School - Parent/Teacher Conferences 8:00-12:00
Thursday
- No school - Happy Thanksgiving!
Friday
- No School
Week of 11/14-11/18
Monday
- Bell Assignment:
Today's Quote: "If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday." - Pearl Buck
What does the quote mean? Do you agree? Why or why not?
- Complete page 1 of the anticipation guide for To Kill a Mockingbird
- Begin the Scottsboro Boys documentary - Scottsboro: An American Tragedy
- Questions for documentary are here
Tuesday
- No bell assignment
- Continue the Scottsboro documentary - will finish tomorrow and begin graded whole-class discussion
- Questions will be due Thursday!
Wednesday
- Bell Assignment: Continue the story starter:
“It was a warm, November day, and I was in my English class when they came for me...”
- Finish Scottsboro: An American Tragedy
- Begin a graded whole-class discussion over the Scottsboro documentary and the TKAM anticipation guide
- 4 total contributions expected from today and tomorrow (5 for 1st hour)
- Discussion make-up policy: You can write 1 well-developed paragraph over one of the discussion topics for each contribution you missed. Make-up paragraphs are due Friday! (Can only make-up 3 of the 4, or 4 of the 5)
Thursday
- No Bell Assignment
- Finish graded whole-class discussion
1. 4 total contributions expected from today and tomorrow (5 for 1st hour)
2. Discussion make-up policy: You can write 1 well-developed paragraph over one of the discussion topics for each contribution you missed. Make-up paragraphs are due Friday! (Can only make-up 3 of the 4, or 4 of the 5)
- Collect Scottsboro questions
- If you need to make up Scottsboro, you can watch almost the entire video here (it is a playlist of the movie in 10 minute increments - part 4 has been deleted, but everything else is there)
Friday
- Bell Assignment: Free Write Friday!
- Collect bell assignments
- Collect discussion make-up paragraphs
- Begin reading To Kill a Mockingbird: read chapters 1 and 2 by Monday!
- Questions for chapters 1-3 here
- To Kill A Mockingbird full text
Week of 11/7-11/11
Monday
- Bell Assignment: Today’s Quote: “The only people with whom you should try to get even are those who have helped you.” ~John E. Southard
What does the quote mean? Do you agree? Explain.
- Introduce verb phrases
- Complete exercise 7&8 on p. 9-10
Tuesday
- Bell Assignment (1st hour only): Develop 3 complete sentences. Each sentence should have the verb or verb phrase circled, the complete subject underlined, the simple subject double-underlined, and have the predicate in brackets ( [ ] ).
- Review work from exercises 5-8
- Complete exercise 9 in Heath Grammar and Comp book
- Introduce compound subjects and verbs
Wednesday
- Bell Assignment: Start a story or poem that includes the following words: general, timeless, crushing, puzzle
- Review exercise 9
- Introduce compound subjects and verbs - Complete exercise 10
- Introduce position of subjects
Thursday
- Bell Assignment: Free Write Thursday
- Collect bell assignments
- Homework quiz over exercises 5-10 (3rd and 6th hour)
- Exercise 12 in grammar book: inverted order of subjects and verbs
- Will shift gears to To Kill a Mockingbird on Monday!
Friday
NO SCHOOL - Veteran's Day
Week of 10/31-11/4
Monday
- No bell assignment
- Computer lab day to revise personal narrative (only day all week to work on it) – final draft is due Friday 11/4!
- Wordwheels 15-21 due Friday 11/4!
- ONE extra credit opportunities
Teen Poetry Slam 11/3 – 7-8 pm at Edwardsville Public Library - show up and sign-in and you get 5 points EX. Show up and read work that is not your own, earn 10 points EC. Show up and read your own original work, earn 15 points EC!
Tuesday
- Bell Assignment: Why do we celebrate Halloween? Is there any good from it? Is there any bad from it? Should we continue to celebrate Halloween? Explain.
- Grammar pre-test – no grade associated with this test (just used to gauge where we are right now)
Wednesday
- Bell Assignment: Start a story or poem that includes the following words: extract, exact, illuminate, model
- Introduce the 8 parts of speech - will be covered in detail in the coming days
- Book that will be used in class is the Heath Grammar and Composition book
- Cover complete sentences vs. sentence fragments and introduce subjects and predicates. Also, understand the difference between simple and complete subjects (pages 3-6)
- Complete exercises 1,2
Thursday
- Bell Assignment (1st hour only): Give us 2 examples of sentence fragments and 2 examples of complete sentences.
- Review 8 parts of speech
- Finding complete and simple subjects
- Complete exercises 3 and 4 on p. 5-6
- Personal narrative due tomorrow!
Friday
- Bell Assignment: Free Write Friday
- Collect bell assignments and wordwheels
- Collect personal narratives
- Homework quiz over exercises 1-4
- Finding complete and simple predicates
- Complete exercises 5 and 6 on p. 7-8
Week of 10/24-10/28
Monday
- Bell Assignment: How much control do parents/guardians have over your life? Explain. Why might they influence you to live one way or another?
- Recap writing exercise from Friday – share completion
- Writing exercise - Witnessing a plane crash (model)
- "Juice Up" (show, don't tell) the following Halloween narrative:
I was only 5 when I had my first trick or treat experience. It was a cold night, and I was dressed as the red Power Ranger. I stayed in my neighborhood because my parents were worried about clowns. I went to every house with a Walmart bag and got lots of candy. I was walking back to my house when I saw a clown. It was my brother. Overall, it was a really fun experience. - Will check for completion tomorrow!
- TWO extra credit opportunities
1. Sectional XC meet this Saturday 10/29 – 1 & 2 pm! - show up, take a selfie to have proof of attendance, write a 1 paragraph recap of the event. Due to me on Monday! Can earn up to 10 points extra credit!
2. Teen Poetry Slam 11/3 – 7-8 pm at Edwardsville Public Library - show up and sign-in and you get 5 points EX. Show up and read work that is not your own, earn 10 points EC. Show up and read your own original work, earn 15 points EC!
Tuesday
- Bell Assignment (1st only): Read the following quote- “People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds, it is something one creates.” - Thomas Szasz
What does the quote mean? Do you agree? Explain.
- Introduce personal narrative assignment -Begin the pre-writing – will be checked tomorrow for completion!
- Rough draft of personal narrative due Friday! - Typed version is encouraged but not necessary, but must be neat!
Wednesday
- Bell Assignment: Start a story or poem that includes the following words: belief, painless, grave, enrage
- Recap personal narrative assignment - Check for pre-writing completion
- RAP “Tuesdays with Morrie” - Due tomorrow at the end of class!
Thursday
- Bell Assignment (1st only): Based on everything we’ve covered in the past week or so, what is required in your personal narrative to make it successful? Explain.
- Work day for the following:
1. complete RAP: "Tuesdays with Morrie": due TODAY by end of the hour!
2. complete the personal narrative rough draft for peer reviews tomorrow
3. complete wordwheels for roots and affixes #8-14: due tomorrow
Friday
- Bell Assignment: Free Write Friday
- Collect bell assignments and wordwheels
- Peer reviews for personal narrative: must get at least 2 peer reviews done using this rubric
- Final draft for personal narrative is due Monday, November 7!
- REMINDER: Sectional XC meet extra credit is tomorrow!!