Monday
· English 7 – Finish reviewing for the test on nouns, which will be tomorrow. Students will turn in all review work completed from the textbook. Review new vocabulary worksheet and sentences.
· PSSA English 9/10 – Even Day Groups – Discuss the summaries written for newspaper articles from last week. As a class, we will also discuss the New York Times article and questions that followed. Students will choose an article from the newspaper to read critically while taking notes using talking to the text method of note-taking. Students will then write their own multiple choice questions based on the article that they read. They will also write one open-ended question for the article. When students finish with their questions, they will exchange them with a partner and answer the questions presented about the article after reading it.
Tuesday
· English 7 – Students will take a unit test on the different types of nouns explored throughout the unit. When finished, students will complete a journal entry (Write about a mistake you once made and what you learned from it.)
· PSSA English 9/10 - Odd Day Groups – Discuss the summaries written for newspaper articles from last week. As a class, we will also discuss the New York Times article and questions that followed. Students will choose an article from the newspaper to read critically while taking notes using talking to the text method of note-taking. Students will then write their own multiple choice questions based on the article that they read. They will also write one open-ended question for the article. When students finish with their questions, they will exchange them with a partner and answer the questions presented about the article after reading it.
Wednesday
· English 7 – Jeopardy review game; Pronouns – introduction and discussion of what students already know about pronouns and what we need to know about them. Students will then complete a section in the textbook on pronouns and antecedents (p. 280-282: notes and practice exercises). Students will complete a worksheet for homework (due Friday).
· PSSA English 9/10 - Even Day Groups – Students will review the questions they answered from the last class. As a class, we will discuss the different types of questions presented to them by their classmates and methods used to answer them correctly. Students will then complete lesson 14 in the 11th grade PSSA book (Strategies and Skills for Reading Narratives for Appreciation).
Thursday
· English 7 – Vocabulary quiz for unit 9; unit 10 – definitions, worksheet, sentences
· PSSA English 9/10 - Odd Day Groups – Students will review the questions they answered from the last class. As a class, we will discuss the different types of questions presented to them by their classmates and methods used to answer them correctly. Students will then complete lesson 14 in the 11th grade PSSA book (Strategies and Skills for Reading Narratives for Appreciation).
Friday
· English 7 – Review new vocab. on PPT; review the worksheet on pronouns that was homework for today; complete section in textbook (Writing Clearly with Pronouns) – p. 283 – 284; practice worksheet for homework due Monday
· PSSA English 9/10 - Even Day Groups – Students will continue working on lesson 14 in the PSSA book (11th grade). Students will then discuss the lesson as a class and continue with lesson 15 in the book (lesson on characterization).
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