Monday
· Academic English 9 – Check vocabulary definitions; review definitions, worksheet, and sentences for vocab. lesson 4B. Review Night for test on Wednesday (discuss review packet).
· Practical English/Literature 11 – Prac Eng: Define new vocabulary words for list #3 on vocabulary square sheets. Students will then review gerunds and gerund phrases by discussing the work completed from last week. Students will also differentiate between participles and gerunds by reviewing the worksheet from last week and by playing a round of Scattergories using participles and gerunds.
Prac Lit: Students will analyze Act 1, scene 1 of Hamlet by discussing the study guide questions in groups. Students will then read scene 2 of Act 1 together with assigned parts.
· PSSA Reading 11/12 - No class
Tuesday
· Academic English 9 – Students will finish reviewing for the test on Night by discussing the review packet. Test is tomorrow. Students will also view a scene from “The Pianist” to compare/contrast to the events in Night.
· Practical English/Literature 11 – Prac. Eng: Students will begin to work on review sheets for vocab. list #3. Students will examine infinitives and infinitive phrases within sentences and explain their purpose and function. Students will take notes on their purpose and function and work together in groups to identify infinitives and infinitive phrases within sentences.
Prac. Lit: Students will read Hamlet, Act 2, together as a class with assigned parts. Students will discuss study guide questions to analyze what they read. Students will then view the film version of what they have read so far in the play.
· PSSA Reading 11/12 - Students will work on lesson 6 in the PSSA book to evaluate text organization and content to determine author’s purpose.
Wednesday
· Academic English 9 – Students will take a test on Night. Jigsaw activity - Students will then work in small groups to read about pronouns. Students will take notes on each type in order to present to the rest of the class.
· Practical English/Literature 11 – Prac. Eng: Students will review infinitives and infinitive phrases by discussing the worksheets completed yesterday in class. Students will also review vocabulary words from list 3 by discussing responses to review worksheets from yesterday. Vocab. quiz will be on Friday.
Prac. Lit: Students will define literary terms presented in Hamlet, such as soliloquy and aside. Students will then identify these elements as we read Act 2 of Hamlet together as a class.
· PSSA Reading 11/12 - No class
Thursday
· Academic English 9 – Students will take a quiz on Vocabulary lesson 4B and then define the terms for lesson 5A. Students will also be given the worksheet to complete for lesson 5A and write sentences for this lesson on their own. Jigsaw activity - Students will then begin to present their pronouns to the rest of the class. All other students will take notes on pronouns presented by each group. As a class, we will discuss examples for each type of pronoun presented.
· Practical English/Literature 11 – Prac. Eng: Define and identify appositives and appositive phrases by taking notes and analyzing examples. Students will complete practice exercises together as a class and then independent practice on appositives.
Prac. Lit: Read Act 2 of Hamlet and analyze by discussing study guide questions. Discuss visual representation of Hamlet in the film version by watching scenes that were read.
· PSSA Reading 11/12 - Students will discuss lesson 6 together as a class and complete lesson 7 independently (evaluate text organization and content to determine author’s effectiveness).
Friday
· Academic English 9 – Jigsaw activity - Students will finish presenting their pronouns in small groups. All other students will take notes presented by each group. Students will then practice identifying and differentiating each type of pronoun on worksheets for independent practice.
· Practical English/Literature 11 – Prac. Eng: Students will take a test on vocabulary list #3 terms. They will turn in all vocabulary work for list #3 also. Students will then be assigned to an activity for reviewing phrases from chapter 3 of grammar. Each student will be assigned to a different review activity for different types of phrases.
Prac. Lit: Students will continue reading Act 2 of Hamlet together and we will analyze the Act by discussing the study guide questions as we read. Students will watch the film version of the play and analyze the techniques used in the film.
· PSSA Reading 11/12 - No class
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