Monday
· Academic English 9 – Check vocabulary definitions; review definitions, worksheet, and sentences for vocab. lesson 5A. Group presentations on pronouns.
· Practical English/Literature 11 – Prac Eng: Students will take a vocabulary test on terms for list #3. They will also turn in vocab. square sheets and vocab. review sheets for list #3. Students will then review infinitives and infinitive phrases together by discussing responses to the worksheets on each.
Prac Lit: Review Act 1 of Hamlet in preparation for quiz on Act 1. Students will discuss study guide questions and review for the quiz. Students will also define literary terms for the play and identify examples from Act 1.
· PSSA Reading 11/12 - Students will work on a practice test on chapter one concepts independently from the PSSA book.
Tuesday
· Academic English 9 – Students will continue working in jigsaw groups to take notes on pronouns and present their pronoun to the rest of the class. Students will receive a worksheet on each pronoun type for independent practice also.
· Practical English/Literature 11 – Prac. Eng: Students will work together in small groups to identify and define appositives and appositive phrases. As a class, we will discuss appositives and complete practice exercises together. Students will complete worksheets on these for independent practice.
Prac. Lit: Students will take a quiz on Act 1 of Hamlet. Students will then begin reading Act 2, scene 1 of Hamlet together while completing study guide questions for Act 2.
· PSSA Reading 11/12 - No Class
Wednesday
· Academic English 9 – Students will finish presenting their pronouns in groups to the class and will identify each pronoun type on worksheets for each type also. Students will then begin reading a short story, “The Most Dangerous Game.” Students will answer study guide questions as they read the short story.
· Practical English/Literature 11 – Prac. Eng: Students will review appositives and appositive phrases by discussing the worksheets from yesterday. 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 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 - Students will complete lesson 14 from chapter 3 in the PSSA book on strategies and skills for reading narratives for appreciation.
Thursday
· Academic English 9 – Students will take a quiz on Vocabulary lesson 5A and then define the terms for lesson 5B. Students will also be given the worksheet to complete for lesson 5B and write sentences for this lesson on their own. Students will then continue reading the short story, “The Most Dangerous Game,” and will work on completing the study guide questions as they read.
· Practical English/Literature 11 – Prac. Eng: Students will discuss the review activities completed yesterday as a class. Students will then complete review worksheets for each type of phrase in preparation for a test on chapter 3 (phrases).
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 - No Class
Friday
· Academic English 9 – Students will finish reading, “The Most Dangerous Game,” and will discuss elements of plot while analyzing the plot of the story. As a class, we will review the study guide questions together by discussing student responses. Students will complete a critical reading sheet on the story when finished reading.
· Practical English/Literature 11 – Prac. Eng: Students will work on completing the review sheets for each type of phrase. As a class, we will discuss responses to these review sheets in preparation for a test on phrases next week.
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 - Students will complete lesson 15 of chapter 3 in the PSSA book (analyze characterization).
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