Monday
· Academic English 9 – Check vocabulary definitions; review definitions, worksheet, and sentences for vocab. lesson 8A. As a class, we will also continue with grammar by discussing the exercises completed on Friday in class. Students will take notes and complete practice exercises on the next section as well (compound subjects and compound verbs).
· Practical English/Literature 11 – Prac. Eng: Students will take notes on the adjective clause and noun clause sections of chapter4 in the grammar book. Students will then complete practice exercises on these clauses and discuss them together as a class.
Prac. Lit: Students will finish reading chapter two of “Of Mice and Men” and discuss the study guide questions together for chapter 2.
· PSSA Reading 11/12 - No Class
Tuesday
· Academic English 9 – Students will take notes on complements from the grammar book and discuss these together as a class. Students will also take notes on subject complements and they will work in small groups to complete practice exercises for these sections during class today (exercises 14 and 15, ex. 16 and 17).
· Practical English/Literature 11 – Prac. Eng: Students will take notes and discuss the adverb clause and subordinating conjunctions sections in the grammar book and they will also complete practice exercises for each working with a partner.
Prac. Lit: Students will take a quiz on chapters one and two of “Of Mice and Men” and begin reading chapter 3 today.
· PSSA Reading 11/12 - Students will work on the rough draft of the five paragraph essay (movie review) in class. Students will critique the movie, “Dead Poets Society” in their essays.
Wednesday
· Academic English 9 – Students will take notes on objects (direct and indirect) and discuss these together as a class. Students will also complete practice exercises to identify these in small groups and discuss responses together as a class.
· Practical English/Literature 11 – Prac. Eng: Students will take notes on elliptical clauses and sentences classified according to structure. Students will also work in small groups to complete practice exercises on these sections.
Prac. Lit: Students will read chapter 3 of the novel and complete the study guide for this chapter.
· PSSA Reading 11/12 - No Class
Thursday
· Academic English 9 – Students will also take a quiz on Vocabulary lesson 8A and then define the terms for lesson 8B. Students will also be given the worksheet to complete for lesson 8B and write sentences for this lesson on their own. Students will also take notes on the last grammar section for chapter 2 (classifying sentences by purpose). Students will discuss this section together as a class and complete the practice exercise on page 64 with a partner.
· Practical English/Literature 11 – Prac. Eng: Students will continue to practice identifying clauses in sentences by reviewing practice worksheets together.
Prac. Lit: Students will continue to read chapter 3 of the novel and complete the study guide for this chapter. Students will also view scenes from the movie to compare/contrast with the novel.
· PSSA Reading 11/12 - Students will work on typing the final copy of the five paragraph essay (movie review) in class. Students will critique the movie, “Dead Poets Society” in their essays.
Friday
· Academic English 9 – As a class, we will play Scattergories together using the Promethean Board. The class will be split up into teams and teams will have to come up with words to describe the phrases on the board beginning with the letter that was rolled on the die. Teams will get bonus points if they use vocabulary words from any of the lessons we have covered so far this year.
· Practical English/Literature 11 – Prac. Eng: Students will play Scattergories together as a class using the Promethean Board. The class will be split up into teams and teams will earn bonus points for using any vocabulary words from class.
Prac. Lit: Students will watch scenes from the movie, “Of Mice and Men” while comparing/contrasting with the novel.
· PSSA Reading 11/12 - No Class
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