March 16, 2015 - March 20, 2015

3/16/15 – 3/20/15

Monday

• Academic English 8 – Continue work on active and passive voice – discuss exercises 3 and 4. Complete next 2 exercises in packet. (Essential Question: How does voice affect our written and spoken language?)

• Academic English 7 – Complete exercises for vocabulary unit #13. These are due on Thursday. Quiz on vocabulary unit 13 will be on Friday. (Essential Question: How do verbs function within a sentence to help us effectively communicate and how do we know when to correctly use different types of verbs?)

• Honors English 7 – Complete exercises for vocabulary unit #13. These are due on Thursday. Quiz on vocabulary unit 13 will be on Friday. (Essential Question: How do verbs function within a sentence to help us effectively communicate and how do we know when to correctly use different types of verbs?)

• Practical Literature 11 – Read Act 4 of “The Crucible” together as a class with assigned parts. Students will also complete study guide questions as we read. (Essential Question: How is the play, “The Crucible” related to our modern society and what parallels exist between the play and the “Red Scare” of the 1950s?)

• Honors Reading 7 – Poetry notes – add two terms to note section. Discuss three poems from Friday. Turn in completed questions. (Essential Question: What are the elements of poetry and how do these elements enhance poems and add to their overall meaning?)

Tuesday

• Academic English 8 – Continue work on active and passive voice – discuss exercises 3 and 4. Complete next 2 exercises in packet. (Essential Question: How does voice affect our written and spoken language?)

• Academic English 7 – Continue verbs unit in textbook and practice exercises/worksheets. Discuss Irregular verbs and complete practice activities. We will then begin the next verbs section. (Essential Question: How do verbs function within a sentence to help us effectively communicate and how do we know when to correctly use different types of verbs?)

• Honors English 7 – Continue verbs unit in textbook and practice exercises/worksheets. Discuss Irregular verbs and complete practice activities. We will then begin the next verbs section. (Essential Question: How do verbs function within a sentence to help us effectively communicate and how do we know when to correctly use different types of verbs?)

• Practical Literature 11 – Read Act 4 of “The Crucible” together as a class with assigned parts. Students will also complete study guide questions as we read. (Essential Question: How is the play, “The Crucible” related to our modern society and what parallels exist between the play and the “Red Scare” of the 1950s?)

• Honors Reading 7 – Students will read poetry collection one and complete the activities/questions in the packet for this collection.(Essential Question: What are the elements of poetry and how do these elements enhance poems and add to their overall meaning?)

Wednesday

• Academic English 8 – Finish the activities in the Voice packet and discuss together. Quiz on voice tomorrow. (Essential Question: How does voice affect our written and spoken language?)

• Academic English 7 – Continue verbs unit. Complete practice exercises and discuss together. (Essential Question: How do verbs function within a sentence to help us effectively communicate and how do we know when to correctly use different types of verbs?)

• Honors English 7 – Vocab. Quiz on unit #12. Verbs: discuss and complete practice exercises and worksheets. (Essential Question: How do verbs function within a sentence to help us effectively communicate and how do we know when to correctly use different types of verbs?)

• Practical Literature 11 – Continue reading Act 4 of “The Crucible.” Complete study guide questions for Act 4. (Essential Question: How is the play, “The Crucible” related to our modern society and what parallels exist between the play and the “Red Scare” of the 1950s?)

• Honors Reading 7 – Discuss poetry collection one together as a class. Complete RACERS prompt for poem. (Essential Question: What are the elements of poetry and how do these elements enhance poems and add to their overall meaning?)

Thursday

• Academic English 8 – Quiz on active versus passive voice. After quiz, students will begin a personal narrative essay. We will discuss the directions together and students will begin working on the essay. (Essential Question: How does voice affect our written and spoken language?)

• Academic English 7 – Check vocabulary work for unit #13. Review vocabulary exercises. Quiz tomorrow. (Essential Question: How do verbs function within a sentence to help us effectively communicate and how do we know when to correctly use different types of verbs?)

•  Honors English 7 – Check vocabulary work for unit #13. Review vocabulary exercises. Quiz tomorrow. (Essential Question: How do verbs function within a sentence to help us effectively communicate and how do we know when to correctly use different types of verbs?)

• Practical Literature 11 – Continue reading Act 4 of “The Crucible.” Complete study guide questions for Act 4. (Essential Question: How is the play, “The Crucible” related to our modern society and what parallels exist between the play and the “Red Scare” of the 1950s?)

• Honors Reading 7 – Finish RACERS prompt and share/pair/discuss. Begin poetry collection 2. (Essential Question: What are the elements of poetry and how do these elements enhance poems and add to their overall meaning?)

Friday

• Academic English 8 – Continue working on personal narrative essay. Completed essay is due on Tuesday. (Essential Question: How does voice affect our written and spoken language?)

•  Academic English 7 – Vocabulary quiz on unit #13. Continue verbs unit when finished with quiz. (Essential Question: How do verbs function within a sentence to help us effectively communicate and how do we know when to correctly use different types of verbs?)

• Honors English 7 – Vocabulary quiz on unit #13. Continue verbs unit when finished with quiz. (Essential Question: How do verbs function within a sentence to help us effectively communicate and how do we know when to correctly use different types of verbs?)

• Practical Literature 11 – Finish reading Act 4 of “The Crucible.” Complete study guide questions for Act 4. (Essential Question: How is the play, “The Crucible” related to our modern society and what parallels exist between the play and the “Red Scare” of the 1950s?)

• Honors Reading 7 – Continue working on poetry collection 2 and begin discussing these together. (Essential Question: What are the elements of poetry and how do these elements enhance poems and add to their overall meaning?)