March 23, 2015 - March 27, 2015

3/23/15 – 3/27/15

Monday

• Academic English 8 – Work on personal narrative essay. Essay is due tomorrow. (Essential Question: How does voice affect our written and spoken language?)

• Academic English 7 – Make up vocabulary unit 13 quizzes. Textbook: continue verbs unit – practice exercises, notes, and worksheets. Verbs quiz on Thursday. (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 13. Verbs unit – continue practice exercises, notes, worksheets. Verbs quiz on Thursday. (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 – Begin Literary Devices project in groups today. (Essential Question: What are the various literary devices that authors use in their writing to enhance literature and how do these devices add to the overall meaning of a piece of literature?)

• Honors Reading 7 – Poetry collection one – finish and discuss. Concrete poem due Wednesday. (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 – Turn in personal narrative essay. Discuss essay examples together. (Essential Question: How does voice affect our written and spoken language?)

• Academic English 7 – Verbs: textbook - (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. (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 – Work on literary devices project in groups. Completed project due on Monday. (Essential Question: What are the various literary devices that authors use in their writing to enhance literature and how do these devices add to the overall meaning of a piece of literature?)

• Honors Reading 7 – Poetry collection 3. Students will work in small groups to analyze three different types of poems in collection 3. 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 – Students will begin discussing notes on interjections. Students will also complete practice exercises on interjections within the provided packet. (Essential Question: How do interjections function in our language?)

• Academic English 7 – Continue verbs unit. Complete practice exercises and discuss together. Review the previous 4 verbs sections and prepare for a quiz tomorrow on these sections. (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. Complete practice exercises and discuss together. Review the previous 4 verbs sections and prepare for a quiz tomorrow on these sections. (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 working on literary devices project in groups. (Essential Question: What are the various literary devices that authors use in their writing to enhance literature and how do these devices add to the overall meaning of a piece of literature?)

• Honors Reading 7 – Discuss/share concrete poems. Turn in poems. Finish poetry collection 3 in groups and discuss together. (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 – Students will continue working with interjections. As a class, we will discuss and review exercises together. (Essential Question: How do interjections function in our language?)

• Academic English 7 – Quiz on verbs (perfect tenses, irregular verbs, progressive forms, and direct/indirect objects). (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 – Quiz on verbs (perfect tenses, irregular verbs, progressive forms, transitive/intransitive, and direct/indirect objects). (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 working on literary devices project in groups. (Essential Question: What are the various literary devices that authors use in their writing to enhance literature and how do these devices add to the overall meaning of a piece of literature?)

• Honors Reading 7 – Finish discussing poetry collection 3 and turn in work. RACERS prompt for collection 3. RACERS due tomorrow. (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 – Finish work on interjections in packet. Discuss together and turn in work. Begin reading “A Running Brook of Horror” and completing analysis activities in packet. (Essential Question: How do interjections function in our language?)

• Academic English 7 – Verbs: Discuss next verbs section in textbook and complete practice exercises. (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 – Verbs: Discuss next verbs section in textbook and complete practice exercises. (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 literary devices project in groups. Presentations begin on Monday. (Essential Question: What are the various literary devices that authors use in their writing to enhance literature and how do these devices add to the overall meaning of a piece of literature?)

• Honors Reading 7 – Share/Pair with RACERS prompt. Review responses for the prompt on the board together and discuss results. (Essential Question: What are the elements of poetry and how do these elements enhance poems and add to their overall meaning?)