Weekly Schedule 9/13 - 9/17

Monday: 9/13
IC: Mr. Lambros, the freshman counselor, will be in to speak with you for approximately fifteen minutes. Turn in revisions of Summer Reading Assignments. Reading Quiz over pages 3-17 of Of Mice and Men. Distribute and discuss graded vocabulary tests and workbook work. Review of Lesson Two vocabulary including a closer look at the analogies in Exercise C. Discussion of responses to the PART A worksheet from the selection of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou.
HW: Vocabulary test 9/16. Study and complete workbook work for Lesson Two.

Tuesday: 9/14
IC: Sentence-composing activity with discussion. Considering the context of Steinbeck's novella - a brief introduction to the Great Depression. Discussion of Personal Essay Proposals - how to write one, what elements should be included, etc.
HW:

• Vocabulary test 9/16. Study and complete Lesson Two workbook work.
  
• Personal Essay Proposals due 9/17.

Handout: We will view and discuss a brief PowerPoint presentation on the Great Depression.

Wednesday: 9/15 - Back to School Night!
IC: We will begin with a brief vocabulary review. Reading Quiz over pages 18-37. In continuing our discussion of the elements of poetic analysis, we will close read and discuss the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost. We'll end the class period with more discussion of the Personal Essay Proposal.
HW:

• Vocabulary test tomorrow 9/16. Study and complete Lesson Two workbook work.
• Personal Essay Proposals due 9/17.
  

Thursday: 9/16 - 2 Hour Delayed Start Schedule - Happy Birthday Hannah!
IC: Turn in Lesson Two vocabulary work and take the Lesson Two vocabulary test. Because this is a short day, we'll only have time for the vocabulary test and Writer's Notebook Entry #3. One-on-one last minute Q&A about the Personal Essay Proposals.
HW:

• Personal Essay Proposals due tomorrow 9/17.
• Close read selection of Studs Terkel's Working by Monday.
  

Handout: Selection from Studs Terkel's Working - To be distributed in class.

2 Hour Delayed Start Schedule
0 Hour 9:00 - 9:35
1st 9:40 - 10:15
2nd 10:20 - 10:55
3rd 11:00 - 11:40
4th 11:45 - 12:20
5th 12:25 - 1:00 / 1st Lunch
5th 1:05 - 1:40 / 2nd Lunch
6th 1:45 - 2:20
7th 2:25 - 3:00
Dismissal

Friday: 9/17
IC: Hand in Personal Essay Proposals. Take a Reading Quiz over pages 38-64 of Of Mice and Men, then discuss the reading selection as a class. Introduction to lesson three vocabulary. Friday Poem.
HW:

• Vocabulary test 9/23. Study and complete Lesson Three workbook work.
• Close read selection of Studs Terkel's Working.