CONFERENCES TOMORROW!

Periods 2, 5, 6:
Finish "A Doll's House" DVD
Take test on "A Doll's House"
Do exercise 15 and review in "Words frequently confused" packet

Period 4:
Watch biography on Frederick Douglass and take notes

Period 3:
On field trip to Science Museum

Periods 2,3,4 will be starting "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass"
Periods 5,6 will be starting "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley

Extra credit for the week

What differences do you notice in the all girls/all boys classes? Be specific, appropriate, and leave your name!

Periods 2,4,5,6:
Warm-up Type 1 on advice you'd give to Nora and Helmer on their marriage
Read Act II of "A Doll's House"
Corrected ex. 13 of "Words frequently confused"
"Spelling demons" 51-100

Period 3
Warm-up Type 1--What would you do if your parents did not approve of your engagement to your fiance?
Read the beginning of Act III of "Romeo and Juliet"
Started watching video of "Romeo and Juliet"

Periods 2,4,5,6:
Warm-up grammar
Finished reading Act I of "A Doll's House"
Act I questions
Ex. 11 and 13 of "words frequently confused"

Period 3:
Warm-up grammar
Discussed Act I and II of "Romeo and Juliet" and collected answers
Did 1 1/2 pages of adverb packet together

Food for thought--related to "A Doll's House": (please leave a comment if you have one)
A student yesterday made a comment that if the man makes the money in the household, it's his money (in other words, not the wife's because she doesn't work). What do you think?

Another question: what did you think of the all-boys/all-girls classes?

Period 2,4,5,6
Warm-up grammar
Read "A Doll's House" Act I
Words frequently confused--corrected and collected ex. 9 & 11
Collected final draft of story
Vocabulary quiz tomorrow

Period 3:
Warm-up grammar
Finished reading Act II of Romeo and Juliet
Did questions on Act I & II
Corrected and collected verbs I packet
Rough draft due tomorrow

Friday's agenda/homework

Periods 2,4,5,6:
Warm-up type 1 on childhood toys
Continued reading "A Doll's House"
Final draft due Monday
Vocabulary quiz on Tuesday

Periods 5/6:
Moving to all male/all female classes on Monday as part of a two to three-week study

Period 3:
Warm-up grammar
Verbs I packet (due Monday)
Rough draft of five-paragraph due Tuesday

Thurday's agenda

Periods 2,4,5,6:
Warm-up grammar
Started reading the play "A Doll's House"
Confusing words ex. 9, 1-15

Period 3:
Warm-up type 1 on Saturdays
Read Act II, scene iii-iv of Romeo and Juliet
Verbs I packet (first two pages)

Period 2/4/5/6:
Comma test
Editing student's tale (final draft due Monday)
Vocabulary I from A Doll's House (vocab. quiz on Tuesday)


Period 3:
Warm-up grammar
Read Act II, scene ii of Romeo and Juliet
Continued "An Inconvenient Truth"
Rough draft of five-paragraph essay due Tuesday

Period 2/4
Warm-up Type 1 on Snow Days
Editing a student's paper
Arabian Nights video with worksheet
Rough draft due tomorrow
Comma test tomorrow

Period 3
Warm-up Type 1 on Snow Days
Read Act II, scene ii of Romeo and Juliet
Continued watching "An Inconvenient Truth" on global warming

Period 5/6
Warm-up Type 1 on Snow Days
Editing two students' papers
Rough draft due tomorrow
Comma test tomorrow

Periods 2/4
Warm-up grammar
Corrected and collected comma packet
Watched part of Arabian Nights video--worksheet
Comma test Wednesday
Rough draft due Wednesday

Period 3
Warm-up grammar
Read Act I, scene v of Romeo and Juliet

Period 5/6
Warm-up grammar
Corrected and collected comma packet
Students took notes on comma uses
Comma test Wednesday
Rough draft due Wednesday