English
Week of October 27- October 31
Reading/Literature:
Students will continue reading stories from the literature book, completing
questions over the stories, and taking notes.
Questions
will accompany each story and will be assigned on schoology after the reading.
Notes will also be given with short story. If you’re absent, check schoology
for the assignment on each of the stories listed below, and get notes from a
friend!
Stories
that we will be reading this week include the following:
“Thank You Ma’am” https://www.scribd.com/doc/124782131/Thank-You-Ma-am-by-Langston-Hughes
"The
Drummer Boy of Shiloh" http://middletownk12.org/cms/lib07/NJ01912805/Centricity/Domain/1927/the-drummer-boy-of-shiloh.pdf
"The Monkey's Paw": http://www.online-literature.com/ww-jacobs/1743/
Novel Reading: Students should be reading at least three times each week for
15-20 minutes outside of English class. Reading Logs will be collected each
Friday. Students need to be working towards completing the reading of least 12
novels this year!
Writing:
Students will complete a quick write on our block scheduled day, and will turn
in their writer's notebook for a grade this marking period.
“America
and Me” essays need to be submitted by November 4 with the permission slip.
(optional writing assignment)
Grammar:
Students using everything we've learned so far this marking period on making
observations on sentences.
Vocabulary:
Students will continue taking notes and reviewing vocabulary from our literary
unit.
Upcoming
Due Dates:
*Each day of English this week there will be questions assigned
with each short story.
October
28/29= Writer's Notebooks due
October
31= Reading Log Due
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