Beautiful October

Even though it's still hot and humid, the leaves are beginning to turn, and the cool days of October cannot be far behind!  I love this time of year.  My son and I went apple picking last weekend and I'm hoping to get a little bit of time this weekend to make applesauce.  The flavors, the colors - autumn is just glorious!

In the classroom, we keep moving forward.  Right now it feels like crawling, but we're getting there.  In English 9 last week we finished "St. Lucy's" and we're starting the final assessment.  It's an analytical essay so we'll outline the piece and then write it.  My goal is that the majority of this is done in class, saving independent reading for homework.  In English 10 we read a chapter from Friday Night Lights.  Well, actually, we will finish the reading on Monday.  They have had some time to do a couple of assignments in Google Classroom that are due on Monday, and we'll take the objective test on Google Forms before moving into a short story: "The Palace Thief."

So here's the schedule this week:

English 9

• Monday, 10/9 - we'll do a page in the preposition packet; we'll outline the essay
• Tuesday, 10/10 - Academic Advisory - we'll do a page of prepositions; we'll finish outlining the essay; we'll begin writing the Type 3 Analytical Essay Assessment
• Wednesday, 10/11 - a page of prepositions; we'll continue writing the essay
• Thursday, 10/12 - PSAT Advisory - TURN IN READING LOG #5; a page of prepositions; we'll complete and TURN IN TYPE 3 ANALYTICAL ESSAY ASSESSMENT
• Friday, 10/13 - they'll get reading log #6; silent reading day

English 10

• Monday, 10/9 - we'll do a section in the grammar review packet; we'll read pp. 84-88 in FNL and do the Actions/Reactions Tool; finish and submit the Vocabulary Cards and Type 1 on Google Classroom
• Tuesday, 10/10 - Academic Advisory - we'll do a section of grammar review; we'll finish the FNL reading packet; test on Google Forms - online
• Wednesday, 10/11 - a section of the grammar review; to introduce the next unit - a short story called "The Palace Thief" - we'll get the script and work on reader's theater
• Thursday, 10/12 - PSAT Advisory - TURN IN READING LOG #5; a section of the grammar review; we'll perform the reader's theater
• Friday, 10/13 - they'll get reading log #6; silent reading day

That's the plan.  I hope everyone has a great week and enjoys some time outdoors.  Ciao!

 
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