Mrs. Stubbs's English Blog: We're Halfway Through Term Three!

Well, here we are, about halfway through the third term. We have another round of conferences coming up on Wednesday, 3/7 from 2:30-5:30 and I'll be sending out emails with personal invitations for those students who are below 70% in my class right now. Let's try to get them back on track! As always, however, anyone who wants to chat can feel free to email me or call and leave a voicemail; we don't have to wait for conferences.

I've been madly grading all weekend, and I've updated HAC; despite this, I still have much more to go. Sigh. An English teacher's job is never done (but isn't that true for every job?). Last week English 9 finished The Crucible through Act III, and English 10 should be finished taking notes for their research project and should have the Works Cited built for the paper. They should also have annotated the texts they're going to use for the Wax Museum project.

Here's what's coming this week:

English 9

Monday, 2/26 - Comma review worksheet; read Act IV of The Crucible.
Tuesday, 2/27 - Academic Advisory - comma review worksheet; finish Act IV
Wednesday, 2/28 - Comma review worksheet - turn in packet; finish character packet for The Crucible; begin assessment - pre-writing for the essay.
Thursday, 3/1 - PSAT Advisory - TURN IN READING LOG #16; finish pre-writing for the essay; if time, start typing.
Friday, 3/2 - Get reading log #17; silent reading

English 10

Monday, 2/26 - Comma review worksheet; create thesis statement and check in when ready; work on the outline.
Tuesday, 2/27 - Academic Advisory - Comma assessment; check in thesis statements; finish outlining the paper.
Wednesday, 2/28 - Type 1 - Semi-colons; check in outlines; begin typing rough draft of research paper.
Thursday, 3/1 - PSAT Advisory - TURN IN READING LOG #16; type rough draft of research paper.
Friday, 3/2 - Get reading log #17; silent reading or type paper - due Monday submitted online.

That's the plan, folks. I hope everyone had a good weekend. Ciao!