Mrs. Stubbs's English Blog: The Post-Homecoming Blues

Good morning! I hope all of your kids had a fantastic Homecoming Week. It's chaotic, it's crazy, and it's lots of fun, so even if they didn't go to the dance, I hope they found something they liked about it. I took lots of pictures this week, so I'll post them at the bottom of this blog and wish you all happy hunting.

The bummer part of the whole thing is that we now get serious about everything, and they're all tired and sad that the fun is over (for the time being). We did do serious things last week like reading the texts of Romeo and Juliet and Animal Farm, taking quizzes, and working on research. It's kind of amazing considering how much of the week was also spent on decorating hallways, pep rallies, dressing up, taking pictures. This week, however, we should really be able to concentrate on the serious business of academics, so I anticipate getting even more done. Here's the schedule as I see it:

English 9

Monday, 10/1 - prepositions; watch scene i of R&J; read scene ii; homework - packet
Tuesday, 10/2 - Academic Advisory - prepositions; read scenes iii/iv of R&J; homework - packet
Wednesday, 10/3 - prepositions; finish Act I of R&J; finish the Act I packet
Thursday, 10/4 - PSAT Advisory - turn in Reading Log #3; prepositions; finish discussion for Act I; quiz for Act I
Friday, 10/5 - Silent Reading Day; get Reading Log #4

English 10

Monday, 10/1 - verbs; go over 10% Summary and discuss re-do's; read and discuss Chapter 3 of Animal Farm; look at Propaganda Assignment on Google Classroom
Tuesday, 10/2 - Academic Advisory - verbs; discuss Chapter 3 of AF; read Chapter 4
Wednesday, 10/3 - verbs; discuss Chapter 4 of AF; quiz for Chapters 3-4; read Chapter 5
Thursday, 10/4 - PSAT Advisory - verbs; finish Chapter 5; vocab. activity for Chapter 5
Friday, 10/5 - Passion Project Friday - check in topic, 3 sources, and 20 facts, or notes; outline the paper and look at parenthetical citations; write the rough draft - due 10/8 by midnight

So that's the plan. I hope everyone has a great week!

Pictures from Homecoming Week -