Welcome Back!

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving break.  My time was busy, but well spent, with family and friends.  I'm also feeling revived and ready to go for the next stretch until the next holiday break in four weeks. We have a lot to accomplish, and though it feels like we have lots of time to do it, I know that in the end it will feel rushed, so I'm ready to get at it.

Right before break, English 9 was working on an essay for Romeo and Juliet, and we're now in the process of typing it.  They will have time to work on this in class on Monday, but it will come due on Tuesday and be worth 50 points. In English 10 we're in the middle of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and they'll have their first real assessment for the book on Thursday.  So here's the plan:

English 9

• Monday, 11/26 - work time to type essay.
• Tuesday, 11/27 - Academic Advisory - edit, revise and submit essay through Google Classroom.
• Wednesday, 11/28 - prepositions; Stranger Things activity for learning about literary terms.
• Thursday, 11/29 - Scheduling Advisory (for 10th grade) - prepositions; Stranger Things activity. 
• Friday, 11/30 - silent reading day; get new reading log.

English 10

• Monday, 11/26 - Type 1 (SAT); Chapter 13 of HeLa
• Tuesday, 11/27 - Academic Advisory - Type 1 (SAT); Chapter 14, 15, 16 presentations and quizzes
• Wednesday, 11/28 - Type 1 (SAT); Chapter 17 of HeLa; finish study guide and vocab. and turn in.
• Thursday, 11/29 - PSAT/SAT Advisory - Type 1 (SAT) and turn in; assessment for HeLa (first 1/3 of the book); Chapter 18, 19 presentations
• Friday, 11/30 - Passion Project - planning for and setting up for an interview

That's what I have for this week.  FYI, if your student is interested in traveling to Italy with me in 2020 there is a parent meeting in the Media Center on Wednesday, 11/28 at 6:00.  It's purely informational, but it will help me to determine if we have enough interest to take it to the Board.

Have a great week!

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Happy Thanksgiving!

The holidays are here!  I hope everyone has a wonderful season full of love, family, and laughter.  Since it's such a short week, this is going to be very short.

Monday from 3:00 to 6:00 are parent teacher conferences.  They're in the gym and cafeteria at the high school, and it's arena style - no appointments needed, but you might have to wait in line.  I sent out emails to those with whom I have the greatest concern in my class.

English 9

• Monday, 11/19 - we will finish drafting out the information for the Romeo and Juliet essay; then we'll type it in using Google Classroom as our platform.
• Tuesday, 11/20 - half day - no advisory.  We'll just finish up whatever still needs to be finished.

English 10

• Monday, 11/19 - groups will be presenting chapters 9, 10, 11, 12 - quizzes for all chapters.
• Tuesday, 11/20 - half day - no advisory.  We'll finish up whatever still needs to be finished.

And that's all I have planned.  May everyone have a great rest of the weekend, and a fabulous short week!  Happy Thanksgiving to all!

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On to Term Two

I have so much to do that this is going to be short and sweet.  First, 1st Term is now over and I'm working on grades - they're not due for a couple of days yet, so your patience is appreciated.  Second, parent teacher conferences are coming up for the afternoon of Monday, 11/19 from 3:00 to 6:00 at the high school.  I'll be emailing anyone I'm concerned about, but anyone is welcome.  If you can't make it to conferences, feel free to call or email.

Last week English 9 finished reading Romeo and Juliet, so this week is all about assessment. English 10 started reading The Immortal Life of  Henrietta Lacks; this entails a lot of independent reading on their part, so if they say they have no homework, that's probably false.

Here's the plan for this week:

English 9

• Monday, 11/12 - watch the movie of Romeo and Juliet
• Tuesday, 11/13 - Academic Advisory -  finish the movie; short Romeo and Juliet test - matching/true-false/multiple choice
• Wednesday, 11/14 - write the draft of the body of the essay
• Thursday, 11/15 - PSAT/SAT Advisory - write the introduction/conclusion of the essay
• Friday, 11/16 - type up and submit the essay on Google Classroom

English 10

• Monday, 11/12 - read chapters 4-7 in HeLa for Tuesday; find, read, and annotate a short story related to Passion Project topic for Friday
• Tuesday, 11/13 - Academic Advisory - type 1; quiz for ch. 4-7; read ch. 8
• Wednesday, 11/14 - type 1; read ch. 9-11 independently
• Thursday, 11/15 - PSAT/SAT Advisory (new rotation) - type 1 - turn in for week; quiz for ch. 9-11; read ch. 12, 13, 14
• Friday, 11/16 - reach ch. 15-16 in HeLa for Monday; work on short story for Passion Project

I'm a little ambitious on the timeline for the Romeo and Juliet essay, so those dates might get changed, but I'll update the calendar to reflect it.  I hope everyone has a great week!

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And...NOW it's the Last Week of Term 2!

I am losing my mind; it's official.  I guess because my own two children just finished their first term, I just combined everything to include Airport, too.  This coming week is the last week of Term 1 and I'm so relieved because I was in serious panic-mode trying to figure out how to get everything graded, stay coherent through this ridiculously awful cold, and do my mom duties.  It will all work out, however, as it always does.

We have a couple of special events coming up:  the volleyball team is going to regionals in Milan on Tuesday, and I have a couple of players in my classes, so I plan to try to make at least some of the game.  It's at 7:00, or so I hear.  Also, there is a Veterans Day assembly at 1:30 at Airport High School in the gym on Friday.  Ninth graders should wear red; 10th graders should wear white.

In the meantime, we continue on with our curriculum.  English 9 finished through Act III of Romeo and Juliet; my goal is to finish the play this week.  English 10 is done with Animal Farm and we've moved forward with our passion project, looking at poems that connect to their topics.  This week they'll start reading The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks which is a really great non-fiction book that deals with racism, classism, sexism, and medical ethics.  UofM College of Engineering used it as their one book/one community read this last summer and gave a copy to all incoming engineering students.  It's not a difficult read, but it's definitely an interesting one.  I'm really excited to start it.

So here's the schedule for this week:

English 9

• Monday, 11/5 - prepositions; Act IV of Romeo and Juliet
• Tuesday, 11/6 - Academic Advisory - finish Act IV and take a quiz.
• Wednesday, 11/7 - prepositions; Act V of Romeo and Juliet
• Thursday, 11/8 - PSAT/SAT Advisory - turn in reading log #8; finish Act V and take a quiz
• Friday, 11/9 - finish anything for Romeo and Juliet reading or quizzes; get reading log #9; silent reading day.

English 10

• Monday, 11/5 - turn in Verb Packet #4; bell work - type 1; finish discussing Poetry Slides; HeLa preview packet
• Tuesday, 11/6 - Academic Advisory - bell work - type 1; finish HeLa preview; read pp. 1-7 - study guide annotations, vocabulary packet
• Wednesday, 11/7 - bell work - type 1; independently read and annotate pp. 8-26 - Quiz Thursday over the reading
• Thursday, 11/8 - PSAT/SAT Advisory - bell work - type 1 - turn in for the week; a quiz for pp. 8-26; read pp. 27-33 - study guide, vocabulary, annotations
• Friday, 11/9 - add poem entries to Works Cited Document and share ideas with the group; discuss short story elements and structure; find a short story; add to Works Cited Document; read and annotate for next week.

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

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