Mrs. Stubbs's English Blog: Two Weeks to Go in Term One!

Good morning! It's a blustery, rainy morning, but I'm listening to the weather man promise that the weather is moving out and our day will improve. We might even get some sunshine this afternoon! That will help brighten the moods, though with the win on Friday night, my guess is that the community is still enjoying local football and they have to be pretty cheery!

We're cruising along in English class. English 10 is finished reading Animal Farm and now we're doing the essay - we should be about done with the book by the end of the week. In English 9 we're over halfway through the play. I threw in a video assignment where they acted out a portion of Act III, Scene i, and the projects are pretty hilarious. I have a few photos I took while they were in the middle of the process:

And my favorite:

As you can probably tell, this scene was the first with fatalities, so there are a lot of bodies on the floor. They had fun, I had fun, so it was worth taking the time to do it.

Coming up this week English 9 will work toward finishing the play, while English 10 works toward finishing Animal Farm. Please remember that there is no school on Friday. Here's the schedule:

English 9

Monday, 10/28 - bell work; 1st Hour finish Act III and do Quickwrite; 2nd and 6th Hours do Quickwrite for Scene ii and continue reading Act III
Tuesday, 10/29 - Academic Advisory - bell work; 1st Hour - quiz for Act III and continue reading into Act IV; 2nd and 6th Hours finish Act III and do Quickwrite
Wednesday, 10/30 - bell work; 1st Hour - read Act IV; 2nd and 6th Hours quiz for Act III and continue reading into Act IV
Thursday, 10/31 - PSAT Advisory - bell work; turn in reading logs; 1st Hour - finish Act IV and start Act V; 2nd and 6th Hours read Act IV
Friday, 11/1 - NO SCHOOL!

English 10

Monday, 10/28 - bell work; 3rd Hour finish outline of paper and type it; 4th Hour does editing/revision stations
Tuesday, 10/29 - Academic Advisory - bell work; 3rd Hour finishes typing and starts editing/revision stations; 4th Hour finishes editing/revision stations, turn paper into final copy - DUE BY MIDNIGHT ON TURNITIN.COM
Wednesday, 10/30 - bell work; 3rd Hour finishes editing/revision stations, turn paper into final copy - DUE BY MIDNIGHT ON TURNITIN.COM; 4th Hour watches the movie filling in a compare/contrast sheet for text to movie
Thursday, 10/31 - PSAT Advisory - bell work; watch movie and do compare/contrast sheet

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