Wednesday, October 5, 2011

1^st trimester – Day 19

Practiced plural and possessives as a review for tomorrow’s test.

Reviewed tomorrow’s test FORMAT

Reviewed Edgar Allan Poe’s life from our reading of “Lov’d Alone – The Tragic Story of Edgar Allan Poe” by Catherine Gourley

Watch an Encore introduction to Poe and “The Tell-Tale Heart” animation

Reviewed this week’s new affixes (part 2 in original packet) for Friday’s test – also filled in the entire document with definitions

Read opening introductory pages on Edgar Allan Poe (pgs. 276 – 285) – including “Letter to John Allan” and “Alone” and TOOK NOTES ON THESE PAGES for an open-notes test in the near future

Homework:

Study for Plural and Possessive test TOMORROW.

Affix/vocabulary test on Friday - Study the 5 entries in Latin/Greek vocabulary packet. Know the prefixes’ definitions and an example of how each is used to form a new word.

Finish reading the opening introductory pages on Edgar Allan Poe (pgs. 276 – 285) – including “Letter to John Allan” and “Alone” and TAKING NOTES ON THESE PAGES for an open-notes test in the near future

Bring Literature book to class