Thursday, September 20, 2012

ENGLISH - 1^st trimester – Day 13

1. NO VOCABULARY TEST UNTIL MONDAY!!
2. Get a manila folder from the center table. Erase the name and hour and NEATLY WRITE your name and hour
1. Find your graded Most Dangerous Game test on the counter and add it to your folder and return it to the center table.
3. Review answers to Vocabulary #2 exercises
4. Activity #3 – Killgallon pgs. 10,11
5. Read “Texting Makes You Stupid” article Newsweek
1. Summarize in 4 sentences
6. Complete #1,2,3 – unscrambling sentences
1. COLLECTED #4,5,6 (above)
7. BEGIN HOMEWORK: Discussed how to create a personal plotline that includes 25 highs and lows of our own lives over the last few years (finish for Monday) – number the plotline (graph) and make a numbered key for your reference.

ENGLISH homework: 

DATE CHANGE: This week’s vocabulary test on Lesson 2 will be bumped to Monday, September 24. The test will have a word bank and 20 fill-in-the-blank sentences – you provide the correct vocabulary word for each sentence. 

ALSO DUE MONDAY: Create a personal plotline that includes 25 highs and lows from your life – use 2 sheets of paper for the following:

1.      On one paper, list your 25 highs and lows of our own lives over the last few years, chronologically (in code if necessary)

2.      On a separate paper, map the same 25 points (showing the highs and lows, graphically)