Day 23

Objective:  The students will analyze the characters in the story.

1.  MC Quiz 7-10

2.  WP #10

3.  Turn in WP Packet 1-10 for grade

4.  "Everyday Use" assignment

 

WP Activity

Everyday Use

     An inference is an intelligent guess based on evidence in a story and on what you already know.  When making inferences about characters’ readers base many guesses on what characters say and do.  In the short story Everyday Use readers find out what type of person Maggie is through the things that she has done and the things that she says.

1.       2.      3.     4.     5.

Day 22

Objective:  The students will complete yesterday's story for analysis of characters tomorrow.

Get the blue/green lit books.  Home Reading:  Monte Cristo Chps. 9-10

1.  No quiz today.  We will quiz on those chapters and tonight's chapters tomorrow (7-10)

2.  WP #9

3.  Characterization Notes

4.  Finish the story.  

WP Activity

Everyday Use

 

     Alice Walker the author of “Everyday Use” was born in the small town of Eatonville Georgia.  She was the youngest child of 8 children.  When she was eight years old, she was shot by a bb gun and blinded in one eye.  The resulting scar tissue made her shy and self conscious and she spent much of her time alone reading and writing stories.

Day 21

Objective:  The students will read 1/2 of the new story.

1.  Get a green lit book from the back and hand in your vocabulary.

2.  Monte Cristo Quiz 4-6

3.  Chapter 2 Notes on Character

4.  Read 1/2 of "Everyday Use"

5.  Read Monte Cristo Chapters 7-8 (nine pages).  

Day 20

Objective:  The students will know important vocabulary for this week's story.

1.  Go over Chapter 4 of Monte Cristo.

2.  "Everyday Use" Vocabulary Assignment.  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VzGEQipOHWmS0ouueIQ6LnlT20NOVCfq/view?usp=sharing

3.  Read Monte Cristo Chapters 5 and 6 (It's 9 pages.  Everyone better read and complete the questions.

“Mary” and “Everyday Use” Vocabulary

 

Use your your phone to define the words, divide into syllables and complete all activities on the worksheets.  Four of the words you will have to use a dictionary or internet.

 

1.  Sidle (v)

2.  Furtive (adj.)

3.  Doctrines (n)

4.  Cowering (v)

5.  Rifling (v)

6.  Oppress (v)

7.  Doleful (adj.)

8.  Ignominiously (adv.)  ig no min ee ous ly

9.  Contempt (n)

10. Irreverent (adj. )

Day 19

Objective:  The students will discuss the first chapters of MC.

1.  Monte Cristo Quiz 1-3 

2.  Discuss chapters and start the Character List

3.  Read Chapter 4 and complete Study Guide Questions

4.  Work on essay rewrites due Tuesday.

 

Day 18

Objective:  The students will begin our class novel.

1.  Monte Cristo Intro Notes:  https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1LAGBfuICNY2lgBjGswHsVp7UONKSbrKtUlb23OpmL9w/edit?usp=sharing

2.  Study Guide 1-10

3.  Read Chapters 1-3

4.  Quiz daily.  So make sure you complete the reading.

Day 17

Objective:  The students will write a perfect intro for an essay on two short stories.

1.  WP #8

2.  Go over Long Way Home assignment.

3.  MLA and Inverted Triangle Intro Test (get out your computer).

Read the prompt, set up MLA on doc, write the intro, and print it out for grade.

4.  Bring Monte Cristo tomorrow.  We will start it.

Day 16

Objective:  The students will analyze "Long Way Home" in pairs or groups.

1.  WP Number 7

2.  Long Way Home assignment

3.  Essay Individual Conference:  Rewrites due one week from today.  Next Tuesday.  Staple old copy to new copy.  I will not reread it without old copy.