Essay Extravaganza!

Hello students! Look at your essay planner. Now back at me. Now back at your planner. Now back at me. Sadly, it's worth 15% of your final mark. It won't write itself. Here's an outline of what you need to do every day in class to get it finished by the due date: Wednesday, June 8, 2011!!!

Thurs. May 26 - find supporting quotations for your body paragraphs.
Fri. May 27 - finish finding supporting quotations for your body paragraphs. You should now have 15 of them.

Mon. May 30 - start your essay planner (fill-in-the-blanks!)
Tues. May 31 - finish your essay planner, start your rough copy.
Wed. June 1 - finish your rough copy.

Thurs. June 2 - Period 2 and 4: good copy typing in Library; Period 5: Introduction to Poetry
Fri. June 3 - All classes: Library typing period.

Mon. June 6 - Period 2 and 4: Introduction to Poetry. Period 5: Library typing period.
Tues. June 7 - All classes: Library typing period. (LAST ONE!)

Wed. June 8 - ALL ESSAYS DUE!

After this we will be working on our poetry unit and exam review. We're almost there - don't fall behind now!

Good luck!

May 16-20

I hope everyone had a restful weekend. Here's what is going on this week:

Monday - work on the chapter summary booklet from Friday, submit the Facebook assignment, and read chapter 12

Tuesday - Chapter 9-12 quiz; read chapter 13, work on questions.

Wednesday - Finish up chapter 13; work on chapter 14

Thursday - Finish up chapter 14; work on chapter 15

Friday - Chapter 16 & 17? If we don't finish the novel today, we'll definitely finish it next week!

Remember this is a rough outline of this week - we may get farther, we may accomplish less, but that's okay! Get ready for essay writing next week!

This week!

Sorry about the lack of updates!

Today (Wednesday) we read to page 99 (period 2 and 4) or page 98 (period 5). Today we read through chapter 9 and went over the questions in class.

Thursday - we will finish chapter 10, go over the questions in class, and start chapter 11

Friday - finish chapter 11 and work on the activity for that chapter.

Have a great week!

What to know for tomorrow's quiz

A lot has happened in chapters 4, 5 and 6! Here are some highlights in no particular order:

-Uncle Axel's discovery of David and the promise he makes
-the captured Fringes man (Spider Man) and why he's important
-Joseph fighting with Angus Morton over the great horses
-Alan Ervin's discovery of Sophie, and the Wenders' flight to the Fringes
-Uncle Axel's geography lesson and how no one knows what the true image really looks like
-the Wenders get captured, and how the Inspector deals with David

Be sure to review the chapter questions we discussed in class. Good luck!

This week

Monday: Ch 1-3 comprehension quiz. Finish ch 4 and questions. Start ch 5.

Tuesday: Finish reading ch 5. Complete questions.

Wednesday: Ch 6 and questions.

Thursday: Ch 3-6 comprehension quiz. Ch 7 and questions.

Friday: Finish ch 7; start ch 8 and questions.

(This schedule is approximate; some days we get more completed than others. Use this as a general guide!)