October 12 - October 16
10/16
Medea Vocab with options
10/14 -10/15
In-class essay
10/13
Short Story Final Exam
10/12
Study Buddy Day
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October 5 - October 9
NOTE: Vocab quiz planned for Friday, October 9
Short Story Final Exam planned for Tuesday, October 13
10/9
Vocab Quiz #2
10/6 - 10/8
Green group annotations. Red annotations. Set up MOTWAAW with trust but verify work.
10/5
Blue for you annotations for our last short story!
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September 28 - October 2
NOTE: Vocab quiz planned for Friday, October 9
Short Story Final Exam planned for Tuesday, October 13
9/29 - 10/2
"The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson read. Green and red annotations.
9/28
Academic Vocab #2 assigned. Quiz on Friday, Oct 9
Diction choices, connotation vs. denotation reviewed. Traditions vs. habits discussed as pre-reading coverage.
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September 21 - September 25
9/23 - 9/25
Our next short story:blue, green, and red annotation!
9/22
Craft full essay for Fish Cheeks.
How to embed evidence.
How to set up MLA and use MLA citation.
Do and Don't in explanatory body paragraph writing.
9/21
Fish Cheeks - red annotation.
Groups find "trust but verify" supporting evidence, creating strong analysis sentences.
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9/14 - 9/18 : Friday is Homecoming!
9/16 - 9/18
"Fish Cheeks" blue for you annotations, green group work. Maybe red annotations... we will see how it is going Friday!
9/15
TMDG Final Exam
9/14
Finish MOTWAAW template work
Intro paragraphs
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9/7 - 9/11 : Monday is a holiday!
NOTE: TMDG Final Exam is planned for Tuesday, September 15
9/11
Vocab 1 quiz (make-ups Tuesday at 12:40)
9/9 - 9/10
Introduce MOTWAAW. Assign template writing.
9/8
Finish red annotations
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August 31 - Sept 4
9/2 - 9/4
Green group and red annotations for TMDG
Study tips on TMDG Final planned for 9/15 (it is a small test to get a taste of Honors level testing)
9/1
Parody work
8/31
Finish your TMDG work - it is due tomorrow!
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August 24 - August 28
8/28
Make-up MAP testing
Work on TMDG homework ("blue annotation" due Tuesday, Sept 1)
Vocab 1 assigned
8/24 - 8/27
Mandatory district MAP testing
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Welcome Back! Here we go!
8/21
No backpack day.
8/19 - 8/20
Listening to Learn lecture
Green group directions, annotations
Red annotations
Assign the rest of TMDG due Tuesday, Sept 1
8/18
Google Classroom
Literary Terms
How Characters Come to Life - lecture
Blue for you, green groups, red annotation instructions
How this class functions and how you can succeed!
Small assignment given (blue for you annotation) due Wed/Thurs
8/17
Basic first-day stuff - intro, rules, etc
Denotation vs Connotation
Shall we play a game?