Spooky October

Wednesday, October 25th

Began Unit Three, Spooky October.

Students began working with Edgar Allan Poe's work. In preparation for reading "The Raven" and "Tell-Tale Heart," students worked in groups to annotate an article on Poe's life for main idea.

Homework: Students were to finish annotations of whatever was not completed in class for homework.

SUSPENSE POWER POINT.ppt

Thursday, October 26th

No journal.

Students initially completed a "homework check" on main idea annotations from the previous nights homework. They then worked in groups to read "The Raven" and answer the accompanying questions found in a chart passed out the previous day.

Homework: Students were asked to finish answering the accompanying "The Raven" questions for homework, depending on what was finished in class.

Friday, October 27th

Journal: Please answer the following "The Raven" questions:

Describe the speaker’s state of mind at the beginning of the poem.
What is the speaker’s state of mind by the end of the poem? What caused that change?
What do you think the raven comes to stand for in the speaker’s mind?

In class: Students were given most of the class period to work in groups and identify various literary terms within "The Raven," which will later be drawn.

No homework.

Monday, October 30th

No journal.

Students were given class today to complete "The Raven" illustrations & began reading an article surrounding the mystery of Poe's death.

Homework: Complete "The Raven" illustrations (will be collected first thing Wednesday) and write persuasive paragraph [if reading the article].

Tuesday, October 31st

No school- Happy Halloween!

Wednesday, November 1st

"The Raven" illustrations will be collected first thing.

Students will begin reading Poe's "Tell-Tale Heart."

Please refer below for answer key to Unit Two test corrections. These are due to me Monday, November 6th.

The set-up for test corrections is posted below, as well.

Untitled presentation

Test Corrections

Thursday, November 2nd

Students continue reading & working with Poe's "Tell-Tale Heart."

Friday, November 3rd

Students begin "Tell-Tale Heart" one-pager, due next Tuesday 11/7.

Monday, November 6th- Thursday, November 9th

Reminder: Test corrections from Unit Two test are due Wednesday, November 8th by end of day.

Students are working on a one-pager representing the Edgar Allan Poe short story, "Tell Tale Heart." This major assignment will be completed purely in-class and not taken home; students will have until Thursday (11/9) to complete.

Core Two has until end of class Monday (11/13) to complete the One-Pager.

Extra time will be allowed for students who are absent during this time period.

The instructions (starting on Slide 14) are attached in the following Powerpoint:

Poe Telltale Goth Mara.ppt

Monday, November 13th

No journal.

In class: Students begin reading "The Speckled Band" in class- they are taking notes on a "foldable" that will later be collected for a grade.

Homework- cores 1, 3, & 4: Read and annotate (printed) pages 112-115. Students are expected to annotate on the following: setting clues (S), character inferences (C), and evidence (E). Students should also compile a list of 10 evidence clues from the homework reading.

No homework core 2.

Tuesday, November 14th

Classes continued reading "The Speckled Band." Students were to finish what was not completed in class for homework, in preparation for the next day.

Wednesday, November 15th

Classes continued reading "The Speckled Band." Students did not have homework.

Thursday, November 16th

Classes continued reading "The Speckled Band." Students are to annotate printed pages 122-125 for homework: while reading, students annotate for setting (S), evidence (E), and character clues (C). Within their foldable, students should add the following vocab words and include the context clue with it, not definition. The words are: masonry (pg 122), bell-pull (123), dummy (124), and compliance (125).

Friday, November 17th

Classes continued reading "The Speckled Band." Cores 1, 3, & 4 are to write a prediction about how the story with end in their foldables. The prediction should be a well-developed paragraph (6-8 sentences) and include detailed evidence to support their prediction. Correct grammar and punctuation, as well as strong sentence structure, are necessary.

The Speckled Band redtx.pdf

Monday, November 20th & Tuesday, November 21st

Students continued working on Speckled Band foldables, due next week.

No homework over break! Mystery & suspense test next Tuesday/ Wednesday

Monday, November 27th

Students completed Speckled Band foldables in class today. Additional time for completion is provided until Wednesday 11/27.

Students received materials to study for the Unit Three test. Useful materials to review: mystery & suspense notes, condensed review handout, fill-in-blank review notes, and the quizlet link found on Google Classroom & listed to the right.

Quizlet link for studying! The better you do with the quizlet the easier the test will be:

https://quizlet.com/_43108n

Tuesday, November 28th

Cores 1, 3, & 4 are testing today. Core 2 is reviewing and will test tomorrow (11/29).

Wednesday, November 29th

Cores 1, 3, & 4 are beginning Unit 4, Risking It All. Core 2 is testing today & will begin the new unit tomorrow.

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