SES English

April 20, 2010

All classes began work identifying internal and external conflict: 7th graders Amigo Brothers and 9th graders The Lady, or the Tiger

7th Grade

Homework is in your Handbook page 90 exercise 1 problems 1-10.

9th Grade

Homework is in your Handbook page 122 exercise 2 problems 1-1-

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April 16, 2010

7th Grade

Students completed a K-W-L regarding sentence structure, phrases and literary devices. The defined the terms and provided examples.  They highlighted every term that they did not know. We did went over the terms in class so that everyone has a definition and example. 

9th Grade

Students completed the vocabulary quiz for the “The Gift of the Magi”.  We then went over subject verb agreement in class using examples from the story “The Lady, or the Tiger”  They then completed the grammar exercise on page 307 of their Language Arts book.

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April 15, 2010

7th Grade

Students reviewed some of their vocabulary words in class and we responded to inference questions. They were allowed to complete their worksheet with a partner. vocabAmigoBrothersUsingTextSuppor

9th Grade

Students were introduced to a reading strategy called SQ3R. They applied the method to the short story “The Lady, or the Tiger”  The completed a worksheet that required them to make a prediction about what the story will be about. The Lady

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April 14, 2010

7th Grade

Students worked in pairs answering connection questions

9th Grade

Students took a test on the “The Gift of the Magi”

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April 13, 2010

7th Grade

Students silently read “Amigo Brothers” They took home a graphic organizer to complete. The organizer required them to divide the story into three Acts Scene 1

9th Grade

Students completed a list the included all the literary devices, sentence structures and phrases that we have gone over during this school year.  The worked in pairs to write definitions of and create examples of all the items.  Their homewok was to complete a worksheet the included several of the items on the list.EXERCISE 4 SIMPLE

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April 8, 2010

7th Graders

We looked at personification by reviewing two poems “I Am of the Earth” and “Early Song.” After reviewing each line of “I Am of the Earth” students were to convert the lines to Prose.  Tomorrow we will take a closer look at “Early Song.”

9th Grade

We identify the use of Diction and Irony in the short story “The Gift of the Magi”.  Students will have their last Odyssey vocabulary exam on Friday. The following words will be on the quiz: subtle, tempestious,  surfeited, waver, vexation, vociferous, revile, suffocation, well-dressed, reproach

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April 7, 2010

7th Grade

Students defined the differences between Prose and Poetry.

9th Grade

Students went over verbal, situational and dramatic irony. We also went over ambiguity.  Tonight’s homework read The Gift of the Magi by  O. Henry.  Students are to write a summary of the story.

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March 18, 2010

7th Grade

Students reviewed the different types of Point of View. Your home work is to re-write the bedroom scene from Little Red Robin Hood from a different point of view. If you choose 1st Person they can re-write it from the wolf’s perspective or any of the other characters. 

9th Grade

Students took their vocabulary quiz and we went over Appositive Phrases

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March 17, 2010

7th Grade

Students took an open book exam on Elizabeth I. They also have an essay that they may finish at home. The prompt options are as follows:

How does this biographer feel about Elizabeth? Is his narrative balanced? Is he mostly objective as a biographer, or is he very subjective in his account of Elizabeth? Find details from the biography to support your answers.

OR

Write down one opinion you formed as you read about Elizabeth. What facts led you to form that opinion?

9th Grade

Students identified epic similes and they had to create an epic simile.

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March 15, 2010

7th Grade

Students went over SQR3 notes and they were allowed to retake the “Exile Eyes” test if needed. Tonight’s homework is to write an original sentence for the following vocabulary words: charred, ascend and enthralled.

9th Grade

Students went over character traits and discussed how understanding Odysseus’s traits can help us make inferences about his decisions.  Tonight’s homework is to find two sources to write a bibliography/note card. The source can be a magazine, newspaper, book, encyclopedia or website. On each index card, they are to write a summary note card on one side and the bibliography card on the other side.

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