Pre-AP English 9 (1st)
In today's class, we completed several practice multiple-choice tests in preparation for the final next week.
Pre-AP English 9 (5th)
We read Flannery O'Connor's "A Good Man is Hard to Find" in today's class. Afterward, we completed a practice multiple-choice test in preparation for the final next week.
Friday, May 23, 2014
Thursday, May 22, 2014
Thursday, May 22
Pre-AP English 9 (1st)
Students took several practice multiple-choice tests in today's class.
Homework: Students should finish the last multiple-choice test that we did not finish in class.
Pre-AP English 9 (5th)
We read and analyzed William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" in today's class.
Students took several practice multiple-choice tests in today's class.
Homework: Students should finish the last multiple-choice test that we did not finish in class.
Pre-AP English 9 (5th)
We read and analyzed William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" in today's class.
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Wednesday, May 21
Pre-AP English 9 (1st)
Students took their Ender's Game test in class today. Afterward, we began working through practice tests to prepare for the final exam.
Pre-AP English 9 (5th)
Students took the second Animal Farm test in class today. Afterward, we began working through practice tests to prepare for the final exam.
Students took their Ender's Game test in class today. Afterward, we began working through practice tests to prepare for the final exam.
Pre-AP English 9 (5th)
Students took the second Animal Farm test in class today. Afterward, we began working through practice tests to prepare for the final exam.
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Tuesday, May 20
Pre-AP English 9 (1st)
In class today, we read Langston Hughes' short story "Thank You Ma'am" and began reading Chris Offutt's "Chuck's Bucket."
Homework: Students need to finish reading "Chuck's Bucket" before class tomorrow.
Pre-AP English 9 (5th)
We began reading selections from Edgar Allen Poe in today's class. We read through and analyzed "The Raven" and began reading "The Cask of Amontillado."
In class today, we read Langston Hughes' short story "Thank You Ma'am" and began reading Chris Offutt's "Chuck's Bucket."
Homework: Students need to finish reading "Chuck's Bucket" before class tomorrow.
Pre-AP English 9 (5th)
We began reading selections from Edgar Allen Poe in today's class. We read through and analyzed "The Raven" and began reading "The Cask of Amontillado."
Monday, May 19, 2014
Pre-AP English 9 Current Events Blog for Week of May 19
This is the last current events blog for the year!!
For this week's blog, find a current event that interests you, and, in a paragraph, summarize the article. MAKE SURE TO INCLUDE THE LINK TO THE ARTICLE IN ORDER TO RECEIVE CREDIT FOR THIS WEEK'S POST!
For this week's blog, find a current event that interests you, and, in a paragraph, summarize the article. MAKE SURE TO INCLUDE THE LINK TO THE ARTICLE IN ORDER TO RECEIVE CREDIT FOR THIS WEEK'S POST!
AP Language and Composition Current Events Blog for Week of May 19
This is the last current events blog for the year!!
For this week's blog, find a current event that interests you, and, in a paragraph, summarize the article. MAKE SURE TO INCLUDE THE LINK TO THE ARTICLE IN ORDER TO RECEIVE CREDIT FOR THIS WEEK'S POST!
For this week's blog, find a current event that interests you, and, in a paragraph, summarize the article. MAKE SURE TO INCLUDE THE LINK TO THE ARTICLE IN ORDER TO RECEIVE CREDIT FOR THIS WEEK'S POST!
Monday, May 19
Pre-AP English 9 (1st)
In today's class, we finished Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily."
Pre-AP English 9 (5th)
Today, students had a chance to peer-edit the essays that they wrote on Friday. Afterwards, we began reading through several pieces by Edgar Allen Poe.
In today's class, we finished Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily."
Pre-AP English 9 (5th)
Today, students had a chance to peer-edit the essays that they wrote on Friday. Afterwards, we began reading through several pieces by Edgar Allen Poe.
Thursday, May 15, 2014
Thursday, May 15
Pre-AP English 9 (1st)
We began reading William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" in today's class.
Homework: Students need to finish reading Ender's Game by Wednesday, May 21.
Pre-AP English 9 (5th)
We continued to study satire and Animal Farm in today's class, reading several passage from the novel and several examples of satire, both current and classic.
Homework: Students need to finish reading Animal Farm by Wednesday, May 21.
We began reading William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" in today's class.
Homework: Students need to finish reading Ender's Game by Wednesday, May 21.
Pre-AP English 9 (5th)
We continued to study satire and Animal Farm in today's class, reading several passage from the novel and several examples of satire, both current and classic.
Homework: Students need to finish reading Animal Farm by Wednesday, May 21.
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Wednesday, May 14
Pre-AP English 9 (1st)
Students took their Ender's Game reading quiz in today's class. Afterwards, we finished reading "A Good Man is Hard to Find," and other essays by Flannery O'Connor.
Homework: Students need to finish Ender's Game by Wednesday, May 21.
Pre-AP English 9 (5th)
Students took their Animal Farm reading quiz in today's class. We then continued analyzing satire.
Homework: Students need to finish Animal Farm by Wednesday, May 21.
Students took their Ender's Game reading quiz in today's class. Afterwards, we finished reading "A Good Man is Hard to Find," and other essays by Flannery O'Connor.
Homework: Students need to finish Ender's Game by Wednesday, May 21.
Pre-AP English 9 (5th)
Students took their Animal Farm reading quiz in today's class. We then continued analyzing satire.
Homework: Students need to finish Animal Farm by Wednesday, May 21.
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Tuesday, May 13
Pre-AP English 9 (1st)
We began reading Flannery O'Connor's "A Good Man is Hard to Find" in today's class.
Homework: Students need to finish reading chapters 1-9 in Ender's Game by tomorrow (Wednesday, May 14). They will have a reading quiz on those chapters tomorrow.
Pre-AP English 9 (5th)
In today's class, we discussed satire and George Orwell's reasons for writing, as he discussed them in his essay "Why I Write."
Homework: Students need to read chapters 1-5 in Animal Farm by tomorrow (Wednesday, May 14). They will have a reading quiz on those chapters and the Orwell notes tomorrow in class.
We began reading Flannery O'Connor's "A Good Man is Hard to Find" in today's class.
Homework: Students need to finish reading chapters 1-9 in Ender's Game by tomorrow (Wednesday, May 14). They will have a reading quiz on those chapters tomorrow.
Pre-AP English 9 (5th)
In today's class, we discussed satire and George Orwell's reasons for writing, as he discussed them in his essay "Why I Write."
Homework: Students need to read chapters 1-5 in Animal Farm by tomorrow (Wednesday, May 14). They will have a reading quiz on those chapters and the Orwell notes tomorrow in class.
Monday, May 12, 2014
Monday, May 12
AP Language and Composition
In today's class, we took the time to review our final essay that the students wrote last week.
Pre-AP English 9 (1st)
Students took the time to revise and re-write their literary analysis of "Stockings" in today's class.
Homework: Students need to read chapters 1-9 in Ender's Game by Wednesday, May 14.
Pre-AP English 9 (5th)
Students took their Romeo and Juliet test in class today.
Homework: Students need to read chapters 1-5 in Animal Farm by Wednesday, May 14.
In today's class, we took the time to review our final essay that the students wrote last week.
Pre-AP English 9 (1st)
Students took the time to revise and re-write their literary analysis of "Stockings" in today's class.
Homework: Students need to read chapters 1-9 in Ender's Game by Wednesday, May 14.
Pre-AP English 9 (5th)
Students took their Romeo and Juliet test in class today.
Homework: Students need to read chapters 1-5 in Animal Farm by Wednesday, May 14.
Pre-AP English 9 Current Events Blog for Week of March 12
Read the following article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/12/opinion/show-us-the-drone-memos.html?_r=0
Answer the following questions:
1. From what state is Rand Paul a senator?
2. Who is President Obama trying to appoint to the US Court of Appeals?
3. What is Paul's objection to the request?
4. What is your opinion on the issue? Should the president be able to use drones in this way?
5. Was Anwar al-Awlaki's death justified?
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/12/opinion/show-us-the-drone-memos.html?_r=0
Answer the following questions:
1. From what state is Rand Paul a senator?
2. Who is President Obama trying to appoint to the US Court of Appeals?
3. What is Paul's objection to the request?
4. What is your opinion on the issue? Should the president be able to use drones in this way?
5. Was Anwar al-Awlaki's death justified?
AP Language and Composition Current Events Blog for Week of May 12
Read the following article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/12/opinion/show-us-the-drone-memos.html?_r=0
Answer the following questions:
1. From what state is Rand Paul a senator?
2. Who is President Obama trying to appoint to the US Court of Appeals?
3. What is Paul's objection to the request?
4. What is your opinion on the issue? Should the president be able to use drones in this way?
5. Was Anwar al-Awlaki's death justified?
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/12/opinion/show-us-the-drone-memos.html?_r=0
Answer the following questions:
1. From what state is Rand Paul a senator?
2. Who is President Obama trying to appoint to the US Court of Appeals?
3. What is Paul's objection to the request?
4. What is your opinion on the issue? Should the president be able to use drones in this way?
5. Was Anwar al-Awlaki's death justified?
Friday, May 9, 2014
Friday, May 9
AP Language and Composition
All the AP students seemed confident and ready to test this morning!! I am looking forward to a good report from them all!
Pre-AP English 9 (1st)
Students wrote a literary analysis essay in class today.
Homework: Students need to read chapters 1-9 in Ender's Game by Wednesday, May 14.
Pre-AP English 9 (5th)
We began discussing George Orwell in today's class in preparation for reading Animal Farm.
Homework: Students need to study their notes on Romeo and Juliet and the Shakespeare PowerPoint in preparation for the exam that will be given on Monday, May 12.
To download a copy of the George Orwell notes in preparation for class tomorrow, please click here.
Finally, students need to read chapters 1-5 of Animal Farm by Wednesday, May 14.
All the AP students seemed confident and ready to test this morning!! I am looking forward to a good report from them all!
Pre-AP English 9 (1st)
Students wrote a literary analysis essay in class today.
Homework: Students need to read chapters 1-9 in Ender's Game by Wednesday, May 14.
Pre-AP English 9 (5th)
We began discussing George Orwell in today's class in preparation for reading Animal Farm.
Homework: Students need to study their notes on Romeo and Juliet and the Shakespeare PowerPoint in preparation for the exam that will be given on Monday, May 12.
To download a copy of the George Orwell notes in preparation for class tomorrow, please click here.
Finally, students need to read chapters 1-5 of Animal Farm by Wednesday, May 14.
Thursday, May 8, 2014
Thursday, May 8
AP Language and Composition
In class today, we held our final review for the AP exam, which is tomorrow. Best of luck to all of the students taking the exam!!
Pre-AP English 9 (1st)
We spent time talking about literary analysis in class today after students took their sentence objects and complements quiz.
Homework: Students need to read chapters 1-9 of Ender's Game by Wednesday, May 14.
Pre-AP English 9 (5th)
We finished Romeo and Juliet in today's class.
Homework: Students need to study their notes on the play and the Shakespeare PowerPoint in preparation for the exam that will be given on Monday, May 12.
To download a copy of the George Orwell notes in preparation for class tomorrow, please click here.
In class today, we held our final review for the AP exam, which is tomorrow. Best of luck to all of the students taking the exam!!
Pre-AP English 9 (1st)
We spent time talking about literary analysis in class today after students took their sentence objects and complements quiz.
Homework: Students need to read chapters 1-9 of Ender's Game by Wednesday, May 14.
Pre-AP English 9 (5th)
We finished Romeo and Juliet in today's class.
Homework: Students need to study their notes on the play and the Shakespeare PowerPoint in preparation for the exam that will be given on Monday, May 12.
To download a copy of the George Orwell notes in preparation for class tomorrow, please click here.
Wednesday, May 7, 2014
Wednesday, May 7
AP Language and Composition
Students took a practice multiple choice exam in today's class.
Pre-AP English 9 (1st)
In today's class, we discussed sentence objects and complements before reading the rest of "The Cask of Amontillado."
Pre-AP English 9 (5th)
We continued studying Romeo and Juliet in today's class.
Homework: Students need to finish Act IV of Romeo and Juliet before class tomorrow.
Students took a practice multiple choice exam in today's class.
Pre-AP English 9 (1st)
In today's class, we discussed sentence objects and complements before reading the rest of "The Cask of Amontillado."
Pre-AP English 9 (5th)
We continued studying Romeo and Juliet in today's class.
Homework: Students need to finish Act IV of Romeo and Juliet before class tomorrow.
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Tuesday, May 6
AP Language and Composition
AP classes did not meet today due to the Hillcrest Awards Ceremony. However, please do not forget that students can access a list of review terms by looking on the class' Quizlet site.
Pre-AP English 9 (1st)
We spent time reviewing our essays in today's class, before we began reading "The Cask of Amontillado."
Pre-AP English 9 (5th)
Students re-enacted the infamous "Balcony Scene" in class today, before we continued our reading of Romeo and Juliet.
Homework: Students need to finish reading Act III of Romeo and Juliet before class tomorrow.
AP classes did not meet today due to the Hillcrest Awards Ceremony. However, please do not forget that students can access a list of review terms by looking on the class' Quizlet site.
Pre-AP English 9 (1st)
We spent time reviewing our essays in today's class, before we began reading "The Cask of Amontillado."
Pre-AP English 9 (5th)
Students re-enacted the infamous "Balcony Scene" in class today, before we continued our reading of Romeo and Juliet.
Homework: Students need to finish reading Act III of Romeo and Juliet before class tomorrow.
Monday, May 5, 2014
Pre-AP English 9 Current Events Blog for Week of May 5th
Follow these instructions exactly:
For this week's blog, find an on-line article that deals with America's involvement in a foreign circumstance. Post the link and a summary of the story on this blog to receive credit.
For this week's blog, find an on-line article that deals with America's involvement in a foreign circumstance. Post the link and a summary of the story on this blog to receive credit.
AP Language and Composition Current Events Blog for Week of May 5th
Follow these instructions exactly:
For this week's blog, find an on-line article that deals with technology's influence over our everyday lives. Post the link and a summary of the story on this blog to receive credit.
For this week's blog, find an on-line article that deals with technology's influence over our everyday lives. Post the link and a summary of the story on this blog to receive credit.
Monday, May 5
The countdown is running out! The AP exam is Friday!! We are ready!
AP Language and Composition
Students wrote a synthesis essay in class today.
Homework: Students can go to the following Quizlet website, made by one of their peers, to review terms that may be unfamiliar to them and that they may see on the AP exam.
Pre-AP English 9 (1st)
We spent time in today's class peer-reviewing the essays that the students have written over the past week. We then read Poe's "The Raven" and annotated it for specific uses of imagery, allusion, and characterization.
Pre-AP English 9 (5th)
Students quoted the first twelve lines of "The Canterbury Tales Prologue" in today's class, before we began reading through Romeo and Juliet.
Homework: Students need to study through the PowerPoint notes on Shakespeare and finish reading Act I of Romeo and Juliet tonight. You can download the PowerPoint notes by clicking here.
AP Language and Composition
Students wrote a synthesis essay in class today.
Homework: Students can go to the following Quizlet website, made by one of their peers, to review terms that may be unfamiliar to them and that they may see on the AP exam.
Pre-AP English 9 (1st)
We spent time in today's class peer-reviewing the essays that the students have written over the past week. We then read Poe's "The Raven" and annotated it for specific uses of imagery, allusion, and characterization.
Pre-AP English 9 (5th)
Students quoted the first twelve lines of "The Canterbury Tales Prologue" in today's class, before we began reading through Romeo and Juliet.
Homework: Students need to study through the PowerPoint notes on Shakespeare and finish reading Act I of Romeo and Juliet tonight. You can download the PowerPoint notes by clicking here.
Thursday, May 1, 2014
Thursday, May 1
AP Language and Composition
Students took the Jesusland quiz in today's class, and then they took a practice multiple choice quiz.
Pre-AP English 9 (1st)
In class today, we spent time discussing imagery and literary analysis.
Homework: Students need to obtain their copy of Ender's Game as quickly as they can. We will begin reading Ender's Game by the end of next week.
Pre-AP English 9 (5th)
In today's class, we finished our pre-study of Shakespeare in preparation for reading Romeo and Juliet.
Homework: Students need to bring their copy of Romeo and Juliet with them to class on Monday.
Students took the Jesusland quiz in today's class, and then they took a practice multiple choice quiz.
Pre-AP English 9 (1st)
In class today, we spent time discussing imagery and literary analysis.
Homework: Students need to obtain their copy of Ender's Game as quickly as they can. We will begin reading Ender's Game by the end of next week.
Pre-AP English 9 (5th)
In today's class, we finished our pre-study of Shakespeare in preparation for reading Romeo and Juliet.
Homework: Students need to bring their copy of Romeo and Juliet with them to class on Monday.
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