Pre-AP
Coming back from Veteran's Day, we hit the ground running to finish out our time in To Kill a Mockingbird. After a discussion on active and passive voice, students did several activities to ensure that they understood the concept. Then, as a class, we covered several important passages in the last part of To Kill a Mockingbird.
Homework: Students need to ensure that they understand active and passive voice. They also need to study their Words of the Day and finish reading To Kill a Mockinbird for their quiz tomorrow. Also, students need to look back over all notes that they have taken or been given during our study of To Kill a Mockingbird. Their unit test will be on Thursday. It will cover, the grammar white pages, commas, colons, semi-colons, the subjunctive mood, active vs. passive voice, the Harper Lee notes, Words of the Day, and all of the action of the novel.
Remember: a great grammar resource can be found by going to http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/
AHSGE Reading Review
In today's class, we discussed the difference between summarizing and paraphrasing. Students broke into groups and read several Cherokee creation myths. Then, as a group, students had to present the stories to the class. This was an exercise to prove the importance and ease of paraphrasing, a skill vital to a student's reading comprehension ability.
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