Week of January 31 to February 4

English 11 - There will be a review of all parts of speech worksheets and a general review of material prior to the test. A test covering all functions of the eight parts of speech will be held on Wed. 2/2. Students will begin working on parts of the sentence on Thurs. and Fri. and will have corresponding worksheets and activities on these days.

PSSA - Students will continue a review of literary terms and will have a quiz on Wed. 2/2.

English 8 - Students will review Verb packets to determine correct usage and will play a review game on Tuesday. A verb test on action, linking, and helping verb phrases will be given Wed. 2/2. The weekly vocabulary quiz on Lesson #16 will be held Friday 2/4.

Journalism - Students will begin article research for investigative project that will be due at a later time. Journal entries for Week #2 will be reviewed on Friday 2/4 and will be awarded point value.

SAT Prep - No homework.

Week of January 18 to January 21

English 11
Students will begin working on a review of parts of speech and parts of sentences before working with clauses and phrases. Students will be required to bring grammar texts for the next month.

PSSA
Students will begin working with Literary Terminology and will be required to take accurate notes for a an assessment in the following week.

English 8
Students will begin working on the verb unit and will complete a series of classroom activities to help better understand action, linking and auxiliary verbs and verb phrases. Students will also be completing the Vocabulary 15 quiz on Fri. 1/21.

Journalism
Students will be required to complete a Newsweek article summary/review while new students are integrated to the course. The class will then begin working on investigative journalism and immersion writing basics.