Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Week of February 22 to February 25

English 11
Students will review phrases for a quiz on Wed. 2/23. Students should use books (Chapters 2 & 3) as well as handouts to study for the assessment. Students will then continue with clauses. Vocabulary will not be checked until Wed. 3/2 with a quiz to follow that Friday.

PSSA
All work will be completed in class.

SAT Prep
All work will be completed in class.

English 8
Students will complete Quizlet #2 of irregular verbs on Tues. 2/22. Vocabulary 18 will be checked in notebooks and graded for a point value Wed. 2/23. Quizlet #3 covering irregular verbs "Make" to "Win" on the chart on page 126 of the book on Thurs. 2/24. The Vocabulary 18 Quiz will be given Fri. 2/25. A test on tenses (Simple, Perfect, Progressive, Perfect Progressive) will be given next week.

Journalism
Students will submit rough drafts of their investigative article Wed. 2/23 and will submit the final journal on this day as well. The final copy of the article will be due on Fri. 3/4. In class, students will be working on dummy layouts for newspapers.  

Monday, February 7, 2011

Week of February 7 to February 11

English 11
Students will complete a comprehensive Test on the parts of speech on Mon. 2/7. Vocabulary notebooks will be checked for a grade on Wed. 2/9 with a quiz to follow on Fri. 2/11. During the week students will work on parts of a sentence and will have corresponding homework sheets every day.

PSSA 12
All work will be completed in class.

SAT Prep
All work will be completed in class.

English 8
Students will complete a quiz on the first section of the Verb Unit on Mon. 2/7. Students will work on Tense during the week and will have corresponding homework sheets to practice conjugation. Vocabulary notebooks and worksheets will be checked for a grade on Wed. 2/9 with a quiz to follow on Fri. 2/11.

Journalism
Students will work on nonfiction writing techniques and strategies. Journals are due Fri. 2/11 and students should begin working on a concrete outline for the article. 1st and 2nd MP students will work on Newsweek or USA Today articles while new students receive information on historical figures and events in the progression of American Journalism; these summary reviews will also be due Fri. 2/11.