Monday, December 20, 2010

Week of 12/20 - 12/23

English 11
Students will view the 1993 Of Mice and Men film adaptation and will be required to complete a writing that focuses on major differences between the movie and the novel.

PSSA
All assignments will be completed in class. Students will complete District Assessment upon return from winter break.

Prac. Eng 10
Students will finish reading the final chapters of To Kill a Mockingbird and will take the final test Wed. 12/22. Writing Prompts for TKAM will be due Fri. 1/7.

English 8
Students will submit rough drafts for the adjective writing prompt Mon. 12/20. They will complete the Vocabulary 13 quiz on Tues. 12/21. Final drafts of the adjective assignment are due Tues. 1/4 and must be typed.

Journalism
Students will be finishing holiday news stories that will be due Wed. 12/22. 

Monday, December 6, 2010

Week of December 6 - December 10

English 11
Students will review Chapters 1 and 2 from the novel Of Mice and Men in class but will be required to read Chapter 3 for homework. Completed Study Guides for Chapters 1-3 are due Tues. 12/7. Vocabulary terms defined in notebooks will be due Wed. 12/8 with a quiz to follow on Fri. 12/10. Students will also have a quiz on the first half of Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men.

PSSA
All work will be completed in class.

Practical Eng. 10
Study Guides for Chapters 12-14 will be due Mon. 12/6. Students will continue to read independently and will review key points of plot summary and characterization throughout. Study Guides for Chapters 15-16 will be due Wed. 12/8. Students will be responsible for reading up to Chapter 22 by Tues. 12/14.

English 8
Adjective posters must be completed Mon. 12/6. A quiz for Vocab Lesson #11 will be held Tues. 12/7 and new words will be given. Students will cover Positive, Comparative and Superlative adjectives and will have corresponding worksheets that must be done for homework.An activity for sensory observation will be done on Thursday with a brief written assignment due the following day. A quiz for Vocab Lesson #12 will be held Fri. 12/8.

Journalism
Students will review typography terminology and images. The typography quiz will be Wed. 12/8. Students will begin ethics activities that will be conducted in class. Any assignments that are not finished in class will become homework that is due uopn arrival to class the following day.

Monday, November 29, 2010

Week of 11/30 - 12/3

English 11
Students will submit a writing prompt for The Crucible due Wed. December 1. The paper must be typed and submitted at 8 am or will be considered late and will receive no credit. Students will begin reading Of Mice and Men and will have study guides that will be due periodically.

PSSA 12
All assignments will be completed in class.

Prac. English 10
Students will finish reading Part I of To Kill a Mockingbird and will be required to complete all study guides due Wed. December 1. Students will complete a quiz on Part I of TKAM on Thurs. December 2.

Journalism
Students will be required to take notes on typography terminology and will study the notes for a quiz in the following week. Students will choose 3 of the 6 areas of newsworthiness and will select current news articles that meet these requirements. 

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Week of 11/16 - 11/19

English 11
Students will finish viewing the film adaptation of The Crucible and will review study guides for Act IV. A quiz for Act IV will be given Wed. 11/17. Students will also be given writing prompts pertaining to the play that will be due after Thanksgiving break. These writing prompts MUST be typed and meet all of the necessary formatting requirements. Vocabulary #5 will be checked Thurs. 11/18 with a quiz to follow on Fri. 11/19.

PSSA 12
All assignments will be completed in class.

Practical English 10
Students will continue reading To Kill a Mockingbird and will be issued study guides. The study guide questions for chapters 1-5 will be due Thurs. 11/18. Students will continue reading the following chapters in Part I and will answers questions about plot and characterization along the way.

English 8
Students will continue the Pronoun Unit and will have a Quiz on all types Thurs. 11/18. Vocabulary #10 will be checked on Wed. 11/17 with a quiz to follow on Fri. 11/19

Journalism
Students will begin working on editorials and will have classroom and homework assignments. School article w/ interview will be due Wed. 11/17. Editorial rough drafts will be due Fri. 11/19.   

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Week of 11/8 - 11/12

English 11
Students will review Study Guides for Act III on Monday, with a quiz to follow on Tues. 11/9. Students will be given Study Guides for Act IV after completing the quiz. Act IV study guides will be due Fri. 11/12. Vocabulary for Lesson 5 will be checked on Wed. 11/17 with a quiz to follow Fri. 11/19.

PSSA 12
All activities will be completed in class.

Prac. English 10
Students will complete a quiz on the final part of Fahrenheit 451 on Mon. 11/8. Students will then review background information pertinent to To Kill a Mockingbird and will begin reading. In-class readings as well as some for homework will be assigned. This number will fluctuate daily, however, students should be bringing the book home on a regular basis.

English 8
Students will work with pronouns and will complete activities and worksheets in class. Students will have vocabulary due on Wed. 11/10  with a quiz to follow on Vocab 9 on Fri. 11/12.

Journalism
Students will begin writing School Article 2 and must include an interview. The interview questions are due Fri. 11/12 and the finished article will be due Wed. 11/17. Students will begin working on editorials as well and will have an assignment the week of 11/15.  

Sunday, October 31, 2010

Week of 11/1 - 11/5

English 11
Students will complete a Quiz on Act II of The Crucible on Mon. Nov. 1. Vocabulary 4 notebook assignments will be checked Wed. Nov. 3 with a quiz to follow on Fri. Nov. 5.

PSSA
All work will be completed in class.

Prac. Eng 10
Students will complete a Quiz on Part II of Fahrenheit 451 on Mon. Nov. 1.

English 8
Students will have a Vocab. Notebook check on Wed. Nov. 3  with a quiz to follow on Fri. Nov. 5.

Journalism 
Students will conduct interviews in class but may have to finish drafting as homework. 

Monday, October 25, 2010

Week of 10/25 - 10/29

*NOTE TO ALL CLASSES - Any missed assignments or back work must be completed and submitted before Monday November 1. It is the students' responsibility to obtain information on assignments that they may have missed. Any incomplete or late assignments will result in 0 (zero) for the grade.

English 11
Students will continue to read The Crucible. Students will be required to finish the Act II Study Guide by Thursday Oct. 28. Students will review for a Act II on Friday and will have a quiz to follow next week.

PSSA
Students will complete all assignments in class.

Practical English 10
Students will finish reading Part 2 of Fahrenheit 451. Responses to the writing prompt must be typed and submitted on Thursday Oct. 28 (submissions that are not typed will be subject to point deduction).

English 8
Students will read The Tell Tale Heart and complete a reaction summary. Also in reaction to the reading, students will draw an image that best represents a scene in the story. Vocabulary 7 will be checked on Wed. Oct. 27 (students must have completed definitions, worksheets, and sentences).

Journalism
Students will begin working with descriptive words. Students will work in groups to draft word lists, but will be required to complete a homework writing assignment that requires that to use a more colorful, descriptive vocabulary.