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. 

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.   

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.  

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. 

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.

Week of 10/18 - 10/22

English 11

Students will review Act I of The Crucible and complete all study guides. Students will complete the Act I Quiz for The Crucible on Tues. 10/19. Students will continue by reading Act 2 and completing the corresponding study guides. A quiz on Vocabulary 3 will be given Fri. 10/22.

PSSA

Students will take the practice test for the PSSA in class. No homework will be assigned this week.

Practical English 10

Students will review Part 1 of Fahrenheit 451. A Quiz on the first section will be held Tues. 10/19. Students will begin an in-class writing assignment paralleling society in the novel to that of today. Any part of the writing assignment that is not completed will be done as homework and will be due Fri. 10/22.

English 8

Students will submit the Noun Autobiography due Mon. 10/18. A Unit Quiz on Lessons 1-5 vocabulary will be Tues. 10/19. Vocabulary definitions, worksheets and sentences will be due Wed. 10/20. A quiz on Vocabulary 6 will be Fri. 10/22.

Journalism

Students will begin working on Obituaries. Students are required to write an obituary on their own life as well as on that of a celebrity. Students will present their work Fri. 10/22.  

Week of 10/4 - 10/8

English 11
Students will begin reading of Arthur Miller's The Crucible and will be responsible for completing the corresponding Study Guides for each Act. Individual activities will be assigned as thematic elements are addressed in the reading.

PSSA 12
Students will complete Measuring Up lessons in class.

Practical English 10
Students will begin reading Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 and will be responsible for completing the corresponding Study Guides for sections of the novel. Students may be required to complete readings at home if they are not completed in class.

English 8
Students will begin working on Nouns and will be responsible for completing any worksheets for homework that are not completed during class (These will be due upon arrival of the following class day). Vocabulary 5 definitions, sentences, and worksheets are due Wed. Oct. 6  and the quiz will be completed the following Fri. Oct 8.

Journalism
Students will work on writing leads and headlines in class. Any exercises that are not completed in class will be assigned as homework. Students are also asked to read articles in a national or local newspaper that follows a pattern of development in acquisition of information. Students will draft a culminating presentation to be given Fri. Oct. 8.