Thursday, January 22, 2015

Week of January 19th - 23rd NEXT WEEK IS FINALS!!

JANUARY 19TH/MONDAY IS MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY

  • Reading from the Holt pages 67 - 77 "from the Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin" questions page 77 1-8.
  • Reading from the Holt pages 157 - 185 questions pages 186 & 187 1 - 11 and Writing "stereotypes"
  • catch up on assignments
  • assignments returned
  • Character Analysis due 1/23 Friday
  • journal entries due by 1/26 (#1 - #7)

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

January 12 - 16 CHALLENGE ASSIGNMENT DUE


  • watch movie Guilty by Suspicion 
  • notes on movie and connection to The Crucible
  • re-read "Why I Wrote The Crucible"
  • work on completing assignments
  • Witchcraft article
  • CHALLENGE ASSIGNMENT DUE AND QUIZ

Wednesday, January 7, 2015

January 5 - 9

Happy New Year 2015

"She wasn't doing a thing that I could see, except standing there, leaning against the railing, holding the universe together". JD Salinger "A Girl Knew"

  • TEDtalks "The Puzzle of Motivation"
  • Entry #4 what motivates you?
  • Entry $5 why is reputation so important to John Proctor? Why doesn't he want to sign his name?
  • finish The Crucible
  • finish the movie
  • Questions Act 4
  • Vocabulary sheet #3
  • character analysis assigned (due 1/23)
  • CHALLENGE ASSIGNMENT DUE JANUARY 16TH (must take quiz over your book and get 70% on quiz to receive credit for challenge assignment)
  • DIALOGUE JOURNALS FOR The Crucible DUE 1/12
  • FINAL JOURNAL CHECK BY 1/28
  • FINAL ASSESSMENT 1/28

December 15 - 19 PROGRESS REPORTS DUE TUESDAY DECEMBER 16TH


  • Read Act 3 watch movie and read up to Act 4
  • questions Act 3
  • vocabulary #3
  • character motivation chart
  • character retrieval chart
  • character analysis assigned after the break
HAPPY WINTER BREAK

December 8 - 12


  • Reading The Crucible and watching the movie (Act 1 and Act 2)
  • questions for Act 1 and Act 2
  • vocabulary sheet #1 and #2
  • entry #1 word bomb (island, butter, stench, cranberry, time)
  • entry #2 word bomb (coffee, ashes, purple, horn, waves)
  • entry #3 reputation is a major theme in The Crucible. How might you see this being played out in the story? what might you predict may happen in terms of the characters?