Author Archives: Amanda Lichocki

Welcome Back!

Welcome Back!
  • Movie reward day for winning the March Reading Madness Competition!
  • Testing Schedule April 11-14
    • Tuesday-No School (only SAT testers report)
    • Wednesday-PSAT from 10:15-2:15 (report to assigned testing room)
    • Thursday-Hours 4-6 only, so come to school from 11:05-2:15
    • Friday-No School (Good Friday)

  • SLOT-SAT Practice #3
    • Answer questions 10& 11
      • Explain why your answers are correct in the margins next to the questions
  • SSR-Read novel for 10 minutes
  • Animal Farm-Satirical Comic Strip due at the end of the hour!

Have a safe and enjoyable spring break!!

  • SLOT-SAT Practice #3
    • Answer questions 4-6, then in the margins next to the questions, explain why your answer is correct.
  • SSR-Read novel for 10 minutes
  • Animal Farm-Satirical Comic Strip
    • Due Friday at the end of the hour
  • Reminder-Wednesday is SRI Testing!

    • SLOT – Referencing the historical background-Animal Farm text, respond to the following prompt in 2 paragraphs:
      • What does it mean to abuse power? Explain
        • Paragraph #1-Intro and Claim (underline claim)
        • Paragraph #2-Your correctly embedded, quoted, textual evidence, highlighted in pink.
          • 1.Introduce quote (In the text titled…the author states…)
          • 2. Copy quote w/parenthetical citation (Historical Background 1).
          • 3. Give your reasoning (The evidence proves my claim because…)
    • SSR-Read novel for 10 minutes/track pages read
    • Animal Farm-Discuss Chapters 3 & 4. Review examples of theme and allegorical matches. Honors will review Dialectical Journal entries.

  • SLOT-Referencing the Historical Background-Animal Farm text,
    • Create a circle map to define how Russia changed under Stalin’s rule.
      • Create an appropriate guiding question.
      • You must have a  frame of reference.
  • SSR-Read novel for 10 minutes/track pages read
  • Animal Farm-Discuss Chapters 1 & 2
  • Homework-Read Chapters 3 & 4
    • LA 2-Work on Thematic Reading Double Entry Journal
    • Honors-Work on Dialectical Journal entries

  • SLOT-Reference Historical Background-Animal Farm
    • Create a Double-Bubble Thinking Map comparing and contrasting Trotsky and Stalin and their beliefs for Russia.
      • Create an appropriate guiding question.
      • You must have a frame of reference.
  • SSR-Read novel for 10 minutes/track pages read
  • Animal Farm-Allegory,  Theme & Types of Government
  • If you were absent, see Mrs. Lichocki for a copy of the novel
  • Homework-Read Chapters 1 & 2 of Animal Farm. Begin working on Thematic Reading Double Journal (LA 2 only) or Dialectical Journal (Honors only)