QUIZ #2 on FRIDAY
The quiz will cover “There Will Come Soft Rains” and “By the Waters of Babylon” as well as Vocabulary #2. Skills assessed will be compare/contrast, using context clues, making inferences from text evidence, setting, irony, themes, etc.
“By the Waters of Babylon” Homework
LA4- 2nd and 5th-Read CHUNK 1 for Tuesday pgs. 576-79 and do questions #1-6 on the assignment sheet. If you missed class, open the link and answer the questions on loose leaf: By the Waters of Babylon p. 576-579 HONORS (3rd/6th)-Read the WHOLE story pgs. 576-586 for WEDNESDAY. Do the graphic organizer Venns and T-Charts […]
HONORS Novel Reading
Read Part 5 pgs. 144-181 by MONDAY March 5th Do 1) “The Silent Towns” 2) “The Million Year Picnic” 3) Your choice
“There Will Come Soft Rains” Read by Friday
If you were absent Wednesday and Thursday, here is what we did with the story: DOUBLE ENTRY JOURNAL 2018
HONORS ONLY!!! Martian Chronicles Part 4 – Reading for over the break– Read part 4 of the novel which is from “April 2005: Usher II” through “November 2005: The Off Season” You will be analyzing three stories: a) “April 2005: Usher II” b) “November 2005: “The Off Season” c) One story of your choice
Due : Monday 2/26/18
HONORS Novel Work Due : Friday
Read pgs 73-103 of M. Chronicles and do analysis on: “The Musicians” “Way in the Middle of the Air” Your choice DUE: FRIDAY
Vocab. 2 Due :WED
VOCAB 2 BABYLON & SOFT RAINS
AOW #2 Video clip
Open the attached graphic organizer/ link. View the video clip and fill in the graghic organizer, or if you don’t have a printer, neatly copy the information on your own loose leaf. You MUST write in blue or balck ink! AOW 2 – Video Clip Hurricane Irma (1)
QUIZ PREP
If you missed class today, here is the quiz prep that students worked on. It will not be graded, but is skill enrichment/preparation for Tuesday’s quiz. Open and look through the items to practice using context clues and identifying key parts of the plot to review the story. You DON”T need to print it. Leiningen […]
LA 4 2nd/5th
Read Chunk 1 of “Leiningen vs. the Ants ( pgs 550-555) and complete chunk 1 sections on the front and back of the t-chart for traits and conflicts. If you missed class, here is a copy of the document: Side 1: Leinigen T-chart side 1 Side 2: 2 column compare Lein to the Ants […]