Wayne County Regional Enhancement Education Millage Proposal
School districts in Wayne County have placed a proposal on the November 8th ballot to provide added funding for our schools. It is the “Regional Enhancement Millage Proposal.”
If approved by the entire county, the 2 mil proposal will generate approximately $6.2 million from Dearborn but the District will receive $7.8 million in additional funding for our schools. Money would go to local schools starting this year and the millage expires after six years. Read more…
Homework and Quiz
Students need to READ and use post-its to practice paraphrasing using the footnotes and text aids, characterization, and mark any lit. devices for the next “chunk” of sc.ii on pgs. 831-33 by Friday! Students will use these post-its to complete class work on Friday.
sc.iii– pgs 833-837 need to be done by Monday. There will be a quiz on Act I and Vocabulary 4 words. If you lost your paper, please look back at Monday’s post and get the words again to study.
TEXTBOOKS ARE NEEDED EVERY DAY WHILE READING CAESAR!
FURTHER HELP: nofearshakespeare.com/juliuscaesar
Julius Caesar homework
We read Act I, sci in class pgs. 822-24 to get the gist of the conflict in the exposition as well as literary devices used (setting: time place, mood and conflict type, allusion, anachronism, metaphor, pun).
Students need to READ and use post-its to practice paraphrasing using the footnotes and text aids, characterization, and mark any lit. devices for the next “chunk” of sc.ii on pgs. 825-30 by THURSDAY! Students will use these post-its to complete class work on Thrursday and continue on in the play.
TEXTBOOKS ARE NEEDED EVERY DAY WHILE READING CAESAR!
FURTHER HELP: nofearshakespeare.com/juliuscaesar
Homework
Please print the vocabulary if you weren’t in class today. Due: Wed.
No AOW Post this week!
Due to Honors working on projects, LA3 working on argument, and P/T conferences, there will not be a new post today. I will hold AOW #4 which was turned in Monday in reserve for next week.
REMINDERS! Homework and upcoming TEST
AOW #4 due Monday!
Bring your exam review sheet on Monday so we can clear up any confusion.
Tuesday is the test, so bring a #2 pencil.
HONORS–Groups will get the project assignment on Monday as well as assigned themes. The computer laptop cart will be in my room through Thursday to work on creation of Google slides for the presentation. All presentations are due by Friday–10-28-16. You will need to print a hand out version of your slides from home (4 per page).
UNIT 1 EXAM–Review Sheet
The review sheets with essential terms and practice informational passages/questions (2 pages) are below:
Please PRINT and complete your review by Monday, 10-24-16. We will go through the passage answers, review test taking skills, and do some literary passage review in class. The test is Tuesday! Please bring a #2 pencil and the review sheets to submit for extra credit 🙂
Homework: “Arthur Becomes…” Chunk 1
Read the first chunk (pgs. 1031-1036) of “Arthur Becomes King of Britain” and complete the story analysis sheet on SIDE 1 and through the stage of Crossing the Threshold for Wednesday. You will finish reading the story on Wednesday and the sheet is due Thursday. Make sure you have your textbook the rest of the week as we will be wrapping up the unit with another piece on King Arthur.
If you were NOT in class today to get a copy of the assignment, you may print the document: