Monthly archive for ‘ April, 2014 ’

Wed. 4/30 “Late Start” “B” Day — Freshmen 9A and Sophomores 10B

30th April 2014 | 2 Comments

FOR FRESHMEN: Announcement: All IHS classes on all campuses are canceled on Friday, May 9! Trench warfare — WW1 and the rise of the Nazis in Germany HWK: Final essay due Friday. Staple rough draft to back of final copy. Submit your work to turnitin.com. Here’s the info I wrote on the board if you […]


Tues. 4/29 “B” Day — Freshmen 9A and Sophmores 10B

29th April 2014 | 0 Comments

FOR FRESHMEN: Check out our next read, Night Peer edit rough drafts of the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency essay HWK: FINAL ESSAY DUE FRIDAY FOR SOPHOMORES 10B: Work on rangoli art HWK: Final artwork due Friday


Mon. 4/28 “A” Day — Sophomores 10B and 10C

28th April 2014 | 0 Comments

FOR SOPHOMORES: Finish “Name That Chapter” group work Begin rangoli art HWK: None! Heads up — the psg analysis will be on Thursday (when I was able to get a COW)


Fri. 4/25 “C” Day — Freshmen 9A and Sophomores 10B

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FOR FRESHMEN: Using the outline you did for hwk, work on a rough draft of the essay for No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency HWK: Complete a rough draft and typed it in MLA format for peer editing next class FOR SOPHOMORES 10B: See an example of an “A” passage analysis Quiz on Chs 24-30 Discuss the […]


Thurs. 4/24 “B” Day — Freshmen 9A and Sophomores 10C

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FOR FRESHMEN: Using the beginning you wrote as hwk for a five-paragraph essay on The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, begin creating an outline for this essay. HWK: If needed, finish your essay outline. FOR SOPHOMORES: See an example of an “A” passage analysis Quiz on Chs 24-30 Discuss the end of the novel and work […]


Wed. 4/23 “Late Start” A Day — Sophomores 10C and 10B

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FOR SOPHOMORES: Continue working on practice passage analyses HWK: Finish reading the novel. Expect a quiz on Chs 24-30


Tues. 4/22 “C” Day — Freshmen 9A and Sophomores 10B

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FOR FRESHMEN: Turn in typed “how to use quotes” hwk and go over some examples in class Finish last two poster presentations on No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency and tie events to themes Get handouts on upcoming essay on this novel HWK: READ DIRECTIONS FOR THE ESSAY ON THE NOVEL AND CHOOSE A TOPIC YOU WANT […]


Mon. 4/21 “B” Day — Freshmen 9A and Sophomores 10C

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FOR FRESHMEN: Get back graded sheets where you practiced one form of integrating quotes into your writing. Get back into groups and finish creating posters on the final chapters of No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency HWK: Turn over the blue sheet on how to use quotes that you got back this class and type out examples of […]


Friday 4/18 “A” Day — Sophomores 10C and 10B

19th April 2014 | 3 Comments

FOR SOPHOMORES: Work in groups to create a practice passage analysis from Nectar in a Sieve HWK: READ CHS. 23& 24. BE PREPARED FOR VOCAB TEST NEXT CLASS.


Thurs. 4/17 “C” Day — Freshmen 9A and Sophomores 10B

17th April 2014 | 0 Comments

FOR FRESHMEN: Finish watching the video version of our novel In assigned groups, review major events of the last few chapters and create a poster to explain your findings. These will be presented to the class either today or tomorrow. HWK: None FOR SOPHOMORES 10B: Partner work on literary vocabulary Understanding internal/external conflict in the novel […]