FOR FRESHMEN: Collect, grade, and discuss blue “literary devices” sheet that you did for hwk Finish scavenger hunt for themes of the novel. Keep this paper! You’ll need it for the final essay. Watch 15 minutes of the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency video HWK:  None! FOR SOPHOMORES: Partner work on literary vocabulary Understanding internal/external […]

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FOR SOPHOMORES: Quiz on Chs 13-15 Discussion of the novel Work with a partner responding to any two of five possible statements about the novel. HWK: Read Chs. 16-18. Fill out yellow character chart.

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FOR FRESHMEN: Vocab test on No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency vocab Get back graded reflective essays and see two examples of excellent essays. If you made a D or lower, you can rewrite your essay after a meeting with me to discuss it. Make an appt. this week. Scavenger hunt to gather examples of themes of […]

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FOR FRESHMEN: Collect vocab comic done for hwk and review questions on any of the vocabulary. You receive a list of words that will be on the test (all the ones you’ll have done for hwk) and a crossword puzzle to complete for test review. If you missed class today, here are the vocab words, […]

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FOR SOPHOMORES: Get back creative writing stories. You can rewrite! See me for an appt. Lesson on eliminating “there” as a way to begin sentences. Get a handout titled “The Vocabulary of the Novel” Quiz on and discussion of chapters 4-8 HWK: READ CHS. 9-12

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FOR FRESHMEN: Reminder for upcoming assignments: vocab comic strip due Friday 4/12. Vocab test on all three sheets will be on Mon. 4/15. Discuss poem “For Want of a Nail” referred to on pg. 146 Use Mma heads to do further work on integrating quotes Get into groups for beginning work to create a “Mma […]

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FOR FRESHMEN: Collect vocab sheets passed out last class Take a quiz on the reading and discuss Chs 13-16 in the novel Finish work on characterization with the assignment Portrait of a Lady Detective Get vocab sheet with space for a vocab comic on the back. You may work with a partner and create one comic for […]

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FOR SOPHOMORES: Check out Nectar in a Sieve, try some nectar, pour nectar through a sieve, and read the first few pages together. Get a calendar for major assignments of this novel. Discuss diction and how it’s used in the opening paragraph For 10C, you’ve finished Lagaan, so I began telling you the tale of Ali Baba and the […]

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FOR FRESHMEN: FAQs on the Southern Africa practice of muti Quiz on Ch. 11 and discussion of this chapter I stamp your “tracking cases” chart “Portrait of a Lady Detective” work on characterization. You turned this in at the end of class, and we’ll work on it next class. HWK: READ CHS 13-16 (pgs. 135-174).  […]

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FOR FRESHMEN: Quiz on Chapter 9 Get a vocabulary sheet for the latest chapters If necessary, get another “tracking cases” sheet for pages 79-131 Grade the multiple choice quizzes and discuss Chs. 9 & 10 Discuss the difference between literary elements (Ex: plot, characterization, mood, setting, theme, etc.) and literary devices (Ex: simile, metaphor, zeugma, personification, […]

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