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Get your copy of To Kill a Mockingbird!

This week, we will begin reading To Kill a Mockingbird, so you will need to check out or buy a copy to use. While I almost always recommend buying your own copy so that you can annotate it and make it your own, I will be referring to page numbers in class and on worksheets, so if you buy your own, be sure to get the same edition that we use in class. Of course, sometimes Amazon will send you an edition you didn't order, so the safest thing to do is check out a copy from me. I have plenty of copies to hand out to everyone, so I will do that in class. Distance learners will need to email me to let me know they want me to leave a copy for them in the front office. Contact me as soon as possible so you can begin reading with everyone else. This is one of my favorite books of all time, so I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. :)

Posted 1/19/21

Assignments

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Assignment Due/Lesson Plan

Tues.-Fri.	1/5/21– 1/8/21	WELCOME BACK! Watch my welcome video with an explanation of this week's assignments. Complete the following by the due date provided: 1. Vocabulary.com practice for R&J Act 4: Due Friday, Jan. 8 by 2pm. 2. Read R&J, act 4 (use No Fear Shakespeare for help): Due Friday, Jan. 8 by 10am. 3. Complete the following in the online textbook, complete the following sections: Due Friday, Jan. 8: Under "Making Meaning" complete the "Comprehension Check" questions and the "Close read the text" questions Under "Language Development," complete the "Concept Vocabulary" questions and the "Word Study" questions 4. Watch the videos of Act IV 5. Prepare to take a quiz on Act IV. You will need to take the quiz on Friday, Jan. 8 between 10am and 1pm. Be sure to review the meanings of "dramatic irony" and "pun" before the quiz. Have a good knowledge of the action in this act. Knowing the answers to the questions I assigned you will help. At some point, you will need to complete a YouScience test. It just started working this morning and the directions are in the announcements at the top of this page. This test is required by the administation. It is not for a grade in English. As questions arise, I may adjust or clarify directions here, so check this website every morning this week.
Mon./ Tues.	1/11/21– 1/12/21	In class: Introduce "The Clause" Read R&J Act 5 in class Assigned: EOLang p. 146-148: Ex. 1-2 (due Wed./Thurs.) Vocabulary.com: R&J Act 5 (Due Fri./Tues.) Work on the following in the online textbook, complete the following sections: Due Fri./Tues.: Under "Making Meaning" complete the "Analyze the text" questions and the "Analyze craft and structure" questions Under "Language Development," complete the "Concept Vocabulary" questions Watch videos of Act V
Wed./ Thurs.	1/13/21– 1/14/21	Due: EOLang p. 146-148: Ex. 1-2 (due Wed./Thurs.) In class: Check grammar Finish reading R&J Act 5 in class Assigned: EOLang p. 151-154: Ex. 4-5 (due Fri./Tues.) Finish Vocabulary.com: R&J Act 5 (Due Fri./Tues.) Finish the following in the online textbook, complete the following sections: Due Friday/Tues: Under "Making Meaning" complete the "Analyze the text" questions and the "Analyze craft and structure" questions Question 3 under "Analyze craft and style" refers to a chart that isn't there. The chart is very simple and is shown on page 481 of the textbook. But basically the question is just asking what contributes to the tragedy at the end of the play. List specific examples that show how aspects of Romeo's and Juliet's personalities contribute, and also list specific examples of how fate contributes. Don't worry about the chart. Under "Language Development," complete the "Concept Vocabulary" questions Watch videos of Act V
Fri./ Tues.	1/15/21 & 1/19/21	Due: EOLang p. 151-154: Ex. 4-5 Vocabulary.com: R&J Act 5 Questions in the online textbook: Under "Making Meaning," the "Analyze the text" questions and the "Analyze craft and structure" questions Question 3 under "Analyze craft and style" refers to a chart that isn't there. The chart is very simple and is shown on page 481 of the textbook. But basically the question is just asking what contributes to the tragedy at the end of the play. List specific examples that show how aspects of Romeo's and Juliet's personalities contribute, and also list specific examples of how fate contributes. Don't worry about the chart. Under "Language Development," the "Concept Vocabulary" questions In class: Check grammar Quiz: R&J Act 5 Read research handout: Intro and sources Choose one movie and two backup movies for your research topic. You can start signing up next Wednesday and Thursday, but remember that you will not be able to work on a movie that another student in your class is working on. Whoever claims a movie first gets to use it. Assigned: EOLang p. 154-158: Rev. A, Ex. 6-7 Borrow, buy, or otherwise acquire a copy of To Kill a Mockingbird
Mon.	1/18/21	MLK Jr. Day: No School
Wed./ Thurs.	1/20/21– 1/21/21	Due:: EOLang p. 154-158: Rev. A, Ex. 6-7 One movie and two backup movies for your research topic In class: Choose movie topic through online form Check grammar Distribute TKAM books Intro to database searches Assigned: EOLang p. 158-159: Rev. B & C; p. 321-323: Ex: 5-6 Read TKAM Chapters 1-5 (due Thurs./Fri., Jan. 28-29) Begin TKAM Chapters 1-11 vocabulary at Vocabulary.com (due Mon./Tues., Feb. 1-2): do the practice AND mastery
Fri./ Mon.	1/22/21– 1/25/21	Due: EOLang p. 158-159: Rev. B & C; p. 321-323: Ex: 5-6 In Class: Check grammar Discuss grammar test Background on To Kill a Mockingbird (TKAM) Set up and share OneDrive folder Assigned: Required: EOLang p. 161-163: Chapter Test Review: A-C Required: Grammar review assignment Study for grammar test Review EOLang p. 322-324: Ex. 6 Optional assignment: EOLang p. 142-3: Diagnostic Preview A and B Continue reading TKAM 1-5 and completing Vocabulary.com work
Tues./ Wed.	1/26/21– 1/27/21	Due: EOLang p. 161-163: Chapter Test Review: A-C Grammar review assignment Study for grammar test Review EOLang p. 322-324: Ex. 6 Optional assignment: EOLang p. 142-3: Diagnostic Preview A and B In Class: Grammar Test: Chapter 4: The Clause Assigned: Finish reading TKAM 1-5 (due Thurs./Fri.))
Thurs./ Fri.	1/28/19– 1/29/21	Due: Reading: TKAM 1-5 In Class: Quiz: TKAM Chaps. 1-5 Assigned:
Mon./ Tues.	2/1/21– 2/2/21	Due: Vocabulary.com: TKAM 1-11
Wed./ Thurs.	2/3/21– 2/4/21
Fri./ Mon.	2/5/21– 2/8/21
Tues./ Wed.	2/9/21– 2/10/21
Thurs./ Fri.	2/11/21– 2/12/21
Mon.	2/15/21	PRESIDENTS DAY: No School
Tues.	2/18/21
Wed. & Thurs.	2/19/16 -2/21/21
Fri.	2/21/21
Mon.	2/24/21
Tues.	2/25/21
Wed. & Thurs.	2/26/21 -2/27/21
Fri.	2/28/21
Mon.	3/2/21
Tues.	3/3/21
Wed. & Thurs.	3/4/21 -3/5/21
Fri.	3/6/21
Mon.	3/9/21
Tues.	3/10/21
Wed.	3/11/19
Thurs.	3/12/21
Fri.	3/13/21
Mon.-Fri.	3/16/21 -3/21/21
Mon.	3/23/21 -3/27/21
Mon.-Fri.	3/30/16- 4/3/21
Mon.	4/6/21
Fri.	4/10/21
Mon.	4/13/21
Tues.	4/14/21
Wed.	4/15/16
Fri.	4/17/16
Mon.	4/21/21
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Fri.	4/24/21
Mon.	4/27/21
Tues.	4/28/21
Fri.	5/1/21
Mon.	5/4/21
Tues.	5/5/21
Mon.	5/11/21
Tues.	5/12/21
Wed.	5/13/21
Thurs.	5/14/21
Fri.	5/15/21
Mon.	5/18/21
Tues.	5/19/21
Wed.	5/21/21
Thurs.	5/21/21
Fri.	5/22/21
Mon.	5/25/21
Tues.	5/26/21
Wed.	5/27/21