English 1

15 minutes - Students read their AR books for 15 minutes. Students need to have 5 AR points for each grading period. The next grading period ends on November 7.

25 minutes - Each week, students receive vocabulary and grammar homework that they pick up on Monday, complete throughout the week, and take a quiz for on Friday. Today we reviewed the vocabulary words and discussed prepositions as our weekly grammar unit.

Homework
Students are to have a working rough draft by tomorrow of their short stories. The rough draft must be a coherent whole and should include 2 passages of dialogue. Tomorrow we will talk about how to revise for style, and then they will work on their final drafts.

Useful Resources - Here are links to handouts needed for the Narrative Writing unit.  If you're missing one, just download it here.

• Character Questionnaire

English 2

15 minutes - Students read AR books for 15 minutes. Students need to have 7 AR points every grading period. The next grading period ends on November 7.

15 minutes - Every week, students have vocabulary and grammar homework that they pick on Monday, complete throughout the week, and then take a quiz on Friday. We went over the vocabulary words and talked about prepositions as our grammar unit this week.

20 minutes - We went to the library to allow students the opportunity to type, revise, and edit their short stories. Once typed, students will create a cover page for their story. Final drafts will be due on Friday.

Homework

• Students need to begin their vocab/grammar homework. If they have questions, they should ask me the following day.
• Students need to complete typing and revising their short stories. They will not be given class time anymore, so it is important that they take responsibility for their work.