March 18, 2012

Language Arts- Fisher (Periods 1, 5, 6 & 7)

Monday, March 19
Classwork:
  1. Do Now: Quiz #23: pseudo, quint, retro, sex/sesti, sub, super, syn/sym/sys/syi
  2. Next: Review 3rd Quarter portfolio requirements
  3. After: Return graded work and Research Paper Draft 3
  4. Then: Review Requirements for completing Draft 4 (not all are eligible)
Homework:
  • Draft 4 Revisions (for those who qualify):
  1. Must make ALL necessary changes
  2. Highlight changes on 4th Draft
  3. 3rd Draft must be paper-clipped to 4th Draft
  4. Due by Wednesday, March 21
Tuesday and Wednesday, March 20 and 21
Classwork: (please note that this is for students who completed the Research Paper assignment)
  1. Do Now: What is a Short Story? Reading pp. 222-3
  2. After: Read/Listen to introduction of C.J. Cherryh on pp. 224-8
  3. Next: Listen for Short Story Elements in The Threads of Time by C.J. Cherryh
  4. Then: Review Short Story Elements activity
Homework:
Thursday and Friday, March 22 and 23
Classwork: (please note that this is for students who completed the Research Paper assignment) 
  1. Do Now: Can progress be made without conflict?
  2. After: Predict what the grandmother will be like in A Visit to Grandmother by William Melvin Kelley.
  3. Next: Read/Listen to A Visit to Grandmother by William Melvin Kelley
  4. Then: Review Short Story Elements in the story
  5. Preview: Begin brainstorming ideas for your own short story...Try this animated storyboarding tool!
Homework