Saturday, February 26, 2011

Week #26 Feb 28- March 4, 2011

Literature: "Two Friends" by Guy de Maupassant
Grammar: Revising and Editing, Parts of Speech, Parts of a Sentence, Sentence, Phrases, Fragment, Capitalization, and Punctuation
Vocabulary: See textbook for "Two Friends": afford, atrocity, dejected, eccentric, fanatical, pensive, rejuvenated, unperturbed

Homework:
- Vocabulary SAT notes - due Thursday
- Crossword puzzle - due Friday, March 4

Activities
Monday
1. Review essay writing and scoring.
2. Go over revising and editing.

Tuesday
Take the TAKS test and in the afternoon, watch a film ("The Boy in the Striped Pajamas"), and then review for a test on Night.

Wednesday
Continue film viewing. Analyze parallels between film and Night.
Analyze parts of speech in an excerpt of Night.

Thursday
Read the short story "Two Friends" and discuss. Write sentences in a summary of the short story using the vocabulary words and include prepositional phrases.

Friday
Go over the assignment done on Thursday. Take a reading check on the short story.

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