Freshmen:
New vocab words and Ch. 8 note check
Discuss LOTF chapter 8
AP Lit:
Candide essay test.
HW: Finish satiric creative writing. Due tomorrow.
Tuesday
Friday
12/4/09
Freshmen:
Vocabulary Quiz.
Quiet reading time for LOTF or SSR.
HW: Finish LOTF Ch. 8 and notes. Quotes should be on the idea of "breaking down."
AP Lit:
Vocabulary Quiz
Handed out details on satire creative writing assignment-- due on Tuesday.
HW: Candide essay test on Monday. You may use notes and books, so bring both.
Vocabulary Quiz.
Quiet reading time for LOTF or SSR.
HW: Finish LOTF Ch. 8 and notes. Quotes should be on the idea of "breaking down."
AP Lit:
Vocabulary Quiz
Handed out details on satire creative writing assignment-- due on Tuesday.
HW: Candide essay test on Monday. You may use notes and books, so bring both.
Thursday
12/3/09
Freshmen:
Discussed LOTF chapter 7: Ralph begins to take back control, but not before getting sucked into the excitement of hunting and playing the reenactment "game" with the guys. (Poor Robert!) Notice, that Simon bails. He's not really one of them...who would want to be?
HW: Study for vocab quiz. Read chapter 8 for Monday.
AP Lit:
Discussed the end of Candide: why a garden, who really changed, why people come back from the "dead," etc.
HW: Vocab quiz tomorrow, and last chance to discuss and questions or issues before the essay test on Monday.
Discussed LOTF chapter 7: Ralph begins to take back control, but not before getting sucked into the excitement of hunting and playing the reenactment "game" with the guys. (Poor Robert!) Notice, that Simon bails. He's not really one of them...who would want to be?
HW: Study for vocab quiz. Read chapter 8 for Monday.
AP Lit:
Discussed the end of Candide: why a garden, who really changed, why people come back from the "dead," etc.
HW: Vocab quiz tomorrow, and last chance to discuss and questions or issues before the essay test on Monday.
12/2/09
Freshmen:
Discussed chapters 5 &6 of LOTF-- especially the changes as the story progresses and the symbols. Began reading chapter 7 together. (How can you not like Simon?)
HW: Finish Chapter 7 & notes with quotes on Ralph's internal conflicts.
AP Lit:
We decide that the Candide Essay exam will be on Monday, and the creative writing will be assigned on Friday, due on Tuesday.
Then we discussed some more Candide and more of the many issues of Voltaire's satire, why he needed to go to Eldorado, etc.
HW: Finish Candide.
Discussed chapters 5 &6 of LOTF-- especially the changes as the story progresses and the symbols. Began reading chapter 7 together. (How can you not like Simon?)
HW: Finish Chapter 7 & notes with quotes on Ralph's internal conflicts.
AP Lit:
We decide that the Candide Essay exam will be on Monday, and the creative writing will be assigned on Friday, due on Tuesday.
Then we discussed some more Candide and more of the many issues of Voltaire's satire, why he needed to go to Eldorado, etc.
HW: Finish Candide.
Tuesday
12/1/09
Happy December! (Mrs. Peterson's half-birthday:)
Freshmen:
Chapter 6 reading quiz-- yes, two pop quizzes in a row!
Grade and discuss the quiz answers.
HW: None! (unless you need to get caught up on your reading, or course...)
AP Lit:
Began filling our white board with ideas about Candide. We'll continue this tomorrow.
HW: Continue reading. The book needs to be finished by Thursday.
Freshmen:
Chapter 6 reading quiz-- yes, two pop quizzes in a row!
Grade and discuss the quiz answers.
HW: None! (unless you need to get caught up on your reading, or course...)
AP Lit:
Began filling our white board with ideas about Candide. We'll continue this tomorrow.
HW: Continue reading. The book needs to be finished by Thursday.
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