Mrs D. Boyd-English II Honors & BCA

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Go Blaze!
 
Mrs. Donna Boyd
 
 
 
 
 

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3 Dec, Monday

HW:  Narrative Essay DUE Thurs
Antigone Greek Drama: PPT Notes and Background Information

29 Nov, Fri

Skill Focus:  Narrative Writing, Dialogue
 
Drafting Assignment:  Laptop Lab
Write a conclusion for the excerpt "The Trojan Prince."  Your narrative essay must be 2-3 typed pages using (+5) lines of dialogue.  Elevate your vocabulary by using (+5) Unit 4 vocab words.  Don't forget to flip the POV!
 
ESSAY DUE: Dec. 6
 
NRI Quotations Practice & Quiz-DUE TODAY!!!

27-29 Nov, Tues-Thurs

1.  Grammar Workbook pg 289 Quotations (ALL)
2.  Text Structure Test pg 622
3.  Narrative Rubric-review & discuss
4.  Read "The Trojan Prince"-plot notes & discussion
5.  Pre-writing and Drafting for Narrative Essay

26 Nov 2018

1.  HW:  NRI Quotations practice & quiz
2.  Grammar Worksheet pg 288,299 Quotation practice
3.  Text Structure notes and practice (see PPT)

19, 20 Nov Mon-Tues

UNIT 4 Vocab Quiz
"Plot Against People" pg 534-536-complete packet DUE Tues
 
Scrabble-KEEP SCORE!!!
7 letter tiles-replenish each turn
Build words Down & Across 
No proper nouns, foreign words, acronyms, slang, abbreviations

12-17 Nov, M-Fri

1.  Impact-review practice ACT test results
 
2.  HW-read novel Anthem and complete foldable for chapters 6-12-Due Wed
Socratic Seminar Novel Discussion-Wed
 
3.  Unit 4 Vocab-review defin. & POS, CS exer.
 
4.  Textbook Notes; pgs 526,528,529
      Read Essay "The Plot Against People" pgs 534-536

5,7,8,9 Nov. (M,W-F)

Grammar practice:  Revising and Editing pgs 521, 413-Red Grammar Notes
Read novel Anthem by Ayn Rand chapters 1 & 2-discuss character and plot
Anthem writing body paragraph-equality; 2 quotes
Anthem foldable-plot notes
ACT practice test-review grammar section

2 November, Friday

1.  CFA Unit 4-pgs 510-520
2.  Complete NRI Practice & Quiz-Commas w Conjunctiions

HALLOWEEN!!!

Poe Poem TPCASTT-complete pg 874
Poe Quiz-pgs 858-874
NRI-comma practice and quiz Due Fri
 
Pit & the Pendulum Video- (maybe in Spanish???)
 
NETFLIX-Extraordinary Tales (animated) by EA Poe
The Tell Tale Heart
Pit and the Pendulum
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Masque of Red Death
The Facts in the Case of M Valdemar