Week 6 Sept 27- Oct 1, 2010

Topics:
Literature: "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant
" Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry
" The Scarlet Ibis" by James Hurt
Grammar: Parts of Speech, Parts of Sentence, prepositional phrase
Vocabulary: "The Necklace" - adulation, aghast, askew, disconsolate, gamut, incessantly, pauper, privation, prospects, vexation, dowry, poise, gnaw, anguish, distraction, compromise, exorbitant, pauper, and ruinous; "The Scarlet Ibis" - prim, spruce, billow, gleam, careen, bedeck, sullen, loll, imminent, infallible, dogged, precarious, exotic, armada, vermillion, heresy, clove, invalid, iridescent, and reiterate

Homework:
- Vocabulary SAT notes - due every Thursday
- Sentence Writing Homework Week 5 - due Tuesday, Sept. 28
- FOR ADDED STUDENTS -
* Summer Reading assignments - due Monday though Wednesday, Sept. 27-29
* TMDG Research Essay - due online Friday, Oct. 1
- Read "The Necklace" on Monday, Sept. 27 - Reading check will follow the next day.
- Read "Gift of the Magi" on Tuesday, Sept. 28 - Reading check will follow the next day.
- Read "The Scarlet Ibis" on Wednesday, Sept. 29 - Reading check will follow the next day.

*** Study for the short story unit test on MONDAY, Sept. 27. An OUTLINE for REVIEW will e posted after this posting. Watch out for it.

Activities:
Monday
1. Short story unit test. - Postponed until Oct. 4, 2010.
2. Alternative activity in case of non-administration of test: read "The Necklace".

Tuesday
1. A reading check will be given today for "The Necklace".
2. Practice finding parts of a sentence. Keep your handout on hand.
NOTE: We will not stop practicing on finding parts of a sentence and identifying parts of speech

Wednesday
1. A reading check will be given for "The Gift of the Magi".
2. Identify, analyze, and discuss examples of literary terms.

Thursday
1. A reading check will be given for "The Scarlet Ibis".
2. Let's go back to SIFT and analyze the short story.

Friday
1. Write the 2nd draft for the original essay on characterization based on "Marigolds".

PREPARE for a quiz or test on Monday, Oct. 4.