Week# 7 October 3-7, 2011

Literature: James Hurst's "The Scarlet Ibis"
Writing/Grammar: phrases
Literary strategy: imagery/sensory details
Vocabulary: #s 73-95 prim, spruce, billow, gleam, careen, bedeck, sullen, loll, imminent, infallible, dogged,  exotic, armada, vermilion, heresy, clove, invalid, iridescent, reiterate, snipe, bar, glid, moon, nudge, rustle


Homework:
- SAT vocabulary notes - Due: every week on Monday
- Marcel Proust quote based personal narrative - Due: Wednesday, Oct. 5
- CASPAR - DUE: Friday, Oct. 7


NOTES:
* If you did not submit the 9/11 essay, please submit it now because it will be a part of the 2nd cycle grading.
* If you want to STILL take advantage of the TPP extra credit, bring $10 on Monday, Oct. 3, and buy a subscription from a TPP representative. Monday is the last time for this extra credit opportunity.


Activities
Monday
1. VOCABULARY and LITERARY test: covers the vocab words for "Cask..." and the story "Cask..." Please study.


Tuesday
1. Continue the test on "Cask..." and vocabulary story. 
2. Review imagery/sensory details


Wednesday
1. Work on a diagnostic activity on phrases.

2. Look at examples of responses and have groups edit, proofread, and rewrite. 

Thursday
1. Read a background on "Scarlet Ibis," and read the story.
2. Analyze the literature using CASPAR.


Friday
1. Work on annotating a passage in "Scarlet Ibis."
2. Review for Monday's test.