Literature: Animal Farm by George Orwell and Maus by Art Spiegelman
Writing: Narrative essay
Vocabulary: AF#s 219-228 - filial, impromptu, expulsion, decoration, foundation, unity, disheartened, ignominy, posthumous, magistrate;
M#s 26-41 - Zionist, neurotic, obscure, clatter, void, condolences, umbilical, objective, shrine, ghetto, stoop, conscious, gestapo, collaborator, reproach, absolution; Academic Words #6 - theme, thesis, concrete details, imagery, metaphor, simile, quote, paraphrase, protagonist, compound sentence; Roots - graph, jur/just, log/logue, luc, man(u) ; additional words - obsequious, pessimistic, pretentious, haughty, somber
Homework:
- SAT vocab notes and sentences with adjective clause- due: Tuesday, March 19 (This will be our last adjective clause homework. We will move on to adjective clause after the break.)
- SAT vocab notes and sentences with adjective clause- due: Tuesday, March 26
- Maus guide questions #s 1-35 - due: Thursday, March 21
- Animal Farm Chapter 1 questions - due: Friday, March 22
On Tuesday and Wednesday, you will work on rewriting a passage for the first 15 minutes of class. The rest of the period will be spent on reading Animal Farm.
- Wednesday - Dr. Mconn will discuss the STAAR test with the students.
On Thursday and Friday, we will resume discussion of Animal Farm and Maus.
