Animal Farm by George Orwell and Maus by Art Spiegelman

Week #30 April 8-12, 2013

Literature:Animal Farm by George Orwell and Maus by Art Spiegelman
Writing: Persuasive Essay
Vocabulary: Same as last week 29

Homework: 

• SAT vocabulary sentences with adverb clause - due: April 15
• Maus study guide - due: April 11
• Animal Farm study guide - due: April 12
• Read Animal Farm at home - end date for the reading will be April 14.

Note: The due dates for AF and M are adjusted dates from the original posted weeks ago.

Activities:

On Monday, students will take the Maus I test. After the test,they will 

On Tuesday to Friday, students will complete reading of Maus II in class. Students will continue to read Animal Farm at home. (Refer to homework notes.)

On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, students will read articles and write a persuasive essay.

On Friday, students will write final draft.

Animal Farm by George Orwell and Maus by Art Spiegelman

Week #29 April 1-5, 2013

Literature: Animal Farm by George Orwell and Maus by Art Spiegelman
Vocabulary: AF#s 229-238; M#s 42-51 

Homework: 

• SAT vocabulary sentences for AF#s 219-228 with adverb clause - due: Wednesday, April 3

Last week, we had a review on STAAR test and postponed our regular lessons.  This week, we will resume with our lessons beginning with grammar practice covering adverb clause.  

Please also be reminded that this week's schedule is odd-even alternately. 

• April 1 - STAAR I Writing, odd schedule
• April 2 - STAAR I Reading, even schedule
• April 3 - STAAR II Writing, odd schedule
• April 4 - STAAR II Reading, even schedule 

STAAR Review

Week #28 March 25-28, 2013

This week, we will postpone our regular lessons and readings.  Instead, we will review the STAAR test everyday of the week until Thursday. We will review the following:

Monday: Expository Essay
Tuesday: Literary Essay.  WITS will be with the class today.
Wednesday: Reading multiple choice and SAR questions.
                     Note: Please bring your short answer responses 
                          (SARs) to class today.
Thursday: Revising and Editing questions

Homework:

• ALL homework assignments, including vocabulary sentences, due last week and this week will be due after your tests.

STAAR test schedule:

April 1 - Writing

April 2 - Reading

Animal Farm by George Orwell and Maus by Art Spiegelman

Week #27 March 18-22, 2013

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 Monday you come back from the break, you will take Quiz #9 covering all the vocabulary words from week #26.  Please prepare.

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. 

Animal Farm by George Orwell and Maus by Art Spiegelman

Week #26 March 4-8, 2013

Literature: Animal Farm by George Orwell and Maus by Art Spiegelman
Writing: Revising and Editing, WITS
Vocabulary: AF#s 209-218 - cynical, comrade, prosperity, maltreat, parasitical, seclude, lamentation, rebellion, stupefy, practiced; M #s 11-25 - Czechoslovakia, pogrom, synagogue, anti-Semitism, hemorrhaging, glaucoma, cataract, herring, nuremberg, Pashastruma, Wehrmacht, systematically, bar mitzvah, aryan, hasty; Academic Words #5 - analogy, figurative language, omniscient narrator, personification, plot, setting, conflict, climax, denouement, voice; ROOTS - -ast(er), -audi-, -auto-, -bene-, -bio-, -chrono-,-dict-, -duc-/-duce-/-duct-, -gen-, -geo-

Homework:

• SAT vocab notes and sentences for AF#s 199-208 with adjective clause - due: Tuesday, March 5
• SAT vocab notes and sentences for AF#s 209-218 with adjective clause - due: Tuesday, March 19
• MAUS SAR's - due: Thursday, March 7

Monday - Friday

WARM-UP exercise everyday: SAT question of the day.

• On Monday, we have shortened periods.  Because of the limited time in class, we will continue reading Animal Farm and discuss a short answer question for Maus. 
• On Tuesday, we will have a WITS writing.
• On Wednesday, we will continue to read Animal Farm and discuss study questions and answers.
• On Thursday, we will work on language and diction in Maus and discuss SAR questions and answers. 
• On Friday, we will look at sample expositions and work practice building scenes in a narrative essay. 

Maus by Art Spiegelman and Animal Farm by George Orwell

Week #25 February 25-March 1, 2013

Literature: Maus by Art Spiegelman and Animal Farm by George Orwell
Writing: Short Answer Responses (SAR) and Expository and Narrative Essay
Vocabulary: AF - #s 199-208 apathy, cryptic, indefatigable, malign, maxim, preeminent, perpendicular, ration; MAUS - #s 1-10 diminutive, feat, harrowing, pacify, Auschwitz, sheik, textile, dowry, communist, sanitarium
Academic vocabulary #4 -included on the list of words.

Warm-up exercises: Using adjective clause in sentences and SAT question of the day.

Homework:

• SAT vocab Flo-Cab #s 849-863 notes and sentences with adjective clause - due: Tuesday, February 26
• Read some pages of MAUS and Animal Farm at home depending on what we finish in the classroom. - pages TBA. Reading checks on Fridays.
• SCHEDULE for reading in class: Two days for Maus and two days for Animal Farm.
• SCHEDULE for WITS writing: One day every other week.

Monday - Friday

• Take quiz #7 on Monday covering vocab words 849-863 and prefixes.
• Read Animal Farm in class and answer reading questions. Prepare for reading checks on Fridays or Tuesdays.
• Practice writing short answer responses, expository and narrative essays. 
• Practice writing sentences with adjective clauses. 
• WITS on Friday.

Expository Readings and more

Week # 24 February 18-22, 2013

Literature: Expository articles, Background information to the Russian Revolution
Writing: Short Answer Response (SAR), Expository essay
Vocabulary: Flo-Cab #s 849-863 mores, cavity, amalgamation, copious, connotation, diverse, terse, preponderance, dissonance, cacophony, harmony, discord, confound, scourge, scathing
Prefixes: bene, bi, bio, circum, dent, dia, dis/dif, equi, ex, in/mil/ir

Homework:

• SAT vocab notes and sentences Flo-Cab #s 839-848 - due: Monday, Feb. 18
• Sentences should have context clues and adjective clause.
• SAT vocab notes and sentences Flo-Cab #s 849-863 - due: Monday, Feb. 25

Monday - Friday

• On Monday, students will take the unit test on Great Expectations. Please prepare. 
• On Tuesday, will have the WITS lesson with the WITS writer. 
• On Wednesday, students will write an expository essay.
• On Thursday,students will take vocabulary quiz #6 for flo-cab #s 839-848 and suffixes. Students will work on sentences with adjective clauses.
• On Friday, students will review vocabulary and read a background on Russian Revolution and view a PowerPoint presentation on the Holocaust.