Change of Venue

As most students are now using the class Facebook page, I will no longer post weekly updates on this page.  Parents and students may access the Facebook page for updates by clicking on the "Mrs. T's Pre-AP/TAG Class Page" link (located directly under the home page link) in the column to the left.  Please follow the link to ask questions or get updates on class assignments.  Thanks.

Change of Venu

As most students are now using the Facebook page for their updates, this site will no longer be used for class assignments and notes.  Please visit our class Facebook page at Mrs. T's Pre-AP/TAG class. 

Assignments for Nov. 26 - 30

Monday -

• Students completed a quick Part III quiz
• Students continued analyzing "Dover Beach" using TP-CASTT

Tuesday -

• Students read and analyzed "The Trees"
• Students completed a crossover responses for "The Trees" and Fahrenheit 451

Wednesday -

• Students will attend a presentation discussing credits, GPA, graduation requirements, etc.

Thursday -

• Students will complete their analysis of "Dover Beach"
• Some classes will perform mandatory safety drills

Friday -

• Students will complete the discussions of "Dover Beach," "The Trees," and Fahrenheit 451 questions to review for Monday's exam.

Focus for November 12 - 16, 2012

I want to apologize.  I know I've been out for a couple of weeks; it just seemed more students were connecting through Facebook, so I thought it would be easier to stick with that route.  I realize, however, that some parents prefer this route, so I'll try to keep both updated.  Again, I apologize for the inconvenience.

For the last week and a half, all homework has been focused on Fahrenheit 451.  Students have been assigned to read specific sections of the book, complete related vocabulary logs and quotation logs, and to think about the message of the book as homework.  They have been allowed to work at their own pace as long as they finish the sections by the given deadlines.  Part I was to be completed by last Thursday; Part II should be finished by this Friday (Nov. 16), and Part III should be completed by November 26th.  The students will complete a reading check test on each of those dates; it will cover details from the story, the vocabulary and quotations logs, and main ideas from the text.

For this week:
Monday -

• No school today in observance of Veterans Day.

Tuesday -

• Students will practice line break poetry.
• We will complete our discussion of Beatty's lecture to Montag, our primary focus being on how and why society changed so drastically over time to result in the society depicted in the novel.

Wednesday -

• We will complete our line break poetry.
• Students will analyze Frost's "The Road Not Taken" (pg. 724) using the TP-CASTT strategy and write a short response regarding Frost's message

Thursday -

• Students will use TP-CASTT to analyze "The War Against the Trees" (pg. 636)
• If time permits, they will also analyse "All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace" (632)

Friday -

• Students will complete a reading check test for Part II of Fahrenheit 451

Class Agenda for October 22 - 26, 2012

Monday -

• Organize and update notebooks
• Review the nine-weeks exam

Tuesday -

• Review figurative language by preparing flash cards
• Attach these to the notebook

Wednesday -

• Review poetry structural elements by creating flashcards and attaching these to the notebook
• Prepare a foldable for sound devices on page 50 in the notebook

Thursday -

• Using "The Bells" introduce Poe's beliefs about poetry (lyrical)
• Read and analyze sound devices, figurative language, and structure of "The Bells"

Friday -

• Based on Thursday's conversation, begin analyzing the message of "The Bells"

Assignmnents for October 15 - 19, 2012

This is the last week of our 9-week term.  Make sure all work has been submitted to all of your teachers. 

Monday -

• Students will continue reading "Sweat" in class, focusing on Hurson's characterization
• Students will learn of the opportunity to re-earn up to 10 points on one of their earlier summative writings--the writing must be revised in class

Tuesday -

• Students will finish reading "Sweat" (any text not read in class will be read for homework by Thursday)
• Students will review the "Sweat" vocabulary

Wednesday -

• Morning classes will not meet; instead, students will participate in the PSAT or field day
• Afternoon classes will work on the paragraph revisions

Thursday -

• Students will complete the 9-weeks exam

Friday -

• Students will revise a summative writing to re-earn summative points

Assignments for October 8 - 12, 2012

I apologize for last week.  I was unable to get into the blog page to update the lesson.  Quick re-cap:  Monday--The class reviewed basic literary analysis paragraph format using student papers to show the do's and don'ts and we discussed the different types of sentence constructions; Tuesday--Students wrote a literary analysis paragraph for "Cask of Amontillado" and "The River" was introduced; Wednesday--Students were introduced to "The River" and our focus areas for the story and we discussed run-on sentences, comma splices, and fragments; Thursday--Students received copies of "The River" and spent the period reading the story (monitored by a substitute teacher); Friday--students took a quick reading comprehension quiz and we discussed the events of "The River."

For this week . . .
Monday -

• Students will discuss the differences between possessive form and plural form
• The class will analyze the basic literary elements of "The River"

Tuesday -

• Students will review the basic grammar discussed in class over the last week
• The class will finish its analysis of "The River" and prepare for tomorrow's exam

Wednesday -

• Students will complete a summative exam for "The River"

Thursday -

• Students will review common word usage problems (homophones)
• Students will be introduced to Zora Neale Hurston's "Sweat" and our focus areas for this story
• Students will be introduced to the characterization dialectical journal

Friday -

• The class will read and discuss "Sweat," keeping a characterization dialectical journal as we read
• Students will finish reading "Sweat" at home if we do not finish in class