Thursday, March 25, 2010

Enhanced English Week 10



Webquest

Part One
Click link and answer these three questions
The Circuit
1. When does the book take place?2. What does "migrant worker" mean?3. What does it mean to "circuit"?

Part Two
Click link and answer two questions
More info about Francisco Jimenez
1. Who is Francisco Jimenez?
2. Why did he write about his childhood?

Part Three
Click link and answer two questions
Migrant Workers
1. What picture do you think relates to Breaking Through?
2. What picture do you find the most upsetting?

Part Four
The Migrant Experience 1950s
In your own words, describe what it means to be an immigrant.

Friday, March 12, 2010

Enhanced English Week

Character Projects

Checkout these outstanding character projects.
Just copy and paste the links to your browser.

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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

English I Week 8 plans

English I Novel Assignments

Novel Schedule
Second Period
Walk Two Moons
Book Due March 31st for Novel Test
Page 1-70 Due March 19th
Page 70-205 Due March 26th
Page 205-end Due March 30th

Novel Schedule
Second Period
Breaking Through
Book Due March 31st for Novel Test
Page 1-70 Due March 19th
Page 70-127 Due March 26th
Page 127-end Due March 30th

English I dates

March 10th Short Story Review
March 11th short story test
March 12 Character Project Due
March 15-April 15 Poetry Unit
March 18th-19th Revise Memoir and Complete Study Island
March 25th Midterm Review
March 26th Midterm
March 31 and April 1 lab day poetry project
April 12-13 poetry presentations
April 14th poetry review
April 15th poetry test
April 16th-30th Romeo and Juliet
April 3rd -14th Odyssey

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Week 7 Lesson Plans


Blog Accident

Our regular class blog was taken over by spam robots, and until Google can fix this issue, I will be posting our weekly lesson plans to this site. I am so sorry for difficulty, and the old blog should be up and running soon.