Wednesday, April 2nd (A)

Honors & Standard English I

• Warm-up: Diction
• Concept Card: Wordskills 4
• Today we created our first concept card. On the front of a notecard, we wrote 1 word part and drew a picture to represent it. On the back, we wrote the definition, related words (words that contain that word part, and a sentence using one of those related words). We made sure that our card contained color!
• Romeo & Juliet: Act V, scene i
• We read scene i of Act V together in class. We also began working on a worksheet looking at imagery in this act and how it contributes to a theme we identified in the scene. We will finish working with this sheet during next class--be prepared to turn your ideas into a full analysis paragraph! 
• Library -- SSR
• Everyone went to the library to check out their own SSR (Sustained Silent Reading) book. We completed our first SSR reflection before the end of class!
• Be sure to start bringing your SSR book everyday. For fourth quarter, we will begin to have SSR AT LEAST once per week to help strengthen our reading endurance for our End of Course exam coming up soon!
• HW: Complete WordSkills 4 practice; deliver parent letter to your parent or guardian! Remember: All homework is due before 7:30 am to my box! 

Foundations

• Warm-up: Diction
• Debate: Does racism still exist in America? 
• We finished preparing our evidence for the debate and then had our first class seminar on the topic! Everyone spoke at least once to share their opinion. If you missed this, see me before or after school/class for a make-up assignment. 
• Monster: Pages 64-80
• We read the next 15 or so pages of Monster and answered a few guided questions along the way. See me to get this worksheet!