ENGLISH 7  

Finished writing from Friday, on *“war games.” Shared with a partner.

Discuss (?) Chs 19 & 20 --questions in lit circles. Did not do because not all completed! 10 questions, super short answer. Take care of and use a late pass on Tuesday.

Handout -- last set of vocabulary, Set 4.

If waiting for others, do mugs, or context sentences or finish the book! Or catch up on late work and use a late pass! Classtime=worktime.

Returned speech rubrics and grades. Wrote in planner how you did and how you improved. Filed rubrics. If absent, find yours in your portfolio on your return.

HW: Tues: Read Chapter 21.

Weds: Check planners. Put in work for all classes.

Thurs: Mugshots weeks 21 & 22

Fri: Reward trip /Set 4 Vocabulary and context sentences due.

ENGLISH 8

Finished Flowers For Algernon handout questions.  In text, p. 182. With partners if want.  

“Algernon Independent” Writing Task:

Charlie makes this claim about intelligence: “In my mental blindness, I thought that it was somehow connected with the ability to read and write, and I was sure that if I could get those skills I would automatically have intelligence too.”      Writing task: Identify the most significant points where Charlie’s understanding of intelligence has evolved. Discuss both his emotional and intellectual growth along with his eventual regression. Support your claims with valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence from the text, including direct quotes and page numbers.

First. begin with an evidence chart.  Go online to get one to use. Or create your own, using that as an example.  Use any relevant notes you compiled while reading and answering the “text-dependent” response questions. Copy the chart to your googledocs folder and then use it.

Your evidence chart is due on Tues. Not the writing, yet.

HW: Tues: Evidence Chart, Flowers For Algernon
6th Period Make sure to finish questions first.