ENGLISH 7

On Monday, got handouts to help read A Christmas Carol, in lit textbooks, first two stanzas, p. 600

On Tuesday, in textbooks, on p. 654, answer all questions, all parts, complete sentences. And, add this:

The Christmas Eve of Scrooge’s story was so foggy and cold that darkness engulfed the city by 3p.m. Before Scrooge made his way home to his fateful encounter with Marley’s Ghost, the weather had grown colder, darker, and more miserable.

Explain how the weather was a foreshadowing of the night to come for Scrooge. How was the weather symbolic of Scrooge’s life? What was the weather like on the Christmas morning that Scrooge finished with the last of the spirits? How was the change in the weather like the change in Scrooge?

When you have finished all the work above, there are another series of questions -- a handout -- to do with one partner. HANDOUT ON THE PODIUM.

HW: Thurs Mugshots

Fri: Look over spelling through week 15. Spelling “work”/game.

ENGLISH 8

On Monday, wrote the final draft of Biography Essay.

On Tuesday--

Returned speech rubrics.

QW: In your notebooks, summarize what you did well in this speech and what you will try to work on for the next. Say how you felt, overall, about speaking--your subject, your presentation. Look at the comment and what is checked or not. Don’t focus on the number! File rubric and drafts in your portfolio.

Almost finished “He Named Me Malala.” Some harrowing scenes here, but you know it ends well! “I have the right to speak up.”

Be prepared for short writing exercise.

“There’s a moment when you have to choose whether to be silent or to speak up.”