It has been a pleasure to work with each of you this school year. May you cherish many memories that you have made during your years at Simpson. On Monday, you will receive a completion grade for all components of your research paper. On Tuesday, prepare to read your two favorite paragraphs to the class. You will receive your writing portfolios on Wednesday. I look forward to an exciting final week of this school year.
Consult your research guide and sample lit analysis essays when writing your essay on The Diary of Anne Frank. Please note that your completed outline, written in MLA format, is due on Tuesday. Please write your introduction and first support paragraph by Wednesday. You will have the entire class period on Wednesday to work on your rough draft that will be due on Thursday. Adhere to the correct MLA format that we have discussed in class. Thursday in class, we will check the internal citations and we will begin working on the Works Cited page. Your final is due on Tuesday of next week. We will be sharing these aloud in class:)
Conclude reading the Diary of Anne Frank and view the Ben Kingsley production. Stay current with your collection of quotations as they relate to theme and characterization. You will need these for the planning/outline portion of you literary analysis.
Remember to thoroughly complete your summary and plot analysis for your independent reading by this Friday .By the end of the week, we will review the MLA format for documentation of our research. .
Highlights of the Week:
Bring your writing and reading log to class each day. You will have a writing log check this week; please ensure that you have all five entries, completed.
Your summary and analysis chart for your independent reading novel is due Friday, May 9th.
We will finish reading The Diary this week. Please stay current with your quotations since you will need them for you last essay/lit. analysis.
Welcome Back! I hope that you enjoyed a relaxing week.
Highlights of the Week:
Bring your Writing and Grammar textbook and workbook all week.
We will review capitalization and punctuation. You will complete a diagnostic test on Monday, and you will take a quiz on Friday. By Thursday, make sure you make a study guide to for the quiz on Friday.
Also, we will select parts for our class play The Diary of Anne Frank.
Highlights of the Week:
Due on Tuesday: Definitions of Key Terms form our Stereotype Discussion
---Sentence Structure Quiz/Review the material on the half sheet that I gave you last Thursday. Study the sentence types, differences between independent and dependent clauses, differences between adjective and adverb phrases, and how to properly punctuate your sentences, especially compound and complete sentences.
Feel free to attend the study session on Tuesday morning at 8:30. Use the pass that I signed for you in class. art
Highlights of the Week:
--Sentence Structure pre-test, practice, and revision of writing. Focus areas will be properly punctuating sentences, differentiating between adverb and adjective phrases, differentiating between independent and dependent clauses, and rewording sentences with misplaced modifiers.
--Grammar and History Trivia
--Practice CRCT Test is due Friday
Highlights of the Week:
We will read "Raymond's Run" in our literature book and analyze the theme, tone, character, and author's techniques. Students need to bring their writing log, writing and grammar text, and workbook to class each day. It is vital that they stay current with their work this nine weeks; if they are absent, they must not wait to check the class calendar and make-up folder. Students may arrange a time before school to complete make up work.
This week and next week, we will study adjective and adverb phrases and clauses.
Students received their graded cover letters and resumes. What interesting and unusual jobs, skills, and interests they incorporated into their writing!
Students, we are approaching the end of the nine weeks grading period. You must make up your work by this Wednesday. Please make arrangements with me to come inbefore homeroom to complete your work. I am in the process of evaluating your cover letters and resumes. What entrepreneurs you are!
Reminders this week:
Bring your grammar textbook, workbook, and writing log to class each day. Behavior card points will be deducted if you are not prepared for class. Please complete your grammar pre-test by Wednesday of this week.
Have a great week!
