Monthly Archives: February 2019

-reviewed punctuation when using Quotation marks, and parallelism rules. -using a Venn Diagram OR a T-chart, compare the article and the short story given in class. Barney

-complete for Friday.  Please print for class.  Notes are combined with exercises on the link below:

no homework.  If you have nothing to do, you could work on your verb tenses and also improving your vocabulary. Here is a vocab game: https://www.english-online.org.uk/games/grofdoom/advisory.htm  

-please finish Journal #3 for tomorrow’s class.  You may type it but please have a printed copy for class.

-review notes (see below):

-today we finished Journal #3 -prep for lit circle.  You should be able to talk about concepts from Barney, the two articles given in class, and Rise of Planet of the Apes.  Please review the rubric given out in class today and … Continue reading →

-finish character analysis sheet for your favorite character from Lose Now, Pay Later.

-watch the movie Rise of the Planet of the Apes.  Please watch the version from 2011. -today we practiced our first lit circle.  Monday we will continue using the article and Barney. -Tuesday we will do another lit circle using the movie … Continue reading →

-please study for the irony quiz tomorrow -finish reading the story “Lose Now, Pay Later”.  Compare/contrast the story to real life using a Venn Diagram OR chart.  Some issues to consider: Body Image, Peer Pressure, Addiction, Values, etc.

Barney Comprehension Questions                                       Skills 10 What happened to Tayloe? Explain your reasoning. Why does the spelling get so bad by the end of the journal? On what grounds is Tayloe fired? How does the protagonist rationalize Tayloe’s dismissal? What is … Continue reading →