Hunger Games--The END!
November 11, 2011 |
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Read chapters 25-the end.
Complete the study guide and turn in your maps. |
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Hunger Games
November 10, 2011 |
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Read chapters 22-24 and complete the study guide.
Work on your maps tonight! |
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Hunger Games (homework)
Due Date: November 9, 2011 |
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Read chapters 19-21 and complete the study guide.
Draw or create a map of the arena or of the country of Panem. You must include COLOR, labels, and a map key. This can be done on computer at home, if you prefer. DUE: Friday |
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Hunger Games
November 8, 2011 |
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We will finish the reading this week!
Today, read chapters 16-18 and complete the study guide. |
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 Study Guide chapters 16-18 (12.14 KB)
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2nd Six Weeks Exam
November 7, 2011 |
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Quiz #4/Hunger Games Analogies
October 21, 2011 |
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Students will complete their fouth quiz of the second six weeks, which includes Hunger Games chapters 10-12, text structures, and grammar that we've done in class this week.
Students will create Hunger Games analogies after their quiz. |
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Hunger Games--Chapters 11 & 12 (homework)
Due Date: October 20, 2011 |
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| Today, students will read through HG chapters 11-12 and complete their study guide that goes with those chapters. Students should get the majority of this done in class. Whatever they do not finish is homework. Study for tomorrow's quiz! |
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Hunger Games--Chapter 10
October 19, 2011 |
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Today is an early dismissal day. We will, however, have time to read through chapter 10 of the Hunger Games in class.
If students did not complete and turn in both the text structures packet and the paragraph they were supposed to write, it is due as soon as they come into class tomorrow. The paragraph assignment is attached to today's calendar. The text structures packet is attached to yesterday's calendar. |
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Hunger Games Paragraph (Homework) (homework)
Due Date: October 19, 2011 |
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Text Structure Review (homework)
Due Date: October 18, 2011 |
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Today, students reviewed text structure, worked through their packets, and were assiged a paragraph to write using either chronological order or compare/contrast from the Hunger Games novel.
Paragraphs are due Wednesday, 10/19. |
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Text Structure (homework)
Due Date: October 17, 2011 |
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Students will study a variety of text structure and will create graphic organizers and will write 3 paragraphs in a variety of structures.
This packet is worth 60 points and is due on Wednesday, 10/19. |
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Trail Blaze
October 14, 2011 |
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| Students will participate in Trail Blaze activities today. |
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Hunger Games--QUIZ DAY
October 13, 2011 |
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| Students will complete their third Hunger Games quiz today. We will quiz over chapters 6-9, as well as over the sentnce structure that we've done as bell work. |
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Hunger Games (homework)
Due Date: October 12, 2011 |
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| Students should read chapters 8-9, and should complete their study guides and reading journal for each chapter. Any work not completed in class is to be done as homework. |
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Hunger Games (homework)
Due Date: October 11, 2011 |
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| Students should have the novel, Hunger Games, and should read chapters 6-7, complete the 6-7 study guide, and complete the reading journal for each chapter. Any work not finished in class is to be completed as homework. |
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EOC Writing Benchmark
October 10, 2011 |
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| All RCS students grades 9-11 will take the EOC writing benchmark today. This is the first of 3 writing benchmarks that we'll have between now and January. |
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Hunger Games--Quiz/Vocab Activity
September 23, 2011 |
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Students will complete their weekly quiz, which will include reading comprehension, grammar, theme, characterization, and setting questions.
Students will complete a vocab activity in class.
No homework for the weekend! |
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Hunger Games--Chapters 2-3
September 22, 2011 |
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Today, we will discuss theme and the importance of setting in the novel.
Students will complete their first two "chatter" reading journal entries, and should complete chapter 2-3 packet and study for their quiz that is scheduled for Friday. |
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Hunger Games--Chapters 2-3
September 21, 2011 |
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| Today, we will be focusing on characterization and the rising conflict of Katniss's selection for the Hunger Games. Chapter 1 packet should be completed, and we got about halfway through chapter 2. Chapter 2-3 packet is attached, as is the reading journal assignment for this unit. |
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Hunger Games--Chapter 1
September 20, 2011 |
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| Students will read the first chapter of Hunger Games and complete their packet that goes with it. Their packet includes reading comprehension, vocabulary, grammar, and EOC skills for each chapter. EACH CHAPTER'S PACKET MUST BE COMPLETED DAILY, EITHER IN CLASS OR AS HOMEWORK. |
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Intro to Hunger Games
September 19, 2011 |
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Today, we will be reading selected passages of Aristotle's "Causes of Revolution" and the Declaration of Independence, and discussing the theme of "revolution" in small groups.
Please note that students will be assigned a small group to work with for the duration of this novel unit. |
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Homecoming Day
September 9, 2011 |
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Blaze Bash, parade, and pep assembly will take place today! Have a great time!
Go, Blaze! |
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Notebook Check #2/Quiz #4
September 8, 2011 |
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Today, students will turn in their second notebook check. They should have: 7 bell works since Aug. 23, Allusion/Symbolism Notes, Point of View notes, "Lamb to the Slaughter" notes, and "By the Waters of Babylon" notes. This check is worth 100 points, which is equal to a test grade. ALL notes must be complete for full credit.
Students will have a quiz over "By the Waters of Babylon," bell work grammar, allusion, symbolism, POV, and irony. (All quizzes/tests are cumulative.) |
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By The Waters of Babylon (homework)
Due Date: September 7, 2011 |
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| Students will get some notes over "plot" before we finish reading BTWB. They will have a chance to read and complete their study guide for BTWB in class. Any questions that are not finished by the end of the period are homework. |
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Class Notes for BTWB/Allusions
September 6, 2011 |
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By the Waters of Babylon
September 6, 2011 |
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| Today, students will review their allusions/symbolism notes and will begin reading "By the Waters of Babylon" by Stephen Vincent Benet. (pgs. 174 ff. in their lit books) |
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Labor Day--No School
September 5, 2011 |
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