10 th Grade Eng. II Week 4. Journal #2: Difficult Decisions 9/8 Tim O’Brien faces a difficult decision in “On the Rainy River.” Have you ever faced a.

10th Grade Eng. II

Week 4

Journal #2: Difficult Decisions9/8

Tim O’Brien faces a difficult decision in “On the Rainy River.” Have you ever faced a difficult decision in your life? Describe the event and your decision. Did you make the right decision?

Check to see if you included:A specific exampleAnswered the questions in a well-developed

paragraph (3-5 sentences minimum)

Eng. IIMonday, Sept. 8th

OBJECTIVES: Journal #2 Finish “On the Rainy

River”—page 636 Check Vocab.:

Prefixes (Game Four)

“Ghost of a Chance”—poem IDIOMS

ASSIGNMENTS: Game Five: Suffixes Tues./Wed.—

Resume and Letter of Application

TUES., Sept. 9th

OBJECTIVES: Journal #3: Letter of

Application Resume/Letter of

Application

ASSIGNMENTS: Game Five: Suffixes Resume/Letter

(Friday)

Eng. IIWed., 9/10

OBJECTIVES: Journal #4: Idioms Poem “Ghost of a

Chance” Type up Letter and

Resume Check Vocab.:

Prefixes and Suffix Thursday

ASSIGNMENTS: Game Five: Suffixes BY FRIDAY:

Resume and Letter of Application

Journal #4: Idioms Wed., 9/10

Write down the following definition: Idiom—A phrase or expression that means somethingdifferent from what the words actually say. An idiom isusually understandable to a particular group of people. Can you translate what the following idioms

mean? Write the idom and the translation Tongue-in-Cheek  

Jump Down Someone‘s Throat Smell a Rat

Kick the Bucket Pull Someone's Leg

Eng. IIThurs., 9/11

OBJECTIVES: Journal #5: 9/11 Review Objectives Group Work:

Vocab.—prefixes and suffixes; review the difference between base words and root words

Resume/Application Letter—on computers

ASSIGNMENTS: Common Assessment Resume/Letter of

Application

Journal #5: Remembering 9/11Thurs., Sept. 11

Eight years after 9/11, we rememberthose we’ve lost. One way weremember is by creating a memorial. InNew York, they are working to build amemorial on the site of the Towers.Visualize what you might include in thatmemorial. What kind of structure wouldyou construct and why? Create a web graphic organizer

Eng. IIFriday, 9/12

OBJECTIVES: Journal #6: The

Chocolate Wars Review Objectives Group Work:

Vocab.—prefixes and suffixes; review the difference between base words and root words

Resume/Application Letter—on computers

ASSIGNMENTS: Common Assessment Resume/Letter of

Application

CP English III, 11th

Week 4

CP Eng. IIIMonday, Sept. 8th

OBJECTIVES: DOL QUIZ—Unit One,

Part Two Check Vocab.:

Prefixes

ASSIGNMENT: Resume/Application

Letter (Wed.) Vocab.: Suffixes

CP Eng. IIITuesday, Sept. 9th—Club Day

OBJECTIVES: Work Day

DOL—check tomorrow

QUIZ—finish essay if need to

Resume and Letter of Application

ASSIGNMENT: Resume/Application

Letter (Wed.) Vocab.: Suffixes

CP Eng. IIIWed., Sept. 10th

OBJECTIVES: DOL Colleges—Mrs.

Howe Visits Thurs.

Resume and Letter of Application

Check Vocab.: Prefix and Suffix

ASSIGNMENT: Friday/Monday—

Common Assessment

CP Eng. IIIThursday, Sept. 11

OBJECTIVES: Following Directions

Activity Objectives—Review DOL—Review Vocab.—Review

ASSIGNMENT: Common

Assessment

Journal #5: Remembering 9/11Thurs., Sept. 11

Eight years after 9/11, we rememberthose we’ve lost. One way weremember is by creating a memorial. InNew York, they are working to build amemorial on the site of the Towers.Visualize what you might include in thatmemorial. What kind of structure wouldyou construct and why? Include: well-developed paragraph of 5

sentences.

DOLS, 9/11

1. When asked if life is worth living, did Charles’ great-grandmother really say, “Well, it depends upon the liver”?

2. General Colin Powell was quoted in the August 21, 1995, issue of U.S. News as saying, “We should sacrifice for one another, care about one another, never be satisfied when anybody in this group is suffering and we can do something about it.”

3. Animals, plants, fungus organisms, protists, and monerans—these are the five groups into which all living things are divided.

4. Bricks, the oldest building material on earth, were probably invented in Egypt, home of the pyramids.

5. My sister-in-law explained, “Head, heart, hands, and health—these are what the four H’s in 4-H stand for.”

CP Eng. IIIFriday, Sept. 12

OBJECTIVES: Common

Assessment Page 49 in textbook

Work on: DOLs—will collect

Monday (along with journals)

ASSIGNMENT: Common

Assessment—Writing Assessment

Publications

Week 4

Monday

OBJECTIVES: Weekly Reports ADS—collect and

contact NEWSPAPER—

articles and interview

YEARBOOK—theme and ladder

ASSIGNMENTS: Volleyball Game—

need someone to cover

File Folders—create

Photos—organize Ads—Thank you

notes and certificates

Tuesday

OBJECTIVES: ADS—collect and

contact NEWSPAPER—

articles and interview

YEARBOOK—theme and ladder

ASSIGNMENTS: File Folders—

create Photos—organize Ads—Thank you

notes and certificates

Wednesday

OBJECTIVES: ADS—collect and

contact NEWSPAPER—

articles and interview

YEARBOOK—theme and ladder

YEARBOOK DISTRIBUTION

ASSIGNMENTS: File Folders—

create Photos—organize Ads—Thank you

notes and certificates

YEARBOOK DISTRIBUTION

Thursday

OBJECTIVES: ADS—collect and

contact NEWSPAPER—

articles and interview

YEARBOOK—theme and ladder

YEARBOOK DISTRIBUTION

ASSIGNMENTS: File Folders—

create Photos—organize Ads—Thank you

notes and certificates

YEARBOOK DISTRIBUTION

Friday

OBJECTIVES: BRITTANY—Yearbook

Idea (So COOL!) ADS—collect and

contact NEWSPAPER—articles

and interview YEARBOOK

LADDER YEARBOOK

DISTRIBUTION

ASSIGNMENTS: File Folders—create

(Nicole) Photos—organize

(Ashley) Ads—Thank you notes

and certificates YEARBOOK

DISTRIBUTION