Sunday, September 30, 2018
Analysis Essay Grading
I am working on grading the analysis essays. It is slow going. I will not be finishing them all this weekend, but they will definitely be finished early next week.
Friday, September 28, 2018
Test Grades!!
As promised, all test grades are now in the grade book. I will work on essays this weekend, and if all goes well, everything will be entered by Sunday.
Have a great weekend! See you Tuesday (I'm out Monday at a conference).
Have a great weekend! See you Tuesday (I'm out Monday at a conference).
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Unit 1 Test
Don't forget our Unit 1 test is tomorrow, Thursday, September 27th. Make sure you study so you can do well.
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Unit 1 Test Review
Thursday will be our unit 1 test. Wednesday we will be reviewing the information that is on the test. I am posting the review here.
English III Unit 1 Review
Know the classroom rules: 5 m/c questions
Know the stories we read and their authors.
5 short answers: You must use complete sentences to get full credit.
Author’s purpose in “On Compassion” was to be aware of those
less fortunate and show compassion
.
In “The Joy of Reading and Writing” the author’s purpose was
to encourage young people to better themselves.
He told them they could do this through learning to read and write.
In “The Life You Save May be Your Own” you will have to
define internal and external conflict, and give an example from the story.
In “The Worn Path” what does the phoenix (or Phoenix)
represent? Rebirth
Fill in the blank:
Words are from the stories. Go to
those stories and find the sentence the word is in (it’s blue and bold). That is the sentence I used. The first time it appears is the one I used.
Desolate and Ominous from “The Life You Save May be Your
Own.”
Grave and Obstinate from “The Worn Path.”
Know the parts of the plot chart and be able to label the
plot chart.
Know that the first thing that went in the top left hand
corner of the letters we wrote was the date.
Also know that the last thing we write before signing the letter is
sincerely.
Know your heading and how to write it correctly.
Monday, September 24, 2018
Online Textbook Instructions
You can access our text book online by doing the following:
Log into Killeenisd.org
Click parents and students
Scroll down and click on Pearson (this is our book)
Log in and you will find the book in your class.
Log into Killeenisd.org
Click parents and students
Scroll down and click on Pearson (this is our book)
Log in and you will find the book in your class.
Thursday, September 20, 2018
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