March

=Lessons for the Month of March=
 * Click here for lessons for the week of February 28.
 * Click here for lessons for the week of March 8
 * Click here for lessons for the week of March 14
 * Click here for lessons for the week of March 21
 * Click here for lessons for the Week of March 28

Week of February 28

 * Monday**
 * We played a game on Quia where students had to find appositives and appositive phrases.
 * We completed page 69 of the Language Network book on appositives.
 * Tuesday**
 * We reviewed appositives and appositive phrases.
 * The class was divided in half. 1 group discussed the benefits of technology, while the other discussed the detriments.
 * Both groups presented.
 * The class was given a graphic organizer for pre-writing for their essay. The question is included in the handout. [[file:Technology Harmful or Helpful Organizer.pdf]]
 * They must complete the handout for homework.
 * Wednesday**
 * Students completed a page on consistent verb tense from their Language Network workbooks.
 * Students worked on writing the rough drafts for their technology essay, which can be seen on this handout. [[file:Technology Harmful or Helpful Organizer.pdf]]
 * The rough drafts are due tomorrow.
 * Thursday**
 * Students peer edited their rough drafts.
 * Afterward, they completed the vocabulary sheet or "Man in the Water". [[file:Man in the Water Vocabulary Study.pdf]]
 * Friday**
 * We took our weekly L to J quiz and scored a new class high.
 * After, we read "Man on the Water" and completed an organizer to take note of details of the essay. [[file:Man in the Water Reading Skill.pdf]]

Week of March 7

 * Monday**
 * The students...**
 * reviewed the essay "Man in the Water" and completed the literary skillbuilder handout. [[file:Man in the Water Literary Analysis.pdf]]
 * combined sentences using appositives. [[file:Man in the Water Revision.pdf]]
 * Tuesday**
 * The students...**
 * completed two grammar lessons from their workbooks, one on fragments and one on run-ons.
 * because the lessons took longer than anticipated, their Unit 3 test will now be on Thursday.
 * Wednesday**
 * The students...**
 * finished their lesson on fragments and run-ons from the previous day.
 * reviewed for their Unit 3: Narrative Devices test tomorrow by taking notes on the review sheet. [[file:Unit 3 Test Review.pdf]]
 * Here is the handout with the notes we added today. [[file:Unit 3 Review Completed Spring 2011.pdf]]
 * Thursday**
 * The students...**
 * Began their end of Unit Assessment.
 * Friday**
 * The students...**
 * continued taking their end of Unit Assessment.

** Week of March 14**

 * Monday**
 * The students finished (all except for one) their Unit 3 Assessment.
 * After they finished, they read pages 160-165 and took notes using the handout. [[file:Unit 2 Literary Analysis Workshop Notes.pdf]]
 * Tuesday**
 * The students...**
 * reviewed the notes on pages 160-165. [[file:Unit 2 Notes Complete.pdf]]
 * previewed the vocabulary of the story. [[file:Possibility of Evil Vocabulary.pdf]]
 * discussed the question, "How good are you at judging people?" on page 186.
 * listened as I started reading the story to them.
 * Wednesday**
 * The students...**
 * finished the story "A Possibility of Evil" and filled out the inference chart. [[file:Possibility of Evil Inference Chart.pdf]]
 * Thursday**
 * The students...**
 * Heard the difference between connotation and denotation.
 * made a list of synonyms for the word bathroom and discussed the connotation of the words and their tone.
 * completed a handout in which they used the words based on their connotation. [[file:The Possibility of Evil Connotation and Denotation.pdf]]
 * Friday**
 * The students finished the handout on Connotation and Denotation after L to J**

** Week of March 21**

 * Monday**
 * The students reviewed "The Possibility of Evil" and took a selection quiz.
 * They completed their short response for the story. [[file:Possibility of Evil Short Response.pdf]]
 * Tuesday**
 * Students discussed tone and completed a tone handout for the Ferris Bueller movies. [[file:Ferris Bueller Tone.pdf]]
 * Wednesday**
 * The students...**
 * reviewed the concept of tone.
 * read "A Celebration of Grandfathers" on page 222 and completed the reading skill handout. [[file:A Celebration of Grandfathers Authors Perspective.pdf]]
 * completed the literary analysis handout. [[file:A Celebration of Grandfathers Character Traits.pdf]]
 * Thursday**
 * The students...**
 * discussed "A Celebration of Grandfathers" and answered questions 5,7, and 10 from page 299.
 * took a quiz for "A Celebration of Grandfathers".
 * reviewed the different sentence structures: Simple, Complex, Compound, and Compound/Complex.
 * began a worksheet to identify the simple subjects and predicates in simple sentences. [[file:Simple Subject and Predicate.pdf]]
 * will finish the handout tomorrow and diagram a few sentences.
 * Friday**
 * The students...**
 * took their weekly L to J quiz.
 * finished the simple subjects and predicates handout. [[file:Simple Subject and Predicate.pdf]]
 * had a mini-lesson on diagramming simple sentences.

The Week of March 28

 * The students...**
 * finished the handout on sentence diagramming. [[file:English 10 Diagramming.pdf]]
 * began reading "Generational Ties" and completing the details handout. [[file:Simply Grand Identify Main Idea.pdf]]
 * Tuesday**
 * The students...**
 * finished reading "Simply Grand" and discussed the main ideas sheet. [[file:Simply Grand Identify Main Idea.pdf]]
 * Afterward, they answered the following question in an essay.
 * Wednesday**
 * The students...**
 * discussed childhood memories.
 * read "Those Winter Sundays" and "The Gift" while completing a handout on character traits in poetry. [[file:The Gift-Those Winter Sundays Characters in Poetry.pdf]]
 * Thursday**
 * The students...**
 * completed the inference sheet for "Those Winter Sundays" and "The Gift". [[file:The Gift-Those Winter Sundays Making Inferences.pdf]]
 * began work on the sentence variety handout. [[file:sentence_combining_and_sentence_variety.pdf]]
 * Friday**
 * The students...**
 * took their weekly L to J quiz.
 * continued working on the sentence combining handout.[[file:sentence_combining_and_sentence_variety.pdf]]