You can find our list of assignments here, in case you forget at home!
Starting in March
Week 5 29 Feb-4 March
Monday developing a thesis for your blog and a good lead in/hook
Tuesday To Kill a Mockingbird 14-16
Wednesday in class writing on To Kill a Mockingbird
Thursday Beka list 10, review for test
Friday test on MLA format and persuasion
Assignment: first draft of your blog due Monday 7 March, counts as a test
read Mockingbird chapters
Week 6 7-11 March
Monday blog draft due, in class read blog and comment with rubric
Tuesday Mockingbird 17-20
Wednesday computer day learn how to do blog and start the first lines
Thursday Mockingbird 17-20
Friday Beka list 11. get blog draft back
assignment: do the second draft of your blog
Week 7 14-18 March
Monday test on Beka lists 9, 10, 11
Tuesday: continue putting blog online
Wednesday computer day...
Thursday review Mockingbird 10-20
Friday test on Mockingbird 10-20
Week 8 21-25 March
Monday character analysis work in groups of three. as assigned.
Tuesday character analysis:
Wednesday: computer day to comment on other people’s blogs
Thursday: character analysis first draft due. In class, evaluate research project (food waste)
Friday: Beka list 12. get draft of character analysis back
Spring break**28 March-1 April** read chapters 21-23 and 24-31 of Mockingbird over the break. Complete your character analysis paper.
Week 9 4-8 April
Monday: Mockingbird 21-23
Tuesday watch Mockingbird movie
Wednesday watch Mockingbird movie
Thursday Mockingbird 27-28
Friday Mockingbird 29-31
Week 10 11-15 April
Monday: final test on Mockingbird
Tuesday: Beka list 13
Wednesday: choose quotation from Mockingbird to illustrate in a poster
Thursday work on poster: you and your partner prepare: why you chose this quote. When it is said in the novel and by whom, why you chose the illustration that you did. about 3 mins each group.
Friday poster presentation to class
