Week 6

This is the last week that grades will be taken for the first six weeks.  Tutorials will be held Wednesday after school from 4:00-4:30. 

Monday

September 30

Class Time:

1.       “Harrison Bergeron”

2.      Dystopia versus utopia

3.      Think-pair-share (Macintosh 1984 Super Bowl commercial)

4.      Hw:  Study root words (arch, aud, biblio)

Tuesday

Class time:

1.       Quiz on roots (Aud, Biblio, Arch)

2.      Introducing tone

3.      Finish “Harrison Bergeron”

4.      Satire (the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues)

5.      Review grammar compound, complex, and simple

6.      Hw:  new root words due Thursday

Wednesday

Class Time:

1.       Diagram the plot of “Harrison Bergeron”

2.      Start “Harrison Bergeron” assignment

3.      analogies/break up letter "Dear John" "Dear Susan"

4.      Go over Root words #4

5.      Symbolism

6.      Hw:  “Harrison Bergeron” assignment due Tuesday

Thursday

Class Time:

1.       STAAR practice

2.      Grammar practice

3.      Harrison Bergeron movie (30 min)

4.      Hw:  “Harrison Bergeron” due Tuesday

 

Friday

Class Time:

1.      Grammar practice

2.       STAAR practice

3.      Hw:  none

4.      Have a great long weekend!!