Happy December!
Check your grades online. Progress reports are only a few weeks away. This quarter goes by quickly with the holiday breaks.
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton is our new novel. We will be reading one chapter per evening and completing a chapter summary using the graphic organizer passed out in class.
Monday: Chapter 1
Tuesday: Chapter 2
Wednesday: Chapter 3
Thursday: Study for Test
Friday: Test on 1-3 plus vocabulary
Read Chapter 4
Simple Solutions: Units 5-8 will be graded Tuesday;
Test on Thursday.
Book reports BOOK Two is due on 12/5/12. Some students chose only one book; all three parts of report were due last week; for those who chose two books, the second parts are due Weds.
Lincoln, character traits with evidence: due on 12/5/12.
Use the story in our Green Literature book: Lincoln, a Photobiography, use O Captain, My Captain, the movie, Lincoln, and other sources about Lincoln to site evidence to his traits.
Be sure portfolios and notebooks are up-to-date.
Study flashcards for literary elements and devices.
We've covered: characters, theme, plot, setting, point of view, mood, & tone.
You should know what an extended metaphor is.
Review: similes, metaphors, hyperbole, personification, imagery, synecdoche.
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