Language Arts 3-4-14

Language Arts:
     ISAT Reading Test I
     get a good night's rest & be ready for Reading Test II (tomorrow you write an extended response! -- remember what we learned about good writing in our "Short Writes!".  Do your best!
 
Princeton......
         We started a journal entry with two prompts (#12);  finish at home;  we discussed the beginning of our novel, Thirteen Reasons Why and listened to part of Cassette A.   We will be focusing on characterization and theme. As you read, jot down quotes and page #s.  Tonight, we'll be reading Cassette A.
         Poetry teams met and finalized plans for presentations that begin tomorrow.
         We corrected Simple Solutions #56.
          Simple Solutions Test is Thursday 3/6; packets will be collected.

Yale......
         We created a journal entry reflecting on "Telling the Truth."  (Prompts were passed out to staple inside our notebooks).  Finish entries at home.  We participated in a Readers' Theatre as we read our novel together.  Tonight we'll be reading through chapter 8.   NOVEL:  Nothing but the Truth
         Poetry teams met and finalized plans for presentations that begin tomorrow.
         Simple Solutions Test is Thursday 3/6; packets will be collected.

Harvard.....
         We continued our notes in our red notebook on poetry.  We learned various names for meters and number of feet in a meter, including iambic pentameter.
         Our poetry teams met and finalized plans for presentations that begin tomorrow.
          Simple Solutions Test is on Wednesday 3/5; packets will be collected.
          Novel:  The Skin I'm In  -- read chapters 14, 15, 16