Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Reading Schedule for SPEAK, by Laurie Halse Anderson


There will be comprehension checks (usually quizzes) on the days in bold.

Block 1 Reading Schedule

By this day

Be up to this page

Monday, Apr 28

1

Tuesday, Apr 29

9

Wednesday, Apr 30

17

Thursday, May 1

26

Friday, May 2

46

Saturday, May 3

61

Sunday, May 4

73

Monday, May 5

80

Tuesday, May 6

92

Wednesday, May 7

118

Thursday, May 8

137

Friday, May 9

148

Saturday, May 10

164

Sunday, May 11

172

Monday, May 12

198


Block 5 Reading Schedule

By this day

Be up to this page

Monday, Apr 28

1

Tuesday, Apr 29

17

Wednesday, Apr 30

26

Thursday, May 1

46

Friday, May 2

61

Saturday, May 3

73

Sunday, May 4

80

Monday, May 5

92

Tuesday, May 6

112

Wednesday, May 7


Thursday, May 8

123

Friday, May 9

137

Saturday, May 10

148

Sunday, May 11

164

Monday, May 12

172

Tuesday, May 13

184

Wednesday, May 14

198 (end)

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Animal Farm Reality Show Confessional

This assignment was due last week, but I'm throwing it up here now for students who are turning it in late and need access to the instructions.
Click here

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Character Paragraph

Here is the MindMap we used in Block 5 to write the one paragraph assignment that day.

Here is the Mind Map
we used in Block 1.

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Quiz on Thursday/Friday

There will be a quiz on Chapters IV through VI of Animal Farm on Thursday for Block 5 and on Friday for Block 1.

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Classwork for April 9/10

Use this worksheet to show your understanding of Chapter 1 of Animal Farm. This exercise will be open book, however the next time class meets there will be a closed-book quiz on Chapters 1, 2 and 3 of this book.

This is due at the end of class on April 9 for block 5 and April 10 for block 1.

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Homework due Thursday for BLOCK 5 only

Write a two or three sentence summary of each chapter that has been assigned to you. Turn these in via email. Be sure to include the chapter number and page numbers in the subject line.

Chapter

Beginning Page

End Page

163

115

119

Nico

167

119

124

Nico

173

125

126

Sydney

179

126

140

Jack

181

140

144

Michael

191

144

155

Charley

193

155

158

Zucchini

197

158

164

Alejandro

199

164

165

Alejandro

211

166

177

Bram

223

177

179

Zuchini

227a

179

188

Rachel

227b

189

198

Michael

229

198

200

Zucchini