Section outline

  • MONDAY:

    Periods 1-3: 

    >Notes on theme --  >> CLICK HERE <<  for notes; 

    >Aesop's Fables -- Link to Library of Congress's collection of them   >> HERE << . 

    >Poem: "To A Mouse" -- Robert Burns

    >Assignment: Using one of the below "messages," create a brief story of your own, your own "Aesop's Fable."

        1. Friendships need care.
        2. Anger isn't worth it.
        3. Kindness matters.
        4. Grudges cause pain.
        5. You aren't always right.
        6. It will pass.
        7. Risk expands you.
        8. You can't control others.
        9. Little things matter.
        10. Worry is worthless.


    Periods 4-6:

    >Notes on theme --  >> CLICK HERE <<  for notes; 

    >Aesop's Fables -- Link to Library of Congress's collection of them   >> HERE << . 

    >Assignment: Using one of the below "messages," create a brief story of your own, your own "Aesop's Fable."

          1. Friendships need care.
          2. Anger isn't worth it.
          3. Kindness matters.
          4. Grudges cause pain.
          5. You aren't always right.
          6. It will pass.
          7. Risk expands you.
          8. You can't control others.
          9. Little things matter.
          10. Worry is worthless.


    TUESDAY:


    All classes: 
    >Notes on verbs --  >> CLICK HERE <<  for notes;

    >Classwork: Use each of the nominative pronouns and their objective counterparts in a sentence, for a total of 10 sentences (you don't need sentences for "you" or "it," since they do not change). Use I, ME, HE, HIM, SHE, HER, WE, US, THEY, THEM  correctly in a sentence. The words in bold will be paired up with a verb (making them subjects), and the words underlined will NOT be paired with verbs (making them objects).

    Periods 4-6:
    >In addition to the above, you have reading assignment #7 in Fahrenheit 451 due today;


    WEDNESDAY:

    Vocabulary quiz / new vocabulary

    >> CLICK HERE <<  for next week's words and sentences.


    THURSDAY:

    >Fables due today


    FRIDAY:

    >Periods 1 - 3:

    >Read "The Interlopers." Story is   >>HERE<< . 

    Handout for "The Interlopers"  >>HERE<< . 

    This is due in class today.

    >Periods 4 - 6:

    Finish the novel, Fahrenheit 451. You should be finished when you come to class.

    Study guide -- no quiz today. 

    Then, poem assignment.  >>CLICK HERE <<  for the poem assignment.


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    Handouts for the week: