Room 7 Edublog

M: This Little Light of Mine
T: Man of Constant Sorrow
W: She Rocks in the Treetops
Th: Splish Splash
F: Drag Me Down

BELLRINGERS
Review

OBJECTIVES
To read a variety of British Literature
To analyze/explain an author’s word choice and literary devices
To portray how characters, ideas, or events interact & develop

AGENDA
Macbeth: begin/continue the court case surrounding Lord and Lady Macbeth
T: Grammar Test

HOMEWORK
Prepare for grammar test

M: Your Man
T: Stand by Me
W: Imagine
Th: Piano w/ a Twist
F: Irish Presentation School Choir

BELLRINGERS
Verbals & Review

OBJECTIVES
To read a variety of British Literature
To analyze/explain an author’s word choice and literary devices
To portray how characters, ideas, or events interact & develop

AGENDA
Macbeth: finish the movie and begin the court case

HOMEWORK
Macbeth notes and quotes past due
Prepare for grammar test
Practice Drill:
List each part of speech. After each, write 2 examples from the paragraph below:
During spring break, Phyllis flew to Miami to visit her cousins. It was an early graduation trip from her grandparents and aunt. Man! It was a glorious trip! She thoroughly enjoyed all the sights in Miami, but luxuriously spent the most time at the white, sandy beach near their rental vacation home. Yikes! Sunburn hurts!
POSSIBLE ANSWERS IN POST BELOW

M: Living in the Sunlight
T: The Impossible Dream
W: What a Wonderful World
Th: The Confrontation
F: My Guitar Weeps

BELLRINGERS
Interjections, Prepositions

OBJECTIVES
To read a variety of British Literature
To analyze/explain an author’s word choice and literary devices
To portray how characters, ideas, or events interact & develop

AGENDA
M-F: Macbeth

HOMEWORK
Macbeth notes and quotes due Wednesday at the end of class, 4/27/16
ANSWERS TO PARAGRAPH ABOVE:
Verbs: flew, spent, was, enjoyed, hurts
Nouns: break, Phyllis, Miami, cousins, trip, grandparents, aunt, trip, sights, time, beach, home, sunburn
Pronouns: her, it, she
Adjectives: spring, early, graduation, glorious, most, white, sandy, rental, vacation, all, a, an, the
Adverbs: thoroughly, luxuriously
Prepositions: to Miami, during, from, in, at
Conjunctions: and, but
Interjections: man, yikes

M: Defying Gravity
T: Chuck Berry’s Johnny B Goode
W: The Impossible Dream
Th: Willis Family Irish Dance
F: Here Comes the Sun

BELLRINGERS
Interjections, Prepositions

OBJECTIVES
To read a variety of British Literature
To analyze/explain an author’s word choice and literary devices
To portray how characters, ideas, or events interact & develop

AGENDA
M-F: Macbeth

HOMEWORK
Macbeth notes and quotes

M: Whip It!
T: Cups
W: All American Girl
Th: Clocks
F: Dancing in the Street

BELLRINGERS
Adverbs, Prepositions

OBJECTIVES
To read a variety of British Literature
To analyze/explain an author’s word choice and literary devices
To portray how characters, ideas, or events interact & develop

AGENDA
M-T: Macbeth
W: Review for literary periods exam
Th: Exam and Macbeth
F: Macbeth

HOMEWORK
Macbeth notes and quotes
Study for exam
W: Macbeth Questions due

Take a Chance on Me
Opera to Punk
I Want It That Way
Staying Alive
I’m Blue

BELLRINGERS
M-W: Adjectives
Th-F: Adverbs

OBJECTIVES
To read a variety of British Literature
To analyze/explain an author’s word choice and literary devices
To portray how characters, ideas, or events interact & develop

AGENDA
M-F: Macbeth

HOMEWORK
Macbeth notes and quotes

Never Gonna Give You Up
I Wanna Dance with Somebody
You’re the One that I Want
Love Runs Out
Sweet Home Alabama

BELLRINGERS
M: 3 Noun Jobs: Subject, Appositive, Predicate Nominative
T: 2 Noun Jobs: Objects of the Preposition & Nouns of Direct Address
W: 3 Noun Jobs: Direct & Indirect Object; Objective Complements
Th: Types of Nouns: Proper, Common, Concrete, Abstract, Plural, Possessive
F: Noun Review

OBJECTIVES
To read a variety of British Literature
To analyze/explain an author’s word choice and literary devices
To portray how characters, ideas, or events interact & develop

AGENDA
M: Finish British Timeline; Macbeth background
T-F: Review for final; Macbeth

HOMEWORK
Macbeth notes and quotes

This is the Army
Inka Gold Music
Piece by Piece
I Won’t Let You Down
Coming Home

BELLRINGERS
M: Class announcements & Visitor (Marines)
T: Overview of quarter; grammar pretest
W: What are the 8 parts of speech? Define as many as you can.
Th-F: Nouns

OBJECTIVES
To read a variety of British Literature
To analyze/explain an author’s word choice and literary devices
To portray how characters, ideas, or events interact & develop

AGENDA
M: Class Visitor
T-Th: Pretests; Watch The Importance of Being Earnest
Th-F: British Timeline Worksheet w/ Prezi: http://prezi.com/3qay71_6pncm/timeline-of-british-literature/

Jailhouse Rock
It’s Oh so Quiet
Good Country Song
Who Put the Bop

BELLRINGERS
M: Should high school have recess?
T: Should it be mandated that every high school student spend 1 school year abroad?
Th: Should college athletes be paid for playing?

OBJECTIVES
To analyze satire strategies
To validate critical assessment

AGENDA
M-T: The Importance of Being Earnest
W: Jordan Brown
Th: The Importance of Being Earnest

HOMEWORK
Get in any missing work from the current unit

M: Man in the Mirror
T: Gone, Gone, Gone
W: Made in the USA
Th: Eminem
F: My Way

OBJECTIVES
To create book report overviews implementing persuasion
To present book reports to an audience
To practice listening and speaking skills
To analyze satirical strategies

BELLRINGERS
M: What classes should the school make mandatory (that they don’t now) to prepare students for life?
T: If there was 20K in the budget for the address to graduates, whom would you persuade the school board to request for this year’s commencement address?
W: The month of April has no school breaks yet is full of testing. What is your opinion: is this wise or unwise?
Th: School cafeteria food: is it delicious yet nutritious? Is there room for improvement?
F: Should college be “free” like public school?

AGENDA
M – F: Book report presentations
Analyze The Importance of Being Earnest

HOMEWORK
Prepare book report presentations