Week of September 24, 2012

This week in English 10, we will wrap up our unit on Conjunctions with an application-based Quiz. We will also continue reading and analyzing To Kill a Mockingbird as we examine the theme of courage. Students will be required to write a short essay about an example of courage from their personal lives. We will also continue our weekly quest to build students' vocabulary (quiz dates listed below).

ENGLISH 10
Conjunctions Quiz - 30 points
Blocks 1,2,5, + 6
Monday September 24

To Kill a Mockingbird Chapters 8+9 Quiz - 20 points
Blocks 1 + 5 - Tuesday September 25
Blocks 2 + 6 - Wednesday September 26

Vocabulary Quiz #2 - 20 points
Blocks 2 + 6 - Thursday September 27
Blocks 1 + 5 - Friday September 28

"Courage" Essay - 20 points - Due @ beginning of 1st class meeting next week

HONORS English 10
"Courage" Essay - 20 points
Due: Wednesday September 26

Vocabulary Quiz #2 - 15 points
Friday September 28

Required Reading: Honors Eng 10 students should be through Chapter 17 by the beginning of class next Monday.

Week of September 17, 2012

English 10 students will continue investigating conjunctions this week, with a focus on subordinating conjunctions, subordinate clauses, and comma usage. In terms of reading, we will delve further into Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird as we start to examine and write about some intriguing pieces of dialogue as well as some major themes. Assignment Due Dates and Quiz Dates are listed below.

TKAM Bible Quote - (20 point Writing Assignment on Moodle)
Blocks 1+5 - Due Tuesday by 11:59 p.m.
Blocks 2+6 - Due Wednesday by 11:59 p.m.
(All students will have class time plus a Seminar period to work on this assignment)

Complex Sentence Paragraph - (20 point assignment)
Blocks 1+5 - Due Thursday @ the beginning of class)
Blocks 2+6 - Due Friday @ the beginning of class)

Conjunctions Quiz - NEXT Monday, September 24
Blocks 1,2,5, + 6

HONORS English 10 (3rd Block)
Common Errors Quiz - (38 points) Monday, September 17

TKAM - Chapter 1 Quiz (20 points)
Tuesday, September 18

TKAM Bible Quote - (20 point Writing Assignment on Moodle)
Due Friday by 11:59 p.m.

TKAM Chapter 8+9 Quiz 
IN CLASS on Friday

Week of September 10, 2012

This week in English 10, we will be reading the first five chapters of To Kill a Mockingbird. We will also begin to examine conjunctions with a focus on comma usage within compound and complex sentences.  Students will also receive the Vocabulary Words for their first Vocabulary Quiz. See below for Assignment Due Dates and QUIZ Dates.

To Kill a Mockingbird Chapter 1 Quiz (20 points)
Blocks 1,2,5, + 6 - Tuesday September 11

Vocabulary Quiz #1
Blocks 1,2,5, + 6 - Friday September 14

FANBOYS Paragraph Assignment
Due Date: Friday September 14
Blocks 1,2,5, + 6

HONORS English 10
Students will choose specific topics/themes from Aldous Huxley's Brave New World and participate in Group Discussions/Presentations on Monday and Wednesday. We will also be examining many of the "common errors" in the English language (there/their/they're, to/too, then/than etc.), and students will demonstrate their ability to avoid these common errors when they take a quiz NEXT MONDAY, September 17. As for this week, see below: 

Vocabulary Quiz #1 (20 points)
Thursday, September 13

Proofreading Assignment - In Class (20 points)
Thursday September 13