Monday - Grammar Crimes; Begin Vocabulary Chapter 2: Assign word pictures (due on Wed.); Turn in "The Scarlet Ibis" Study Guides; Read "The Gift of the Magi", by O. Henry
HW - Word Pictures
Tuesday - Vocabulary Exercises Ch. 2; Discussion questions for "The Gift of the Magi"; Examine examples of irony in this story.
Wednesday - "The Gift of the Magi" handout completed in class. Turn in word pictures; Instruct students to obtain a copy of Elie Wiesel's Night, our parallel reading for the non-fiction unit; Review for short story Unit Test
Thursday - Short Story Unit Test
Friday - Vocabulary Exercises; Creative Writing activity - Constructing a narrative
HW - Word Pictures
Tuesday - Vocabulary Exercises Ch. 2; Discussion questions for "The Gift of the Magi"; Examine examples of irony in this story.
Wednesday - "The Gift of the Magi" handout completed in class. Turn in word pictures; Instruct students to obtain a copy of Elie Wiesel's Night, our parallel reading for the non-fiction unit; Review for short story Unit Test
Thursday - Short Story Unit Test
Friday - Vocabulary Exercises; Creative Writing activity - Constructing a narrative