12/20

Warm-up:  Do you think that The Scarlet Letter is an important book and that it should be widely taught in schools?  Why or why not?  What did you learn by reading this book?


Classwork:  final quiz on Scarlet Letter; discuss independent reading assignment; start reading and discussing books; give back education essays (optional revisions due 1/2)

Homework:  Read first 3rd of book (check the checkpoints under Wednesday's blog entry); complete PSAT registration (also under Wednesday)

12/19

Warm-up:  Evaluate the ending of the Scarlet Letter.  Why do you think that the author chose to end the story the way he did?  What point about sin and/or human nature does the author seem to be making?  Would an escape ending have been better?  Why or why not?

Classwork:  Discuss and review Scarlet Letter; create charts/skits/drawings of the 8 most important plot points of SL

Homework:  Study for final Scarlet Letter quiz tomorrow; get independent book and bring it to class tomorrow

12/18

Warm-up:  What bad news does the sea captain give to Hester?  Predict what you think will happen.

What is the significance of Pearl’s remarks about Dimmesdale?

Classwork:  discuss Scarlet Letter and PSAT results

Homework:  Finish Scarlet Letter

Winter Break Assignment

1. Read through the first checkpoint of your independent book.  I strongly recommend annotating or at least taking a few notes about important moments.
2. If you took the PSAT (seniors exempt), spend time looking at your results.  Log onto the website using the code on your booklet.  Look at which skills they recommend that you practice, then complete a reflection that answers these questions for EACH of the 3 sections on the PSAT.  

1. What score did I get on the section?
2. What skills did I master best?
3. What skills do I most need to improve?
4. What plan for improvement can I follow to improve my score in this section?
5. Choose at least six questions that you initially got wrong (at least two from each section), and EXPLAIN why the correct answer is correct, and also why you initially got the question wrong.

3. Rest and be kind to your families and friends.  

	1st checkpoint 1/2	2nd checkpoint 1/9	3rd checkpoint 1/15
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks	Chapters 1-16 (pg 126)	Chapters 17-28 (pg 231)	Chapters 29-Afterword 328  (pg 203)
Being a Black Man	to end of “His Last, Best Cause” (pg 109)	To end of “Meaning of Work” (pg 193)	From “In or Out…” to end of book (pg 288)
The Other Wes Moore	Part 1 – Chap 1-3 (62)	Part 2 – Chap 4-6 (122)	Part 3 – chap 7- Epilogue (180)
Nickel and Dimed	Pg 86 to “The Superwoman mood….”	Pg 169 to “On the Day of my Move….”	To the end of the afterword
The Winter of Our Disconnect	To the end of Chapter 3 (around pg 99)	Chapters 4-5 (around pg 181)	Finish the book
Quiet: The Power of Introverts … Stop Talking	Introduction and Part One (pg 96)	Part 2: Chapter 4-7 (pg 180)	Finish the book

12/17

Warm-up:  What role does nature play in The Scarlet Letter.

Classwork:  discuss Chapter 19 and read chapter 20 of SL

Homework:  read Chapter 20-21; get independent book

12/16

Warm-up:  Select 3 important moments from Chapters 16-18 and explain importance.

Classwork:  Write a quiz for chapters 16-18.  5 multiple choice questions with 4 answer stems and indicate correct answer.  Then select 10 quotations and explain the context and importance of each.

Homework:  Read Chapter 19; get independent books (and hats and gloves)

12/13

Warm-up:  Identify the 2 most important scenes/quotes/moments of Chapters 13-15, and explain the significance. 

Classwork:  Discuss Chapters 13-15 and take quiz on them; start 16-18

Homework:  Read Chapters 16-18 (study guide optional); obtain your independent reading book by next Friday, and donate hats and gloves by Tuesday

12/12

Warm-up: none

Classwork:  read Chapter 14-15 and complete study guide questions

Homework:  review Chapter 13-15 for quiz on 12/13

12/11

Warm-up:  Why would Hawthorne end Chapter 8 with the scene between Hester and Mistress Hibbins?

Explain the significance of the 2nd scaffold scene.

Classwork:  Discuss SL chap 8-12; quiz on 7-12; give back A-O tests and discuss

Homework:  Read Chapter 13 and complete study guide (quiz on 13-15 on 12/13)

12/9

Warm-up:  Copy the quote and explain the context and importance.

“It had reached her ears, that there was a design on the part of some of the leading inhabitants, cherishing the more rigid order of principles in religion and government, to deprive her of her child.”

“No my little Pearl!  Thou must gather thine own sunshine.  I have none to give thee!”

“..the scarlet letter was represented in exaggerated and gigantic proportions, so as to be greatly the most prominent feature of her appearance.” 

Classwork:  Discuss Chapter 7 and 8 of Scarlet Letter

Homework: Due 12/10 - Chapter 8-9 study guide; Due 12/11 Chapter 10-12 study guide

12/6

Warm-up:  Select at least one quote that you think best describes each of the following characters (Hester, Pearl, Chillingworth, Dimmesdale), and explain what you learn about the character from the quote.

Classwork:  Quiz on SL Chapter 1-6; introduce independent books

Homework:  Read Chap 7 and complete Study guide questions, get independent book by 12/20

12/5

Warm-up:  What does Hester remember on her flashback on the scaffold?

Who does Hester recognize and feel afraid of in the crowd around the scaffold?

What does Hester’s minister urge her to do during his speech?

Why doesn’t Hester reveal the name of Pearl’s father?

Classwork:  Discuss Scarlet Letter Chap 1-3; start reading 4-5

Homework:  Finish chapter 5 & 6 and complete study guide questions

12/4

Warm-up:  Take a packet of introductory info about The Scarlet Letter from the table.  Read it and take notes in your notebook.  Do not write on the packet.

Classwork:  Discuss background of Scarlet Letter, distribute books and study guides, read Chapter 1 and part of 2

Homework:  Finish Chapters 2+3 of Scarlet Letter; write Chap 3 study guide questions on looseleaf paper

12/2

Warm-up:  Review for A-O test

Classwork:  Take A-O test

Homework:  Bring copy of Scarlet Letter if you have one or want to write in it

12/2

Warm-up:  Nominalize the word secure.

Identify the mood of the verb in the following sentence:  If I were a bird, I wouldn’t look at people with my beady eyes.

Give an example of metonymy that people use to describe their cars.

Invert the following sentence:  The girl wore green shoes.

Classwork:  A-O vocab review; jeopardy games are under classroom documents link

Homework:  study A-O