Last day of term--We watched the second half of the first Act of Death of a Salesman and did vocabulary review.
Starter 17: A Hand Out
WORD OF THE DAY PROSAIC—ADJ Define the word What is the noun version? Write a short description of a prosaic day, make sure to use the word. In Class: Reading time Death of a Salesman– finish Act I, Act I work Homework: Be working on your book report (DUE TODAY!!!!) and portfolio (due Oct 28, Tuesday) LAST DAY TO SUBMIT LATE/MISSING WORK IS PASSED (IT’S IN THE PAST) Starter 16: A Hand Out
ACT WORD OF THE DAY Clairvoyant—ADJ or NOUN Define the word Use the word in one sentence as an adjective and one sentence as a noun In Class: Hyphens Quiz re-take Finish Act I in Death of a Salesman, finish Act I graphic organizer Homework: Be working on your book report (due Oct 24) and portfolio (due Oct 28) LAST DAY TO SUBMIT LATE/MISSING WORK IS TODAY!
Starter 14: Just W.O.D.
ACT WORD OF THE DAY FLORID—ADJ Write down BOTH definitions of the word use both in descriptive sentences In Class: More in Death of a Salesman APA Citations for book report--should look like this: Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle. Location: Publisher. Homework: Look up The Characteristics of a Tragic Hero. Take notes on what comprises a Tragic Hero and compare the characteristics of this kind of character to one from literature—if you don’t know any others, use John Proctor from The Crucible or Victor Frankenstein from Frankenstein. Be working on your book report and portfolio LAST DAY TO SUBMIT LATE/MISSING WORK IS OCTOBER 22! Starter 14: Friday Free Write. 50 words on any topic, put with other starters ACT WORD OF THE DAY VINDICATE—VERB define the word write down something you could use as a mnemonic device use it in a descriptive sentence In Class: Hyphens Quiz More in Death of a Salesman Homework: Be working on your book report and portfolio Do last time’s homework if you haven’t
No class because of College Fair. Make sure you got your absence excused.
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