8A/8B
Monday: Receive words for Spelling Quiz #1 (Thursday), vocabulary study (chapters 3 and 4 in Latin/Greek workbooks; quiz next Monday), continue reading and discussing Hemingway’s “Code Hero” and The Old Man and the Sea. Read assigned pages in OMATS.
Tuesday: Quiz - OMATS (thought questions, discuss last night’s reading), discussion of personal narrative #1 (weaknesses and strengths), discuss importance of description and flow in personal narratives, finish vocabulary exercises in Latin/Greek workbooks. Read assigned pages in OMATS.
Wednesday: Quiz - OMATS (thought questions, discuss last night’s reading), begin piecing together themes and conflicts in the novella, work through lessons four and five in ELA Buckle Down (literary elements and making connections). Read assigned pages in OMATS.
Thursday: Quiz - OMATS (thought questions, discuss last night’s reading), spelling quiz, discuss OMATS writing project (rewrite the capture of the marlin from the marlin’s point of view and create a collage abstractly representing the themes/conflicts of the novella).
Friday: Exam - genres of literature.