There will be NO book reports this quarter for students in B3!
12/3/09
In class:
Journal: Trapped in the school! Write a short story about being locked in the school.
(15 sentences)
DGP
Quiz over The Hunger Games
Homework:
1. Vocabulary Test – 12/8
2. Project due – 12/10
12/1/09
In class:
Journal: Do you want your friends to be completely honest w/ you even about you
flaws? Are you completely honest w/ them? (10 sentences)
DGP
Read The Hunger Games out loud
Assign project over The Hunger Games
Homework:
1. Finish ch. 26 and read ch. 27 of The Hunger Games
2. Define: feral(348), arbitrary(355), insidious(ch. 27), rapport(ch. 27), segue(ch. 27), palpable(ch. 27)
3. Write the page number and book sentence of the word.
4. Make up your own sentence using the word
Vocabulary Test – 12/8
Project due – 12/10
11/24/09
In class:
Journal: What are you thankful for? (10 sentences)
DGP
Quiz over The Hunger Games
Read The Hunger Games out loud
Homework:
1. Read ch. 25 of The Hunger Games
2. Define: unhinged (pg. 324), dissonant (pg. 329), inadvertently (ch. 25). revelation(ch. 25), vengeance(ch. 25)
3. Write the page number and book sentence of the word.
4. Make up your own sentence using the word
11/20/09
In class:
Journal – Would you rather: have a horse’s tail OR have hooves instead of feet?
Would you rather: live forever but always age OR only live to be 30?
Answer the above questions and write 2 questions of your own.
Quiz over The Hunger Games
Homework:
DGP – who likes to lie under the stars on clear nights
1. Label the above sentence using the DGP notes for Monday-Thursday
2. Finish ch. 22 and read ch. 23
2. Define: exorbitant (pg. 299) and repellent
3. Write the page number and book sentence of the word.
4. Make up your own sentence using the word
11/19/09
In class:
Journal: Free write (10 sent)
DGP
Vocabulary Test
Homework:
1. Read ch. 22 of The Hunger Games
2. Define: exorbitant
3. Write the page number and book sentence of the word.
4. Make up your own sentence using the word
11/17/09
In class:
Journal: Pick two things you’d do if you weren’t too young (be appropriate. I do read
these…..) (10 sent)
DGP
Read sample writing assessment essays
Read The Hunger Games out loud
Homework:
1. Finish ch. 20 and read ch. 21 of The Hunger Games
2. Vocabulary test Thursday (11/19)
11/13/09
In class:
Journal - Write your predictions for The Hunger Games
Read The Hunger Games out loud
Homework:
1. Final copy of 5 paragraph essay due Tues. 11/17 – typed, double spaced
2. Finish ch. 19 of The Hunger Games
3. Vocabulary test Thursday 11/19 (see vocabulary page for the 20 words that will be on
the test)
11/12/09
In class:
Journal - Write about your most recent heartbreak.
DGP
Quiz over The Hunger Games
Read The Hunger Games out loud
Homework:
1. Finish ch. 18 of The Hunger Games
2. Define: despondency
3. Write the page number and the sentence from the book
4. Write your own sentence using the word
11/10/09
In class:
Journal - What would you do if your parents forbade you from seeing your best friend? (10 sentences)
DGP
Read The Hunger Games out loud
Homework:
1. Finish ch. 16 and read ch. 17 of The Hunger Games
2. Define: dexterity(ch. 16) and subsequent(ch. 17)
3. Write the page number and the sentence from the book
4. Write your own sentence using the word
11/6/09
In class:
DGP quiz
Homework:
1. Read ch. 15 of The Hunger Games
2. Define: surreal
3. Write the page number and the sentence from the book
4. Write your own sentence using the word
11/5/09
In class:
Journal - Write 10 ways NOT to annoy the adults in your life.
DGP
Read The Hunger Games out loud
Homework:
1. Read ch. 14 of The Hunger Games
2. Define: meager, consolation
3. Write the page number and the sentence from the book
4. Write your own sentence using the word
11/3/09
In class:
Journal - Do you think teenagers should have dating rules? Why or why not?
DGP
Work on 5 paragraph essay
Read The Hunger Games out loud
Homework:
1. Finish ch. 12
2. Define the following: imprudent (pg. 164)
3. Write the page number and the sentence used in the book
4. Write a sentence of your own using the word
5. Finish 5 paragraph essay. Topic: Describe yourself or your best friend.
10/30/09
In class:
Read The Hunger Games out loud (half of ch. 10)
Work on vocabulary crossword
Homework:
1. Finish ch. 10 and read ch. 11
2. Finish the crossword. Use all vocabulary words (listed on the vocab. page) and write the clues on the back.(5 antonyms, 5 synonyms, 6 sentences, 5 definitions)
3. Define the following: ruminate, salvation, brutish
4. Write the page number and the sentence used in the book
5. Write a sentence of your own using the word
