Week of April 24th

Grades 7 and 8 will take the Science PSSAs this week, which means schedule changes are eminent! Freshman and Juniors will not be taking the Science PSSAs. Periods 1, 3 and 4, should report to Mr. Wagner's room, 805, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. 

PSSA English 7 and 8
This week you will be working on your novel projects. This will be a major assignment with all of the components totaling approximately 60 points. You will be given two class periods to work on the project and you will then have the weekend to complete any remaining work at home. Please have your project completed by the specified due date, either May 1st (Day A) or May 2nd (Day B).

Homework
Complete novel project by next week.

English 9

This week you will read Act 2 of Romeo and Juliet. You will keep the parts assigned to you for Act 1. We will review Act 2 in class on Friday and you should prepare for a quiz on this act on Monday.

Homework

Monday:

Tuesday:

Wednesday: Finish Comprehension Check Questions for Act 2

Thursday: Finish vocabulary worksheet for Act 2

Friday: Study for Act 2 quiz 

English 7

This week you will be taking your Science PSSAs and the schedule will be adjusted accordingly. We will be working with the short story "He-y, Come on Ou-t!" this week. Focusing on comprehension, irony, special punctuation and theme.

Homework

Monday: 

Tuesday:

Wednesday:

Thursday:

Friday:

English 11

This week we will finish our work with the short story "The Leap". We will look closely at the structure of the story as well as its themes. You should expect to take a quiz on "The Leap" on Thursday. 

NOTE: I will be administering PSSAs and will not be teaching this class on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday. To help you best prepare for you quiz, please make time to see me in school or e-mail me any questions you might have. Don't wait until Thursday morning to ask me questions about the short story. Please prepare early!

Due to my absence from class, the quiz will not be administered on Friday. Please be prepared to take a quiz on "The Leap" on Friday.

Homework

Monday:

Tuesday: 

Wednesday: Study for "Leap" quiz

Thursday:

Friday:

Week of April 17th

I hope everyone enjoyed their beautiful Easter weekend! We're back now and ready to keep pushing toward the end of the year.

English 9
We will officially begin reading Act 1 of Romeo and Juliet this week. Characters will be read according to the parts assigned last week. Adjustments will be made as necessary. Throughout the week, we will be summarizing the plot of the play and prepare for a quiz on Act 1. You should expect to take this quiz on Friday, April 21st.

Homework
Monday:
Tuesday:
Wednesday: Study Act 1 to prepare for quiz.
Thursday: Study Act 1 to prepare for quiz tomorrow.
Friday: Read something you enjoy for 20 minutes!


Honors English 7
Monday and Tuesday you will be typing your memoir. The memoirs are due to me by the end of the school day on Tuesday. If you do not finish typing your essay by the end of class on Tuesday, you will need to make alternate arrangements to type the essay. If I do not have the essay by 2:30 on Tuesday, it will be late.

Homework
Monday: Type your memoir.
Tuesday: Memoirs were due today! If you didn't finish typing it, do so for homework!
Wednesday:
Thursday:
Friday: Read something you enjoy for 20 minutes!


English 11
Monday and Tuesday of this week we will finish up our work on "Everything Stuck to Him." You can expect to have a quiz on this short story on Wednesday.
For the remainder of the week, we will begin working with the last short story from this unit, The Leap. You will complete a first read of that story for homework on Wednesday and the Comprehension Questions will be due Thursday. We will be studying the structure of this story and how it compares to the frame structure of "Everything Stuck to Him."


Homework
Monday: Finish writing dialogue
Tuesday:
Wednesday: Read "The Leap" and complete Comprehension Questions
Thursday: Finish structure worksheet for "The Leap"
Friday: Read something you enjoy for 20 minutes!

Week of April 3rd

This week is a big week at North Schuylkill. Not only are we starting our 4th Marking Period on Tuesday, but we are also taking our English PSSAs! As we come to the last 25% of the school year and the weather starts to get warmer, I know it can be hard to focus on schoolwork. You have come so far in the past 7 months and you don't want to waste all that effort now. Stay focused until the end of the year and then get as much as you possibly can out of a relaxing and rewarding summer!

English 9
We are going to begin our final unit of study this week and it will focus on one of the most famous pieces of literature ever written. Romeo and Juliet is a play that students have been reading and learning about in school for a long time and it is something that everyone has read. You're about to join those millions of readers and become familiar with one of Shakespeare's most famous plays.

Homework
Monday: Finish "I Have a Dream" and "Letter from Birmingham Jail" comparison chart
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
Thursday:
Friday:


Honors English 7
It's PSSA week! This is the moment you've spent so many months working toward. It's finally here! Your teachers are so proud of the work you have done and we cannot wait to see you show others how much you have learned this year!

Our schedules this week will be different than normal because of testing so please be sure you know what your daily schedule is.

We will continue working with the excerpt from Annie Dillard's "An American Childhood." We will complete our final read of the text this week and will be able to have in-depth discussions about it as well as connect it to other pieces of art you have encountered.

Homework
Monday:
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
Thursday:
Friday:


English 11
We are going to finish our work up on "Everyday Use" this week. We will complete one more read through and will then have a final discussion and a quiz on the story. I expect to be done with this short story on Wednesday, so you should begin to prepare for the quiz early this week. After the quiz, we will move on to reading another selection from this unit. We are looking specifically at how writers shed light on what it means to be human through their writing.

Homework
Monday:
Tuesday: Study for "Everyday Use" quiz
Wednesday:
Thursday:
Friday: