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English 11A:

• We finished the Flashback assignment
• We watched “Turning Point” from 1996 with interviews from the survivors of the Everest Disaster

English 11B:

• We finished the Macbeth Activity

English 11A:

Students will closely examine the structure of Into Thin Air

• We took some notes
• We read Chapter 13 and answered the corresponding questions on the Part 3 Guided Reading
• We worked on the Flashback assignment

English 11B:

Students will prove their knowledge of Macbeth

• We finished the test
• Then we started the Macbeth capstone activities

English 11A:

Students will connect the themes of Into Thin Air

• We took some notes
• We read Chapter 12 and answered the corresponding questions on the Part 3 Guided Reading
• Then we started the Flashback Assignment

English 11B:

Students will prove their knowledge of Macbeth

• Everyone did the Macbeth Review
• Then we started the Macbeth test
• We’ll finish it up tomorrow

English 11A:

Students will prove their knowledge of Into Thin Air

• After a few minutes of study time, we did the Part 2 Quiz
• Everyone handed in the Part 2 Guided Reading
• Everyone got a copy of the Part 3 Guided Reading
• We watched a movie version of this part of the book

English 11B:

Students will prove their knowledge of Macbeth

• After a few minutes of study time, we did the Act 5 Quiz
• Everyone handed in the Act 5 Guided Reading
• We watched a version of the first half of the play

English 11A:

Students will complete the first half of Into Thin Air.  Students will practice SAT-style grammar.

• I gave everyone a few minutes to finish up Ch. 10 stuff
• Then we did the SAT-style grammar assignment through Google Classroom
• Then we took notes
• Then we did Ch. 11 stuff
• Quiz tomorrow over Ch. 6-11; the Guided Reading is also due

English 11B:

Students will complete Macbeth.

• We watched a version of Act 5 scene 1
• Then we read through the rest of the play
• We also watched a version of the “Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow” speech
• Act 5 Quiz tomorrow; the Guided Reading is also due

English 11A:

Students will connect real-life situations to Into Thin Air

• We went over Ch. 9
• We took some notes
• We read Ch. 10
• Everyone handed in their warm-ups
• We’ll probably have a quiz over ch. 6-11 on Tuesday

English 11B:

Students will prove their knowledge of Act 4 of Macbeth

• We had a quiz over Act 4
• Everyone handed in the Act 4 Guided Reading
• Everyone picked up the Act 5 Guided Reading
• Everyone handed in their warm-ups
• We read through Act 5 scene 3

English 11A:

Students will read through Ch. 9 of Into Thin Air

• We read Ch. 8
• Then I went over grading practices
• We took some notes
• We read Ch. 9
• We’ll probably have a quiz over everything on Tuesday

English 11B:

Students will read Act 4 of Macbeth

• We watched a version of Act 4 scene 1
• Then we read scene 2
• Then I read scene 3 aloud
• Quiz over Act 4 tomorrow

English 11A:

Students will establish a theme in Into Thin Air

• We did a little of grammar
• We read Ch. 7

English 11B:

Students will practice SAT test-taking skills

• We did some SAT-style grammar

English 11A:

Students will compare/contrast fiction and non-fiction

• Everyone picked up a copy of the Guided Reading if they didn’t yesterday
• We talked about Chapter 6
• We did a little bit of SAT-style grammar
• Then we read Ch. 7

English 11B:

Students will prove their knowledge Act 3 of Macbeth

• Then the students read the rest of Act 3
• We took the Act 3 quiz
• Everyone handed in the Act 3 Guided Reading
• Everyone got a copy of the Act 4 Guided Reading

English 11A:

Students will prove their knowledge of the first part of Into Thin Air

• We talked about Chapter 5
• Then finished the Guided Reading
• We did the Part 1 Quiz
• Then we watched the corresponding parts to the movie in order to establish the differences between genres and fiction vs. non-fiction

English 11B:

Students will complete Act 3 of Macbeth

• I read the rest of Act 3 Scene 4
• Then the students read the rest of the Act
• Everyone was given time to finish the Guided Reading (due tomorrow)
• We then watched a version of Act 3