Scholarship opportunity!

Today's plan:

1. Finish reading Act I, Scene 1 ( per 1: pages 35-53) (all other classes pages 39-53)
2. Watch the movie

NOTE: Quiz has moved to Wednesday this week (Act 1, scene 1, any Act 1, Scene 1 vocabulary)

Act 1, Scene 1 vocabulary: If you want to mark them on your notes from last week
doggedly
exasperated
graft
permeated
pretenses
proposition
raucous
rousing
stupor
tentatively
vain
vindicated

Today's Work:

First, we will make a character map for A Raisin in the Sun
Second, you will finish reading the Introduction from yesterday (begin at the top of page 9). I posted the answers to questions #1-2 on yesterday's post.
Third, finish all the questions from yesterday on the Intro using RACE and turn in before you leave today.

The colon (:) worksheet: Complete and place in the "Reading and Writing Strategies" Section of your notes

Page 43

Page 42

Today we will:

*Take DBA #3: Read passage and answer 5 multiple choice questions
*Work on anything that you owe (see previous posts for lists)

Today/Tuesday (for those who have class)

1. Look at the assignments on Friday's post: Make sure they all done (including the one for "In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens"--per 4/5 and 6/7 we will read it together)
2. If you want extra credit for the quarter (and you are finished with ALL of your assignments) you may retake or take the Practice Accuplacer Test on the quiz page
3. Tomorrow/Thursday we will work on practicing the semi-colon (last week we did colon ":")

Practice Commas: Take the notes on the worksheet (write on them)! Hand it in when you are finished.

Side 1: (Commas and Compound Sentences)

Side 2: (Commas and Coordinate Adjectives)