1. Settle in
2. Phillis Wheatley's "On Being Brought from Africa to America" analysis
3. The Declaration of Independence & "Declaration" by Tracy K. Smith-- erasure poetry

• Explicating a poem

HOMEWORK
Write your own erasure poem based on the Declaration of Independence, Write it out, and bring it to class tomorrow. 
Fri--> Vocab 6 packet due
12/14--> Q2 Indep Rdg Project due

1. Settle in
2. Benjamin Franklin and Poor Richard's Almanac (continued from yesterday's slideshow)
3. Phillis Wheatley "On Being Brought from Africa to America"

HOMEWORK
Finish "On Being Brought from Africa to America" WS

1. Settle in
2. Correct "The Microscope"
3. Classicism (aka The Age of Reason, The Enlightenment)--Notetaking practice

• pick out the most important words/phrases to write down-- don't copy slides word for word!
• combine words on slides with oral explanation and discussion in class
• write down language/explanations that make sense to you

​​HOMEWORK 
Fri--> Vocab Packet due
Weds--> Come prepared to explain the aphorism (sentence) on your little strip of paper. 

1. Settle in
2. Journal
   
3. Vocab 6 packet
4. Plural & Possessive practice "The Microscope"

HOMEWORK
Tues--> Finish the "The Microscope"
​Fri--> Vocab 6 packet due

1. Settle in
2. Vocab Unit 5 Test
3. Turn in Comma Paper with commas annotated to Google Classroom

HOMEWORK
Read for fun!!!! 

1. Settle in
2. 15 min SSR
3. Indep Rdg-- 7 Plot Archetypes

HOMEWORK
Fri--> Vocab 5 Test
Fri--> The Comma Paper is due to Google Classroom with commas labeled with the rule #s. You can do this by highlighting the comma or the section of the sentence and clicking the Comment button and listing the rule #. 

1. Settle in
2. Suffixes list
3. Comma Paper Reminders
4. Writing time

HOMEWORK
Fri--> Vocab Test 5
Fri--> Comma Paper due

HOMEWORK
Fri--> Comma Paper due
Fri--> Vocab 5 Test

1. Settle in
2. Correct Vocab 5 packet
3. The Comma Paper-- a one week project

HOMEWORK
Fri--> Comma Paper due
Fri--> Vocab 5 Test

1. Settle in
2. Turn in American Mythology Qs to Turnitin
3. Veterans Day
4. Indep Reading--> Character Archetypes (slideshow below), turned in to Turnitin

HOMEWORK
Indep Rdg Pgrph-- due by midnight to Turnitin
Mon--> Vocab Unit 5 packet due

1. Settle in
2. The Death of General Wolfe-- detail sharing
3. The Death of General Wolfe analysis-- click and read through this "article"
4. The American Mythology-- Answer these questions as a table group

HOMEWORK
Finish answering the questions on your own if you didn't finish in class
Tomorrow--> Indep Rdg update

HOMEWORK
Look at this picture. Notice 30 things: these can be questions, details, choices by the artist, connections, etc. Write down your 30 things. 

1. Settle in
2. Vocab Unit 5
3. Murder Mystery! Solve the Crime!

HOMEWORK
Fri--> Vocab packet due

1. Settle in
2. Vocab Unit 4 Test
3. Cursive Practice or Indep Rdg

HOMEWORK
Independent Reading

1. Settle in
2. Hot Minute-- two word phrases
3. 15 min SSR
4. Indep Rdg Lesson/Paragraph: Text Structures

HOMEWORK
by midnight--> Indep Rdg paragraph about Text Structures
​Fri--> Vocab 4 Test

1. Settle in
2. The Crucible Test
3. Return your Crucible book to the library

HOMEWORK
Independent Reading
​Fri--> Vocab Test 4