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Unit Overview Term 2:
During the 3rd Term we will focus on preparing for the **SAT Reading, Writing, and Grammar Portion**, **conventions** (run-ons/fragments, commas, verb tenses), and the novel study of **To Kill a Mockingbird**

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=**What We Did in Class:**=

Writing Practice: [|SHOW NOT TELL11th.doc]
- I returned your quizzes - We practiced for the MET listening portion of the test using these recordings and the worksheet: - We also worked on the grammar and reading portion in the workbooklets.
 * Thursday, April 12**
 * [|MET Part 1.1.wma], [|MET Part 1.2.wma], [|MET Part 1.3.wma], [|MET Part 2.1.wma], [|MET Part 2.2.wma], [|MET Part 3.1.wma] and [|MET Part 3.2.wma]
 * [|MET Listening Practice Test.docx]

- You took your grammar quiz. - We worked on listening for the MET: [] [|Spiders To Space.pptx]
 * Wednesday, April 11**

- We reviewed for your grammar quiz tomorrow: [|11 Standard Grammar Quiz Review.ppt] - I returned your papers and gave you your grades.
 * Tuesday, April 10**

- We reviewed for your grammar quiz on April 11.
 * Friday, March 30**
 * Your quiz will be on the perfect and simple tenses

- You fixed the grammar in your last practice SAT using the grammar correction worksheet: [|English Conventions Error List.doc]
 * Thursday, March 29**

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 * Wednesday, March 28**
 * -** We completed a listening exercise for the MET. You had to fill in the blanks with the missing words and answer 3 questions:
 * What was the experiment? Explain in detail.
 * What was the result of the experiment?
 * How was your overall performance during the listening activity?


 * Tuesday, March 27**
 * -** You created time lines using the simple and perfect tenses: [|Verb Timeline.pptx]

- You worked on the perfect verb tenses: [|VerbTenseGrammar.ppt], [|SimplePerfectVerbs11S.doc]
 * Monday, March 26**

- assignment: You had to write 6 sentences (using each of the three tenses twice.) - You took your test on TKAMB
 * Friday, March 23**
 * -** You worked on the simple verb tenses: [|SimplePerfectVerbs11S.doc], [|VerbTenseGrammar.ppt]
 * Thursday, March 22**

- We reviewed for the test on To Kill a Mockingbird tomorrow: - Make sure you study the following information:
 * Wednesday, March 21**
 * -** You completed the worksheet for the listening exercises from yesterday.
 * Study the study guide: [|Study Guide Questions for To Kill a Mockingbird.docx]
 * Study the handout about the Great Depression: [|Great Depression in the United States.doc]
 * Be able to tell me what it is, the date, and why it happened.
 * Know how black people were treated during this time period.

Worksheet: Audio: Remember that you have a test on TKAMB on Thursday of this week.
 * Tuesday, March 20**
 * -** We practiced speaking and listening for the MET using the following worksheet and links:
 * [|METListeningExercise1.docx]
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- You completed the vocabulary quiz - You wrote an essay for the SAT prompt.
 * Friday, March 16**

- We worked on Wordle 38: [|Wordle 38.ppt] - Remember there will be a quiz tomorrow on Wordles 36-38 - Maria A presented her speech - We watched the end of the movie and compared it to your acting.
 * Thursday, March 15**

- There will be a quiz on Worldes 36-38 on FRIDAY - You acted out the end of the book, and we answered the study guide questions. The study guide is due tomorrow.
 * Wednesday, March 14**
 * -** We worked on Wordle 37: [|Wordle 37.ppt]

- You practiced reading your parts for the acting **tomorrow.**
 * Tuesday, March 13**
 * -** We worked on Wordle 36: [|Wordle 36.ppt]

- We watched the video for Atticus' Speech during the trial and filled in the missing words on the worksheet: [|AtticusTrialSpeech.doc] - We answered questions 24 and 25 in the study guide.
 * Monday, March 12**
 * -** You took the vocabulary quiz for Wordles 33-35.

- We completed Wordle 35: Remember that your quiz will be on Monday.: [|Wordle 35.ppt] - You presented your skits, and we answered questions in your study guide. for To Kill a Mockingbird.
 * Wednesday, March 7**

- We completed the SAT question of the day and Wordle 34: [|Wordle 34.ppt] - You practiced for the To Kill a Mockingbird Group Project in your groups. - You will perform your scenes in class tomorrow.
 * Tuesday, March 6**

- We answered questions 1-17 on the study guide for TKAMB: [|Study Guide Questions for To Kill a Mockingbird.docx] - Gave you the rubric and assigned you the groups for the TKAMB skits: [|To Kill a Mockingbird Group Project.ppt] (We will reherse tomorrow and perform the skits on Wednesday.)
 * Monday, March 5**
 * -** We completed Wordle 33 practice and the SAT question of the day: [|Wordle 33.ppt]

- Wordle 32 practice: [|Wordle 32.ppt] - Remember: there is a vocabulary quiz on Wordles 29-32 tomorrow. - We read pages 55-59 in class.
 * Thursday, March 1**

- We watched TKAMB and read up to page 55 in the book
 * Wednesday, February 29**
 * -** Wordle 31 practice: [|Wordle 31.ppt]

- Wordle 30 practice: [|Wordle 30.ppt] - We read in TKAMB up to page 49
 * Tuesday, February 28**

- We practiced Wordle 29: [|Wordle 29.ppt] - You completed a grammar exercise using your SAT essays.
 * Monday, February 27**
 * -** I returned your SAT essays and vocabulary quiz scores.

- You took a recuperation reading quiz - We watched more of the TKAMB movie
 * Monday, February 20**
 * -** We took the vocabulary quiz for wordles 27 and 28

- We read from page 33 to 41 in TKAMB - Remember: there will be a vocabulary quiz on Wordles 27 and 28 on Monday. - Also, I will give you a recuperation reading quiz on Monday. The questions will be on the plot from pages 1-41.
 * Thursday, February 16**
 * -** We completed the SAT question of the day and studied Wordle 28: [|Wordle 28.ppt]

- I returned your quizzes, and we check your answers. - You completed a 25 minute Practice SAT essay.
 * Wednesday, February 15**
 * -** We did the SAT question of the day and studied Wordle 27: [|Wordle 27.ppt]

- We took a vocabulary quiz for Wordles 24-26 - We read pages 27-33 in TKAMB
 * Monday, February 13**

- We studied the next set of wordles: [|Wordle 26.ppt] - We watched the video for TKAMB - There will be a quiz on Monday for Wordles 24-26.
 * Friday, February 10**
 * -** We took a quiz on the readings in the book.

- We studied SAT Wordle 25: [|Wordle 25.ppt] - We read pages 18-27 in class - There will be a quiz on what we read in the book on Friday, so make sure you read and understand. - Don't forget that there will be a quiz on the Vocabulary 24-26 on Monday.
 * Wednesday, February 8**

- We read pages 14-18 from your To Kill a Mockingbird books. - Remember that there will be a quiz on the SAT Wordles 24-26 on next Monday.
 * Tuesday, February 7**
 * -** We studied the words from SAT Wordle 24: [|Wordle 24.ppt]

- You took an SAT vocabulary quiz - We watched the introduction of To Kill a Mockingbird. - We read to page 13 in the book.
 * Monday, February 6**

- We completed SAT Wordle 23: [|Wordle 23.ppt] - There will be a quiz on Wordles 21-23 on Monday - We read pages 3-9 from To Kill a Mockingbird. - You wrote a summary of what we read in class for 5 points.
 * Friday, February 3**
 * Words to study: adept, abortive, adulation, rapt, sequester, sacrilegious, savant, sully, usury, vernacular, yen, zenith, amorphous, arable, disingenuous, condole, deride, feign, gregarious

- We practiced the daily SAT question - We practiced more words for the SAT Word Wall: - Here is a link to the definitions we practiced: [|Wordle 22.ppt] - We discussed the poem, "Strange Fruit" - We reviewed the Great Depression and Jim Crow Segregation: [|Segregation.doc]
 * 2/2/12**

[] - We discussed the SAT Word Wall and the words from Wordle Journal 21: [|SATWordle21.pdf] - We discussed the definitions for the words: [|Wordle 21.pptx] - We discussed the Great Depression and filled in the worksheet about it: [|GreatDepression.doc]
 * 2/1/12**
 * -**Today, we practiced the daily SAT question from: