Sophomore English with Mrs. Greblo!

1. Sophomore English with Mrs. Greblo! 2012-2013

2. Daily SSR Entry: Each entry contains: -Date -Book title & author -Starting page # (SP) -Ending page # (EP)-Total # of pages read -Reader’s Statement (RS): What’s happening in the book? Summarize. What do you predict will happen next? What questions do you have for the author? What character traits do you appreciate? Find frustrating? What is your opinion of the book so far? Other comments? Sample Entry: 9/17/12 The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins SP: 1 EP: 20 Total: 20 RS: Katniss lives in District 12 of the former U.S., now Panemwith her sister, Prim and her Mom. She is an agile hunter and gatherer and has had to do so since her father’s tragic death in a mine explosion. The reaping is today and the tone of District 12 is very somber as children ages 12-18 could be drawn to defend themselves to their death in the Hunger Games. I predict that Katniss or one of her close friends or family members names will be drawn. This book is really suspenseful, I’m loving it so far!

3. Mrs. Greblo’s 1A, 2A, & 4A Sophomore English Agenda: 4/18/13 Please copy this agenda down into your Learning Log Notebook, you will receive credit for it! • Turn-in:Loose leaf assignment, Q’s 1-8 on Now You Take “Bambi” or “Snow White”-That’s Scary! by Stephen King and “3. What’s Your Opinion?” letter on page 487 • Attendance / SSR / get LLN and/or writing folders from the cabinet, QUIETLY • Daily SSR Entry #13 • Agenda: (1A) #15,(2A & 4A) #14 • Announcements: • Please turn in your The Lowest Animal (ignore quest. #8) and Hair, and Now You Take “Bambi” or “Snow White”-That’s Scary! assignments ASAP! • Read Typhoid Fever by Frank McCourt, pgs. 365-373; Answer Q’s 1-4 on pg. 374on loose leaf paper • On the same page complete: “2. My Reading Experience” essay on page 374. • Put away your LLN and/or writing folders in the LLN Storage File Cabinet NEATLY, please! • 4A ONLY: Stack chairs carefully, thank you! • Objective(s): • Listen attentively • Read to determine and analyze: complex characters, the central idea of the text and its development, how the author unfolds an analysis or series of ideas or events, an author’s point of view or cultural experience, the meanings of words or phrases as they are used in a text, author’s choices on the structure of a text and the order of events • Write routinely over extended time frames for a range of tasks, purposes and audiences • Homework: for next class… • Finish your textbook assignment at home if you didn’t in class. Have it ready for next class!

4. Elements of Literature Assignment: Nonfiction • Read the autobiography excerpt, Typhoid Fever by Frank McCourt, and complete the corresponding assignment: • Tools: 10th grade Elements of Lit. textbook, loose leaf paper, pen or pencil • Directions:Begin by titling your paper “Typhoid Fever by Frank McCourt” • Then turn to the "Before You Read” reading on pg. 365and start by reading the text on that page, completing the “Quickwrite,” and writing the definition of COMIC RELIEF at the top of your paper. • Next, please carefully read Typhoid Fever by Frank McCourt, pgs. 365-373(this includes a bio of Frank McCourt and a biographical article called “The Education of Frank McCourt”). • Then answer questions 1-4, on loose leaf paper in COMPLETE SENTENCES on pg. 374. • Complete the “2. My Reading Experience” ESSAYon pg. 374: • Tools: 10th grade Elements of Lit. textbook, the same sheet of loose leaf paper that you’re Typhoid Fever questions are on, pen or pencil • Directions: On page 374, please carefully read the directions and write your essayon the same sheet of loose leaf paper (or add another page if you need it and just staple them together) that your story questions are on.