Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Day 117!

Happy Tuesday! I hope you enjoyed your unplanned long weekend!

Today we'll pick up where we left off on Friday! Each class is in a different spot, so please follow the directions for your class!

1st period: You need to begin reading "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge". We will begin reading it together. Remember, as we are reading you should also be keeping track of the point of view and order the events take place using THIS READING ANALYSIS SHEET.

4th period:  You will be in Mr. Gilson's room today as I will be at KCWI with the Broadcasting & Media class. You need to continue reading  "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"  (that's a link to the story). We only got one paragraph into the story, so you may want to start over. Remember to fill out THE READING ANALYSIS sheet as you read. I will be checking in with you tomorrow to see how you are doing with it. If you finish early, please get with a partner and research the vocabulary words at the bottom of today's post.

6th period: You will be in Mrs. Mendoza's room today. I should be back within the first few minutes of class, so please be prepared to move back to my room. You all need to finish reading "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" (< that's a link to the story) and filling out THE READING ANALYSIS sheet. If you finish early, please get a partner and work on the vocabulary words below. If, for whatever reason, you finish all of that early, please free read!

Vocabulary Words: 


  • listless
  • morose
  • pretentious
  • recluse
  • supersede
  • harangue
Remember: You need the following for EACH word
  • word
  • part of speech
  • definition in your own words
  • example sentence
  • visual representation
  • fun way to remember the word