English II March 4th – 8th

Daily Grammar Practice – Monday Notes Write out the sentence and identify parts of speech (noun, verb, adjective, etc.) both breck and jolie drove their cars for a long time and then found themselves in arkansas

Vocabulary – backward and forward Please complete the vocabulary worksheet with the root words pr- and retro-.

Achieve 3000 time! Please log on to www.empower3000.com and complete at least two assigned articles. (participation grade!) We are in a school-wide contest to see who can complete the most activities – let’s win this thing! ←this is you now! this is us later! →

Daily Grammar Practice – Tuesday Notes Write out the sentence and identify it’s parts (subject, verb – transitive or intransitive, direct object, prepositional phrase, object of the preposition) both breck and jolie drove their cars for a long time and then found themselves in arkansas

Vocabulary Review THIS IS JEOPARDY!! Red Hot Root Words

Daily Grammar Practice – Wednesday Notes Write out the sentence and identify the clauses and sentence type. both breck and jolie drove their cars for a long time and then found themselves in arkansas

Vocabulary Practice - Concentration You will be each be given 10 index cards. On one card please write a vocabulary word. On a different card, write the part of speech and the definition of the word. Turn the cards upside down. Each student will take turns turning over two cards, trying to match the word with it’s correct definition. If two cards are matched, they can be turned upright and the person who made the correct match gets a point. transform Verb To change in form or apearance

Poetry Analysis – your “do over” You have each been given two poems. You may select one of them to analyze (using TPFASTT) on a separate piece of paper. Your analysis MUST be turned in by the end of class today. Your grade on this analysis will replace the grade you earned on the test (only if it improves).

Cumulative Vocabulary Test Please use the first 10 minutes of class to review your vocabulary worksheets. Use your time wisely – we will begin the test if you are not!

Daily Grammar Practice – Thursday Notes Write out the sentence and add appropriate punctuation and capitalization. both breck and jolie drove their cars for a long time and then found themselves in arkansas

Big Question: When are little things a big deal? You couldn’t find your homework, you missed the bus, you stubbed your toe as you ran out the door…. Every day, we face problems. Sometimes our problems are huge, but usually they’re small annoyances. Like this →

Quick write What are some things that annoy you when they break down, don’t work, or get lost? Write them in a list, then choose the one that annoys you the MOST and write a few sentences about why…..

“The Plot Against People” Power point presentation: Humorous Essay by Russell Baker

INDEPENDENT READING Please get the book that you selected for independent reading and read SILENTLY for the next 20 minutes. When I tell you that time is up, please fill out your worksheet (a summary or your thoughts on what you read – at least 5 sentences NOT copied from the book) and put it in your IR folder.