English+3

=**English 3**=

Week 1
1st week is the most important week. We are getting of to a great start. Each class has participated in group building exercises and have all done introduced ourselves to each other. It is the very important for me that student feel comfortable exchanging ideas and contributing to the classroom environment.

Mechanical Grammar: These first few weeks I would like to ensure that we all have a firm grasp on the mechanics of English. We will be intensely reviewing parts of speech, punctuation and sentence structure. Materials used include: Grammar Made Easy interactive software, Grammar and Language Workbook and Some School House rock.

**Nouns**

 * common
 * Proper
 * Plural/Singular
 * Possessive
 * Collective
 * Abstract/concrete

**Verbs**

 * Conjugation
 * Person/tense
 * Transitive/intransitive
 * Action/linking

Week 2 We have begun "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles. We will learn about the author and have discussed the WWII period and compare it to today's war in Iraq and Afghanistan. Issues of homeland invasion and the absence of young men in the country are brought to the forefront. After reading Chapter 1, we looked up Vocabulary words tacit, convalescences, prodigious, mire, irate and sedate. We also began to fill out character sheets descriptions and discussing group dynamics. We will continue with our parts of speech review.

**Pronouns**
This week we have read the 2nd and 3rd Chapter of "A Separate Peace". We had a quiz on Friday covering the characters, vocabulary, chapter 1. We also had a shared class with Miss Fredrick and Members of the Bull City Slam team to introduce the students to spoken word. They had a blast with Church 'da Poet and Dusan making up their own poems.
 * Personal
 * reflexive
 * intensive
 * demonstrative
 * interrogative
 * relative
 * indefinite
 * possessive
 * antecedent
 * Week 3**
 * Week 3**

We took a Quiz on Friday and grades are posted in gradebook wizard as well as grades for notebook check.

We have completed Chapter 4 of "A Separate Peace" and also examined teenage bonding and coming of age. We watched excerpts from the movie "Stand By Me" to reinforce the concept. We have also review the other characters in the book. [|AStand By Me part 1]
 * Week 4**

This past week we completed Chapters 5 and 6 of a "Separate Peace' and completed the study guide questions for Chap 1 - 6 as well as vocabulary. This week's grammar review was on Adjectives They were to complete Adjective exercise #22 on the handout for homework.
 * Week 5**

This past week had notebook check on Tues. This grade was recorded in Gradebook wizard. The Notebook check was used in cunjuction with a quiz review as a study method. There was a quiz which covered "A Separate Peace" characters, vocabulary and general events of the novel.As With all of my quizzes, any student may retake quiz during Saturday school and the score will averaged. After all the studying and grading we had Fun Friday which included the rest of the movie Stand By me.[|Stand By Me Part 4 and more]
 * Week 6**

We have completed Chapters 7 -8 in s Separate Peace as well as the correlating study guide questions. New Vocabulary was given.
 * Week 7**
 * implausibility
 * insinuate
 * contemptuous
 * dexterity
 * ambiguous

Still on track with A Separate Peace Chapters 9- 10 and preparing for A quiz on Monday Next week. Our fun activities included "Super Password" This helps with language and communication skills.
 * Week 8**

We have completed the book "A Separate Peace."
 * Week 9**

This past week the class took their mid-term. The grades are posted in Gradebook Wizard. We also watched the movie of "A Separate Peace"
 * Week 10**

I have planned a field trip for English III to go see "The Parchman Hour"[|Parchman Hour] at Playmaker's Repertory. The students also have a paper due on Thursday. "Imagine you write for the //Devonian.// Write a story about the life and death of Phineas. Remember write your report on the who, what, why, when, where and how. Details should come from the text. You may be creative in using other details not from the text but do not contradict John Knowles well defined characters. (For ex: does Phinny have a younger sister?) This essay at least two typed pages."
 * Week 11**