Mrs. J. Underhill - Archived 08/20 Notes

English 9, English 112, History 112/113

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Posted: September 16, 2016

English 112

REMINDER - the assignment for "The Lottery" is due Monday.

Also, the assignment for "The Stoning of Soraya M." is due Friday.

Guidelines and postings for these assignments are listed in the notes from Wednesday and Thursday.

We will be starting a new story by Shirley Jackson on Monday and another assignment will be assigned for the two stories by Jackson...so be prepared. LOTS of work to do next week.

You are all working very hard! Stay on top of the work, folks. :)

Have a great weekend.

Posted: September 16, 2016

History 112

Please refer to the noet from yesterday for the items you need to be working on for the next few days. All of the items listed should be finished by Tuesday as the test for chapter 17 will be Wednesday. We will take some time to review of the worked listed during Tuesday's class.

Posted: September 15, 2016

History 112 - chapter 17 work

We finished reading section 3 of chapter 17 today, therefore, we are finished with chapter 17. There will be a test on this chapter on Wednesday, Setember 21. I handed out a few handouts today and students are working on preparing for the test by completing this work. I have uploaded the hand outs below. Please complete this work in the order listed:

1. Finish the section 2 work.

2. Finish the assigned vocabulary for section 3.

3. Complete your test outline for section 17.

4. Study and understand the notes on the Seven Year's War.

5. We will have a short quiz on the chapter on MONDAY.

5. Use your test outline to study for the test on WEDNESDAY.

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Posted: September 15, 2016

English 9

Students read from their independent novels today, so no reading is necessary tonight. Students then worked on their name activity. We will finish these up in tomorrow's class.

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Posted: September 15, 2016

English 112

We began watching the film, "The Stoning of Soraya M." today. This true story is to accompany our short story, "The Lottery". We will continue this tomorrow.

HOMEWORK - for tonight I would like you to consider the following:

- New information you have gained from the film so far.

- Your predictions as to what is going to happen.

- Make sure you can distinguish between the charaters and roles they are playing.

I also handed out the assignment which goes along with this film. We discussed the expectations of this in class and set the due date - Friday, September 23. This will be completed on your own time. I have uploaded the assignment below.

REMINDER - Your Part B assignment for "The Lottery" is due on Monday.

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Posted: September 14, 2016

History 112

We finished reading all of section 2 in chapter 17 today. Students then worked on all the vocabulary on page 546. We will finish this up in tomorrow's class.

We are looking at a test on chapter 17 next Wednesday, so be sure to be reading through your notes a liitle every night from now until then. I will be giving you a test outline which will help you with your studying as the test gets closer.

Posted: September 14, 2016

English 9 - Journal #2

Please finish journal #2 for tomorrow if you did not finish it in class today.

Journal #2

My future plans and 3 important goals I need to set to achieve these plans.

3/4 of a page of good writing. Be neat.

* These can be goals for grade 9, high school and/or life.

Posted: September 13, 2016

History 112

We began reading section 2 in chapter 17 on The Enlightenment.

Please find the defintions to the following words for homework tonight:

philosophe (page 548)

separation of powers (page 548)

deism (page 548)

laissez-faire (page 550)

social contract (page 551)

salon (page 552)

Posted: September 13, 2016

English 112 - The Lottery

Students completed their Elements of a Short Story Quiz today and everyone did quite well. I handed back the results at the end of class. Good job!

HOMEWORK - please finish up the questions for The Lottery (Part A). You should also be working on the written assignment (Part B). We discussed the expectations for this part in class today. This will be due at the beginning if class on Friday. I have uploaded this handout below.

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Posted: September 12, 2016

English 9

Students continued working on their writing pieces today. They will have one more class to finish these up.

Posted: September 12, 2016

English 112

Reminder - Test on Elements of a short story will be tomorrow. I have uploaded the hand out in the documents.

We finished the first story of the unit today. Students began reading the second story, "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson. Please finish reading this and complete the first three questions.

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Posted: September 9, 2016

English 112

Please do not forget to study for the test on Tuesday. Study the handout on the elements of a short story - attached below.

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Posted: September 9, 2016

History 112

HOMEWORK - Please finish all of the work assigned for the first section of chapter 17.

Do not forget to study for your test on the map of Canada and Europe.

Posted: September 9, 2016

Attention all students and parents

Due to the set up of the new web page, my previus posts from this past week can be found in the archived section under my name. Hpwever, all new posts will be found directly under my name in the list of teachers. Sorry for any imconvience.

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