Ms. J. Underhill - Archived - 09/2016

Courses: English 9, English 112, History 112 and 113

Posted: September 16, 2015

Today in class we went over the quiz from yesterday.  The test outline was given out and questions were assigned for homework. Please complete up to "Rousseau" on the sheet. See attachment for questions. 
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Posted: September 16, 2015

Please remember to bring your own USB tomorrow as you will be going to the computer lab to work on your autobiogrphy again.

Posted: September 16, 2015

Today in class we read "The Possibility of Evil" by Shirley Jackson. Homework: Vocabulary and questions #1-4 (Please see attachment for both) 
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Posted: September 15, 2015

We had our quiz on the Scientific Revolution today.  We also read Section 3 "The Impact of the Enlightenment." Handout given about The 7 Years War; please make sure you have this as it will be study material. Homework: Read over the notes given today in class

Posted: September 15, 2015

In class we wrote our 3rd journal entry.  We also worked on our draft copy of our autobiography; some students have gotten to the peer editing stage which is great! Tomorrow we will be going to the computer lab. Please bring your USB.   Reminder: Find a novel to read! You should be reading at least 20-30 minutes per night.

Posted: September 15, 2015

Today we went over the homework from "The Lottery" (#5-13). Homework: Finish "The Possibility of Evil" ranking sheet if you did not already do so in class. Please read "The Possibility of Evil" as we will be discussing it tomorrow in class. **Remember to be reading your Elements of a Short Story, Use of Literary Devices in a Short Story and Irony and the Short Story handouts as this will help you with the upcoming quiz. Reminder: Find a novel and start reading at least 20-30 mins per night.

Posted: September 14, 2015

Today in class we went over The Enlightenment: Section 2 answers. Please make sure you have these questions answered correctly as they will be apart of your study guide for the upcoming test.  Homework: Tomorrow there will be a quiz on The Scientific Revolution (p 538-545). Please refer to your homework answers from Section 1.   

Posted: September 14, 2015

Today we worked on our autobiographies. We focused on writing an interesting/audience-grabbing introduction.Autobiographies will be due this Friday September 18, 2015.  *Reminder: Please find a novel for your independent novel study. Students should be reading at least 20-30 minutes per night.

Posted: September 14, 2015

Handed out 2 sheets: 'Use of Literary Devices in Short Stories' and 'Irony and the Short Story.' These are important for the upcoming quiz this week (date to be determined). Please make sure you have these sheets to study from.  Homework: Finish up questions from "The Lottery" #5-15. *Reminder to all students to find a novel for their independent novel study. Students should be reading at least 20-30 minutes per night.

Posted: September 13, 2015

Welcome to Grade 11 History! This week we went over the extensive outline for this class. There is a lot of material to cover so there will be homework given on a regular basis in order to get through all material. There will also be a test every 2 weeks in this class so there is a lot of studying in order to pass this course. This is a course students must pass in order to graduate. Each student was assigned a History book which they will need for this course.  Wednesday September 9th: Started Chapter 17 in the book and read Section 1 as a class (The Scientific Revolution). Students were assigned questions from a handout (#1-3)Thursday September 10th: Went over answers that were for homework from Section 1 and finished questions from handout (#4). This was assigned for homework as it was not completed in class. September 11th: Went over question #4 Section 1 that was assigned for homework. Read Section 2 (The Enlightenment) in class. A handout with questions was given out (and discussed in class). ALL questions were assigned for homework and are due on Monday. 

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