(1st and 5th) Let to games begin! A tribute was assigned to a district today. Soon we will begin our challenges...may the odds ever be in your favor.

(2nd and 3rd): 1984 Artistic Project

Tonight's homework:

1st period: Read Chapter 4 and answer comp questions and make Vocabulary Flashcards

2nd and 3rd Period: Read chapters 4 and 5 of 1984 (be tracking your symbol on the annotation chart). Prepare for Socratic Seminar #2. Chapter 1 Artistic projects are due Friday...You will have time in class Thursday to work on them.

5th Period: Rd. the rest of Chapter 5 and make Vocabulary Flashcards

1984 was NOT suppposed to be an instruction manual

Today in Honors 9 we talked about the Patriot Act its relation to the novel 1984. I also showed the class some super eerie websites like spokeo.com and googlemaps. It is a bit freaky how much you can find out about a person by simply getting on the web (and paying a meager 2.95 to know even more). So much that we think is "private" really isn't anymore...even if we try to play it safe.

I also handed out a grammar worksheet, which is due tomorrow for 2nd period. Third period received a different worksheet "What really happened in 1984?"...2nd Period you will get this tomorrow.

Regular English 9 here is the vocabulary for The Hunger Games  if you fell behind

We also filled out the PPt. notes on dystopian Literature and read "Harrison Bergeron."

1984 and The Hunger Games

Today in English 9 (1st and 5th period) we completed a grammar worksheet on nouns (see Ms. S to get this) and we reviewed Unit 1 vocabulary. Remember the quiz will be this Friday!

We started the much anticipated Hunger Games!! I gave a hulking packet that will last us the entire novel-- so do not lose this or let your dog chew on it. We did the first two activities in the packet. The first one was a series of video clips that introduced us to the novel and author (we all agreed Ms. Collins could use a hair straightener). The second activity was a series of agree/disagree statements. We will return to the second one once we finish the novel.

In Honors English 9 we did  a grammar worksheet (finding the subject of the sentence) and review unit 1 vocabulary (remember the quiz is Friday and I promised no vocab cards as long as you don't bombed the first test!!)

Next we started getting into 1984. Everyone should have received a novel and a packet. I went over the packet and the class suggested Socratic Seminars in place of comprehension questions, which I am totally in favor of!!