November 26-30: 9th Grade Lit and Comp

This Week: This week write our Character Analysis essay for To Kill a Mockingbird. Please make sure to have your copy of the book with you in class EVERYDAY. On Friday, we will also have our Unit 7 Vocab Quiz.

Monday, November 26:

• Touchstone in Computer Lab
• Work on Character One-Pager (due Tuesday, November 27)

Tuesday, November 27:

• Unit 7 Vocab: Into Words
• Homework: 10 original vocab sentences due Wednesday, November 28)
• To Kill A Mockingbird Character Analysis Essay (due Wednesday, December 5)
• Character adjective + two pieces of evidence each

Wednesday, November 28:

• Unit 7 Vocab Sentences due Today
• Unit 7 Vocab: Practice Words
• Continue work on Character Analysis
• Body Paragraph Structure:
• Intro Sentence: Introduce character, their role, and the adjective (1-2 sentences)
• Evidence 1: Lead-in + Quote. Commentary (2-3 sentences)
• Evidence 2: Lead-in + Quote. Commentary (2-3 sentences)
• Example Body Paragraph

Thursday, November 29:

• Unit 7 Vocab: Practice Words
• Continue work on Character Analysis
• Adding quotes to your paragraph:

Friday, November 30:

• Unit 7 Vocab Quiz
• Continue work on Character Analysis

Next Week:

We will continue our work on the TKAM Character Analysis and begin a short unit on non-fiction!

Important Dates:

• Tuesday, November 27: Character One-Pager Due
• Wednesday, November 28: Vocab Unit 7 Sentences Due
• Friday, November 30: Vocab Unit 7 Quiz
• Wednesday, December 5: To Kill a Mockingbird Character Analysis Due