Week 33: April 16 - 20

Monday
Advanced

• Students will write down the words and definitions for vocabulary unit 27, pages 173-74.
• The class will discuss the remaining haiku.
• Students will compose their own haiku.

Regular

• Students will write down the words and definitions for vocabulary unit 27, pages 173-74.
• The class will discuss Great Expectations in preparation for Tuesday's test.*

Tuesday

Advanced

• Students will complete vocabulary exercises 1-3 on pages 175-76.
• Students will individually analyze a poem they have not seen before.

Regular

• Students will take Great Expectations test 2.
• Students will complete vocabulary exercises 1-3 on pages 175-76.

Wednesday

Advanced

1. Continue group explanations of "Do not go gentle..."
2. Class discussion of "Elegy for my father, who is not dead"

Regular

1. Discuss vocabulary exercises
2. Group discussion of "My Papa's Waltz"

Thursday
Advanced

1. Individual analysis of "My Papa's Waltz"
2. Class discussion

Regular

1. Continue class discussion of "My Papa's Waltz"
2. Vocabulary review.

Friday
Advanced

1. Vocabulary quiz, lesson 27
2. "The Number Pi"
3. If any time remains, mini-review for Lord of the Flies test

Regular

1. Vocabulary quiz, lesson 27
2. AR test on Great Expectations in library.
3. Study for poetry test 2.

* While Monday is normally the English test day, I have been assured that the students would not have more than one test on this Tuesday. Because of that (and the students' request for more time to prepare for the Great Expectations test), I have moved their test back one day.