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You should be actively memorizing your poem. Here are some important dates to remember.

February 9-11: Poetry recitations in class

February 12: Poetry recitations in the auditorium

For Monday, February 2 read pages 75-83 in Frames of Mind and complete the questions on page 83 in your Writers Notebook. For Thursday, complete activities on page 84 & 85, and bring Frames of Mind and your writers notebook with you to class.

For Tuesday/Wednesday: Bring a printout of your poem to class with you and read Act 3 in Henry IV.

Do vocabulary Unit 6 for Thursday.

Analyze the poem you chose for Poetry Out Loud for Friday.

For Monday, read “As They Say, Drugs Kill” on pages 505-508. Answer Questions for Study and Discussion, # 1-6 in your Writers Notebook.  Also, be sure you’ve made your weekly post to Youth Voices.

Research the work of two professional photographers.  More info here

On Monday, we’ll have a quiz on the first 32 root words.  Here’s a link to the next root word list you need to memorize.  We’ll have a cumulative test on these roots in two weeks.

Read through Act 2 for Monday.  Pay particular attention to your group’s parts in Act 2, scene 3 and Act 2, scene 4.

For Thursday, 1/22: Complete #1-5 in Questions for Study and Discussion, and #1 in Suggested Writing Activities.

For Tuesday, read the Declaration of Independence in your text and answer questions #1-6 on page 496.

Read Act I, scenes 1 & 2 for Tuesday/Wednesday.

Photograph Judge teachers in their teaching environment. If you’re taking a picture of your gym teacher, take the photo in the weight room, for instance. If it’s a science teacher, take a picture of them in a lab. Remember to use the elements of good portrait photography that we learned in December.