Tuesday 26 August 2014 for Periods 2, 5 & 6 and Wednesday 27 August 2014 for Periods 7
Devotional Text: 1 Corinthians 14:40 “But all things should be done decently and in order.”
Sentence Work #1: Simple subject and predicate
Write a sentence using a specific noun and a precise verb.
Journal Entry: Did you enjoy reading Jaimie Ford’s Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet?
(If you haven’t read it, explain why?) Title this entry "Hotel."
Study skills are a part of Loma Linda Academy's Expected School-wide Learning Results (ESLRs).
Mr. Stone discussed the importance of organization. Keep like items in the same place. Students should keep all of their English I papers in either a three-ring binder devoted to the class or in a general three-ring binder that has a divider that is clearly labeled English I. Mr. Stone will check to make sure students have set up a binder for English I late next week.
Students practiced a form of the Cornell Method of Note Taking. Each page is divided into two columns. The lefthand column equals one-third of the width of the page and the righthand column equals two-thirds of the width of the page. Initial notes are taken in the right column. Later, students use the lefthand column to analyze or annotate the notes previously taken.
Mr. Stone lectured on five basic parts of a story, definitions of conflict (external and internal), specific types of conflict, and elements of a plot line.
Students received a handout listing the major elements of the short story genre.
Homework: Read Saki's "The Interlopers" (304-310)
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