Great Expectations 41-46

Students wrote a dialectical in response to Chapters 41 and 42 of Charles Dickens' Great Expectations.

They listened to Chapters 43-44.

Homework: Read Chapters 45-46.

Minimum Day: Great Expectations Ch. 40-42

No Quiz

In class, students read and listen to Great Expectations Chapter 40.

Homework: Read Ch. 41-42


(This will be the schedule of assignments for the seventh period's class on Tuesday, February 12, 2013.)

February 4-7, 2013

Day One
Quiz: Great Expectations Chapters 24-25

Listen/Read to Great Expectations Chapter 26

Homework: Read Great Expectations Chapters 27-28

Day Two
Quiz: Great Expectations Chapters 27-28

In class students wrote a half-page journal entry making predictions about what would happen to various characters based on their reading of the first twenty-eight chapters of the novel.

Students also selected five words from their reading so far for which they did not know the definition. They looked up these words using a personal electronic device/a traditional dictionary from the classroom set and wrote out the definition.

Homework: Read Great Expectations Chapters 29-30

Day Three
Quiz: Great Expectations Chapters 29-30

Listen/Read to Great Expectations Chapters 31-32

Homework: Read Great Expectations Chapters 33-35

Day Four
Quiz: Great Expectations Chapters 33-35

Listen/Read to Great Expectations Chapters 36-37

Homework: Read Great Expectations Chapters 38-39

January 28-31, 2013

Day One
Quiz: Great Expectations Chapter 8

Listen/Read to Great Expectations Chapters 9-10

Homework: Read Great Expectations Chapters 11-12

Day Two
Quiz: Great Expectations Chapters 11-12

Listen/Read to Great Expectations Chapters 13-14

Homework: Read Great Expectations Chapters 15-16

Day Three
Quiz: Great Expectations Chapters 15-16

Listen/Read to Great Expectations Chapters 17-19

Homework: Read Great Expectations Chapters 20-21

Day Four
Quiz: Great Expectations Chapters 20-21

Listen/Read to Great Expectations Chapters 22-23

Homework: Read Great Expectations Chapters 24-25

Great Expectations: Chapters 13-16

(Tuesday, January 29th for Periods 5 & 6 and Wednesday, January 30th for Periods 1, 2 & 7)

Quiz: Chapters 11-12 of Great Expectations

Students listened to an audio recording of Chapters 13, 14, and the first part of Chapter 15 in class while they followed along in their books.

Homework: Finish reading Chapter 15 and 16 of Great Expectations.

Great Expectations: Chapters 9-12

Mr. Stone shared a poem about insights he learned while grading at Starbucks.

After prayer, students took a quiz over Chapter 8 of Charles Dickens' Great Expectations.

While students listened to a dramatic audio-recording of Chapters 9 and 10, Mr. Stone passed backed the graded copies of the second quarter book reports, the Romeo and Juliet test, and a printout of each student's semester grade.

Students had more than five minutes at the end of the period to review the latest additions to their grades and raise any concerns they might have.

A few students who had submitted their second quarter book report to Turnitin.com had failed to submit a hardcopy for grading to Mr. Stone. They should bring the hardcopy to Mr. Stone tomorrow so that Mr. Stone might grade it and attempt to get a grade-change completed before report cards are printed.

Homework: Read Chapters 11 & 12 of Great Expectations

Friday Study Hall for Periods 1 and 7

Due to the midweek start of the new semester, Periods 1 & 7 had a study hall on Friday, January 25th.

All periods will take the quiz over Chapter 8 of Charles Dickens' Great Expectations at the beginning of their first class period this week.

Second Day of Second Semester: Great Expectations 6-8

(Thursday for Periods 1, 5, 6, & 7 and Friday for Period 2)

Quiz: Chapters 4-5 of Charles Dickens' Great Expectations

In class, students listened to Chapters6-7 and the beginning of Chapter 8.

Homework: Finish reading Chapter 8 of Charles Dickens' Great Expectations.

First Day of Second Semester: Great Expectations

(Wednesday, January 23rd for Periods 1, 5, 6, & 7; Thursday, January 24th for Period 2)

Mr. Stone shared his new poem for worship: "Washing Your Hands."

Students received volume one of Charles Dickens' Great Expectations and began reading and listening to an audio recording. Students read chapters one to three in class.

Homework: Read chapters four and five for a quiz at the beginning of the next class.

End of First Semester