Week at a glance Nov 29 - Dec 3, 2010

Curriculum focus: identifies, interprets, and analyzes figurative language including: simile, metaphor, idiom, analogy, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, personification, imagery, and symbolism (11.1.2.K4a-i), compares/contrasts textual aspects: character traits (11.1.4.K7a), compare/contrasts textual aspects: character motives (11.1.4.K7h), compares/contrasts textual aspects: author's purpose (11.1.4.K7i), analyzes and evaluates how the author's style (word choice and sentence structure) and use of literary devices work together to achieve his/her purpose by using tone, mood, and imagery (11.1.4.K11d, e, and h), and analyzes contextual aspects of setting and their influence on characters and events in the story including the contexts of history, society, and culture (11.2.1.K2a-c).

This week, we'll start with a review of the first half of Huck Finn just to bring everyone up to the same page. We'll then continue our readings in the novel. Many students are going on the Social Studies field trip to the WWI Museum. Students have been informed that, regardless of whether they are going, all students need to be up to page 195 by Thursday.

• Mon: Huck Finn - review guide for Chapters 1 - 18. For Tuesday - read Ch 19 - 23, pgs 117 - 156.
• Tues: Huck Finn - quiz over Ch 19 - 23; complete 19 - 23 study guide by the end of the hour. For Thursday - read Ch 24 - 28, pgs 157 - 195.
• Wed: Huck Finn - (for those on Tuesday's field trip) quiz over Ch 19 - 23; complete 19 - 23 study guide by the end of the hour. For Thursday - read Ch 24 - 28, pgs 157 - 195.
• Thurs: Huck Finn - quiz over Ch 24 - 28; complete 24 - 28 study guide by the end of the hour. For Monday, 12/6 - read Ch 29 - 31, pgs 195 - 218.
• Fri: Huck Finn - review readings for the past week. For Monday, 12/6 - read Ch 29 - 31, pgs 195 - 218.