Week at a glance November 21 - 25, 2011

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). 

During this short week, we'll continue to read/discuss The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.  Huck and Jim are now on their own and on the Mississippi River.  Students should keep an eye out for who Huck is as he begins this journey so they can then notice his steady changes throughout.  This section also introduces Huck's critical moral dilemma that becomes the heart and soul of the story.  We'll also begin one-on-one writing conferences for the Junior Research Essay on Tuesday.

• Mon: Huck Finn - quiz over Ch 8 - 11; complete 8 - 11 study guide by the end of the hour. 
• Tues: Huck Finn - discuss Ch 8 - 11.  Read Chapters 12 - 16, pages 63-95 for Tuesday, 11/29 and be ready for a quiz and study guide.  Junior Research Essay one-on-one conferences.
• Wed: No school - Thanksgiving Break
• Thurs: No school - Thanksgiving Break
• Fri: No school - Thanksgiving Break