Week at a glance, December 12 - 16, 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).

This week, we are finishing Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.  The novel is the basis for our semester final.  It is absolutely essential that students keep up with their readings this week or they will find themselves quickly falling behind.  If a student is having trouble with the reading, he/she is welcome to come see me before/after school.  We also have several online resources students may use, including chapter summaries and a free audio reading of the novel.  In addition to the final quizzes and study guides, we'll be using all of our available time to review for the Semester Final.

• Mon: Huck Finn - quiz over Ch 32-34; complete 32-34 study guide by the end of the hour.
• Tues: Continue Semester Final review.  Huck Finn - discuss Ch 35-39.  Read Ch 35 - 39, pages 238-270.
• Wed: Huck Finn - quiz over Ch 35-39; complete 35-39 study guide by the end of the hour.  FINISH THE NOVEL!
• Thurs: Huck Finn - quiz over Ch 40-The End; complete 40-The End study guide by the end of the hour.
• Fri: Semester Final review