Week of September 21 to September 25

Week of September 21 to September 25

English 7/Academic English 7


Students will begin working on vocabulary unit 1A.  The words this week are facsimile, suffice, deficient, petrify, and affection.  The focus is on the Latin root facere, meaning "to make, do."  Students will take a quiz on complete subject and complete predicate on Thursday.  The unit 1A vocabulary test will be on Friday.  On Thursday students will tie together what they learned about grammar and vocabulary by completing the following assignment:

Vocabulary Skit for Unit 1A

In groups of three, create a skit using the vocabulary from unit 1A.  You must:

• Use all five vocabulary words correctly (facsimile, deficient, petrify, affection, and suffice)- 10 points
• Use the four types of sentences- (declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, imperative) 8 points
• Use correct punctuation at the end of each sentence- 8 points
• Perform your skit for the class- 4 points
• Hand in a clean copy of your skit to Ms. Fowler

Academic English 9


Students will read/discuss Act I scene i of Romeo and Juliet.  We will focus on character this week.  Students will create character profiles for Benvolio and the prince.  There will be a test on the unit 2B vocabulary on Friday.