E10+A+-+December+2+-+5

=Monday, December 1= =No School for students= = = = = =Tuesday, December 2= = = =Wednesday, December 3=
 * ===Sit wherever you like!===
 * ===Seating chart coming soon!===
 * ===Puzzle pieces===
 * ===find the people who have the rest of the pieces of your puzzle===
 * ===Sit together===
 * ===Welcome to English 10 A!===
 * ===Take roll===
 * ===How to get to this Wiki!===
 * ===Class syllabus===
 * ===First assignment.===
 * 4 points - due Friday.
 * turn in as soon as you've got signatures
 * See me if you need more time.
 * ===Writing two stories!===
 * ===Look at your picture===
 * ===First story:===
 * ===Talk to your classmates about what could be happening in the picture===
 * ===Everyone get out a piece of paper===
 * ===Write the first two sentences of a story, then===
 * ===pass the paper to someone else at your table.===
 * ===Get the paper from someone else and read the first two sentences.===
 * ===Write the next two sentences.===
 * ===Pass the paper.===
 * ===Keep going until everyone has added to your story.===
 * ===Read all the stories to each other===
 * ===Tomorrow:===
 * ===Bring your ID card!===
 * ===We'll check out //Of Mice & Men//===
 * ===Check out Of Mice and Men - 9:25===
 * ===Vocab warm-up===
 * ===There are two parts to the vocab warm-up===
 * ===Part I: Your list!===
 * ===start your own vocab list in your notebook===
 * ===This list is "Of Mice and Men Vocab"===
 * ===Each day add the new words===
 * ===Write down the word, part of speech, and definition===
 * ===Part II: Practice the Words!===
 * ===Get a small piece of paper from the basket on your desk===
 * Write sentences using today's four words
 * You may write one sentence or more.
 * Just be sure to use all the words.
 * ===Underline today's words in your sentences.===
 * ===Put your first and last name and the period on the little piece of paper===
 * ===Turn in the warm up sentences to the little silver box on the wall===
 * ===Today's words===
 * ===1. morose, adj. - gloomy===
 * ===2. skeptical, adj. - not easily convinced; doubtful===
 * ===3. gullible, adj. - easily convinced; overly trusting===
 * ===4. mottled, adj. - marked with blotches of different colors===


 * What was the Great Depression
 * What about the Dust Bowl?
 * Why did it happen?
 * ===Finish Steinbeck notes===

= = =Thursday, December 4= = = = = =Friday, December 5= = =
 * ===Vocab warm-up===
 * ===5. slough, v. (sluf) - to shed, to cast off===
 * ===6. slough, n. (sloo) - a stagnant backwater, often left behind when a river moves===
 * ===7. slew, v. past tense (sloo) - past tense of to slay, to kill===
 * ===8. derogatory, adj. - belittling, making someone feel less valuable===
 * ===Do you have questions about Chapter One?===
 * ===Have you finished the study questions?===
 * ===Turn them in today.===
 * ===Discuss book===
 * Grit Scale
 * Score it
 * ===Article on Grit===
 * ===Mark up article===
 * ===Answer questions===
 * ===Chapter Two questions===
 * ===vocab warm-up:===
 * ===9. bindle, n. - hobo's traveling pack===
 * ===10. brusque, adj. - rough or abrupt in manner or speech===
 * ===11. plaintive, adj. - expressing sorrow===
 * ===12. apprehensive, adj. - uneasy or fearful about the future===
 * ===Book discussion===
 * ===so, what do we know about these characters?===
 * ===What conflicts do you see set up?===
 * ===What might happen?===
 * ===What about Curley's Wife?===
 * ===Who's in charge?===
 * ===Time to finish Grit article===
 * ===Remember to write something for each paragraph===
 * ===Answer the questions on the light green sheet===
 * Discuss the article
 * Do you agree with it?
 * ===Reading Questions for Chapter 3===