Friday, November 22, 2013

• Take the "Death of a Salesman" test.
• Make sure you are not missing any work.

Thursday, November 21, 2013

• Finish all of the study guide questions.
• Review the book by playing Jeopardy to prepare for the test tomorrow.

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

• Finish the vocabulary for the 5th reading.
• Finish reading the book.
• Answer study guide questions #8-22.
• Discuss the book, the theme, and the study guide.

Tuesday, November 19, 2013

• Finished answering the Act II study guide questions #'s 8-22.
• Complete the vocabulary for part 5. 
• sensuous
• imitated
• striviing
• overempahsize
• anziously
• ominously
• implacably
• contemputous

• We read pages 116-127.

Monday, November 18, 2013

• We reviewed where we left off in the book.
• Then we listened and followed along to an audio version of the book. We read pages 90-116.
• Answer questions #8-22 on the Act II study guide.

Friday, November 15, 2013

• We reviewed the first seven questions of the Act II study guide.
• We played Jeopardy to review Act I questions and vocabulary.

Thursday, November 14, 2013

• We finished reading up to page 90 where Willy is going to see Charley.
• We completed the study guide questions #1-7.
• Complete the fourth vocabulary handout.

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

• Today we completed the vocabulary handout for the third reading assignment. 
• We previewed the study guide questions for Act II (#1-#7).
• We began reading Act II.

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

• We finished reading Act I today.
• The study guide questions for Act I need to be completed today. They are due at the beginning of class tomorrow. 

Monday, November 11, 2013

• Today we read from page 37 to 61 in the "Death of a Salesman".
• We discussed the book as we were reading.
• Tomorrow we will finish Act I and complete the study guide questions for Act I.

Friday, November 8, 2013
 

• Make sure you explain "why" in your response. You have to support your answer.
• We finished discussing the first 15 study guide questions.
• We did the vocabulary work for the next second we are going to be reading on Monday.

Thursday, November 7, 2013

• Finish reading up to page 37.
• Complete #1-15 on the study guide for Act I.

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Today's writing prompt: Start the story before he actually goes over the waterfall. How did he end up here?

•  We read pgs. 11-27 in Death of a Salesman today. 
• Make sure you look at questions 1-15 on the study guide before we read so that you know what information you should be looking for as you read.

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Today's writing prompt.

•  We discussed our responses to the sentence starters we completed yesterday. 
• I introduced the vocabulary for the first part of the book we will be reading tomorrow.
• mercurial
• sentiment
• agitation
• idealist
• avidly
• enthralled
• insinuates
• incipient

• There  is a handout for the vocabulary that you need to complete and turn in.
• At the end of class we discussed the characters we will meet in the book tomorrow.

Monday, November 4, 2013

Writing prompt today:

•  Introduced the "Death of a Salesman" including background information about the author and the theme of the book.
• We talked about what "the American Dream" is and what it means to you individually.
• We completed a free write that included 12 sentence starters. (I will post this handout as soon as I get it scanned into my computer.)

Friday, November 1, 2013

Today we finished typing up your cover letter and resume. Both need to be emailed to me as if you were submitting them to a potential employer. 
You also need to turn in your JOB Project rubric, resume  rough draft, cover letter rough draft, and high school transcript all stapled together.