Week of October 29, 2018

Boo!

This is what is going on in Mr. Hart’s classes this week:

  • AP Lit will be discussing the first section of “Great Expectations” and continue reading
  • English 1: We will wrap up our “Of Mice and Men” unit with a movie and a test (on Thursday)
  • Poetry: We will be wrapping up our Meter unit, reviewing what we’ve learned so far, and having a mid-term exam on Thursday

As always, check the above drop-down menus for more detailed lessons and downloadable material

Halloween is this Wednesday.  Keep safe and have fun!

No school Friday.  It is a teacher grading day (end of the 1st Qtr. is this Thursday)

Happy Halloween!

Week of October 22, 2018

Aloha!

This week in Mr. Hart’s classes:

  • AP Lit: We will continue reading and discussing “Great Expectations”.  Expect a vocab test on Friday!
  • English 1: Students will be having a vocab test on Tuesday.  We will also continue reading from “Of Mice and Men”.  There will be study guides for the book which students will have to complete.
  • Poetry: We will start the week with a study of Denotation vs. Connotation.  We will end the week with Meter

As always, check the above drop-down menus for more detailed daily lessons and downloadable handouts.

Halloween is next week!  Do you have your costume yet?  I do….

🙂

Have a great week Elmira!

Week of October 15, 2018

This week in Mr. Hart’s classes:

  • AP Lit: We will be reading “Great Expectations” by Charles Dickens.  There will be new vocabulary words and reading homework
  • English 1: We will be reading “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck. There will be various classwork assignments which may become homework
  • Poetry: We will continue our study of Sound Devices in poetry.  Late in the week, we may transition to Meter

As always, check the above drop-down menus for more detailed lesson plans as well as downloadable content

Have a great week!

Week of October 8, 2018

Short week this week!

  • Wednesday, all students will either be testing, or for seniors, working on graduation related activities. Freshmen will be taking the EXPLORE test.  Sophomores and Juniors will be taking the PSAT test
  • Parent Conferences are Wednesday (4-8pm), and Thursday (8-12pm)

This week in Mr. Hart’s classes:

  • AP Lit: We will read “The Fall of the House of Usher” by Edgar Allan Poe.  We will also begin reading “Great Expectations” by Charles Dickens
  • English 1: We will read something from Poe, and begin reading “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck
  • Poetry: We will read something from Poe, and we will begin analyzing poems for sound devices

Check the above drop-down menus for more detailed lessons and downloadable material.

Have a great long weekend!

Week of October 1st, 2018

This week in Mr. Hart’s classes:

  • AP Lit will be wrapping up the short story unit.  There will be an essay later in the week
  • English 1: We will be also wrapping up our short story unit this week.  There will be a multiple-choice test on Thursday.  Next up will be “Of Mice and Men”
  • Poetry: We will begin our unit on Figurative Language

As always, check the above drop-down menus for more detailed lessons and downloadable handouts.

Have a great week!