1. IRB

2. Beowulf Chapter 11

3. Bring in your favorite Children’s Book to read to your EK buddy!

4. Last day to bring in a soup can. Don’t get a HW slip for forgetting!

1. IRB

2. 2nd Draft of your Grendel Entry due.  Make sure you have looked over the checklist, proofread and had the proper header.  Double space and print it out BEFORE class starts.  If your printer is malfunctioning make sure you print out your work at Homeroom.

1. IRB

2. Make sure you have the castle video questions in tomorrow! We’ll cover 2-4 in class. Lynne is showing all 4 videos from 11:30-12:00 on Wednesday in her room.

3. Work on your Grendel Entry. The second draft is due on Thursday! Look over the rubric I gave you to see what you’re being graded on.

4. New Good Words due tomorrow!

1. IRB

2. Make sure you have your Grendel entries printed.  We will be Peer Conferencing them tomorrow.  They should be in 12 times-roman font, double-spaced and have the standard heading:

Name                                                                                                                        Date
FM6                                                                                        Grendel Writing Project

3. Make sure you have your Beowulf books in tomorrow, too.

1. IRB

2. Take your Grendel Entries home and type the first draft (due Tomorrow).  Print out one copy and bring it to class.

3. Good Words:

Core A
1.    Circumvent
2.    Pandemic
3.    Aberrant
4.    Frivolous
5.    Abashed
6.    Plight
7.    Peril
8.    Perspiration
9.    Tranquil
10.    Mundane

Core B
1.    Tranquil
2.    Indubitably
3.    Mundane
4.    Ethereal
5.    Lacquered
6.    Circumvent
7.    Pandemic
8.    Aberrant
9.    Plight
10.    Peril

1. IRB

2. Take your Good Word sheet home and do your best to illustrate the word I checked.  Write your core section on the bottom right section and the definition under the word.

3. Keep thinking about your Grendel story.

Big day tomorrow.  Remind everyone to vote.

1. IRB

2. Our last round of Current Events are tomorrow. Olivia’s and Marcelo’s groups go tomorrow.

3. Booktalks are ongoing (Lizzie, Andrew and Che) go tomorrow.

4. Fill out the Short Core Reflection sheets I handed out at the end of the day. Look over the notes you made and my comment(s) when you fill them out. Remember you are not looking to write complete sentences but rather bullet points (notes) that you will be able to speak from during the conference.

1. IRB

2. Read Chapter 8 in Beowulf and complete your “JOB” worksheet I distributed

3. Finish Castle Worksheet

4. Booktalks start on Monday!

1. IRB

2. Study for your Beowulf Test (Chapters 4, 5, 6 & 7)

3. Continue preparing your Booktalks.

1. IRB

2. Read Beowulf Chapter 7

3. Start looking over your Beowulf notes – Assessment Test on Friday!

4. Booktalks start next week.