10/30/2020: 1 Day Until Halloween!

Ms. VincentOctober 30, 2020Leave a comment

Sorry that today's update is a little late! Happy Halloween! I hope you all have a safe and fun weekend! Here's today's recap!

English 8

We read our very last myth today: "Eros and Psyche." Please make sure you finish up your unit packet this weekend! Don't forget that if you haven't done your reading check-in, you have until the end of the day tomorrow.

English 9 and 9 Honors

Today we went over our schedule for the next two weeks, which will take us to the end of the quarter.

English 9

Today and This Weekend: Please work on the introduction and body paragraph 1.

Monday 11/2: Body Paragraph 2

Tuesday 11/3: Body Paragraph 3

Wednesday 11/4: Wind Down Wednesday with a Short Story Escape Room game

Thursday 11/5: Conclusion and Works Cited

Friday 11/6: Formatting, Self-Editing Checklist, Extra Credit if interested

English 9 Honors

Monday 11/2: Body Paragraphs 3-4

Tuesday 11/3: Conclusion, Works Cited, formatting, send essays to peer editors.

Wednesday 11/4: Wind Down Wednesday with a Short Story Escape Room game

Thursday 11/5: Peer editing

Friday 11/6: Formatting, Self-Editing Checklist, Extra Credit if interested

Next Week for English 9 and 9 Honors

Monday 11/9: Review short stories and literary devices

Tuesday 11/10: Unit test on short stories and literary devices, you may turn in your essay if complete for 15 bonus points.

Wednesday 11/11: No school - Veteran's Day, you may turn in your essay if complete for 10 bonus points.

Thursday 11/12: Literary device activities, you may turn in your essay if complete for 5 bonus points.

Friday 11/13: Literary device activities, your essay is due today. Quarter 1 ends.

10/29/2020: 2 Days Until Halloween!

Ms. VincentOctober 29, 2020Leave a comment

Are you getting excited for Halloween? I am. 🙂

Here's today's recap!

English 8

We read the story of Echo and Narcissus today. Please make sure that you've been working on your packet. I'm going to be collecting it early next week! Also, don't forget about your independent reading due tomorrow!

English 9 and 9H

Today was devoted to developing our thesis statements. Please have these ready for class tomorrow, when we'll begin writing the body paragraphs!

10/28/2020: 3 Days Until Halloween

Ms. VincentOctober 28, 2020Leave a comment

We are so close to Halloween, kiddos. So close.

Here's today's recap for our Wind Down Wednesday!

English 8

Today we watched some fun videos about Jason and the Argonauts, the Chimera, and the Hydra! None of these will be on your test, but it was a fun way to take a break from the reading while still learning about Greek mythology!

Don't forget that you're going to have a packet check early next week, so fill out your whole packet!

English 9 and 9 Honors

Today we watched the Twilight Zone episode "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street." Tomorrow we'll be getting back to our essays. English 9, don't forget to turn in your 3 Quotes homework tonight!

10/27/2020: 4 days until Halloween

Ms. VincentOctober 27, 2020Leave a comment

We're getting closer!

Here's today's recap!

English 8

We read the story of Orpheus and Eurydice today. Please fill in your packets for this myth! Yesterday's extra credit will be available until the end of the day today!

English 9

We went over the outline for the literary analysis essay today. Your homework is to complete the Three Quotes for Literary Analysis Essay assignment (due by Wednesday 10/28/2020 at 11:59 p.m.). This includes the title and author of your story, the literary device you've chosen and its definition (which you can copy and paste from yesterday's notes), and three quotes from your story (copied and pasted from the text).

English 9H

We went over the outline for your literary analysis essay today, and your homework is to gather your eight quotes before class begins on Thursday. You just have to copy and paste them into a Google Doc. Today's notes are posted to Schoology for you.

10/26/2020: 5 Days Until Halloween

Ms. VincentOctober 26, 2020Leave a comment

This week is going to be a Halloween countdown. 🙂

Here's our recap!

English 8

Today we read the myth of Phaethon, so don't forget to fill in your unit packet with information about this myth! If you're missing anything in your packet, now is a good time to fill in those blanks, because you're going to be having another packet check soon, and you can earn points back!

For 1 bonus point, send me a message through Schoology with the adjective definition of the word divine as we marked down today.

English 9

Today, you chose which short story from our list you'd like to write your final essay on, as well as which literary device you'll be analyzing. For homework, look through your chosen story and start thinking about which quotes you want to use.

English 9H

Today, we discussed the different stories and literary devices you're going to be comparing in your final essay, and you should have your two stories and two literary devices chosen. For homework, start collecting your two quotes for each story/literary device. You should have a total of 4 quotes.

10/23/2020: Last weekend before HALLOWEEN

Ms. VincentOctober 23, 2020Leave a comment

Hi kiddos! Next weekend is Halloween! YAY! Here's our recap for today and what you should be doing over the weekend.

English 8

Today we did another review game of the Greek gods, and your independent reading was due! If you haven't yet, complete the independent reading check-in before the end of the day today. Make sure you're going back to fill in any blanks in your packet, and have a great weekend!

English 9

Your essays on "The Lottery" are due before class begins on Monday. If you need an extension, you need to speak with me before 12:00 p.m. (noon) on Sunday because I will not be checking my school email after that point. You may request an extension only if you have extenuating circumstances. Remember to use the resources that I gave you in Schoology!

English 9H

Your essay comparing "The Lottery" to "Miriam" is due before class begins on Monday. Hopefully, you're already close to finished! If you need an extension, you need to speak with me before 12:00 p.m. (noon) on Sunday because I will not be checking my school email after that point. You may request an extension only if you have extenuating circumstances.

10/22/2020: Take a Moment and Breathe

Ms. VincentOctober 22, 2020Leave a comment

English 8

Today we read the story of Arachne. Don't forget to fill out the plot of this myth in your packets, and don't forget that your independent reading check-in is tomorrow!

English 9 and English 9 Honors

It's important to slow down sometimes and take some space for yourselves. I hope you're all able to do that today. In fact, that's the homework assignment for the entire 9th grade: take 15 minutes where you do absolutely nothing and just let your mind wander. Don't work on any English today! Just relax. Unless you want to write the chicken nugget "essay" for extra credit, honors group. 🙂

In the honors class, we talked about the next essay, but I don't want you to work on it yet. In the English 9 classes, we connected Pixar shorts to different literary devices.

No more English for you now, 9th graders. Go relax. You've earned it.

10/21/2020: Substitute Day

Ms. VincentOctober 21, 2020October 21, 2020Leave a comment

I missed all of you kiddos today! I'll be back tomorrow, but in the meantime, here's our scheduled post.

English 8

Today, your guidance counselor was hopefully able to come to visit our class today. We'll be getting back to our mythology tomorrow. Please make sure you're filling out your packet every time we read a story!

English 9

You should have been able to get the symbolism paragraph for your essays done today. Tomorrow, I'll check in with all of you, and we'll get to work on the foreshadowing paragraph.

English 9 Honors

Hopefully, you were able to get your introductions and conclusions done today! Tomorrow we'll talk about self- and peer-editing.

10/20/2020: Pandora and Essays

Ms. VincentOctober 20, 2020Leave a comment

Here's today's recap!

English 8

We read the story of Pandora today, and your homework was to fill in your packet under Pandora. Make sure to fill in the characters, plot, and lesson! For a bonus point, send me an email or Schoology message before 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday with the name of Pandora's husband. 🙂

English 9

We went through the thesis statements for the symbolism and foreshadowing paragraphs of your Lottery essay today, and we got some good work done! Please try to finish any missing work for "The Lottery" as soon as you're able to. For a bonus point, send me an email telling me which of our short stories was your favorite and why before 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday. 🙂

English 9 Honors

During class, we went through the regents rubric and chose partners/groups for peer editing later on in the week. For a bonus point, at the request of one particular student, send me an email with a short (fewer than 5 sentences) "essay" about chicken nuggets that would earn you a 0 on the regents exam before 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday. 🙂

10/19/2020: Nature Myths and Essays

Ms. VincentOctober 19, 2020Leave a comment

Some of you noticed that there were bonus point opportunities that you missed. It's important to check this blog!

Here's today's recap:

English 8

We started the nature myths today and read the story of Prometheus. As a reminder, you need to be filling in your study guide every day for the stories that we read. The stories are on Schoology.

English 9

We reviewed the symbolism and foreshadowing in "The Lottery." Please make sure all of your owed "Lottery" work is turned in today, or they will become zeroes.

English 9H

To step away from the essay on "The Lottery" and "Miriam," today I gave you a list of short stories to choose from. I'd like you to have your stories chosen by Thursday. Enjoy!