Ms. Niermeyer's English Classes

Current Focus:
Confronting Challenges: Short story unit & narrative essay

Weekly Schedule: May 18-22

Mon--Warm up: Word Choice warm up
Rough Drafts due!
Peer Review of drafts
HW: Final Drafts due WEDNESDAY
Tues--Warm up: Introduction to Night
Background Activity
Wed--Warm up:
Final Drafts due!
Identity Bags
HW: Items in Identity Bags
Thurs--Warm up: Identity Bag activity
Check out Night
Start reading
Fri--Warm up:
Night part 1

Weekly Schedule: May 11-15

Mon--Warm up: None
Read David Sedaris essay, "Me Talk Pretty One Day"
Discuss Narrative essay writing
HW: Be ready with your topic for your essay tomorrow!
Tues--Warm up: "Dead verbs" warm up
Essay writing day
Wed--Warm up: none
Showing vs. Telling activity
Thurs--Warm up: Simile warm up
Essay writing day
Fri--Warm up: Dialogue puntuation
Essay writing day (ROUGH DRAFT DUE MONDAY!)

Current Unit: Psychological Fiction/Gender Issues


Weekly Schedule: May 18-22

Mon--Discuss AILD chapters
HW: AILD to p 161 for THURS (change to calendar!)
Tues--The Yellow Wallpaper
HW: Finish The Yellow Wallpaper
Wed--Discuss The Yellow Wallpaper
HW: Gender essays for Friday
Thurs--Discuss AILD chapters
HW: AILD to p 213 for Tuesday
Fri--Gender Essay work
HW: AILD to p 213 for Tuesday

Weekly Schedule: May 11-15

Mon--Final test prep day--bring tests!
HW: none
Tues--Introduce Psychological fiction/stream of consciousness
"Girl", Kincaid
HW: none
Wed--AP TEST!! GOOD LUCK : )
HW: none
Thurs--Celebrate!
Check out As I Lay Dying books
HW: AILD to pg: 40
Fri--Discuss reading
Journal set-up
HW: AILD to pg: 106