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Honors English 3 Lesson Plans

Week of February 25-March 1
Monday 2/25 (2-Hour Late Start)​
MUG: Pronouns
**One  more tricky rule: Always use the POSSESSIVE case before an -ing word.
Incorrect: I am tired of HIM whining.
Correct:  I am tired of HIS whining.
Incorrect:  The teacher was upset about HIM coming late every day.
Correct:     The teacher was upset about HIS coming late every day.

Incorrect:  Him coming late every day was annoying.
Correct:  His coming late every day was annoying. 

Quickly review Pronoun Agreement with these two exercises:
Exercise 1
Exercise 2


​You practice:  
Pronoun Case Exercise 1
Pronouns
Pronouns at GrammarBook.com

Pronoun Case Exercise 2
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Tuesday 2/26 (9:00 Start & Assembly) and Wednesday 2/27 
MUG: Pronouns
Assignments: 
1.  Log in to SDMyLife
2. On your dashboard or home page, scroll down to lower right corner and open Method Test Prep
3. On the Method Test Prep Student Dashboard, scroll down to week 14,  Lesson 57 (Pronoun Antecedent Agreement)
Read through the rules and/or watch the video. Click the "I have read and understand this concept" box at the bottom.
Move on to and complete the assessment.
4. On the Method Test Prep Student Dashboard, scroll down to week 16, Lesson 66 (Unclear Pronouns)
Read through the rules and/or watch the video. Click the "I have read and understand this concept" box at the bottom.
​Move on to and complete the assessment.

5. At Quia: Pronouns in the Subject, Object and Possessive Case #3 . 
6. At Quia: Pronoun Agreement
 #4             (best 3 of 4 pronoun grades will be recorded)
​7. 
Log in to  NEWSELA. Read TWO of the FOUR new articles assigned. Answer the questions for each!

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Thursday 2/28
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MUG Mini-Lesson: Pronoun REFERENCE (not agreemen!) Errors
View: Vague Pronoun Reference
View: Pronoun Reference Errors
Complete Pronoun Reference Packet

Pronoun Reference Practice #2
Now do:  
Assignment: Complete assignment on Pronoun Reference

MUG:  Who/Whom,  Whoever/Whomever, Who's/Whose 
Who's =Who is or Who has
Who's in charge?=Who is in charge?
​Whose=shows possession
Whose books are these?
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Who=he/she
Whom=him/her

We do: Pretest,
View Who/He trick
practice packet & 
Cheat Sheet


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​Friday 3/1
MUG:  Who/Whom,  Whoever/Whomever, Who's/Whose 
You practice:
1.  Whoever/Whomever Quiz #1
2. Take the Who or Whom Quiz  ​
3. Practice with this quiz on Who or Whom
4. Take another quiz on Who or Whom
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Now Complete: I'll record the better score
 
the Who/Whom/Who's/Whose  assignment at Quia (22 points)
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and

the 
Who/Whom assignment at Quia (22 points)

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​Week of February 19-22
Tuesday 2/19
from Mrs. Kistler and Prom Committee: Please stop in & register for Prom by Friday, 2/22 with Mrs. Kistler
The deadline will NOT be extended. If you are not registered by Friday, you will not be able to attend Prom. 
If your date's name changes later, that is fine, but you need to be registered by Friday.  

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MUG:  Pronoun Agreement
View: Celebrity Grammar with Kanye West
View: Celebrity Grammar with Ariana Grande
View: Slightly PG Amy's Lyric School: I and Me
Pretest and Subject Pronouns

Pronoun Cheat Sheet
Grammar Lab Expectations
​We do: 
Continue Pronoun Agreement packet pp. 108-end



Wednesday 2/20No School ***SNOW DAY!***

Thursday 2/21
Take time to complete Mrs. Lupkes Survey!
MUG: Pronoun Agreement
We do: Pronoun Packet
You do:
Practice Quiz on Pronoun Usage
Practice Choosing the correct pronoun Quiz 1

Practice ChompChomp pronouns

Now Complete 2 assignments:  
I will record the better of the two.  
Even if you get them all right on the first one, do both!
USE your packet! USE your cheat sheet!

1. Pronoun Usage Assignment #1 (20 pts)

2. Using Pronouns Correctly #2 (20 pts)

​​Friday 2/22

Pronouns continue!
​**One  more tricky rule: Always use the POSSESSIVE case before an -ing word.
Incorrect: I am tired of HIM whining.
Correct:  I am tired of HIS whining.
Incorrect:  The teacher was upset about HIM coming late every day.
Correct:     The teacher was upset about HIS coming late every day.

Incorrect:  Him coming late every day was annoying.
Correct:  His coming late every day was annoying. 

One more tricky pronoun situation--possessive before gerund (-ing word)
Quickly review Pronoun Agreement with these two exercises:
Exercise 1
Exercise 2


​You practice:  
Pronoun Case Exercise 1
Pronouns
Pronouns at GrammarBook.com

Complete Quiz on Pronoun Usage
Complete  Choosing the correct pronoun Quiz 1​


Now submit:  I'll record the better score of two--no feedback will show right away! Do both!
At Quia: Pronouns in the Subject, Object and Possessive Case
At Quia: Pronoun Agreement

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Week of February 11-13
Monday 2/11 
M=1:30 Dismiss for PT Conferences
MUG: Verb Tense Consistency--an error tested on ACT and Common Core English tests
​1. If you are absent today, view these brief videos on Verb Tense Consistency
and Shifts in Verb Tense (just through 2:59)
If you DON'T use correct verb tense, you'll get called out!  Wrong Verb Tense Songs #1 (​warning: PG)

2. If you are absent today, we will use THIS ACTIVITY to introduce Verb Tense Consistency
3. If you are absent today, we will also use THIS ACTIVITY to review Verb Tense Consistency
4. If you are absent today, we will review Verb Tense Consistency with THIS DOCUMENT

5. If you are absent today, we will practice Verb Tense Consistency with THIS EXERCISE

Tuesday 2/12
9:00 Start
MUG: Verb Tense Consistency

We practice:
Finish Worksheet Packet: "If" conditionals page 
Here are the "If" conditional rules

If you are absent, we will use THIS ACTIVITY in class today for practice.

You Practice:

1. Start with a super simple warmup
2. Tense Consistency Exercise
3. Consistency of Tense
4.  English Grammar Online Quiz

Complete this Assignment: 
1. Complete Verb Tense Consistency Quiz #1 at Quia



Wednesday 2/13
View: WWII aircraft carrier and veteran gunner
It's time to begin to prepare for the ELA (English Language Arts) portion of the Common Core.  
The ELA test is an untimed test that contains several different types of questions.
Students answer 
multiple choice questions based on short passages they read
and write responses to open-ended questions based on stories, articles, or poems they listen to or read.
Again, drill improves skill, so we will be practicing regularly until test time utilizing Newsela, 

a data base of current event non-fiction stories tailor-made for classroom use.
The current event stories are both student-friendly and can be accessed in different formats by reading level.
Real life newspaper writers rewrite a story four times for a total of five Lexile (reading) levels per story.
All articles have embedded Common Core aligned quizzes that conform to the reading levels for checking comprehension.


​What is Newsela
Join NEWSELA--  Your Class Code is WXB8W7
Read: Matching Grade level to Lexile levels in Newsela

Reading Lab Expectations and Assignment: 
1. Since electronic devices are not allowed during Common Core or ACT or any standardized  testing, get used to that and tuck cell phones away.
2. 9 articles have been assigned to you.  You MUST read the Elie Wiesel article.
3. Then choose TWO 
of the other nine articles to read and answer questions.
4. Log in to see the articles.
5. For each article, choose the lexile level closest to your grade level (so either MAX or one of the top 2 numbers).
6. When you finish reading, go to the activities link on top right.
​7. Click the Quiz link and answer the 4 questions for each article.  Results come directly to me.
8. Again, read the Wiesel article and any TWO of the other articles to read and answer the 4 questions for each.
​This is much like what the ELA Common Core exams will be like.  Practice makes progress!  Readers become leaders!
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Thursday 2/14, Friday 2/15, Monday 2/18
No School for Inservice and President's Day

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 Week of February 4-8

Monday 2/4
Mrs. Lupkes will share information on senior year

Tuesday 2/5
Mrs. Lupkes will share information on senior year

Wednesday 2/6
Assignment at Quia: Complete  Review of Mrs. Lupkes 2-day Presentation

​Subject-Verb Agreement Practice Packet-Pre-test 
Click here for a review of ALL the rules!
Rules:
1. Whenever each, either, neither, ones (someone, anyone), bodies (somebody, nobody" is the subject, the verb MUST be singular.
 (Also add   Every  and  Many a  or  Many an
Each of the girls is carrying a backpack.
Every girl and boy carries...

Many a girl carries a

2. Whenever "both, few, several, many" is subject, the verb must be plural
Both of the girls are carrying a backpack.

3. If "some, all, any, none, most" is the subject, look inside the phrase to determine if the verb is singular or plural.
Some of the cake is gone.
Some of the cookies are gone.


4. Singular subjects joined by "or" take singular verb.
Jason, Jen or Pat does the dishes every night.

5. Compound subjects joined by "and" take plural verbs.
Jason, Jen and Pat are coming for dinner.

View ACT review videos:
1.  Tricky scenarios on the ACT with SV agreement
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Thursday 2/7 (SNOW DAY!)

Friday 2/8 (2 HOUR LATE START)

Find your SV agreement packet with Cheat Sheet. 
Go over ACT passage and last page.

Do 2-sided worksheet (Handbook Section 11) together


Assignment:​ complete these 4 assignments. 
(I will keep the better 22 point and the better 18 point assignment.  Use the Cheat Sheet.)
1.  SUBMIT S-V Agreement ASSIGNMENT #1 at Quia (22 pts)
2. Submit S-V Agreement Assignment #3 (22 pts)

3. SUBMIT S-V Agreement ASSIGNMENT #2 at Quia (18 pts)
4. SUBMIT S-V Agreement Assignment #4
 (18 pts)

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