This document provides instructions and assignments for English class. It discusses reviewing topics and context clues. Students are assigned to read chapters from two books, Freedom Writers and The Blind Side, for literature circles. They are also to annotate chapter 4 of Drive and complete a vocabulary assignment for homework. Context clue practice will take place in the learning lab after a break.

1. ENG 83R
September 5
Review Topic
Review Context Clues
Homework
Annotation: Drive Ch. 4
Literature Circle Instructions
Connect Reading Lab

2. Let’s Review the homework
 Entryways
 Chapter Checks, Ch. 3, 4

3. Topic
 Does everyone remember what a topic
is?
 Let’s practice

4. Context Clues
 Some of you indicated to Mrs. Long that you
were having problems with context clues?
 Today when we go to the lab you will be
working on context clues.
 Please go through the assignments slowly.
 Last night students completed the context
clues in less than an hour; however, the
grades were very low, so take your time,
 The quiz has been postponed to next
Thursday, 9/12/13.

5. Literature Circle
 Please order your books from
amazon.com, etc., right away!
 The first literature circle will be on 9/16/13.
 Take out your literature circle assignments
and find the other people within your
“circle.”
 Give your group a name, and make
assignments.

6. Assignments for Freedom
Writers
 Circle 1: Read: All of Freshman Year 1994
and Freshman Year Spring 1995
 pages 1-46
 Circle 2: Read Sophomore Year – Fall 1995
& Sophomore Year 1996
 Pages 47-107

7. Assignments for Freedom
Writers
 Circle 3: Junior Year Fall 1996 and Junior
Year Spring 1997 up to and including
“Freedom Writer Poem.”
 Pages 108-159
 Circle 4: Junior Year Spring 1997 starting
from “Freedom Writers Unite” and Senior
Year Fall 1997
 Pages 160-218

8. Assignments for Freedom
Writers
 Circle #5: Senior Year Spring 1998 and
Epilogue.
 Pages 221-end

9. The Blind Side
 Circle #1: Ch. 1-3; pages 1-60
 Circle #2: Ch. 4-5; pages 61-116
 Circle #3: Ch. 6-7; pages 117-194
 Circle #4: Ch. 8-9; pages 195-256
 Circle #5: Ch. 10-12; pages 257-end

10. Annotation
 Please take out your Drive, Ch. 4.
 We will continue reading and annotating
this chapter until ….
 12:45 Break
 Following the break, we will meet in the
Learning Resource Center Lab.

11. Homework for Tuesday
 Vocabulary Assignment #2
 Complete annotation for Drive Ch. 4