Reading Schedule: The House on Mango Street

What was the inspiration for The House on Mango Street? 
Watch this video about the author Sandra Cisneros:

Reading Schedule: The House on Mango Street

Wednesday, May 7^th –In Class: Poetry Test

For Thursday – Read and Annotate pp. 3-25 (22 pages)

Optional practice: Interactive Grammar Exam (it's much harder than the exam you will take next week.)

Thursday, May 8^th - In Class:

Review Punctuation Lesson and Exercise in Capitalization
Using Commas with Coordinating Conjunctions
Using Commas with Introductory Clauses
Quiz on Comma Usage

and Intro to The House on Mango Street

For Friday – Read 26-48 (22 pages) and review sentence styling

Interactive practice: Quiz on Punctuation
Another Quiz on Punctuation
Repairing Run-on Sentences
Review of Punctuation


Friday, May 9^th – In Class:  Computer Labs (F Block 201 810am/Z Block 203)

Submit your Form Poem (Poem#4 - if you have haven't already) 
Review Subject -Verb Agreement and Pronouns - 
Quiz 1, Quiz 2, 
Pronoun and Tense Consistency
Practice: 
Pronoun Usage, More Pronoun Usage, Reference and Case of Pronouns
FINAL -s on Word Endings
Quiz on That, Which, and Who

For Monday - pp. 49-83 (34 pages)

Monday, May 12^th – In Class

More Grammar Review
Fragments and Types of Sentences 

For Tuesday - Study For Grammar Test
See these interactive practice quizzes - what are your weak areas? 

While these are not the test, need to know...
Parallel Structures, Commonly Confused, It's/its and there/they're/their etc. 

Tuesday, May 13^th – In Class: Grammar Test

For Wednesday:

F block Review The House on Mango Street

(D-Block Drops - Review/Read The House on Mango Street)

Wednesday, May 14^th – In Class:

For Thursday - pp. 84-93 (9 pages)

Thursday, May 15^th – In Class:

For Friday pp. 94-110 (15 pages) – Finish the book

Friday, May 16^th – In Class:

Review The House on Mango Street