Today our DO NOW:
copy words and definitions from pages 770 to 781
(5 from Lincoln: A Photobiography and 2 from "O Captain, My Captain")
We took our Simple Solutions Test #9 and handed in our packets
We handed in our Grammar Handbooks which we created from all our Simple Solutions lessons through 25. Those can now be discarded if you want to clean out your binder.
We examined the poem, "O Captain, My Captain." We handed in our three questions that we answered after reading the poem.
Harvard submitted their journals; Yale & Princeton got theirs back.
We discussed the movie GLORY and the assignment for Social Studies.
Complete the RL8.1 worksheet which is the organizer to write a paper. Most of it should be bullet points or phrases not complete sentences, except for the introduction (restating the thesis) and the lead. Question is "How is respect earned?
We received our book report options.
HOLIDAY ASSIGNMENTS:
1. Finish reading your novel (this was your choice of book and genre). Begin work on your book report (you received the sheet with 3 options). Book report due December 3rd.
2. Continue writing your very own short science fiction story. Should be about two typed pages but no more than five typed pages. Rough draft due by Friday, December 6th.
3. Memorize the first few sentences of the Gettysburg Address for a speaking grade.
Students ready will begin presenting on Tuesday, December 2nd.
4. Do something nice for your family and take a minute to be thankful for all they have given you.
Happy Thanksgiving. Enjoy your long holiday break.
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Monday, November 25, 2013
Language Arts 11-25-13
Today we completed a review for our Simple Solutions Test tomorrow. Three sentences with directions and suggestions for studying were entered into our Black & White composition notebook.
We corrected Simple Solutions #35 & 36.
Yale & Princeton handed in their Purple/Black Reading journals for grading.
Current Events was collected.
We took notes on Non-fiction.
We watched a short video on the Gettysburg Address, highlighted the parts of the speech we have to memorize to present to the class for a "speaking grade," and completed a paraphrasing exercise with a partner.
Homework:
Packets for Simple Solutions will be collected on Tuesday as we take the test on lessons 33, 34, 35, 36.
Grammar handbooks which we began last week are due (write or type all bolded grammatical principles with an example if it would help you understand -- we are creating a grammar study guide).
Green literature book: read page 780 "O Captain, My Captain" and complete questions #1, 3, 4
on page 781
Harvard journals will be collected on Tuesday.
We corrected Simple Solutions #35 & 36.
Yale & Princeton handed in their Purple/Black Reading journals for grading.
Current Events was collected.
We took notes on Non-fiction.
We watched a short video on the Gettysburg Address, highlighted the parts of the speech we have to memorize to present to the class for a "speaking grade," and completed a paraphrasing exercise with a partner.
Homework:
Packets for Simple Solutions will be collected on Tuesday as we take the test on lessons 33, 34, 35, 36.
Grammar handbooks which we began last week are due (write or type all bolded grammatical principles with an example if it would help you understand -- we are creating a grammar study guide).
Green literature book: read page 780 "O Captain, My Captain" and complete questions #1, 3, 4
on page 781
Harvard journals will be collected on Tuesday.
Friday, November 22, 2013
Language Arts 11-22-2013
Today we completed a journal entry on
John Fitzgerald Kennedy (we bullet pointed all we knew about him; we added to our entry after we watched the video and read an article about his assassination)
We completed a Listening Activity by watching a short video on JFK and answering 10 multiple choice questions; we corrected this in class & discussed.
We analyzed the excerpt we read from Lincoln: A Photobiography and handed in our "Think and Note" sheet. We took notes on Abe Lincoln in our journal from a power point.
We examined "coincidences" between Lincoln and Kennedy.
We read a SCOPE article on the day Kennedy was assassinated.
HOMEWORK:
Current Event due Monday
Simple Solutions Test will be on Tuesday
work on SciFi story, read your novel
Know what your RIT score is (found on the NWEA MAP sheet you have in your binder)!
Ask someone over 55 if they remember the day Kennedy was shot. What were they doing... how did they get the news.... how did they feel....what did they remember?
8th Grade News:
A blue stapled paper was passed out in all Language Arts classes today from the 8th Grade Parent Committee. It was about the 8th Grade trip to Blue Man Group. A deposit is required and due in December. Please check all particulars on this handout.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy (we bullet pointed all we knew about him; we added to our entry after we watched the video and read an article about his assassination)
We completed a Listening Activity by watching a short video on JFK and answering 10 multiple choice questions; we corrected this in class & discussed.
We analyzed the excerpt we read from Lincoln: A Photobiography and handed in our "Think and Note" sheet. We took notes on Abe Lincoln in our journal from a power point.
We examined "coincidences" between Lincoln and Kennedy.
We read a SCOPE article on the day Kennedy was assassinated.
HOMEWORK:
Current Event due Monday
Simple Solutions Test will be on Tuesday
work on SciFi story, read your novel
Know what your RIT score is (found on the NWEA MAP sheet you have in your binder)!
Ask someone over 55 if they remember the day Kennedy was shot. What were they doing... how did they get the news.... how did they feel....what did they remember?
8th Grade News:
A blue stapled paper was passed out in all Language Arts classes today from the 8th Grade Parent Committee. It was about the 8th Grade trip to Blue Man Group. A deposit is required and due in December. Please check all particulars on this handout.
Thursday, November 21, 2013
Language Arts 11-21-13
Today:
Took notes on "Active Listening"
We took a comprehension test on "The Secret" by Arthur Clarke.
We took our SciFi test.
Graded SS #35
Homework:
Do SS # 36
Read pages 769-775 Lincoln, A Photobiography in your Green Literature book.
Create a "Think and Note" as you read.
Compass Learning activities online
Took notes on "Active Listening"
We took a comprehension test on "The Secret" by Arthur Clarke.
We took our SciFi test.
Graded SS #35
Homework:
Do SS # 36
Read pages 769-775 Lincoln, A Photobiography in your Green Literature book.
Create a "Think and Note" as you read.
Compass Learning activities online
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Language 11-20-13
Papers returned, organized in portfolios.
Clean-out procedure: Simple Solutions # 1-24 (create a grammar mini-handbook -- type or write grammar principles that are bolded; include an example), then discard.
Hunger Games: keep your paper and choose three pieces of your best work to keep; others can be discarded.
Current Events: keep "Are You A Loser" which is the model, others can be discarded
Corrected Simple Solutions #34, #35 I homework
Finished notes on SciFi authors; did a review for tomorrow's test
Corrected the Orson Welles worksheet; watched part of a video of the original broadcast.
Read aloud "The Secret." by Arthur Clarke.
Homework:
Study for Sci Fi Test on Thursday
SS #35
begin work on grammar mini-handbook
get portfolio signed
Yale & Princeton: write a letter to Santa asking for something for a child with a life-threatening illness or a gift to make the world a better place (writing grade & fundraiser for Make A Wish)
Harvard: also read another story from Scope Magazine and poem on SciFi.
Clean-out procedure: Simple Solutions # 1-24 (create a grammar mini-handbook -- type or write grammar principles that are bolded; include an example), then discard.
Hunger Games: keep your paper and choose three pieces of your best work to keep; others can be discarded.
Current Events: keep "Are You A Loser" which is the model, others can be discarded
Corrected Simple Solutions #34, #35 I homework
Finished notes on SciFi authors; did a review for tomorrow's test
Corrected the Orson Welles worksheet; watched part of a video of the original broadcast.
Read aloud "The Secret." by Arthur Clarke.
Homework:
Study for Sci Fi Test on Thursday
SS #35
begin work on grammar mini-handbook
get portfolio signed
Yale & Princeton: write a letter to Santa asking for something for a child with a life-threatening illness or a gift to make the world a better place (writing grade & fundraiser for Make A Wish)
Harvard: also read another story from Scope Magazine and poem on SciFi.
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Language Arts 11-19-2013
All:
Read a SCOPE article entitled "Welcome to the Future." As a journal entry, students jotted down the 12 projected changes and created three of their own. Class discussed feeling the author had about the future. Introduced the literary element, tone.
Took notes in our Red notebook on tone, looked at examples. (Students were asked to go home tonight and explain Tone to someone.)
Yale & Princeton: corrected Simple Solutions #33. Handed in "Rain, Rain Go Away" homework assignment.
Yale & Harvard handed in Sci Fi Poems
Homework:
Yale & Princeton: read an article about Orson Welles and answer the questions on the back of the story sheet.
Tell someone about Tone.
Simple Solutions #34
Read your novel.
Harvard:
write a letter to Santa for Make A Wish.
Simple Solutions #34
Read your novel.
Read a SCOPE article entitled "Welcome to the Future." As a journal entry, students jotted down the 12 projected changes and created three of their own. Class discussed feeling the author had about the future. Introduced the literary element, tone.
Took notes in our Red notebook on tone, looked at examples. (Students were asked to go home tonight and explain Tone to someone.)
Yale & Princeton: corrected Simple Solutions #33. Handed in "Rain, Rain Go Away" homework assignment.
Yale & Harvard handed in Sci Fi Poems
Homework:
Yale & Princeton: read an article about Orson Welles and answer the questions on the back of the story sheet.
Tell someone about Tone.
Simple Solutions #34
Read your novel.
Harvard:
write a letter to Santa for Make A Wish.
Simple Solutions #34
Read your novel.
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