Vocabulary test return...although no corrections necessary, do look through to see what words you still need to become more familiar with and incorporate into your personal word bank.
Rough draft return. Blocks 3 and 4 will not have any marks on the papers. Those are found online as I discussed Tuesday in class. Check online, read through my comments on your draft...ask me any questions. I am here before school this week and next for paper assistance! Rough Draft # 2 is due on Saturday bu noon. No late papers will be accepted. FINAL DRAFT due Monday 10-11-10.
I passed out additional books that arrived from the book order. Since block 4 ended all have arrived. Blocks 1 and 3 will get two books tomorrow...block 4 will get the final title - Survival in Auschwitz - on Friday.
After we reviewed vocabulary today we got into a circle and talked about the 4 literature stories:
A Management of Grief
The Story of an Hour
Sonny's Blues
A Pair of Tickets
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Tuesday 9-28-10
Today I returned and we discussed upcoming assignments:
Due Block Day this week...A Pair of Tickets...read/type answers to questions
Due Friday 10-1-10 Vocabulary Quiz...8 and 9 (part multiple choice and part sentences...relating to LIT stories again)
Due Saturday 10-2-10 (No later than NOON) ... a second revision to the paper draft. NOTE...all paper drafts must be done again to keep polishing them. Some have a notation of "1" on turnitin.com ... this mean revise and return. NO grade was given as edits need to be done for me to help you more.
Blocks 3 and 4 papers were perused ONLINE. check turnitin.com for the comments I made. If you cannot access them by clicking on paper title, let me know WEDNESDAY. We'll have to work to get the glitch in the new program figured out ASAP!!
I did run the vocabulary tests through the scantron and entered the grades into the computer before I left school. Block day you will get those back. Those that missed the test can come in before school any day this week to make it up.
The Holocaust Titles arrived today. I will give them to you on Friday. If you do not have them arriving in the book order make sure to have them with you on Friday October 1st.
Block Day this week: Vocabulary review and Literature Discussion...circle talks!!
Due Block Day this week...A Pair of Tickets...read/type answers to questions
Due Friday 10-1-10 Vocabulary Quiz...8 and 9 (part multiple choice and part sentences...relating to LIT stories again)
Due Saturday 10-2-10 (No later than NOON) ... a second revision to the paper draft. NOTE...all paper drafts must be done again to keep polishing them. Some have a notation of "1" on turnitin.com ... this mean revise and return. NO grade was given as edits need to be done for me to help you more.
Blocks 3 and 4 papers were perused ONLINE. check turnitin.com for the comments I made. If you cannot access them by clicking on paper title, let me know WEDNESDAY. We'll have to work to get the glitch in the new program figured out ASAP!!
I did run the vocabulary tests through the scantron and entered the grades into the computer before I left school. Block day you will get those back. Those that missed the test can come in before school any day this week to make it up.
The Holocaust Titles arrived today. I will give them to you on Friday. If you do not have them arriving in the book order make sure to have them with you on Friday October 1st.
Block Day this week: Vocabulary review and Literature Discussion...circle talks!!
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Read this story about a Holocaust Survivor
Just read the story on Yahoo today - it as about a survivor being reunited with the people that saved her.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20100924/us_yblog_upshot/after-62-years-holocaust-survivor-reunites-with-lost-friend-whose-passport-led-her-to-america
We will start our Holocaust Unit October 1st.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20100924/us_yblog_upshot/after-62-years-holocaust-survivor-reunites-with-lost-friend-whose-passport-led-her-to-america
We will start our Holocaust Unit October 1st.
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Block Days
We reviewed for the test...scantron format with an emphasis on lesson 7 ... 60 questions total.
Friday:
Vocab Test
If you finish...read the lit book stories that are due next week
Next Tuesday (paper grade) you need to have your Outside Reading Book Approved. Remember it needs to be of an author that is a different ethnicity than you are and must be written, roughly, within your lifetime. The genres include: Memoir, Historical Fiction and Coming of Age. A few people asked for suggestions of books...check out the following websites...read about the books listed, peruse like you would if you were walking through a library or book store. Not all fit the guidelines. Some may not be appropriate for a school report. Email me if you have questions.
Historical Fiction: http://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/historical-fiction
Coming of Age: http://www.librarything.com/tag/coming+of+age
Memoir: http://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/memoir
Remember...the book needs to be chosen, not purchased or read by Tuesday...the assignment is due in NOVEMBER. Pick a book at your reading level and of a length you can manage with your other classes, extras, etc.
TRIVIA QUESTION FOR FRIDAY....
(answer MUST be emailed to yahoo account by NOON Saturday)...check back...others could be posted this weekend.
What are the TOP 5 BOOKS on the New York Time Best Seller list for Fiction adn Non-Fiction this week?
Friday:
Vocab Test
If you finish...read the lit book stories that are due next week
Next Tuesday (paper grade) you need to have your Outside Reading Book Approved. Remember it needs to be of an author that is a different ethnicity than you are and must be written, roughly, within your lifetime. The genres include: Memoir, Historical Fiction and Coming of Age. A few people asked for suggestions of books...check out the following websites...read about the books listed, peruse like you would if you were walking through a library or book store. Not all fit the guidelines. Some may not be appropriate for a school report. Email me if you have questions.
Historical Fiction: http://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/historical-fiction
Coming of Age: http://www.librarything.com/tag/coming+of+age
Memoir: http://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/memoir
Remember...the book needs to be chosen, not purchased or read by Tuesday...the assignment is due in NOVEMBER. Pick a book at your reading level and of a length you can manage with your other classes, extras, etc.
TRIVIA QUESTION FOR FRIDAY....
(answer MUST be emailed to yahoo account by NOON Saturday)...check back...others could be posted this weekend.
What are the TOP 5 BOOKS on the New York Time Best Seller list for Fiction adn Non-Fiction this week?
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Tuesday 9-21-10
The following books arrived and were passed out today (the others are on their way):
Frankenstein
Macbeth
The Tempest
Brave New World
Brave New World will be read closer to Thanksgiving. The other titles will be read the second semester.
Frankenstein
Macbeth
The Tempest
Brave New World
Brave New World will be read closer to Thanksgiving. The other titles will be read the second semester.
Monday, September 20, 2010
Tuesday 9-21-10 Upcoming Reading Assignments Announced
Today in class we will do activities to learn vocabulary lesson 7. We'll review on block day.
We will discuss: The Management of Grief and The Story of an Hour from our literature Book as well as Salvation by Langston Hughes.
Homework for Monday 9-27-10: ACTIVE Read James Baldwin's Sonny's Blues (Literature Book pages 81-105) Answer questions 1-3 on page 105. Each answer should be at least a paragraph in length. The answers should start by restating part of the question in the answer. Each answer should be developed with textual evidence, not ambiguous. TYPED.
Homework for BLOCK DAY 9/29/30:Active Read A Pair of Tickets by Amy Tan (Literature Book pages 166-180) Answer questions -following guidelines from Sonny's Blues ... 1-3 on page 181.
We will discuss: The Management of Grief and The Story of an Hour from our literature Book as well as Salvation by Langston Hughes.
Homework for Monday 9-27-10: ACTIVE Read James Baldwin's Sonny's Blues (Literature Book pages 81-105) Answer questions 1-3 on page 105. Each answer should be at least a paragraph in length. The answers should start by restating part of the question in the answer. Each answer should be developed with textual evidence, not ambiguous. TYPED.
Homework for BLOCK DAY 9/29/30:Active Read A Pair of Tickets by Amy Tan (Literature Book pages 166-180) Answer questions -following guidelines from Sonny's Blues ... 1-3 on page 181.
Monday 9-20-10
Today we discussed how to submit papers to turnitin.com. I demonstrated citing sources in-text and a works cited page. The rough draft is due in class tomorrow (hard copy and electronic copy submitted to turnitin.com). Make sure to include your rubric at the beginning of your hard copy.
I also introduced vocabulary lesson 7 and returned last week's vocabulary quiz. Friday 9-24-10 the VOCABULARY TEST will cover lessons 1-7 (Multiple Choice Format)
Vocabulary Quiz corrections are due NO LATER THAN BLOCK DAY. Corrections:
1. If you did not write sentences on topic, you need to read the story and rewrite the sentences about the story.
2. If you lost points from not knowing the word, you need to write the word and definition as well as a sentence that relates to the story.
I also introduced vocabulary lesson 7 and returned last week's vocabulary quiz. Friday 9-24-10 the VOCABULARY TEST will cover lessons 1-7 (Multiple Choice Format)
Vocabulary Quiz corrections are due NO LATER THAN BLOCK DAY. Corrections:
1. If you did not write sentences on topic, you need to read the story and rewrite the sentences about the story.
2. If you lost points from not knowing the word, you need to write the word and definition as well as a sentence that relates to the story.
Friday, September 17, 2010
Friday 9-17-10
TODAY: go back to turnitin.com and check the comments I made about your thesis. Respond to your peers giving them constructive feedback.
In class I returned a few papers and we took our lessons 5 and 6 vocabulary quiz. After the quiz ... homework if not completed... active read The Story of an Hour on pages 314-315 in the lit book. Be prepared for a quiz.
Paper draft due Tuesday 9/21/10.
In class I returned a few papers and we took our lessons 5 and 6 vocabulary quiz. After the quiz ... homework if not completed... active read The Story of an Hour on pages 314-315 in the lit book. Be prepared for a quiz.
Paper draft due Tuesday 9/21/10.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Absence...Test Retake
If you missed the Essay test on Tuesday you have the following options for making it up:
Before School THIS Friday 7 AM or Tuesday or Wednesday next week 7 AM. Hope to see those of you that missed sooner than later while the concepts are fresh in your minds.
Summer Reading books can stay at home - they will be needed to study for both semester exams but not be needed on a daily basis in class. The LIT book will be our focus till the novels arrive.
Block Day
Meet in the library and register for for your turnitin.com account.
Research ... turn your paper into a thesis... review proper sources and MLA format.
Thesis due, submitted to turnitin.com discussion (reply to topic) by Thursday at midnight. I will respond to ALL posts that come in no later than Friday afternoon. Check back...you need clarification from me prior to starting your rough draft.
Read the information about a good thesis from yesterday's post (link).
Your rough draft is due Tuesday 9-21-10.
Friday 9-17-10 QUIZ on Vocabulary Quiz Lessons 5 and 6. Quiz will be SENTENCE FORMAT.
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Tuesday 9-14-10
Summer Reading Essay Test Today!
Summer reading books can now reside at home. You will not need them until it is time to study for your Semester Exam (December and June).
Remember to bring your paper topics with you to the LIBRARY for block day...also bring your vocabulary book!
In the library we'll sign up for Turnitin.com as well as research our paper topics.
Due NO LATER THAN midnight Thursday 9/16/10 ... your thesis statement needs to be posted to turnitin.com. Friday students must comment on EACH of their classmates topics giving them constructive criticism/useful feedback.
Drafts must be turned in to turnitin.com as well as a hard copy brought to school and stapled to the rubric on Tuesday 9-21-10.
Trouble coming up with your Thesis....Click on the link for more assistance.
Monday, September 13, 2010
Monday 9-13-10
Today we discussed the new vocabulary lessons (5/6). The quiz will be Friday.
If your A Management of Grief homework was not typed, return typed tomorrow...staple handwritten page with my writing on it.
Important information this week:
Tuesday 9-14 Turn in Vocabulary Quiz 3/4 Corrections
Summer Reading Essay Test...bring YOUR books...borrowed books will not be allowed to be used
Block Day: Meet in the library. Sign up for turnitin.com and use the library resources to start working on your paper draft due 9-21-10 (turned in hard copy and electronically to turnitin.com). Bring (written or printed) a list of 2-3 paper topics for us to discuss...so you know where to start.
Friday 9-17: Vocabulary Quiz
After the Quiz you will read The Story of an Hour on pages 314-315 of your lit book. Copy the story if you do not have a book yet. OR print out this online copy.
If your A Management of Grief homework was not typed, return typed tomorrow...staple handwritten page with my writing on it.
Important information this week:
Tuesday 9-14 Turn in Vocabulary Quiz 3/4 Corrections
Summer Reading Essay Test...bring YOUR books...borrowed books will not be allowed to be used
Block Day: Meet in the library. Sign up for turnitin.com and use the library resources to start working on your paper draft due 9-21-10 (turned in hard copy and electronically to turnitin.com). Bring (written or printed) a list of 2-3 paper topics for us to discuss...so you know where to start.
Friday 9-17: Vocabulary Quiz
After the Quiz you will read The Story of an Hour on pages 314-315 of your lit book. Copy the story if you do not have a book yet. OR print out this online copy.
Friday, September 10, 2010
Friday 9-10-10
After the quiz on Vocabulary Lessons 3 and 4 ... Active read from your lit book A MANAGEMENT OF GRIEF BY BHARATI MUKHERJEE (STARTS ON PAGE 224). TYPE YOUR ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS 1 AND 2 ON PAGE 236. Your answers must include textual evidence. Be prepared for a quiz on the story. (read/questions due Monday 9-13-10)
Today we discussed the first paper that you will write. For the BLOCK DAY next week...your Homework is to come to class with 2 to 3 possible paper topics written down to be turned in/discussed with me. Rough Draft ... due 9-21-10.
Remember...Summer Reading Essay Test on Tuesday 9-14-10.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Block Day
Block day will be devoted to vocabulary Review for lessons 3/4 quiz on Friday. We'll also discuss the summer reading...conflicts, author's target audience and word choice.
After Friday's quiz, you will have a homework assignment from your literature book. Make sure you have it with you in class.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Week 3
Welcome back after a three day weekend!
Today I collected the short story Salvation by Langston Hughes. Also, we got back our vocabulary quizzes from lessons 1 and 2. Corrections are due tomorrow. We introduced the new vocabulary words for lessons 3 and 4.
Wednesday - Parents Meet Teachers Night...Hope to meet your parents! Remind them to attend!
Upcoming Due Dates:
Block Day: Correct Vocabulary Quiz lessons 1 and 2
Friday: Vocabulary Quiz Lessons 3 and 4 (Multiple choice and sentences)
Tuesday 9-14-10:
Correct Vocabulary Quiz lessons 3 and 4
Summer Reading Essay Test...use books
Block Day: Meet in the library
Friday 9-17-10: Vocabulary Quiz Lessons 5 and 6
Friday, September 3, 2010
Friday 9-3-10
Today we took our first vocabulary quiz on lessons 1 and 2. Next Friday the quiz will cover lessons 3 and 4. The format will be similar...multiple choice AND using the words in sentences.
After the quiz...Read the short story SALVATION by Langston Hughes and answer the questions...due Tuesday 9-7-10
DUE DATES next week:
Tuesday 9-7-10: Lit Book, Salvation by Langston Hughes
Friday 9-10-10 Vocabulary Quiz Lessons 3 and 4
Upcoming Due Dates:
Tuesday 9-14-10 Summer Reading TEST...using your text...textual evidence...essays...MLA format
Friday 9-17-10 Vocabulary Quiz lessons 5 and 6
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
September 1 and 2
Block days we will review for the vocabulary quiz and discuss Summer Reading. Work not completed in class is homework.
We will work on the Conflict charts for both books and discuss Characterization for The Five People You Meet in Heaven, if there is time.
Friday:
Book Order $/forms due (forms on class website homepage for you to download)
Vocabulary Quiz Lessons 1-2
Next week...
Monday is a DAY OFF
Tuesday...Have your lit books in class
Block Day:Summer reading and vocabulary
Friday 9-10-10 Vocabulary Quiz lessons 3 and 4 AND Summer Reading ESSAY test
We will work on the Conflict charts for both books and discuss Characterization for The Five People You Meet in Heaven, if there is time.
Friday:
Book Order $/forms due (forms on class website homepage for you to download)
Vocabulary Quiz Lessons 1-2
Next week...
Monday is a DAY OFF
Tuesday...Have your lit books in class
Block Day:Summer reading and vocabulary
Friday 9-10-10 Vocabulary Quiz lessons 3 and 4 AND Summer Reading ESSAY test
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