Brrrrrrr. Monday!

 Edit the five paragraphs based on greeny and the rubric. Follow the schedule, paper due Wednesday by 2:30 PM. Adjective and adverb test is Wednesday

The research continues!

• Get outline-- Tuesday
• Get example paper -- Wed.
• write!
• hw:  write at least ONE paragraph for tomorrow, intro or body paragraph 1

format of paper -- pink paper #2

• next pink paper
• review outline of paper
• work with annotated bib 2nd paragraph
• hw:  follow schedule!!  Annotated bibliography due Friday 1159PM
• hw: read, summarize, evaluate, plan, analyze

annotated bib and adjectives

make sure you shared your google doc with me!

• assure your annotated bib, or whatever you have done!
• adjective notes given, p 11 in orange grammar book
• hw;  p 12 ex 1

Dec 1-2

Follow your Research paper packet:

• For today -- have 3 articles
• Finish 1 Annotated Bib  entry today
• Finish 2 more for Monday
• Might as well: work on the rest too!

Let's research!

• Continue ideas to research
• choose by tomorrow!
• Look!  Here's the sheet with all the directions (look right!)

It's a totally a Monday

• Finish Frankenfeast
• homework amnesty -- last day to turn it in
• watch movie

hw:  none

Get ready!

• 5 sentences, 5 words from week 4
• Vocab test tomo
• Reading time, be thru the ending by tomo.  Expect a quiz.

Frankenfeastpresent!

• vocab B & D
• Presentation of directions of Frankenfeast
• read thru end for Friday
• Presentations start Monday

some statements and hashtags, please

• statements and hashtags for 21 & 22 in booklets
• 23 -- parallel that situation to chap 5
• hw:  read 24 for Friday!

Didja check the blog?

• Quiz on Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs -- ch 17
• Vocab #A -- 8 are correct!
• Frankensummary 22
• HW:   Read 23
• Extra credit opportunity:  see November 10!  Same opportunity!

Bye, Ms. Creature!

• Vocab last 3 words
• collect verb hw
• Quiz, chapter 20
• Notes, hashtags in Frankenbooklets
• hw:  read 21 this weekend

Extra Credit opportunity

• Ex Cr: Find a comic/ comic strip with one of our vocab words in it!  Print or send it to me in email with an explanation of the pic.
• Vocab 3 words
• Verbs:  phrases; p 9-10 in Grammar book
• Verbs:  review page as hw
• Frankendiscuss 19
• hw: read 20

Wednesday

• 3 vocab words
• quiz on 17-18
• discuss 16-18, map
• hw:  read 19

Rock the Vote!

• Vote!  Mock Election; review ballot and laws
• Vocab:  3 words , 1 word clue
• Grammar:  correct hw; notes on verbs -- Transitive and Intransitive; complete ex. 2 on p 8 in packet; 
• hw:  ex 1, 1-10 p. 8 in packet 
• read ch 18 in Frankenstein.  Expect a 17-18 quiz
• if you read this, come see me tomorrow and use the vocab word ensconce correctly for 1 point extra credit!

All the paragraph stuffs

Friday:  Nov 4, half day:  1st and 2nd only

• Work on paragraph 2 :  due Sunday by 11:59

Monday: Nov. 7:  all hours

• Vocab 4, first 3 words
• Grammar:
• review Nouns & Pronouns
• Verbs -- linking and action; p. 5 in book, 6 in packet:  1-5
• hw:  read ch 17

both and

Wed.:

• Finish close reading assignment
• Teacher led
• Partner -- 2nd para
• OYO -- last para.
• hw:  close read/ analyze last paragraph; include tone and main topic

Thursday:

• turn in paragraph hw

Google folder:  delete personal directions 1-10 para

• Google folder:  new directions 11-16 paragraph:  Due Sunday 11:59PM
• review direcitrons
• hw:  get topic sentence written by 11:59 tonight

little dis, little dat

1st:

• picture/quote quiz, ch 16 (0n page 15 in booklet)
• Begin Close reading of ch 15 passage -- "Paradise Lost"
• no hw

2nd: 

• vocab 3 test
• Begin Close reading of ch 15 passage -- "Paradise Lost"
• no hw

5th: 

• picture/quote quiz, ch 16 (0n page 15 in booklet)
• Continue Close reading of ch 15 passage -- "Paradise Lost"
• no hw

picking up the pieces -- READ THRU 16

1st:

• Vocab 3 test
• Watch 13 min of movie
• no hw

2nd: 

• Movie -- ~35 min.
• test tomo vocab

5th:

Vocab 3 test

Started Close Reading from Chapter 15

no hw

amidst parent conferences

1st:
read thru 14

2nd/ 5th:
vocab connection; letter to Jr. with 5 vocab words, p 12 in booklets
read thru 15

mooooooovin right along!

1st:

• check for rough drafts in goog folder
• edit paragraphs
• hw:  final paragraph due tomo

2nd/ 5th:

• 6 vocab words (up to 12)
• review ch 10
• read chap 11
• hw:  finish 11.  Expect a quiz.

Write!!!

Write paragraphs!

• further instructions in the google folder
• go to pink sheet for power verbs -- add indicates
• follow Greenie for MLA
• 2nd and 5th, final due Thursday
• 1st hr: rough draft due Thursday, must have 2 quotes and be complete!

It's certainly a Monday!

1st:

• vocab 3 words
• chromebooks:
• choose topic
• write TS
• find quotes
• HW :  have both quotes pulled to draft paragraph

2nd/ 5th:

• vocab 3 words
• chromebooks:
• choose topic
• write TS
• find quotes
• Draft paragraphs 
• HW: paragraphs due tomo

lit analysis paragraph begins!

1st:

• in booklets, draw 4 pic cartoon and include a quote from chapter 10
• in chromebooks, sign into google folder
• 
  

2nd/5th:

• in chromebooks, sign into google folder
• make personal copy of directions
• make notes/ highlighting on directions
• be ready to commit to topic
• final paragraph due Tuesday

chapters 7-8 and stuff

1st hr:

• quiz chapter 7
• review 5-7, act out 5 alive "seemingly" scene
• hw:  read 8

2nd / 5ht:

• quiz 8
• correct in class/ discuss
• booklet notes, he gone, she gone, calendar
• hw: read 9-10 for Wed.  Reading time tomo

FRIDAY!!

1st

• Vocab 2 test
• summarize 6
• hw: read 7

2nd 5th

• Vocab 2 test
• Quiz 6-7
• hw: read 8

Vocabba dabba doo!

1st:

• Vocab E
• Notes on MS Chapter 5 Alive
• Watch clips of movies and take notes of comparison / contrast
• hw:  study for vocab test 2 tomo

2nd / 5th:

• Vocab fun:  traveling stories -- use all 15 words
• read 6-7 for Friday

hw:  study for vocab test 2 tomo

10/5

1st:

• Vocab B & D (finish for hw)
• partner quiz on chapter 4
• read 5 for hw!

2nd/ 5th:

• Vocab E
• Ch 5 It's Alive movie clips comparison/ contrast notes
• read 6-7 for Friday

no 1st hr, but yes 2nd & 5th

• vocab B & D
• MAKE CALENDAR SCHEDULE IN BOOKLETS PG 17
• circle up and discuss 4-5, FOCUS ON THEMES
• no reading hw
• study vocab == TEST FRIDAY

Finally Friday!

1st hr:

• vocab: finish chart -- must have at least 3 word clues
• Discuss 1-2, fill in booklet
• Read ch 3
• hw:  finish ch 3 over weekend

2nd, 5th:

vocab: finish chart -- must have at least 3 word clues

Quiz on ch 3 -- open book, open note

Read 4

hw:  finish 4 over weekend

Wed- Thursday

Wednesday:

• 3 vocab words
• Frankenquiz 1, can use booklets
• Read 2 as hw

Thursday:

3 vocab words

Depending on which class, themes, quotes for 1-2 (1st) or extra credit quiz (2nd,5th)

2nd and 5th:  Read and finish chapter 3

Let's jump in! The water's cold!

• Vocab 6 words
• Notes on academic reading
• Begin Chapter 1
• hw:  finish chapter 1; expect a quiz.

It's a Monday!

• shapes of respect -- turn in
• review Letters 1-4
• quiz if technology works
• get questions for chapters; glue in
• no hw

Wed- Friday

Mr Rasmussen:  Wed- Thur

• Read letters 1-4 in Frankenstein and fill in booklets 
• Vocab B D & stories
• hw: finish the letters

Friday:

• Vocab 1 test
• Shapes of respect -- can you agree to our class rule?  Create / personalize your shape to present Monday
• Try to log on to computer for letters quiz, but have technology fail

Tuesday 9/20

• good things
• correct hw; collect packets
• finish Frankenbooklets through Letters; draw Frame Story; review themes
• hw: none

gotta love technology!

• Good things
• Vocab -- review last 6; finish Ex A
• logon to designated computer
• create a collegeboard account for Wednesday
• hw:  in grammar packet, review of nouns and pronouns page.  ex 7 all; ex 8:  1-5

end of first full week!

Thursday:

• stamp hw/ goodthings
• Grammar:  finish pronoun notes
• no vocab
• READ: "Ambush" in Close Reader books
• begin anlysis
• hw:  p4 ex 2 all; ex 3 1-5

Friday:

• stamp hw/ goodthings
• last 6 vocab words on chart
• finish "Ambush" analysis
• Make Frankenbooklets
• hw: 

bro nouns

• check hw
• 3 more words
• pronouns begin
• hw:  p4 ex 1 all

A Noun's a person place or thing...

• name cards
• good things
• next 3 vocab words
• noun notes
• hw:  ex 1: odds; ex 2:  choose 3 and write sentences

Week 2 begins!

Week 1 consisted of team building, pretesting, timed writing writing 1, and syllabuseseseses

Monday:  9/12:

• Finish syllabus
• commit to buying books/ pay if  have $$
• nicknames/ stix
• First 3 words of vocab week 1
• no homework!

Resume due today, cover letter tomorrow!

REVIEW for exam!  2nd review sheet out!

Resumes

Resume work

• resume due Monday at the beginning of the hour
• cover letter due Tuesday
• time in computer lab today -- last chance

Review for final exam

Caesar Test and work on project

• if 1st and 3rd hr. TEST TODAY
• WORK ON PROJECTS -- DUE FRIDAY

Project reveal!

• Get schedule for the rest of the year -- glued into JC booklet
• Get project list:  project list
• Julius Caesar Test Wednesday
• Project due Friday

Watch ending -- wrap up JC

• watch JC Act V sc 5
• Test next week, Wed. or Thurs. 
• Project, work on all next week

Act V quotes and vocab

• Read Act V sc. 5
• finish 3 quotes
• glue in vocab
• no hw!

JC Act V begin

• talked about SAT scores
• glued in Act V quotes
• watched Act V sc 1-2

begin act IV

• wrap up speeches/quizzes
• review Act III
• Act IV vocab, glue in, p. 16
• chronolog Act III-IV
• watch old movie Act IV, most finished
• hw:  none!

Nice job on the speeches!!!!

• Perform speeches
• Quiz on Act III in booklets 
• hw:  read summaries of Act IV, all scenes :  for Monday

Caesar's funeral speeches

• check homework -- pg 11 & 13
• write the 32 words you plan to memorize  -- again on pg 13
• watch awk version of movie -- funeral speeches through 1:36
• hw:  memorize the 32 words (or more for ex credit)

Act II wrap up and begin Act III

• 2 quizzes -- vocab and plot Act II 
• get Act III booklet stuff
• HW:  read Act III sc 1
• no fear Shakespeare -- Modern version!

Hump Day! (And Ras was here!)

• Vocab finish 11 sentences
• Fill in Act II Quotes
• Watch Act II in old movie
• Started Act II in awko movie

Act II Caesar

• sacrificers, not butchers
• Act II quotes/ notes/ chronolog
• movie -- 25 min -40 min.
• VOCAB -- first 7 words of Act II in sentences.  Turn in for daily work.

Julius Caesar Act II sc. 1

Oh, no one read the hw???

• read the no fear Shakespeare ACT II    Sc. 1
• get vocab and quotes for Act II
• start discussion of summary

ACT I continued

• Shore up booklets
• character charts
• glue in chronolog
• Act I quotes -- begin filling in
• watch some of Act I -- old version
• no homework

It's raining :(

• Dubs is back!
• Act I: Scene II

Homework: Quiz tomorrow!

Sunny Wednesdays :D

Started Act 1!

Homework: Finish Act 1 by Friday/Quiz on Friday

Tuesdays

Questionnaire on Power and Politics in preparation for Julius Caesar

Back at it

• Julius Caesar booklets!

Homework: 10 Facts on history of Julius Caesar on page two in the booklets

Tuesday

• Catch up day in the library for the paper

Monday

• Time to identify quotes
• SAT Writing prompt: breaking down the three bullets

Thursday

• Library day for typing paper

Wednesday

• SAT Writing breakdown/annotations
• Finding six quotes for our paper

Tuesday

• Break down the end of Lord of the Flies
• Discussion questions
• Assign final paper for LotF

Homework: Find six quotes (two from Ch. 1-4, two from Ch. 5-8, two from Ch. 9-12) that correlate your chosen theme and character. We will be typing on Thursday in the lab.

Spring Break is so close

• Commas notes
• Breaking down ending of LotF

March madness -- in grammar test form

• test grammar ch 20
• read ch 12 -- end of -- LotF for homework.  Finish questions

Rainy days :(

• Quiz over Chapter 11
• Notes on Coordination and Parallelism
• LotF discussion -PIGGY DIED

Homework: pg. 82/84/86 Exercise One

DST should stop existing

• Quiz over Chapter 10 (3rd hour will have this tomorrow)
• Parallel Structure/Faulty Parallelism (4th hour will cover Faulty tomorrow)

Homework:
-Ch. 11 ?'s due Wednesday
-pg. 80/82 Exercise 1 (1st/3rd Hour)
-pg. 80 Exercise 1/2 (4th Hour)

• SAT Prep
• Check Grammar homework
• Passive/Active voice for Monday
• Tweets from the Island

Homework: Chapter 10 questions due!

Modifying life (and grammar notes)

• Misplaced/Dangling Modifiers
• SAT Prep

Homework: Everyone: pg. 76/78 Exercise One
3rd Hour: Chapter 9 ?'s due.

Pretend that this is Wednesday's

• Debate in 1st hour
• 3rd hour: Quiz over Chapter 8/Discuss Lord of the Flies in depth/Writing analysis of quote
• 4th hour: Debrief Lord of the Flies Chapter 8/Philosophical discussion

Homework: Chapter 9 questions due tomorrow all y'all / 4th hour: Do Velvet's 6 sentence analysis of "If we are bad at heart, what motivates us to do good things?"

Pretend that this is Tuesday's post

• Talk about Lord of the Flies Chapter Eight (yeah, that one)
• Run-ons

Homework: Exercise One on pages 72/74

It's 55 out today!

• SAT Reading Drill 1: Exercise 2 (10-20)
• Chapter 8 Quiz (1st hour)
• Reviewed The Lord of the Flies and how it talks to Simon
• 3rd/4th hour: Fragments Notes

Homework: 3rd/4th Hour Chapter 8 questions

FRIDAY ALREADY YEAH! AND IT"S SUNNY!

• Grammar Test corrections
• SAT Reading Exercise One
• SAT Reading corrections

Homework:
1st Hour: Chapter 8 questions due
3rd/4th Hour: Chapter 7 questions due

Do we remember what school is like?

• Grammar Notes on fragments/Exercise 1 and 2 on page 71 in class
• Lord of the Flies discussion on Mob Mentality.

3rd/4th: Timed Writing Analysis on theme from Chapters 1-6 from LotF

Homework: 1st: Chapter 7 questions / 3rd/4th: Chapter 6 questions

WE HAD A SNOW DAY YESTERDAY

• 1st Hour: Chapter 5 questions checked/Quiz over Chapter 5/Finding themes
• 3rd/4th Hour: Chapter 4 questions checked/Quiz over 2 and 3/Finding themes

Homework: 1st hour needs to have Chapter 6 read/3rd and 4th hour need to have Chapter 5 read

PLEASE LET US HAVE A SNOW DAY TOMORROW

• 1st hour: Debriefed Debate/Took quiz over Chapters 2 and 3/Discussed Chapters 2 and 3
• 3rd/4th hour: Debate

Homework: 1st hour: Chapter 4 questions due tomorrow/Chapter 5 questions due Friday
3rd/4th hour: Chapter 4 questions due Friday/study for your quiz!

Tuesday. Uhh, that.

• 1st hour debated
• 3rd/4th caught up on testing/will debate tomorrow

Back to a Monday. Eww.

• Vocab Test over Unit 7
• Discussion over leadership

Homework: Chapters Two and Three questions due tomorrow

• Grammar Test

Homework: Have Chapters Two and Three of LotF read by Tuesday!

Hump Day!

Gotta make up time from that snowday. Anywho!

• Vocab Exercises B, C, or D (Do two of the three)
• Grammar Notes on Sentence Structure

Homework:
pg. 60 on homework sheet Exercise 1 all
Grammar Test tomorrow!
Vocab Test Monday!
Chapters 2-3 over the weekend!

Yay 4 day week!

• Exercise A in Vocabulary
• Grammar notes over Noun Clauses
• Quiz over Chapter One in LotF

Homework: Exercise 1/2 on page 58 in handout

It's always (partially) sunny in Sparta!

• Three words in vocabulary
• Finish booklets
• Finish Adverb Clause notes

LotF Booklet Day!

• Three Vocab Words
• Crafted Lord of the Flies booklets

Homework: In 4th hour, to you, what is most relevant to survive and why?

Where's Ras? #5thgrade

• Next 3 vocab words
• Any amalgamation of grammar...  1st hr had hw adverb clauses 1/2 ; 3rd did not; 4th did:  the odds of today's work

Back to Grammar!

• Received Lord of the Flies books
• Collected SAT Homework
• Finished Adjective Clause Notes

Homework: Exercise Two page 76, Exercise One page 54 (EVENS FOR BOTH)

That sub, WK

• collect vocab daily 
• Vocab 6 test
• Writing and Language Drill 2
• second chunk, correct in class
• third chunk as HW

The week is almost over!

• Vocab Story
• SAT Writing & Language Drill 2: Passage 2; reviewed answers

Hump Day!

• Vocab Warm Up: 4 Good things, 4 vocabulary words
• Grammar Notes on Adjective Clauses

Homework: Exercise 1 on pg. 75/76 ALL

February is rainy I guess

• Exercise B/C or B/D or C/D in Vocabulary Unit Six
• SAT Writing Go-To Sheet passed out and reviewed
• SAT Rewrite from Paul Bogard

Happy February!

• Exercise A in Vocabulary Unit Six
• Go over the homework of SAT evaluation
• Evaluate our previous writing and fill out self-eval sheet

analyze the analysis of the original analysis

• Vocab review of the initial words -- add 3 word clues
• SAT writing;
•  review diff btwn ACT and SAT
• read SAT rubric on back of greenie
• handout:  analyze the analysis HW if not completed

SAT PREPPING

• Vocab. 10 words to catch up
• Looked over SAT student examples; annotated effective words and sentences

New Semester, New You!

• Welcome to 2nd semester!
• Social Contracts
• 1st hour started Vocab.

Homework: GET YOUR SYLLABUS SIGNED.

some grammar... you know

1st:

• gerunds
• hw

3rd :

• participles/ gerunds
• hw

4th:

• participles/ gerunds
• hw

Friday wrap up!

1st:

•  Vocab 5 test
• grammar: purple book:  
• 61: ex 2,; 62: ex 2 all; 63: ex 1 all; 64: ex 1 odds
• grammar:  gerund notes completed.
• no hw

3rd: 

•  Vocab 5 test

grammar: purple book:  

• 61: ex 2 all; 62: ex 2 all; 63: ex 1 all; 64: ex 1 odds

4th: 

• Vocab 5 test

grammar: purple book:  

• 63: ex 1 all; 64: ex 1 odds

grammargrammargrammar

1st:

• vocab story 10 words included -- TEST TOMO
• check p 48 hw-- participials
• notes on gerunds -- no hw

3rd:

• notes on participial phrases
• p 47 in class
• hw: 48 ex 1 and 2 all

hw:  vocab test tomo

4th:

• vocab story 10 words
• participial phrase notes, commas non essential
• hw: p 61-62 purple grammar book ex 2 on both, all
• hw:  vocab test tomo

the day after the glorious snow day

1st hr:

•  Vocab B & D
• Grammar notes, participial phrases
• hw:  p 48:  ex. 1 & 2 all

3rd hr:

 Vocab B & D

correct appositives

participial notes started

4th hr: 

 Vocab B & D

participial notes, 

hw: p 48 ex. 1 all

Shoulda' been a snowday

• Exercise A in Vocabulary 5
• Grammar Notes, covering Verbals and catching up on Adverbial/Adjectival Phrases

Friday!

• Finished writing vocab.
• Reviewed Adjectival/Adverbial Phrases
• Notes on Appositives/Appositive Phrases

Homework: Pg. 44 Exercise 2 All/Pg. 46 Exercise 1 All

So close to Friday

• 1st hour: Writing Prompt from "Ambush"
• 3rd hour: Began writing prompt from "Ambush"
• 4th hour: Prepped for the writing prompt from "Ambush"

The Ughs are now gone!

• Vocab 3 words
• Collected HW (p. 78/80 from yesterday)
• Close Reader: "Ambush" p. 111-114
• Worked on the four close reader questions on a blank sheet of paper

Not as much Ugh

We're all on the same page now! Adverbial and Adjectival Phrase Notes

Homework: Pg. 78/80 Odds (AND COLOR THE PRETTY PICTURES OF UNICORNS AND HAPPY STARS)

Ugh

1st Hour: Covered 1st page of notes; all prepositional phrases
Vocab 3 words

3rd/4th Hour: Covered Adjective Phrases (worked in packets)
Vocab 3 words