This page contains updates on what happened in our class today and the current homework assignments. Feel free to email me with questions or concerns; I will answer as soon as I am able.
August 25-29, 2008
August 25, 2008--Monday--Class introductions through a nine-word memoir, shared aloud in class.
Homework: Return forms as soon as possible.
August 26, 2008--Tuesday--Started bio poems in class; literature books passed out.
Homework: Final copy of bio poem due on Friday (no lined paper, no pencil, and must be decorated).
August 27, 2008--Wednesday--Worked on defining literary terms; passed out grammar books.
Homework: Complete the first 20 literary terms (using literary handbook in lit book and skipping #6); work on final draft of bio poem.
August 28, 2008--Thursday--Discussed analysis of fiction (novels and short stories) using graphic organizer=CAST-P (characters, action, setting, theme, and point of view).
Homework: Finish the other literary terms (#21-37); complete the bio poem for tomorrow.
August 29, 2008--Friday--Collected bio poems; distributed and went over language arts letter.
Homework: Study literary terms for unit test; return signed language arts letter.
Have a good holiday weekend!
September 1-5, 2008
September 1, 2008--Monday--Holiday!
September 2, 2008--Tuesday--Journal entry 1; distributed copies of Dovey Coe; read pp. 1-23 and work on CAST-P chart.
Homework: Finish reading and CAST-P chart and study literary terms for test.
September 3, 2008--Wednesday--Journal entry 2; read pp. 24-46 and work on CAST-P chart.
Homework: Finish reading and CAST-P chart and study literary terms for test.
September 4, 2008--Thursday--Journal entry 3 as rough draft essay on heroes (200-250 words) done in class; read pp. 47-68.
Homework: Continue reading Dovey Coe up to page 68 and do CAST-P chart; study for literary terms test.
September 5, 2008--Friday--Journal entry 4 on Amos; read pp. 69-90 and work on CAST-P chart.
Homework: Continue reading Dovey Coe up to page 90 and do CAST-P chart; study for test on literary terms on Thursday, 9/11.
FYI: I am have been out sick and have been unable to respond to notes and emails this week.
September 8-12, 2008
September 8, 2008--Monday--Discussion of literary terms, used in connection with Dovey Coe (to start filling in CAST-P chart).
Homework: Study literary terms for test on Thursday (=nearly 12% of grade); read Dovey Coe pp. 91-109 and work on CAST-P chart.
September 9, 2008--Tuesday--Quiz 1 on Dovey Coe;went over more literary tems using Dovey Coe for examples; discussed specifics of Gustav's Triangle and conflicts.
Homework: Unit test on literary terms and Gustav's Triangle on Thursday; read pp. 110-130 and do CAST-P chart.
September 10, 2008--Wednesday--Finished discussion of literary terms.
Homework: Study for literary terms test tomorrow!
September 11, 2008--Thursday--Journal #5: Thankful; test on literary terms and Gustav's Triangle; passed out memory work sheet.
Homework: Read pp. 131-152 in Dovey Coe and work on CAST-P chart; memory work due around 9/24.
September 12, 2008--Friday--Returned tests and discussed ways to study for retest; talked about need for grammar study and summarized info about nouns; journal entry 6.
Homework: Read pp. 153-168 and do CAST-P chart on Dovey Coe; study memory work for 9/24; complete all journal entries if they are not done; retest on literary terms and Gustav's Triangle on Thursday--required for scores of 76 or below (D's and F's) and others optional.
Have a good weekend! Our Open House is Tuesday night from 6 until 8.
September 15-19, 2008
September 15, 2008--Monday--Review of nouns and notes from Friday and did exercises on pp. 74-75 on nouns; discussed adjectives together and came up with notes.
Homework: Finish Dovey Coe and CAST-P chart (quiz tomorrow); memory work due 9/24; retest on literary terms and Gustav's Triangle on Thursday.
September 16, 2008--Tuesday--Quiz 3 on Dovey Coe; discussion of symbolism (Dovey=dove, bird on p. 22, "war" on p. 52, and colors=white, black, and yellow; literary devices in passages.
Homework: Review Dovey Coe and be sure CAST-P chart is finished; memory work due 9/24; retest on literary terms and Gustav's Triangle on Thursday.
September 17, 2008--Wednesday--Collected CAST-P charts on Dovey Coe; Blue Diamond #1 (reading); reflection letter (one page to self about dreams and goals).
Homework: Memory work due 9/24; retest on literary terms and Gustav's Triangle tomorrow; reflection letter no later than Friday.
September 18, 2008--Thursday--Retest on literary terms and Gustav's Triangle; other students=reflection letter, memory work, extra credit exercises on board; essay for contest for extra credit.
Homework: Review Dovey Coe; reflection letter due tomorrow; memory work due on Wednesday; all late items to be turned in tomorrow.
September 19, 2008--Friday--Went over answers to brain teasers; journal #7 on nicest thing; discussion of Dovey Coe; collected reflection letters.
Homework: Memory work due Wednesday; review and study Dovey Coe for unit test==around Friday, 9/26.
Picture day is Tuesday; student must return form and payment.
Fundraiser money and orders are due on Monday!
September 22-26, 2008
September 22, 2008--Monday--Discussion of literary devices/content in Dovey Coe; memory work done during ARC.
Homework: Study for Dovey Coe unit test on Tuesday, 9/30; memory work due Wednesday.
Pictures are taken tomorrow.
September 23, 2008--Tuesday--Media Center Orientation for periods 3, 4 and 6; finish novel if time permits; pass out project sheets on Dovey Coe and go over options.
Homework: Memory work due tomorrow; study for Dovey Coe unit test next Tuesday 9/30; project on Dovey Coe due on 10/14.
September 24, 2008--Wednesday--Memory work from students who have not yet completed it;students are working on journal entries 8 and 9/ studying for Dovey Coe test; discussed project sheets as time permitted.
Homework: Dovey Coe test on Tuesday; project due on 10/14; journals could be collected early next week (Tuesday or Wednesday).
Tomorrow is an early release day!
September 25, 2008--Thursday--First period to media center orientation; finished novel discussion in other periods; brief talks about projects.
Homework: Dovey Coe unit test on Tuesday, 9/30; Dovey Coe project due 10/14; journals to be collected on Wednesday, 10/1.
September 26, 2008--Friday--Passed out interims and discussed grades; students to record grades on sheet in columns; notebook organization with tabs for homework/classwork, notes/handouts, tests and quizzes, writing materials, and grammar; journal entry 10 on making the grade, an analysis of interim grade and success.
Homework: Study for Dovey Coe test on Tuesday; project due 10/14; journal due on Wednesday (10 entries); mock writing test on 10/16.
Have a great weekend!
September 29-October 3, 2008
September 29, 2008--Monday--Collected interims; collected "early" journals; discussion of project choices on Dovey Coe and sample project items shown.
Homework: Study for Dovey Coe test tomorrow; journals due Wednesday; Dovey Coe project due on 10/14/2008.
September 30, 2008--Tuesday--Dovey Coe test; check project sheet signatures; collected interims; extra credit opportunity.
Homework: Journals due tomorrow (10 entries); find and give page numbers for five grammar errors in Dovey Coe; project on Dovey Coe due on 10/14.
October 1, 2008--Wednesday--Blue Diamond Assessment 2; filled in scan cards and went over types of questions (mood, tone, conflict, characterization, . . . ); collected journals.
Homework: Work on Dovey Coe project due 10/14.
Be sure grammar exercise from Dovey Coe is done.
October 2, 2008--Thursday--Collected late interims, project sheets, and journals; test grades on Dovey Coe shown; share-pair activity on grammar work and then student examples on the board (subject/verb agreement, irregular verbs, "ain't," pronouns, double negatives, . . .) from Dovey Coe.
Homework: Work on Dovey Coe project due on 10/14; grammar quiz--common mistakes from Dovey Coe on Tuesday-counts twice.
October 3, 2008--Friday--Grammar mistakes in Dovey Coe; list given of types of problems and examples; collected interims, project sheets, and late journals.
Homework: Project due on 10/14; grammar quiz (counts twice) on mistakes from Dovey Coe on Tuesday.
October 6-10, 2008
October 6, 2008--Monday--Collected late interims, project sheets, and journals; missing/late work identified; went over Dovey Coe test with emphasis on correct essay answers.
Homework: Dovey Coe projects due 10/14; grammar quiz (2x) tomorrow on Dovey Coe.
October 7, 2008--Tuesday--Grammar quiz; personal narrative=brainstorming and graphic organizer handouts in class=examples given on completion.
Homework: Project due on 10/14 (one week); brainstorming sheet and graphic organizer due in class tomorrow.
October 8, 2008--Wednesday--Collected late work; gave a checklist for proofing the rough draft of the personal narrative; seat work=writing the rough draft of the paper by merging the graphic organizer and brainstorming pages; talked to students about writing test coming next week and new grades for language arts one-on-one.
Homework: Projects due Tuesday, 10/14; personal narratives due tomorrow (in ink or typed, double spaced) with all parts in order and stapled=final copy, rough draft, graphic organizer and brainstorming page.
October 9, 2008--Thursday--Collected personal narratives; passed back grammar quizzes and went over correct answers; pre-check of knowledge of common usage mistakes on handout and started going over answers.
Homework: Project due on 10/14 (Tuesday); all late and revised work due on Monday.
October 10, 2008--Friday--Teacher Workday! See you back on Monday!
October 13-16, 2008
Octboer 13, 2008--Monday--Common errors worksheet finished; grammar errors (confusing pairs, misspelled words,. . . ).
Homework: Project due tomorrow!
October 14, 2008--Tuesday--Collected projects; collected Dovey Coe books; journal #1=Project assessment=15 lines; notes on board about confusing pairs and common grammar errors.
Homework: Unit test on common grammar errors and nouns on Thursday, 10/23; extra credit options=essay contest due 10/15 (200-250 words=creative nonfiction piece) or Reflections contest 10/31=poem or short story=2000 words as maximum= WOW as theme.
October 15, 2008--Wednesday--Grammar unit with notes and discussion (to+verb as infinitive, pronoun usage=cases and agreement, and removing and, but and or as first words of sentences).
Homework: Unit test on grammar and nouns on Thursday, 10/23; extra credit options=creative nonfiction essay due 10/15 and Reflections contest due 10/31.
October 16, 2008--Thursday--Early release day for students (out at 12:00); Mock Writing Test; revised schedule; notes on use of punctuation marks.
Homework: Unit test on grammar (common mistakes and nouns) on Thursday, 10/23; extra credit=Reflections contest due 10/31.
October 17, 2008--Friday--Blue Diamond Grammar for Q1 and answers discussed; plurals of nouns (review of rules--p. 80 in grammar book).
Homework: Unit test on Thursday=two parts=common mistakes and nouns; extra credit for Reflections contest due 10/31.
Have a good weekend!
October 20-24, 2008
October 20, 2008--Monday--Grammar unit=work on plurals and possessives (notes on board)=discussion about using rules.
Homework: Unit test on Thursday on nouns and common usage errors; extra credit option on Reflections; Book Fair visit tomorrow.
October 21, 2008--Tuesday--Book Fair visit for part of period; discussion about appositives and sentence combining.
Homework: Unit test on nouns and common usage errors on Thursday; extra credit option on Reflections.
October 22, 2008--Wednesday--Review session for test on nouns and common usage errors;study if time permits.
Homework: Study for unit test on nouns and common usage errors.
October 23, 2008--Thursday--Unit test on nouns and common usage errors; extra credit option on board after test; grammar poem handout.
Homework: Memorize grammar poem for written quiz (counts twice) around 10/28; late work/extra credit work tomorrow.
October 24, 2008--Friday--Test grades shown to nearly all students ( a few in fourth not done); worked on script and materials for student-led conferences; extra credit options on board.
Homework: Grammar poem to be memorized for written quiz (counts twice) with structure provided; late work (journal, project, personal narrative, retest on literary terms, . . .) and extra credit due ASAP--no later than Wednesday.
Have a good weekend!
October 27-31, 2008
October 27, 2008--Monday--Passed back notes on grammar unit; grades shown to students who did not see them on Friday; Blue Diamond #3 for reading completed and discussed.
Homework: Grammar poem to be memorized for written quiz (2x) with "shell" provided-due 11/06; extra credit and late work due on Wednesday.
October 28, 2008--Tuesday--Rearranged for group work; students working on vocabulary sheets at seats (as pairs) and then answers reviewed; project grades shown.
Homework: Read "The Dinner Party" in lit book, pp. 535-536 for tomorrow; grammar poem quiz (2x) on 11/06 in written format; extra credit and late work due Wednesday.
October 29, 2008--Wednesday--Discussion of statements on board (recognized as stereotypes); recording of "The Dinner Party"; students worked on CAST-P charts as groups=opening step in starting project work; stories assigned.
Homework: Read the short story assigned to your group to prepare for group work; grammar poem quiz (2x) on 11/6; vocabulary quiz (2x) around 11/10; extra credit and late work accepted tomorrow.
October 30, 2008--Thursday--Collected extra credit and tests on Lilies taken; in-depth discussion of CAST-P charts on "The Dinner Party" and some late and make-up work done.
Homework: CAST-P chart on your assigned story; grammar poem quiz on 11/6 and vocabulary quiz on 11/10.
October 31, 2008--Friday--Introduction to Poe and his work; unreliable narrator in "The Tell-Tale Heart"; recording of story and brief discussion; collected CAST-P charts for story projects.
Homework: Grammar poem quiz (2x) on Thursday, 11/6; vocabulary quiz (2x) on 11/10; preparing for short story group work.
*Last day of the quarter*
We will see you on Monday for student-led conferences! Monday and Tuesday are both teacher workdays.
Novemeber 3-7, 2008
November 3, 2008--Monday--Teacher workday--student-led conferences scheduled throughout the day (11:30 until 7).
November 4, 2008--Tuesday--Teacher workday!
November 5, 2008--Wednesday--Writing folders-items tabbed (personal narrrative, presidential essays, and mock writing tests); group work on short story presentations; student work passed back.
Homework: Grammar poem quiz (2x) tomorrow; short story presentation work.
November 6, 2008--Thursday--Grammar poem quiz; group work on short story presentations.
Homework: Work on short story presentation; vocabulary quiz on Monday (2x).
November 7, 2008--Friday--Group work for short story presentations; returned quizzes.
Homework: Vocabulary quiz on Monday (2x); short story presentation work.
***Report cards were sent home today! Please sign and return by Wednesday.***
November 10-14, 2008
November 10, 2008--Monday--Vocabulary quiz; group work for short story presentations; passed out memory worksheets.
Homework: Read "Charles" on pp. 12-19 and be prepared for quiz on Wednesday; group presentation work; memory work due no earlier than 11/24.
November 11, 2008--Tuesday--Holiday!
November 12, 2008--Wednesday--Quiz on "Charles"; quiz grades shown from Monday's vocabulary quiz; group presentation on "Charles"
Homework: Read "Raymond's Run" on pp. 290-300 and be prepared for quiz tomorrow; group presentation work; memory work due around 11/24.
November 13, 2008--Thursday--Quiz on "Raymond's Run"; quiz from yesterday returned; group presentation on "Raymond's Run"
Homework: Read "Thank You" on pp. 184-190 and be prepared for quiz tomorrow; group presentation work; memory work due around 11/24.
November 14, 2008--Friday--Quiz on "Thank You" and quiz from Thursday returned; group presentation on "Thank You"
Homework: Read "Drummer Boy" on pp. 2-9 and be prepared for quiz; group presentations on "Drummer Boy" and "Retrieved Reformation" next week; memory work around 11/24.
November 17-21, 2008
November 17, 2008--Monday--Computer testing for Huskies; all classes met with schedule adjustments=quiz on "The Drummer Boy of Shiloh" and the group presentation on that story.
Homework: Read "A Retrieved Reformation" and be prepared for quiz tomorrow; memory work due 11/24; students taking unit test (due to absences with group work) on short stories on Wednesday.
November 18, 2008--Tuesday--Quiz on "A Retrieved Reformation" and group presentation; discussion about colonial barbecue event.
Homework: Memory work extended until 12/2 due to team events next week; short story test Wednesday or Thursday of this week by few students who missed presentations.
November 19, 2008--Wednesday--Project sheet handout given out in class and went over expectations for this persuasive piece of work; heard some memory work.
Homework: Memory work due no later than 12/2; short story project due 12/11; all makeup quizzes and tests tomorrow.
November 20, 2008--Thursday--Journal entry 3: Metaphor poem (seven parts with 10-21 lines)--guidelines and example given in class--rough draft and final copy in journal; makeup quizzes and tests given; averages given to students.
Homework: Memory work due no later than 12/2; short story project due 12/11; complete journal entries.
November 21, 2008--Friday--Media center to be issued The Weirdo; journal entry about the cover (#4);examination of the blurb on the back of the novel; grades/updated grades given today.
Homework: Memory work due no later than 12/2; short story project due 12/11; complete all journal entries.
Have a good weekend! Monday is the last day for us to collect money for Colonial BBQ event/lunch ($6.00).
November 24-25, 2008
November 24, 2008--Monday--Huskies team event with showing of "Eight Below" and discussion questions; group activity and then presentations in front of team.
Homework: Memory work due no later than 12/2; short story project due 12/11; extra credit option of poem for contest; all journal entries completed by 12/2.
November 25, 2008--Tuesdayd--Colonial BBQ for team--individual student presentations in classrooms; special luncheon; presentation by team teachers to show each discipline in the research project.
Homework: Memory work due 12/2; short story project due 12/11; all journal entries completed by 12/2.
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving break; see you back on December 1, 2008!
December 1-5, 2008
December 1, 2008--Monday--Journal entry 5: Thanksgiving break--use of imagery in descriptions; memory work heard; introduction to The Weirdo--bear study info, maps, and "swamp" notes; character sheet given to be filled in as novel is read.
Homework: Memory work due tomorrow; project due on 12/11; read The Weirdo, pp. 1-45 for Wednesday.
December 2, 2008--Memory work done individually;
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