For Wednesday

English 8
Amazing presentations today! I am so, so proud of all of you. I was impressed by the quality of your presentations, the depth of learning and the care and attention that you gave your projects. Outstanding! I am looking forward to Thursday's presentations. If you are going to be away on Thursday, please make arrangements with me to present on Friday. Make sure that you communicate well in advance. 

English 12
Many, many overdue presentations today. Because of the delay, students will have to present on Wednesday and Thursday. You will have to be ready to go tomorrow. We are behind in our cross grade preparation as a result.  I will be available after school tomorrow  for those of you who would like some help with essay writing.
 2 students made arrangements with me ahead of time; I appreciate that they made the effort to talk to me ahead of time.

Creative Writing
Speeches tomorrow. We will plan our next writing project tomorrow.

For Thursday

Creative Writing
We will be working on our speeches tomorrow and we will continue with our brainstorming for Flash Fiction. Try to make a list of ideas to share with your group for tomorrow.

English 12
Write a thesis statement for your synthesis essay practice. Make sure that you have 2 or 3 main points of discussion in your statement. Continue work on your project.

English 8
Tomorrow we are going to the theater. We will not be working in class. Don't bring your books or backpacks to class. For Friday, make sure that you continue to work at home on your Inquiry Project. You need to be ready for Tuesday. Make sure that you have some ideas for your practice essay topic. We will be practicing in class on Wednesday next week.

For Wednesday

CDAB

Creative Writing

Bring silent reading book to class tomorrow. We are going to do some flash fiction :)

Pocket poems for Friday

English 8

Compare chart

Choose a thematic word from the list on Friday

Choose 2 texts that connect

Write a theme statement that relates to the 2 stories

On your chart, note examples from the stories that relate to your theme statement

Think about what is important about them.

In other words, why are you choosing that particular example?

English 12

Compare chart 

choose a thematic word

Choose 2 texts that connect

Write a theme statement

Find examples

For the long weekend

English 8 and 12
You should be working on your Inquiry Project over the weekend. Give it a bit of time....
Don't forget to enjoy the sunshine!

English 8
Choose one of your "big ideas" and note connections you can make to stories, poems, movies we have studied this semester.
Example:
Violence: violence is not always the answer
Outsiders
Boy in the striped pajamas
Toy Story
What connections can you make to the theme statement above about violence?

Creative Writing
Have your TED talks worked on for reading on Tuesday.

For Thursday, May 18, 2017

Blocks tomorrow: BADC

English 12
We will be working on our presentations tomorrow in class. Friday we will continue with essay writing.

Creative Writing
First draft of your speech should be ready for presentation on Friday. We will be working on them tomorrow in class.

English 8
Continue working on your presentation. You must get a signature before you move on to the next step.

We will be working on our presentations tomorrow in class.

For Tuesday May 16

English 8
If you have received your paragraphs, you will need to do one more final revision. Please type your paragraph and hand it in with your other paragraphs.

Brainstorm ideas for presenting your Inquiry Project. Make sure that you have thought through your ideas very carefully.

English 12

Brainstorm ideas for presenting your Inquiry Project. Make sure that you have thought through your ideas very carefully.

Creative Writing
Ted Talk needs to be ready for feedback by Thursday or Friday.

For Wednesday May 10, 2017

English 8
We will be collecting books tomorrow.
We will continue to work on our Inquiry Project.
We will be working until the end of the week.

Creative Writing
Table topic. Choose one for tomorrow. We will be practicing in class

English 12
Tomorrow we are working on our projects. We will be working until the end of the week. Think of ways to present your learning.

For Wednesday, May 3, 2017

English 8
Finish your paragraph. Make sure that you are answering your question and showing its connection to your novel.
Topic Sentence
Transition Sentence
Thesis statement
Points/how do they support your thesis?/show how you know

English 12
6 word memoirs.
Find 5 symbols from the novel. Think about their significance. Note them down. Now go to the web and find out what you knew and what you can add to your knowledge base.  You will be surprised how much you do know.

Creative Writing
Finish short stories. We are working on TED talks tomorrow.