English 10
Silent Reading books for tomorrow
English 12
Silent Reading for tomorrow
Found poem/typed, rubric and draft attached
Finish definitions for poetry terms
Creative Writing
Good copy of "My Name" with strong opening line is due on Monday
Criteria sheet attached to draft/note changes made
Silent Reading book for tomorrow
Thursday, February 6, 2014
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
English 10
We watched "Shakespeare in Love" today. We were observing the lifestyle and trying to imagine what it might have been like to live in Shakespeare's time.
English 12
Underline important ideas from "How to enjoy Poetry" by James Dickie. We will be creating a found poem.
Creative Writing
Writing prompt for tonight: My name/we will be working with this a little tomorrow, not simply sharing it in class.
We watched "Shakespeare in Love" today. We were observing the lifestyle and trying to imagine what it might have been like to live in Shakespeare's time.
English 12
Underline important ideas from "How to enjoy Poetry" by James Dickie. We will be creating a found poem.
Creative Writing
Writing prompt for tonight: My name/we will be working with this a little tomorrow, not simply sharing it in class.
Friday, January 31, 2014
Day one
Thank you all for a fine first day. Monday we are choosing books for silent reading. We will be reading on Monday and Friday next week. You may bring a book from home if you like.
Creative Writing
Who am I? Write a paragraph in your journal for Monday. Remember to think about identity when you are writing.
English 12
Write one perfected line:
Poetry is/A Poet is/
Write a paragraph:
What does poetry look like? Read the poem: If poems could walk. What animal would poetry be for you?
English 10
Think about what we learned today about Shakespeare and about England at the time.
Have a great weekend
Creative Writing
Who am I? Write a paragraph in your journal for Monday. Remember to think about identity when you are writing.
English 12
Write one perfected line:
Poetry is/A Poet is/
Write a paragraph:
What does poetry look like? Read the poem: If poems could walk. What animal would poetry be for you?
English 10
Think about what we learned today about Shakespeare and about England at the time.
Have a great weekend
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
For Wednesday and Thursday
Remember to be ready for the Cross Grade Exam on Thursday. Be on time to class. Have your study sheets prepared. Fill in details about the novels you have studied. Write out quotes if you think they might help. Review quotes in the booklet and think of stories that apply thematically to the quotes.
Make sure that you have more than one point to discuss.
Review and practice and you will do fine.
Make sure that you have more than one point to discuss.
Review and practice and you will do fine.
Monday, December 2, 2013
For Tuesday
English 10
Finish the body paragraphs of the practice cross grade.
English 11
Make corrections to your essay.
English 12
Lit terms quiz tomorrow
Finish essay for tomorrow
Finish the body paragraphs of the practice cross grade.
English 11
Make corrections to your essay.
English 12
Lit terms quiz tomorrow
Finish essay for tomorrow
Saturday, November 30, 2013
For Monday
Cross Grade exam day is Thursday. Make sure that you have your study sheets ready to go. Review the booklet we handed out in class. Practice with other quotes in the booklet or quotes that you have found online. Remember that you don't have to get the quote right. You are working with the idea that is presented and you are using it as a springboard. Be sure to look at the comments on your previous essays and make sure that you pay attention to addressing those issues on writing day.
English 10
Finish your Mockingbird assignments. Think about presentation. Does your assignment need a title page? Have you typed it? Is it presented well? There is no right way to present your project, but there might be a better way.
Have you looked at the criteria on the sheet and made sure that you have addressed them all?
Remember to get your study sheet ready for class. We will be working on Cross Grades on Monday and Tuesday. Wednesday and Friday we will be doing poetry.
English 11
Prepare notes for Lord of the Flies. You can consider quotes that might work in an essay and include them in your notes. Make sure that you have thought about theme statements that apply to this novel. Think carefully about characterization etc.
You may refer to a personal novel on the cross grade.
English 12
On Friday we worked on the first body paragraph of our essay. We revised our introductions and we tried to make sure that we were using transition words correctly.
You can refer to this link:owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/574/02/
Make sure that you vary how you use transitions and that you develop your points sufficiently before building a connection to something else.
English 10
Finish your Mockingbird assignments. Think about presentation. Does your assignment need a title page? Have you typed it? Is it presented well? There is no right way to present your project, but there might be a better way.
Have you looked at the criteria on the sheet and made sure that you have addressed them all?
Remember to get your study sheet ready for class. We will be working on Cross Grades on Monday and Tuesday. Wednesday and Friday we will be doing poetry.
English 11
Prepare notes for Lord of the Flies. You can consider quotes that might work in an essay and include them in your notes. Make sure that you have thought about theme statements that apply to this novel. Think carefully about characterization etc.
You may refer to a personal novel on the cross grade.
English 12
On Friday we worked on the first body paragraph of our essay. We revised our introductions and we tried to make sure that we were using transition words correctly.
You can refer to this link:owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/574/02/
Make sure that you vary how you use transitions and that you develop your points sufficiently before building a connection to something else.
Thursday, November 28, 2013
For Friday
English 10
Bring your project to class if you want me to give you feedback on it. I will spend about 30 minutes talking to students. I will go over the introductions tomorrow in class.
English 12
Continue to practice essay writing. Make a list of questions or concerns that you may have regarding the exam.
English 11
Essay exam on short stories. The exam will follow the cross grade format.You can come a little early to class if you like. You will have to write about 2 stories. You cannot use Lord of the Flies. You can use your notes and your books.
Bring your project to class if you want me to give you feedback on it. I will spend about 30 minutes talking to students. I will go over the introductions tomorrow in class.
English 12
Continue to practice essay writing. Make a list of questions or concerns that you may have regarding the exam.
English 11
Essay exam on short stories. The exam will follow the cross grade format.You can come a little early to class if you like. You will have to write about 2 stories. You cannot use Lord of the Flies. You can use your notes and your books.
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