Monday, December 14
Find your favorite quote from the Kite Runner, and write about it. Then
illustrate it in AJ
Watch UN Human Rights. Which is your favorite and why? Write a list of all 30
rights.
Wednesday, December 9
Read chapter 9 of Kite Runner
Discuss Stereotypes in groups
Official final exam essay is yours now, and be sure to have it completed by
next Wednesday
Create a poem about you, with a minimum of 17 lines. Due on Monday, using a
typed font that is appropriate to you.
Monday, December 7
Read The Kite Runner
Work on Loyalty pages in Artist Journal - Due Friday
Friday, December 4
Watch interview with Wiesel, and take notes
Wednesday, December 2
Read a lot of The Kite Runner. Have chapter 6 completed and your butterfly by
Friday
Monday, November 30
Turn in essays with the following questions answered:
1. What is your thesis statement? How is this effective?
2. What are three effective word choices you used?
3. How many paragraphs do you have? Which is your strongest and why?
4. What did you do well in this paper?
5. What would you like me to look for when grading this paper?
Work on butterfly pages in Journal. I will be looking for understanding of the
Butterfly book, and use of either hard pencil or sewing needle. Due Friday.
Read Kite Runner. Be ready for a quiz on chapter 4.
Monday, November 23
Grade Night Tests
Check out The Kite Runner
Look at four different pieces found in our books, I Never Saw Another
Butterfly.Take notes on each and then use this information to create a
butterfly in your Artist Journal.
HW: Essay Schindler
Friday, November 20
ACT notes and practice III.
Wednesday, November 18
Finish the movie and the notes
Turn the notes into a four paragraph essay, one intro and three body
paragraphs. Skip a conclusion for this time. Times New Roman 12. Due on Monday
after Thanksgiving. I will be looking for strong thesis statement, topic
sentences, commentary and transitions.
List things about you. - due this Friday
Work on Artist Journal: next section is about Holocaust imagery - Due this
coming Monday
Monday, November 16
Finish Schindler's List, and update notes. Be sure to be finished with
triangle pages in Artist's Journal, as this will be your next grade.
Friday, November 13
Holocaust museum. Using Artists' Journals, next section is about holocaust
imagery. Include the triangle in it, and depict this however you deem appropriate.
Monday November 9
Night Test
Continue with Schindler's List notes
Friday, November 6
Change of plans. Night test is on Monday, and you may use your reading journal
on it, so make sure your final draft is ready to turn in on Monday. Your
Artists' Journal is due on Friday.
Permission slips and Vikings are DUE!
Decisions discussion game!
Wednesday
Next pages of Artist Sketckbook due on Monday: 7-15 quotes from Night with
imagery depicted in your art.
Watch Schindler's List and update our Schindler's List paper
Reading journals, final draft, due Friday
Part I: minimum of 10 quotes, with page numbers and commentary following each.
Part II: Literary Devices
Foreshadowing (3 Examples)
Symbolism (3 Examples)
Metaphor
Personification
Part III: Imagery with 3 examples
Monday, November 2
Discuss the end of Night
Look at handout describing the concentration camps' status
Using handout, find quotes about the characters and their descriptions
Begin Schindler's List with reading journal: part I: Beginning Schindler, Part
IV: Motifs
Next section of Artist's Journal is about Dia De los Muertos. Discuss your
dead and your relationship with them and celebrate their lives. Due Wednesday.
Friday, October 30
Read Night and finish for homework
Turn in You pages
ACT practice test #2
Wednesday,
BOO!
Read through page 90 of Night
Work on section one of Artist journal: You!
Monday, October 26
Read through page 81 of Night
Finish our paper on Weisel's quote
Begin Artist's Sketchbook, page 1: ALL ABOUT ME!
Friday, October 23
Look at Artists' Journal. Bring 3.00 if you want me to purchase yours for you.
Look at quotes by Elie Weisel. Choose one, and write about it, what it means
to you, how you react to it, and such. NTE 2 pages
HW: college app essay due Wednesday
Wednesday, October 21
Please read the notes about UNM to our students, and give them the
applications if they are interested.
1. Students watch DVD of “Youth for Human Rights. When completed, they talk
about, in groups of 2-4, which they feel are most important.
2. Write about three of the human rights, and discuss the importance of them
in a three paragraph paper. Ink please, beautiful topic sentences please.
Please collect and place in the basket.
3. Students read Night through page 44 (or more if time allows).
Monday, October 19
Permission slip for Schindler's List
College Application essay - Due in one week, typed, TNR 12, not to exceed 2 pages
Read Night through page 32
Beowulf Reading Journal due on Wednesday
Friday, October 16
Update portfolio
Read poem: "I cannot teach this"
Read Night, and finish through page 20 for Homework
HW: Turn Beowulf reading journal into final draft
I updated grades on Teacherweb today, so your password should work??...
Monday, October 12
ACT test for easy A points.
Think about Day of the Dead which begins around the end of the month. Discuss
it and the symbolism of it. Create a skeleton, write about its significance
and how you "Celebrate the dead."
Talk about Reading journal for Beowulf
Begin Night
Wednesday, October 7
Write a reaction to John Stossel's report on Vaccines - 1 page
Finish reading Beowulf and update the four sections of your reading journal:
Notes
List of characters,
Cool Quotes
How Beowulf relates to your own hero.
Monday, October 5
Read and take notes on "The Senior Sprint."
Read the next three books of Beowulf and discuss
Friday, October 2
Check out Night and bring with you to class everyday.
Present your visual aid and extra credit if your was chosen.
Look at your essays, and critique by answering the following questions:
1. What is your title? How is that effective?
2. What is your first sentence? How well does that entice the reader to continue?
3. How many body paragraphs do you have?
a. Write the topic sentences of each body paragraph here.
b. Which is the most effective/interesting?
4. How well do you use specific examples in your body paragraphs?
a. Give one example of specific detail here.
5. On a scale of 1-10, how happy are you with your essay?
6. What is one aspect you would change to show growth in your essay?
Wednesday, September 30
SSR
Take notes on page 36 about Beowulf in outline format
Read the first book of Beowulf and continue on with part II: characters and
part III which is cool quotes
work on Friday's assignments
Monday, September 28
SSR
Present food relating to your hero
Reminder that Visual Aid and paper about your hero is due on Friday
Discuss Rhetoric. Give a persuasive argument that I should loan you my truck
for your off-campus lunch.
Friday, September 25
SSR
SHow research documents
Find visual aids information - due on Friday
WOrk on hero essay, 3 paragraphs, due Friday
Extra credit: relate food to your hero due Monday
Wednesday, September 23
In computer lab:
2. ACT.org
3. Name three test dates coming up.
4. What are the fees?
5. ACT Prep online – Take the tour, and give me a sentence of explanation.
6. Can you create an ACT Web account? What are the benefits of doing this?
7. Practice Tests – What’s the sample prompt.
8. Look at the sample essay that scored a 6. What did that person do well?
9 – 10. What are two pieces of information you learned from the website?
11. Go to the English test and tell me what the categories are and what each
is worth.
12. Which two test-taking tips do you most agree with?
13. Go to career planning. Do any of these careers appeal to you? Why?/Not?
14. In Test Prep, we see a description of the test. Describe to me for easy
points.
15. How many times have you taken this test; How many times do you plan to
take it, and on what date(s) will you take it?
Monday, September 21
Portfolio grade updated
SSR
Finish presenting Billy Joel
HW: Research your hero and bring in the info for points
HW: Parent letter
Friday, September 17
Present the remainder of Billy Joel information. Students choose a hero who
actually follows the heroic journey and next week, we'll do a visual aid and
an essay about them.
Wednesday, September 16
Research Billy Joel Items, 2, and write about them. THen write about two
incidents that have impacted your life - 2 beautiful paragraphs.
Present these four to class for a grade.
Monday, September 14
Research Billy Joel song, two aspects
Choose a person or significant event in your lifetime, actually chose two, and
write about them. So now you have four aspects of life from 1950 - present day
to learn about and present to your class.
Decide who your hero is, and come in ready to work regarding heroes on Wednesday.
Friday, September 11
Watch "We Didn't Start the Fire" video of Billy Joel's
Emulate his song with all the events that ocurred during your lifetime.
Take notes on How to be successful and give commentary about one.
Look at Hero's Journey Cycle and discuss
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Wednesday, September 9
Watch video and discuss in SSW how we see happiness in the people.
Watch Obama's speech, write three quotes down, and give commentary for each.
Finish book tour
Bring your essays next class and we'll update our portfolios
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Friday, September 4
SSR Outside!
Book tour
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Wednesday, September 2
SSR or SSW
HW: Bring novel next class
Discuss what you would like to learn this year, and generate a list
Read "When God Blinks" and notice the setting and use of similes.
Take portfolios home, and rewrite your setting papers. Final drafts are due
next Wednesday. NTE 2 pages, typed in times new roman 12, beautiful title and
beautiful description of your setting. Have fun with this!
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Monday, August 31
SSR - bring a good novel with you next period
Vocab continue from last week.
Read "Dumb and Dumber in America," and discuss.
Quote incorporation practice
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Friday, August 28
Current event writing journal
Look up the following words and define:
inveighs
solipsism
upbraids
disparge
indictment
Lamentation
perennial
intractable
isnsidious
virulent
liberals
pervasive
Wednesday, August 26
Read "Hospital," and discuss tones and perspective.
List attributes of the two characters and discuss.
List 3-5 attributes you have, and write a paragraph for each of them
Also, write about your learning....
Monday, August 24
Finish Setting/niche/House
Draw a symbol that represents you and explain it as you introduce yourself
Read Did I miss Anything?
SSW (Silent Sustained Writing): What classic movie are you?
Friday, August 21
Make origami house and we will finish this on Monday.
Think of a symbol that describes you, like an apple symbolizes a teacher, and
write it on a note card, which we will use on Monday.
Thursday, August 20, 7th period
Discuss your reading
Read "The Blanket."
Discuss symbols and write about them. Decide what symbol best represents you.
Ask me questions