Friday, September 30, 2011

1. SSR

2. Sound Devices Quiz

3. Adjective or Adverb?

4. Around the World: Parts of Speech

Thursday, September 29, 2011

1. Quickwrite: How do people interact with and respond to nature?  How does nature impact you?

2. Sound Devices

3. Vocabulary (655)

4. "The Bridegroom" (654, #2)

5. "The Guitar" (654, #3)

6. "The Fish" (654, #4)

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

1. Quickwrite: List different types of communication.  Does all communication serve a positive purpose?  Give examples.
2. Cornell Notes: Exploring Poetry (630-31)
3. Vocabulary Squares (640)
 

September 26, 2011

Unit One Exam

Meet and greet for parents and teachers tonight from 4-7pm!  Come to pick up your interim report!

Friday, September 23, 2011

1. Capp Day! 

2. SSR

3. Study Guide

Homework:

• Unit One EXAM Monday, September 26th! 

Thursday, September 22, 2011

1. Quickwrite: 

2. "Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court"

3. Literary Analysis: Parody

4. Reading Skills: Worldviews, Compare/Contrast, & Comedic Effect

Homework:

• Finish Worldviews handout
• Unit One Exam Monday

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

1. SSR

2. Grammar Focus: Transitive or Intransitive Verb?

3. Vocabulary Builder

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

1. Quickwrite:  STEAL chart for celebrity
2. Noun or Adjective?
3. Vocab Squares (1190)
4. R/A "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court"

Monday, September 19, 2011

1. SSR
2. Verbs Prezi
3. Verbs Handout

Friday, September 16, 2011

Visit from Guidance! :)

Thursday, September 15, 2011

1. Quickwrite: Writer's Toolbox (First sentence or last words)

2. Vocabulary Builder

3. Literary Analysis: Philosophical Assumption & Theme

4. "Leader in the Mirror"

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

1. SSR
2. Good or Well?
3. "How Much Land Does a Man Need?"

Tuesday, Septemberr 13, 2011

1. Quickwrite: Describe a time when making a change improved the quality of someone’s life.
2. Cornell Notes: Character (227) & Theme (335)
3. Predictions
4. Vocabulary Squares
5. "How Much Land Does A Man Need?"  

Monday, September 12, 2011

1. SSR
2. Finish Quiz
3. FDNY Action Incident Plan (informational text focus)

Friday, September 9, 2011

1. SSR
2. Pronouns: I or Me?
3. ACE Writing Strategy
4. "Contents" Quiz & Constructed Response

Thursday, September 8, 2011

1. Quickwrite:   In what kinds of jobs is it routine to risk one’s life and why are some people attracted to these jobs?  What kinds of jobs attract you?
2. Presidential Pronouns
3. "Contents of a Dead Man's Pockets" Cause & Effect

Homework:

• Finish alternative ending and three additional effects (Part B in Sections 1 & 2 on Cause & Effect handout)  

 

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

1. SSR
2. Vocal builder
3. "Contents of a Dead Man's Pockets" (read independently)
Open book quiz tomorrow!

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

1. Quickwrite: describing a time or an event in people's lives that might make them look at the reality about themselves and change their perception about what is really important.
2. Vocab Squares (p.116)
3. Making Predictions
4. R/A: "Contents of a Dead Man's Pockets"
 

Friday, September 2, 2011

1. SSR
2. Quiz: Nouns & "Masque of the Red Death" (vocab included)
3. Cornell Notes: Conflict (p.115)

Thursday, September 1, 2011

1.Quickwrite: Writer's Toolbox
2.R/A: "Masque of the Red Death"
3. Literary Analysis: Symbolism
4. Two Truths and a Lie Vocab

Homework:

• Two Truths and a Lie Vocab 
• Quiz on nouns and "Masque of the Red Death" (including vocab)