Thursday, September 24, 2015

Sept 28- Oct 2

Monday:  Grammar 1.4
  • Give back grammar an underline Subject and Verb -- pick up ALL tomorrow.
  • Honors:  go over NA test  (Video is due October 9)
  • Honors:  Talk about how they can characterize on their video---how can they create mood (give out mood word handout)?
  • Go over Tom Sawyer characterization  with this Coggle
  • Read blogs for book ideas
  • Library
Tuesday:

Wednesday:  


Thursday:  Grammar Work
  • Go over submitting to Google Classroom
  • Finish and turn in Characterization
  • Discuss Foreshadowing in "The Landlady: as a class
  • Begin a Google Doc (in classroom) the ending to "The Landlady" using worksheet

Friday:

  • Review Landlady
  • Landlady quiz
  • Work on Ending -- submit in classroom

Thursday, September 17, 2015

Sept 21-25

Monday:  Bell Work:  A ft W quiz
  • Grade the quiz
  • Go over Blog with examples
  • Give out the A ft W:  Soccer's Corrupt Soul -- annotations due Friday
  • Read "The Landlady"
FLEX ROOM TOMORROW

Tuesday
  • Pick up re-dos
  • Flexroom WeVideo
    • Download:  WeVideo and Snagit
    • Choose 3 pictures from the blog to create a video with a one word sentence for voice over.
Wednesday:  SUB HERE  Bell Work:  Grammar 1.2
    • Bell work is Elements of a Complete Sentence 1.2.  They will keep it and we will grade it tomorrow
    • Ask if there are any Native American article re-dos.  Today at the beginning of class is the last day to turn them in
    • Give students the Punctuating Dialogue and Direct Quotations handout. Go over it with the students pointing out the various ways to punctuate dialogue. They may take notes on this handout and they will KEEP it in their English folder FOREVER!
    • Students complete Quotation Mark Practice ½ sheet.  
    • Read their library book

Thursday:  Grammar 1.3
  • Grade Grammar 1.2 and 1.3
  • Grade dialogue lesson
  • Discuss Landlady using short answer in Socrative


Friday:  Grammar 1.4

  • Pick up A ft Week Annotations
  • Go over Tom Sawyer
  • Book Blog:  Characterization

Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Sept 14-18

Monday:  Bell Work: A ft W quiz

  • Go over Grammar bell work
  • Go over Superman quiz---who was absent?
  • Introduce Mrs. Barker
  • Library -- read book
Tomorrow meet in flex room.


Tuesday:

Flex Room--- take dry erase markers
Put Paulsen, Alexie and Carson up on each screen.  Students will rotate around the room.
  • Write an answer to the question together as a class.  "Sherman Alexie, Gary Paulsen and Ben Carson all have a common theme; what is the theme and how can you apply it to your life? 
    • Use RACE blog post to help them answer the question. 
  • Put students in groups:



Wednesday: SUB today
  • Tom Sawyer -- Read and discuss 
  • Read Library book


Thursday:  Montgomery has Chromes  Grammar Bell Work

  • Go over Bell Work
  • Go over Race article
  • Honors:  talk about project
  • Pass back Article for the Week 
    • One student reads article aloud and other students make comments using paraphrase plus
  • Quiz over 4 questions --they will need an article for question 1
  • Corrections due Tuesday after Power Hours
Friday:  Montgomery has Chromes. Grammar Bell Work

  • Grammar bell work
  • Tom Sawyer characterization