Friday
Took Roots quiz (grad/gress) and spelling test. Worked on AIMS Simulation writing assessment - brainstorming and rough draft, editing if time allowed. Finish editing and final draft on Monday.
Homework: Reaction paper assignment is due Monday. Continue to review mob/grad roots - quiz next week.
Thursday
Caught ‘Ya #30:
and after school harold tells gnarly all about himself and his dilemmas
Vocab: dilemma
Reviewed in pairs for Roots quiz tomorrow (5 min.). Checked yellow sheet (Chapter 4 questions). Took Reading Quiz on pp. 56-68 of The Killer Angels. Read Wed., July 1, 1863, Ch. 1 Lee in class. Handed out pink sheet with questions for Wed., July 1, 1863, and The Killer Angels Reaction Paper assignment.
Homework: Ch. 1 (Lee) questions 22-25. Reaction paper assignment is due Monday. Roots quiz (incl. spelling) tomorrow.
Wednesday
Caught ‘Ya #29:
when the bell rang harold sallied forth from the classroom with gnarly he had found a best freind
Vocab: sallied forth
Completed, shared, and collected A Happy Day in Language Arts w/s. Read Chap. 4 Longstreet to page 56 in class ("...and look were it got them."]
Homework:
Finish Chapter 4 (to p. 68) and answer questions on study guide (#17-21). Be ready for a reading quiz.
Tuesday
Caught ‘Ya #28:
everyone transcribed the assignment into their notebook accept conan from who nobody every expected any homework
Vocab: transcribe
Completed and collected w/s 18A and 18B. Took Reading Quiz on pp. 27-32 of The Killer Angels. Read to top of p. 44 [Buford nodded.] in The Killer Angels Study Guide.
Homework: Finish Buford chapter (to page 48). Be ready for reading quiz on the section you read at home. Complete study guide questions on Chapter 3 (#14 and 15).
Monday
Caught ‘Ya #27:
oh no not mr noisome groaned gnarly in an aside to harold. i here she gives tons of homework calls parents and makes students write and write
Vocab: aside
Handed out Latin Roots for this week (grad, gress). Read to bottom of p. 27 in The Killer Angels Study Guide.
Homework: Finish Ch. 2 Chamberlain and answer questions 10-13. Answers do not need to be in complete sentences. N.B. Note page number!! Be ready for reading quiz on the section you read at home (pp. 27-32).
Learn spelling and definitions of grad & gress root words, and revise spelling and definitions of mob, mot, mov root words.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Monday, September 21, 2009
Week of Sept. 21
Friday
Caught ‘Ya #26:
this may be the 1st day of school she said but you of homework tonite my name in case your intrested is mrs noisome
Vocab: noisome
Handed out Character Comparison Chart (blue) and part 1 of The Killer Angels Study Guide (through June 29, 1863 - yellow). Answers do not need to be in complete sentences. N.B. Note page number when answering!!
Read Monday, June 29, 1963 Ch. 1 - The Spy in class.
Homework: Yellow study guide - questions one through nine.
Thursday
Caught ‘Ya #25:
as gnarly concluded his sentence the teacher a short bizarre middle age lady dressed in tenis shoes and an loathsome purpel dress sauntered in the door
Vocab: bizarre, loathsome, saunter
Graded Parts of Speech and Literary Elements Quiz #2.
Worked on the Army of the Potomac commanders in the Introduction Activity. Learn the commanders: there will be a quiz.
Homework: Catch up on work; read; review worksheets.
Wednesday
Caught ‘Ya #24:
shes shy and shes nice and shes comely and she gets good grades and all the cool dudes are after her but she ignores them gnarly concludes
Vocab: comely
Graded Roots Quiz mob, mot, mov and Vocab Quiz #2.
Filled out the Before column of The Killer Angels' Anticipation Guide, and the commander section if applicable.
Handed out the Introduction Activity; did #1 and 2 in class. Pointed out vocab on back of handout - note page numbers as we come across them. Learn meanings, definitions, and spelling.
Homework: Read the Foreword. Fill in the information on the Army of Northern Virginia and its commanders (pages 2-3 of the handout).
Tuesday
Caught ‘Ya #23:
gnarly nerd a strait A student continued to inform harold. and classy cassandra is to good a student to be intrested in conan he elucidated
Vocab: elucidate
Shared and collected answers to the Frank O'Connor short story. Used Literary Meet Me @ to work on Inferring Character Traits w/s.
Homework: Finish w/s if necessary. Have The Killer Angels novel tomorrow.
Monday
Caught ‘Ya #22:
a obese pimply faced kid in the next desk leans over to harold dont pay no attention to conan he wispered. hes not as tuff as he looks
Vocab: obese
Finished reading and discussing First Confession short story by Frank O'Connor. Character Traits handout (with list of traits on the back).
Homework: Questions #2, 4, 5, 7, and 10 under Explorations (after the story).
Caught ‘Ya #26:
this may be the 1st day of school she said but you of homework tonite my name in case your intrested is mrs noisome
Vocab: noisome
Handed out Character Comparison Chart (blue) and part 1 of The Killer Angels Study Guide (through June 29, 1863 - yellow). Answers do not need to be in complete sentences. N.B. Note page number when answering!!
Read Monday, June 29, 1963 Ch. 1 - The Spy in class.
Homework: Yellow study guide - questions one through nine.
Thursday
Caught ‘Ya #25:
as gnarly concluded his sentence the teacher a short bizarre middle age lady dressed in tenis shoes and an loathsome purpel dress sauntered in the door
Vocab: bizarre, loathsome, saunter
Graded Parts of Speech and Literary Elements Quiz #2.
Worked on the Army of the Potomac commanders in the Introduction Activity. Learn the commanders: there will be a quiz.
Homework: Catch up on work; read; review worksheets.
Wednesday
Caught ‘Ya #24:
shes shy and shes nice and shes comely and she gets good grades and all the cool dudes are after her but she ignores them gnarly concludes
Vocab: comely
Graded Roots Quiz mob, mot, mov and Vocab Quiz #2.
Filled out the Before column of The Killer Angels' Anticipation Guide, and the commander section if applicable.
Handed out the Introduction Activity; did #1 and 2 in class. Pointed out vocab on back of handout - note page numbers as we come across them. Learn meanings, definitions, and spelling.
Homework: Read the Foreword. Fill in the information on the Army of Northern Virginia and its commanders (pages 2-3 of the handout).
Tuesday
Caught ‘Ya #23:
gnarly nerd a strait A student continued to inform harold. and classy cassandra is to good a student to be intrested in conan he elucidated
Vocab: elucidate
Shared and collected answers to the Frank O'Connor short story. Used Literary Meet Me @ to work on Inferring Character Traits w/s.
Homework: Finish w/s if necessary. Have The Killer Angels novel tomorrow.
Monday
Caught ‘Ya #22:
a obese pimply faced kid in the next desk leans over to harold dont pay no attention to conan he wispered. hes not as tuff as he looks
Vocab: obese
Finished reading and discussing First Confession short story by Frank O'Connor. Character Traits handout (with list of traits on the back).
Homework: Questions #2, 4, 5, 7, and 10 under Explorations (after the story).
Monday, September 14, 2009
Week of Sept. 14
Friday
Caught ‘Ya #21:
as the affects of her stunning beauty wore off harold heard conan shouting at him she thinks shes to good for us
Vocab: stunning
Students took vocab quiz #2 (including dictation) and roots test mot, mov, mob. We graded parts of Parts of Speech and Literary Elements Quiz #1.
Homework: Review and read.
Thursday
Caught ‘Ya #20:
harold mesmerized by the site starred at classy cassandra for a full minute before he sat down; he was smitten
Vocab: mesmerized, smmitten
Reviewed this week's root words. Read and discussed part of Frank O'Connor's short story: First Confession.
Homework: Roots quiz on Friday will incorporate dictation.
Wednesday
Early Release - special schedule.
Took and graded spelling test; took vocab/parts of speech/literary elements quiz.
Homework: Roots quiz on Friday will incorporate dictation.
Tuesday
Caught ‘Ya #18:
sitting their at the desk in front of him reading the book war and peace was a apparition of beauty that affected his ability to move
Vocab: apparition
Caught ‘Ya #19:
she was beautiful and she was classy and she was wonderfull and she had long curly black hair and a ghost of a smile manifested itself on her lovley lips
Vocab: manifested
Students responded to journal prompt #16, dealing with characterization, in their composition books. We revisited the worksheet on Characterization from Monday and finalized in class - due tomorrow.
Handed out information on the IB program at Barry Goldwater.
Homework: Vocab/Parts of Speech/Lit. Elements quiz tomorrow; roots quiz on Friday
Monday
Caught ‘Ya #16:
perambulating to the only vacant desk harolds hands began to shake
Vocab: perambulate
Caught ‘Ya #17:
his corpulent knees knocked together in shock and his eyes grow bigger under his glasses
Vocab: corpulent
We did a worksheet on Characterization - the descriptive paragraph will be finalized in class tomorrow (Jane Austen pairs).
Latin roots: mob, mot, mov - words in bold (handout) will be incorporated into spelling tests
Homework: Study vocab, parts of speech, literary elements - quiz on Wednesday; test on roots on Friday.
Caught ‘Ya #21:
as the affects of her stunning beauty wore off harold heard conan shouting at him she thinks shes to good for us
Vocab: stunning
Students took vocab quiz #2 (including dictation) and roots test mot, mov, mob. We graded parts of Parts of Speech and Literary Elements Quiz #1.
Homework: Review and read.
Thursday
Caught ‘Ya #20:
harold mesmerized by the site starred at classy cassandra for a full minute before he sat down; he was smitten
Vocab: mesmerized, smmitten
Reviewed this week's root words. Read and discussed part of Frank O'Connor's short story: First Confession.
Homework: Roots quiz on Friday will incorporate dictation.
Wednesday
Early Release - special schedule.
Took and graded spelling test; took vocab/parts of speech/literary elements quiz.
Homework: Roots quiz on Friday will incorporate dictation.
Tuesday
Caught ‘Ya #18:
sitting their at the desk in front of him reading the book war and peace was a apparition of beauty that affected his ability to move
Vocab: apparition
Caught ‘Ya #19:
she was beautiful and she was classy and she was wonderfull and she had long curly black hair and a ghost of a smile manifested itself on her lovley lips
Vocab: manifested
Students responded to journal prompt #16, dealing with characterization, in their composition books. We revisited the worksheet on Characterization from Monday and finalized in class - due tomorrow.
Handed out information on the IB program at Barry Goldwater.
Homework: Vocab/Parts of Speech/Lit. Elements quiz tomorrow; roots quiz on Friday
Monday
Caught ‘Ya #16:
perambulating to the only vacant desk harolds hands began to shake
Vocab: perambulate
Caught ‘Ya #17:
his corpulent knees knocked together in shock and his eyes grow bigger under his glasses
Vocab: corpulent
We did a worksheet on Characterization - the descriptive paragraph will be finalized in class tomorrow (Jane Austen pairs).
Latin roots: mob, mot, mov - words in bold (handout) will be incorporated into spelling tests
Homework: Study vocab, parts of speech, literary elements - quiz on Wednesday; test on roots on Friday.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Week of Sept. 7
Friday
Caught ‘Ya #15:
her and her freinds jabbed there noses in the air and didnt even say hello to harold
Vocab: none; "jab" as an example of a strong verb (use strong verbs in your writing)
Checked out The Killer Angels novel from the library (issued to each student). Don't begin reading yet - if absent, check out from library aide when you are on campus again.
Acted out The Comedy of Secession.
Homework: Original sentences with vocab words due Monday. Vocab/spelling test early next week. Test will also include literary elements and parts of speech.
Thursday
Caught ‘Ya #14:
belinda and her cohorts took one look at harolds ugly brown glasses round face and serious expression and the hole crew dissmised him as worse then the kid gnarly nerd
Vocab: cohort
Did w/s 10B (There You Are). Decided on parts for The Comedy of Secession.
Homework: Prepare your lines if you have a part in the play. Think about the meaning behind the play.
Wednesday
Caught ‘Ya #13:
their was belinda beautiful a pulchritudinous babe with long blond hair and desiner close who was queen of the snobs
Vocab: pulchritudinous
Did w/s 26 (Verbs Doing Two Jobs) and w/s 10A (There You Are). Handout: The Comedy of Secession. Read through and decide what, if any, part you would like. We'll discuss tomorrow in class and present on Friday.
Homework: w/s 14: Verbs Alive. Put a line through the italicized word and write another over it. Write a sentence on the lines using a verb that is alive.
Tuesday
Caught ‘Ya #12:
there were other clutches of kids in harolds classes but they didnt want to of anything to do with a four eyed wierdo either
Vocab: clutch (collective noun)
Collected Windows of Wonder answers. Read part of Mr. Pickwick Goes Skating, by Charles Dickens.
Homework: Finish the story; answer questions 1-5 on p. 91.
Monday
No School - Labor Day
Caught ‘Ya #15:
her and her freinds jabbed there noses in the air and didnt even say hello to harold
Vocab: none; "jab" as an example of a strong verb (use strong verbs in your writing)
Checked out The Killer Angels novel from the library (issued to each student). Don't begin reading yet - if absent, check out from library aide when you are on campus again.
Acted out The Comedy of Secession.
Homework: Original sentences with vocab words due Monday. Vocab/spelling test early next week. Test will also include literary elements and parts of speech.
Thursday
Caught ‘Ya #14:
belinda and her cohorts took one look at harolds ugly brown glasses round face and serious expression and the hole crew dissmised him as worse then the kid gnarly nerd
Vocab: cohort
Did w/s 10B (There You Are). Decided on parts for The Comedy of Secession.
Homework: Prepare your lines if you have a part in the play. Think about the meaning behind the play.
Wednesday
Caught ‘Ya #13:
their was belinda beautiful a pulchritudinous babe with long blond hair and desiner close who was queen of the snobs
Vocab: pulchritudinous
Did w/s 26 (Verbs Doing Two Jobs) and w/s 10A (There You Are). Handout: The Comedy of Secession. Read through and decide what, if any, part you would like. We'll discuss tomorrow in class and present on Friday.
Homework: w/s 14: Verbs Alive. Put a line through the italicized word and write another over it. Write a sentence on the lines using a verb that is alive.
Tuesday
Caught ‘Ya #12:
there were other clutches of kids in harolds classes but they didnt want to of anything to do with a four eyed wierdo either
Vocab: clutch (collective noun)
Collected Windows of Wonder answers. Read part of Mr. Pickwick Goes Skating, by Charles Dickens.
Homework: Finish the story; answer questions 1-5 on p. 91.
Monday
No School - Labor Day
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