Friday
Tales #83
when harold and his freinds arrived in mrs noisomes classroom the sub loomed over them menacingly and asked for there homework
Vocab: loomed , menacingly
Tales #84
everyone in the class except the slothful conan of course had their homework
Vocab: slothful
Tales #85
as the sub prepared to verbally pulverize conan harold with a wink skiped him a copy of the homework so conan could pretend to find it
Vocab: pulverize, verbally
We graded Roots Test (pend) and shared Original Myth Movie Projects.
Homework:
Work on the Bad Hair Day narrative (details under Wednesday).
Thursday
More time to work on the creation myths in the lab. Students also conducted research for the Even Gods have Bad Hair Days assignment. Some typed their papers.
Homework:
Finalize the poster project. Due tomorrow.
Wednesday
Students continued working on their creation myths in the lab. As time permitted, students conducted research for the Even Gods have Bad Hair Days assignment.
Handout: Even Gods have Bad Hair Days.
This is an individual assignment, due May 4.
Homework:
Work on the poster project. Due Friday.
Tuesday
In groups of two or three, continued researching creation myths in the lab. Began brainstorming poster project.
Homework:
Work on the poster project. We will share them on Friday.
Monday
Today we researched Creation Myths (took notes in our composition books). We will use this information to develop our own creation myth according to the handout.
Handout: Original Creation Myth Movie Poster Project - with directions and rubric.
Tomorrow we will work on developing the original myth. Wednesday and Thursday will be spent continuing the research into mythology (using links under Mythology on my Lang. Arts Resources web site), which will be used for upcoming assignments (see Upcoming Deadlines link at top of blog).
Homework:
Creation Myth Movie Posters will be presented on Friday.
Monday, April 26, 2010
Monday, April 19, 2010
Week of April 19
Friday
Tales #79
and this substitute is a nightmare designed to torment striplings
Vocab: stripling
Tales #80
he is big burly and odurate and he hates kids and he especially hates seventh graders
Vocab: obdurate
Tales #81
harold set among his new freinds at lunch and plotted to thwart this knavish sub
Vocab: knavish, thwart
Tales #82
him and gnarly contrived the perfect ploy to get this person--at his signal all of the students would drop there english book boring language on the floor
Vocab: ploy, contrived
Students shared their plot diagrams and myths.
Homework:
None
Thursday
Students worked on their plot diagrams and presentations.
Homework:
None
Wednesday
Early Release - Special Schedule
Tuesday
Tales #78
a few days later 3 things happenned at gavalin peak harold the hero convinced his parents to get him contact lenses the toothsome greatful belinda spoke to him and a substitute came in for mrs noisome
Vocab: toothsome
In groups, we read several myths: Orpheus; Echo and Narcissus; The Flight of Icarus; The Labors of Hercules; The Twelve Tasks of Heracles.
Each group will present their myth to the class and will share one plot diagram/story map per group.
Homework:
None
Monday
Tales #77
thats ok conan murmured harold with a leer at gnarly. me and my freind gnarly just want to somehow fit in
Vocab: leer
We read an excerpt from the Introduction to Thomas Bullfinch's Age of Fable: Vols. I & II: Stories of Gods and Heroes, and then completed an outline activity. We then checked our work against the answer sheet and handed in the half-sheets.
After that, just had enough time to read Sky Woman, a creation myth from the literature book.
Homework:
None
Tales #79
and this substitute is a nightmare designed to torment striplings
Vocab: stripling
Tales #80
he is big burly and odurate and he hates kids and he especially hates seventh graders
Vocab: obdurate
Tales #81
harold set among his new freinds at lunch and plotted to thwart this knavish sub
Vocab: knavish, thwart
Tales #82
him and gnarly contrived the perfect ploy to get this person--at his signal all of the students would drop there english book boring language on the floor
Vocab: ploy, contrived
Students shared their plot diagrams and myths.
Homework:
None
Thursday
Students worked on their plot diagrams and presentations.
Homework:
None
Wednesday
Early Release - Special Schedule
Tuesday
Tales #78
a few days later 3 things happenned at gavalin peak harold the hero convinced his parents to get him contact lenses the toothsome greatful belinda spoke to him and a substitute came in for mrs noisome
Vocab: toothsome
In groups, we read several myths: Orpheus; Echo and Narcissus; The Flight of Icarus; The Labors of Hercules; The Twelve Tasks of Heracles.
Each group will present their myth to the class and will share one plot diagram/story map per group.
Homework:
None
Monday
Tales #77
thats ok conan murmured harold with a leer at gnarly. me and my freind gnarly just want to somehow fit in
Vocab: leer
We read an excerpt from the Introduction to Thomas Bullfinch's Age of Fable: Vols. I & II: Stories of Gods and Heroes, and then completed an outline activity. We then checked our work against the answer sheet and handed in the half-sheets.
After that, just had enough time to read Sky Woman, a creation myth from the literature book.
Homework:
None
Monday, April 12, 2010
Week of April 12
Tuesday through Friday
AIMS testing - students will have one core class and one special each day.
Monday
Tales #74 - click here.
Vocab: incinerated
Tales #75
conan the swinish fighter with a plethora of cool freinds comes up to harold like a repentant dog who had peed on the rug
Vocab: a plethora of, swinish, repentant
Tales #76
hey man i didnt mean nothing bye my comment me and my freinds are thankfull to you for shouldering the culpability for the fire
Vocab: shouldering, culpability
Did some more review for AIMS.
Homework:
We will continue to work on the Idioms w/s on Thursday (the next time we have class).
AIMS testing - students will have one core class and one special each day.
Monday
Tales #74 - click here.
Vocab: incinerated
Tales #75
conan the swinish fighter with a plethora of cool freinds comes up to harold like a repentant dog who had peed on the rug
Vocab: a plethora of, swinish, repentant
Tales #76
hey man i didnt mean nothing bye my comment me and my freinds are thankfull to you for shouldering the culpability for the fire
Vocab: shouldering, culpability
Did some more review for AIMS.
Homework:
We will continue to work on the Idioms w/s on Thursday (the next time we have class).
Monday, April 5, 2010
Week of April 5
Friday
Tales #72 view here
Vocab: calamity, averting
Tales #73
harold sat down and hastily penned a letter to his vision of pulchritude
Vocab: vision, penned, pulchritude
We took this week's Roots Test (pend) and graded the last two Roots Tests (tain/stat).
Homework:
Review vocab, lit. terms, roots
Thursday
Collected the plot diagrams of The Highwayman.
Did some intensive AIMS review in the lab. If you were absent, be sure to visit my Lang. Arts web site and work on the games under the Literary Elements heading. Then do some of the Analogy games as well.
Homework:
Review for the quiz tomorrow (Roots - pend).
Wednesday
Tales #71
cassandra wrote a note to the valiant bespectacled young man to tell him that she is proud of him
Vocab: valiant, bespectacled
We continued our in-depth work on The Highwayman poem, sharing, reworking, and improving the extensions we wrote last night.
Homework:
Create a plot diagram/story map of the poem; include setting, characters, etc.
Tuesday
More work on imagery in The Highwayman poem.
Students found examples of figurative language in the poem, and later compared their findings to this online interactive version.
Homework:
Write an additional verse to the poem, describing a ghostly meeting between Bess and the highwayman. Start the verse with a line from the poem such as: “over the cobbles he clattered” or “the wind was a torrent of darkness.” Perhaps write from the point of view of a traveller witnessing the scene. Try to stick the same style and rhythm of the poem as much as possible.
Monday
Tales #70
the next day in school there was a renewed respect for the four eyed weirdo since their werent many middle school heros
Vocab: renewed
Copy into composition notebook and respond:
-- Some call death "the ultimate sacrifice." What are some examples of people who have died to save others? What do you think were their reasons for giving their lives?
Review rhythm, meter, internal and end rhymes, alliteration, and onomatopoeia.
Discussed what a highwayman was; read about the background of the poem.
While listening to a reading of "The Highwayman" poem by Alfred Noyes, students took notes about the plot, the characters, and what happens to them.
With a partner, answered 12 questions related to the poem (in composition notebook).
Homework:
Review vocab, roots, literary terms, etc.
Tales #72 view here
Vocab: calamity, averting
Tales #73
harold sat down and hastily penned a letter to his vision of pulchritude
Vocab: vision, penned, pulchritude
We took this week's Roots Test (pend) and graded the last two Roots Tests (tain/stat).
Homework:
Review vocab, lit. terms, roots
Thursday
Collected the plot diagrams of The Highwayman.
Did some intensive AIMS review in the lab. If you were absent, be sure to visit my Lang. Arts web site and work on the games under the Literary Elements heading. Then do some of the Analogy games as well.
Homework:
Review for the quiz tomorrow (Roots - pend).
Wednesday
Tales #71
cassandra wrote a note to the valiant bespectacled young man to tell him that she is proud of him
Vocab: valiant, bespectacled
We continued our in-depth work on The Highwayman poem, sharing, reworking, and improving the extensions we wrote last night.
Homework:
Create a plot diagram/story map of the poem; include setting, characters, etc.
Tuesday
More work on imagery in The Highwayman poem.
Students found examples of figurative language in the poem, and later compared their findings to this online interactive version.
Homework:
Write an additional verse to the poem, describing a ghostly meeting between Bess and the highwayman. Start the verse with a line from the poem such as: “over the cobbles he clattered” or “the wind was a torrent of darkness.” Perhaps write from the point of view of a traveller witnessing the scene. Try to stick the same style and rhythm of the poem as much as possible.
Monday
Tales #70
the next day in school there was a renewed respect for the four eyed weirdo since their werent many middle school heros
Vocab: renewed
Copy into composition notebook and respond:
-- Some call death "the ultimate sacrifice." What are some examples of people who have died to save others? What do you think were their reasons for giving their lives?
Review rhythm, meter, internal and end rhymes, alliteration, and onomatopoeia.
Discussed what a highwayman was; read about the background of the poem.
While listening to a reading of "The Highwayman" poem by Alfred Noyes, students took notes about the plot, the characters, and what happens to them.
With a partner, answered 12 questions related to the poem (in composition notebook).
Homework:
Review vocab, roots, literary terms, etc.
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