Friday
Students received a half sheet with the assignments for The House of Dies Drear Ch. 8-19. They had time to work on this in class.
Homework:
On Tuesday I will give you time to finish your "Open Mind" assignment. We will present those and the banker/lawyer "I Am" poems.
Keep studying the roots, vocab, parts of speech, etc. Roots test will be next week.
The House of Dies Drear tasks are due Mon., Sept. 13, when we will also be taking the AR test on the book (worth 9 points towards your AR goal).
Thursday
Tales #7
conan an otherwise intelligent dude is so busy impressing his peers with his virility that his grades dropped to Fs
Vocab: virility (= manliness)
The Open Mind Activity:
Students were broken into six groups. Each group focused on one of the stages (beginning, middle, end) for either the banker or the lawyer.
Using "The Bet" story and their completed worksheet from last night, inside a "blank mind" students were to draw symbols or select phrases from the text to represent either the banker's or lawyer's thoughts at that point in the text. Outside the diagram, they explained why they chose those particular symbols and phrases. Student will present to the class next week.
Homework:
"I Am" Poem from the perspective of either the banker or the lawyer (half sheet template was distributed).
Vocab/Roots/Parts of Speech test has been postponed until next week.
Have your "Dies Drear" book in class tomorrow.
Wednesday
Tales #6
conan a really cool dude looked at non athlethic porky four eyed harold with disdain as if he were lower than the belly of a rat
Vocab: disdain
Shared answers to "W of W" questions, then collected homework.
Students responded to this prompt in their writing journals:
How long would you be willing to stay in solitary confinement for $2 million?
We then shared responses.
We read and discussed "The Bet" short story by Anton Chekhov.
Homework:
Complete the handout on how the lawyer and the banker changed during the story.
Tuesday
Collected "All Summer in a Day" tasks.
Read and discussed "Windows of Wonder" short story (vocabulary, fig. language, mood, etc.).
Students worked with a partner to describe the main character, filling in a graphic organizer.
Homework:
Answer any two of these questions on the back of the graphic organizer and using complete sentences:
p. 148 #3, 6
p. 149 #2
Study Tales vocab, parts of speech, roots, etc.
Monday
Tales #5:
well the 1st day of school hapless harold wierd cringed at the cool treatment he got from his peers
Vocab: cringed, peers
New Latin Roots: mob, mot, mov
I checked that students had the questions to the first seven chapters of The House of Dies Drear finished (did not collect).
We learned five ways to elaborate, and then practiced doing so. Using the story of Tough Boris as a springboard, students chose two adjectives and elaborated on them using any three of the new ways we learned today.
Homework:
All Summer in a Day tasks are due Tuesday.
There will be a Roots / Vocab test on Friday. Study Tales vocab, parts of speech, roots, etc. for it.
Monday, August 30, 2010
Monday, August 23, 2010
Week of Aug. 23
Friday
Half day - abbreviated schedule.
Tales #4:
unfortunate hapless harold also had to get all As and Bs on every report card or he would be diseased pachyderm meat at home
Vocab: pachyderm
Students responded to This Is Your Life prompts.
Homework:
"All Summer in a Day" tasks are due Tuesday.
Study vocab (from Tales); continue with Dies Drear (Chapter 1-7 due Monday).
This Is Your Life is not homework!
Thursday
Tales #3:
poor hapless harold however is inept at every sport he had tried so far in his 13 years of life
Vocab: inept
Students completed their "Seventh Grade" story map and turned it in.
Handout: DVUSD Analytic and Holistic Six Trait Rubrics (will be used to grade writing)
We read "All Summer in a Day" and reviewed what we mean by "theme."
Homework:
1.Respond to the prompt:
What happened as a result of the classmates on Venus experiencing the sun when they go outside?
2. Plot diagram of the story
3. Draw a picture to represent some aspect of the story.
#1, 2, and 3 are due Tuesday.
Study vocab (from Tales); continue with Dies Drear (Chapter 1-7 due next Monday).
Wednesday
Students spent the period responding to a choice of three narrative writing prompts.
We will continue the "Seventh Grade" story map in class tomorrow.
Homework:
Study vocab (from Tales); continue with Dies Drear (Chapter 1-7 due next Monday).
Tuesday
Tales #2: hapless harold weird a chubby kid with horn rimmed glasses fat tummy chocolate brown skin and zits on his cute round face was assigned to gavalin peak in anthem arizona
Vocab: hapless
Reviewed the Parts of Speech poem.
Handout: Parts of Speech examples and definitions
Read "Seventh Grade" by Gary Soto.
Noted meaning of connotation and denotation.
Students worked with a partner to create a plot diagram of the story, using the Story Mountain Diagram from last week.
Homework:
Study vocab (from Tales); continue with Dies Drear (Chapter 1-7 due next Monday). The plot diagram is NOT homework.
Monday
Tales #1: once their was a four eyed weirdo from baltimore maryland who moved to anthem arizona against his volition
Vocab: volition
Presented and collected the "I Am" Poems.
Reviewed the eight parts of speech and began the Parts of Speech Poem.
Homework:
Finish the Parts of Speech poem for tomorrow.
Dies Drear questions on Chapter 1-7 due next Monday.
Half day - abbreviated schedule.
Tales #4:
unfortunate hapless harold also had to get all As and Bs on every report card or he would be diseased pachyderm meat at home
Vocab: pachyderm
Students responded to This Is Your Life prompts.
Homework:
"All Summer in a Day" tasks are due Tuesday.
Study vocab (from Tales); continue with Dies Drear (Chapter 1-7 due Monday).
This Is Your Life is not homework!
Thursday
Tales #3:
poor hapless harold however is inept at every sport he had tried so far in his 13 years of life
Vocab: inept
Students completed their "Seventh Grade" story map and turned it in.
Handout: DVUSD Analytic and Holistic Six Trait Rubrics (will be used to grade writing)
We read "All Summer in a Day" and reviewed what we mean by "theme."
Homework:
1.Respond to the prompt:
What happened as a result of the classmates on Venus experiencing the sun when they go outside?
2. Plot diagram of the story
3. Draw a picture to represent some aspect of the story.
#1, 2, and 3 are due Tuesday.
Study vocab (from Tales); continue with Dies Drear (Chapter 1-7 due next Monday).
Wednesday
Students spent the period responding to a choice of three narrative writing prompts.
We will continue the "Seventh Grade" story map in class tomorrow.
Homework:
Study vocab (from Tales); continue with Dies Drear (Chapter 1-7 due next Monday).
Tuesday
Tales #2: hapless harold weird a chubby kid with horn rimmed glasses fat tummy chocolate brown skin and zits on his cute round face was assigned to gavalin peak in anthem arizona
Vocab: hapless
Reviewed the Parts of Speech poem.
Handout: Parts of Speech examples and definitions
Read "Seventh Grade" by Gary Soto.
Noted meaning of connotation and denotation.
Students worked with a partner to create a plot diagram of the story, using the Story Mountain Diagram from last week.
Homework:
Study vocab (from Tales); continue with Dies Drear (Chapter 1-7 due next Monday). The plot diagram is NOT homework.
Monday
Tales #1: once their was a four eyed weirdo from baltimore maryland who moved to anthem arizona against his volition
Vocab: volition
Presented and collected the "I Am" Poems.
Reviewed the eight parts of speech and began the Parts of Speech Poem.
Homework:
Finish the Parts of Speech poem for tomorrow.
Dies Drear questions on Chapter 1-7 due next Monday.
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Week of Aug. 16
Friday
Collected the Top Five Books Ever.
Handout: Questions for Ch. 1-7 on The House of Dies Drear.
Students took the STAR and DVRA (Deer Valley Reading Assessment) tests online.
Homework:
"I Am" Poem is due Monday. Final draft to be typed or neatly written.
Dies Drear questions due next Friday.
Thursday
Handout: Template of the "I Am" Poem.
We read two examples and then did one stanza as a class.
Students then worked on a rough draft of their own poem in their composition notebooks.
Homework:
"I Am" Poem is due Monday. Final draft to be typed or neatly written.
Top 5 books are due tomorrow (one paragraph on each, including the recommendation).
If the network is working, we take the STAR and DVRA tests online tomorrow.
Wednesday
We shared excerpts from the Learning Style Reflection and then turned them in.
Students brainstormed the main parts of a story before filling in the details on the Short Story Mountain handout (study guide for tests).
Homework:
Study Short Story Mountain info.
Make a list of your top 5 books ever. Write a short paragraph on each, and say why you would recommend them to someone else.
Tuesday
I collected the Phoenix Library card application forms - please be sure to have them all in by tomorrow, as I'll be going down to the library tomorrow afternoon to turn them in.
I also collected the yellow Pet Permission/Student Info sheets and the Adv. Lang. Arts syllabus acknowledgement sheets.
We took a Multiple Intelligences survey to discover what kind(s) of intelligences we have and then graphed the results. Students took notes on the traits of their top 2-3 intelligences and any careers that appealed to them. Many students had time to begin their homework.
Homework:
On a lined sheet of paper and using the surveys from today and yesterday, answer the following questions in complete sentences. Skip a line between each answer. Incorporate the question into the answer.
Learner Survey Reflection
1. What had you already known?
2. What surprised you?
3. What 2-3 things (from the Strategies section) can you do to make sure you'll have a successful academic year? (use what you learned in the Descriptions and Strategies paperwork)
4. What did you learn from the Multple Intelligence inventory?
(a) Did anything surprise you?
Monday
I enjoyed meeting my new students! We reviewed the syllabus and discussed general rules and procedures.
Students received a Phoenix Library card application form to fill out (needed for online work - see syllabus). I will be bringing the forms down to the library and collecting the cards myself.
We also took a Learner Survey to discover what kind of learner we are and discover strategies to help us study more effectively.
Homework:
Get paperwork signed. Complete library card application and show to your parents. Have it with you tomorrow.
Collected the Top Five Books Ever.
Handout: Questions for Ch. 1-7 on The House of Dies Drear.
Students took the STAR and DVRA (Deer Valley Reading Assessment) tests online.
Homework:
"I Am" Poem is due Monday. Final draft to be typed or neatly written.
Dies Drear questions due next Friday.
Thursday
Handout: Template of the "I Am" Poem.
We read two examples and then did one stanza as a class.
Students then worked on a rough draft of their own poem in their composition notebooks.
Homework:
"I Am" Poem is due Monday. Final draft to be typed or neatly written.
Top 5 books are due tomorrow (one paragraph on each, including the recommendation).
If the network is working, we take the STAR and DVRA tests online tomorrow.
Wednesday
We shared excerpts from the Learning Style Reflection and then turned them in.
Students brainstormed the main parts of a story before filling in the details on the Short Story Mountain handout (study guide for tests).
Homework:
Study Short Story Mountain info.
Make a list of your top 5 books ever. Write a short paragraph on each, and say why you would recommend them to someone else.
Tuesday
I collected the Phoenix Library card application forms - please be sure to have them all in by tomorrow, as I'll be going down to the library tomorrow afternoon to turn them in.
I also collected the yellow Pet Permission/Student Info sheets and the Adv. Lang. Arts syllabus acknowledgement sheets.
We took a Multiple Intelligences survey to discover what kind(s) of intelligences we have and then graphed the results. Students took notes on the traits of their top 2-3 intelligences and any careers that appealed to them. Many students had time to begin their homework.
Homework:
On a lined sheet of paper and using the surveys from today and yesterday, answer the following questions in complete sentences. Skip a line between each answer. Incorporate the question into the answer.
Learner Survey Reflection
1. What had you already known?
2. What surprised you?
3. What 2-3 things (from the Strategies section) can you do to make sure you'll have a successful academic year? (use what you learned in the Descriptions and Strategies paperwork)
4. What did you learn from the Multple Intelligence inventory?
(a) Did anything surprise you?
Monday
I enjoyed meeting my new students! We reviewed the syllabus and discussed general rules and procedures.
Students received a Phoenix Library card application form to fill out (needed for online work - see syllabus). I will be bringing the forms down to the library and collecting the cards myself.
We also took a Learner Survey to discover what kind of learner we are and discover strategies to help us study more effectively.
Homework:
Get paperwork signed. Complete library card application and show to your parents. Have it with you tomorrow.
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