Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Missing Grades
Due to the recent PowerSchool outage, several of the scores from this class have disappeared. I appreciate your patience as I work to re-enter them.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Week of Feb. 21
Friday
Students re-worked the final drafts of their "Mall" letters and submitted them for grading on the Learning Express website. Students were encouraged to look at the rubric to increase their scores.
I collected the rough drafts with corrections, and any final drafts not finished by the end of class are due to me by email by Monday morning.
Homework:
Finish and email me the final drafts.
Create an account at prezi.com (use first name and last initial only) and see what you can do. You will be using it later for an assignment.
Thursday
Science Fair Expo Day
No class - special schedule
Wednesday
Students finished the summaries, had them reviewed by a peer, made necessary corrections and emailed them to me.
Students then began re-working their "Mall" letters. I had printed out the rough drafts so students could mark corrections on them.
Homework:
Have corrections ready by Friday, when we will type the letters up in MS Word and then submit for grading on the Learning Express website.
Tuesday
Handout: Writing an Analytic Summary
In the lab, we practised getting the main idea of articles. We read guidelines for writing the summary and the steps for doing so. After reading the "Bats" article, students created a tree map with main ideas and some supporting details.
In Microsoft Word, students wrote up a draft of their summary, which was then reviewed by another student using the Summary Checklist.
Homework:
Email me the persuasive mall letters from last week if you have not already done so. We will need them tomorrow.
Monday
No School - Presidents' Day
Students re-worked the final drafts of their "Mall" letters and submitted them for grading on the Learning Express website. Students were encouraged to look at the rubric to increase their scores.
I collected the rough drafts with corrections, and any final drafts not finished by the end of class are due to me by email by Monday morning.
Homework:
Finish and email me the final drafts.
Create an account at prezi.com (use first name and last initial only) and see what you can do. You will be using it later for an assignment.
Thursday
Science Fair Expo Day
No class - special schedule
Wednesday
Students finished the summaries, had them reviewed by a peer, made necessary corrections and emailed them to me.
Students then began re-working their "Mall" letters. I had printed out the rough drafts so students could mark corrections on them.
Homework:
Have corrections ready by Friday, when we will type the letters up in MS Word and then submit for grading on the Learning Express website.
Tuesday
Handout: Writing an Analytic Summary
In the lab, we practised getting the main idea of articles. We read guidelines for writing the summary and the steps for doing so. After reading the "Bats" article, students created a tree map with main ideas and some supporting details.
In Microsoft Word, students wrote up a draft of their summary, which was then reviewed by another student using the Summary Checklist.
Homework:
Email me the persuasive mall letters from last week if you have not already done so. We will need them tomorrow.
Monday
No School - Presidents' Day
Monday, February 14, 2011
Week of Feb. 14
Friday
Handout: New Roots list (cogn, sci)
In the lab, students worked on a persuasive prompt (Middle School Writing Course through Learning Express)and utilized what they have learned about persuasive techniques. They submitted it for online grading and then sent the grade received, the analysis, and their writing to me by email.
Homework:
Study roots and persuasive techniques. Test week of Feb. 28.
Thursday
Tales #54
well look whose here sneered conan to his freinds its the obese creep and the four eyed wierdo
Vocab: sneered
Tales #55
justthen harold spied cassandra who was setting on the couch chattering to another classy girl
Vocab: spied, chattering
We reviewed and discussed the homework.
Students practised persuasive techniques and analogies online.
Homework:
Study parts of speech, roots, etc.
Wednesday
Tales #52
hey lets get out of here before we go any further harold rasped in gnarlys left ear
Vocab: rasped
Tales #53
no the whole group are here and were going too stick it out reiterated gnarly
Vocab: reiterated
Students took the Roots Review Quiz (tain, ten, fer).
Students presented their pro and con arguments for vacationing at the beach. We critiqued for persuasive techniques.
Homework:
w/s 53-54: Discriptive Essay
Tuesday
Tales #50
everyone was their in their best attire accept conan who wore his best holy jeans which had been cut with knifes for effect
Vocab: attire
Tales #51
conan lounged between all his cool freinds against a wall smoking a cigarette to look cool
Vocab: lounged
Students continued with their Beach prompt; when finished, they shared with a partner for constructive feedback.
Homework:
If you didn't complete the piece, finish it tonight. Tomorrow we will have two opposing viewpoints go up against each other and rate the effectiveness of each one's persuasive techniques.
Monday
Tales #49
when harold jaunty in his good slacks and chubby gnarly arrived at belindas parents house the party s already in full swing
Vocab: jaunty
Students read their persuasive paragraphs (Co-ed Teams) to a partner, who checked for persuasive techniques and gave constructive criticism. Changes were made as a result.
We began our next persuasive writing piece: The best vacation is a trip to the beach. Students began by writing Pro and Con points in tree-map format.
Homework:
Think about the position you'll be defending and try to come up with some pertinent and stupendous techniques for your argument.
Be ready for Persuasive Techniques and Roots Review quizzes sometime this week.
Handout: New Roots list (cogn, sci)
In the lab, students worked on a persuasive prompt (Middle School Writing Course through Learning Express)and utilized what they have learned about persuasive techniques. They submitted it for online grading and then sent the grade received, the analysis, and their writing to me by email.
Homework:
Study roots and persuasive techniques. Test week of Feb. 28.
Thursday
Tales #54
well look whose here sneered conan to his freinds its the obese creep and the four eyed wierdo
Vocab: sneered
Tales #55
justthen harold spied cassandra who was setting on the couch chattering to another classy girl
Vocab: spied, chattering
We reviewed and discussed the homework.
Students practised persuasive techniques and analogies online.
Homework:
Study parts of speech, roots, etc.
Wednesday
Tales #52
hey lets get out of here before we go any further harold rasped in gnarlys left ear
Vocab: rasped
Tales #53
no the whole group are here and were going too stick it out reiterated gnarly
Vocab: reiterated
Students took the Roots Review Quiz (tain, ten, fer).
Students presented their pro and con arguments for vacationing at the beach. We critiqued for persuasive techniques.
Homework:
w/s 53-54: Discriptive Essay
Tuesday
Tales #50
everyone was their in their best attire accept conan who wore his best holy jeans which had been cut with knifes for effect
Vocab: attire
Tales #51
conan lounged between all his cool freinds against a wall smoking a cigarette to look cool
Vocab: lounged
Students continued with their Beach prompt; when finished, they shared with a partner for constructive feedback.
Homework:
If you didn't complete the piece, finish it tonight. Tomorrow we will have two opposing viewpoints go up against each other and rate the effectiveness of each one's persuasive techniques.
Monday
Tales #49
when harold jaunty in his good slacks and chubby gnarly arrived at belindas parents house the party s already in full swing
Vocab: jaunty
Students read their persuasive paragraphs (Co-ed Teams) to a partner, who checked for persuasive techniques and gave constructive criticism. Changes were made as a result.
We began our next persuasive writing piece: The best vacation is a trip to the beach. Students began by writing Pro and Con points in tree-map format.
Homework:
Think about the position you'll be defending and try to come up with some pertinent and stupendous techniques for your argument.
Be ready for Persuasive Techniques and Roots Review quizzes sometime this week.
Monday, February 7, 2011
Week of Feb. 7
Friday
Tales #47
the next saturday however gnarly and harold are filled with apprehension as they get dressed for the party
Vocab: apprehension
Tales #48
attempting to pull up his only stylish pair of pants his hole body quivered and harold felt qualms about his descision to attend the party Vocab: stylish, qualms, quivered
Today we did some brain exercising assignments: Graceful Dead Crossword and ten Hink-Pinks.
Homework:
Be prepared for the quizzes any day next week.
Thursday
Using the same model we've been practicing all week, we used persuasive techniques to respond to whether or not sports teams should be co-ed. We started by making a tree map of the pros and cons of co-ed teams and then selected the three strongest points (either pro or con). First, we wrote the intro paragraph with an attention-getter and thesis statement. After this, we used a flee map to organize the paper, putting one argument in each box, from the least important to the most important. We added details under each box, and transition words/phrases on top of each one.
At this point, it was time to tackle the body paragraph using the flee map as a guide. We referred to the four ways to appeal (in the Tales notebook) to enhance our persuasive technique.
Next came the final paragraph, in which the arguments were reiterated, a counterargument was negated, and the ending was firm and persuasive. Those who did not complete the final paragraph took it home to finish.
Homework:
Our much-postponed Roots and Persuasive Techniques quizzes are tomorrow.
Wednesday
We finished our persuasive paragraphs on moving to a farm or to the suburbs. Students had time to read in class.
Homework:
Roots, etc.
Tuesday
We continued with persuasive techniques and began a letter to our parents persuading them to either move to a house in the suburbs or a farm in the country. We used a Flee map to organize our writing.
Homework:
Roots, etc.
Monday
Students worked through two packets covering vocabulary skills and test preparation tips.
They also had time for silent reading.
Homework:
Roots Review and Persuasive Techniques Quizzes on Friday.
Tales #47
the next saturday however gnarly and harold are filled with apprehension as they get dressed for the party
Vocab: apprehension
Tales #48
attempting to pull up his only stylish pair of pants his hole body quivered and harold felt qualms about his descision to attend the party Vocab: stylish, qualms, quivered
Today we did some brain exercising assignments: Graceful Dead Crossword and ten Hink-Pinks.
Homework:
Be prepared for the quizzes any day next week.
Thursday
Using the same model we've been practicing all week, we used persuasive techniques to respond to whether or not sports teams should be co-ed. We started by making a tree map of the pros and cons of co-ed teams and then selected the three strongest points (either pro or con). First, we wrote the intro paragraph with an attention-getter and thesis statement. After this, we used a flee map to organize the paper, putting one argument in each box, from the least important to the most important. We added details under each box, and transition words/phrases on top of each one.
At this point, it was time to tackle the body paragraph using the flee map as a guide. We referred to the four ways to appeal (in the Tales notebook) to enhance our persuasive technique.
Next came the final paragraph, in which the arguments were reiterated, a counterargument was negated, and the ending was firm and persuasive. Those who did not complete the final paragraph took it home to finish.
Homework:
Our much-postponed Roots and Persuasive Techniques quizzes are tomorrow.
Wednesday
We finished our persuasive paragraphs on moving to a farm or to the suburbs. Students had time to read in class.
Homework:
Roots, etc.
Tuesday
We continued with persuasive techniques and began a letter to our parents persuading them to either move to a house in the suburbs or a farm in the country. We used a Flee map to organize our writing.
Homework:
Roots, etc.
Monday
Students worked through two packets covering vocabulary skills and test preparation tips.
They also had time for silent reading.
Homework:
Roots Review and Persuasive Techniques Quizzes on Friday.
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