5 October 2011
On Monday, 10-3-2011, students handed in the 1st drafts of their college essays. I am currently grading both these and the essays on Anglo-Saxon poetry.
As promised, below are the definitions for this cycle of words so far.
engender: (v) to cause/salubrious: (adj) favorable to health and well-being/morass: (n) a patch of low, soft, wet ground; a confusing situation in which one is entrapped/noisome: (adj) offensive or disgusting; foul-smelling; harmful/kindle: (v) to start a fire/nuance: (n) something subtle; a fine shade of meaning/bibulous: (adj) fond of or inclined to drink/belabor: (v) to work on excessively
Continue your reading and working on your projects.
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Sunday, October 2, 2011
WELCOME to the new school year 2011-2012!
GRADE 12
PERIODS 3 and 7
Senior year is a busy, defining year. We dug in immediately with vocabulary practice in the form of a word-a-day, reading Anglo-Saxon poetry, and writing interviews and essays.
We have already had two quizzes, one on 12 vocabulary words and one on the introduction to Anglo-Saxon history.
We have interviewed classmates and have written brief essays on what makes them interesting.
We read three poems -- "The Seafarer", "The Wanderer", and "The Wife's Lament". This past Wednesday, there was an in-class essay writing on the theme of exile.
Students are currently reading their research paper books. All should be taking copious notes for their later research papers. For now, students should be preparing their outside reading projects -- a theme tracking project -- which are due Thursday, 10-20-2011.
This week, NECAP exams will force a change in some daily scheduling, so please have your outside reading books with you. This way, if I am proctoring an exam during our scheduled meeting time, you will be able to get some reading done.
Also on the agenda for this week is the start to our Beowulf unit.
PERIODS 3 and 7
Senior year is a busy, defining year. We dug in immediately with vocabulary practice in the form of a word-a-day, reading Anglo-Saxon poetry, and writing interviews and essays.
We have already had two quizzes, one on 12 vocabulary words and one on the introduction to Anglo-Saxon history.
We have interviewed classmates and have written brief essays on what makes them interesting.
We read three poems -- "The Seafarer", "The Wanderer", and "The Wife's Lament". This past Wednesday, there was an in-class essay writing on the theme of exile.
Students are currently reading their research paper books. All should be taking copious notes for their later research papers. For now, students should be preparing their outside reading projects -- a theme tracking project -- which are due Thursday, 10-20-2011.
This week, NECAP exams will force a change in some daily scheduling, so please have your outside reading books with you. This way, if I am proctoring an exam during our scheduled meeting time, you will be able to get some reading done.
Also on the agenda for this week is the start to our Beowulf unit.
WELCOME to the new school year 2011-2012!
3 October 2011
GRADE 10
PERIODS 4 and 6
At the start of each class, I read aloud to the class for 10-15 minutes. At the moment, we are reading Unwind, a book somewhat in the future about 3 teenagers running from the "Juvey cops". Each is being "unwound" for a different reason, but for all of them, the process means death.
There are 6-7 journal entries so far. I will check journals after 10 entries for a quiz grade. Expectations include the following: a. date is clearly marked/b. writing prompt has been copies into your journal/c. your response is a minimum of 3 sentences (complete sentences) and demonstrates thoughtfulness and reasonableness.
We have also had two units of vocabulary words for a total of 40 words. There have been two quizzes on these words. Unit #3 begins on Monday, 10-3-2011.
We have visited the Library and each student has begun reading a book of his own choice independently. An outside reading project has been assigned and is due on Friday, 10-21-2011.
Finally, we are working on reading informational text. Currently, we are reading about bullying in schools and debating who is responsible for kids' behavior inside and outside school.
This week is NECAP testing and STAR testing (for 9th and 10th graders) so daily schedules will be crazy!
GRADE 10
PERIODS 4 and 6
At the start of each class, I read aloud to the class for 10-15 minutes. At the moment, we are reading Unwind, a book somewhat in the future about 3 teenagers running from the "Juvey cops". Each is being "unwound" for a different reason, but for all of them, the process means death.
There are 6-7 journal entries so far. I will check journals after 10 entries for a quiz grade. Expectations include the following: a. date is clearly marked/b. writing prompt has been copies into your journal/c. your response is a minimum of 3 sentences (complete sentences) and demonstrates thoughtfulness and reasonableness.
We have also had two units of vocabulary words for a total of 40 words. There have been two quizzes on these words. Unit #3 begins on Monday, 10-3-2011.
We have visited the Library and each student has begun reading a book of his own choice independently. An outside reading project has been assigned and is due on Friday, 10-21-2011.
Finally, we are working on reading informational text. Currently, we are reading about bullying in schools and debating who is responsible for kids' behavior inside and outside school.
This week is NECAP testing and STAR testing (for 9th and 10th graders) so daily schedules will be crazy!
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