"When was the last time you listened to the stories of others?" --Native American Medicine Man
Periods 3 & 7 Grade 12
Word of the day: euphonic
Students completed a quiz on Medieval Romance (Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Morte d'Arthur). Tomorrow, students will bring in their thesis statements, outlines, and works cited pages to work on in class. Remember: the final draft of these pages is due on Monday, 12-19-2011.
Period 1 Grade 10
Read aloud from Unwind. Quickly practiced using vocabulary in sentences. Students also used their notes from Night to write a paragraph recalling events from Part 4. Then, we began reading Part 5.
Period 4 & 6 Grade 10
Read aloud from Unwind. Working with the Julia Alvarez poem. In period 6, collected homework and re-read the Alvarez poem, working to find deeper meaning in its diction and structure.
Have a good night. I hope to see you tomorrow!
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Period 1 grade 10
Read aloud from Unwind. Reviewed new vocabulary (quiz on Friday). Finished section 4 in Night. HW: Study vocabulary for quiz
Period 3 grade 12
Word of the day: decry
Had word quiz today. Explained how revised outline should look so as to circumvent the need for notecards. Reviewed for quiz tomorrow.
Period 7 grade 12
Had word quiz today. Explained how revised outline should look so as to circumvent the need for notecards. Students had many questions and asked if they could work on their revisions in class. So, tomorrow and Thursday will be set aside for this purpose. Also, distributed field trip forms.
Period 6 grade 10
Read aloud from Unwind. Took a look at the snow poem by Julia Alvarez, especially the diction and her punctuation. I gave students a list of several words for ice used to describe conditions in the Antarctic.
HW: Write a 10-15 line poem about cold, wintry weather using 5 of the words from the list.
Have a wonderful night! See you all tomorrow...
Read aloud from Unwind. Reviewed new vocabulary (quiz on Friday). Finished section 4 in Night. HW: Study vocabulary for quiz
Period 3 grade 12
Word of the day: decry
Had word quiz today. Explained how revised outline should look so as to circumvent the need for notecards. Reviewed for quiz tomorrow.
Period 7 grade 12
Had word quiz today. Explained how revised outline should look so as to circumvent the need for notecards. Students had many questions and asked if they could work on their revisions in class. So, tomorrow and Thursday will be set aside for this purpose. Also, distributed field trip forms.
Period 6 grade 10
Read aloud from Unwind. Took a look at the snow poem by Julia Alvarez, especially the diction and her punctuation. I gave students a list of several words for ice used to describe conditions in the Antarctic.
HW: Write a 10-15 line poem about cold, wintry weather using 5 of the words from the list.
Have a wonderful night! See you all tomorrow...
Monday, December 12, 2011
Period 1 Grade 10
Read to page 197 in Unwind. Collected homework (your crossword puzzles) and reviewed words. Five new vocabulary words today: dissent, eminent, exorcise, fabricate, irate. We also read to page 61 in Night and added to our outline.
Period 4 Grade 10
Read to page 247 in Unwind. Returned "found" poems. Reviewed poetry terms. Located these poetic devices in students' poetry. HW: Figures of speech worksheet.
Period 6 Grade 10
Read to page 259 in Unwind. Returned students' poems and located poetic devices in their work. Focused on metaphor writing.
Period 7 Grade 12
Word of the day: lethargic (previous words include precipice, burnish, cantankerous, and exhaustive)
Reviewed for quiz on Wednesday. Returned preliminary outlines and conferenced with students.
Have a great night!
Read to page 197 in Unwind. Collected homework (your crossword puzzles) and reviewed words. Five new vocabulary words today: dissent, eminent, exorcise, fabricate, irate. We also read to page 61 in Night and added to our outline.
Period 4 Grade 10
Read to page 247 in Unwind. Returned "found" poems. Reviewed poetry terms. Located these poetic devices in students' poetry. HW: Figures of speech worksheet.
Period 6 Grade 10
Read to page 259 in Unwind. Returned students' poems and located poetic devices in their work. Focused on metaphor writing.
Period 7 Grade 12
Word of the day: lethargic (previous words include precipice, burnish, cantankerous, and exhaustive)
Reviewed for quiz on Wednesday. Returned preliminary outlines and conferenced with students.
Have a great night!
Monday, December 5, 2011
Periods 4 and 6
Grade 10
Had outside reading assessments today -- 10 questions in all.
Period 1
Grade 10
Outside reading assessments today -- 10 questions in all.
Period 3
Grade 12
Word of the day: impecunious
Distributed basic guidelines for MLA formatting of works cited page. Reminded students of tomorrow's test on their outside reading books and preliminary thesis/outline/works cited due on Thursday. Then we continued with Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. I went over Sir Gawain's shield with its golden pentangle and what each of the five points represents.
Period 7
Grade 12
Word of the day: impecunious
Distributed basic guidelines for MLA formatting of works cited page. Reminded students of tomorrow's test on their outside reading books and preliminary thesis/outline/works cited due on Thursday. We finished Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. I went over Sir Gawain's shield with its golden pentangle and what each of the five points represents.
Have a great night!
Grade 10
Had outside reading assessments today -- 10 questions in all.
Period 1
Grade 10
Outside reading assessments today -- 10 questions in all.
Period 3
Grade 12
Word of the day: impecunious
Distributed basic guidelines for MLA formatting of works cited page. Reminded students of tomorrow's test on their outside reading books and preliminary thesis/outline/works cited due on Thursday. Then we continued with Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. I went over Sir Gawain's shield with its golden pentangle and what each of the five points represents.
Period 7
Grade 12
Word of the day: impecunious
Distributed basic guidelines for MLA formatting of works cited page. Reminded students of tomorrow's test on their outside reading books and preliminary thesis/outline/works cited due on Thursday. We finished Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. I went over Sir Gawain's shield with its golden pentangle and what each of the five points represents.
Have a great night!
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Period 4
Grade 10
Read to page 231 in Unwind. Discussed end of Night. Wrote a response to the question: How does Wiesel confront and respond to his increasing hopelessness? Collected work for a quiz grade.
Period 6
Grade 10
Read to page 235 in Unwind. Colored butterflies and watched One Survivor Remembers.
Period 1
Grade 10
Read to page 176 in Unwind. Film screening of Last Days with accompanying chart for students to complete.
Period 7
Grade 12
Word of the day: preclude
Passed back analyses of critical essays. Began reading Sir Gawain and the Green Night. For homework, read to page 149 (end of part 1)and answer study guide questions.
Have a great night!
Grade 10
Read to page 231 in Unwind. Discussed end of Night. Wrote a response to the question: How does Wiesel confront and respond to his increasing hopelessness? Collected work for a quiz grade.
Period 6
Grade 10
Read to page 235 in Unwind. Colored butterflies and watched One Survivor Remembers.
Period 1
Grade 10
Read to page 176 in Unwind. Film screening of Last Days with accompanying chart for students to complete.
Period 7
Grade 12
Word of the day: preclude
Passed back analyses of critical essays. Began reading Sir Gawain and the Green Night. For homework, read to page 149 (end of part 1)and answer study guide questions.
Have a great night!
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