A thought to share with you: "Unless you walk out into the unknown, the odds of making a profound difference in your life are pretty low." --Tom Peters
Periods 4 and 6
Grade 10
Finished common task for second quarter (response to poetry). Today, read from Many Stones by Carolyn Coman. Reviewed vocabulary for quiz on Friday, 2-3-12. Informed students of outside reading project for 3rd quarter. Tomorrow, students will be able to finish up their writing from Friday and/or revise their final drafts.
Homework: Review and study for vocab quiz on Friday; keep reading your outside reading books.
Period 1
Grade 10
Began common task today (response to poetry). Will continue tomorrow and, if necessary, on Wednesday too.
Period 7
Grade 12
Words of the day from Thursday 1-26 to Monday 1-30: coalesce, repudiate, and discourse.
Finished up the soliloquy presentations today. Asked students to select a book title for their third quarter outside reading. Returned word quizzes and sonnets. Discussed Act I scenes 3, 4, 5 of Hamlet.
No period 3 on D-days.
Have a great night, people! See you tomorrow...
Monday, January 30, 2012
Monday, January 23, 2012
Periods 3 and 7 Grade 12
WORD OF THE DAY: venerate
Today, we had the pleasure of sharing class time with actor/teachers from Trinity Rep. They provided activities and a general overview of The Merchant of Venice to enhance our appreciation for the play when we see it next month. Can't wait!!
Period 1 Grade 10 Same as above.
Periods 4 and 6 Grade 10 Same as above.
WORD OF THE DAY: venerate
Today, we had the pleasure of sharing class time with actor/teachers from Trinity Rep. They provided activities and a general overview of The Merchant of Venice to enhance our appreciation for the play when we see it next month. Can't wait!!
Period 1 Grade 10 Same as above.
Periods 4 and 6 Grade 10 Same as above.
Thursday, January 19, 2012
A thought for today: "First ponder, then dare."
Periods 4 and 6 Grade 10 Read aloud from White Crow. Introduced 10 new vocabulary words: incessant, intricate, lucid, posthumous, prim, sardonic, superfluous, supplant, taunt, tenacious. For homework>write a paragraph using 15 of our new vocabulary words. Continued with essay writing in groups. Final, typed drafts due Monday, 1-23-12.
Period 7 Grade 12 WORD OF THE DAY: zealot. Continued with Act I scene 1 in Hamlet. Explained some clues for figuring out subtext. For example, "thou" is an informal form of address while "you" is formal, more respectful. The royal "we" is used by monarchs when talking about larger issues and "I" for more personal issues. For homework, read Act I scene 2, complete responses to writing prompts, and pay particular attention to Hamlet's 1st soliloquy.
Period 1 Grade 10 Read from Unwind. Continued our close reading of "In Blackwater Woods" by Mary Oliver. Almost done...tomorrow, we will begin writing the essay.
Have a great night, everyone! See you tomorrow.
Periods 4 and 6 Grade 10 Read aloud from White Crow. Introduced 10 new vocabulary words: incessant, intricate, lucid, posthumous, prim, sardonic, superfluous, supplant, taunt, tenacious. For homework>write a paragraph using 15 of our new vocabulary words. Continued with essay writing in groups. Final, typed drafts due Monday, 1-23-12.
Period 7 Grade 12 WORD OF THE DAY: zealot. Continued with Act I scene 1 in Hamlet. Explained some clues for figuring out subtext. For example, "thou" is an informal form of address while "you" is formal, more respectful. The royal "we" is used by monarchs when talking about larger issues and "I" for more personal issues. For homework, read Act I scene 2, complete responses to writing prompts, and pay particular attention to Hamlet's 1st soliloquy.
Period 1 Grade 10 Read from Unwind. Continued our close reading of "In Blackwater Woods" by Mary Oliver. Almost done...tomorrow, we will begin writing the essay.
Have a great night, everyone! See you tomorrow.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
A thought to share with you: "You are alive, and that is the only place you need to be to start." (Carrie Rainey)
Periods 7 and 3 Grade 12
Today's word: redact
So far, the words in this cycle are: pretentious, panacea, diffident, pristine, garrulous, amicable, cruciverbalist, egregious, inscrutable, and inextricably.
Yesterday was the due date for the rough drafts of your research papers. Today, your sonnets a la Shakespeare were due.
We began Hamlet today with a "read-around" of Act I scene 1 lines 1-100.
Periods 6 and 4 Grade 10
We began a new read-aloud book called White Crow by Marcus Sedgwick. We read to page 9 today. Began a new vocabulary unit. The 1st ten words are: atone, bondage, credible, defray, diligent, doleful, ghastly, hamper, hew, impoverished. FOR HOMEWORK, please write two sentences for each word.
Group work continued. In the process of writing introduction and conclusion with final, typed essays due Monday.
Period 1 Grade 10
Today, the class read independently before lunch. Afterwards, we began a close reading, line by line, of "In Blackwater Woods" by Mary Oliver. We are preparing for the common task by practicing how to read a poem and how to write about a poem.
Have a great night everyone!
Periods 7 and 3 Grade 12
Today's word: redact
So far, the words in this cycle are: pretentious, panacea, diffident, pristine, garrulous, amicable, cruciverbalist, egregious, inscrutable, and inextricably.
Yesterday was the due date for the rough drafts of your research papers. Today, your sonnets a la Shakespeare were due.
We began Hamlet today with a "read-around" of Act I scene 1 lines 1-100.
Periods 6 and 4 Grade 10
We began a new read-aloud book called White Crow by Marcus Sedgwick. We read to page 9 today. Began a new vocabulary unit. The 1st ten words are: atone, bondage, credible, defray, diligent, doleful, ghastly, hamper, hew, impoverished. FOR HOMEWORK, please write two sentences for each word.
Group work continued. In the process of writing introduction and conclusion with final, typed essays due Monday.
Period 1 Grade 10
Today, the class read independently before lunch. Afterwards, we began a close reading, line by line, of "In Blackwater Woods" by Mary Oliver. We are preparing for the common task by practicing how to read a poem and how to write about a poem.
Have a great night everyone!
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Period 1
Grade 10
Passed out field trip forms -- due Tuesday, 1-10-12 signed by teachers and parents and with $20 payment.
New vocabulary>semblance, surmount, terminate, trite, usurp. Quiz on Tuesday, 1-10-12.
We will visit the library on Monday, 1-9, to check out new books for the third quarter.
We finished the movie "Last Days". For homework>write a 1 paragraph response in which you compare Night to the movie and discuss what you have learned.
Period 7
Grade 12
Word of the day: pretentious
Reviewed sonnet form. Read sonnet #18 and began #12.
homework>study for word quiz on Thursday and Renaissance quiz on Friday and work on research papers.
Period 3
Grade 12
Word of the day: pretentious
Passed out field trip forms (forms and money due by Tuesday 1-10-12.
Read Marvell and Herrick poems as examples of "carpe diem" poetry.
Homework>Study for quizzes on Thursday and Friday and work on research papers.
Period 4
Grade 10
Read to page 294 in "Unwind". Passed out field trip forms (forms and money due by Tuesday 1-10-12). Continued our poetry essay writing.
No period 6 on G-days.
Grade 10
Passed out field trip forms -- due Tuesday, 1-10-12 signed by teachers and parents and with $20 payment.
New vocabulary>semblance, surmount, terminate, trite, usurp. Quiz on Tuesday, 1-10-12.
We will visit the library on Monday, 1-9, to check out new books for the third quarter.
We finished the movie "Last Days". For homework>write a 1 paragraph response in which you compare Night to the movie and discuss what you have learned.
Period 7
Grade 12
Word of the day: pretentious
Reviewed sonnet form. Read sonnet #18 and began #12.
homework>study for word quiz on Thursday and Renaissance quiz on Friday and work on research papers.
Period 3
Grade 12
Word of the day: pretentious
Passed out field trip forms (forms and money due by Tuesday 1-10-12.
Read Marvell and Herrick poems as examples of "carpe diem" poetry.
Homework>Study for quizzes on Thursday and Friday and work on research papers.
Period 4
Grade 10
Read to page 294 in "Unwind". Passed out field trip forms (forms and money due by Tuesday 1-10-12). Continued our poetry essay writing.
No period 6 on G-days.
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