Week 6

This is the last week that grades will be taken for the first six weeks.  Tutorials will be held Wednesday after school from 4:00-4:30. 

Monday

September 30

Class Time:

1.       “Harrison Bergeron”

2.      Dystopia versus utopia

3.      Think-pair-share (Macintosh 1984 Super Bowl commercial)

4.      Hw:  Study root words (arch, aud, biblio)

Tuesday

Class time:

1.       Quiz on roots (Aud, Biblio, Arch)

2.      Introducing tone

3.      Finish “Harrison Bergeron”

4.      Satire (the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues)

5.      Review grammar compound, complex, and simple

6.      Hw:  new root words due Thursday

Wednesday

Class Time:

1.       Diagram the plot of “Harrison Bergeron”

2.      Start “Harrison Bergeron” assignment

3.      analogies/break up letter "Dear John" "Dear Susan"

4.      Go over Root words #4

5.      Symbolism

6.      Hw:  “Harrison Bergeron” assignment due Tuesday

Thursday

Class Time:

1.       STAAR practice

2.      Grammar practice

3.      Harrison Bergeron movie (30 min)

4.      Hw:  “Harrison Bergeron” due Tuesday

 

Friday

Class Time:

1.      Grammar practice

2.       STAAR practice

3.      Hw:  none

4.      Have a great long weekend!!

 

Week 5

Parents,

I need a few volunteers on Fridays.  I have two already for Friday, September 27.  One more for a few hours would be helpful.  Your task this Friday will be to take signed M.M (Mystery Museum) topics and put students into groups, based upon at least 1 of their top 5 M.M. topics.  

My goal is to get topics back to students by Monday, September 30.  After groups are set, you will write each student’s name on a slip of paper with their topic.   I also need about 160 copies of the M.M. packet made, so each student has a copy.

Then, each Friday in October, I will need volunteers to supervise groups of kids, so they can work on their M.M projects.  

October 31 is M.M. presentation day.  I will need at least 5 parents to help out all day if possible.  Your task will be to help students set up their presentations and disassemble them at the end of their class period.  

We have a full week this week.  Please make sure you are planning your time well, and don’t forget tutorials are on Wednesdays, 4:00-4:30.  Progress Reports go home Monday!!  

Please keep in mind that this page is an overview of things we hope to get done this week.  In order to know exactly what is happening in English, consult your student's planner where nightly assignments should be recorded.

Thank you,

Mrs. G

Let’s Go!

Monday

September 23

Class time:

1.      Collect RAFT/volunteers share

2.     New root list

3.     Grammar complex, simple, compound sentences

4.     Fill-in-the-blank elements of fiction

5.     Hw:  new roots, due Wed.

Tuesday

Class Time:

1.      Grammar

2.     New roots List due Wed.

3.     Finish Fill-in-the-blank
Avatar movie teaser
4.     “Harrison Bergeron” discussion—

5.     Hw:  grammar, roots vocab. Due Wed. AND bring back library book

Wednesday

Class Time:

1.      Go over roots

2.     Grammar

3.     Library time

4.     Distribute M.M. topics, due Thursday if you want to get one of your top choices

5.     Hw:  finish grammar handout, study vocabulary and get topics approved

Thursday

Class Time:

1.      Collect signed topics

2.     Discuss Utopia versus dystopia

3.     “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.  
1984 Macintosh Commercial

4.     Hw:  study for vocab quiz on roots tomorrow

Friday

Class Time:

1.      Vocabulary, and grammar quiz

2.     Poetry Friday

3.     “Harrison Bergeron”

4.     Hw:  none

Week 4

Week 4

Howdy!  We have a full week this week.  Please make sure you are planning your time well, and don’t forget tutorials are on Wednesdays, 4:00-4:30.  Progress Reports go home Monday!! 

Please keep in mind that this page is an overview of things we hope to get done this week.  In order to know exactly what is happening in English, consult your student's planner where nightly assignments should be recorded.

Sincerely,

 

Mrs. G.

 

Let’ Go!

 

Monday

Class Time

1.  Finish Metaphor Mania “Casey at the Bat”  due tomorrow

2.  Get new root words, due Wednesday

3.  Finish personal narrative before leaving class today!! (Write about a time you had to make a difficult choice...)

4.  Bellringer  story starter:  When Sally ignored the huge sign on Farmer Brown’s property, “Enter At your Own Risk,” she had no idea what the consequence of ignoring it would be.

Hw:  Metaphor Mania, roots

 

Tuesday

Class Time:

1.  bellringer

2.  Collect Metaphor Mania

3.  “The Highwayman” (ballad and narrative, free verse poem)

4.  Listen to the audio/ballad version of the poem

5.  Watch animation of the poem

6.  Adjectives, Adverbs, Interjections Cornell Notes

7.  RAFT “The Highwayman”  due Friday

 

Hw:  Root vocabulary, “The Highwayman” RAFT

 

Wednesday

Class Time:

1.  Go over vocabulary

2.  “The Highwayman”

3.  Adjectives, adverbs, interjections practice

4.  Bellringer

5.  Odes introduced

Hw:  “The Highwayman” RAFT

 

Thursday

Class Time:

1.  Bellringer

2.  E.A. Poe “The Raven” narrative poetry cont’d

3.  Odes:  Students will write their own odes

4.  Grammar cont’d

 

Hw:  Finish your odes and RAFT

 

Friday

Class Time:

1.  Bellringer

2.  Poetry Friday

3.  RAFT collected

4.  Quiz:  Root words, grammar (adjective, adverbs, interjections), and poem

Hw:  non

Week 3 of School

Please remember that assignments and due dates are subject to change to meet the needs of my students.  Remember to check your student's planner each night for the most updated information regarding English.  I need Pre-AP letters back asap.  Tutorials are on Wednesday from 4:00-4:30.  Open House is Thursday 9/12.  I hope to see you there!

Let's Go!

Monday

September 9

Class Time:

1.     Bellringer Check

2.    Collect/Share Preposition Rooms

3.    Personal Narrative “Dogs Have always Hated Me”

4.    New Root list (due Wed.)

5.    Tone

6.    “Casey at the Bat” Narrative Poem

Hw:  Root list

Tuesday

September 10

Class Time:

1.     Bellringer

2.    Personal Narrative cont’d “Dogs have Always Hated me”

3.    “Casey at the Bat” Metaphor Mania

4.    Adjectives/Adverb

5.    Narrative Poetry cont’d

Hw:  Root list words due Wed.

Wednesday

September 11

Tutorials Wednesday

Class Time:

1.     Go over HW

2.    “Casey at the Bat” cont’d

3.    Begin Personal Narrative

4.    Adjectives/adverb practice

Hw:  Study root words (quiz Friday); Finish Metaphor Mania for “Casey at the Bat”

Thursday

Class Time:

1.     “Casey at the Bat” study guide for quiz

2.    Tone

3.    Finish writing personal narrative to be handed in for a grade

4.    Adjectives/adverb practice

5.    Quiz tomorrow

Hw:  Quiz tomorrow on:  root words, “Casey at the Bat,” adjectives/adverbs

Friday

Class Time:

Quiz

Poetry Fridays

2nd Week of School (September 2-6)

Howdy! 

Please visit this page for weekly updates and scheduled assignments.  The due dates and assignments are scheduled to change to meet the needs of my students.  The best way to know exactly what is assigned and/or due is to check your student's planner/agenda nightly.  Poetry will be included in every Friday class, unless there is some type of interruption to our normal schedule.  We will call this day, "Poetry Fridays."  Students are invited to volunteer to bring a snack to share with classmates; this part of "Poetry Fridays" is completely optional and contingent upon behavior and academic participation.

Sincerely,

Mrs. G 
Let's Go! 



Monday
No School!

Student Holiday!



Tuesday
September 3

Class Time:

September Calendars go home today!!

Pre-AP Letter go home!  They must be signed and returned by Friday.

Put together Poetry Journals during class time together 25 minutes max.

Cornell Notes:  Commonly Used Prepositions

Prepositions PPT

Preposition Room Assignment due Thursday

Finish "Firework" by Katy Perry

Hw:  Preposition Room due Thursday; Where I'm From poem due Wednesday on white or colored computer paper.  It must be handwritten in pen or typed.  It must also include an illustration that connects to the content of your poem.




Wednesday

September 4

Class Time:  

Collect/Share "Where I'm From" poems

Review Writing Process (Personal Narratives)

Prepositions cont'd

Narrative Poem:  "Casey at the Bat" Metaphor mania-due Friday!

Hw:  Preposition Room due tomorrow!




Thursday

September 5

Class Time:

Preposition rooms due

Personal Narrative Student Sample

Think-pair-share (personal narrative element i.d.)

preposition practice handout

"Casey at the Bat" metaphor mania

Hw:  Finish metaphor mania due tomorrow for "Casey at the Bat"



Friday

Pre-AP letters collected
Metaphor Mania collected 

Poetry Fridays--Odes

We will grade the quiz in class today!
Quiz:  Prepositions and "Casey at the Bat," including ALL figurative language elements we have visited so far (all are fair game for this quiz.)


Hw:  NONE!