Monday, November 4, 2013

Happy yet chilly Monday afternoon

Good Afternoon All,

As I sit here typing this post it is 4:27, but it feels a lot more like 5:30 to me.  Everyone received a new seat today to celebrate the start of the 2nd quarter from a fresh perspective.

Here are the weekly agendas:


Period C

*No School Monday, November 11th*
 

INDEPENDENT READING BOOKS BY FRIDAY

 
Monday-Grammar, Discuss DFQ topics & Vocabulary completion

HW: Found Poem rough draft & final copy

 
Tuesday – IPAD trailer samples & hard copy of project

HW: DFQ due; see your notes or the blog for the topics

 
Wed: Folktale day – Cinderella tales

HW: Complete Chapter 6 & post on schoology

 Thurs: Grammar & IPads

HW: Notecard on parable!

 
Fri: Notecard exchange, MoBathBlue sheet “Boy Who Cried Wolf” & Ipads

HW: Complete MoBathBlue sheet “Boy Who Cried Wolf”
 
Period D
 
INDEPENDENT READING BOOKS BY FRIDAY
Monday-Grammar, Topic Explosion & Discussion
HW: Five People You Meet in Heaven: Active Reading Notes/ Stickies The End – Today is Eddie’s Birthday (2), pp. 1-25
Tuesday – Thesis Generation & Textual Evidence Gathering
HW: Five People You Meet in Heaven  Read The Arrival - Today is Eddie’s Birthday (4), pp.26-46 & Schoology post
Wed: Partner Work - Five People You Meet in Heaven
HW: First paragraph of paper & 2 quotes with PPR
 Thurs: Grammar & Conferencing & Idiom book
HW: Rough draft of paper
 Fri: Peer Edit & IR reading & Idiom Book
HW: Papers due Wednesday, Idiom books due Thursday, IR book check-in Friday 11/15
 
Periods E & F
*No School Monday, November 11th*
 
INDEPENDENT READING BOOKS FOR FRIDAY
Monday-Grammar, In class chapter four important quotes sheet
HW: Imitating Author’s Style Paragraph due, see p.33 about Slim
Tuesday – Idiom book samples & begin project
HW: DFQ due; see your notes or the blog for the topics (Chs. 1-3 OMAM)
Wed: Chapter Five Quote Sheet
HW: Idiom books due Friday
Thurs: Grammar & Vocabulary Review (Quiz Tmrw)
HW: Review notes for Vocabulary Quiz & Read Ch. 6 & Post on Schoology
Fri: Quick Quiz & IR books & Discuss the ending
HW: Read IR books