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Monday: 22-Jan-2012 Freshmen English Block 1
In Class
In class today, students completed the following tasks.
- First student completed the following freewrite.
- Are you making progress with your current narrative? Explain.
- What standards is your current narrative designed to meet?
- Next we spent the block studying internal monologue.
- First we defined internal monologue
- After showing students several examples, of internal monologues, students worked to create internal monologues for specific images.
- Lastly, students worked at including internal monologues into their own narratives
Distributed Materials
Homework
- Continue working on personal narratives
- By 26-Jan-2011 students need to submit one or more personal narratives designed to purposefully meet 6 of the 12 personal narrative standards.
- Students need to plan their time accordingly in order to meet this deadline.
- Complete the self assigned homework
- Work on reading logs and reader responses. Due: 24-Jan-2012
Friday: 20-Jan-2012 Freshmen English Block 1
In Class
In class today, students completed the following tasks.
- First student completed the following freewrite.
- What is your goal for today?
- What will you be working on?
- What standards is your current draft designed to meet?
- Next, I spent 25 minutes teaching students about the setting description and flashback.
- Students spent the last part of class working on their Personal Narratives.
Distributed Materials
Homework
- Continue working on personal narratives
- By 26-Jan-2011 students need to submit one or more personal narratives designed to purposefully meet 6 of the 12 personal narrative standards.
- Students need to plan their time accordingly in order to meet this deadline.
- Reader Responses and reading log are due on Wednesday 25-Jan-2012
Friday: 20-Jan-2012 ACT Test Prep
In Class
Today in class we completed the following tasks:
- First students complete their week 7 vocabulary test.
- Next, we spent the first part of the block reviewing the answers for the homework passage
- Lastly, students worked to complete a sample English passage
Distributed Materials
Homework
- Study for the Week 8 vocab test on Friday, 27-Jan-2012
- Complete the English sample passage distributed at the end of class
- Correct both the English test and the Reading test: Due: 25-Jan-2012
Friday: 20-Jan-2012 Word Power
In Class
Today in class we complete the following tasks:
- Student took their Week 7 vocabulary test
- Students submitted their week 6 Word Studies
- We learned the Week 8 Vocabulary Words
Distributed Materials
Homework
- Continue reading your independent reading novels
- Continue creating new reading logs
- Work on your word studies
- Study the vocabulary words for next week
- The definition for Luxuriant and Kindred was not covered in class today. Use available resources to find the definition.
Tuesday: 17-Jan-2012 Freshmen English 8
In Class
In class today, students completed the following tasks.
- First student completed the following freewrite.
- Are you making progress with your current narrative? Explain.
- What standards is your current narrative designed to meet?
- Next we spent the block studying internal monologue.
- First we defined internal monologue
- After showing students several examples, of internal monologues, students worked to create internal monologues for specific images.
- Lastly, students worked at including internal monologues into their own narratives
Distributed Materials
Homework
- Continue working on personal narratives
- By 26-Jan-2011 students need to submit one or more personal narratives designed to purposefully meet 6 of the 12 personal narrative standards.
- Students need to plan their time accordingly in order to meet this deadline.
- Complete the self assigned homework
- Work on reading logs and reader responses. Due: 19-Jan-2012
Friday: 13-Jan-2012 Word Power
In Class
Today in class we complete the following tasks:
- Student took their Week 6 vocabulary test
- Students submitted their week 6 Word Studies
- We learned the Week 7 Vocabulary Words
Distributed Materials
Homework
- Continue reading your independent reading novels
- Continue creating new reading logs
- Work on your word studies
- Study the vocabulary words for next week
- The definition for Translucent was not covered in class today. Use available resources to find the definition.
Friday: 13-Jan-2012 ACT Test Prep
In Class
Today in class we completed the following tasks:
- First students complete their week 6 vocabulary test.
- Next, I spent most of the block reviewing grammatical skills for the English portion of the ACT
- Lastly, students complete a 15 question sample English passage from the ACT
Distributed Materials
Homework
- Study for the Week 7 vocab test on Friday, 20-Jan-2012
- Complete the English sample passage distributed at the end of class
Friday: 13-Jan-2012 Freshmen English Block 1
In Class
In class today, students completed the following tasks.
- First student completed the following freewrite.
- Are you making progress with your current narrative? Explain.
- What standards is your current narrative designed to meet?
- Next we spent the block studying metaphors and similes.
- First we defined a metaphor.
- Next, I showed students several examples of a metaphor.
- Students then worked in groups to create metaphors.
- Finally, students worked individually to create metaphors and insert them into their personal narratives.
- Lastly, similes were used and we went through the above process again.
- Each student needed to assign themselves homework to be complete between today and Friday. Students wrote their assignment on a sheet of paper and handed it to me before walking out the door.
Distributed Materials
Homework
- Continue working on personal narratives
- By 26-Jan-2011 students need to submit one or more personal narratives designed to purposefully meet 6 of the 12 personal narrative standards.
- Students need to plan their time accordingly in order to meet this deadline.
- Complete the self assigned homework
Thursday: 12-Jan-2012 Freshmen English Block 8
In Class
In class today, students completed the following tasks.
- First student completed the following freewrite.
- Are you making progress with your current narrative? Explain.
- What standards is your current narrative designed to meet?
- Next we spent the block studying metaphors and similes.
- First we defined a metaphor.
- Next, I showed students several examples of a metaphor.
- Students then worked in groups to create metaphors.
- Finally, students worked individually to create metaphors and insert them into their personal narratives.
- Lastly, similes were used and we went through the above process again.
- Each student needed to assign themselves homework to be complete between today and Friday. Students wrote their assignment on a sheet of paper and handed it to me before walking out the door.
Distributed Materials
Homework
- Continue working on personal narratives
- By 26-Jan-2011 students need to submit one or more personal narratives designed to purposefully meet 6 of the 12 personal narrative standards.
- Students need to plan their time accordingly in order to meet this deadline.
- Complete the self assigned homework
Wednesday: 11-Jan-2012 Freshmen English Block 1
In Class
In class today, students completed the following tasks.
- First student completed the following freewrite.
- Are you making progress with your current narrative? Explain.
- What standards is your current narrative designed to meet?
- Next, I spent 35 minutes teaching students about the Blocking and Dialoge.
- Students spent the last part of class working on their Personal Narratives.
- Each student needed to assign themselves homework to be complete between today and Friday. Students wrote their assignment on a sheet of paper and handed it to me before walking out the door.
Distributed Materials
Homework
- Continue working on personal narratives
- By 26-Jan-2011 students need to submit one or more personal narratives designed to purposefully meet 6 of the 12 personal narrative standards.
- Students need to plan their time accordingly in order to meet this deadline.
- Complete the self assigned homework
