Welcome!
by mr. j on 02/08/11 at 6:27 pm
Thank you for visiting the class website of Mr. J. This website provides a vast array of resources for parents and students.
Most importantly, this website contains a daily summary of the class activities that occur in each class.
To find the daily summary for your class, complete the following steps
- Hover your mouse over the “classes” navigational link on the top left of this page.
- Choose the relevant class as desired.
- A list of all entries related to the selected class will be displayed.
All daily summaries will be displayed using the following format.
Day Date Class and Block Number
For example: Monday 01-Jan-2011 Communications Block 8
By giving each entry a day, date, class and block number, visitors to this site should be able to easily find the information they seek.
In Class
All text written in this section will contain a summary of the events that occurred in class during the date specified in the title
Distributed Materials
In this section, a bulleted list of items will be displayed. Each item is a link that will open up a document or resource that was distributed to students during class. At times, this will open a document of the multi-media presentation that I used to instruct students during the class period.
Homework
This section will include a bulleted list that will provide instruction on how to complete the assigned homework. This section will also include due dates for all assigned homework.
Although I aim to update this site on a daily basis, I am not always capable of achieving this goal. I apologize in advance if I have not yet update the site with the information you are seeking.
It is my sincere home that this website will be a valuable resource for students and guardians/parents. If you have any suggestions regarding how I can improve the functionality of this site, please contact me.
Full StoryFriday: 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 Week 7 vocabulary words and definitions Homework Continue reading your independent reading novels Continue creating new reading logs Work on your word [...]
Full StoryFriday: 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 Week 7 Vocab Homework Study for [...]
Full StoryFriday: 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 [...]
Full StoryThursday: 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 [...]
Full StoryWednesday: 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 [...]
Full StoryTuesday: 10-Jan-2012 Freshmen English Block 8
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 [...]
Full StoryMonday: 09-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, I spent 35 minutes teaching students about the Blocking and Dialoge. Students spent the last part of class working on [...]
Full StoryFriday 06-Jan-2012: Word Power
In Class Today in class we complete the following tasks First students took their week 5 vocabulary tests. Next, we learned the new week 6 vocabulary words. Distributed Material Week 6 vocabulary words Homework Look up the definition of the word ‘jurisdiction’ and develop a sentence that uses the word in context. Continue working on [...]
Full StoryFriday: 06-Jan-2012 Freshmen English Block 1
In Class In class today, students completed the following tasks. First student completed the following freewrite. Respond to the following quote: “I don’t know what I think until I see what I have written” What do you think this means? Next, I spent 35 minutes teaching students about the Writing Process. Students spent the last [...]
Full StoryThursday: 06-Jan-2012 Freshmen English Block 8
In Class In class today, students completed the following tasks. First student completed the following freewrite. Respond to the following quote: “I don’t know what I think until I see what I have written” What do you think this means? Next, I spent 35 minutes teaching students about the Writing Process. Students spent the last [...]
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