Agenda, June 9

Did you turn in your all process work yesterday?
Do you have one of Kline's books?
Do you have any hall passes?

Due tomorrow: Bring as many vocab lists as you have!

If you want your "I Can Write" poem off the wall, take it with you today. It will get recycled this evening.

Speeches!

Agenda, June 8

Due Now: All poetry "process" assignments (see the list on the white board)
Due Now: My Favorite Song is a Poem Speech. Everybody needs to be prepared.
Due Now: Return Kline's classroom books
Due Thursday: Extra Credit Hall Passes
Due Thursday: Kline's last day
Due Friday: Bring Vocab Lists 7-9 (1-9 if you've got 'em)

1. Rehearsal Time: Put your "process work" and your books on your desk. I'll collect them while you practice.
2. Three Volunteers
3. Let the Fickle Finger of Fate Fire Away
   

Agenda, June 7

Due Yesterday: Two hard copies of the lyrics to your favorite song
Due Tomorrow: All poetry "process" assignments (see the list on the white board)
Due Tomorrow: My Favorite Song is a Poem Speech. Everybody needs to be prepared.
Due Tomorrow: Return Kline's classroom books
Due Thursday: Extra Credit Hall Passes
Due Thursday: Kline's last day
Due Friday: Bring Vocab Lists 7-9 (1-9 if you've got 'em)

1. 8 Rules / 8 Wishes in groups
2. "nobody but you" by Charles Bukowski
3. What is the theme? Put a star by your best answer and turn your theme paragraphs in.
4. Speech planning time / notecard time
5. Practice time, if time allows.
   

Agenda, June 6

Due Now: Two hard copies of the lyrics to your favorite song
Due Wednesday: My Favorite Song is a Poem Speech
Due Wednesday: Return Kline's classroom books
Due Thursday: Extra Credit Hall Passes
Due Thursday: Kline's last day
Due Friday: Bring Vocab Lists 7-9 (1-9 if you've got 'em)

1. Independent Reading
2. Theme
3. 8 Rules / 8 Wishes
4. Speech Planning Time: Story, Theme, Literary Devices

Agenda, June 4

Due Monday: Two hard copies of the lyrics to your favorite song
Due Wednesday: My Favorite Song is a Poem Speech
Due Thursday: Return Kline's classroom books
Due Friday: Bring Vocab Lists 7-9 (1-9 if you've got 'em)

1. My Favorite Song is a Poem
2. Independent Reading
3. Setting
4. 8 Rules / 8 Wishes

Agenda, June 2

Due Now: Poetry Term Posters
Due Monday: Two hard copies of the lyrics to your favorite song
Due Wednesday: My Favorite Song is a Poem Speech

1. Independent Reading
2. Time, Place, Mood
3. "Four Hours in Washington" by M. Ward
4. What is the theme? How do you know?
5. My favorite song is a poem
6. 8 Rules / 8 Wishes

Agenda, June (?!?!) 1

Due Tomorrow: Poetry Term Posters

1. Independent Reading - Focus on Setting
2. Time, Place, Mood
3. Poetry Term Poster: Include the term (large and easy to read), the definition, three examples, and an image. Use color. Potential EC for creativity quality.

Agenda, May 31

Due Last Friday: I Can Write and 5 Great Sentences
Due Thursday: Poetry Term Posters

1. Independent Reading: Look for quotes about setting
2. Time, place, and mood
3. "Tony Steinberg: Brave Seventh-Grade Viking Warrior" by Taylor Mali
4. What is the theme of the poem? How do you know?
5. Poetry Term Poster: Include the term (large and easy to read), the definition, three examples, and an image. Use color. Potential EC for creativity quality.

Agenda, May 27

Due Now: Personal Reading Book
Due Now: Yellow Poetry Pack
Due Now: I Can Write rough, stealing ideas, final. Potential EC: Type it up

1. Slow Review of the Poetry Terms
2. Independent Reading
3. One Great Sentence
4. Poetry Term Poster: Include the term (large and easy to read), the definition, three examples, and an image. Use color. Potential EC for creativity quality.

Agenda, May 26

Due Now: Personal Reading Book
Due Now: Yellow Poetry Pack
Due Tomorrow: I Can Write rough, stealing ideas, final. Potential EC: Type it up

1. Slow Review of the Poetry Terms
2. Independent Reading
3. One Great Sentence
4. 8 Wishes / 8 Rules
5. An Attitude of Gratitude

Agenda, May 25

Due Now: Personal Reading Book
Due Now: Yellow Poetry Pack

1. Quick Review of the Poetry Terms
2. Independent Reading
3. One Great Sentence
4. It Doesn't Have to Make Sense
5. I Can Write

Agenda, May 24

Due Now: Personal Reading Book
Due Now: Yellow Poetry Pack

1. Quick Review of the Poetry Terms
2. Independent Reading
3. One Great Sentence
4. Cliche Busting
5. It Doesn't Have to Make Sense
6. I Can Write

Agenda, May 22

Due Now: Personal Reading Book
Due Now: Mockingbird
Due Tomorrow: Yellow Poetry Packet

1. Return of the Birds
2. Independent Reading Time
3. One Great Sentence
4. Three Rules of Poetry: Try to be surprising, try to use as few words as possible, try to paint pictures
5. Word Games

Agenda, May 20

Due Now: Personal Reading Book
Due Monday: Personal Reading Book AND Mockingbird

1. Quiz: Vocab 7-9
2. Mockingbird Test

Agenda, May 19

Due Now: Chapter 27 & 28
Tonight: Finish the book
Coming Friday: Quiz on Vocab 7-9
Coming Friday: Test on Mockingbird

Coming Friday: Bring a personal reading book to class. Check one out from me today if you don't have one at home.

1. Questions on 1-28?
2. Finish yesterday's review
3. Review Pinwheel!
4. Vocab Sentences

Agenda, May 18

Due Now: Vocab Cartoons
Due Now: Chapter 25 & 26
Tonight: Chapter 27 & 28
Coming Friday: Quiz on Vocab 7-9

Coming Monday: Bring a personal reading book to class

If you need to make up a quiz, come HERE after school to watch the video and make up the quiz.

1. Independent Reading
2. Hate
3. Let the reviewing commence!

Agenda, May 17

Due Now: Chapter 24
Due Tomorrow: Chapter 25 & 26

If you were absent Friday, come to my room after school on Wednesday. We'll watch the video and take the quiz.

1. Quiz, Chapters 22-24
2. Independent Reading
3. What a Lady
4. Vocab Cartoons

Agenda, May 16

Due Now: Chapters 22 & 23
Due Now: Completed Character Chart
Due Now: Scripts that were due last Thursday
Due Tomorrow: Chapter 24

1. About that verdict ...
2. Independent Reading
3. How many kinds of folks are there?
4. Vocab Drawings

Agenda, May 12

Due Now: Chapter 20
Due Tomorrow: Chapter 21
Due at the end of class: A clear, typed, easy to read script

1. Vocab in the real world
2. Evidence for the Prosecution
3. Evidence for the Defense
4. Our Verdict
5. Finish the Script / Typing Time

Agenda, May 11

Due Now: Chapter 19
Due Tomorrow: Chapter 20 - Try not to read ahead

1. Independent Reading
2. Character Chart - Add Bob and Mayella
3. Script time: Finish Mayella and start Tom

Agenda, May 10

Due Now: Chapters 17 & 18
Tonight: Read Chapter 19 - Don't read past 20!

If you need to make up the Chapter 10-12 quiz or Vocab 8, go to B107 after school on Wednesday. You'll need to arrange your own transportation.

1. Vocab 9
2. Scriptwork
3. Chart Time

Agenda, May 9

Due Now: Chapter 16
Due Now: Storyboard for any 2 chapters between 13 and 16
Due Tomorrow: Finish Chapter 17 and Chapter 18

1. Independent Reading
2. Storyboard Pinwheel
3. Script format
4. Chapter 17 in groups of 1-4

Agenda, May 5

Due Now: Chapter 15
Due Now: Vocab Quiz 8
Due Monday: Chapter 16
Due Monday: Storyboard for any 2 chapters between 13 and 16

1. Vocab Quiz 8
2. Reading Time
3. What Makes a Good Parent?
4. Chart Time

Agenda, May 4

Due Now: Compare and Contrast Assignment
Due Now: Chapters 13 and 14
Due Tomorrow: Chapter 15
Due Tomorrow: Vocab Quiz 8

1. Independent Reading
2. Chapter 10-12 Quiz
3. Vocab Sentences
4. Character Chart

Agenda, May 3

Due Now: Chapter 12
Due Wednesday: Chapter 13 & 14 (13 can be a bit dry, but the ending is a doozy)
Quiz on Chapters 10-12 on Wednesday

If you missed the Chapter 5-9 Quiz, go to B107 after school on Wednesday. You'll need to arrange your own transportation.

1. Vocab Sentences
2. Independent Reading
3. What is this book about?
4. Courage!
5. Compare and Contrast: You and Jem OR You and Scout
6. What makes a good parent?
   

Agenda, May 2

Due Now: Chapters 10-11
Due Tomorrow: Chapter 12
Quiz on Chapters 10-12 on Wednesday

If you missed the Chapter 5-9 Quiz, go to B107 after school on Wednesday. You'll need to arrange your own transportation.

Last chance! Extra Credit due tomorrow by the end of the day: Celebrate the end of National Poetry Month! Go to OCPoWriMo and comment on three poems. Make sure you comment on the literary devices. Naturally, you'll use your best spelling and grammar.

1. Anybody heard the big news? Does it matter?
2. Independent reading
3. 15 minutes on the Character Chart
4. Part 1: What is this book about?
5. Compare / Contrast: You and Jem OR You and Scout

Agenda, April 28

Due Now: Ch 7 & half of 8
Due Friday: Ch. 8 & 9
Friday: Quiz on Ch 5-9

Extra Credit? Celebrate the end of National Poetry Month! Go to OCPoWriMo and comment on three poems. Make sure you comment on the literary devices. Naturally, you'll use your best spelling and grammar.

1. Independent Reading
2. Return quizzes  / Your questions
3. Boo, Jem, and Scout on a 6-event timeline
4. Character Chart (and this time I mean it)
5. Figurative Language Analysis

Agenda, April 27

Grades are updated on ESIS

Due Now: Ch 5 & 6
Due Thurs: Ch 7 & half of 8
Due Friday: Ch. 8 & 9
Friday: Quiz on Ch 5-9

If you missed the Ch 1-4 quiz, go to B107 today after school.

1. Courage!
2. 826 Valencia
3. Character Chart
4. Independent Reading

Agenda, April 26

Due Now: Chapter 4
Due Tomorrow: Chapters 5 & 6

1. Testers to D112
2. Independent Reading
3. 5 minutes of questions
4. Quiz, Ch 1-4
5. Character Charts
6. Elements of Poetry
7. A poem by e.e. cummings

Agenda, April 25

Due Now: Read Chapters 2 & 3
Due Now: Storyboard Chapters 2 & 3. Good art is not a requirement, but it helps.
Due Tomorrow: Read Chapter 4. There might be a quiz on Ch. 1-4 tomorrow. Who knows?

1. Testers to D112
2. Independent Reading
3. Vocab again, finally!
4. Share our storyboards
5. Character charts

Agenda, April 22

Due Now: Show me your Mockingbird
Due Monday: Read Chapters 2 & 3
Due Monday: Storyboard Chapters 2 & 3. Good art is not a requirement, but it helps.

1. Late work / book checkout
2. Testers to D112
3. Think, pair, share: Dares
4. Storyboard: Haunted houses or dares
5. Chapter 1 / Character Charts

Agenda, April 21

Due Now: Opinionnaire
Due Tomorrow: Bring Mockingbird. DO NOT start reading tonight.

1. Divide and Conquer: Opinionnaire in small groups or Writing Time
2. Opinnionaire as a whole class
3. To the Library, Batman!

Agenda, April 20

Due Tomorrow: Opinionaire

1. Green sheet review.
2. Pink sheet review.
3. Everybody proofreads. Read the whole thing. Does it make sense? Does it have enough detail? Read each sentence from capital to period. Does each sentence sound like a sentence?
4. Writing time. Our goal is to finish today, but DO NOT rush.

Agenda, April 19

1. Fun with Sentence Fluency
2. Writing Time
3. "somewhere i have never traveled"

Agenda, April 18

1. "Dulce et Decorum Est"
2. You vs. You
3. Spell check, then define
4. Advice from the green sheet
5. Your angry essays
6. Writing Time

Agenda, April 15

Due ASAP: Typed Angry Essay

1. SWA Drafting time
2. "Dulce et Decorum Est," by Wilfred Owen

Agenda, April 14

Due ASAP: Typed Angry Essay
Due Now: Print your grades from ESIS. Make sure you write your name on them.

1. "Dulce et Decorum Est," by Wilfred Owen
2. SWA Brainstorming Time / Drafting time

Agenda, April 13

Due ASAP: Typed Angry Essay
Due Yesterday: 3 original metaphors, similes, and personifications
Due Thursday: Print your grades from ESIS. Make sure you write your name on them.

Vocab Quiz Makeups: Today after school in B107.

1. New Seating Chart
2. "This is Just to Say" by William Carlos Williams
3. SWA Brainstorming Time

Agenda, April 12

Due Today at the end of class: Typed Angry Essay
Due Now: 3 original metaphors, similes, and personifications
Due Thursday: Print your grades from ESIS

1. SWA Checklist
2. OCPoWriMo
3. Onomatopoeia, Alliteration, Consonance
4. Sentence Prescriptions
5. Typing Time

• Save your file with your initials followed by your period number. For example: EKp2 or EKp3
• Be sure to eject your flash drive before you remove it.
• If you finish or if get tired of typing, you may begin work on tonight's homework.

Agenda, April 11

Due Tuesday at the end of class: Typed Angry Essay
Due Tuesday at the beginning of class: Write 3 original metaphors, similes, and personifications

1. SWA Spelling List
2. Typing Time

• Save your file with your initials followed by your period number. For example: EKp2 or EKp3
• Be sure to eject your flash drive before you remove it.
• If you finish or if get tired of typing, you may begin work on tonight's homework.

Agenda, April 8

Due Yesterday: Complete Angry Essay Rough Draft
Due Now: Quiz on Vocab 7

Extra Credit? Visit OCPoWriMo and leave 3 comments: what did you like and why? Use good conventions, please.

1. Quiz
2. SWA Spelling List
3. Peer Review
4. Sentence Fluency Chart

Agenda, April 7

Due at the end of class: Complete Angry Essay Rough Draft
Due Tomorrow: Quiz on Vocab 7

Extra Credit? Visit OCPoWriMo and leave 3 comments: what did you like and why? Use good conventions, please.

1. OCPoWriMo / Lit Terms Review
2. Vocab Cartoons
3. Drafting Time

Agenda, April 6

Due Thursday at the end of class: Angry Essay Rough Draft
Due Friday: Quiz on Vocab 7 and Elements of Poetry

Forecasting Questions
OCPoWriMo
Conclusion Strategies
Drafting Time

Agenda, April 5

Due Yesterday: Song Lyrics
Due Thursday by the end of class: Angry Rough Draft

1. OCPoWriMo / Poetry Terms Review
2. Vocab 7
3. Angry Essay Introduction Techniques
4. Drafting Time

Agenda, April 4

Due Now: "Good" lyrics
Due Thursday: Completed Rough Draft of Angry Essay

1. Good paragraph, 1st draft
2. Elements of Poetry
3. A Well-Developed Good Paragraph
4. Angry Essay: Organization and Body Paragraphs

Agenda, April 1

Due Monday: Bring the lyrics to a song with "good" lyrics.

1. Voice and Word Choice
2. Scoring all six traits! How cool!
3. Body Paragraph Development / Organization

Agenda, March 31

Due Today: Post a comment. Use good conventions. Make me laugh. Defenestration!
Due in class today: Next Steps on Angry Essay
Due Monday: Bring the lyrics to a song that you think has "good" lyrics.

Anybody need an OCPoWriMo Handout?

1. Types of Evidence Review: Personal Experience, Anecdotes, Statistics and Facts, Examples from Media (TV, Movies, Books, Etc.)
2. Two editorials
3. Next Steps Work Time
4. Sentence Fluency and Conventions

Agenda, March 30

Due Thursday: Post a comment to this blog just to prove that you can. Feel free to use good conventions. Humor is also appreciated.
Due Monday: Bring a printed copy of a song that you think has good lyrics.

1. Introduce your neighbors
2. Types of Evidence: Personal Experience, Anecdotes, Statistics and Facts, Examples from Media (books, movies, tv, music)
3. Next Steps for Angry Essay
4. Sentence Fluency and Conventions

Agenda, March 29

Due Thursday: Post a comment to this page, just to prove you can

 

Coming Soon: National Poetry Writing Month

 

1. Meet your neighbors
2. Say the Vocab Words
3. Angry Essay Topic Selection
4. Ideas and Content Refresher
5. 10-03
6. Sentence Fluency and Word Choice 

Agenda, March 28

WELCOME BACK!

Due Thursday: Post a comment to this page, just to prove you can

1. Spring Seating Chart
2. Rules Reminders / Hall Passes
3. Vocab 7
4. Ideas and Content / Organization
5. Angry Essay Brainstorm
6. Meet Your Neighbors

Agenda, March 14

Due Tomorrow: Extra Credit Hall Passes
Coming Tomorrow: Unrehearsed speeches about Of Mice and Men
 

1) Written Final:

• Do not write on the multiple choice portion
• Be sure to skip 28-30 on the scantron sheet
• Use your best conventions: spelling, grammar, capitalization, and punctuation (including end marks)

2) Return textbooks
3) Model speeches?

Of Mice and Men Plot Review

How many blanks can you fill?

   1.

      George and Lennie leave Weed because ______________________________

   2.

      Lennie likes to pet ________________________________________________

   3.

      They are going to work ____________________________________________

   4.

      George and Lennie want to buy _____________________________________

   5.

      On the farm, Lennie will tend _______________________________________

   6.

      George and Lennie clash with _______________________________________

   7.

      Curley is jealous of  _______________________________________________

   8.

      Slim gives Lennie _________________________________________________

   9.

      Carlson shoots ____________________________________________________

  10.

      Candy offers to help pay for _________________________________________

  11.

      Lennie crushes ____________________________________________________

  12.

      Curley's wife threatens ______________________________________________

  13.

      Curley's wife discovers ______________________________________________

  14.

      Curley's wife invites Lennie to ________________________________________

  15.

      Lennie breaks _____________________________________________________

  16.

      Lennie hides ______________________________________________________

  17.

      Lennie is tormented by ______________________________________________

  18.

      George steals Carlson's ______________________________________________

  19.

      For the last time, George tells Lennie about ______________________________

  20.

      George kills _______________________________________________________

Agenda, March 11

Due at the end of class: Character Analysis Essay

• 5 paragraphs
• Name, Date, and Period in upper left corner
• Interesting Title Centered
• Double spaced  / No blank lines between paragraphs
• Easy to read, 12 pt font

1) Your thesis
2) Introduction Strategies (pick one):

• Summarize the novel in 3-4 sentences
• Explain the theme of the novel
• Define a good person
• Your introduction should include the author and the title. The title should be italicized.
• Your introduction should conclude with your thesis

3) Conclusion strategies. Connect the novel to the real world:

• Explain why this character is important
• Explain what you learned from the character
• Explain why the book is important
• Evaluate your character: is your character a good person?

4) Writing time

This weekend: 

• Study all Vocab
• Study all 6 sentence types (what's a compound sentence?)
• Practice an Everyday Edit
• Review Of Mice and Men

Agenda, March 10

Due at the end of class: Two more character analysis paragraphs (you need a total of 3)

Tonight: Study Vocab 5
Tonight: Write "A Few Good Prepositions"
Tonight: Everyday Edits

When you get your flash drive, drag your document to the desktop. Open the document from the desktop and save it to the desktop. After you print, drag the document back to the flash drive and save it there. Be sure to eject your flash drive before you remove it.

1. Model paragraphs
2. Typing time
3. Everyday Edits
4. "A Few Good Prepositions"
5. Vocab 5

Agenda, March 9

Due Now: Posters from yesterday?
Due at the end of class: Character Analysis Paragraph, Typed, Double Spaced 

1. Gallery Walk
2. Character Analysis Paragraph
3. Vocab 3
   
4. To, plus a verb
   
5. Everyday Edit

Agenda, March 8

Coming up: Start reviewing your vocab and your sentence types. Don't forget your Everyday Edits or your Of Mice and Men. Essays this week and finals next. Oh my.
If your poster isn't finished at the end of class, somebody will need to take it home and finish it.

1. Vocab2
2. However Statement
3. Everyday Edit
4. Character Posters in Groups: Draw a poster that captures your character's personality. You must include an image of the person that suggests both the personality and the setting. You must include a minimum of three personality traits (though you may include more) and two quotations that support your interpretation of each personality trait (that's a minimum of six quotations). Include the page number with your quotation. Each group needs an artist, one or two quotation finders, and one facilitator / task master. Today, you should get your personality traits and your quotations onto your poster and add color. 
5. FYI: Poster grades will be based on your role. Artists need to create good art. Quotation finders need good quotations. Facilitators need to ensure the overall quality and thoroughness of the product. 

Agenda, March 7

Due Now: Revision Extra Credit
Coming up: Start reviewing your vocab and your sentence types. Don't forget your Everyday Edits or your Of Mice and Men. Essays this week and finals next. Oh my.

1. Vocab 1
2. Occasion-Position Sentence
3. Everyday Edit
4. Character Posters in Groups: Draw a poster that captures your character's personality. You must include an image of the person that suggests both the personality and the setting. You must include a minimum of three personality traits (though you may include more) and two quotations that support your interpretation of each personality trait (that's a minimum of six quotations). Include the page number with your quotation. Each group needs an artist, one or two quotation finders, and one facilitator / task master.

Agenda, March 3

Due Now: Of Mice and Men, pages 1-118
Due Now: All thin, thick, and deep questions
Extra Credit: Rewrite / Retype your character analysis paragraph this weekend. Due Monday.

Next Week: Character Analysis Essay, Final Exam. Start reviewing your vocab, your sentence types, and your Everyday Edits

1. Finally! We can talk about. We all know what happens, so what does it mean?
2. Quiz on 5-6
3. Finish Chart VERY thoroughly

Agenda, March 2

Tonight: Finish the book. Write two thin, two thick, and two deep questions.
Tomorrow: Quiz on 5-6
Tomorrow: I will collect and keep ALL thin, thick, and deep questions.

If you to take Vocab 6 today, go to B107 after school.

1. Read Across OC - 12 minutes
2. Quiz. Closed book. Spell the names correctly.
3. Your questions / My questions
4. Chart time

Agenda, March 1

Due Now: Late work from Friday's absentees
Tonight: Read 92-108
In class tomorrow: Closed book fill-in-the-blanks quiz on Chapter 4.
If you are not happy with your score on your 6 Sentences assignment, you may revise it until it is perfect.

If you need to make up or would like to retake the Vocab 6 Quiz, go to B107 after school tomorrow. You will need to arrange your own transportation.

1. Reading time. If you're done with the book, please return to independent reading.
2. Your questions / Written study questions
3. Character Chart Jigsaw

Due Now: Pages 42-72, plus three Thin, two Thick, and and one Deep Questions. Conventions count. Use capitals, correct spelling, and question marks.
Due Now: Chapter 2 "Quiz"
Due Now: Extra Credit Vocab Crossword
Tonight: Read pages 73 - 91. No questions due tomorrow.

If you were absent Friday, you will need to make up the Vocab 6 quiz on Wednesday after school in B107. You will need to arrange your own transportation. The Chapter 2 "Quiz" is due tomorrow.

1. Behind schedule, On Pace, Ahead, Done?
2. Reading time
3. 6 Sentence Types
4. Your questions / My questions
5. Character Chart

Agenda, February 25

Due Now: Thin, Thick, and Deep Questions
Due Monday: Pages 42-72, plus three Thin, two Thick, and and one Deep Questions. Conventions count. Use capitals, correct spelling, and question marks.
Due Monday: Chapter 2 "Quiz"
Due Monday: Extra Credit Vocab Crossword
Due Now: Quiz on Vocab 6 and Everyday Edits

1. Collect Questions
2. Vocab Quiz / Reading time
3. Your Questions / My questions
4. Chapter 2 "Quiz"
5. Character Chart

Agenda, February 23

Due Yesterday: Vocab Crosswords
Due Now: Thin, Thick, and Deep Questions
Due Tomorrow: Pages 19-30, plus one Thin, Thick, and Deep Question
Due Friday: Chapter 2 "Quiz"
Due Friday: Quiz on Vocab 6 and Everyday Edits

1. Reading time - Get caught up or get ahead
2. Say the Vocab Words
3. Everyday Edits
4. Direct vs. Indirect Characterization
5. Character Chart

Agenda, February 22

Due Now: Vocab Crossword, 15-20 words
Do tonight: Read pages 13-18 in Of Mice and Men
Due Tomorrow: Thin, Thick, and Deep questions

1. Collect Crosswords
2. 13 Sentence Types / Vocab Review
3. A note on language ...
4. To the library!
5. Of Mice and Men Read Aloud
6. Thin, Thick, and Deep Questions - Write one of each for Ch. 1, pages 10-18

Agenda, February 18

No homework this weekend! Happy Presidents' Day!
Late Posting Amnesty: If you are missing any news / opinion posts, you may post them this weekend for FULL credit. Whoa.

1. News Article / Opinion Article Reading Work Sample
2. Vocab Crossword Puzzle: Use between 15 and 20 words to create a crossword puzzle. Use all of Vocab 6 plus any other words you like. Write NEATLY! Spelling counts.

Agenda, February 17

Due Now: Bookmark 6

1. Personal Reading
2. Math Model
3. Vocab 6
4. Everyday Edits
5. An opinion column post from The Oregonian or The New York Times: Include your name, the headline in quotations, the name of the paper in asterisks, the opinion of the article, evidence of the authors refuting counterarguments, and your opinion on the issue.

Agenda, February 16

Due Tomorrow: Bookmark 6, front and back. Do not confuse lack of skill with lack of effort. Use color!

1. Assembly debrief
2. What good margin notes look like
3. An article on bullying

Agenda, February 15

Due Now: Late ESIS grade report
Due Thursday: Bookmark 6

If you missed Friday's Vocab quiz or would like to retake it to improve your score, go to B-107 on Wednesday after school. You will need to arrange your own transportation.

1. Personal Reading
2. Vocab 6, in brief
3. Everyday Edits
4. Bag Ban Discussion
5. Another news post: The Oregonian or The New York Times

Agenda, Valentine's Day

Due Now: ESIS grade report
Poetry Extra Credit?
Due Thursday: Bookmark 6

If you missed Friday's Vocab quiz or would like to retake it to improve your score, go to B-107 on Wednesday after school. You will need to arrange your own transportation.

1. Personal Reading
2. Vocab 6, in brief
3. It's in the bag
4. Another news post: The Oregonian or The New York Times

Agenda, February 11

Read 30 minutes on Saturday and Sunday
Due Monday: Print up your grade report for this class from ESIS. If you don't have computer access at home, you need to get to the library during lunch today or before school on Monday.


Due Now: Essay Revision


If you are still haven't posted a comment, you have until Monday.

1. Quiz, Vocab 5 and 3
2. Personal Reading
3. Bookmark Extra Credit Model
4. Everyday Edits
5. An Object Poem

Agenda, February 10

Due Now: Bookmark 5, front and back
Week 6: 2/10 - 2/17
Due Friday: Vocab Quiz on Lists 5 and 3
Due Friday: Correct 10 (or more) errors in your Monster Essay

1. Personal Reading
2. Math Solution
3. A brand new sentence type!
4. Finish Vocab Review
5. Everyday Edits
6. Return Essays

Agenda, February 9

Due Now: 10 Vocab Words and Questions 4 & 5 on the opinion article
Due Thursday: Bookmark 5, front and back
Due Friday: Vocab Quiz on Lists 5 and 3

If you were unable to post Monday, try again today. You have until the end of the school day on Wednesday to post a comment. To log on to The Oregonian, you need my e-mail address and password. You don't need a password to log on to The Times.

1. Personal Reading
2. Opinion Column Writing Style
3. Surf The Oregonian or The Times

Agenda, February 8

Due Wednesday: 10 Vocab Words and Questions 4 & 5 on the opinion article
Due Thursday: Bookmark 5, front and back
Due Friday: Vocab Quiz on Lists 5 and 3

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1. Personal Reading - find an example of good writing
2. Vocab Review
3. Read with a Pencil!
4. Opinion Column Writing Style

If you were absent today ...

Surf the website of The New York Times (hotlinked in the post below). You may look at any section with articles. (Sports? Opinion? Movie reviews? Yes! Classifieds? No.)

Comment on my blog about what you read. Include the headline of the article, your source, and a brief summary / opinion. Be sure to include your name in your comment.

Agenda, February 7

Due Thursday: Bookmark 5, front and back
Due Friday: Vocab Quiz on List 5 and List 3

1. Quickwrite: What makes good writing?
2. Personal Reading -  while you are reading, find an example of good writing.
3. Share out loud
4. Quick Vocab Review
5. News Article Writing Style
6. Surf The Oregonian or The New York Times

Agenda, February 3

Due Monday: Cubist Extra Credit 2 - Continue to post new pictures to the Cubism post OR continue to comment on your classmates' comments.
Due Now: Bookmark 4
Week: 2/3 - 2/10
Due Yesterday: Final Draft of Monster Essay
Collect Bookmarks

1. Personal Reading / Final Drafting Time
2. Math Extra Credit Model
3. Two Newspaper Articles
4. Surfing The Oregonian or The New York Times

Agenda, February 2

Due Thursday: Bookmark 4, front and back
Due Thursday: Cubist Extra Credit
Due Today: If you don't like your score on your 5 Sentences Assignment, fix your conventions. You may simply edit sentences 1-3; however, you will need to write two new However Statements.

1. Quick Vocab Review
2. Final Draft Time - Final Drafts due at the end of class today
3. If you finish your draft, work on personal reading. Have me sign your bookmark.

Agenda, February 1

Due Now: Your WW and Comp list from your first essay
Due Thursday: Bookmark 4, front and back
Due Thursday: Cubist Extra Credit
Due tomorrow: If you don't like your score on your 5 Sentences Assignment, fix your conventions. You may simply edit sentences 1-3; however, you will need to write two new However Statements.

1. Quick Vocab Review
2. Personal Reading - find a wondrous word
3. Wondrous Words
4. Everyday Edits
5. Final Drafting Time. Drafts due at the end of class tomorrow.

Cubist Extra Credit

Here's what you need to do:

1. Find an example of cubism on the internet.
2. Post a link to the artwork in the comments of this post.
3. In your comment, tell us a little bit about the art. Who made it? When? Why did the artist choose cubism as a style? What's your opinion? (It doesn't  hurt my feelings or your grade if you don't like, but be sure to dislike it thoughtfully.)
4. Be sure to include your name in your comment. This is a public forum, so conventions matter. Use capital letters and correct spelling.

Agenda, January 31

Due Thursday: Bookmark 4

1. Personal Reading
2. Wondrous Words
3. Vocab 4
4. Everyday Edits
5. Four Sentence Types
6. WW and Comp
7. Final Draft Time

Agenda, January 27

Due Now: Bookmark 3, front and back
Week 4: 1/27 - 2/3
Due at the end of class: Monster Essay Rough Drafts
Due at the end of class: All Reading Responses and Personal Choice assignments

Today's Learning Targets:

1) I can explore the meaning of unfamiliar words in my personal reading.
2) I can write a satisfying conclusion to an essay.

1. Collect bookmarks
2. Wondrous Words
3. Personal Reading
4. Wondrous Words check
5. In conclusion ...
6. Drafting time: drafts due at the end of class
7. Work Time
8. Poetry Out Loud, anyone?

Agenda, January 26

Due Thursday: Bookmark 3, front and back
Due Thursday: All Reading Responses and Personal Choice assignments
Due Now: 13 Sentence Types Binder Paper

Period 3: We have SECOND LUNCH tomorrow. If you are not here at the beginning of class, your bookmark will be late.

If you need to make up or would like to retake Vocab Quiz 3, it will be available in B-107 on Wednesday after school. You will need to arrange your own transportation.

1. Poetry Out Loud, anyone?
2. Introductions
3. Monster Essay drafting time: Your draft should be finished by the end of writing time tomorrow
4. Work Time

Agenda, January 25

Due Thursday: Bookmark 3, front and back
Due Thursday: All Reading Responses and Personal Choice assignments
Due Wednesday: 13 Sentence Types Binder Paper

If you need to make up or would like to retake Vocab Quiz 3, it will be available in B-107 on Wednesday after school. You will need to arrange your own transportation.

1. Personal Reading
2. Introductions
3. Monster Essay drafting time
4. Work Time

Agenda, January 24

Due Thursday: Bookmark 3, front and back
Due Thursday: All Reading Responses and Personal Choice assignments
Due Wednesday: 13 Sentence Types Binder Paper

If you need to make up or would like to retake Vocab Quiz 3, it will be available in B-107 on Wednesday after school. You will need to arrange your own transportation.

1. Personal Reading
2. My character appears ...
3. Monster Essay drafting time
4. Work Time

Agenda, January 21

Due Next Thursday: All Reading Responses and Personal Choice Assignments

1. Vocab Quiz / Personal Reading
2. Monster Essay Drafting Time
3. Work Time

Agenda, January 20

Due Now: Bookmark 2, front and back (the back is homework, not classwork)
Week 3: 1/20 - 1/27
Due Tomorrow: Vocab Quiz, 1-3
Due Thursday, 1/27: All reading responses and personal choice assignments. Are you doing what you ought to do?

1. Personal Reading
2. A well-developed paragraph
3. Monster Essay writing time
4. Vocab Groups
5. Work Time

Agenda, January 19

Due Tomorrow: Bookmark 2, front and back (the back is homework, not classwork)
Due Friday: Vocab Quiz, 1-3
Due Thursday, 1/27: All reading responses and personal choice assignments. Are you doing what you ought to do?

1. Monster Thesis Development
2. Vocab Group Assignment (in groups!)
3. Work Time

Agenda, January 18

Due Now: Bookmark Check. If you're filling it out now, it's late.
Due Thursday: Bookmark 2, Front and Back
Due Friday: Vocab Quiz 1-3

1. Personal Reading
2. Bookmark Back
3. Quick Vocab Review
4. Parallelism Practice
5. Thesis Development / Outlining
6. Work Time

Agenda, January 14

Due Thursday: Bookmark 2, front and back
Due Friday, 1/21: Vocab Quiz 3

1. Personal Reading
2. Monster Thesis
3. 13 Sentence Types: Prepositional Phrases
4. Work Time

Agenda, January 13

Due Now: Bookmark 1
Due Now: Vocab Cartoons
Bookmark Week 2: 1/13 - 1/20
Vocab Quiz 3 Postponed until 1/21!

1. Collect Bookmarks
2. Personal Reading
3. Monster Thesis Sentence
4. Work Time

Agenda, January 12

Due Now: Typed Character Analysis Paragraph
Due Thursday: Bookmark 1, front and back. Read 30 minutes at home tonight.
Due Friday: Vocab Quiz 3
Due Yesterday: Go to Student Assist and print a grade report from this class. 

If you were absent on Friday, you need to make up Vocab Quiz 2 after school in B-107. You will need to arrange your own transportation. 

1. Vocab Cartoons: Four words, use color
2. Work Time

Agenda, January 11

Due Now: Thesis Handout, page one
Due Wednesday: Typed Character Analysis Paragraph
Due Thursday: Bookmark 1, front and back
Due Friday: Vocab Quiz 3
Due at the end of class Today: Go to Student Assist and print a grade report from this class.

If you were absent on Friday, you need to make up Vocab Quiz 2 after school in B-107. You will need to arrange your own transportation.

1. Personal Reading
2. Everyday Edits
3. 13 Sentence Types: Occasion-Position
4. Excellent People Change Examples
5. Work Time

Agenda, January 10

Due Now: Character Analysis Paragraph Worksheet
Tonight: Read for 15 minutes
Due Friday: Vocab Quiz 3
Due Tomorrow: Thesis Sentence, Page 1
Due Wednesday: Typed Character Analysis Paragraph

If you were absent on Friday, you need to make up Vocab Quiz 2 after school in B-107. You will need to arrange your own transportation.

1. Personal Reading
2. Bookmark Back
3. Vocab 3
4. What's a Thesis?
5. Short Story Independent Study 
6. Work Time

Agenda, January 7

Due Now: Bookmark Check & Character Analysis Paragraph, Parts 1 - 6

Read 30 Minutes on Saturday and Sunday!

1. Vocab Quiz / Personal Reading
2. Character Analysis Paragraph
3. What is a Thesis Sentence?

Agenda, January 6

Due Now: Did you finish your paragraph yesterday?
Due Now: Personal reading book
Due Tomorrow: Vocab Quiz 1 and 2
Tonight: Read 15 minutes and record it on your bookmark.

1. Personal Reading
2. Everyday Edits
3. Return of the Essays
4. Character Analysis Paragraph
5. What's a Thesis Sentence?

Agenda, January 5

Due Wednesday: If you haven't finished your narrative, report to B107 after school today to finish. You will need to arrange your own transportation.
Due Thursday: Bring a personal reading book to class. If you want to check one out from me, you need to check it out before the end of the day on Wednesday in order to earn credit.
Due Thursday: Make sure you have a copy of the four short stories we've read: "They're Made Out of Meat", "The Follower", "Bigfoot Stole My Wife", and "The Black Cat"
Due Friday: Quiz on Vocab 1 and 2

1. Quick Book Talk
2. Quick Vocab Review
3. Finish "The Black Cat"
4. "People Change" Handout
5. What's a Thesis Sentence?
6. 13 Sentence Types: Occasion / Position

Agenda, January 4

Do Now: Don't unpack - it's seating chart time.
Due Wednesday: If you haven't finished your narrative, report to B107 after school on Wednesday to finish. You will need to arrange your own transportation.
Due Thursday: Bring a personal reading book to class. If you want to check one out from me, you need to check it out before the end of the day on Wednesday in order to earn credit.

Today's Learning Targets:

I know the elements of the Plot Pyramid.
I can master ten new vocabulary words.
I can track how a character changes over the course of a story.

1. Seating Chart / Hall Passes
2. How was your break?
3. Everyday Edits
4. Vocab #2
5. "The Black Cat" audio