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