Block Days, January 31 & February 1, 2008

Today we warmed up by reading from the Holt book, pages 566-567.  We then met in small groups to answer the questions on page 568 called “Think About the Model.”  After reporting out our findings, we played a fun game called Twinkle (thanks, Colin!) where we go over our Easy Grammar answers using a game-style [...]

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Today in class, we warmed up by reading the handout on “Response to Literature,” by Sarah Montante.  This is a quick, easy reference for students and has a step-by-step approach outlined on the back of the handout.  We highlighted the important words and phrases and then read the handout choral-style to see which parts students [...]

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Today we warmed up with choosing one trait or characteristic of Charlotte’s that had an effect on the journey.  We wrote why we thought it was her most improtant trait and provided proof.  We discussed the differing opinions of volunteers, and then we went over the final and several tests that had not been handed [...]

Week of January 29-February 1, 2008

Monday:

Reading Log #14 due Tuesday, Jan. 29.

Final storyboard for Charlotte Doyle

Tuesday:

Type your creative writing piece from your composition book, due Wednesday;

Wordly Wise lesson #8 due on February 14 & 15, 2008

Wednesday:

Easy Grammar page 150-Conjunctions

Bring your Charlotte Doyle book for block day

Block Day:  Reading Log #15 due Monday, Feb. 4th

Monday, January 28, 2008

Remember, the classwide Points Competition begins first day of new semester.  Help your  class win five points towards the competition by turning in your reading log #14 and your storyboard for the last six chapters!  Homework for the rest of the week will be posted on Monday evening.

Friday, January 25, 2008

Final exam scores are posted…

January 24, 2008

Today we took our first semester final test!  Several students report that it was “not that hard.”  Others said that it was “very hard.”  Which is it?  I hope everyone is out there studying right now!!  (And that you’ve done your homework all year long!)

January 23, 2008

Today in class, we began by emptying out our mailboxes and filing away papers that we have gotten back weeks previous, but for whatever reason, did not file immediately.  Mailboxes are not filing cabinets.  Mailboxes are for your books!
We briefly discussed the point competition that will begin next semester.  And then we played vocabulary Jeopardy to review [...]

January 22, 2008

Scope magazine, “Peak,” by Roland Smith.  This first-person narrative is witty and dry.  Humor that anyone could love.  What’s up with that hook?  Why should you put the most interesting part of the story first?  Because then you can “rewind” (thanks, Tori) and go back in and fill in the details that led up to [...]

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

http://www.mlkonline.net/bio.html
“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”  Washington Monument, August, 1963.
Do you think we’ve come a long way in civil rights since 1963?  Do you think Dr. King would [...]