Welcome to Mrs. Hislop's Christmas Concert!

Take a seat in the FIRST THREE ROWS.

Be quiet and respectful while Mrs. H. is playing. It is distracting if you are talking or rustling around in your backpack.

Think of Christmas songs you'd like Mrs. H. to play in case she is taking requests!

THANK YOU!

1/3 to 1/7

Monday 1/3:
1. Binder Reminders and Journals
2. Grammar
3. Brainstorm New Year's Resolutions
HW: RD NYR

Tuesday 1/4:
1. Journals
2. Grammar
3. Revise NYR
HW: FD NYR DUE 1/6

Wednesday 1/5:
Computer Lab:
1. Learning Targets
2. Blog Comment
3. Plato
HW: NO HW!

Thursday 1/6:
1. Journals
2. Grammar
3. Share NYR

Friday 1/7:
1. Journals
2. Writing Traits: Organization
3. Intros, Bodies, Conclusions, Transitions
4. Revise Outsiders Tests

The Outsiders Movie Citizenship

CHOOSE YOUR SEAT WISELY.

Although we are watching a movie today, you have two tasks:

1. Complete The Outsiders movie guide by tomorrow at the end of the period.
2. Be on your BEST behavior. If you are talking during the movie you will get ONE warning, then you will get to come sit with Mrs. Hislop.

For today's journal, write down at least ten things you enjoy doing. Make a little list. Make it specific. This would NOT be specific:

I like . . .
1. doing stuff
2. doing things
3. you know
4. like, stuff and things
5. hanging out
6. just chillin'
7. chillaxin' and relaxin'
8. being with my friends
9. doing stuff with my friends
10. I don't know

The Outsiders Essay Test

Prompt:
In a focused essay with several paragraphs, explain the THEME of S.E. Hinton's novel The Outsiders. Use textual evidence to prove your points.

Hints:
You would do well to include an INTRODUCTION, BODY, and CONCLUSION. (ORGANIZATION)

Prove your ideas by using textual evidence. (IDEAS)

You can USE THE BOOK and YOUR NOTES.

DO YOUR BEST.

I know I'm mean, but I'd rather be a mean teacher with good writers than a nice teacher with poor writers.

YOU CAN DO IT!

More practice.

1. New Nathan is wearing plaid Old Nathan is wearing blue.
2. Billie's hat is white and black but Shelby's hat is missing!
3. Gaby sits in back Letty sits in the middle.
4. Sydney finished her journal first Mrs. Hislop noticed.
5. Brianna's backpack looks like it has eyeballs on it but Jeffery's is kind of tie-dyed.
6. Hayes likes Lake Almanor and Jacob likes Chico State.

You can put two complete sentences together with two types of sentence glue; either a comma and a conjunction, or with a semicolon. Practice with the following sentences.

1. I went to the store I bought some books.
2. Shelley ate her peas and she ate her carrots.
3. Mrs. Hislop plays the piano she loves to sing, too.
4. I love teaching junior high students they are more fun than high school students.
5. We celebrate Christmas in December we also celebrate Chanukah.

Please correct the punctuation and capitalization in the following sentences:

1. i went to the movies and saw romeo and juliet.
2. mrs hislop said how are you today
3. i am going to visit santa fe new mexico someday.
4. i am going to watch the dog and she will water the plants
5. clean your room and eat your dinner

Final Drafts

I only want you to focus on two things when you're working on your final drafts:

1. Getting rid of unnecessary ideas . . . making your writing organized.

2. Showing, not telling.

Showing, Not Telling

Showing, Not Telling writing is when we SHOW our readers an idea rather than TELL them an idea.

Telling: I was mad.

Showing: My fists curled into two tight rocks. I could feel my face turning blood-red. My teeth clenched together, trapping all the words I wished I could say aloud.

Telling: My teacher is mean.

Showing: My teacher rips our papers in half if we don't use our best handwriting. She called my mom and told her I was an idiot! She slapped a student across the face with a ruler because he sneezed. She gives us F's before she even reads our papers.

For today's journal, tell me why it's important for your writing to be organized and full of ideas.

OR

Write to me about what you'll do this weekend.

12/13 to 12/16

Monday 12/13:
1. Binder Reminders and Journals
2. Review Outsiders Test
3. Review for District Benchmark Test
HW: Study Guide

Tuesday 12/14:
1. District Benchmark Test

Wednesday 12/15:
1. The Outsiders Movie (Durst Theater)
HW: The Outsiders Movie Questions

Thursday 12/16:
1. The Outsiders Movie (Durst Theater)

12/6 to 12/10

Monday 12/6:
1. Binder Reminders and Journals
2. Grammar Review
3. Writing Traits: Ideas and Organization
4. Personal Response Final Drafts
HW: PR FD

Tuesday 12/7:
1. Journals and Grammar Review
2. Personal Response Final Drafts Read-Throughs

Wednesday 12/8:
1. Journals and Grammar Review
2. The Outsiders Review
HW: The Outsiders Final Test Study Guide

Thursday 12/9:
1. Journals and Grammar Review
2. The Outsiders Review
HW: The Outsiders Final Test Study Guide

Friday 12/10:
1. The Outsiders Final Test

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