Friday, January 7, 2011
1/7/11 Journal
Get out your journals. Write down the titles of ten books, movies, or tv shows you know.
1/10 to 1/14
Monday 1/10:
1. Journals
2. Grammar: Pronouns
3. Start Flowers for Algernon
HW: Be ready to dance tomorrow. No joke.
Tuesday 1/11:
1. Journals
2. Grammar: Pronouns
3. Review Dance
4. Continue Flowers for Algernon
HW: Finish Pronouns Worksheet
Wednesday 1/12:
COMPUTER LAB!
1. Blog Comment/Journal
2. Survey
3. Flowers for Algernon Response to Literature Writing
HW: Finish your R to L if you haven't already!
Thursday 1/13:
1. Journals
2. Grammar: Pronouns
3. Response to Lit Writing
4. Flowers for Algernon
HW: Study for your PRONOUNS quiz tomorrow!
Friday 1/14:
1. Journals
2. Grammar QUIZ
3. Correct Quiz
4. Flowers for Algernon
HW: NO HW!
1. Journals
2. Grammar: Pronouns
3. Start Flowers for Algernon
HW: Be ready to dance tomorrow. No joke.
Tuesday 1/11:
1. Journals
2. Grammar: Pronouns
3. Review Dance
4. Continue Flowers for Algernon
HW: Finish Pronouns Worksheet
Wednesday 1/12:
COMPUTER LAB!
1. Blog Comment/Journal
2. Survey
3. Flowers for Algernon Response to Literature Writing
HW: Finish your R to L if you haven't already!
Thursday 1/13:
1. Journals
2. Grammar: Pronouns
3. Response to Lit Writing
4. Flowers for Algernon
HW: Study for your PRONOUNS quiz tomorrow!
Friday 1/14:
1. Journals
2. Grammar QUIZ
3. Correct Quiz
4. Flowers for Algernon
HW: NO HW!
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Computer Lab
Today in the computer lab:
1. Complete THIS SURVEY about our January learning targets.
2. Leave a comment below answering the following question: Do you like learning using the Internet, blogs, webpages, and web surveys? Please write in complete sentences.
3. Finish your NYR FD using the directions you will find here. DUE TOMORROW. IF YOU DO NOT FINISH IT THIS CLASS PERIOD, FINISH IT TONIGHT FOR HW.
4. Work in Plato at your own pace.
5. When Mrs. H. asks you to, complete the poll about The Outsiders.
1. Complete THIS SURVEY about our January learning targets.
2. Leave a comment below answering the following question: Do you like learning using the Internet, blogs, webpages, and web surveys? Please write in complete sentences.
3. Finish your NYR FD using the directions you will find here. DUE TOMORROW. IF YOU DO NOT FINISH IT THIS CLASS PERIOD, FINISH IT TONIGHT FOR HW.
4. Work in Plato at your own pace.
5. When Mrs. H. asks you to, complete the poll about The Outsiders.
Anti-Pronouns Play
CHARACTERS:
Orange Flower named HAYES
Pink Furry Bug named CHASE
HAYES: Oh! Hayes smells so sweet! How nice my life is, being Hayes and being a beautiful orange flower! Hayes shall sit here, growing up toward the sun, hoping no bugs shall eat Hayes!
CHASE: Mwa ha ha! CHASE the pink, furry bug is here, and CHASE THE PINK, FURRY BUG STRIKES! CHASE THE PINK, FURRY BUG SHALL EAT YOU!
HAYES: Oh, terror! Please, please, please, please, please do not eat poor Hayes the Orange Flower! Please, Hayes will spit on you! Hayes will wrap Chase up in Hayes's long green stem and Hayes will strangle Chase!
CHASE: Chase the Pink Furry Bug would like to see Hayes the Orange flower try!
HAYES: Oh, snap! Here Hayes comes!
CHASE: Chase will fly away! Chase notices that Hayes has no wings with which to pursue!
HAYES: Dang.
Orange Flower named HAYES
Pink Furry Bug named CHASE
HAYES: Oh! Hayes smells so sweet! How nice my life is, being Hayes and being a beautiful orange flower! Hayes shall sit here, growing up toward the sun, hoping no bugs shall eat Hayes!
CHASE: Mwa ha ha! CHASE the pink, furry bug is here, and CHASE THE PINK, FURRY BUG STRIKES! CHASE THE PINK, FURRY BUG SHALL EAT YOU!
HAYES: Oh, terror! Please, please, please, please, please do not eat poor Hayes the Orange Flower! Please, Hayes will spit on you! Hayes will wrap Chase up in Hayes's long green stem and Hayes will strangle Chase!
CHASE: Chase the Pink Furry Bug would like to see Hayes the Orange flower try!
HAYES: Oh, snap! Here Hayes comes!
CHASE: Chase will fly away! Chase notices that Hayes has no wings with which to pursue!
HAYES: Dang.
Pronouns Journals
In English, we've come up with these lovely little words called PRONOUNS. Pronouns are NOT nouns, they REPLACE nouns. We use them when we want to shorten a sentence and to avoid sounding repetitive.
A Paragraph WITHOUT Pronouns:
Mrs. Hislop went for a walk yesterday. Mrs. Hislop saw some nice houses. Mrs. Hislop liked the nice houses. Mrs. Hislop wondered about the people who lived in the nice houses. Where did the people work? What were the people's names? Would Mrs. Hislop ever meet the people? Mrs. Hislop is sounding like Dr. Seuss right now.
A Paragraph WITH Pronouns:
Mrs. Hislop went for a walk yesterday. She saw some nice houses. She liked them. She wondered about the people who lived there. Where did they work? What were their names? Would she ever meet them? She is NO LONGER SOUNDING LIKE him.
A Paragraph WITHOUT Pronouns:
Mrs. Hislop went for a walk yesterday. Mrs. Hislop saw some nice houses. Mrs. Hislop liked the nice houses. Mrs. Hislop wondered about the people who lived in the nice houses. Where did the people work? What were the people's names? Would Mrs. Hislop ever meet the people? Mrs. Hislop is sounding like Dr. Seuss right now.
A Paragraph WITH Pronouns:
Mrs. Hislop went for a walk yesterday. She saw some nice houses. She liked them. She wondered about the people who lived there. Where did they work? What were their names? Would she ever meet them? She is NO LONGER SOUNDING LIKE him.
New Year's Resolutions
Day One: Prewriting
Day Two: Rough Draft
--Read back over the prewriting you completed last night.
--Using your prewriting as a guide, make a list of 3-5 resolutions you would like to work on in the new year. Remember, make your resolutions achievable.
--When you are done with your resolutions, make sure Mrs. Hislop checks them for spelling/grammar errors.
Day Three: Final Draft (Computer Lab or HW)
--MLA Format
--Typed or handwritten in blue or black ink
--You can use a CUTE FONT if you want to and make it larger than 12 point
--Include a picture of yourself for a few points EXTRA CREDIT
--Due THURSDAY at the beginning of the period
Examples: (We will read these in class and decide which are good, better, best.)
--In 2011, I will never bother my brother, not ever, ever, ever.
--Not play video games for ten hours a night.
--In 2011, I resolve to turn in as many assignments as I can, and to ask my teachers when I need help.
--In 2011, I resolve to treat my brother a little better.
--In 2011, I resolve to treat my brother a little better by sharing my video games, helping him pick up his toys, and kicking him a little more gently.
--In 2011, I will have fun and stuff.
--I will go out with ten girls in 2011.
Day Two: Rough Draft
--Read back over the prewriting you completed last night.
--Using your prewriting as a guide, make a list of 3-5 resolutions you would like to work on in the new year. Remember, make your resolutions achievable.
--When you are done with your resolutions, make sure Mrs. Hislop checks them for spelling/grammar errors.
Day Three: Final Draft (Computer Lab or HW)
--MLA Format
--Typed or handwritten in blue or black ink
--You can use a CUTE FONT if you want to and make it larger than 12 point
--Include a picture of yourself for a few points EXTRA CREDIT
--Due THURSDAY at the beginning of the period
Examples: (We will read these in class and decide which are good, better, best.)
--In 2011, I will never bother my brother, not ever, ever, ever.
--Not play video games for ten hours a night.
--In 2011, I resolve to turn in as many assignments as I can, and to ask my teachers when I need help.
--In 2011, I resolve to treat my brother a little better.
--In 2011, I resolve to treat my brother a little better by sharing my video games, helping him pick up his toys, and kicking him a little more gently.
--In 2011, I will have fun and stuff.
--I will go out with ten girls in 2011.
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