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.