Monday, October 22, 2007

Welcome back from the weekend.

HS 101:

• Ms. Wood had a writing assignment on future goals about whether or not you might want to be valedictorian and why.

VOCABULARY:

• Review of Unit 5 vocabulary words and definitions.
• Unit 5 Test
• Introduce Unit 6, words 1-5

LITERATURE:

• Read “Sympathy,” p. 362 and answer question #8 on p. 363.

HOMEWORK:

1. Vocabulary Activities for Unit 6:
   1. CS (3, 5, 10, 19, 20)
   2. SA (3, 4, 13, 14, 16)
   3. CRW (5, 12, 13, 14, 15)
   4. VC (4)
2. Complete the study guide for “When I Lay My Burden Down.” study-guide.doc

Friday, October 19, 2007

AR PRESENTATIONS!!!

• No projects accepted late without a reasonable excuse.  (No, I had to stay home to finish my project is not a reasonable excuse.)

VOCABULARY:

• Vocabulary Review of Unit 5

HOMEWORK: 

1. Test on Unit 5 on Monday.

Thursday, October 18, 2007

Sorry that I can’t be with you today. Hopefully you will be respectful for the substitute.

1. Composition: Students should turn their essays in as soon as they walk in. There will be a basket for them to submit them.
2. High School 101: 1^st and 4^th period, Ms. Wood will come in and lead the class through an activity. 3^rd period, you will lead the class through the activity. It should be an activity that they complete on their own and turn in.
3. Grammar: The students should use the books from under their desks to complete these assignments. They should all be done on the same paper and labeled with the book, assignment title, and page number.
   1. The Writer’s Craft, p. 564, Check Point activity. The students should read back over pp. 556-563 to review Reflexive, Intensive, Demonstrative, Interrogative, Indefinite, and Relative Pronouns before completing the assignment.
   2. Write Source, p. 706-707. The students should read p. 706 and complete the activity on p. 707.
4. Literature:
   1. Students should read the “Elements of Literature” section on p. 355 in their literature book.
   2. Students should read “Before you read” on p. 356 and then read “When I Lay My Burden Down,” p. 357-361.
   3. Students should complete the study guide handout for this selection.  Here is the study guide.  Just click, download, and print a copy.  study-guide.doc

Homework:

1. Complete the vocabulary assignments for Unit 5.
2. The Accelerated Reader projects are due on Friday, October 19^th, 2007