Thursday, January 31, 2008

HS 101

• 1st period: What would you look for in a student of the month? Why?
• 3rd period: Officer Cooper will be here to answer questions.
• 4th period: Not sure what Ms. Wood will talk about today, but I’ll update it tomorrow.

WARM-UP #6

• Proofread the following sentence.
• “My Aunt and my cousin took a trip to Moscow last year,” said Mary.  “I think they visited checkhov’s grave.”

LITERATURE

• Review Graphic Organizer for Active Reading Worksheet and Quickwrite from p. 202 (last night’s homework).
• Study Guide: gift_of_magi_student.doc
• Read “Gift of the Magi” and discuss concepts on the PowerPoint notes. the-gift-of-the-magi-2.ppt

HOMEWORK

• Finish reading “Gift of the Magi”, p. 202-208.
• Complete the study guide.
• Answer questions 1-6 on p. 209.

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

HS 101

• 1st period:  Officer Cooper visited today and answered law questions.
• 3rd and 4th period: “What attributes would you look for in a Student of the Month?  Why?”  Write a paragraph response.

WARM-UP #5

• My Grandfather lived in russia, just like Smirnov, said Joseph.  “I’d like to visit the town where he was born.”

LITERATURE

• Review for test
• Test on “A Man Called Horse”
• Active Reading Guide for “Gift of the Magi”

HOMEWORK

• Finish Active Reading Guide for “Gift of the Magi”
• p. 202, Quickwrite activity in your literature book.  Write your response on the back of the Active Reading Guide.

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

HS 101

• Ms. Wood talked about the cost of college and the potential earnings for the different levels of education.  Having a Bachelor’s degree I should be making over $50,000.  Something is wrong with my paycheck!!!

NO WARM-UP TODAY!!!

LITERATURE

• Review “A Man Called Horse”
• Here are the PowerPoint notes: a-man-called-horse.ppt
• Worksheet on the Elements of Short Stories

HOMEWORK

• Worksheet on Setting for “A Man Called Horse”
• Test tomorrow on “A Man Called Horse”

Monday, January 28, 2008

Today we will be doing some career testing with Coach Mac.  1st and 4th periods are going to the Media Center to complete the KUDER career assessment online.  While down there, students will check out their Accelerated Reader books for this quarter.  The books must be at least 120 pages or more, 5th grade reading level or higher, and at least 2 points on the AR scale.  I will be giving them the assignment sheet for this project tomorrow.  The due date for this project will be March 21st, just before Spring Break.  We did one of these during the first quarter of the first semester, so this shouldn’t be a new concept.  Make sure the book is one you have not read and tested on previously.  You must bring the book with you to class daily to read during free reading times.

I had a comment on the blog this weekend that I would like to address.  I apologize for not posting Friday’s work on here.  Being the weekend, it slipped my mind.  Here you go:

HS 101

• Ms. Wood talked about colleges and their GPA requirements for admission and then took questions for Officer Cooper who would be coming in the following week to lead a discussion.

Warm-up #4

• Riddle #2

  A woman shoots her husband.
  Then she holds him under water for over 5 minutes.
  Finally, she hangs him.
  But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together.
  How can this be?

Vocabulary

• Vocabulary Test on Words to Own for “A Man Called Horse” and “Gift of the Magi”

Worksheet on Modifiers

• Using vivid modifiers and expressive words.

Homework

• p. 180, Activity 2, Creative Writing:  Write a journal for Horse’s first day back in Boston.

Thursday, January 24, 2008

HS 101

• We discussed how to figure out your GPA on the 4 point scale by using p. 10-11 in your school agenda.

Warm-up #3

• Riddle #1
• A boy was at a carnival and went to a booth where a man said to the boy, “If I write your exact weight on this piece of paper then you have to give me $50, but if I cannot, I will pay you $50.”

  The boy looked around and saw no scale so he agrees, thinking no matter what the carny writes he’ll just say he weighs more or less.

  In the end the boy ended up paying the man $50. How did the man win the bet?

Vocabulary

•    Worksheet using the words from “A Man Called Horse” and “The Gift of the Magi”

Literature

• We continued to read “A Man Called Horse”, stopping to discuss setting, plot elements, and character development.

Homework 

• Study for your Vocabulary Test which is tomorrow.
• Finish reading “A Man Called Horse”, p. 166 and answer questions 1-5 at the end of the selection.

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

HS 101

• Created flash cards for our vocabulary terms.

Warm-up #2

• Why do you think that fame is so important in our society?  Is this a good thing?  Is it harmful?  Should our society change its focus?  Why or why not?  How could we go about making this change?

Vocabulary

• Synonyms and Antonyms for this weeks words. a-man-called-horse-and-the-gift-of-the-magi.ppt

Literature

• Begin reading “A Man Called Horse, ” p. 166.  Read through the page break on p. 170.

Homework

• Write sentences with each of the vocabulary words.

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Welcome to 2nd semester!!!

Today we reviewed our syllabus, focusing on the classroom rules and procedures.  Here is a copy of the syllabus if you happen to have misplaced yours.

english-i-syllabus-for-2007-2008.doc

We began our vocabulary unit for this week by defining the vocabulary words for the two short stories we will be reading this week. The words are: restive, piteously, detractor, forestalled, docile, instigate, scrutiny, depreciate, and covet.  These words can be found in the glossary of your literature book.

We took some notes on setting from p. 164-5 in the literature book.

Homework:

• Define the vocabulary words
• Read p. 164-5 in the literature book

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

1st and 3rd

Finished watching the movie version of TKAM.  You need to complete the study guide. Your exam is on Thursday.

4th

Reviewed the study guide from yesterday.  Your exam is tomorrow.   Here is the study guide powerpoint:  mid-term-exam-study-guide-2007-2008.ppt

Monday, January 14, 2008

Today is the due date for your 50 States Research Project.  If you turn it in late, it will cost 20 points for each day late!!!

Students were given a study guide for their mid-term exam.  Here is a copy of the study guide: mid-term-exam-study-guide-2007-2008.doc

The exam schedule is as follows:

• 2nd and 4th on Wednesday, January 16th
• 1st and 3rd on Thursday, January 17th

We will be watching the movie version of To Kill a Mockingbird this week.

1st and 3rd period will watch on Monday and Tuesday and then review for the exam on Wednesday.  4th period will watch on Monday and Thursday and review for the exam on Tuesday.

I will collect TKAM books on Wednesday.

Make sure to bring a #2 pencil with you to class on exam day!

Friday, January 11, 2008

For the past two days, we have been doing research in class and discussing the proper ways to document sources in a Works Cited section for the state brochure that is due on Friday.  I hope that all students have used the time in the media center wisely in order to gather their information and prepare their products for Monday.  They will be collected Monday morning when class begins.  Have a good weekend.