Tuesday, December 21, 2010

HOnors: Story due tomorrow. See yesterday's post for details.

Standard: Read Chapter 17 in Charlotte Doyle. Finish finding sentences which contain the vocabulary words. Last chance to get chapters 7-12 in. It is a test grade.

Monday, December 20, 2010

Since I was absent last week, I am giving block 4, 6 and 7 until tomorrow to turn in Chapters 7-12 of Charlotte Doyle

Short stories are due on Wednesday, December 22. Please have the rough drafts and any prewriting stapled to the back of the finished copy before you come into class.

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Standard: Typed chapters 7-12 of Charlotte Doyle due tomorrow

Honors: Book jacket due tomorrow

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Standard: Test on Chapters 7-12 tomorrow. Bring a pen.

Honors: Book jacket project due Friday. No late projects will be accepted.

Monday, December 13, 2010

Standard: Test on Charlotte Doyle on Wednesday

Honors: Book jacket project due Friday

Friday, December 10, 2010

Standard: Finish your entry and foreshadowing for Chapter 12. There will be a test on Chapters 7-12 of The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle next Wednesday.

Honors: Book jacket due next Friday.

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Honors: Quotation Worksheet

Standard: You should have Chapters 7-11 done by now for Charlotte Doyle. Test on Chapters 7-11 next Wednesday.

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Standard: Finish the journal entry for Chapter 10/foreshadowing.

Honors: Be thinking of the story you are going to write.

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Standard: Vocabulary quiz tomorrow--know the spelling/definitions:
1. mutiny
2. congenial
3. contemplate
4. malicious
5. quiver
6. destitute
7. derision
8. malodorous

Honors: Vocabulary quiz tomorrow.

Block 5--Read the novel you took from my room to decide what kind of lead the author used.

Monday, December 6, 2010

Standard: 1. Read Chapter 8 of Charlotte Doyle. Write a journal entry and at least one example of foreshadowing. Auiz on vocabulary on Wednesday--know spelling and definitions.

Honors: Block 1-read pages 397--398---the students' rough draft and finished copy.
Vocabulary quiz on Lesson 5 words on Wednesday.

Friday, December 3, 2010

Honors: Block 1--Using sentence models on page 9 of green book, create your own sentences using one of your vocabulary from Lesson 5. So, you will use four of the vocabulary words from Lesson 5.

Standard: If you didn't hand in your six typed chapters of The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, finish them over the weekend. Due Monday.

Have a great weekend.

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Honors: Block 5--Using sentence models on page 9 of green book, create your own sentences using one of your vocabulary from Lesson 5. So, you will use four of the vocabulary words from Lesson 5.

Read "The Ground is Always Damp" on page 535 and write sentences which show sensory details. You need one sentence at least for each sense on your index card.

Standard: No homework unless you didn't read Chapter 7 in Charlotte Doyle last night. You were supposed to also write a journal entry and at least one example of foreshadowing.

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Wow! December 1 already!

Honors: Vocabulary--5A,5B, and 5C---complete sentences and highlight the vocabulary word.

Standard: Read Chapter 7 of The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle and write in your journal--indicate at least one example of foreshadowing. Quiz tomorrow--one question from the chapter.