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WELCOME BACK Wednesday, September 2, 2009 Students had to define the following poetry vocabulary words in their literature books using pages 189-192. They must read in order to get the definitions. All definitions are there except fluency. 1. form 2. sound 3. imagery 4. figurative language 5. tone 6. speaker 7. fluency 8. repetition 9. alliteration. Students will write a poem about things that they are afraid of and or things they are not frighten by. The poem must be a minimum of ten lines, give it a title, and use the elements of poetry that we discussed in class. Please type the poem if you have access to a computer or handwrite it neatly in ink. Remember to put a complete heading on your paper. Due Friday, September 4, 2009. Refer to Maya Angelou's poem "Life Doesn't Frighten Me" as a reference. Students that were absent Friday, 8/28, must do the diagnostic prompt ASAP. Students that were absent Tuesday, 9/1, must makeup the spelling lesson one test. Make sure to study the spelling of the words and their definitions. Have a gregarious day!!!!!!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday, September 2, 2009 Write your own poem about things that frighten you. Must have ten or more lines. Give it a title. Must use the elements of poetry. Must be typed or neatly written in ink. Due Friday. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, September 3, 2009 These are the notes that students took during class. Poems about what frightens/does not frighten you due tomorrow. You must have the following: Title, typed or written in ink on loose leaf paper, minumum of ten lines, and include the elements of poetry that we discussed in class. Sentence Fragment – a group of words that does not express a complete thought but is punctuated as a sentence. A fragment is only part of a sentence; it is missing the subject, predicate, or both. To correct a sentence fragment add the missing part. Ex: In the center ring. Corrected: The clowns arrived in the center ring
Complete Sentence – a group of words with a subject and a predicate that expresses a complete thought.
Noun – names a person, place, or thing.
Compound Noun – one noun made by joining two or more words. Ex.: headboard, crossbar, shot-put, dinner jacket, pen pal.
Common Noun – names any one of a group of people, places, or things. Ex: boy, girl, city, state, country, school
Proper Noun – names a specific person, place, or thing. Ex: Bobby, Anna,
Pronoun – takes the place of a noun. Ex: he, she, it, them, they, us
Personal Pronouns refer to (1) the person speaking or writing, (2) the person listening or reading, or (3) the topic (person, place, or thing) being discussed or written about.
Demonstrative Pronoun points out a person, place, or thing. This, That, These, and Those are the demonstrative pronouns
Verb – expresses the action or condition of a person, place, or thing. A. Action Verb – indicates the action of a person or thing. The action can be visible or mental.
B. Linking Verb – connects a noun or pronoun to a word that identifies or describes the noun or pronoun.
C. Helping Verb – a verb that comes before the main verb and adds to its meaning. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Friday, September 4, 2009 Poems about things that frighten/do not frighten you were due today. Benchmark testing will take place , Wednesday, and Thursday part of Friday. Students are to bring a novel of choice to read if they finish the test early. Have a fantastic 3-day weekend!!!!!
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MONDAY, 9/7/09 HOLIDAY!! NO SCHOOL TUESDAY,9/8/09 In class students had to write an ABC List of words that dealt with growing up. Prewriting activity to lead into the story "Eleven" HOMEWORK--Students are to bring a novel to read after testing tomorrow and Thursday.. WEDNESDAY, 9/8/09 Benchmark Testing - Reading. Classes not testing wrote a Bio Poem and made shirt to write it on. HOMEWORK--Bring novel for tomorrow. THURSDAY, 9/9/09 Benchmark Testing - Math. Classes not testing continued their Bio Poems and shirts. Homework--None FRIDAY, 9/10/09 Students in periods 1, 2 & 6 wrote I Am Poems and made a shirt to write it on. Periods 3 and 4 read the story "Eleven" in the literature book pages 26-33. There is no homework. Have a Fantastic Weekend!!!! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MONDAY, 9/14/09 Reread the story "Eleven" literature book pages 26-33. Write a paragraph about a best or worst birthday or special occasion. Make sure to describe the event and explain how it made you feel. Define the following vocabulary words in the literature book: chronological, time-line, sentence fragment, plot, except, expect, sudden, invisible, theme. Definitions due Thursday. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TUESDAY, 9/15/09 Students are to answer the following questions in their languagre arts notebooks: 1. Why do people remain silent when they are falsely accused? 2. Is it ever acceptable to embarass someone intentionally(on purpose)? 3. What is the main reason Rachel moves the sweater to the corner of her desk? 4. Why does the author compare the sweater to a big red mountain? 5. Why does Rachel say her family celebration will be too late? Do Vocabulary and Spelling 1-4 page 32 and Grammar in Context 1-4 page 33 You must write the sentences in both. "Eleven" test will be Friday on comprehension and vocabulary. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday, 9/16/09--What is the theme of the story "Eleven"? Vocabulary words should have been defined, will check them tomorrow. Went over parts of a friendly letter in class today. Completed grammar book page 455 exercise 31, "Fragments". ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ THURSDAY, 9/17/09 "Eleven" test tomorrow. Study vocabulary and reread the story. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FRIDAY, 9/18/09 -- Students took the "Eleven" selection/vocabulary test today. Have a terrific weekend!!!!!!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MONDAY, 9/21/09 Students are to do grammar exercises 1 and 2 page 295. Students in periods 1, 2, 3, & 6 should complete their choice activities if they did not complete them in class today. Students in period 4 did the exercises in class and should complete one of their choice activities for homework tonight. The other choice activity will be completed in class tomorrow. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TUESDAY, 9/22/09 - Students received interims today. Parents, please cut off the bottom portion, sign the interim, and have your child return it to their sixth period teacher tomorrow. The student is required to sign the interim also. Homework is grammar exercises 3, 4 & 5 pages 296 & 298. For exercise 5 use a T chart to chart the answers (Common Nouns/Proper Nouns) to keep from circling and underlining answers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WEDNESDAY, 9/23/09--Learn cheer. Return signed interim report to 6th period teacher. Picnic in the Park Fund Raiser money due October 9the to 1st period teacher. No Formal homework tonight. Paremts please check your child's planner for notes from teachers about missing assignments. Zeroes on pinnacle let you know that your child has not handed in an assignment. If the assignment has been posted but there are no grades for it, I have not entered the grades or your child was absent. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THURSDAY, 9/23/09----Copy the vocabulary words from your textbook (Words to Know in brown boxes at the bottom of the pages). Read/reread the story Answer the following questions: 1. From the context of the story, what does the word beckon mean? 2. One day Daedalus was watching the gulls wheeling and circling above the surf, he had an inspiration. What does the word inspiration mean in this sentence? 3. What word best describes Icarus? 4. What is the main conflict in the myth? 5. What is the author's purpose in writing this myth? 6. What lesson about human behavior does this myth teach? 7. Why did Daedalus beckon his son to stay at a certain level and follow him? 8. What caused Icarus to fall to his death? 9. What advantage did Daedalus have over his son? 10. Which sentence from the myth offers the best evidence that Daedalus was a protective father? Test on the myths will be next Friday, October 2, 2009. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MONDAY, 9/28/09 NO SCHOOL TUESDAY, 9/29/09 Students are to read pages 2-8 in the grammar textbook. WEDNESDAY, 9/30/09 Students are to complete the chart for the stories The Boy Who Flew and ARachne. Main Character(s), Setting, Conflict, Main Event, Main Event, Main Event, Main Event, Climax, Resolution. Test for the Three myths will be next Friday. Fund Raiser money is due Oct. 9. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2009 Myths are stories that ancient people made up to explain natural phenomena. They are peoples attempt to understand the universe as they see it. Students are to make up a myth of their own. Write a rough draft and bring it to class tomorrow. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MONDAY, October 5, 2009--Students are to write their myth, if they have not done so already, and bring it to class tomorrow. The myth must contain at least one god/goddess and tell about a natural phenomena/teaching a lesson about life. The test for all three myths will be Friday, October 9, along with vocabulary. Fundraiser money is due Friday, 10/9/09 TUESDAY, October 6, 2009--Students should make all corrections and rewrite their myths tonight. They were told in class. Myths are due tomorrow. Myth must tell about a natural phenomena/teaching a lesson about life. Students should have completed the chart of three stories (The Boy Who Flew, Arachne, The Story of Ceres and Proserpina) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WEDNESDAY, October 7, 2009--Myths are due today. Story charts of The Boy Who Flew, Arachne, and The Story of Ceres and Proserpina will be checked today. Parents, when you look on Pinnacle you will find four assignments with no grades. As long as it is empty that means that I have not put the grades in yet. However, if you find a zero as a grade or inc. then it is time to ask your child what happened to that assignment. Test on the three myths comprehension and vocabulary will be Friday, October 9. Study!!!!!!!!!!!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2009---Test on the three myths tomorrow along with the vocabulary. Last day for fundraiser money. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2009--Students took the test on the three myths "The Boy Who Flew," "Arachne," and "The Story of Ceres and Proserpina" vocabulary and the selection test. Fundraiser extended to Wednesday, October 14. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2009--No Homework -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2009-- Write an essay to answer the following question: Why is it important to obey laws and rules? Due tomorrow. Students worked on vocabulary words in class for The Disobedient Boy. If you have looked on Pinnacle and see a zero for the choice activities for "Eleven", please hand in those activities ASAP. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2009 Grammar book page 381 exercise 1 and page 383 exercise 2 Answers Only. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2009, "The Disobedient Boy" literature book page 790 reread the story, fill in the story chart, and study the three vocabulary words, tolerate, emit, forbid. Short quiz tomorrow. Study!!!! The questions will be used as a review in class tomorrow. Therefore, I am not posting them on this website. "THE DISOBEDIENT CHILD" Story Map Characters: Setting: Conflict: Events: Climax: Resolution: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2009--Students took a short quiz on "The Disobedient Child" There is no homework. Have a F A N T A S T I C weekend!!!!!!!!!! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2009 "The All American Slurp" Vocabulary and Vocabulary Improvement Chart (VIS Chart) 1. unison-doing somethin all at the same time. 2. lavishly - having a very rich and expensive quality. 3. mortified-very embarrassed, humiliated. 4. spectacle-something unusual or entertaining; an object of curiosity or contempt. 5. sultry-very hot and humid. 6. emigrated-left one country to settle in another. 7. smugly-with self-satisfaction. 8. systematic-orderly. 9. etiquette-acceptable social manners. 10. consumption-eating; drinking; using up. We will complete the VIS Chart during class tomorrow. Homework tonight is Grammar Textbook page 384 Exercise 3 (Answers Only) Put answers into a T Chart to keep from underlining answers. Label the chart Simple Subjects/Simple Predicates. Due tomorrow. There will be a quiz on "The All American Slurp" Thursday (Early ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2009--Students should complete their Vocabulary Improvement Chart "The All American Slurp" vocabulary words (See Monday).Make sure to label each column. There will NOT be a quiz Thursday. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2009--Students should have completed their VIS chart. Homework tonight Grammar Textbook pages 387-388 Exercises 10 (Even), 11(All), 12(Even), and Exercise 13(All) Follow the directions in the textbook. EXERCISE 10--1. A mathematician named Charles Babbage 2. He 3. The small parts EXERCISE 11--1. built(underline simple predicate twice)....machines. EXERCISE 12----1. Babbage/imagined(underline twice) a printing device for his machine. EXERCISE 13----1. Word-processing software makes writing papers easier. This assignment is due Monday. TOMORROW IS EARLY RELEASE AND THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2009--Students should answer the following questions after reading the story "The All American Slurp" in the literature book pages S21-S31: 1. How is raw celery different from cooked celery? 2. What is the one problem with celery? 3. What does the narrator worry about when speaking English? 4. How does the father show off? 5. What is another worry of the narrator? 6. Why does the narrator "work on " her mother? 7. Why does Mrs. Lin want her daughter to borrow a girl's bicycle? 8. What is the Lakeview Restaurant like? 9. What were two positive outcomes of Mr. Lin's promotion? 10. How does Mr. Lin prepare for the French menu? 11. What is the correct way to eat soup according to the Chinese? 12. What thoughts go through the narrator's mind as she looks in the mirror in the ladies' room? 13. What does Chinese etiquette force Mr. and Mrs. Lin to do when the teacher praises their daughter's progress? 14. What do the Chinese use in place of large dinner plates? 15. What foods does Mrs. Lin serve at the dinner party? 16. Why doesn't the narrator giggle when she and the others are watching the Gleasons eat? Answer questions in complete sentences. Remember if you have not finished the Vocabulary Improvement Strategy Chart that it is for a grade. "The All American Slurp" TEST will be Tuesday, October 27, 2009 vocabulary and comprehension. S T U D Y!!!!!!!! Grammar Exercises 10 (Even), 11(all), 12(Even), 13(all) Due Monday ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2009--Review the sixteen questions and answers for tomorrow's test. Reread the story and study the vocabulary. Test tomorrow. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2009--"The All American Slurp" Test. No homework. Students received their field trip permission forms today. Money and the form must be handed in to Mrs. Spector. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2009--Writing the introduction to an essay. No homework. Sixth period will take a retest of The All American Slurp tomorrow. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2009--Grammar workbook page 5 exercises 1 & 2. Please follow the directions in both exercises. Exercise 2 #1 & #2 have been done for you. Use the T chart like the one in the book to do the exercise. Either a common noun or proper noun is given. You must supply the missing part. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2009--Picnic In the Park. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MONDAY, November 2, 2009--Essay. Two sheets of loose-leaf paper: First one to plan and the second one to write your essay. Write a five paragraph essay. This is the prompt: The cafeteria manager has asked for suggestions to increase the number of students who buy lunch at your school. Think about what you believe would encourage more students to buy the school lunch. Now write to convince the cafeteria manager to accept your suggestion. You must plan then start your essay on a separate sheet of paper. HOMEWORK--Interview someone that you know about the Civil Rights Movement/discrimination in the 1960s. Write a summary of your interview. If you cannot interview someone, go on the internet and find an article about discrimination or the Civil Rights Movement. Discrimination comes in all forms, it does't matter which one you choose. Write a summary of the article: Who, what, where, when, why, and how. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009--NO HOMEWORK----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2009--Grammar textbook pages 320-32l Exercises 13 & 14. The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963 Vocabulary Words THE WATSONS GO TO CHAPTERS 1 – 4
1. egghead – know-it-all; nerd. 2. emulate – to try to be like or better than; copy someone 3. flypaper – paper coated with a sticky often poisonous substance for killing flies 4. frostbite – the freezing of a surface or deeper layer of tissues of some part of the body (as the feet or hands) 5. hambone – a performer made up in blackface and using a stereotyped black dialect 6. hostile – of or relating to an enemy <hostile troops> UNFRIENDLY <a hostile critic> hostile to new things>FORBIDDING<a hostile environment> 7. incapable – not able to take in, hold, or keep; not able or fit for the doing or performance: INCOMPETENT 8. passionate – excited or easily excited to strong feeling 9. pomade – a fragrant hair dressing 10. skimpy – very little; scarce; measly, scanty, not enough 11. version – an account or description from a particular point of view especially as contrasted with another account; a particular “side” of the story. 12. vital – necessary to the maintenance of life; important 13. juvenile delinquent – a young person who is beyond parental control and therefore subject to legal action 14. panning – finding fault with; criticizing severely; examining and judging as a critic. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ THURSDAY, November 5, 2009----Students finished word maps for the above vocabulary words. Homework --Grammar book page323 Exercises 17(even), 18(all), & 19(even) Make a T chart for chapter 17, -----------------------------------------------------------------------------FRIDAY, November 6, 2009 -- We started reading The Watsons Go To Birmingham---1963 Chapter 1. Have a FANTASTIC Weekend
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