YEARBOOK INFORMATION

YEARBOOKS ARE $65 THROUGH DECEMBER 1.  PURCHASE THEM IN ROOM 211 OR GO TO  www.yearbookforever.com!

SENIOR AD DEADLINE IS DECEMBER 1ST. REMEMBER, THERE IS LIMITED SPACE, SO ORDER EARLY!!!

Monday, Oct. 26 - PLANNING DAY (No School)

Tuesday-Wednesday, Oct. 27-28

I gave students their Quarter 1 grade printouts today, and they took TDL #3 (FCAT Reading Practice).  Students who qualify for grade recovery may print out the attached contract.  Once the student and his/her parent have signed it and returned the signed portion to me, I'll assign the student to the Odyssey program and he/she can get started.  ALL GRADE RECOVERY CONTRACTS MUST BE SUBMITTED BY FRIDAY, NOV. 13TH.  NO CONTRACTS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER THAT DATE, AND STUDENTS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE QUARTER 1 GRADE RECOVERY PROCESS. 

Thursday - Friday, Oct. 29-30
We reviewed and revised District Timed Writing #2 today (required community service).  REVISED ESSAYS ARE DUE NEXT CLASS!!!  STUDENTS WHO DO NOT SUBMIT A REVISION WILL KEEP THE GRADE FROM THE FIRST DRAFT.

Monday - Tuesday, Nov. 2-3

2nd period students turned in their essays, and we took the opportunity to see the school's drama dept.'s production of "Voice of an Angel:  A Tribute to Michael Jackson" in the auditorium.  3rd block turned in their essays, copied Figurative Language Notes into the Reader's Workshop section of thier notebooks and discussed that we will be learning how to do dialectical journals during reading.  (This is an AP reading strategy we'll be using this quarter, instead of reading groups.) On B day (Nov. 3), all classes worked on the Reader's Workshop.

Wednesday - Thursday, Nov. 4-5
Students took the County's Write Score writing test today.  Thursday's students received the midterm exam projects and plagiarism contracts in class.  Due to early release, A day students will get them on Friday.  MIDTERM EXAM PROJECTS ARE DUE ON JAN. 7 FOR A-DAY AND JAN. 8 FOR B-DAY.  PARENTS, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU READ THE RUBRICS CAREFULLY, AS NO LATE WORK WILL BE ACCEPTED IN JANUARY.  PARENTS SHOULD SIGN THE BOTTOM PORTION OF THE SECOND PAGE OF THE ASSIGNMENT SHEET AND RETURN IT TO ME BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK.

STUDENTS MUST HAVE A BOOK FOR INDEPENDENT READING BY MONDAY, NOV. 9!  BOOKS MUST BE AT LEAST 200 PAGES, GRADE LEVEL OR ABOVE AND MUST BE APPROPRIATE LITERARY MERIT FOR ANALYSIS AND CLOSE READING.  PLEASE - ALL BOOKS SHOULD BE CLASSROOM APPROPRIATE!
Friday - Monday, Nov. 6-7
2nd period (Friday) copied Figurative Language notes.  Both classes went over the midterm exam project and signed plagiarism contracts.  Contracts were also sent home for parents to see and are attached here.  In all other classes, we read "Us and Them" which starts on page  73 and practiced our first Dialectical Journal (AP reading strategy).  Students will be asked to use this strategy while reading their independent reading novels.