Whole class exercise in peer editing mock essays.
HW: Read Chapters 11-16 - Due Monday 11/4. (Note: this is an extension)
Thursday, October 31, 2013
English 2 Honors
Whole class exercise in peer editing mock essays.
HW: SAT #4 Vocabulary - Definition, sentence, antonym, synonym - Due 11/1
HW: SAT #4 Vocabulary - Definition, sentence, antonym, synonym - Due 11/1
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
English 2 Honors
Completed Mock FCAT writes today.
HW: Vocabulary List #4 - Definitions, sentences, Antonym and synonym. Due 11/1.
HW: Vocabulary List #4 - Definitions, sentences, Antonym and synonym. Due 11/1.
English 1
Tuesday 10/29/31
Today we reviewed SAT vocabulary and discussed Myths and Truths of FCAT writing. Then we reviewed our essay prompt about future careers and discussed what it was asking. The students spent 20 minutes pre-planning for their essay which they will write tomorrow.
HW: Research chosen career.
Today we reviewed SAT vocabulary and discussed Myths and Truths of FCAT writing. Then we reviewed our essay prompt about future careers and discussed what it was asking. The students spent 20 minutes pre-planning for their essay which they will write tomorrow.
HW: Research chosen career.
English 2
Tuesday 10/29/31
Today we reviewed SAT vocabulary and discussed Myths and Truths of FCAT writing. Then we reviewed our essay prompt about future careers and discussed what it was asking. The students spent 20 minutes pre-planning for their essay which they will write tomorrow.
HW: Research chosen career.
Today we reviewed SAT vocabulary and discussed Myths and Truths of FCAT writing. Then we reviewed our essay prompt about future careers and discussed what it was asking. The students spent 20 minutes pre-planning for their essay which they will write tomorrow.
HW: Research chosen career.
English 2 Honors
Tuesday 10/29/31
Today we reviewed SAT vocabulary and discussed Myths and Truths of FCAT writing. Then we reviewed our essay prompt about future careers and discussed what it was asking. The students spent 20 minutes pre-planning for their essay which they will write tomorrow.
HW: Research chosen career.
Today we reviewed SAT vocabulary and discussed Myths and Truths of FCAT writing. Then we reviewed our essay prompt about future careers and discussed what it was asking. The students spent 20 minutes pre-planning for their essay which they will write tomorrow.
HW: Research chosen career.
English 1
Monday 10/28/31
Students read “The Sniper”
in their Language of Literature books. When they finished they
answered the following questions on a separate piece of paper they turned in at the end of class:
a) Who are the
characters in the story?
b) What is the setting
of the story?
c) What is the main
conflict of the story?
HW: Finish for homework any questions not completed.
English 2
Monday 10/28/31
Students read “The Son from America” beginning on page 160 in their Language of Literature books. After they finished reading, the students answered the following questions on a separate piece of paper they turned in at the end of class.
Page 167 “Connect to the Literature” : including #1 What do you think? and the 3 questions under “Comprehension Check.
HW: Finish for homework any questions not completed.
English 2 Honors
Monday 10/28/31
Students read “The Son
from America” beginning on page 160 in
their Language of Literature books. After they finished reading,
the students answered the following questions on a separate piece of paper they
turned in at the end of class.
Page 167 “Connect to the Literature” : including #1 What do you think? and the 3 questions under “Comprehension Check.
HW: Finish for homework any questions not completed.
Friday, October 18, 2013
English 2
Began review for Night Unit test. Discussed student questions concerning time line paragraph and journal revision and submission. Shared journals.
HW:
Night unit test 10/22.
1 Journal revised and edited (one page) due 10/21.
Elie Weisel timeline and essay due 10/21.
HW:
Night unit test 10/22.
1 Journal revised and edited (one page) due 10/21.
Elie Weisel timeline and essay due 10/21.
English 2 Honors
Unit exam on Night. Review imagery paragraph and timeline paragraph requirements. Provide example. Disuss journal submission requirements. Shared journals.
HW:
Complete the Elie timeline worksheet. This worksheet will culminate in a short literary essay which is due 10/21 (Note date change).
Complete the imagery worksheet. This worksheet will culminate in a short literary essay which is due 10/21(note date change).
2 Journals revised and edited (one page each) due 10/21
HW:
Complete the Elie timeline worksheet. This worksheet will culminate in a short literary essay which is due 10/21 (Note date change).
Complete the imagery worksheet. This worksheet will culminate in a short literary essay which is due 10/21(note date change).
2 Journals revised and edited (one page each) due 10/21
English 1
Thursday 10/17/13
FCAT Practice - reading comprehension - FCAT 16.
HW: Noun Quiz Friday 10/18.
FCAT Practice - reading comprehension - FCAT 16.
HW: Noun Quiz Friday 10/18.
English 2
Thursday 10/17/13
The students began writing their timeline paragraphs.
HW: Complete study guide questions for Sections 8 & 9.
Night unit test 10/22.
1 Journal revised and edited (one page) due 10/21.
Elie Weisel timeline and essay due 10/21.
The students began writing their timeline paragraphs.
HW: Complete study guide questions for Sections 8 & 9.
Night unit test 10/22.
1 Journal revised and edited (one page) due 10/21.
Elie Weisel timeline and essay due 10/21.
English 2 Honors
Thursday 10/17/13
Subsitute today - The students answered study guide questions for sections 1-9 of Night. They also were to work on their journal revisions and/or their imagery paragraph and/or their timeine paragraph.
HW:
Complete the Elie timeline worksheet. This worksheet will culminate in a short literary essay which is due 10/21 (Note date change).
Complete the imagery worksheet. This worksheet will culminate in a short literary essay which is due 10/21(note date change).
Night unit test 10/18.
2 Journals revised and edited (one page each) due 10/21
Subsitute today - The students answered study guide questions for sections 1-9 of Night. They also were to work on their journal revisions and/or their imagery paragraph and/or their timeine paragraph.
HW:
Complete the Elie timeline worksheet. This worksheet will culminate in a short literary essay which is due 10/21 (Note date change).
Complete the imagery worksheet. This worksheet will culminate in a short literary essay which is due 10/21(note date change).
Night unit test 10/18.
2 Journals revised and edited (one page each) due 10/21
English 1
Wednesday 10/16/13
We watched the beginning of a documentary One Survivour Remembers. The documentary was a survivors story of her time in the Holocaust and her life after.
HW: Noun Quiz Friday 10/18.
We watched the beginning of a documentary One Survivour Remembers. The documentary was a survivors story of her time in the Holocaust and her life after.
HW: Noun Quiz Friday 10/18.
English 2
Wednesday 10/16/13
We watched the documentary The Children's March about the civil rights movement in 1963. Students were required to answer comprehension questions about the film.
HW: Complete study guide questions for Sections 8 & 9.
Night unit test 10/22.
1 Journal revised and edited (one page) due 10/21.
Elie Weisel timeline and essay due 10/21.
We watched the documentary The Children's March about the civil rights movement in 1963. Students were required to answer comprehension questions about the film.
HW: Complete study guide questions for Sections 8 & 9.
Night unit test 10/22.
1 Journal revised and edited (one page) due 10/21.
Elie Weisel timeline and essay due 10/21.
English 2 Honors
Wednesday 10/16/13
Periods 1, 2 & 3 did not meet today. All 10th grade students took the PSAT today. Period 4 spent their time wisely working on future assigments.
HW:
Complete the Elie timeline worksheet. This worksheet will culminate in a short literary essay which is due 10/21 (Note date change).
Complete the imagery worksheet. This worksheet will culminate in a short literary essay which is due 10/21(note date change).
Night unit test 10/18.
2 Journals revised and edited (one page each) due 10/21
Periods 1, 2 & 3 did not meet today. All 10th grade students took the PSAT today. Period 4 spent their time wisely working on future assigments.
HW:
Complete the Elie timeline worksheet. This worksheet will culminate in a short literary essay which is due 10/21 (Note date change).
Complete the imagery worksheet. This worksheet will culminate in a short literary essay which is due 10/21(note date change).
Night unit test 10/18.
2 Journals revised and edited (one page each) due 10/21
Thursday, October 17, 2013
English 1
TUESDAY 10/15/13
Today we practiced identifying nouns (concrete, abstract, compound) and reviewed the correct answers to our Chapter 1-6 test.
HW: Read through chapter 10 in our novel If I Should Die Before I Wake.
Today we practiced identifying nouns (concrete, abstract, compound) and reviewed the correct answers to our Chapter 1-6 test.
HW: Read through chapter 10 in our novel If I Should Die Before I Wake.
English 2
TUESDAY 10/15/13
Today we shared our journals and completed reading our novel Night.
HW: Complete study guide questions for Sections 8 & 9..
Night unit test 10/22.
1 Journal revised and edited (one page) due 10/21.
Elie Weisel timeline and essay due 10/21.
Today we shared our journals and completed reading our novel Night.
HW: Complete study guide questions for Sections 8 & 9..
Night unit test 10/22.
1 Journal revised and edited (one page) due 10/21.
Elie Weisel timeline and essay due 10/21.
English 2 Honors
TUESDAY 10/15/13
We watched the documentary The Children's March about the civil rights movement in 1963. Students were required to answer comprehension questions about the film.
HW:
Complete the Elie timeline worksheet. This worksheet will culminate in a short literary essay which is due 10/21 (Note date change).
Complete the imagery worksheet. This worksheet will culminate in a short literary essay which is due 10/21(note date change).
Night unit test 10/18.
2 Journals revised and edited (one page each) due 10/21
We watched the documentary The Children's March about the civil rights movement in 1963. Students were required to answer comprehension questions about the film.
HW:
Complete the Elie timeline worksheet. This worksheet will culminate in a short literary essay which is due 10/21 (Note date change).
Complete the imagery worksheet. This worksheet will culminate in a short literary essay which is due 10/21(note date change).
Night unit test 10/18.
2 Journals revised and edited (one page each) due 10/21
Monday, October 14, 2013
English 1
Today we completed Post Test #1 - Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe.
HW: 1 Journal revised and edited (one page) due 10/21.
HW: 1 Journal revised and edited (one page) due 10/21.
English 2
Today we did energy writing and shared some stories. Then we completed reading Section 7 in Night.
HW: Complete study guide questions for Sections 6 & 7.
Night unit test 10/22.
1 Journal revised and edited (one page) due 10/21.
Elie Weisel timeline and essay due 10/21.
HW: Complete study guide questions for Sections 6 & 7.
Night unit test 10/22.
1 Journal revised and edited (one page) due 10/21.
Elie Weisel timeline and essay due 10/21.
English 2 Honors
Today we learned about the Japenese internment during WWII. We read Farewell to Manzanar the memoir of a young lady who lived through it. Then we compred her memoir to Elie Weisel's memoir Night.
HW: Complete reading not finished in class, and complete Venn Diagram detailing the similarities and differences in the 2 stories. Due tomorrow 10/15.
Complete the Elie timeline worksheet. This worksheet will culminate in a short literary essay which is due 10/18.
Complete the imagery worksheet. This worksheet will culminate in a short literary essay which is due 10/18.
Night unit test 10/18.
2 Journals revised and edited (one page each) due 10/21
HW: Complete reading not finished in class, and complete Venn Diagram detailing the similarities and differences in the 2 stories. Due tomorrow 10/15.
Complete the Elie timeline worksheet. This worksheet will culminate in a short literary essay which is due 10/18.
Complete the imagery worksheet. This worksheet will culminate in a short literary essay which is due 10/18.
Night unit test 10/18.
2 Journals revised and edited (one page each) due 10/21
Saturday, October 12, 2013
English 1
Friday 10/11/13
Today we were assigned to different classrooms; Ms. Corridon had to leave a little early. We were assigned chapters 7 & 8 to read and answer study guide questions in our novel If I Should Die Before I Wake.
HW: Chapters 7-8 and study guide questions for our novel due Monday 10/14.
Today we were assigned to different classrooms; Ms. Corridon had to leave a little early. We were assigned chapters 7 & 8 to read and answer study guide questions in our novel If I Should Die Before I Wake.
HW: Chapters 7-8 and study guide questions for our novel due Monday 10/14.
English 2
Friday 10/11/13
Today we had another HW check to make sure we are all keeping up with our homework assignments.
Then we got into groups to complete our study guide questions for section 5 of Night: once finished we began reading section 6.
HW: Complete section 6 of Night n- Due Monday 10/14.
Night unit test 10/21.
1 Journal revised and edited (one page) due 10/21.
Today we had another HW check to make sure we are all keeping up with our homework assignments.
Then we got into groups to complete our study guide questions for section 5 of Night: once finished we began reading section 6.
HW: Complete section 6 of Night n- Due Monday 10/14.
Night unit test 10/21.
1 Journal revised and edited (one page) due 10/21.
English 2 Honors
Friday 10/11/13
Today we reviewed SAT vocab and shared our "Free Write Friday" journals. Then we formed groups to discuss and continue working on our Night imagery chart and timeline.
HW: Complete the Elie timeline worksheet. This worksheet will culminate in a short literary essay which is due 10/18.
Complete the imagery worksheet. This worksheet will culminate in a short literary essay which is due 10/18.
Night unit test 10/18.
2 Journals revised and edited (one page each) due 10/21
Today we reviewed SAT vocab and shared our "Free Write Friday" journals. Then we formed groups to discuss and continue working on our Night imagery chart and timeline.
HW: Complete the Elie timeline worksheet. This worksheet will culminate in a short literary essay which is due 10/18.
Complete the imagery worksheet. This worksheet will culminate in a short literary essay which is due 10/18.
Night unit test 10/18.
2 Journals revised and edited (one page each) due 10/21
Thursday, October 10, 2013
English 1
We took a test on the first 6 chapters of our novel "If I Should Die Before I Wake".
HW: None
HW: None
English 2
Today we had a HW check to make sure we are all keeping up with our homework assignments.
Then we read most of Section 5 in our Novel "Night".
HW: Complete Night - date TBD (hopefully by 10/16)
Complete the Elie timeline worksheet through Chapter 5. Due Tomorrow 10/11
Complete Night chapter chart through Chapter 5. Due Tomorrow 10/11
Night unit test 10/21.
1 Journal revised and edited (one page) due 10/21.
Then we read most of Section 5 in our Novel "Night".
HW: Complete Night - date TBD (hopefully by 10/16)
Complete the Elie timeline worksheet through Chapter 5. Due Tomorrow 10/11
Complete Night chapter chart through Chapter 5. Due Tomorrow 10/11
Night unit test 10/21.
1 Journal revised and edited (one page) due 10/21.
English 2 Honors
Today we shared journals, talked about horror movies and stories, and we also practiced our vocabulary and grammar skills.
HW: Finish reading the novel Night - Due 10/11
Complete the Elie timeline worksheet. This worksheet will culminate in a short literary essay which is due 10/18.
Complete the imagery worksheet. This worksheet will culminate in a short literary essay which is due 10/18.
Night unit test 10/18.
2 Journals revised and edited (one page each) due 10/21
HW: Finish reading the novel Night - Due 10/11
Complete the Elie timeline worksheet. This worksheet will culminate in a short literary essay which is due 10/18.
Complete the imagery worksheet. This worksheet will culminate in a short literary essay which is due 10/18.
Night unit test 10/18.
2 Journals revised and edited (one page each) due 10/21
English 1
Tuesday 10/8/13
We spent the entire class period reviewing for the test.
HW: Study for test that's on Thursday.
Monday 10/7/13
Today we read chapter 6 of our class novel "If I Should Die Before I Wake" and responded to a Journal about our reading.
HW: Study For Test Thursday 10/10
We spent the entire class period reviewing for the test.
HW: Study for test that's on Thursday.
Monday 10/7/13
Today we read chapter 6 of our class novel "If I Should Die Before I Wake" and responded to a Journal about our reading.
HW: Study For Test Thursday 10/10
English 2 Honors
WEDNESDAY 10/9/13
Today we worked on our first 2 punctuation formulas, and then we review Night vocabulary for Sections 1-3 by completeing a crossword puzzle.
HW: Finish reading the novel Night - Due 10/11
Complete the Elie timeline worksheet. This worksheet will culminate in a short literary essay which is due 10/18.
Complete the imagery worksheet. This worksheet will culminate in a short literary essay which is due 10/18.
Night unit test 10/18.
2 Journals revised and edited (one page each) due 10/21
Today we worked on our first 2 punctuation formulas, and then we review Night vocabulary for Sections 1-3 by completeing a crossword puzzle.
HW: Finish reading the novel Night - Due 10/11
Complete the Elie timeline worksheet. This worksheet will culminate in a short literary essay which is due 10/18.
Complete the imagery worksheet. This worksheet will culminate in a short literary essay which is due 10/18.
Night unit test 10/18.
2 Journals revised and edited (one page each) due 10/21
English 2
Wednesday 10/9/13
We reviewed SAT vocabulary and read Chapter 4 of Night.
HW: 1 Journal revised and edited (one page) due 10/21, Complete Night chapter worksheet through Chapter 4 and complete STudy Guide Chapter 4 questions.
Tuesday 10/8/13
Today we wrote and shared journals about our past and our futures. We took Post-test #1 to review for our exam that is in the spring.
HW: 1 Journal revised and edited (one page) due 10/21
We reviewed SAT vocabulary and read Chapter 4 of Night.
HW: 1 Journal revised and edited (one page) due 10/21, Complete Night chapter worksheet through Chapter 4 and complete STudy Guide Chapter 4 questions.
Tuesday 10/8/13
Today we wrote and shared journals about our past and our futures. We took Post-test #1 to review for our exam that is in the spring.
HW: 1 Journal revised and edited (one page) due 10/21
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
English 2 Honors
Today we wrote and shared journals about our past and our futures. We took Post-test #1 to review for our exam that is in the spring. We discussed our Concrete poem projects that we completed last week.
HW: Finish reading the novel Night - Due 10/11
Complete the Elie timeline worksheet. This worksheet will culminate in a short literary essay which is due 10/18.
Complete the imagery worksheet. This worksheet will culminate in a short literary essay which is due 10/18.
Night unit test 10/18.
2 Journals revised and edited (one page each) due 10/21
HW: Finish reading the novel Night - Due 10/11
Complete the Elie timeline worksheet. This worksheet will culminate in a short literary essay which is due 10/18.
Complete the imagery worksheet. This worksheet will culminate in a short literary essay which is due 10/18.
Night unit test 10/18.
2 Journals revised and edited (one page each) due 10/21
Monday, October 7, 2013
Eng 1
Today we completed a noun overhead worksheet, and then we began to discuss the who, the why, the what, and the how. We began reading chapter 5 as a class and we had a class discussion about chapter 4.
HW: Complete IISD for section 5 - Due 10/8
Complete the chapter worksheet through chapter 5
IISD ch1-6 test 10/10.
1 Journals revised and edited (one page) due 10/21.
HW: Complete IISD for section 5 - Due 10/8
Complete the chapter worksheet through chapter 5
IISD ch1-6 test 10/10.
1 Journals revised and edited (one page) due 10/21.
English 2
Today we reviewed pronouns (subject/object/possesive). We then discussed due dates for various assigments through the next two weeks (see below in HW). We proceeded to have a class discussion of our novel thru section 3 and began reading section 4 .
HW: Complete Night - date TBD (hopefully by midweek next week)
Complete the Elie timeline worksheet. This worksheet will culminate in a short literary essay which is due 10/18.
Night unit test 10/21.
1 Journal revised and edited (one page) due 10/21.
HW: Complete Night - date TBD (hopefully by midweek next week)
Complete the Elie timeline worksheet. This worksheet will culminate in a short literary essay which is due 10/18.
Night unit test 10/21.
1 Journal revised and edited (one page) due 10/21.
English 2 Honors
Today we shared creative journals and reviewed pronouns. We then discussed due ates for various assigments through the next two weeks (see below in HW). We proceeded to have a class discussion of our novel thru section 4.
HW: Finish reading the novel Night - Due 10/11
Complete the Elie timeline worksheet. This worksheet will culminate in a short literary essay which is due 10/18.
Complete the imagery worksheet. This worksheet will culminate in a short literary essay which is due 10/18.
Night unit test 10/18.
2 Journals revised and edited (one page each) due 10/21
HW: Finish reading the novel Night - Due 10/11
Complete the Elie timeline worksheet. This worksheet will culminate in a short literary essay which is due 10/18.
Complete the imagery worksheet. This worksheet will culminate in a short literary essay which is due 10/18.
Night unit test 10/18.
2 Journals revised and edited (one page each) due 10/21
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
English 1
MONDAY 9/30/2103
Today we reviewed our prefixess, commonly confused words, and vocabualry that will be on tomorrows test.Then we proceeded to begin reading together chapter 3 of our novel.
HW: Study for Vocabulary test..
Today we reviewed our prefixess, commonly confused words, and vocabualry that will be on tomorrows test.Then we proceeded to begin reading together chapter 3 of our novel.
HW: Study for Vocabulary test..
English 2
MONDAY 9/30/2013
Today we wrote down study guide questions for Night section 1 &2. Then we did a quick review of section 1&2, and eventually moved onto section 3 which we are reading together as a class.
HW: Answer all questions for study guide for section 1&2.
Today we wrote down study guide questions for Night section 1 &2. Then we did a quick review of section 1&2, and eventually moved onto section 3 which we are reading together as a class.
HW: Answer all questions for study guide for section 1&2.
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