Wednesday, March 31, 2010.

Students will report to Multipurpose Room for course selection. No class today.

REMINDER: Bring completed Lesson 5: Business to check/grade in class tomorrow.

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

1. Read I Had Seen Castles pp. 53-67
2. Work on I Had Seen Castles Day 3 Questions; work on Day 4 if you have finished.

Reminder: Tomorrow check in for attendance; then proceed to multipurpose room for course selection.

Monday, March 29, 2010

1. Read I Had Seen Castles pp. 33-52; discuss.
2. Begin I Had Seen Castles Day Three (3) Questions.

Friday, March 26

1. Voc. Quiz 4: Art and Music
2. Work on I Had Seen Castles Day TWO comprehension questions 1-16.


Thursday, March 25

1. Check Vocabulary Lesson 4: Art and Music: Ask for handout if you were absent.

2. Complete I Had Seen Castles Day TWO reading, pp. 17-32. Discuss.



Wednesday, March 24

1. Complete I Had Seen Castles Comprehensive Questions for DAY ONE. Turn in for grade.


Tuesday, March 23, 2010

1. Intro to I Had Seen Castles; Read and analyze poem.

2. Read pp. 1-16


Monday, March 22, 2010

1. Farewell to Manzanar Ch. 12-22 TEST. If you were absent, see me for make up.

Wednesday, March 10, 2010.

1. Students got back graded Farewell Ch. 12-17 questions. If they have an incomplete or low grade, this can be replaced with grade made on the test which will be given on March 22. Test grade must be a 70 or higher. All questions, however, must be completed.

2. Students worked on Farewell Ch. 18-22 questions.

Tuesday, March 9, 2010.

1. Complete reading of Farewell to Manzanar Ch. 18-22.
2. Work on Farewell...comprehensive questions for Ch. 18-22.

Reminder: If you were absent, please ask for this handout.

Monday, March 8, 2010

1. Complete Farewell to Manzanar Ch. 12-17 questions.

Friday, March 5, 2010

Per. 1:

1. Review Vocabulary Lesson 3 Root "Ment."
2. Vocabulary Quiz 3
3. Read Farewell to Manzanar Ch. 12-17 (pp. 87-123) silently.

Per. 4:

Same as above, but students received comprehensive questions handout for Farewell to Manzanar Ch. 12-17. Please ask for this handout if you were absent today, Friday.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

TAKS TEST

Tuesday, March 2, 2010.

1. Passed out scantrons for tallying scores for practice TAKS test.
2. Read student samples of Score 4 essays.
3. Reviewed TAKS tips.

Monday, March 1, 2010

1. Check completion of "Surroundings" essay.
2. Peer revision of "Surroundings" essays. (Students will revise and turn in tomorrow.)
3. Read student samples of released "Surroundings" essays.

Friday, February 26, 2010

1. Students completed "Revising and Editing" portion of "My Father Sits..." test.
2. Students worked on the following prompt:
Write a personal narrative explaining how your surroundings affect your life.
(One sheet, front and back.)