Thursday, September 30, 2010.

1. SSR and LOG

2. Checked Lesson 1 in Vocabulary Workshop Workbook, pp. 5 and 6 for grade. Quiz tomorrow.

3. Read "There Will Come Soft Rains" beginning on page 326.

Wednesday, September 29, 2010.

1. SSR and LOG

2. Completed reading of "The Pedestrian."

3. Students iscussed sensory details, theme, and mood.

4. Students drew a map of Mr. Mead's walk.

Assignment: Re-read and trace Mr. Leonard Mead's walk through the city including the steps he takes during his last walk. Draw a map of Mr. Mead's walk using details from the text (streets and houses) that include the the direction Mr. Mead takes, the cloverleaf intersection where Mr. Mead is arrested, who arrests Mr. Mead and where. [How far from his home is he arrested? Where is he headed?] Be sure to label each item on the map.

REMINDER: Don't forget your vocabulary workbook with Lesson 1 completed: pp. 5 and 6.

Tuesday, September 28, 2010.

1. SSR and LOG

2. Passed out Vocabulary workbooks, and explained procedure to follow for completing lessons.
Marked Greek roots for each quiz, beginning on page ix and starting with "anthropo" - "dem" for quiz 1.
Quiz 2: derm - hypno
Quiz 3: hypo - morph
Quiz 4: neur, nerv - phil, philo
Quiz 5: phob - scope

3. Began reading "The Pedestrian."

Monday, September 27, 2010.

1. SSR and LOG

2. Checked questions for "A Sound of Thunder."

3. Reviewed setting and sensory details.

Friday, September 24, 2010.

1. SSR and LOG

2. Review vocabulary homework sheet for "A Sound of Thunder."

3. Vocabulary quiz: "A Sound of Thunder."

4. Passed out "A Sound of Thunder" study guide questions handout. Begin after quiz and complete for homework. We will grade in class on Monday.

Thursday, September 23, 2010

1. SSR and Log

2. Complete reading of "A Sound of Thunder."

3. Viewed excerpt film "A Sound of Thunder."

REMINDER: Vocabulary quiz tomorrow on 13 words from "A Sound of Thunder." See blog from 9/22

Wednesday, September 22, 2010.

1. SSR and LOG

2. Homework reading quiz on "A Sound of Thunder."

2. Read "A Sound of Thunder," underlining text evidence for characterization, vocabulary in context, and foreshadowing.

REMINDER: Study vocabulary list. See Sept 21 log.

Tuesday, September 21, 2010.

1. SSR and LOG

2. Vocabulary to Know for this week:

1. annhilate: (verb)to destroy completely
2. correlate: (verb)to have a mutual matching relationship.
3. expendable: (adjective) unnecessary
4. infinitesimally: (adjective) immesurable; incalculable
5. malfunctioning: (adjective) not in working order
6. paradox: (noun) a contradiction; a contradictory statement.
7. resilient: (adjective) capable of bouncing back; indomitable
8. stagnating: (adjective) stale; immobile
9. subliminal: (adjective) subconscious
10. undulate: (verb) to move in a wave-like manner
11. primeval: (adjective) ancient
12: revoke: (verb) to cancel or withdraw; to take away as in a license
13. taint: (verb) to spoil, corrupt; to stain or blemish

3. "Time Travel" warm-up: [Per. 1 needs to do this tomorrow.]

If you could travel anywhere into the past or future, where would you go and why? Elaborate with details. One page.

4. Begin reading "A Sound of Thunder." Complete reading for homework.

Monday, September 20, 2010.

1. SSR and LOG. / Review vocabulary.

2. Complete Vocabulary in Action on page. 40: 1-5

3. "Searching for Summer" vocabulary quiz: 1-20

4. Complete Grammar in Context on page 41: 1-4. Have ready to turn in tomorrow.

Thursday, September 16, 2010.

1. SSR and Log

2. Complete questions for short story, "Searching for Summer" on pg. 39: 1-9 + Comprehension Check. Discussed in class how to respond appropriately and how to incorporate textual evidence into response.
Example:
Mr. Noakes is impatient, selfish, cruel, and greedy. A big, red-faced man, he has "...wet, full lips, bulging pale-gray bloodshot eyes, and a crop of stiff greasy black hair" (34).

Study "Searching for Summer" question responses and vocabulary for quiz on Monday.

Wednesday, September 15, 2010.

1. SSR and Log
2. Completed reading story "Searching for Summer." Completed plot diagram.

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

1. SSR LOG

2. Pre-reading discussion of painting as theme of story. Read "Searching for Summer."

3. Begin plot diagram: exposition, initial problem, rising action. Discussed static and dynamic characters.

Monday, September 13, 2010

1. SSR and LOG

2. "Harrison Bergeron" Quiz

3. Begin reading "Searching for Summer" in lit book.

Friday, September 10, 2010.

SSR and log

1. Complete questions for "Harrison Bergeron".
2. Take vocabulary quiz for "Harrison Bergeron" 10 words from list.
3. Complete "Oranges" Poem Response: One page reflection essay on a memory of a time you were kind to someone or someone had a kind gesture toward you. If you do not remember the poem, google "Oranges" by Gary Soto.

Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010.

SSR and Log

1. Completed reading of "Harrison Bergeron." Copied definitions for vocabulary words. See Tuesday, 9/8 for list of words.

2. Filled out survey for Carillon Yearbook.

3. Picture day: Students walked to MPR for photo-taking.

Tuesday, September 7,
1. SSR and log
2. Begin reading "Harrison Bergeron" P. 36 new book; p. 20 in old text.

Notes:
Utopia: Greek meaning "no place." Human beings have attempted to create utopian societies but have failed.
Distopia: Failed utopian societies in which members of society are unhappy or enslaved to a higher ranking authority.
Characters: George: Husband of Hazel; father of Harrison
Hazel: Wife of George; mother of Harrison
Harrison:
ballerina:
Diana Moon Glampers

Vocabulary to Know for "Harrison Bergeron"See bottom captions from story:
Quiz Friday, 9/10
calibrated, consternation, cower, hindrance, luminous, symmetry, synchronize, vague, vigilance, wince. Copy definitions to a sheet of paper.

REMINDER: Tomorrow is picture day.

Friday, September 3, 2010.

SSR Log

1. Read poem "Oranges" by Gary Soto. Respond to poem with one-page reflection.

2. "Nine Needles" quiz. If you were absent, come see me about making up this quiz.

Thursday, September 2, 2010. Early dismissal for Open House.

1. SSR and Log

2. "Nine Needles": Understanding the Plot. Students engaged in process for responding to questions 1-7 on page 96 in one thorough sentence, restating the question and encompassing the response as concisely and clearly possible.

REMINDER: Quiz on "Nine Needles" + vocabulary for this short story. Please review definitions.

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

SSR and Log
Students dicussed plot elements, took notes, and engaged in vocabulary check for "Nine Needles."
Quiz: Friday, 9/3