Wednesday, February 17, 2010
1. Complete Open-ended response questions to "My Father Sits in the Dark" test.
2. Use AIM handout for question 31 (Crossover) over both selections.
3. Begin essay on following prompt:
Write an essay explaining how a person can feel connected to a special place. One sheet of notebook paper, front and back.
Note: If essay is not finished in class, it must be finished for homework.
Bring to completed essay to class tomorrow.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
1. Continue with Open-Ended Response questions 29, 30, and 31 from TAKS Practice Test:"My Father Sits in the Dark" using rubric and format sheet for questions 29 and 30 and a hand-written box for Crossover question 30.
2. All students must finish scantron questions 1-28. If student is not finished, she/he must finish at lunch tomorrow.
Monday, February 15, 2010
Presidents' Day Holiday
1. Continue with Open-Ended Response questions 29, 30, and 31 from TAKS Practice Test:"My Father Sits in the Dark" using rubric and format sheet for questions 29 and 30 and a hand-written box for Crossover question 30.
2. All students must finish scantron questions 1-28. If student is not finished, she/he must finish at lunch tomorrow.
Monday, February 15, 2010
Presidents' Day Holiday
Friday, February 12, 2010
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Per. 1
1. Check Vocabulary Exercise 1 "Latin Root Scrib-Script."
2. Read handout on details, snapshots, and thoughtshots.
3. Write a description of your "sanctuary." Turn in.
Per. 4
1. Check Vocabulary Exercise 1: "Latin Root Scrib-script."
2. Students read handout on setails, snapshots, and thoughtshots; students brainstormed the crafting of detail on the board: "the spoiled rich girl" became the girl who...
wears a 5 karat diamond, rolls her eyes, flips her hair, smacks her lips when told to do something she doesn't want to do; she has a new BMW every year, and when she crashes her new car, she demands another one from her dad.
3. Students highlighted snapshots in their writing from yesterday with yellow, and thoughtshots with another color, and then traded for peer revision.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Per. 1:
1. Read "A Long Walk to Forever."
2. Complete one open-ended response question. Write rough draft on back; then have two peers revise and grade 1, 2, 3. Then copy onto box provided in handout.
Per. 4:
1. Define sanctuary.
2. Describe briefly with detail your sanctuary. Then skip two lines, and create and describe a fictional character looking for a sanctuary. Use images so the reader can visualize the scene. Write approximately one page to one page and a half.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Per. 1:
1. Students took notes on the definition of a clause:
A clause is a group of words that contains a subject and a verb.
There are two kinds of clauses: independent (IC) and dependent (DC).
Example of IC: Mary ate a cone. [can stand alone as a sentence]
Example of DC: When Mary ate a cone, [cannot stand alone as a sentence]
NOTE: A dependent clause [DC] always needs an independent clause [IC] connected to it.
[When Mary ate a cone] , [she felt full].
[DC] , [IC]
There are three ways to correct run-on sentences:
[IC] . Cap [IC]
[IC] , fanboys [IC] fanboys: ,for ,and ,nor ,but ,or ,yet ,so
[IC] ; [IC]
Example:
Mary ate a cone. She felt full.
[IC] . [IC]
Mary ate a cone (, so ) she felt full.
[IC] , fanboys [IC]
Mary ate a cone ; she felt full.
[IC] ; [IC]
2. After this review, students worked on "First Lady" and "Ions."
3. Checked answers to "First Lady" in class. Check "Ions" tomorrow.
Per. 4:
1. Read "A Long Walk to Forever."
2. Answer open-ended response, writing rough draft on back. Peer revise twice, grade, and then complete final draft on front of handout.
Per. 1
1. Check Vocabulary Exercise 1 "Latin Root Scrib-Script."
2. Read handout on details, snapshots, and thoughtshots.
3. Write a description of your "sanctuary." Turn in.
Per. 4
1. Check Vocabulary Exercise 1: "Latin Root Scrib-script."
2. Students read handout on setails, snapshots, and thoughtshots; students brainstormed the crafting of detail on the board: "the spoiled rich girl" became the girl who...
wears a 5 karat diamond, rolls her eyes, flips her hair, smacks her lips when told to do something she doesn't want to do; she has a new BMW every year, and when she crashes her new car, she demands another one from her dad.
3. Students highlighted snapshots in their writing from yesterday with yellow, and thoughtshots with another color, and then traded for peer revision.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Per. 1:
1. Read "A Long Walk to Forever."
2. Complete one open-ended response question. Write rough draft on back; then have two peers revise and grade 1, 2, 3. Then copy onto box provided in handout.
Per. 4:
1. Define sanctuary.
2. Describe briefly with detail your sanctuary. Then skip two lines, and create and describe a fictional character looking for a sanctuary. Use images so the reader can visualize the scene. Write approximately one page to one page and a half.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Per. 1:
1. Students took notes on the definition of a clause:
A clause is a group of words that contains a subject and a verb.
There are two kinds of clauses: independent (IC) and dependent (DC).
Example of IC: Mary ate a cone. [can stand alone as a sentence]
Example of DC: When Mary ate a cone, [cannot stand alone as a sentence]
NOTE: A dependent clause [DC] always needs an independent clause [IC] connected to it.
[When Mary ate a cone] , [she felt full].
[DC] , [IC]
There are three ways to correct run-on sentences:
[IC] . Cap [IC]
[IC] , fanboys [IC] fanboys: ,for ,and ,nor ,but ,or ,yet ,so
[IC] ; [IC]
Example:
Mary ate a cone. She felt full.
[IC] . [IC]
Mary ate a cone (, so ) she felt full.
[IC] , fanboys [IC]
Mary ate a cone ; she felt full.
[IC] ; [IC]
2. After this review, students worked on "First Lady" and "Ions."
3. Checked answers to "First Lady" in class. Check "Ions" tomorrow.
Per. 4:
1. Read "A Long Walk to Forever."
2. Answer open-ended response, writing rough draft on back. Peer revise twice, grade, and then complete final draft on front of handout.
Friday, February 5, 2010
Monday, February 8, 2009
1. Collect TAKS Preparation Workbook pp. 17-24 on a sheet of paper properly labeled.
2. Review items for "First Lady" and "Ions."
3. Collect three open-ended response questions on page 25 from TAKS booklet.
Per. 1: Students worked on "Notes from a Novice" and turned in sheet with answer. We reviewed each item 7-16 in class.
Friday, February 5, 2010
1. Vocabulary Quiz FM 4 (Farewell to Manzanar Vocabulary List words with (4).
2. Read "Notes from a Novice" (pp. 7-9) and takes notes within margin in booklet.
3. Answer questions 7-16 in booklet and on a sheet of paper to turn in.
Homework: Complete "Revising and Editing" on pp. 17-24.
1. Collect TAKS Preparation Workbook pp. 17-24 on a sheet of paper properly labeled.
2. Review items for "First Lady" and "Ions."
3. Collect three open-ended response questions on page 25 from TAKS booklet.
Per. 1: Students worked on "Notes from a Novice" and turned in sheet with answer. We reviewed each item 7-16 in class.
Friday, February 5, 2010
1. Vocabulary Quiz FM 4 (Farewell to Manzanar Vocabulary List words with (4).
2. Read "Notes from a Novice" (pp. 7-9) and takes notes within margin in booklet.
3. Answer questions 7-16 in booklet and on a sheet of paper to turn in.
Homework: Complete "Revising and Editing" on pp. 17-24.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
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