Bellringer:
Write exactly three sentences about your plans for this summer vacation.
Classwork:
Read and complete the Lesson 99 and Lesson 100 worksheets. Worksheets 99-100
Homework:
Complete the Lesson 99 and Lesson 100 worksheets.
These worksheets will be due at the beginning of class on Monday, May 5, 2008.
Reminder:
The extra credit poetry assignment (30 original poems) is due this week. I [...]
Bellringer:
Describe your favorite green thing in great detail.
Classwork:
Read and complete the Lesson 96, Lesson 97, and Lesson 98 worksheets. Worksheets 96-98
Homework:
Complete the Lesson 96, Lesson 97, and Lesson 98 worksheets.
These worksheets will be due at the beginning of class on Monday, May 5, 2008.
Reminder:
The extra credit poetry assignment (30 original poems) is due on May [...]
There will be an oral re-take of last week’s vocabulary test on Friday, May 2nd. You must be present in class to earn additional points toward your test score. I will be questioning you individually on your knowledge of the vocabulary. For each question you answer correctly, I will add points to your test grade; [...]
Bellringer:
Historians tell us that Thomas Jefferson loved studying and would often spend 15 hours a day doing so. How would you compare yourself to Jefferson as a student?
Today:
Today we attended the school book fair. After the book fair, projects groups in periods 2, 4, 5, and 7 were given the opportunity to complete their presentation [...]
Bellringer:
April is National Humor Month. In honor of the occasion, write your own joke. (Keep it clean.)
Today:
Today we participated in a creative writing exercise focusing on character and point of view (1st and 6th Periods) or cause and effect (5th Period) in storytelling.
Classwork:
1st and 6th Periods: You must use this class period to rewrite a [...]
Bellringer:
Historians tell us that Thomas Jefferson loved studying and would often spend 15 hours a day doing so. How would you compare yourself to Jefferson as a student?
Today:
Today was a Grammar Rock Project group workday. Groups worked on the rough draft of their presentation outlines.
Classwork:
Students worked with their Grammar Rock Project groups to complete the [...]
Bellringer:
None.
Today:
Today all students took the Word of the Day Vocabulary Test.
Classwork:
Students had the entire period to take the Word of the Day Vocabulary Test.
If you missed this class, you must make-up this test upon your return.
Homework:
None.
Word of the Day:
insipid – (adjective) uninteresting; dull; lacking flavor
Agent Smith: Why, Mr. Anderson? Why do you do it? Why [...]
Bellringer:
If someone was to create a day in of a first for you, what would that day be called, what event of your would it honor, and how would we celebrate it?
Today:
Today we finished reading and answering questions about “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” by Walter Dean Myers.
The vocabulary test has been rescheduled. [...]
Bellringer:
Write 20 antonyms for the word “good.” Use 5 of them in a single sentence.
Today:
Today we read “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” by Walter Dean Myers.
Classwork:
Students read “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” by Walter Dean Myers in class and answered several questions about the story.
If you missed this class, you must read [...]
Bellringer:
If you were asked to invent a new flavor of jellybean, what would it be and why?
Today:
Today we reviewed the vocabulary words that will on Tuesday’s test by playing a rousing game of Vocabulary Bingo.
Classwork:
Students played Vocabulary Bingo and reviewed the definitions of the word-of-the-day vocabulary words. I also collected this week’s bellringers and [...]
