We began the day by reviewing dependent and independent clauses and spent the rest of the period catching up on reading, notes, and other miscellaneous work for this class.
HW Reading 6 with notes
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Monday, January 12, 2009
The 2nd Marking Period
Today we began by reviewing the basic definitions of phrases and clauses. We then had a quiz on reading 4 of Speak and spent the rest of the period discussing the 2nd marking period.
HW Reading #5 with notes
HW Reading #5 with notes
Friday, January 9, 2009
Essay Norming
Today we spend the day examining a CAHSEE literary essay prompt and then scored some sample essays using the CAHSEE rubric. We will continue this activity on Monday.
HW Speak reading #4 with notes.
HW Speak reading #4 with notes.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Marking Period #1
Today I checked reading two notes during the warm-up. I collected coats of arms and then we added the POV, setting, major characters, central conflict, and some themes of Speak to the notes. We also summarized "The First Marking Period" in the notes.
HW Reading #3 with notes.
HW Reading #3 with notes.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Speak Quiz #1
Today after our warm-up, we had our first Speak reading quiz. After speaking briefly about the night's reading, we divided the rest of the period between the coat-of-arms assignment and reading #2.
HW: Reading #2 with notes and finish coat of arms (if necessary)
HW: Reading #2 with notes and finish coat of arms (if necessary)
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Cliques & Clans Continued
After reviewing subjects and predicates again, we continued with the clan discussion, got Speak and discussed the reading/notes assignment, and then worked on the shield assignment.
While students were working on the shield assignment, those students needing to revise the grammar on the Of Mice and Men essays were given a revision assignment. The web page for that assignment is: http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/bedhandbook7enew/ Due with paper revisions by 1/16.
HW: Speak reading #1 with notes.
While students were working on the shield assignment, those students needing to revise the grammar on the Of Mice and Men essays were given a revision assignment. The web page for that assignment is: http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/bedhandbook7enew/ Due with paper revisions by 1/16.
HW: Speak reading #1 with notes.
Monday, January 5, 2009
Welcome Back
We began the day with a review of grammatical subjects and predicates, watching a short video and taking notes on the terms: subject, predicate, simple subject, and simple predicate. We spent the rest of the period on some introductory activities for the novel Speak.
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