Grammar and Foreshadowing

Today we started with a review of nouns and a graded binder check. After reviewing foreshadowing and some new vocabulary words (page 33 in the textbook), we began the short story, "A Sound of Thunder."

Finally the Course Description

Today we spend part of the day on the course description, discussing the framework for the class and my expectations. I also collected the introductory business letter assignment (w/ rough draft). We wrapped up the period with a quickwrite about time travel in preparation for our first story out of the textbook.

HW By Tuesday, students should have a binder with three, labeled sections, and plenty of paper.

New Books & Letter Drafts

Today we got new textbooks, I collected more signed course descriptions, and we reviewed the final draft letter format.

Final draft type letters with attached rough drafts are due tomorrow.

Socrates and Letter Time

Today we began by writing about a quotation by Socrates in the warm-up and then discussing it a bit. After collecting some course descriptions, we spent the rest of the period working on rough drafts of the introductory letter.

HW Students should have completed letter rough drafts in class tomorrow.

Name Tags and the Letter of Introduction

Today we started with some reflective questions and the creation of a name tag. After discussing the course description for a bit, we just scratched the surface of the introductory business letter assignment.

HW: Read, sign and return the course description by Friday.

The Final Portfolio

We spent the period introducing the final portfolio project. Students will have the rest of the week to work on these and they are due Monday the 14th.

Books Due

Today students handed in their final pile of warm-ups. They then had the rest of the period to finish up their book projects, do the blue self-evaluation sheet, and then turn in their completed books. Students who finished early got a head start on the final portfolio project which we will begin Monday.