Today in Class...3/4

Periods 2,6:
1. Literary Elements test
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2. Discuss Chs 1,2
3. Read on/work on Google Classroom assignments
HW: See Google Class

Periods 3,7,9:
1. Definition of Sci-fi/Giver background..
2. Work time (See Google Classroom)

Today in Class...3/3

Periods 2/6:
1. Quick lit elements review
2. New novel unit
(books, background)
3. Themes
4. Start reading together, reading/work time

Periods 3,7,9:
1. Where does a graded assignment go? More on Classroom..
2. Sci fi story.. What is science fiction?
HW for all: See Google Classroom

Today in Class...3/2

Happy Birthday Dante! Happy Birthday Teagan!
Periods 3,7,9:
1. Lit Elements test back
2. Biography final copies (see Google Classroom)
HW: See Assignments on Google Classroom 

Period 2/6:
1. Intro to Sci fi.. Short story
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2. Work period-- Check assignments on Classroom
HW: See Assignments on Classroom
Lit elements test Wednesday

Today in Class...2/27

Happy Birthday Kat!
Periods 2/6:
1. Cliche and Idiom (quick)
2. More to your Google experience
3. Work time
HW: Check Google Classroom for assignments!

Periods 3/7/9:
1. Welcome to your Chromebook experience!
2. Work time
HW: First Google Classroom assignment!
Be sure biography rough drafts are ready

Today in Class...2/26

Happy Birthday Colin S.!
Periods 3,7,9:
1. Mini biography
2. Sample biography of a student
HW: Finish rough drafts of biographies

Periods 2/6:
1. Literary Terms review project
2. Literary terms grade sheet

Today in Class...2/25

Periods 3,7,9:
1. Interviewing/collecting your information for mini bio
2. Intro to chromebooks?...
HW: Organize/outline mini biography information
LIt elements project shared by tonight

Periods 2/6:
1. Discuss Pecos Billl and The Dinner Party
2. Personification/Aunty Misery
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3. Chromebooks
4. Lit elements review project
*Lit elements test next week

Today in Class...2/23

Happy Birthday Rhiannon!
Periods 3,7,9:
1. Review for lit elements test... Study your google slides tonight!
(Revised due date: Share by Wednesday night.)
2. What is biography/autobiography? Biography activity
HW: Lit elements test tomorrow
Finish interview questions

Periods 2/6:
1. Hyperbole and Pecos Bill (pick up from last Thursday...) Pecos Bill
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2. Argumentative check-in and/or The Dinner Party
HW: Use Argumentative check list to guide you and finish Argu essay first draft. Share with me by tomorrow evening
*Finish extended metaphor poem Extended metaphor

Today in Class..2/12

Happy Birthday Margaret! (belated)

Periods 2/6:

1. Go over extended metaphor work

2. Hyberbole

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3. Argumentative- incorporating quotes into writing

Argu checklist

HW: Continue to work on Argumentative piece

Periods 3,7,9:

1. Literary Collection project work time

Today in Class...2/11

Periods 2/6: *Please have SAR questions ready to hand in
1. Honors 9 Essay
*You may organize essay first in graphic organizer
*No time to draft-- on demand writing

*The Outsiders by SE Hinton
*YA realistic fiction novel
*Edgar Allen Poe short stories
*Peak by Roland Smith
*The Pearl by John Steinbeck

Periods 3,7,9:
1. Finish/trade grade poetry check-in
2. Your final slide (Your original piece) Final slide
Drafting...
HW: Lit terms project due Monday after break-- Stay after or lunch? 

Today in Class...2/10

Happy Birthday Yamila!
Happy Birthday Dan and Ryan S.!
Periods 2/6:
1. Argumentative research continued... Use your sample introductions are your guide
(I'll be sharing comments with you while working..)
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2. The Bet/The Silence short answer--highlight for proof Short answer response
Create Final copy quality attached to highlighted (HW)
3. Extended Metaphor/Dialect Extended Metaphor
HW: The Bet/The Silence short answer final copy due tomorrow
(hard copy- handwritten)
*Honors entrance essay tomorrow in class

Periods 3,7,9:
1. Review project and due date, etc. Literary Terms Collection project
2. Final term(s)-- Cliche and Idiom
3. Poem practice
HW: Thursday and Friday are in-class project work days..
If you need more time beyond this, stay after or at lunch! Projects due Monday after break

Today in Class..2/6.

Periods 2/6:
1. The Bet/Silence SAR
2. Highlight, etc...
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3. Argumentative-- Transitions resource, Citing references

Periods 3,7,9:
1. Project grade sheet and example grading sheet
2. Project work time

Today in Class...2/5

Periods 2/6:
1. The Bet/The Silence comparison The Bet
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2. Argumentative continued...

Periods 3,7, 9:
1. Short answer responses back
2. Read Pecos Bill- hyperboles, similes and end of story task

Today in Class...2/4

Periods 2,6:
1. Finish The Bet
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2. Argumentative research

Periods 3,7,9:
1. Hyperbole and Pecos Bill

Today in Class...2/3

Periods 2/6:
1. New seats
-Small short story/poem unit begins
2. "The Bet"- The Bet activity
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3. Argumentative process..continued

Period 3,7,9;
1. New seats
2. Begin lit terms project/review tool Literary Terms- a collection

Today in Class...1/30

Periods 2/6:
1. Pearl Quiz
2. Continue to research and get topic idea
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3. Notecards- if you are ready...

Periods 3,7,9:
1. Go over Aunty Misery
2 Stay Current Friday
HW: Finish Stay Current Friday

Today in Class...1/29

Periods 2/6:
1. The end of The Pearl
2. Review sheet work time
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3. Topic Choices
4. Begin research (Keep "How to Write an Argument" yellow sheet in mind!)
HW: Pearl quiz tomorrow

Periods 3,7,9:
1. Share Extended Metaphor poems
2. Personification
3. "Aunty Misery"- short story  Aunty Misery
HW: Finish Aunty Misery questions 

Today in Class...1/28

Happy Birthday Jarrett!
Periods 2/6:
1. Yay! Mrs. Kowalski is here!
 Getting ready for your research.. Argumentative writing
Assessing the power/relevance/validity of sources- Group work
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2. RE-orientation to your helpful resources for Argumentative
HW: Finish The Pearl by tomorrow- End of novel quiz Friday

Periods 3,7,9:
1. One more new term... Dialect!
2. Back to...Extended Metaphor poem (period 3- notes on poetry terms..)
HW: Finish your own Extended Metaphor poem

Today in Class...1/27

Periods 2/6:
1. Pearl questions-- divide and share Chapter 5 questions
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2. Smart guns argumentative
3. Paraphrasing practice
HW: Finish The Pearl by Thursday-- Pearl final test Friday

Periods 3,7, 9:
1. Poetry, Figurative Language... Extended metaphor
2. Poem partners

Today in Class...1/26

Periods 2/6:
1. Discuss Chapter 4- group questions
2. Begin Chapter 5
*note- Chapter 5 read by tomorrow
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3. Go over Argumentative article (Smart Guns)
4. Paraphrasing and Plagiarism-- two important P's Paraphrasing notes
HW:  Chapter 5 due tmrrw

Periods 3,7.9:
1. (Very) short story and activity--
-Stereotype The Dinner Party
HW: Finish "The Dinner Party" work

Today in Class...1/23

Periods 2/6:
1. Argumentative Writing Workshop
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2. Finish up from earlier
3. Stay Current Friday
Chapter 4 due Monday
Share introductions (with added leads) by Monday

Periods 3,7,9:
1. Short answer question
2. Stay Current Friday
Finish final copy of short answer

Today in Class...1/22

Periods 2,6:
Happy Birthday Maddie!
1. Pearl Quiz
2. Reading time
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3. Argumentative introductions...Add leads
Pearl Chapter 4

Periods 3,7,9:
1. The Bet/Silence last step
*Perfecting the short answer response Short answer recipe
2. Free reading books?...
HW: ROUGH draft of short answer response
*Don't forget to "Submit your Selfie" for the contest!

Today in Class...1/20

Periods 2,6:
1. Discuss The Pearl (Chapters 1-2)
2. Symbolism in The Pearl
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3. Argumentative (mini) topic-- "flash draft"
HW: The Pearl Chapter 3 by Thursday (quiz Thursday)

Periods 3,7,9:
1. "The Bet" and "The Silence" comparison task
The Bet

Today in Class...1/16

Period 2:
1: Partner discuss/work on questions- ThePearl
2. Read on
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HW: Chapter 2 Pearl due Tuesday 

Periods 3,7:
OPTIONS:
1. Read free reading book
2. Get free reading book (and then read)
3. Extra credit Stay Current- 5 points added to an assignment/quiz/test
-Watch CNN Student News and answer questions--Which news story of the week stood out to you the most? Explain, providing details from the newscast. -3 points added to an assignment/quiz/test
-Read New York Times article about the El Capitan free climber summit! Fill out Stay Current sheet
HW: Be sure your "The Bet" questions are done and done WELL

Today in Class...1/15

Periods 2/6:
1. Terms packet...Go over first two terms
2. Pearl reading time-- index card check in
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3. Revolving topics...finish last one, clean up unfinished topics
Discuss
Hw: The Pearl Chapter 1 due tomorrow- notes optional

Periods 3,7,9:
1. Finish "The Bet"
2. Post-reading questions
HW: Finish Bet questions

Today in Class...1/14

Periods 2/6:
1. Check in with parables
2. The Pearl... background notes
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3. Revolving controversial topics continued...
HW: The Pearl Chapter 1 due Friday (notes optional- recommended) 

Periods 3,7,9:
1. Short story, "The Bet"

Today in Class 1/13

Periods 2/6:
1. Finish Lincoln Hall story
What is the irony?
2. Parable partners
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3. Revolving Argumentative topics
HW: Finish parable work

Periods 3,7,9:
1. Beginning our collection of terms... partner up!
2. Poll: Capital punishment The Bet
(Preparing for new short story)
HW: Finish partner work if not done

Today in Class...1/12

Period 2/6: Mish mash/ clean up day
1. Miracle on Everest...con.
(New novel unit begins tomorrow!)
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2. SRIs


Periods 3,7,9:
1. SRIs

Today in Class...1/9

Periods 2,3,7,9:
1. Turn in Peak books! Turn in Moleskines
2. Peak Test
(Period 2 finish vocab test when done..)
HW: None! 

Period 6:
1. Miracle on Everest... (a nice way to end the unit..)

Today in Class...1/8

Happy Birthday Jon!!
Periods 2,3,7,9:
1. Step II Sherpa article
2. Review for Peak test (or Period 2- review for Vocab test)
HW: Peak Test tomorrow
Moleskines handed in tomorrow

Period 6:
Vocab Test

Today in Class...1/7

Happy Birthday Jon!
Periods 2,3,7,9:
1. Sherpa article.. Sherpa Controversy article questions
HW: Peak test Friday
Moleskines and books handed in
*Finish Sherpa article work

Period 6:
1. "Debate"
2. Vocab review (quiz tomorrow)

Today in Class...1/6

Happy Birthday Katie!!
Periods 2,3,7,9:
1. Closure...A tiny bit on Roland Smith
*End of book together--thoughts?...
2. Partner review- Theme and character foldable or cards
HW: Moleskines and Peak test Friday!

Period 6:
1. Argumentative-- sample piece... prepare for debate
2. Vocab time?
*STUDY VOCAB! QUIZ THURS!

Today in Class...1/5/2015

Happy New Year!!
Happy Birthday Holly! Happy Birthday Grace!
Periods 2,3,7,9:
1. Peak quizzes back/discuss
2. Your final Moleskine entry...Peak Chapter notes for Moleskine
Work independently on making it hand-in ready!
HW: Finish last Moleskine entry, Moleskines turned in Friday
Peak Test Friday

Period 6:
1. Entering our second type of writing... Argumentative
*Argumentative vocabulary
2. Speaking of vocab, review Peak vocab! Quiz on Thursday!