Thursday, October 25, 2012

Short Story Unit

Students began a short story unit this week. They have learned the elements of a short story and are reading pg. 3 "Tears for Autumn". They have also been working on a comprehension assignment with that story which is due Thursday. We will discuss the story in class and review the short story elements as they appear in the story. We will begin "Rain, Rain, Go Away" a fantasy story on pg. 12. Friday is an early out so that teachers can work on grades. Mon-Wed - students will be watching "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Tell-tale Heart", two good movie versions (rated G) of these short stories, in honor of Halloween. Student will have movie notes to complete after watching both movies. Please check with me if you have questions about what we are doing.

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

The End of the Term is Near!!!

Hopefully, everyone had a good fall break and are ready to wrap up this first term! Tuesday - correct assessments and answer questions about the books students have been reading. Wednesday - Periods 1,4,5,7 will have an in-class essay about Watson's. Periods 2-3 will be working on their projects. Thursday - begin Short Story unit and elements of a short story. Friday - All classes will read TEARS for AUTUMN in the brown literature book.

Monday, October 8, 2012

SHORT WEEK!

Monday - students read and discussed Watson's or Fahrenheit depending on the class they are in. Tuesday - we will continue discussing Watson's in periods 1,4,5,7. They need to be finished with the book on Oct. 17. Periods 2-3 will be in the auditorium debating issues of government and censorship. They need to have the book finished on Oct. 17. Their projects on F-451 are due on Oct. 18. Check with your student to find out what they are doing with their project. Wednesday - all classes are taking an assessment on prefix and suffixes and commonly confused words. Students were given a handout to study about 2 weeks ago. Contact me at the school if you have question. NO SCHOOL ON Oct. 15

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Tuesday - students read in Watson's to pg. 100. Students in periods 2-3 read to page 93 in F-451. Wednesday - all classes will have a spelling quiz. Periods 1,4,5,7 wrote creative stories with their spelling words. Students in all classes will discuss what they see as changes in their characters personality. We have been discussing how a character changes in the story. Thursday - continue reading and discussing both books. Friday - all classes will have a department assessment on summarization. The students have been practicing this with the texts they have read in class. The students will read a story and then summarize what happened. They will need a 3 or 4 on the rubric to show proficiency. All students have a copy of the rubric on the back of the blue 'house' they received the first week of school.