Wednesday, April 29, 2009

April 29 and 30 including HONORS

Agenda:

Materials Check
Return some things
Homework Review (Chapter 23 Review)
Exam
Romeo and Juliet Read-a-Long

Homework:

Reading Check and Study and Discussion Questions on page 505-506 in Adventures in Reading.

Write out all questions; answers should be in complete sentences.

Monday, April 27, 2009

April 27 and 28 including HONORS

Agenda:
Class Materials Check
Quiz Review w/ SmartBoard
Quiz
Shakespeare Lecture
Homework Review

Homework:
Chapter 23 test next class
Chapter 23 Chapter Review pages 733-736 in Elements of Language

Friday, April 24, 2009

April 24 Honors

After reviewing the homework, we took the drama quiz and reviewed drama materials in the form of a crossword puzzle.

Furthermore, we reviewed business letter format, which you can find in another post on this blog.

Homework:

Exercises 1,2, and 3 in chapter 23 Elements of Language

Writing Assignment from page 737 of Elements of Language

Study for Drama Quiz #2 next class

Business Letter Format

Street Address
City, State Zip Code

[2 blank lines]
Month Day, Year
[2 blank lines]
Name of Letter Recipient
Street Address
City, State Zip Code
[1 blank line]
To Whom it May Concern:
[1 blank line]
block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text.
[1 blank line]
block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text.
[1 blank line]
block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text. block of text.
[1 blank line]
Thank you,
[3 or 4 blank lines for signature]
Your Name(typed)

Thursday, April 23, 2009

April 23 and 24

Agenda:

homework review and Chapter 23 lecture

drama review

drama quiz

drama worksheet mania

Homework:

Study crossword puzzle and drama notes for drama quiz #2 next class

Chapter 23 Exercises 1,2, and 3 in Elements of Language

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

April 21 and 22

Agenda

Study and Discussion Questions on page 421 of Adventures in Reading

Drama Notes

Reading of A Marriage Proposal

Homework

Study the drama notes for a quiz next class

Chapter 23 Diagnostic Preview/ Pages 722 and 723 of Elements of Language

Monday, April 20, 2009

The SmartBoard

It is up and running. If you did a PowerPoint, please be prepared to present it the next time you have English class.

April 20

As a welcome back from spring break, I redistributed the syllabus to the class. It is important that you keep this in your notebook. It will remind you of what you should have for class, and it will refresh you memory of the rules for the classroom.

I will be checking to make sure you have the syllabus with you, and that check will count as a class participation grade.

We also did an in-class writing assignment to help you get back into the habit of writing your thoughts on paper.

Homework:

Read pages 403-422 in Adventures in Reading

Friday, April 17, 2009

Bonus Opportunities

Publishing companies employ professionals to edit material and make sure there are no grammatical errors in the books and magazines they sell. Still, sometimes things slip through. In fact, if you look carefully in your Adventures in Reading book, you'll notice that some of the authors violate rules regarding to punctuation. Identifying these mistakes shows that you can read carefully, but it also shows that you have a firm grasp on the rules of grammar.

Please bring in examples of grammar errors in the use of capitalization or commas and end marks.

To receive one point on an exam from Chapter 21 or Chapter 22, depending on what kind of error you find, please submit your error in the following way:

Bring the book or magazine so that I may see the error.

Submit a proper MLA bibliographic entry for the text(typed).

Under your MLA bibliographic entry, rewrite the sentence that contains the error.

Explain, in paragraph form, what the mistake is and what rule it violates from your Elements of Language book.

Remember, one point equals one percent. So, for each mistake you find and document properly, you can earn one percent bonus on an exam. One percent for each individual mistake.
Websites and documents found on the internet are not valid. Only published materials count, so correcting a friend's essay is not going to earn you any points.

Friday, April 3, 2009

April 3, 2009

With no homework due and spring break around the corner, we spent the day reviewing important grammar concepts and study skills that will be important to remember when school resumes in two weeks.

There is no homework over the break, but keep your eyes on this blog for possible bonus points. Furthermore, if you would like to read something, you can get ahead by reading Romeo and Juliet in your Adventures in Reading book or The War of the Worlds.

Thursday, April 2, 2009

April 2. Honors

Today we took some time outside to work in pairs on a Chapter 22 review.

Then we took our test on Chapter 22.

Homework:

No homework over the break.

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

April 1 and 2

There were no pranks in English. The day was pretty straightforward.

-Brief review

-Exam

Homework:
There will be no homework. For odd periods(1, 3, and 5), we are hoping for SmartBoard connectivity to present PowerPoints on Friday.