Friday, October 26, 2007

Hi Guys!

TGIF! Here’s what we did today:

SAT Prep: You took preposition quiz #4 and completed the following in the 9th grade teal grammar book under your desk: page 5 #1-5; page 7 # 1-10; page 9 #1-5; page 11 #1-10. You checked off your grammar work with me for a grade.  HW: SAT vocabulary quiz #2 on Monday.

 American Lit.: We finished Act IV!! HW: questions for Act III and IV due on Monday.

10th honors Lit: We had Jane Eyre Skit Day!

Guidelines:

1. You have 25 minutes to prepare a 3-4 minute skit.

2. You must choose any scene within your assigned chapter.

3. You may no wear signs or indicate who you are.

4. All people in your group must participate equally.

5. Your classmates will grade you.

Grading criteria (1-5; five superior): acting, creativity, timing.

Have a great weekend!!!!

Mrs. B

Thursday, October 25, 2007

  Good Evening! Sorry this post is late. I am packing/cleaning/grading/cooking all in preparation for my trip to Florida tomorrow after school. I already told every class that if you have AWESOME notes from the sub, you will be going to Urban Legends on Halloween, but if I get less than stellar notes, it’s a no go. Remember, be fabulous!! First, a recap from our early release day on Wed. 10/24:SAT Prep: You took Prep Quiz #2, then copied your 30 SAT words for Friday’s index cards and Monday’s quiz. American Lit.: You took your Act III quiz, then we watched part of Act III. 10^th honors lit.: You had your sophomore counseling visit with Mrs. Garcia. She gave you advice on college, grades, and classes. 

Thursday, October 25, 2007SAT Prep:  You took your Prep Quiz #3, then we finished taking notes on the six main types of critical reading questions. Finally, you practiced your reading strategies as you read the Galileo handout that I gave you. 

American Lit: You took your Crucible Vocabulary Quiz #3, then we finished watching Act III. We are a little ahead in sixth period, so we performed the first four pages of Act IV. HW: 1^st and 3^rd- Read pages 1319-1325 of Act IV 

10^th honors Lit.: You took your Jane Eyre Vocabulary Quiz #3, then you completed grammar notes and practice on: direct and indirect objects and subject complements (predicate adjective and predicate nominative).  HW: Read Ch. 19 and 20.  

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Hi Folks! Today was gloomy but not rainy. Bring on the rain!!!!! It does feel like Fall though. I had to run an errand during lunch and as I was walking to my car, the leaves were coming off the trees and hitting the ground and the air felt crisp and autumnal. I love it!!! SAT Prep: You took your preposition #1 Quiz. Then, I assigned your Spark Notes SAT book to you. Then, you took notes on sentence completions and reading strategies from your SAT Guide.HW: Preposition Quiz #2 tomorrow 

American Lit.: Today, I handed you The Crucible multigenre portfolio assignment. We discussed due dates for this week – tomorrow Act III Quiz, and Thur. index cards and vocabulary quiz #3. I also gave you The Crucible Act III and IV Questions. These are due this Friday. Then, we finished listening to Act III from the audiobook on my ipod.  HW: Act III Quiz tomorrow. Bring your pencils!!!

Handouts: the-crucible-questions-act-iii-and-iv.doc    crucibleportfolio.doc

 10^thhonors lit.: Today, we did four pages in our teal grammar books. You copied notes on: simple subject, simple predicate, compound subject, compound predicate, helping verbs, main verbs, and verb phrases. We did exercises on those grammatical terms and then checked them aloud. Next, we finished discussing through chapter 16 from your discussion groups. HW: Read Ch. 18 As always, if you have questions, email me. Have a great afternoon!!!!J Love, Mrs. B

Monday, Oct. 22, 2007

Hey kids!!

Pray/meditate/whatever for more rain!!!! I just was listening to the news and the weatherman said that it would take almost an inch to saturate the surface and start turning into groundwater. I hope we get lots and lots! Not quite a monsoon, but you get the point. Okay, on with the show…

SAT Prep: You took your vocabulary quiz #1, then a parts of speech pre-test, then we reviewed the pre-test and you took notes on the five different classifications of a noun on page 25 and completed exercise A on page 25 and exercise A on page 26.   HW: Study for Preposition Quiz #1 

American Literature: You had literary log #3 – Copy down John Proctor’s last quotation at the end of Act II and explain what he means by it. How does this quotation pertain to events that have occurred thus far in The Crucible?  Then, we listened to half of Act III via audiobook on my ipod.  HW: None but Act III quiz on Wed. and Vocabulary words #41-60 on Thursday. 

10^th grade honors: We had a lovely breakfast in 2^nd period, didn’t we?? You guys rock!! Lots of sugary goodness! I assigned a chapter to each group and had you imagine that this chapter was deleted from Jane Eyre. What three significant plot occurrences add the most significance to the novel? We had a great discussion in both classes! You guys are really growing as thinkers – I love it!! Keep it up.HW: Lit. Logs due tomorrow. No reading but review Ch. 16-17 Adios. Back to making dinner and grading!! J

Friday, October 19, 2007

Hi guys!! I loved today! Even though the weather was overcast, it was a really easy day! I hope everyone has a great weekend. Pray or meditate for rain!!!

SAT Prep: Today, you finished section 7, completed the essay section, and got your index cards for words #1-25 checked off. HW: Vocab. quiz on Monday.

American Lit. – All classes went to the media center today and worked with Mr. Creel and Mrs. Garcia. They worked with you on Connectedu, a program that helps guide you to a college and career based on criteria you select. It’s a great program! HW: None

10th Honors Lit. – Today we wrote letters to the troops!! I was so proud of all of your letters!! Fabulous job. In fourth, we ate pizza and sipped on soda. During 2nd period on Monday, we have a breakfast scheduled. HW: Read Ch. 16-17 (pages 175-205).

Here’s some info. about Bert’s Big Thank you to the Troops: http://allthehitsq100.com/bertshow/BigThankYou/index.asp

Have a great weekend!!!

Mrs. B

Thursday, October 18, 2007

Good afternoon! Today is kind of gloomy, but I was happy to go to my car and see raindrops on the windows.  I really hope it rains more — we need it so badly!!

SAT Prep: You took section 5 and part of section 7 for your pre-test.  HW: flashcards for words #1-25.

American Lit.: You turned in your vocabulary flashcards, took your Crucible Vocabulary Quiz #2, and watched Act II. Sixth period began listening to Act III after the quiz.

10th honors literature: You took your JE vocabulary quiz #2, then I gave you this rubric for your literature logs. Lit. logs are due: Tuesday, 10/23, you mark the four that you want me to grade with post-it notes: one from Catcher…, one from A Separate…, and two from Jane…  You must turn in the whole notebook which has a total of 11 literature logs.  This counts as .50% of an assessment grade.   rubric.doc  Lit. Log 11: How has the novel changed with the introduction of Mr. Rochester?

HW: Read Ch. 14-15. Be prepared for a pop quiz since we haven’t had one in a while!

That’s all. As always, email me if you have a question about your homework or a future assignment.

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Today was PSAT day. Did you survive? I hope so!  Please show me your results when you get them in December. It’s helpful for me to know where you are as a student.  

Fourth and Sixth period were the only classes that met today.

In fourth period, I had you get out your agendas and copy down some dates for the Jane Eyre Multigenre Portfolio project due in Nov. We are having a pizza party on Friday, so Liana (thanks, Liana!) took orders. Your money needs to be in today if you want pizza.

Sixth period watched Act II of The Crucible.

That’s all folks! See ya tomorrow!

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

SAT Prep: You received the following handouts: the class syllabus, the parent/teacher/student agreement, the parts of speech memorization handout, and the first 25 vocabulary words from Spark Notes.  I gave you a brief schedule for the class. Every Friday, index cards are due for your 25 vocabulary words for the week, every Monday is your weekly vocabulary quiz. You began taking your pre-test today, section 2. NO CLASS TOMORROW due to PSAT testing!!!!

American Lit.: 1st/3rd period – You turned in your Act I and Act II questions. Then you took your Act II quiz. After the quiz, we reviewed your answers from section 2 and 5 of your SAT practice test that you took yesterday. 

HW: None, unless you didn’t turn in your Act I, II questions. Remember, it counts as a quiz grade and it’s 20 pts. off a day/no late passes on this assignment. Don’t forget to study for your Crucible vocabulary quiz #2 (words 21-40). Index cards due Thur.

10th honors Lit.: We reviewed sections 2,5 of the SAT sections and analyzed your incorrect answers.

HW: JE vocabulary quiz #2 on Thursday.

Thursday, October 11, 2007

SAT Prep: You finished section 5 and completed section 7. I will be sending a folder with your exit exam results and remaining work to your math prep class by the end of next week.

American Lit.: We read Act II (10 pages left to read in 1st period, none in 2nd period, and five in 6th period).  6th period turned in Act I questions.

Upcoming dates next week:

• Tues. 10/16 – Act I, II Questions due = quiz grade, minus 20 points per day late
• Tues. 10/16 – Act II Quiz
• Thursday. 10/18 Crucible Vocabulary Quiz #2 – words 21-40
• Here is a copy of Act I and II questions: act-i-ii-questions.doc

10th honors: You turned in your Muse entry (200 hw pts) and took your JE vocab. quiz #1 (words 1-25), then began reading Ch. 12.

HW: Finish reading Ch. 12 and 13.

Have a great weekend! Sleep in tomorrow!

See you at the game tomorrow night!

GO TITANS!!!!!!

Tuesday, October 9 and Wednesday Oct 10

Tuesday, Oct. 9

SAT Prep: Review for final exit exam; you prepared one index card (front and back) of study tips for: writing, critical reading, and essay writing.

American Lit.: We finished Act I

NO HW

10th honors lit.:  You were given an index card and assigned a chapter. Then, you had to write a comment about something in your chapter that intrigued you and what you thought of it. We then had a class discussion of chapters 1-4, based on your index cards.

NO HW.

Wednesday, Oct. 10

SAT Prep: Day one of your exit exam. You took section 2 and 5 (both critical reading).

American Lit.: We began Act II and read about ten pages. You took notes as we read.

6th period only: You received the Act I and II questions sheet. HW was to complete Act I questions = a quiz grade. Minus 20 pts. per day late.

Monday, October 8, 2007

Yay for pajama day!!! I loved getting out of bed and coming to school in my jammies, how about you? Tomorrow is multiples day, then tropical day, and then spirit day. I LOVE homecoming week!

SAT Prep – Today, you took your last SAT vocabulary quiz #8, then we began reviewing section 2 work from last week.

HW: None

American Lit.: You took your first Crucible vocabulary quiz. Some of you did great and some of you not so great. I was disappointed that some of you decided NOT to study for this. Come on, guys, it was only 20 words and it was matching! Time to get it together…

Then, we finished (3rd period) or almost finished (1st, 6th period) Act I.

HW: None

10th honors lit.: Lit. Log #10 – Re-read the first paragraph of Ch. 10. Why did Bronte choose to include the elements of Jane’s character that she did so far? What do these events highlight about Jane’s character?  Then, I gave you the period to work on your quiz ch. 1-5 (due tomorrow) and your hw (read ch. 11).

HW: Ch. 11 and finish quiz

That’s all for now!

Love,

Mrs. B

Link to Crucible Vocabulary Words 1-60

https://secure.layingthefoundation.org/english/vocab/novels/The%20Crucible.pdf

Friday, October 5, 2007

Happy Fall! Aren’t you just loving this beautiful weather??  I know I am. My house is completely decorated for Fall and Halloween. Now, I just have to think up my Halloween costume…brahhahaha.

SAT Prep: You completed your fourth section from the website, www.collegeboard.com/satonlinecourseschool. I began checking index cards and calling you up to review your quiz results from the last three days. I will finish checking index cards and calling you up on Monday.

HW: Study for our LAST vocabulary quiz #8 on Monday. Finish your fourth section lessons and quizzes if you were not able to do so in class.

American Lit.: Our actors performed 12 pages in Act I: from page 1245-1257. If you were an audience member, you took note on the commentary and discussion points I brought up. If you were an actor, you will need to get these notes from a classmate ASAP.

1st period: Acting “A’s” for preparation and effort go to: Britney Washington, Joe Ferguson, Marlene S, Kyle Rassler, Will Whorton, and Claire Pondel. Some of you were a bit shakey today and obviously hadn’t prepared. This weakened the experience for all. You MUST prepare.

HW: If you have a part, you must read/understand the rest of Act I.

10th honors lit: I gave you this handout: jane-eyre-chapters-1-to-5.doc. You were to write 2-3 sentence responses for: characterization, questions. You were to write paragraph responses for the Romantic and Gothic Literature section. You must include a quotation for each paragraph in this section. You may NEVER EVER EVER EVER use the word quotation in anything you write anymore. Use your Mythology in A Separate Peace article for examples on how to properly embed quotations. Finally, your analysis and dig deeper sections require 4-5 sentence responses. THIS COUNTS AS A QUIZ GRADE. If you need more time, you can take it home, but it is due Monday.

HW: Read Ch. 7-10 (pages 71-107) and as always, be prepared for a pop quiz.

Have a fabulous weekend!

Love,

Mrs. B

Thursday, October 4, 2007

SAT Prep: You completed one section of lessons and quizzes on: www.collegeboard.com/satonlinecourseschool 

HW: Complete one more lesson and quizzes for a total of three lessons and quizzes for tomorrow.

American Lit.: You took your Puritan Lit. quiz. We graded it in class and you received your grade. It is in the grede book.

HW: If you have a part in Act I, review your role through page 1260

10th honors lit: Pop quiz today both periods on Ch. 4 in Jane Eyre.  We reviewed your quiz in class and the grades are in the grade book.

HW: Read Chapters 5 and 6 (pages 50-70) in JE.

I CANNOT STRESS enough that you need to approach me ASAP for help if you are studying (not just “reading over” the material) and struggling. I am here for you and would love to help you if you need it. Not approaching me tells me you do not care about your grade and have no interest in improving it. Now, you wouldn’t want me to have that impression, would you???

Have a good night! See you tomorrow!

Love,

Mrs. B

Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2007

SAT Prep: We were in the computer lab all period. Only 10 of you had registered for the course, so we helped each other register. You read one full lesson and took one quiz.

HW: None

American Lit.: We performed from pages 1234-1245 in The Crucible.  First period — best performance of the day. Kudos and special applause to Joe Ferguson!  3rd period — due to absences and a couple of you not being prepared, the performance was very, very rough. You can do better. I expect you to tomorrow. 6th period — We had fun, but you guys need to settle down and get to business BECAUSE you ended up with four pages of hw that 1st period and 3rd period didn’t have to do.

HW: Study for Quiz — over Puritan Notes, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” and the first ten pages of Act I in The Crucible.

10th honors lit. – You had Lit. Log #9 – Note Jane’s thoughts of suicide in Chapter 2. Why does she feels this way as a ten year old? What does this reveal about her psyche so far in the novel? Explain.

Then, I led you in a discussion of chapters 2 and 3.

HW: Ch. 4 (pages 35-49) due tomorrow. As always, be prepared for a pop reading quiz.