Tuesday, Feb. 13

Short post today. Here’s what we did:

Juniors: I handed you out your Poetry Walk sheet for Northview’s first annual poetry contest and explained exactly what you needed to do.

Guidelines:

• Had to be typed 14 or 16 pt. font
• Had to be in poetic form (stanzas, non-paragraph form)
• I need two copies – one for me, one for the contest
• the contest entry form needs to have your name on the front (optional) and my name, Mrs. Breaux-grade number, on the back, it has your name, my name, your grade, and the topic of the contest you’re entering (relationships, dreams/goals, school, sports poem, challenges/obstacles, sonnet, foreign language, nature, song lyrics).
• The copy you’re turning into me has the normal heading: Name, date, period, my name
• Has to be at least 15 lines but can be more if you can fit it on one page.
• Counts as 25% of a paper grade.
• Make it fun – colored paper, different colors in the font, computer art, etc.
• Graded on: formatting, effort, creativity and design.

Then, you took your EOCT checkpoint exam.  There are no make-ups available for this, so if you missed it, you missed it.

Sophomores: I explained the poetry contest — see above for complete details. Then, you spent the majority of the period, about 35 minutes, taking notes for the LOTF essay test tomorrow. I put the possible topics on the board, and you could use prior notes, your book, and annotations within your book to take original notes for the topic. You also had a choice in what you selected. I collected the notes at the end of the period and I will pas them out tomorrow for you to use on your test.

HW: Review the notes you took in class and your annotations for the test tomorrow.

See you tomorrow.

Mrs. B