Tuesday, December 15

Today we did the following:

1. Spelling: Pg. 53 "Definitions"
2. Review dialogue punctuation rules
3. Checked typed drafts
4. peer-edited parody

HW- RPC due tomorrow, revised parody due Thursday, final parody due Friday

Monday, December 14

Today we did the following:

1. Spelling pre-test: Unit 10
2. Corrected pre-tests
3. Checked rough draft of parody (due today!)
4. Reviewed dialogue punctuation rules
5. Assigned/completed three dialogue worksheets

HW- Typed draft of parody and dialogue worksheets due tomorrow

Friday, December 11

Today we did the following:

1. Spelling test unit 9
2. Corrected/Collected tests
3. Finished writing parody rough draft

HW- Rough draft of parody due MONDAY, Typed draft due TUESDAY

Requirements of parody essay----

1. Creative title
2. At least one aspect/ method of parody present
3. Beginning/Middle/End
4. Creativity
5. At least five paragraphs in length
6. Dialogue between characters
7. Purpose of parody present (ridicule/comic effect)

Monday, December 7

Today we did the following:

1. Spelling: Pre-Test for unit nine
2. Corrected pre-test
3. Returned graded book-talks (currency exchange)
4. Poetry anthology- self-evaluation, shared with groups, turned projects in
5. Parody Essay- returned proposals and discussed

NO Homework :)

Friday, December 4

Be sure to have your poetry anthology done and with you in class on Monday! The anthology must include the following:

Cover
Table of contents
Preface/Dedication
Biography
10 works from other poets
12 personal poems

***bound together, completely typed (except concrete poem)

Tuesday, December 1

Today we did the following:

1. Spelling: Pg. 45 "Word Relations"
2. Book-Talks:
***Shared info with group
***Collected book-talks
3. IMC- 15 minutes to check out/return books
4. RPC/Poetry time


HW-Anthology due Fri

Monday, November 30

Today we did the following:

1. Spelling: Pre-test Unit 8
2. Corrected test
3. Collected/New RPCs (#13 due Dec. 9, #14 due Dec. 16)
4. Notes- Parody and Seven Deadly sins in fairy tales
5. Work time for book-talk


HW- Book-Talk due tomorrow!!!!
Poetry anthology due Friday

Tuesday, November 24

Today we did the following:

1. Reminder about outcome test re-takes and due dates
2. Went to the IMC for time to work on reading/RPC/book-talk


Upcoming Due Dates-

RPC due Monday
Book-Talk due Tues
Poetry Anthology due Friday

Friday, November 20

Today was our last day to work on the PhotoStory project in the lab. The project was due at the end of the hour today.

Upcoming due dates:

Dec 1- Book-Talk #3
Dec. 4- Poetry Anthology

Wednesday, November 18

Today we did the following:

1. Checked completed RPC
2. Viewed and discussed PhotoStory rubric
3. Went to computer lab to work on PhotoStory

HW- PhotoStory due Friday at end of class

Tuesday, November 17

Today we did the following:

1. Reviewed requirements/expectations for PhotoStory project
2. Went to lab 168 to work on the PhotoStory

HW- RPC due tomorrow, PhotoStory due Friday

Monday, November 16

Today we did the following:

1. Returned graded outcome tests- All redos must be done before Thanksgiving break
2. Filed outcome tests
3. Went to computer lab to begin PhotoStory

DUE DATES:

Poetry PhotoStory- due November 19
Book-Talk #3- due Dec 1
Poetry Anthology - due Dec 4

Thursday, November 12

Today we did the following:

1. Spelling: Pg. 41 "Antonyms"
2. Collected spelling work from the week
3. Finish book-talk presentations
4. Photostory story board
5. Work on anthology

HW- Spelling test tomorrow, story board due tomorrow

Wednesday, November 11

Today we did the following:

1. Spelling: Pg. 41 "Seeing Relationships"
2. Collected/New RPCs - #11 due 11/18 and #12 due 11/30 (Strategy is still characterization)
3. Shared "To Do List" for lab
4. Computer lab- worked on poetry anthology

HW- Anthology due Nov. 24

Monday, November 9

Today we did the following:

1. Spelling: Pre-test unit 7
2. Corrected pre-test
3. Book-Talk presentations
4. Check poetry notes on poet
5. Poetry checklist
6. Discuss two choice poems

HW- Have the 12 anthology poems by you written for Wednesday

Friday, November 6, 2009

Today we did the following:

1. Book-Talk presentations
2. Cornell note taking on the two articles on chosen poet

HW- Finish notes for Monday

Thursday, November 5

Today we went to the computer lab to research our poet for the biography section of the Poetry Anthology (due November 24). In addition, we began to type our poems.

Wednesday, November 4

Today we did the following:

1. Book-Talk presentations
2. Check RPCs
3. Poetry Anthology- continue working on creating poems. (Tomorrow we go to the lab to type)

Hw- Choose two more poems to write for tomorrow

Monday, November 2

Today we did the following:

1. Continued with more book-talk presentations
2. Ballad poem-explain, and time to write

HW- Ballad poem due tomorrow

Wednesday, October 28

Today we did the following:

1. Collected RPCs/New RPCs
2. Checked sonnet poem for anthology (Anthology is due Nov. 24)
3. Book-Talk presentations


HW- Continue to work on anthology

Monday, October 26

We will not be having any spelling work this week because of the shortened week

1. Created poetry folders
2. Sonnet poems- explain, examples, and time to write

HW- Book-Talk #2 and Sonnet due tomorrow

Wednesday, October 21

Today we did the following:

1. Checked RPC #7
2. Spelling: Page 34 "Proofread a Movie Review"
3. Had time to...

• Complete yesterday's outcome test
• Complete late work for English class
• Time to work on Book-Talk #2- due 10/27

Tuesday, October 20

Today we did the following:

1. Completed short story outcome test
2. Received missing work reports which listed missing assignments for English class

HW- RPC due tomorrow

Monday, October 19

Today we did the following:

1. Unit six spelling pre-test/explanation of spelling for the week
2. Corrected unit six test
3. Reviewed content from tomorrow's outcome test on the short story

Outcome test tomorrow!

Thursday, October 15

Today we did the following:

1. Spelling: Page 32 "Proofread for Usage"
2. Collected spelling work
3. Finished reading "Run" and answered questions

HW- Study for tomorrow's spelling test

Wednesday, October 14

Today we did the following:

1. Spelling: Page 31 "Classifying"
2. Collected RPC 5 & 6, assigned 7 (due October 21) and 8 (due october 28)
3. Completed pre-reading questions, and began reading and answering comprehension questions about "Run"

Tuesday, October 13

Today we did the following:

1. Spelling: Page 31 "Word Forms"
2. Finished short story fair and project responses
3. IMC- book-talk time

HW- RPC due tomorrow

Thursday, October 8

Today we did the following:

1. Unit four spelling test
2. Corrected tests
3. Spelling record sheets
4. Introduced Book-Talk #2- due Oct. 27
5. Project time

HW- Project due Monday

Wednesday, Octtober 7

Today we did the following:

1. Spelling: Pg. 27 "Definitions"
2. Turn in spelling work
3. Check RPCs
4. Project time

HW- Spelling test tomorrow, project due Monday

Tuesday, October 6

Today we did the following:

1. Spelling: Pg. 27 "Making Connections"
2. Project time
3. IMC

HW- RPC due tomorrow

Monday, October 5

Today we did the following:

1. Unit Four Pre-test (Final test will be THURSDAY this week)
2. Corrected test
3. 15 minutes to finish short story packet
4. Introduced short story projects/expectations
5. Planning/work time

Friday, October 2

Today we did the following:

1. Unit three spelling test
2. Corrected test
3. Completed spelling record sheet
4. Short story project- finished reading and completed packet

Thursday, October 1

Today we did the following:

1. Spelling: Finished "Word forms" and completed "Relationships" on page 23
2. Turned in spelling work from the week
3. Short Story Project- Read short story from Monday, began to work on literary elements packet


HW- Study spelling words, test is tomorrow!

Wednesday, September 30

(We had shortened classes today due to the ACT Explore test in the morning)

Today we did the following:

1. Collected RPCs/New RPCs/Incentives
2. Collected and shared book-talk #1
3. Spelling: Page 23 "Word Forms"

HW- Study spelling words for Fri

Tuesday, Sept 29

Today we had the OMS librarian in to speak to us about public library cards, and how to use the online search program. In addition, we learned about some great new books in the fantasty, science fiction, and mystery genres.

HW- RPC and Book-Talk due tomorrow!

Monday, September 28

Today we did the following:

1. Returned graded "If I Were in Charge of the World" poems
2. Unit three spelling pre-test
3. Corrected pre-tests
4. Began short story project

HW- RPC and Book-Talk due Wednesday!

Friday, September 25

Today we did the following:

1. Spelling: Unit 2 test
2. Corrected tests
3. Filled out "Spelling Record Sheets"
4. RPC/Book-Talk time

HW- Book-talk due Wed!

Thursday, September 24

Today we did the following:

1. Checked RPC #3
2. Spelling: Pg. 20 "Proofread for Usage"
3. Collected spelling work from week
4.Notecard activity
5. Practice filling out a plotline for The Lottery

HW- Book-talk due 9/30 and spelling test tomorrow

Tuesday, September 22

Today we did the following:

1. Reviewed yesterday's questions from The Lottery
2. Finished reading story
3. IMC- Book-talk work time

HW- RPC and rest of questions from "While reading" section on The Lottery worksheet due tomorrow

Monday, September 21

Today we did the following:

1. Filled out spelling record sheet
2. Spelling Pre-test: Unit Two
3. Corrected Pre-test
4. Pre-reading questions for "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson
5. Began reading "The Lottery"

HW- Work on book-talk, due September 30

Friday, September 18

Today we did the following:

1. Unit one spelling test
2. Corrected/Collected tests
3. Work time in the computer lab for book-talk


HW- Book-talk due September 30

Thursday, September 17

Today we did the following:

1. Spelling: Pg 16 "Proofread for Punctuation"
2. Collected spelling work from the week
3. Collected final draft of poem
4. 10 minutes to study spelling with a partner
5. Work time for book-talk (due Sept. 30)

HW- Spelling test tomorrow!

Wednesday, September 16

Today we did the following:

1. Spelling work: "Rhymes" page 15
2. Collected RPCs
3. New RPCS- #3 due 9/23, #4 due 9/30
4. Time to work on final draft of "If I Were in Charge of the World" poem

HW- Final poem due tomorrow

Monday, September 14

Today we did the following:

1. Unit one spelling pre-test
2. Corrected unit one spelling pre-test
3. Read example of "If I Were in Charge of the World" poem
4. Worked on rough draft of poem

Rough draft of poem due tomorrow

Thursday, September 10

Today we did the following:

1. Collected HW
2. Took notes on first person hooks
3. Explained first person hook worksheet


HW- First person hook worksheet due tomorrow

Wednesday, September 9

Today we did the following:

1. Checked completed RPCs
2. Took notes on the six methods of characterization
3. Read the short story "The Climb"
4. Completed questions about "The Climb"

Tuesday, September 8

Today we did the following:

1. Introduced book-talk #1- Due September 30

2. Notes about literature terms

3. Reminder about RPC

4. IMC- book-talk/RPC/reading time

HW- RPC due tomorrow

Friday, September 4

Today we did the following:

1. Collected signed parent letter and letter to Mrs. Port
2. Finished "Introduce Yourself" and created panther paws about partner
3. 10 minutes to work on RPC

HW- RPC due Wed

Thursday, September 3

Today we did the following:

1. Reviewed CARE criteria at OMS
2. Handed out/explained Free Miss Forms
3. "Introduce Yourself" activity- we will finish this tomorrow in class
4. Last 10 minutes of class were spent working on letter to Mrs. Port and/or RPC

HW- Signed parent letter and letter to Mrs. Port due tomorrow

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

We are off to a great start to the school year!

Today we did the following:

1. RPCs- discussed the due dates and formats. RPC #1 will be due 9/9 and RPC #2 will be due on 9/16

2. Created file folders to house outcomes

3. Time to work on letter to Mrs. Port- due Friday, or read

Tuesday, September 1

Welcome to 8-O English! I am looking forward to a great year with you!

Today we did the following:

1. Welcome!
2. Notecards
3. Expectations/Sharing of class blog
4. File folders
5. Parent letter- due Friday
6. Letter to Mrs. Port- Due Friday