Wednesday, August 31, 2011.
NOTE: G.U.M. Workbooks were distributed by class, color-coded. Students wrote their names on all three sides.
1) Grammar Notes: A noun is a word that names a person, place, thing, idea/quality. There are three classifications of nouns:
Common-Proper boy-Victor
Concrete-Abstract brick-love
Compound-Collective
mother-in-law/herd
With the collective noun, if the noun is collective, it may be made plural. If the noun is plural, then it is not collective.
Notes on prounouns: personal, reflexive, intensive, demonstrative, etc. GUM workbook...
Students completed pp. 2, 3, 5-6 while "The Interlopers" notes and questions were checked for a daily grade.
OPEN HOUSE TOMORROW. Early dismissal.
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Tuesday, August 30, 2011.
1) PSAT vocabulary list 1-15 + last 15 words from Flowers for Algernon list 21-35. Quiz Friday.
2) Read and create plot diagram for "The Interlopers" p. 426-435 in lit book. Discussed each part of the plot. Questions 1- 6: We will continue tomorrow.
3) Picked up Bio-poem cards.
HW: Read Flowers for Algernon pp. 114-138.
1) PSAT vocabulary list 1-15 + last 15 words from Flowers for Algernon list 21-35. Quiz Friday.
2) Read and create plot diagram for "The Interlopers" p. 426-435 in lit book. Discussed each part of the plot. Questions 1- 6: We will continue tomorrow.
3) Picked up Bio-poem cards.
HW: Read Flowers for Algernon pp. 114-138.
Monday, August 29, 2011
Monday, August 29, 2011.
1) Complete reading and analysis of "The Interlopers" by drawing and detailing the story with a plot diagram. Answer questions 1-6 on pg. 435 using complete sentences.
2) SUMMER READING TEST: Running Loose by Chris Crutcher and Watership Down by Richard Adams
Bio poems were not collected. Bring them tomorrow.
Don't forget your independent reading of Flowers for Algernon. pp. 83-113
1) Complete reading and analysis of "The Interlopers" by drawing and detailing the story with a plot diagram. Answer questions 1-6 on pg. 435 using complete sentences.
2) SUMMER READING TEST: Running Loose by Chris Crutcher and Watership Down by Richard Adams
Bio poems were not collected. Bring them tomorrow.
Don't forget your independent reading of Flowers for Algernon. pp. 83-113
Friday, August 26, 2011
Friday, August 26, 2011.
1) Pop quiz on independent reading of Flowers for Algernon: pp. 1-25
2) Vocabulary quiz over Flowers for Algernon vocabulary 1-20.
REMINDER: SUMMER READING TEST: MONDAY, AUGUST 29.
RUNNING LOOSE AND WATERSHIP DOWN
REMINDER: BRING COMPLETED BIO-POEM CARD. DON'T FORGET TO ATTACH PHOTO.
1) Pop quiz on independent reading of Flowers for Algernon: pp. 1-25
2) Vocabulary quiz over Flowers for Algernon vocabulary 1-20.
REMINDER: SUMMER READING TEST: MONDAY, AUGUST 29.
RUNNING LOOSE AND WATERSHIP DOWN
REMINDER: BRING COMPLETED BIO-POEM CARD. DON'T FORGET TO ATTACH PHOTO.
Thursday, August 25, 2011.
1) Students were given a literary elements handout and a glossary to review terms.
2) We reviewed elements of the short story [ setting, plot, character, point of view, and theme] with the analysis of "Little Red Riding Hood."
3) We discussed "Theme as a universal idea about life or human nature." Theme may cross/span time, space, and culture.
1) Students were given a literary elements handout and a glossary to review terms.
2) We reviewed elements of the short story [ setting, plot, character, point of view, and theme] with the analysis of "Little Red Riding Hood."
3) We discussed "Theme as a universal idea about life or human nature." Theme may cross/span time, space, and culture.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Wednesday, August 24, 2011.
1) Students reviewed dependent (adjective, adverb, and noun) clauses as well as independent clauses with LCD projector and their own handouts.
2) Then they traded their bio-poems with their neighbors to check for accuracy of line 6 in their poems, which asks for three independent clauses.
3) Students reviewed GERUNDS with LCD projector and then checked their poems for accuracy.
4) ) Students picked up colored index cards to complete their bio-poem, decorating it with their photographs and pictures to form a collage. Due Friday, 8/26
1) Students reviewed dependent (adjective, adverb, and noun) clauses as well as independent clauses with LCD projector and their own handouts.
2) Then they traded their bio-poems with their neighbors to check for accuracy of line 6 in their poems, which asks for three independent clauses.
3) Students reviewed GERUNDS with LCD projector and then checked their poems for accuracy.
4) ) Students picked up colored index cards to complete their bio-poem, decorating it with their photographs and pictures to form a collage. Due Friday, 8/26
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Tuesday, August 23, 2011.
Today, among 42 students, students viewed course outline, reviewed lists of personality adjectives for students to brainstorm about themselves, and took notes on independent clauses and gerunds, which they will use to write a bio-poem.
Note: Please bring rough draft of poem tomorrow [Please follow model.] for a daily grade.
Vocabulary: Passed out vocabulary list of words for Flowers for Algernon. Study words 1-20. Review: Thursday; quiz Friday, 8/26
Test on summer reading: Running Loose and Watership Down: Monday, 8/29
Today, among 42 students, students viewed course outline, reviewed lists of personality adjectives for students to brainstorm about themselves, and took notes on independent clauses and gerunds, which they will use to write a bio-poem.
Note: Please bring rough draft of poem tomorrow [Please follow model.] for a daily grade.
Vocabulary: Passed out vocabulary list of words for Flowers for Algernon. Study words 1-20. Review: Thursday; quiz Friday, 8/26
Test on summer reading: Running Loose and Watership Down: Monday, 8/29
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