Wednesday, March 27, 2013.
Periods 1 - 2
Dr. Matt McConn visited these classes to coach students on the STAAR test: scoring, graduation minimum requirements, and the specific differences between expository and persuasive essays and how to identify each.
Periods 3, 5 and 7:
Students perused their practice Writing and Reading tests to identify reasons for incorrect choices.
P.S. Period 1 only checked half of the writing test.
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Tuesday, March 26, 2013.
All Classes: STAAR Practice Reading TEST: 15 questions and one crossover SAR.
Progress Reports were issued today. Please share with your parent(s)/guardian, and bring back signed tomorrow. Take note of any missing assignments and turn these in ASAP. No missing essays will be accepted after Tuesday, April 2. We will resume our reading of The Tragedy of Othello, Moor of Venice.
All Classes: STAAR Practice Reading TEST: 15 questions and one crossover SAR.
Progress Reports were issued today. Please share with your parent(s)/guardian, and bring back signed tomorrow. Take note of any missing assignments and turn these in ASAP. No missing essays will be accepted after Tuesday, April 2. We will resume our reading of The Tragedy of Othello, Moor of Venice.
Monday, March 25, 2013
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Friday, March 22, 2013.
Periods 1 - 3
Synonyms (from Absolute Language handout) vocabulary quiz.
Write Essays over prompt given yesterday. Only those who brought completed drafts will receive a 100 for their effort. Everyone else needs to sit in class and write their compositions.
Periods 5 - 7
Vocabulary Quiz 22. Turn in essays.
Thursday, March 21, 2013.
Periods 1 - 3
1. Sentence Types: Lesson 2: Compound and Lesson 3: Complex sentences
2. Essay assignment: "Do We Have Real Progress or Is It Just An Illusion?"
PERSUASIVE ESSAY
“Do We Have Real Progress or Is It Just An Illusion?”
READ
A wise man once said, “There is no such thing as progress. There is only change and the illusion of progress.”
THINK:
Are we better off as a human race now than we were ten, twenty, thirty, one hundred years ago, or are we just living differently? Think in terms of life expectancy, the quality of life, health, disease, nutrition, time, quality of time spent with loved ones, and the overall lifestyles people live in this day and age.
WRITE:
Write an essay stating your position on whether man has had real progress or only change and the illusion of progress.
3. Study synonyms for Good, bad, important, and unimportant on Absolute Language handout.
Periods 5 - 7 1. STAAR Poetry Terms: Define and review alliteration, onomatopoeia, approximate rhyme, exact rhyme, and couplet. 2. Check Vocabulary Lesson 22: Identify words that can be used in essay writing. 3. Students turned in final drafts of "A Different Kind of Holocaust" (One day late). 4.. Begin on Rules for Commas and Semicolons: Use clause information reviewed yesterday to complete this handout for homework. 3.
Periods 1 - 3
Synonyms (from Absolute Language handout) vocabulary quiz.
Write Essays over prompt given yesterday. Only those who brought completed drafts will receive a 100 for their effort. Everyone else needs to sit in class and write their compositions.
Periods 5 - 7
Vocabulary Quiz 22. Turn in essays.
Thursday, March 21, 2013.
Periods 1 - 3
1. Sentence Types: Lesson 2: Compound and Lesson 3: Complex sentences
2. Essay assignment: "Do We Have Real Progress or Is It Just An Illusion?"
PERSUASIVE ESSAY
“Do We Have Real Progress or Is It Just An Illusion?”
READ
A wise man once said, “There is no such thing as progress. There is only change and the illusion of progress.”
THINK:
Are we better off as a human race now than we were ten, twenty, thirty, one hundred years ago, or are we just living differently? Think in terms of life expectancy, the quality of life, health, disease, nutrition, time, quality of time spent with loved ones, and the overall lifestyles people live in this day and age.
WRITE:
Write an essay stating your position on whether man has had real progress or only change and the illusion of progress.
3. Study synonyms for Good, bad, important, and unimportant on Absolute Language handout.
Periods 5 - 7 1. STAAR Poetry Terms: Define and review alliteration, onomatopoeia, approximate rhyme, exact rhyme, and couplet. 2. Check Vocabulary Lesson 22: Identify words that can be used in essay writing. 3. Students turned in final drafts of "A Different Kind of Holocaust" (One day late). 4.. Begin on Rules for Commas and Semicolons: Use clause information reviewed yesterday to complete this handout for homework. 3.
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Wednesday, March 20, 2013.
Periods 1 - 3
Period 1: Completed The Tragedy of Othello ACT I; Period 2 did not read today, for readers were absent. Period 3 completed ACT I yesterday, 3/19. Period 1 needs grade for interactive work.
1. Warm-Up: Poetry Terms for STAAR: Used Glossary to define terms.
2. Lesson 1 Sentence Structure - What is a Clause?
Lesson was completed with students actively participating in the identification of subjects, predicates (What is the verb? Then ask who or what performs the action or state of being, then bracket all clauses, and finally identify the clause) dependent, and independent clauses: ICDC no comma; DC, IC. Students received a daily grade for participation and on-task behavior.
Periods 1 - 3
Period 1: Completed The Tragedy of Othello ACT I; Period 2 did not read today, for readers were absent. Period 3 completed ACT I yesterday, 3/19. Period 1 needs grade for interactive work.
1. Warm-Up: Poetry Terms for STAAR: Used Glossary to define terms.
2. Lesson 1 Sentence Structure - What is a Clause?
Lesson was completed with students actively participating in the identification of subjects, predicates (What is the verb? Then ask who or what performs the action or state of being, then bracket all clauses, and finally identify the clause) dependent, and independent clauses: ICDC no comma; DC, IC. Students received a daily grade for participation and on-task behavior.
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Tuesday, March 19, 2013.
Periods 1 - 3
1. Notes on characteristics of persuasive and expository essays.
2. Worked on Use "Absolute" Language to Persuade Your Audience handout.
NOTE: Synonyms on this handout for "Good, important, bad, and unimportant" need to be memorized by Friday. You will have a quiz on these synonyms.
3. The Tragedy of Othello to Scene 3. Period 3 completed ACT I.
Periods 5 - 7
1. Reviewed differences between expository and persuasive modes. Follow-up from yesterday.
2. Passed back stamped "A Different Kind of Holocaust" essays for peer revision and final draft writing.
3. Students who neglected to bring essays sat and wrote their essays in class. They are responsible to find two peer revisers.
4. NOTE: Vocabulary Lesson XXII (22) is due Thursday.
Periods 1 - 3
1. Notes on characteristics of persuasive and expository essays.
2. Worked on Use "Absolute" Language to Persuade Your Audience handout.
NOTE: Synonyms on this handout for "Good, important, bad, and unimportant" need to be memorized by Friday. You will have a quiz on these synonyms.
3. The Tragedy of Othello to Scene 3. Period 3 completed ACT I.
Periods 5 - 7
1. Reviewed differences between expository and persuasive modes. Follow-up from yesterday.
2. Passed back stamped "A Different Kind of Holocaust" essays for peer revision and final draft writing.
3. Students who neglected to bring essays sat and wrote their essays in class. They are responsible to find two peer revisers.
4. NOTE: Vocabulary Lesson XXII (22) is due Thursday.
Monday, March 18, 2013.
Periods 1-3:
The Tragedy of Othello: Act I, Scenes 1-2
Periods 5-7:
1. Handout on "Absolute" Language to Persuade Your Audience
2. Notes on characteristics of Expository and Persuasive essays
3. The Tragedy of Othello: ACT I, Scenes 1-2
4. Collected essays on "A Different Kind of Holocaust" assigned on March 8.
NOTE: Vocabulary Lesson 22 due Thursday. Quiz Friday.
Periods 1-3:
The Tragedy of Othello: Act I, Scenes 1-2
Periods 5-7:
1. Handout on "Absolute" Language to Persuade Your Audience
2. Notes on characteristics of Expository and Persuasive essays
3. The Tragedy of Othello: ACT I, Scenes 1-2
4. Collected essays on "A Different Kind of Holocaust" assigned on March 8.
NOTE: Vocabulary Lesson 22 due Thursday. Quiz Friday.
Friday, March 8, 2013
Friday, March 8, 2013.
Period 1: "Remembering All The Boys" (Same as other classes yesterday.)
Farewell to Manzanar Voc. Quiz 4
Period 2-3 Farewell Voc. Quiz 4
Complete reading / LA essays.
Periods 5-7
1. Grammar and mechanics: Sentence Structure: clauses and types of sentences. There are five handouts which you need to pick up if you were absent today. Three on grammar and two on Modes of Persuasion (Logos, Pathos, Ethos) and Elaboration Strategies for Expository and Persuasive Writing. Please ask for them when you return Monday.
2. Distribution of the following persuasive prompt:
Persuasive Essay “A Different Kind of Holocaust” Due: Monday, March 18.
Read “An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.” Mahatma Ghandi
Think about the following statement:
A nuclear weapon is not only one of defense but of devastation and terror. North Korea has issued a threat of nuclear attack against the United States.
Write an essay stating whether the U.S. should respond with a nuclear strike against North Korea following its threat.
NOTE: Don't forget that Vocabulary Lesson XXII (22) is due Thursday, March 21.
Period 1: "Remembering All The Boys" (Same as other classes yesterday.)
Farewell to Manzanar Voc. Quiz 4
Period 2-3 Farewell Voc. Quiz 4
Complete reading / LA essays.
Periods 5-7
1. Grammar and mechanics: Sentence Structure: clauses and types of sentences. There are five handouts which you need to pick up if you were absent today. Three on grammar and two on Modes of Persuasion (Logos, Pathos, Ethos) and Elaboration Strategies for Expository and Persuasive Writing. Please ask for them when you return Monday.
2. Distribution of the following persuasive prompt:
Persuasive Essay “A Different Kind of Holocaust” Due: Monday, March 18.
Read “An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.” Mahatma Ghandi
Think about the following statement:
A nuclear weapon is not only one of defense but of devastation and terror. North Korea has issued a threat of nuclear attack against the United States.
Write an essay stating whether the U.S. should respond with a nuclear strike against North Korea following its threat.
NOTE: Don't forget that Vocabulary Lesson XXII (22) is due Thursday, March 21.
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Thursday, March 7, 2013.
Period 1: Shakespeare's Othello film clip. Film quiz.
Period 2: "Remembering All The Boys". Read persuasive essay and completed analysis.
Period 3: Same as period 1.
NOTE: Study for Farewell vocabulary quiz with "4"
Periods 5 - 7
Same as Period 2 "Remembering All The Boys" analysis. No quiz until after spring break.
Period 1: Shakespeare's Othello film clip. Film quiz.
Period 2: "Remembering All The Boys". Read persuasive essay and completed analysis.
Period 3: Same as period 1.
NOTE: Study for Farewell vocabulary quiz with "4"
Periods 5 - 7
Same as Period 2 "Remembering All The Boys" analysis. No quiz until after spring break.
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Wednesday, March 6, 2013.
Period 1:
1. Shift in Person and Tense exercise. The Tragedy of Othello intro (LCD projector died and had to find alternate one in library, so students did not view this video.
Period 2:
1. Shift in Person and Tense exercise warm-up.
2. Film video: Standard Deviant's Shakespeare's Othello. Intro to the main and secondary characters in othello, and universal themes and particulars represented by these main characters: GOOD, EVIL, and EVERYMAN. Students took a quiz on the characters using notes.
Period 3:
1. Ms. Sarah Cooper with Writers in the School co-taught "Remembering All the Boys" by Elvia Bautista. We analyzed essay for position, persuasive appeals, and specific details. Students then brainstormed with graphic organizer to write about what they strongly believe.
Periods 5 - 7
1. Shift in Person warm-up.
2. Standard Deviant's Shakespeare's Othello. Students took notes on handout. Then they took a quiz on the character without using notes.
* Do complete comma use handout during break. Bring to class on Monday 3/18
* No vocabulary for this week. Lesson XXII will be due the Thursday after Spring Break.
Period 1:
1. Shift in Person and Tense exercise. The Tragedy of Othello intro (LCD projector died and had to find alternate one in library, so students did not view this video.
Period 2:
1. Shift in Person and Tense exercise warm-up.
2. Film video: Standard Deviant's Shakespeare's Othello. Intro to the main and secondary characters in othello, and universal themes and particulars represented by these main characters: GOOD, EVIL, and EVERYMAN. Students took a quiz on the characters using notes.
Period 3:
1. Ms. Sarah Cooper with Writers in the School co-taught "Remembering All the Boys" by Elvia Bautista. We analyzed essay for position, persuasive appeals, and specific details. Students then brainstormed with graphic organizer to write about what they strongly believe.
Periods 5 - 7
1. Shift in Person warm-up.
2. Standard Deviant's Shakespeare's Othello. Students took notes on handout. Then they took a quiz on the character without using notes.
* Do complete comma use handout during break. Bring to class on Monday 3/18
* No vocabulary for this week. Lesson XXII will be due the Thursday after Spring Break.
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Tuesday, March 5, 2013.
All classes:
Video: Intro to Shakespeare:
Standard Deviant Module 01 from United Streaming Database: Look for this in the Bellaire Library website. You will need a password.
Students took notes on a handout and took the Shakespeare Quiz over the presentation.
Vocabulary for this week:
Periods 1-3: Farewell... glossary words with a 4.
Periods 5-7: Vocabulary Lesson XXII.
All classes:
Video: Intro to Shakespeare:
Standard Deviant Module 01 from United Streaming Database: Look for this in the Bellaire Library website. You will need a password.
Students took notes on a handout and took the Shakespeare Quiz over the presentation.
Vocabulary for this week:
Periods 1-3: Farewell... glossary words with a 4.
Periods 5-7: Vocabulary Lesson XXII.
Monday, March 4, 2013
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