Writing Class (Periods 1, 2, 3):
Please work independently today; do not work in groups or with partners. Literature Class (Periods 4, 5, 6):
Please work independently today; do not work in groups or with partners. Writing Class: We are continuing to work on the short composition over an inspirational quotation or Bible verse to submit to the Criterion newspaper. Please use the links below to find the most recently published articles for this topic. These examples can help you decide what information you would like to share. Literature Class:
Today, we will turn in our first two study guides over Farewell to Manzanar (Introductory pages through Chapter 4.) We will continue to read Chapters 5-7. Writing Class:
1. Conduct online research for at least one additional source for your argument about STEM-focused education. Record the title and URL onto your Source Chart. Fill in Row G for your new source. If time or if needed, find a second source for Row H. 2. Read through the packet that begins with the "Argument Outline" page. 3. Begin filling in the "Argument Template" as you create your position and claim. Write down any ideas you have for opposition and refutation. Literature Class: 1. On your own, independently and silently, read the play, The Diary of Anne Frank, Act I: Scene 5. 2. Skip questions #13 and #14 on the study guide. We will cover these on Wednesday. 3. Answer questions #15, 16, and 17 on the study guide. These are due at the beginning of class on Wednesday. Writing Class:
1. Please continue working on your research and draft for the Right to Life essay contest. You may email me if you have questions about the essay. See the link below for an example of an essay that won in the past. Scroll through the web page to read the essay at the end. 2. Work on next week's IXL O2, O3, O7. These cover skills that will help us with our argumentation unit. While these are not due until the usual deadline, Friday, March 10, doing them now will help you be better prepared for next week's assignments. Literature Class: 1. Review Act I: Scene 3 of the play, The Diary of Anne Frank. 2. Finish answering all of the study guide questions over Act I: Scene 3. Yesterday's assignment was #1-4; answer #5-11 today. Be prepared to dramatize the scene and discuss Act I: Scenes 1-3 on Monday. Writing Class:
We will take a small break from argumentation and look at a future writing assignment and opportunity to participate in the Right to Life of Indianapolis essay contest. Please read the handout distributed in class today. Notice the 8th Grade Essay Question for this year: "Why are you pro-life? Who is your pro-life hero (living or dead)? How has their [sic] example inspired your beliefs? Give examples of how you can defend life among your peers and in the community and help create a culture of life." Use today's class to begin gathering your ideas and drafting your essay. The essay should be between 300 and 600 words. You might do some research online of various pro-life heroes. You might also consider people you know personally or know of locally. You might even consider Anne Frank or Miep Gies or other people we have read about. We will start this essay as soon as we finish our argumentation unit. Use today to get a head start so you have plenty of time to finish between now and the April 1 deadline. Literature Class: Read our play The Diary of Anne Frank, Act I: Scene 3. Answer questions #1-4 over Act I: Scene 3. The new study guide should be distributed in class today. Be prepared to discuss Act I: Scenes 1 and 2 and to dramatize Act I: Scene 3 on Friday. Writing Class:
Follow the instructions on the last page of the Sentence-Composing Tools: Participial Phrase packet and draft a narrative paragraph. Revise the plain sentences on that page. At the caret marks (insertion marks), add present or past participles or participial phrases. Use your Warriner's packet, pp. 94-97, to help you. Complete this assignment in your own Google Document. Highlight your participles and participial phrases in yellow. Use MLA format and your best writing skills. This is due at the beginning of class on Friday, January 27. If you finish this early during class today, you may read your independent reading book and work on your slideshow. You may also work on this week's IXL KK6 or next week's IXL, KK7 and KK8. Literature Class: Review our short story "Three Skeleton Key" at Actively Learn. If you were absent yesterday, you will need to read the story first. Answer all embedded questions and be ready to discuss the story tomorrow. Your responses must be time-stamped in Actively Learn by 7:30 AM on Friday, January 27. Whatever you do not finish in class today becomes homework. If you finish early, you may read your independent reading book, work on your slideshow, or work on IXL. Writing Class: Today, we begin our narrative composition assignment.
Literature Class: We continue to read our novel Tunes for Bears to Dance To, Chapters 4-8. Please remember that links to the chapters can be found at the Lit Resources page. If you are absent, you may email me for a link to the study guides. Writing: Today, we created our portfolios and began writing the Letter to Myself. Use the link below to see the outline and some sentence starters. Please look over these and think about what you want to write in your letter. Letters will be completed, sealed, and placed in the portfolio by the end of class tomorrow. Literature: Today we discussed our summer reading books and worked in groups to recall the characters, setting, and plot elements. Writing:
Short stories are due at the beginning of class on Monday, May 16. Please be ready to share your document with me and to turn in your completed plot diagram. I will print out a copy of your story, and you will read it to the class. Literature: We will finish reading the final chapters of Farewell to Manzanar next week. Please use the links below to read chapters and to answer study guide questions as assigned for homework throughout the week. Writing:
1. Today we graded, discussed, and turned in Daily Edit #4. 2. We analyzed our first media argument, "Soda Tax," and filled in the chart. Literature: 1. We finished reading aloud the opening pages of Farewell to Manzanar, from the Foreword through Chapter 1. 2. Our homework is to answer all questions on the study guide. Students may work ahead and fill in the figurative language chart, but it is not a required part of the assignment today. |
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A Classroom Prayer
Holy Spirit, Giver of all good gifts, enter into my mind and heart. Give me the gift of knowledge and the grace to use it wisely. Help me in all my endeavors. Give me perseverance and fortitude. Help my memory, that I may remember what I learn and recall it when necessary. Guide me in the classroom.
O Jesus, You who are the Way, the Truth, and the Life, let me not be deceived by false teaching. Our Lady of Good Studies, pray for me. Amen. Mary, Undoer of Knots,
Pray for Us! A Prayer to Christ, the Divine Teacher
O source of all Wisdom, Christ the Teacher,
You are the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Teach us to embrace the truths You have revealed to Your Church. Fill our souls with Your Grace that we may love God above all and our neighbors as ourselves. Christ Jesus, friend and Teacher most patient, bless us and teach us. O Light of the world, teach us always to follow You that we should not walk in darkness, but have forever the Light of Life! Amen. Archives
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