Writing:
1. Most of our class time will be used for the ACRE test in Religion. 2. Any time remaining will be used to complete the Independent Reading #3 project, due this Friday, January 28. See handouts and earlier blog posts for links to the requirements, model, and rubric. 3. Students should also continue to work on this week's IXL GG8 (Infinitive Phrases) and LL1 (Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers). Literature: 1. We will wrap-up our discussion of the poem "Four Little Foxes." and turn in our study guides. 2. We will have a test over the six nature poems on Monday, January 31. Students should gather and review all study guides to prepare. Writing:
1. We will use proofreading marks to revise printed copies of the gerund phrases paragraph. 2. We will introduce IXL GG8 (Infinitive Phrases) and LL1 (Misplaced Modifiers) and use the rest of class to complete them. Literature: 1. We will discuss the poem "Four Little Foxes." See yesterday's post for links to the poem and the study guide. 2. Any remaining class time will be used for the Independent Reading Project #3, due Friday, January 28. See earlier posts for links to the assignment, model, and rubric. Writing: 1. Revise the creative paragraph using prepositional phrases and the creative paragraph using participial phrases. I have graded both of these and provided feedback in online comments. Please use that feedback to strengthen your paragraphs. You do not need to share the document again; I have saved the links. Revisions are due by the end of class today. 2. Use the link below to access the creative paragraph assignment for gerund phrases. This is due today by 3:00 PM. Literature:
1. Read the poem "Four Little Foxes" linked below. 2. Complete all questions on the study guide. This is due at the start of class tomorrow, Tuesday, January 25. Writing:
1. Use the link in yesterday's post to access the packet, "Sentence-Composing Tools: Gerund Phrase." 2. Complete Practice 2, Practice 3, Practice 4, and Practice 5. We will work on the Creative Writing in class on Monday. Literature: 1. We will wrap up our discussion of the poem "Silver" today. If you are working from home, make sure you have shared your study guide responses online. See yesterday's post for links. 2. Please keep working on your Independent Reading #3 project. This is due Friday, January 28. Writing: 1. We will work with gerund phrases today using IXL GG7 and the packet, "Sentence-Composing Tools: Gerund Phrase." Use the links below to access the class notes. Watch the videos (embedded in the notes) and complete Practice 1, Matching. 2. The rest of the class period will be used to work on Independent Reading #3, due Friday, January 28. Literature: 1. We will discuss the poem "Silver" and take discussion notes. 2. If you are working from home, please submit your responses to the study guide questions by 3:00 today. See yesterday's post for links to the poem and the study guide. Writing:
1. We will wrap up our work with participial phrases today. Practice Items #1-5 should be complete. The Creative Writing Paragraph should be shared as a Google Doc by 3:00 PM today. See yesterday's post for the link to the assignment. 2. IXL GG6 and GG7 are due on Friday, January 21. 3. We will begin working with gerund phrases tomorrow. Literature: 1. We will read and analyze the poem "Silver." 2. See the links below for the poem and the study guide. This is due at the start of class tomorrow, Thursday, January 20. Writing: 1. Revise your Catholic Schools Week essay using the feedback I have written on your printed draft. If you are working from home, please revise and proofread your document using your rubric. When you return to the classroom (or when your work is sent home to you), please make the changes I've suggested. 2. Complete IXL GG6 (participles) and GG7 (gerunds). These are due Friday, January 21, 7:00 PM. 3. Use the link below to access the packet, "Sentence-Composing Tools: Participial Phrases." Complete Practice 1-5 exercises. Begin drafting the Creative Writing paragraph explained in the online packet. This will be due on Wednesday, January 19, by 3:00 PM. Literature: 1. We will wrap-up our discussion of the poem "Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind" today and turn in the study guides. If you were working from home last week, you should have submitted your study guide online last Friday. If you are working from home as of today, please finish all parts of the study guide using the links below. Be ready to turn in your study guide when you return to school. (For additional details, see the blog post for Friday, January 14.) 2. Continue reading your IR#3 nonfiction book. Add at least one quotation and one explanation slide today. This project is due next Friday, January 28, 2022. Writing Class: 1. We will introduce participial phrases today by working on IXL GG6. Work to a score of at least 85 today. (This IXL will be due to a score of 100 on Friday, January 21.) 2. Use the link below to access class notes for the packet, "Sentence-Composing Tools: Participial Phrase." Read through the notes and watch the video links. 3. Complete Practice 1 Matching, Practice 2 Unscrambling, and Practice 3 Combining. Self-check and be prepared to show these to me when you return to class. 4. We will work on Practice 4, Practice 5, and the Creative Writing next week. Literature Class: 1. We will discuss Shakespeare's poem "Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind" in class today. Make sure you have shared your study guide responses with me. See yesterday's blog post for links. 2. We will watch a musical interpretation of the poem at the link below. As you watch, think about how this may change your analysis of the poem. Revise your answers on your study guide as needed. (You do not need to send the document to me again. Your changes will show up when I view your first link.) 3. Compare and contrast Shakespeare's poem about winter with Dickinson's and Updike's. Write your ideas in a brief paragraph at the bottom of your study guide. The video links have been approved for you to watch, but you still may need to access them on a different device due to school filters. As always, please feel free to email me during the school day if you have questions. Writing Class:
1. This is the last day this week that we will use a full class period to work on the Independent Reading #3 project. Please read your book for at least 30-35 minutes. 2. Add one quotation to your slide collection. Write a paragraph of detailed analysis of the quotation on your next slide. 3. Remember that the project is due on Friday, January 28. See yesterday's blog post for a link to the requirements. Literature Class: 1. We are finishing discussion of the Dickinson and Updike poems. If you are working from home, please make sure you have answered the study guide questions and shared them with me in a Google Doc. See the January 11 blog post for links. 2. We will read and answer study guide questions for the poem "Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind" on p. 393 of the textbook; see below for links. If you are working from home, please share your responses in a Google Doc by 3:00 PM today. Writing Class: 1. Review the requirements for the Independent Reading #3 project at the link below. Read the model and rubric carefully to make sure you are following instructions. 2. Read your IR#3 book for a minimum of 35-45 minutes today. 3. Create at least one quotation slide and one explanation slide. Make sure that your written explanation is specific and detailed. Literature Class: 1. Make sure you have read the Dickinson and Updike poems. and submitted your responses in a Google Doc for the study guide questions. See yesterday's blog post for links. 2. We will discuss these poems in class on Wednesday. If you are working from home, look for some feedback from me in your Google Doc. As always, if you are working from home, please feel free to email me throughout the day if you have questions.
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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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