Tuesday, March 31st
March 31, 2015
9th Grade- We had a final discussion on our novel today and also began our final writing. Here are the materials: planning detective story step 1-2 essay tips-1 ladies final essay or story-2! HW: Work on your outlines 11th Grade- We wrapped up “After Apple Picking” and then tackled “Home Burial”. See me for a […]
Monday, March 30th
March 30, 2015
9th Graders: Welcome back. We did a brain refresher on the novel and spent time doing a variety of activities to help us learn our vocabulary! Test on Thursday! We also went over and TURNED IN our Portrait of a Lady Detective.Powerpoint: afterbreak HW: COMPLETE NOVEL AND CHART #4!!
Wednesday, March 18th
March 18, 2015
9th Graders: Today I reminded you about Gail Tsukiyama’s talk tomorrow. A few of you will be reading questions. As for tomorrow- report to your first period as you normally would. You will return to school for the end of 2nd period IHS class. We talked a little bit about what humbles Mma Ramotswe, and […]
Tuesday, March 17th
March 17, 2015
11th Grade: We are sinking into the Frost poetry and today spent the class period with “The Road Not Taken”. Please review the first part of the powerpoint and check with me about annotations. Frost Day 2em Homework: Read and annotate “The Woodpile” on page 17.
Thursday March 5th
March 6, 2015
11th Graders: A few reminders to please use your rubric as a self checklist for your C/C essay (it’s in your packet). Also- look over the first few slides on the power point to ensure your content is organized systematically: organization Rough Draft Due: NEXT CLASS- Paper copy please! Final Draft Due: 3/1o- NEXT TUESDAY
Monday, March 2nd
March 2, 2015
11th Grade Classes We had writer’s workshop today and individual student conferences about organization and thesis statements. These are two powerpoints available: Chronicle Day 4 2013-1-2 Chronicle Day 5 2013 HW: Keep drafting!