Dispatch: If you could have three wishes, what would you wish for? Explain your choices. Can you think of ways your good wishes could go wrong, like they did in the "Monkey's Paw?
Update assignment list:
1. Mood dispatch 12
2. I/R Homework pages 258 and 259
View the "Monkey's Paw" episode of The Simpsons.
Compare the versions in terms of mood, genre, and theme.
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Monday, January 30, 2006
Thursday, January 26, 2006
Wednesday, January 25, 2006
The Tell-Tale Heart
Dispatch: What kind of mood are you in now? What is the general mood of the classroom, Carnegie, and Carson today? What is the typical mood inside your home?
Think about the general atmosphere and feeling as you write.
Read "The Tell-Tale Heart" together on page 625 in The Language of Literature.
Answer overhead question, questions 1-3 on page 631, and the vocabulary questions on page 632.
Overhead Question: Now after reading "Tell-Tale Heart" what kind of mood are you in? What in the story changed your mood? How did Poe establish the mood of the story?
Homework: pages 258 and 259 in the Interactive Reader
Think about the general atmosphere and feeling as you write.
Read "The Tell-Tale Heart" together on page 625 in The Language of Literature.
Answer overhead question, questions 1-3 on page 631, and the vocabulary questions on page 632.
Overhead Question: Now after reading "Tell-Tale Heart" what kind of mood are you in? What in the story changed your mood? How did Poe establish the mood of the story?
Homework: pages 258 and 259 in the Interactive Reader
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
Monday, January 23, 2006
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
Dispatch: What have you liked about this class so far this year? What have you disliked? What have you learned? What do you want to learn next semester?
Write a response to the above questions. (20 pts.)
Work on research report due on Wednesday and make-ups due on Thursday.
Updated Assignment List
38. Miscellaneous extra credit
39. "Pause and Reflect" on page 181 in the Interactive Reader, 11/22, 2
40. "Pause and Reflect" on page 190 in the Interactive Reader, 11/22, 2
41. Anne Frank word chart packet, 12/2, 54
42. Anne Frank vocabulary mastery test, 12/2,
43. Noun forming suffixes, 12/7, 20
44. Adjective forming suffixes, 12/8, 20
45. Verb forming suffixes, 12/9, 20
46. Harriet Tubman video worksheet, 12/9, 15
46.15. Anne Frank Character Charts, 12-5, 25
47. End of Unit Assessment, 11-17, 15
48. Extra Credit: Reading "Free Write" aloud, 12/15, 19
49. Free write, 12/15, 50
50. Data half-sheets, 1/12, 24
51. Outline or Rough draft, 1/17, 25
52. Research report, 1/18, 80
53. Dispatch about the class, 1/17, 20
Write a response to the above questions. (20 pts.)
Work on research report due on Wednesday and make-ups due on Thursday.
Updated Assignment List
38. Miscellaneous extra credit
39. "Pause and Reflect" on page 181 in the Interactive Reader, 11/22, 2
40. "Pause and Reflect" on page 190 in the Interactive Reader, 11/22, 2
41. Anne Frank word chart packet, 12/2, 54
42. Anne Frank vocabulary mastery test, 12/2,
43. Noun forming suffixes, 12/7, 20
44. Adjective forming suffixes, 12/8, 20
45. Verb forming suffixes, 12/9, 20
46. Harriet Tubman video worksheet, 12/9, 15
46.15. Anne Frank Character Charts, 12-5, 25
47. End of Unit Assessment, 11-17, 15
48. Extra Credit: Reading "Free Write" aloud, 12/15, 19
49. Free write, 12/15, 50
50. Data half-sheets, 1/12, 24
51. Outline or Rough draft, 1/17, 25
52. Research report, 1/18, 80
53. Dispatch about the class, 1/17, 20
Thursday, January 12, 2006
Research report: checklist, rubric, standards, and samples
Turn in data half-sheets worth two points each for a total of 24 points.
Distribute and discuss research report rubric, standards, and samples.
Students who worked on the computers or at the library on yesterday will work in their seats today. Students who worked in their seats yesterday will work in the library or on the computer today.
Homework: Finish research report due Friday.
Last day for make ups Tuesday, January 17.
Distribute and discuss research report rubric, standards, and samples.
Students who worked on the computers or at the library on yesterday will work in their seats today. Students who worked in their seats yesterday will work in the library or on the computer today.
Homework: Finish research report due Friday.
Last day for make ups Tuesday, January 17.
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
Research and irregular verbs
Return work and update the computer and assignment list.
Copy the following sample half sheet for an internet source. This internet source does not have an author, so it starts with the title, "Maya Angelou."
For web sources be sure to list the following information in this format.
author of article. title of article. Name of website. Date of access. Organization affiliated with the site. Web address
Research groups
Homework: 12 data "half-sheets" due Thursday.
Copy the following sample half sheet for an internet source. This internet source does not have an author, so it starts with the title, "Maya Angelou."
Dr. Martin Luther King asked Maya Angelou to be the northern coordinator for the Southern Leadership Conference.
“Maya Angelou.” Poets.org. 11 Jan. 2006. The Academy of American Poets. www.poets.org/poet.php/prompid/87
For web sources be sure to list the following information in this format.
author of article. title of article. Name of website. Date of access. Organization affiliated with the site. Web address
Research groups
Homework: 12 data "half-sheets" due Thursday.
Tuesday, January 10, 2006
Research data half-sheets
Monday, January 09, 2006
Research Unit
1. Review assignment list; update computer record.
2. Begin research report unit.
3. Writing and Skills Read pages 134, 142 - 157; do Writing Practice 2 on pages 142-143.
Homework: Pick an author to write a research report about.
Updated Assignment List
38. Miscellaneous extra credit
39. "Pause and Reflect" on page 181 in the Interactive Reader, 11/22, 2
40. "Pause and Reflect" on page 190 in the Interactive Reader, 11/22, 2
41. Anne Frank word chart packet, 12/2, 54
42. Anne Frank vocabulary mastery test, 12/2,
43. Noun forming suffixes, 12/7, 20
44. Adjective forming suffixes, 12/8, 20
45. Verb forming suffixes, 12/9, 20
46. Harriet Tubman video worksheet, 12/9, 15
46.15. Anne Frank Character Charts, 12-5, 25
47. End of Unit Assessment, 11-17, 15
48. Extra Credit: Reading "Free Write" aloud, 12/15, 19
49. Free write, 12/15, 50
2. Begin research report unit.
3. Writing and Skills Read pages 134, 142 - 157; do Writing Practice 2 on pages 142-143.
Homework: Pick an author to write a research report about.
Updated Assignment List
38. Miscellaneous extra credit
39. "Pause and Reflect" on page 181 in the Interactive Reader, 11/22, 2
40. "Pause and Reflect" on page 190 in the Interactive Reader, 11/22, 2
41. Anne Frank word chart packet, 12/2, 54
42. Anne Frank vocabulary mastery test, 12/2,
43. Noun forming suffixes, 12/7, 20
44. Adjective forming suffixes, 12/8, 20
45. Verb forming suffixes, 12/9, 20
46. Harriet Tubman video worksheet, 12/9, 15
46.15. Anne Frank Character Charts, 12-5, 25
47. End of Unit Assessment, 11-17, 15
48. Extra Credit: Reading "Free Write" aloud, 12/15, 19
49. Free write, 12/15, 50
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