Start organizers for "Block Party" and "Summer of the Beautiful White Horse"

Complete this organizer for "Summer of the Beautiful White Horse" and "Block Party."

Word slides 4-6

Word slides 1-3

Homework: Study for Thursday's test on spelling of this unit's words, commas, underlining, quotation marks, setting, theme, character, dialogue, plot, "Summer of the Beautiful White Horse," "The Great Rat Hunt," and "Block Party."

Finish story time

Complete proportional/analogy word chart.

Finish "Summer of the Beautiful White Horse" and "Block Party."

More on our Crazy English Language

There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren't invented in England or French fries in France. Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat.

Quicksand works slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.

And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham?

If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth beeth?

One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese? Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend.

If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it? Is it an odd, or an end?

If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught?

If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?

In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital?

Ship by truck and send cargo by ship? Have noses that run and feet that smell?

How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites?

You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out and in which, an alarm goes off by going on.

English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race, which, of course, is not a race at all.

That is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible.

P.S. - Why doesn't "Buick" rhyme with "quick"?

Homework: Study for Thursday's test on spelling of this unit's words, commas, underlining, quotation marks, setting, theme, character, dialogue, plot, "Summer of the Beautiful White Horse," "The Great Rat Hunt," and "Block Party."

naivete/syndrome word chart

Complete naivete/syndrome word chart.

Read and discuss "Summer of the Beautiful White Horse."

Read "Block Party."

Homework: Read "Block Party."

Finally another word chart

Collect all heritage organizers.

Finish and collect word form chart.

Start naivete word chart.

Read "Summer of the Beautiful White Horse."

Homework:

Culture, heritage, attitudes, and traditions

Do exercise about underlining and quotation marks.

Complete culture, heritage, attitudes, and traditions organizer
for "The Great Rat Hunt."


Homework: Read "Summer of the Beautiful White Horse."

Noun 1. xanthosis - an abnormal yellow discoloration of the skin

Italics or Quotation Marks

Do exercise to fill in the thesis statement and two topic sentences.

Discuss thesis and topic sentences.

Do exercise about underlining and quotation marks on page 558 in Writing and Skills.

Write each of the following sentences. Use quotation marks or underlining wherever they are required.

1. Do you like stories like The Lady, or the Tiger which leave the reader up in the air?

2. Rosa must memorize This Land Is Your Land; This Land is My Land for our program on folk music.

3. Who's responsible for the saying: It's Greek to me?

4. The first daily comic strip, called Mr. Mutt, began in 1907 in the San Fransisco Chronicle.

5. Hard work and integrity, the speaker commented, have always marked this nation's progress.

6. My grandfather has a copy of the Tribune issue that announced the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt.

7. I learned to make this flute from a pamphlet called Make Your Own Musical Instruments.

8. Did you know that Theresea's short story will be in the May issue of Creative Writer, the magazine we get at school?

9. Dad got the whole family tickets for the musical You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown.

10. One of my favorite television programs, Nova, is broadcast on PBS.

Complete culture, heritage, attitudes, and traditions organizer for "The Great Rat Hunt."

Make sure you have turned in the following.

Questions 1 -7 about "The Great Rat Hunt" on page 115.

Vocabulary on page 116.

Paragraphs about three funny things in "The Great Rat Hunt."

Three facts about Lawrence Yep.

Finish "The Great Rat Hunt"

Finish the questions and vocabulary at the end of the story. Finish finding three humorous things in the story. All work will be collected within 14 minutes. If you finish start reading "The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse."

Return recurring theme essays.

Do exercise to fill in the thesis statement and two topic sentences.

Discuss thesis and topic sentences.

Do exercise about underlining and quotation marks.

Complete culture, heritage, attitudes, and traditions organizer for "The Great Rat Hunt."



Homework: Read "Summer of the Beautiful White Horse."

The Great Rat Hunt

We will be learning about three different types of humor in literature: humor in situations, dialogue, and action. Describe humorous dialogue, situations, or actions in your life. Explain why they are funny.

Reasons Why The English Language Is Hard To Learn:

1) The bandage was wound around the wound.

2) The farm was used to produce produce.

3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.

4) We must polish the Polish furniture.

5) He could lead if he would get the lead out.

6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.

7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to
present the present.

8) A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.

9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.

10) I did not object to the object.

11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid.

12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.

13) They were too close to the door to close it.

14) The buck does funny things when the does are present.

15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.

16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.

17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail.

18) After a number of injections my jaw got number.

19) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.

20) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.

21) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?



Read "The Great Rat Hunt."



Homework: Find 3 facts about Laurence Yep and write them down in complete sentences.
Write down your sources.

Periodic Assessment practice test or CELDT

Take the Periodic Assessment practice test or CELDT.

Homework: Read "The Great Rat Hunt" in the Language of Literature on pages 106 -117 and write down three things in the story that are humorous.

Periodic Practice Test

Take the Periodic Assessment practice test or CELDT.

Homework: Read "The Great Rat Hunt" in the Language of Literature on pages 106 -117 and write down three things in the story that are humorous.

In class essay on recurring theme

Write a four paragraph essay about a theme that both Akeelah and the Bee and "The Root of Freedom" share. Use this checklist to guide your writing.

Silently read "The Great Rat Hunt" or make up work from absences.

Homework:Read "The Great Rat Hunt" by Laurence Yep. If you earned a D or F on the vocabulary mastery or the spelling test, you retake the tests Friday after school.

So, this duck waddles into the bar...

Recurring Theme Worksheet

Review assignment list.

Review Vocabulary Mastery Test

Complete Recurring Theme Worksheet.

This little pig walks into a bar, sits down, and orders 15 lemonades. After he drinks them all, the bartender asks, "Would you like to know where the restroom is?"

The pig replies...

Copy these notes about transistions.

Homework: Read "The Great Rat Hunt" in Language of Literature

Friday Test Re-takes after school.

The writing process

Pass out hand out on the writing process.

Take notes on attention-grabbing introductions.

View a video-biography of Frederick Douglass and complete
this Frederick Douglass Video form.

Homework: Finish final drafts.

Vocabulary Mastery Test

Correct Spelling Test.

Take vocabulary mastery test.

Read the Frederick Douglass Narrative.

A tiny but dignified old lady was among a group looking at an art exhibition in a newly opened gallery. Suddenly one contemporary painting caught her eye. ''What on earth,'' she inquired of the artist standing nearby, ''is that?''
He smiled condescendingly. ''That, my dear lady, is supposed to be a mother and her child.''

''Well, then,'' snapped the little old lady, ...



Homework: Final drafts of narrative

Back to School Night

Finish word charts and take spelling test for the following words from the narrative unit standards:
compare, contrast, motivation, reaction, era, character, biography, belief, heritage, conflict, analyze, literature,
narrative, theme, tradition, contemporary, autobiography, coherent.


Vocab. Bingo




Homework: Study for vocabulary mastery test--Back to school night.

Spelling Test

What is a theme in Akeelah and the Bee? Explain with evidence from the movie.

What is a theme in "Root of Freedom"? Explain with evidence from the narrative.

How are the themes similar? How are they different? Explain.

Finish word charts and take spelling test for the following words from the narrative unit standards:
compare, contrast, motivation, reaction, era, character, biography, belief, heritage, conflict, analyze, literature,
narrative, theme, tradition, contemporary, autobiography, coherent.

Knock, Knock.
Who's there?
Noah.
Noah who?

Knock, knock.
Who's there?
Senor.
Senor who?
Senor grades, better do your homework.


Homework: Final drafts of the narrative due two days after rough draft returned to you; Vocabulary Mastery Test and Narrative Unit Progress Test on Friday

Share completed narratives

Read a few narratives.


Review and turn in viewing guide.

So, Bert asked Ernie, "Do you like ice cream?"

Ernie answered,

Finish word charts:
compare, contrast, motivation, reaction, era, character, biography, belief, heritage, conflict, analyze, literature,
narrative, theme, tradition, contemporary, autobiography, coherent.




Homework: Spelling test on all the above words on Wednesday.

Finish watching Akeelah and the Bee in Powers Hall

Watch Akeelah and the Bee in Powers Hall while completing the viewing guide.

Homework: Finish Narrative (due on Tuesday). It can be a true personal narrative or a fictional one derived from this random plot generator.

Akeelah and the Bee

Watch Akeelah and the Bee in Powers Hall while completing the viewing guide.

Homework: Finish Narrative (due on Tuesday). It can be a true personal narrative or a fictional one derived from this random plot generator.

In love and hate, punctuation is important.

Consider what this letter means. What is it about? How can you change the meaning of the letter without changing any of the words? Give it a try!

Dear John:

I want a man who knows what love is all about. You are generous, kind, thoughtful. People who are not like you admit to being useless and inferior. You have ruined me for other men. I yearn for you. I have no feelings whatsoever when we're apart. I can be forever happy --will you let me be yours?
Gloria



Use a comma after an introductory participial phrase. Example: Feeling hot, the boy ran to the refrigerator for a drink.

Place commas where they are needed.

1. Needing help immediately I dialed 911.

2. Having seen the final act I started to cry.

3. Thinking back on her life the woman was very thankful.

4. Having done his very best the boy stood tall and happy.

5. Desiring to be accepted Larry did some unusual things.



Answers

1. Needing help immediately, I dialed 911.

2. Having seen the final act, I started to cry.

3. Thinking back on her life, the woman was very thankful.

4. Having done his very best, the boy stood tall and happy.

5. Desiring to be accepted, Larry did some unusual things.

Finish writing your narrative.



Homework: Final draft of narrative

Friday, we will watch Akeelah and the Bee in Powers Hall.

Write a Narrative

1.3 Use word meanings within the appropriate context and show ability to verify those meanings by definition, restatement, example, comparison, or contrast.


compare, contrast, motivation, reaction, era, and character

Review Carnegie Standards for Written Work

Write a narrative. It can be a true personal narrative of a fictional on derived from this random plot generator.



What's the longest word in the dictionary?

Smiles.

Why?

Because there's ...





Homework: Finish narrative

Finish Douglass Q's

Finish reading From NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS AN AMERICAN SLAVE starting on the bottom of page 37 and finishing on the bottom of 43.

Answer these questions.


1.3 Use word meanings within the appropriate context and show ability to verify those meanings by definition, restatement, example, comparison, or contrast.


compare, contrast, and motivation


Standards-based joke:
Reading 1.1 Analyze idioms, analogies, metaphors, and similes to infer the literal and figurative meanings of phrases.

Why did the boy eat his homework?
Because his teacher said it was

other idioms: hit the hay, wet behind the ears, raining cats and dogs, apple of your eye.

Write a narrative. It can be a true personal narrative of a fictional on derived from this random plot generator.

Homework: This assignment is a piece of cake. Visit this website and leave a comment on the most current post about what you've learned so far in this English course. Include your first name and period.

What was Douglass's motivation?

A new teacher was trying to make use of her psychology courses. She started her class by saying, "Everyone who thinks you're stupid, stand up!"
After a few seconds, Little Johnny stood up. The teacher said, "Do you think you're stupid, Little Johnny?"

"No, ma'am, but ...!"

Finish word chart with the following words:contemporary, autobiography, coherent.

Finish reading From NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS AN AMERICAN SLAVE starting on the bottom of page 37 and finishing on the bottom of 43.


Answer these questions.


Homework:

Narrative of Frederick Douglass

A panda walks into a bar, sits down, and orders a sandwich. He eats the sandwich,
pulls out a gun, and shoots the waiter dead. As the panda stands up to go, the bartender shouts, "Hey! Where are you going? You just shot my waiter and you didn't pay for your sandwich!"

The panda yells back at the bartender, "Hey, I'm a PANDA! Look it up!" The bartender opens his dictionary and sees the following definition for panda: "A tree dwelling marsupial of Asian origin, characterized by distinct black and white coloring..."

Copy the notes on commas and do the exercise.

Use commas to separate a series of three or more words. Example: I dropped my pencil, papers, and books. (The comma before the conjunction and is optional, but I prefer using it.)

Use no commas between two or more words usually thought of as being one item. Example: We ate hamburgers, pork and beans, and potato chips.

Use no commas in a series when all items are joined by or, and, or nor. Example: You dance and sing and play well.

Place commas where they are needed.

1. I have seen many gold silver and copper mines.

2. People in the United States can travel by air rail or water.

3. The girl waved leaned over and fell into the pool.

4. My wife likes a meal of a glass of grape juice a fresh salad and spaghetti and meat balls.

5. At the resort we can hike and swim and ski all we want.



Answers

1. gold, silver, and copper

2. air, rail, or water

3. waved, leaned over, and fell

4. a glass of grape juice, a fresh salad, and spaghetti and meat balls. (Spaghetti and meat balls are considered one item.)

5. no commas needed


Read From NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS AN AMERICAN SLAVE starting on the bottom of page 37 and finishing on the bottom of 43.


Answer these questions.

Homework: Finish answering the Frederick Douglass Questions

First day of joyful learning

Tell a narrative joke (page 25).

Define narrative, theme, and tradition in a word chart.

Assign seats

Pass out color-coded folders

Copy rules and hand them in


Be in your seat ready to work when the bell rings or receive a tardy.

Bring a blue or black pen, paper, a # 2 pencil with eraser, your agenda book, your English notebook and any other required texts every day.

Behave in a polite and appropriate manner.

Eat, drink, and chew elsewhere.

Use restroom before and after class.

Personal electronic devices (cell phones, Ipods, MP3 players etc.) may not be used in class. If they are visible or audible they will be confiscated.

Absolutely no updog in class.


Distribute and discuss curriculum letter(due Friday, 20 points).


Homework: Get curriculum letter signed

07 spring semester

40. Complete Freedom Writers Review
5/11, 40

39. Complete viewing guide
5/7, 12

38. Persuasive Rubric
4/27, 20

37. Persuasive Works Cited Paget
4/27, 50

36. Persuasive Final Draft
4/27, 160

35. Persuasive Rough Draft
4/25, 60

34. Persuasive Note Cards
4/24, 30

33. Use facts quick write
4/23, 8

32. Required Study Island Assignment
4/20, 20

31. 4 Questions on "Bill Limits" Article
4/17, 8

30. Your Issue--Quick Write
4/17, 10

29. Was Gore Persuasive?--Quick Write
4/16, 10

28. Notes taken during Inconvenient Truth
4/16, 24

27. One of the following: Questions for Immigration Editorial or Questions for School-wide bans
4/10, 10

26. Vocabulary Mastery Test
3/28, 24

25. Electronic Device Ban Paragraph
3/22, 9

24. Abortion Paragraph
3/21, 9

23. Signed Progress Report
3/21, 10

22. Spelling Quiz
3/21, 12

21. Ode
3/20, 108

20. Ode Brainstorm
3/20, 20

19. persuasion word form chart
3/16, 36

18. rivulet word chart
3/19, 18

17. Theme Essay Final
3/9, 40

16. Theme Essay Outline
3/9, 50

Honors. Ironic Twist Story
3/7, 100

15. SAY--MEAN--MATTER
3/7, 12

14. Recitation
3/5-3/9, 80

13. Grandparent paragraphs and anticipation guide
3/5, 13

12. Poetry Recitation Letter
3/2, 10

11. Write a Sonnet
2/26, 140

10. Vocabulary Mastery Test
2/26, 24

9. Word Sort
2/23, 12

8. Diatribe Word Chart
2/21, 18

7. Sonnet Rhyme Schemes
2/16, 25

6. Poetry Chart
2/14, 42

5. Photo Poem
2/14, 50

4. Photograph of loved one
2/5, 10

3. Cut out poem
2/8, 50

2. Extra Credit
varies

1. Response to Lit. Notes
2/5, 10

Daily Grammar Lessons - Improve Your Writing With Free Grammar Lessons by Email

Daily Grammar Lessons - Improve Your Writing With Free Grammar Lessons by Email

Macbeth Soliloquies: Modern Macbeth Soliloquy Translations from Shakespeare to Modern English

Macbeth Soliloquies: Modern Macbeth Soliloquy Translations from Shakespeare to Modern English: "Macbeth Soliloquy 4
Act Five Scene Five: Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow (Spoken by Macbeth)
Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day
To the last syllable of recorded time,
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing. "

Write a movie review of Freedom Writers. Your audience is fellow students and teachers.

First paragraph: Since you are writing to peers your personal response is good way to hook your audience. Therefore, start with your personal response to the movie. Did you relate to the characters? Were the characters like you or anyone you know. Did the events ring true? Have similar events happened to or around you? If so, retell the event as an engaging introduction that ties into the events of the movie. If not, tell your story and contrast it with the events or characters in the movie.

Second and third paragraph: Discuss the setting, situations, dialogue, plot and characters in the second paragraph.

Fourth paragraph: Consider and develop thoughtful answers to the following questions in the the third paragraph. What can students learn from this movie? What can teachers learn from this movie? Thoroughly and thoughtfully explain.

Fifth paragraph: It is a movie review after all. Give your recommendation. Should people see this movie? Why?

Poem of the Day

Day in literature

Joke of the day

20 min. of reading

Return essays.

Explain grades.

Discuss answering the prompt for test taking purposes. Key in on the word "studied."

Writing Lesson: "branch to the right."

Write the number of sentences in each paragraph in the right margin next to each paragraph. Write S over each subject and V over each verb. Write the number of sentences in each paragraph that begin with the subject and verb over the total number of sentences in each paragraph. Revise each sentence that does not begin this way so that it does. Rewrite at least 10 sentences. List them at the end of your essay. Number the original sentences to be revised so that they match the revised sentences.







Homework:

The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln

The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln