April, Periods 2, 5, and 6

This week's homework 04/30/12

1. AoW 23 - fill in notes, annotate, answer questions, SOAPStone- due Friday
2. Read The Power of One Ch. 6-9 by Friday.
3. Quiz on Friday, AoW and Power of One
4. Complete bullet points and answer questions in packet for chapter 6 - 9. 

Monday, April 30, 2012
1. Fill in notes on Apartheid
2. Annotate notes
3. Read Power of One

This week's homework 04/23/12

1. Cornell Notes - questions and summary
2. Read The Power of One Ch. 1 - 5 by Friday.
3. Quiz on Friday
4. Complete bullet points and answer questions in packet for chapter 1 - 5.
5. Get lots of sleep and eat breakfast to get ready for testing Monday and Tuesday! 

Friday, April 27, 2012
1. Go over reading/quiz schedule
2. Review 
3. Quiz
4. Class discussion - prejudice and camouflage
5. Read chapter 6

Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday, April 23, 24, 25, 26, 2012
State testing today - ELA part2 and Life Science
Read when finished.

This week's homework 04/16/12

1. Cornell Notes
2. Pick up novel: Tuesday, bring id
3. Read The Power of One Ch. 1 - 5 by Friday next week.
4. Complete bullet points and answer questions in packet for chapter 1 - 5.
5. Get lots of sleep and eat breakfast to get ready for testing Thursday and Friday! 



Thursday/Friday, April 19/20, 2012
State testing today - ELA part 1
Read when finished.

Wednesday, April 18, 2012
1. Review last year's CST scores.
2. Choose an area to improve and work for 15 minutes with a buddy working on the same skill.
3. Read Chapter 1 and work on questions. Bring book on test day!

Tuesday, April 17, 2012
1. Warm up in journal (questions 13, 29, 30, 31, 32)
2. Cornell Notes, packet: The Boer War
3. Pick up novel - bring tomorrow!

Monday, April 16, 2012
1. Warm up in journal (questions 52 - 60)

2. Image Quest: groups of 4
a. Predict what the novel The Power of One will be about 40 - 45 words
b. Notes on pics 1, 2, 3, 4
c. New prediction, 20 -25 words


3. Cornell Notes, packet: The Boer War

This week's homework 04/02/12

1. AoW 22 - rough draft, final draft, window pane
2. Research paper due Block Day - Turnitin.com
3. Tuesday after school help on Research Paper. Computers available. 

Friday, April 6, 2012
Objective: Students will analyze each others' sonnets for theme. 
1. Finish all sonnet related activities: final draft/window pane/Reflection.
 Also... do you love your poem? Submit it to teenink.com!
or
2. Bonus point opportunity on moodle (under writing practice.)
3. Last 10 minutes of class, everyone will response to a buddy's sonnet.


Wednesday/Thursday, April 4/5, 2012
Objective: Students will illustrate the imagery created in their poetry and analyze the peer's work. 
1. Input draft of sonnet into moodle
2. Finish artwork
3. Peer Review and Final draft - moodle
4. Reflection - moode

Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Objective: Students continue to compose a sonnet.
1. Keep working on your rhymes and your rhythm.

Monday, April 2, 2012
Objective: Students will understand how a sonnet is composed.
1. Journal - Make a T-Chart. On one side list as many intangible items as you can. On the other list as many tangible items as you can.
2. Create your own AoW 22/Sonnet

April, periods 3 and 4


Friday, April 27, 2012
1. Read
2. test prep on moodle
 
Wednesday/Thursday, April 25, 26, 2012
1. Read
2. Work on sections you need to practice.

Monday/Tuesday, April 23, 24, 2012
1. Read
2. Work on essay corrections
3. Continue working on the sections you need to practice.

Thursday/Friday, April 19/20, 2012
1. Read
2. Practice writing test, page 56. Review pages 111 - 113 and 117 first.
3. Continue working on the sections you need to practice.

Wednesday, April 18, 2012
1. Read
2. Packet - Work on sections you need to practice
a. highlight the strategy
b. practice the strategy
c. test the strategy

Tuesday, April 17, 2012
1. Read
2. Packet - Work on sections you need to practice
a. highlight the strategy
b. practice the strategy
c. test the strategy

vocabulary 1, 31, 34, 37, 38, 42
reading comprehension 4, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 27, 28, 29, 30, 39, 40, 41, 43
literary analysis 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 16, 17, 18, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 32, 35, 36, 45,
writing strategies 46, 47, 48, 50, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 63
conventions 49, 51, 59, 60, 61, 62, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72

Monday, April 16, 2012
1. Read
2. Packet - Work on sections you need to practice
a. highlight the strategy
b. practice the strategy
c. test the strategy

vocabulary 1, 31, 34, 37, 38, 42
reading comprehension 4, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 27, 28, 29, 30, 39, 40, 41, 43
literary analysis 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 16, 17, 18, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 32, 35, 36, 45,
writing strategies 46, 47, 48, 50, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 63
conventions 49, 51, 59, 60, 61, 62, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72

Friday, April, 2012
1. Read
2. Go Here
a. Pick a level: Beginning, Intermediate, or Advanced
b. Pick an article
c. Complete as many as you can until you can master the Advanced level every time.

Wednesday/Thursday April 4/5, 2012
1. Journal - full sentences!
a. What booths did you visit at the career fair? 
b. What new information did you find out?
c. What was the best part of the visit?
d. What career do you hope to have after high school?


2. Type final draft of intro paragraph into moodle.
3. Read.