Friday, December 16, 2011

Friday, December 16th

Happy Friday!!!

Reminder: 3 Diary Entries from a character (NOT ANNE) in the Anne Frank story are due MONDAY!

1) Announcements: Re-vote, pass papers back.
2) Role Assignments
3) Reading Aloud: Act 2 Scenes 1 and 2

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Thursday, December 15th

1) Finish Act 1 Scene 3 from yesterday.
2) Assign roles for scenes 4 and 5.
3) Read Aloud "The Diary of Anne Frank"

REMINDER: Any late work is due TODAY! I will be here until 7 tonight if anyone needs to stay after school to complete late work.

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Wednesday, December 14th

1) Assign Roles
2) Reading Aloud- "The Diary of Anne Frank"

REMINDER: All late work is due to me by tomorrow or the missing turns to a zero!

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Tuesday, December 13th

1) Agenda/ Outlook/ Expectations
2) Assigning of ROLES :)
3) Play Reading: The Diary of Anne Frank

Homework: Get any LATE WORK to me BY THURSDAY in order for it to make it onto your report card. I will not take any LATE WORK after THURSDAY!

Monday, December 12, 2011

Monday, December 12th

1) Quick Talk about Vocab
2) Explain Gallery Walk
3) Gallery Walk
4) Discussion

Tomorrow we will begin Anne Frank

Friday, December 9, 2011

Friday, December 9th

Happy Friday!

Please turn in your FINAL DRAFT to the BLUE bin on the AC unit by my desk. You have the first 10 minutes of class to do so.

Once your final draft is in, please take a copy of the Anne Frank vocabulary words and get a dictionary. There are 45 words. You should group up with 2 other people and each find 15 words. Please find the part of speech, and the definition!

Weekend Homework: Finish Vocabulary Words

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Thursday, December 8th

1. Warm-Up- What is a peer review?
                      Why is a peer review beneficial to a writer?
                      As a reviewer, what is your responsibility?
(*****Come up to my desk and show me your completed draft if I did not see it yesterday.*****)
                     
GOAL- Our goal for today is to learn about and successfully complete the peer review process to improve our writing.

2. Peer Review Process- (handouts)

3. Partner Up and Review Away!- Once you have completed your review, make needed changes to your work.

Homework: Complete FINAL DRAFT for TOMORROW :)

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Wednesday, December 7th

1) Warm-Up: Why is peer review beneficial to a writer?
                      As a reviewer, what is your responsibility?
                      Should you be mean to the writer if their writing is really bad? Why? Why Not?
                      After someone has reviewed your writing, what should you do with their review?

Our goal for today is to learn about the process of peer reviewing and to experience the peer review process as a reviewer and an author.

2) Take out your draft. (If your draft is not complete you may sit in the back at the tables and finish it.)
     I will go over the peer-review process, and what your responisbilities as a reviewer are.

3) Partner-up and peer-review!

NO HOMEWORK! Tomorrow, we will work on our final drafts!

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Tuesday, December 6th

No Warm-Up Today!

Your goal for today is to complete DRAFT 1 of your Chemical Warfare Research Paper.

You must type your draft- use the Neo-Smarts to complete your typed draft. Once you are finished, print your draft. Drafts are due at the beginning of class tomorrow.

Monday, December 5, 2011

Monday, December 5th

Hope everyone had a nice weekend!

FIRST: Warm-Up: Science World P. 2&3 "Green Goop" Read the short article and answer the following questions:

1) How do Algal Blooms form?

2) By how many did the number of dead zones increase from the 1990's to the 2000's?

3) What is one thing that humans can do to decrease or prevent the green goop from happening?

NEXT: Neo Test and Expectations...

LAST: Drafting Chemical Warfare Research Paper

Friday, December 2, 2011

Friday, December 2nd

Period 2- Outlining Research Paper- follow WEDNESDAY's agenda.

The rest of the classes:
COFFEE HOUSE TODAY!

1) Warm-Up: What are the rules for a Coffee House?

2) Check Outlines

3) Discuss Citation Stations

4) Coffee House- sharing your work

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Thursday, December 1st

PICK A SEAT, PUT ALL OF YOUR THINGS UNDERNEATH IT EXCEPT SOMETHING TO WRITE WITH.

Today is WRITING CITATIONS STATIONS DAY!

You will go through a series of 5 stations, and have about 8 minutes at each one. At each station, you will need to read the directions, and do what they say. Some stations have you working individually, others have you working as a group. Please take this seriously, and complete each task to the best of your ability. You will be graded on your participation as a whole today.

REMINDER: Tomorrow, your OUTLINE is DUE.