Wednesday, October 10, 2007

English 3 first hour:
• Bellringers
• Practice for vocabulary test tomorrow
• Continue in Act II

Communications second hour:
• Continue working on job descriptions
• Make job opening advertisement and save to my flash drive

English 4 fourth hour:
§ Discuss Chapter 8

Communications fifth hour:
• Continue working on job descriptions
• Make job opening advertisement and save to my flash drive

English 3 sixth hour:
• Bellringers
• Practice for vocabulary test tomorrow
• Turn in essays
• Continue Mr. Ruedin’s activity

English 3 seventh hour:
• Bellringers
• Practice for vocabulary test tomorrow
• Hand back peer editing
• Correct errors (paper due tomorrow)
• Continue Mr. Ruedin’s activity

English 4 eighth hour:
§ Discuss Chapter 8

Thursday, October 4

English 3 first hour:
• Bellringers
• Complete your draft
• Begin peer editing

Communications second hour:
• Discuss resumes
• work with www.careercruising.com
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English 4 fourth hour:
• Discuss formatting of paper
• Choose a partner and peer edit using chart in the back of your textbook
• Fix your draft
• Final draft due by the end of the hour tomorrow

Communications fifth hour:
• Discuss resumes
• work with www.careercruising.com
•

English 3 sixth hour:
• Bellringer
• Primary sources activity with Mr. Ruedin
• Essay due Monday

English 3 seventh hour:
• Bellringer
• Primary sources activity with Mr. Ruedin
• Essay due Monday

English 4 eighth hour:
• Discuss formatting of paper
• Choose a partner and peer edit using chart in the back of your textbook
• Fix your draft
• Final draft due by the end of the hour tomorrow

Wednesday, October 3

English 3 first hour:
• Bellringer
• Last vocab. presentation (test on all words Friday)
• Work on essay. Be ready to peer edit tomorrow.
• Final due Friday the end of the day though you will not have time Friday to work in class (I can write you a pass in study hall).

Communications second hour:
• Work on www.wincareers.com
• Remember your new user name and password

English 4 fourth hour:
• Work on peer editing
• Work on draft, due Friday

Communications fifth hour:
• Work on www.wincareers.com
• Remember your new user name and password

English 3 sixth hour:
• Bellringer
• Vocabulary presentations (test on all words Friday)
• Work on essay. Be ready to peer edit tomorrow.
• Final due Friday the end of the day though you will not have time Friday to work in class (I can write you a pass in study hall).

English 3 seventh hour:
• Bellringer
• Vocabulary presentations (test on all words Friday)
• Work on essay.
• Final due Friday the end of the day though you will not have time Friday to work in class (I can write you a pass in study hall).

English 4 eighth hour:
• Work on peer editing
• Work on draft, due Friday

October 2, 2007

English 3 first hour:
• Bellringer
• Vocabulary presentations
• Work on essay (due Thursday)

Communications second hour:
• Continue in Chapter 4

English 4 fourth hour:
• Peer editing: read aloud in groups and discuss.
• See page 87

Communications fifth hour:
• Continue in Chapter 4

English 3 sixth hour:
• Bellringer
• Vocabulary presentations
• Work on essay (due Thursday)

English 3 seventh hour:
• Bellringer
• Vocabulary presentations
• Work on essay (due Thursday)

English 4 eighth hour:
• Peer editing: read aloud in groups and discuss.
• See page 87

Monday, October 1, 2007

English 3 first hour:

• Bellringers
• Vocabulary presentations
• Act I quiz
• Work on essay response (due Wednesday)

Communications 2nd hour:

• Continue Chapter 4 discussions (telephone conversations)
  

English 4 fourth hour:

• Quiz over Orwell’s essay
• Discuss Orwell’s essay
• Discuss editing your draft
• Work on typing / editing draft in preparation for peer editing tomorrow

Communications 5th hour

• Continue Chapter 4 discussions (telephone conversations)

English 3 sixth hour:

• Bellringers
• Vocabulary presentations
• Act I quiz
• Work on essay response (due Wednesday)

English 3 seventh hour:

• Bellringers
• Vocabulary presentations
• Act I quiz
• Work on essay response (due Thursday)

English 4 eighth hour:

• Quiz over Orwell’s essay
• Discuss Orwell’s essay
• Work on typing / editing draft in preparation for peer editing tomorrow

Friday, September 14, 2007

English 3 first hour:
• Bellringer:

• Assign vocabulary presentation dates
• Continue in the play

Communications second hour:
• Practice logical fallacies
• Explain commercial assignment

English 4 4th hour:
• Continue discussion of essay in groups
• Discussion on creativity
• Discuss topics/thesis statements

Communications 5th hour:
• Finish fallacies worksheets and go over answers
• Work on commercial project

English 3 6th hour:
. Same as first hour

English 3 7th hour:

• Bellringer
• Assign vocabulary and discuss assignment
• Assign parts for Act I
• Begin reading Act I
• Homework: read pages 1234-1235 all, 1236 last paragraph, and 1237 all. Quiz over it tomorrow.

English 4 8th hour:
Same as fourth hour

Thursday, September 13, 2007

English 3 first hour:
• Bellringer
• Assign vocabulary and discuss assignment
• Assign vocabulary presentation days
• Assign parts for Act I
• Begin reading Act I
. READ pages 1234-1235 all; 1236 last paragraph; 1237 until the play begins--QUIZ over reading tomorrow


Communications 2nd hour:
. Discuss logical fallacies
. Work on commercials

English 4 fourth hour:
• Quiz
• Discuss reading selection
• Work on essay

Communications 5th hour:
• Logical fallacies practice in groups
• Discuss commercial project -work on commercials

English 3 6th hour:
• Bellringer
• Assign vocabulary and discuss assignment
• Assign vocabulary presentation days
• Assign parts for Act I
• Begin reading Act I

English 3 7th hour:
• Bellringers
• Continue discussion of background of the play
• Finish study guide and outline notes

English 4 8th hour:
--Same as fourth hour

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

English 3 first hour:
• Bellringer
• Continue discussion of background to The Crucible.
• Finish study guide outline notes
• Assign vocabulary
• Assign parts to Act I first half

Communications second hour:
• Continue in Chapter 3 discussion
• Listening exercise

English 4 4th hour:
• Discuss thesis statements
• Discuss Chapter 3 and 4

Communications 5th hour:
• Review logical fallacies/propaganda
• Look at examples

English 3 6th hour:
• Bellringer
• Continue discussion of background to The Crucible.
• Finish study guide outline notes
• Assign vocabulary
• Assign parts to Act I first half

English 3 7th hour:
• Do Bellringer: anticipation guide
• Discuss “Sinners” sermon
• Fill in notes over Pilgrims/Puritans
• Continue discussion

English 4 8th hour:
• Discuss thesis statements
• Discuss Chapter 3 and 4

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

English 3 first hour:
• Bellringer
• Discuss “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”
• Check homework
• Discuss background to The Crucible


Communications second hour:
• Chapter 2 test
• Articulation test
• Discuss Chapter 3

English 4 fourth hour:
. Discuss first assignment parameters

Communications 5th hour:
. Discuss Chapter 3

English 3 sixth hour:
. Same as first hour

English 3 seventh hour:
. Bellringer
. Collect summaries
. Discuss Pilgrims and Puritans
. Assign “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”
. Discuss background to The Crucible

English 4 eighth hour:
. Same as fourth hour

Monday, September 10, 2007

English 3 first hour:
• Bellringer: do citation
• Collect summaries
• Puritan Power Point –take notes

Communications 2nd hour:
• Go over study guide
• Discuss articulation test
• Journal write: Write about one or two times you judged a person based on the language he/she used? Or, write about a time you were judged based upon the language us were using. Explain.
• Test Monday
• Begin Chapter 3

English 4 4th hour:
• Quiz over “Under Water”
• Discuss “Under Water”
• If time permits, discuss essay assignment #1

Communications 5th hour:
• Test over Chapter 2
• Articulation test
• If time permits, continue in Chapter 3


English 3 6th hour:
• Bellringer: do citation
• Collect summaries
• Puritan Power Point –take notes

English 3 7th hour:
. No bellringer
. Discuss "America"
. Assign summary
. Turn in old bellringers up to last Weds.

English 4 8th hour:
. Same as fourth hour

Friday, September 7, 2007

English 3 (all hours):
• Bellringers and print/turn in all old ones (not yesterday’s or today’s)
• Discuss “Born in the U.S.A.”
• Listen to and annotate “America”
• Discuss how to write a summary
• Summary assignment, with focus on complete sentences and spelling

Communications 2nd hour:
• Practice w/partner for articulation test Monday
• Work on study guide, due Monday
• Test Tuesday
• Journal write: What are your problem areas as a speaker? Do you speak too rapidly? Are you too quiet/loud? Are you monotone? Do you use vocal fillers such as “um” or “uh”? Do you have pronunciation/articulation problems with specific words/sounds? What are they?

Communications 5th hour:
• Go over study guide
• Discuss articulation test
• Journal write: Write about one or two times you judged a person based on the language he/she used? Or, write about a time you were judged based upon the language us were using. Explain
• Test Monday
• Begin Chapter 3

English 4 (both hours):
• Quiz over Dillard’s essay
• Discuss Dillard’s essay
• Assign next reading assignment: “Under Water” and questions that follow

Thursday, September 6, 2007

English 3 (all hours): Discuss annotating. Discuss the poem "Barbie's Shoes". Listen to "Born in the U.S.A." and annotate for discussion tomorrow.

Communications:

second hour:

• journal write on "experiment"
• Finish articulation problems discussion
• Practice articulation

Fifth hour:

• practice with a partner for articulation test on Monday
• work on study guide, due tomorrow, over Chapter 2
• Journal write over articulation problems
• Test over Chapter 2 Monday

English 4 (both hours): Discuss p. 67 homework. Journal write on page 64. Assignment: pages 69-70--read first time for questions on p. 68 (just think about them--don't write them out) then read a second time, answering on paper both sets of questions at end of reading.

Tuesday, September 4, 2007

English 3 first hour:
• Bellringer paragraph with open notes
• If time permits, discuss the American Dream concept through poetry and song

Communications 2nd hour:
• Finish discussion over articulation
• Practice articulation exercises


English 4 4th hour:

• Continue Chapter 3 discussion
• Discuss homework from Friday: page 61.

Communications 5th hour:
• Articulation exercises


English 3 6-7 hours:
• Finish presentations


English 4 8th hour:
• Continue Chapter 3 discussion

• Discuss homework from Friday: page 29 #3 and page 61.
  

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

English 3 first hour:
• Bellringer
• Discuss visual aid
• Discuss presentation
• Discuss grade requirements for project
• Finish peer editing and then work on final draft
• Final draft and presentations due tomorrow

English 3 sixth and seventh hours:
• Bellringer
• Peer edit
• Work on fixing up your draft and getting it typed
• If time allows, discuss visual aid for presentation

Communications:
• Review yesterday’s discussion.
• Continue in Chapter 2, slides 18-28
• Nonverbal practice activities

English 4:
• Discuss semantic meaning (denotation/connotation) and pragmatic meaning
• Work on “Grounds for Fiction” and five assigned questions (due Thursday when you come to class).

Tuesday, August 28, 2007

English 3: First hour--peer edit draft and then fix errors. Final draft due Thursday at beginning of class (presentations also begin then). Discuss visual aid for presentation.
Sixth and seventh hours--finish drafts. Final draft due Friday at beginning of class (presentations also begin then).

Communications: Continue Chapter 2 discussion.

English 4: Discuss "Plato's Cave" and annotations. Metacognition discussion and practice. Begin reading "Grounds for Fiction" and working on annotating the reading. Additionally, do all three questions following in the first section and the last two questions in the second section. This is due Thursday when you come to class.

Monday, August 27, 2007

English 3: Bellringer. Work on draft of CD project.

Communications: Chapter 1 test. Second hour, do journal entry #1.

English 4: Discussion over Chapter 2 in CWWH and Chapter 1 in CWH. Work on analyzing textbook from other class.

Friday, August 24, 2007

English 3: Bellringer activity. Discuss CD project directions and sample. Begin working on project. Draft due Tuesday when you come to class.

Communications: Do journal assignment. Go over review sheet for Chapter 1 (I will take a 10 point completion grade). Begin Chapter 2 discussion. Chapter 1 test is Monday.

English 4: (4th hour): Do journal activity (page 3 in CTTW in green box). Begin Chapter 2: "Reading Actively, Reading Critically." If time permits, we will practice a sample reading activity in class. (8th hour): Quiz over "Writing. . .Hamburger" and discussion. For tonight, read in CTTW pages 27-35.

Thursday, August 24, 2007

We will drop 7th hour today. 8th hour will go straight to their class during 7th hour period. Dismissal at 2:00! Remember to return your Internet use permission slips ASAP!

English 3: Bellringer activity. Lyrics chart due. Discuss directions for CD project. Look at sample completed project. Draft of project due Tuesday when you come to class.

Communications: Finish bag speeches. You will recieve a Chapter 1 study guide that is due tomorrow for 10 completion points. Work on this in class during remaining time and finish tonight. Chapter 1 test postponed until Monday!

English 4: 4th hour: Quiz over "Writing. . .Hamburger" and discussion. For tonight, read in CTTW pages 27-35. Think about which suggestions you already do and which ones you think might help you to become a more critical reader.

Wednesday, August 22

English 3: Go to http://www.leoslyrics.com/ and work on locating lyrics. Discuss CD project a bit.

Communications: Present bag speeches

English 4: 4th hour: Quiz over Colin Powell's essay. Discuss essay in class. Assign "Writing Isn't a McDonald's Hamburger" and do the first three questions that follow. 8th hour: Complete diagnostic quiz on vocabulary. Discuss Chapter 1 in CTTW. Assign Colin Powell's Essay "My American Journey" and the first three questions that follow. Quiz over reading tomorrow.

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

WELCOME BACK!! Here we go...

English 3: Signed forms due back tomorrow for a 10 point grade. Continue working on your lyrics chart. You may want to search your CDs and music at home or work at home on the same website as class... www.leoslyrics.com or www.lyricsspy.com. If you find you don't have enough class time to finish, you may need to work at home.

English 4: Signed forms due tomorrow! Fourth hour is a day ahead of 8th hour. 4th hour, we will complete a diagnostic definitions quiz (not for a grade) and we will discuss today your reading assignment (pages 2-10). Tonight, read Colin Powell’s essay in the CTTW textbook, pages 10-12, and do the questions from the Active Reading section. Remember, there will be an brief quiz over the essay you have to read. 8th hour, we will complete a diagnostic essay. For homework, read pages 2-10 in the CTTW textbook.

Communications: We will discuss Chapter 1 today and possibly do some exercises to practice what we learn. Remember, your signed sheet is due tomorrow as well as your bag speeches.