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Students should be completing their outline for the essay. This is due on Tuesday for a homework check with the sub! English 11 Students should be working on annotated bibliographies. They will also be working on these with the sub on Tuesday. Check out the English 11 page for more details. Memoirs Literature circle day! There will also be one on Tuesday. 21st Century Students are working on defining the parameters of their own projects. As well as talking to other teachers about how they evaluate and grade projects. They should also begin working on rubrics. By Wednesday they should be done with parameters, and talking with other teachers, as well as started on their rubric. I will be out of town 3/1 - 3/5 pl
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As a short week, students and staff are in wonderful moods looking for the long weekend, and some great basketball on Monday!
English 9 Today we finished working on our citation cards. 15 point homework check for them tomorrow! English 11 Students had a homework check over their source cards today. All students should have their three sources printed out, copied and cited in their folder. Students also had a short introduction to annotated bibliographies to be finished tomorrow. 21st Century Students brainstormed over three topics to focus on for their project. Memoirs Students finished writing their personal narrative with a focus in hobbies. These should all be shared to me! Tomorrow is a literature circle! Two days to go until break! Between the sunshine and the upcoming days off, every one is excited! English 9 We continued to discuss goals. Today we learned about SMART or MASTER goals. Students began learning about Strategic Planning. Their homework was to come up with a mission statement. Check out here for examples and basic information on strategic planning. English 11 Students began working on a media presentation over their i-search paper topics. These are due next Wednesday and scripts are due this Thursday. Check it out here. 21st Century Wrapping up presentations Memoirs Finished from Homeless to Harvard and began writing a reflection. Students are to reflect on what we've been reading and viewing the first "half" of this semester. We've only read and looked at stories which are from the United States. Students should reflect on what these stories mean about our country, or two them. As a conclusions, students should hypothesize on how the international memoirs will compare or contrast. English 9
Today we discuss citations and students work on doing citation cards. Students had part of class today and part of class tomorrow to work on these. Directions can be found on the English 9 site. 21st Century Continuing working on portfolio English 11 Tomorrow the source cards are due. On each source card, students should have the bibliographic information of the book or website. Students can find sources for how to do this in their blue packet, or on the webpage. I'll be doing a 10 point homework check for these source cards for tomorrow. Beginning tomorrow we will start looking through our research and picking citations and support. It's important to have your sections or webpages copied or printed. Memoirs Students begin writing a personal narrative over the topic Despite rampant proclamations of a hatred of Mondays, students were fabulous (as usual) and use Today was the final day of Anthem literature circles. Wooo! Many people sighed with relief until we began talking about the essay! Information on the essay can be found on the English 9 Anthem Page. For homework, students should pick their essay prompt and begin brainstorming. This is due tomorrow. English 11 Students utilized class time to find and copy information on their selected topics. Source cards are due on Wednesday 2/27. 21st Century Portfolio. Don't forget to get your letters of Recommendation! Memoirs Literature circles today. Students need to focus on staying on topic and having their jobs completed BEFORE they arrive at class. Tomorrow will begin a writing day. Next Literature circle 2/28 English 9
You should all be working on the quality if your literature circle jos and finishing Anthem. For those of you who have fallen behind this is an awesome opportunity to catch up on both the packet and the reading. Our final discussion will be the next time we meet! Are you satisfied with the ending?! English 11 You all should be soon preliminary research for your I-search papers! Remember you need to have three good, credible sources; one of them shoul be an actual book! Memoirs Monday is our next literature circle. Make sure you're not falling behind! 21st century Be working on your portfolios! I hope you all get the chance to get out to play in the snow and also make it to the game tonight! Be safe! |
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