I’ll be gone tomorrow

Mr. Shane will be my substitute tomorrow. I’ll be down in Lansing presenting to teachers about writing. Cool, huh?

 Over the weekend…

1st-Work on your board games, due Tuesday.

3rd-review words from chapter 1 and Primer Paso.

4th-Read!

5th-Make sure you’ve finished the novel for Monday.

6th-Write in your journals.

7th-relax.

Have a great day on Friday and I’ll see you on Monday!

SMack

Today is the greatest Day I’ve ever known…

Today is the greatest
Day I’ve ever known
Can’t live for tomorrow,
Tomorrow’s much too long
I’ll burn my eyes out
Before I get out

Today is the greatest
Today is the greatest day
Today is the greatest day
That I have ever really known

–Smashing Pumpkins 

 1st–Your whole book is read. Quiz over 13-epilogue on Thursday. Working on board games Friday and Monday. Due Tuesday.

3rd–Prueba de vocabulario 2 el jueves. Tambien, prueba de cancion de los pronouns.

4th–Book jacket due Friday.

5th–Literature Circles from chapters 7-12 due Monday. Also vocabulary 9-10 due Thursday and 11-12 due Monday.

6th–Final essay questions due Friday

7th–Persuasive speeches as O to Cyclops perform.

Movin’ on to Thursday

Albert Einstein: Success Quote
If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.

Susan Ohanian: Success Quote
If at first you don’t succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.

Quentin Crisp: Success Quote
If at first you don’t succeed, failure may be your style.

M. H. Alderson: Success Quote
If at first you don’t succeed; you are running about average.

1st- Your quiz is tomorrow over chapters 9-12 You need ot have read the whole book by Monday except the epilogue. Also, don’t forget your Reader’s log. Your Questions from chapters 11 & 12 are due tomorrow.

3rd-Abuelo skit i groups tomorrow. Remember your chapter 1 vocab quiz is Friday.

4th-Friday is the 3 week mark. You should have your book read, or almost read, and be working on your project.

5th-Literature Circles meet to discuss chapters 5 & 6 tomorrow. Read chapter 7 for Friday. Literature Circles will meet to discuss 7 after Read Aound on Friday. I was quite disappointed that so many people didn’t have chapter 5 read for today! You were supposed to be through chapter 6! Listen, y’all, homework is essential. Statistics show the studnets that do homework most every night are those that succeed in college! Sam, Jeani, and Chelise–you missed an assignmnet reading a power point on the Internet. http://www.monmouth.com/~literature/LOTF/lofinfo/?Information.PPT

6th-Working on writign essay questions in a complete paragraph!

7th-Vocabulary from the Odyssey..,.more

Jarod, remember you set up a meeting with me today after school to go over your essay on change and foward thinking.

Here we are…

Hi all,

Today, Tuesday, we’re well on our way into this school year.

1st-Chapter 11 & 12. Keep a Reader’s log. Questions for 11 & 12 due Thursday. Quiz over chapters 9-12 on Thursday. Wednesday read and log chapters 13 & 14. For Monday: have read through chapter 15.

 3rd–Create and label self for today. Study vocab for quiz on Friday.  Tomorrow we will create a skit taking place as a vacation with Grandparents.

4th- Read and do projects. We will be in the library to renew books on Wednesday.

5th- Literature circles chapters 1-4 for Wednesday. Read throgh chapter 6 for Wednesday. Vocabulary through chapter 6 for Thursday.

6th–Writing, writing, writing,

7th–Finish Hercules. Vocabulary and structure of an epic.

TGIF

In looking through my grades this week, I really need to see…

For 20th Cent. Lit–Keirsten, Sean, Megan, and Joey

For English 11–Nolan and Joel, Cody, Chelise, Thomas, Jeani, and Jeana

For English 9–Chris

Please come see me so we can straighten something out.

1st- Read chapters 9 & 10. Answer questions and complete log for Monday. We’ll have a log check.

3rd-Spanish test is tomorrow! No weekend homework.

4th-Letter from character is due tomorrow. Keep reading.

5th-Read around tomorrow. Read chapter 4 for Monday. Also complete your vocabulary sheet for chapters 1&2.

6th- Read around tomorrow. Finish typing if you can.

7th-Watched Hercules, we’ll finish on Monday and tomorrow we’ll read around and finish task 3. Meet in the library

Humpday

So here we again.

Cowards

Cowards die many times before their deaths:

The valiant never taste of death but once.

Of all the wonderss that I yet have ehard,

It seems to me most strange that men should fear;

Seeing that death, a necessary end,

Will come, when it will come.

 –from Julius Caesar, Act II, Scene ii,

William Shakespeare

1st:

3rd:

4th:

5th:

6th:

7th:

Adios!

So far so good.

I have forgotten a couple of times so far and I apologize, but I feel like I’m apologizing to Internet space. I don’t think many of you are checking out this site…
Anyway, the search for a name for the chicken timer, not the egg timer is still on. Put all your suggestions in my labeled basket by Friday. We’ll take a vote next week.

Also, I am officially the senior class advisor, so we’ll have a meeting at lunch on Wednesday. Bring your lunch. If you are not able to make it, please notifiy Maggie.

As for academics:
1st: Finish reading chapters 7 &8 and answer the questions, due Wednesday. Wednesday we will read chapter 9.
3rd: Tuesday you will perform your skits of a tour of the classroom. Then we will finish your “writing” assignments. Wedesday we’ll be in the library for a cool Internet “birthday” assignment. Thursday again we will be in the library for use of the PHSchool website to study for Friday’s test.
4th: Read and keep your log. Brainstorm things you will put in your letter in response to last week’s letter. Be ready to write it tomorrow.
5th: Yesterday you were to finish reading chapter 1 and draw a picture of the setting (found on page 9 and 10). Today we are moving on with forming literature circle groups and your homework is to read chapter 2.
6th: Today we’re typing. If we need more time, we’ll spend tomorrow in the lab also.
7th: Today you are finishing Task 1 of your webquest and starting Task 2 in groups of 2.

I Saw a Man

I saw a man pusuing the horizon;
Round and round they sped
I was disturbed at this;
I accosted the man.
“It is futile,” I said,
“You can never–”
“You lie,” he creid.
And ran on.

–Stephen Crane
Have a marvelous day!

Um…I forgot yesterday.

1st-Read chapters 5&6. Be ready with reader’s log on Monday. Questions for 5&6 due Monday.

3rd-Vocab 1b quiz. We will not use the tough words in information, like “Como se dice…?”

Also, be ready for reciting the alphabet.

4th-REad and we had our 2nd book talk.

5th-National Geographic interviews due Friday. Read the interviews “For Younger Americans…” Complete the bookmark for your section. Begin your classmate’s interview. Tomorrow we will have  a read around and finish our interviews. Monday we will start Lord of the Flies.

6th-Revise narratives. Work in Peer Groups. Remember tomorrow is read around.

7th-Final copies of Relationship papers are due Friday. Remember to have something to read for Read Around.

Feeling Groovy

I think the rush and stress of the beginnng has subsided. We’ll push on…   Today we remember those lost and struggling still through the destruction and aftermath of 9/11.

Whether you think you can, or you can’t, you are usually right.

–Henry Ford, American auto manufacturer

1st- Read chapter 4 and Log. Answer questions for chapters 3 & 4, due tomorrow. Tomorrow we’ll read and log chapter 5. There will be a quiz over 1-4 on Thursday.

3rd-ABCs, Questions, Make a planner with the Spanish words in the calendar.

4th-READ, READ, READ.

5th-Reflection of your Choices paper. We worked on using the National Geographic website for 9/11 corrolary text.

6th-What does a narrative sound and look like? Drafting.

7th-Peer Review & type.

I’m glad the heat broke,

but I am sad to see summer slipping through our fingers.

Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts.

–Nikki Giovanni, American poet

1st-Read chapter 3 & work on Reader’s Log

3rd-Work on Vocabulary & crossword.

4th-Keep truckin’ on your novel.

5th-Final copy due tomorrow…TYPED. We’ll write a reflection on in and the process, so be sure to have it!

6th-Drafting narratives.

7th-Fight song quiz went okay. Some of you really need to work on studying so that you aren’t struggling. Remember to bring your drafts to work more on revision tomorrow.