NaNoWriMo Update

The following students have begun entering words into their NaNoWriMo accounts!

4th period:
Angelique
Emma
Lucy
Lauren B
Anika
Jack

5th period:
Lily

6th period:
Bella
Camille
Kayleigh
Lucas
Ellie
Sylvie
Zac
Tuptim

If you haven't already started, there is still plenty of time to join in! Keep on writing!

Monday, November 10

Warmup
Vocab quiz 5
Begin Parts of Speech Review
Nonfiction lesson
Word of the Day: demonstrate (5), enhance (4/6)

Homework: Read the Outsiders Chapter 10.  Choose one assignment:
1. Write a summary of the chapter, at least one-half page.
2. Write a poem about the chapter or something in the chapter, at least 8 lines.



Go NaNoWriMers!

Thursday, Nov. 6

First of all, congratulations to those who have begun entering their novels into NaNoWriMo's word calculator! Here is what we have right now:

From 4th period -
Angelique
Lucy
Lauren B
Jack

From 5th period-
Lily

From 6th period-
Camille
Kayleigh Smith (highest word percentage right now!)
Lucas
Sylvie
Zac

Agenda:

Warmup
Finish parts of speech- Interjections
The Outsiders chapter 9 discussion and homework review
Nonfiction reading - finding evidence
Word of the day - enervating (4/6), deduce (5)

Homework: Study for vocabulary quiz next class.
5 - concept, concurrent, consequence, criteria, deduce
4/6 - diligent, disdain, divergent, emulate, enervating

NaNoWriMo Congratulations!

Congratulations to the following students, who have already entered some of their novels into the Word Calculator!

Angelique L. - 4th period
Lucy E - 4th period
Lily P. - 5th period
Lauren B- 4th period
Jack D. -4th period
Sylvie M - 6th period - has reached 10% YAY!

Great Job! Keep writing!!!!

NaNoWriMo Reminder

Just a reminder that NaNoWriMo has begun. You can begin writing your novels, if you are signed up, and copy and paste your writing into the website for a word count. I will be able to see your word counts, but not what you are writing. If you have not signed up and decide that you want to participate,  you can still sign up on the website and join my virtual class, so see me next week.

WRITE ON!

Tuesday, November 2

Warmup: New seats
Word of the Day: emulate(4/6), criteria(5)
Holt Literature  story of page 62 - answer questions at end - classwork
Finish prepositions
Begin conjunctions
Homework: Read The Outsiders chapter 9. Explain Dally's behavior, what he does and why he does it.

BOO! October 31

Roots Warmup: dia (across), dict (speak), flex/flect (bend)
Begin prepositions (Holt Handbook)
Review homework: Discuss chapter 8 and hear summaries
Word of the Day:  divergent (4/6), consequence (5)
Special Story

NO HOMEWORK - HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

Wednesday, October 29

Warmup:  roots cogn (know), cracy (government), demo (people)
Adverb review
Outsiders discussion Chapter 7
Review news stories/leads
Word of the Day: disdain (4/6), concurrent (5)

Homework: Read chapter 8 and write a half  page summary of the chapter using at least 6 adverbs. Underline the adverbs.

Monday October 27

Warmup: Look over vocabulary words
Computer Lab: NaNoWriMo signup and newspaper study
Vocabulary quiz
Word of the Day: concept (5), diligent
Chapter 6 discussion
News stories
Homework:  Read The Outsiders Chapter 7 and answer these questions:  What did Pony learn from Randy? How did that change how Pony feels about the Socs?

Also for homework:
periods 4 and 6: one half page or more news story about chapter 6, the church fire.
period 5: the lead of the news story: one, two or three sentences telling who, what, when, where and why

Vocabulary Quiz words:
4 and 6: condescending, conformist, convergence, deleterious, digression

5: compensate, compliment, complement, component, comprehensive, comprise

Thursday, October 23

Warmup: Page 56 Holt Handbook exercise 7
Outsiders chapter 5
Adverbs review
Word of the Day: comprise -5, digression - 4,6
Similes and metaphors
Homework: read Chapter 6 of The Outsiders
Study for vocabulary quiz:
4 / 6
condescending, conformist, convergence, deleterious, digression
5
compensate, compliment, complement,component, comprehensive, comprise

Tuesday, October 21

Book Projects are due today!
Warmup: Review verbs with a partner: action and linking, helping verbs and transitive and intransitive verbs. Holt Handbook pages 44-53
Idioms
Verb Quiz
Word of the Day: deleterious (4/6), comprehensive (5)

Homework: Read Chapter 5 of The Outsiders. Answer the following questions with complete sentences: What did they do to their hair in Chapter 5 and why? Why is their hair so important to them?

Friday, October 17

Warmup: Holt Handbook page 69 A and B 1-15; do not write the whole sentence. Follow instructions in the book.

Review warmup

Hear Chapter 4 Outsiders summaries

Discuss Chapter 4

Discuss conflict

Review Verbs

Word of the Day: component (5), convergence (4,6)

Homework: Finish book projects. They are due on Tuesday!

Wednesday, October 15

Warmup
Review homework:  finish verbs - helping, transitive and intransitive
Outsiders Chapter 4
Word of the Day: compliment/;complement (5), conformist (4/6)

Homework: Write a summary of Chapter 4

Friday, October 10

Warmup: Roots biblio (book), bio (life), cent (100), chrono (time)
Vocabulary Quiz 3
Discuss chapter 3 and characterizations
Nouns, Pronouns, Adjectives review
Word: compensate (5), condescending (4/6)
Start Verbs: action versus linking
Homework: verbs - Hole handbook page 49 exercise 4 1-10, Write the verb in the sentence and write whether it is action or linking.

Book Projects Due October 25

Wednesday, October 8

*Warmup: Adjectives
Share paragraphs
Discuss intros and conclusions
Direct and indirect characterization discussion, Outsiders
*Words of the Day: commence (5), collaborate (4/6)

*Homework: Read Chapter 3 in The Outsiders and write down (copy straight from the book)three examples of characterization in Chapter 3. Use three different characters. Tell who is being characterized in each example.( Periods 4 and 6: use examples of indirect characterization only.) Please put the page number where each passage or quote comes from.

*Study Vocabulary Words for Quiz!!!

*these items need to be made up if you are absent.

Vocabulary Words for quiz -

4/6
collaborate
circuitous
censure
camaraderie
benevolent

5
commence
coherent
cite/site
category
benefit

Monday, October 6

*Warmup: Roots ambi/amphi (both ways), anthro (man), aqua (water), aud/audit (hear)
Discuss Outsiders Chapter 2 in groups - finding evidence
Finish adjectives
*Word of the Day: coherent (5), circuitous (4/6)
*Homework: Write the paragraph "What I Would Do If I Won a Million Dollars"

• 6-12 sentences
• 3-line heading on left  after the margin line
• title centered on top line
• indent
• one paragraph only
• topic sentence
• details
• concluding sentence
• typed or in ink - hand in a final draft

Thursday, October 2

Agenda -

*Warmup- Brainstorm for new paragraph
Discuss Outsiders Chapter 1 and go over character sketches
Pronouns review
Begin Adjectives (page 36 exercises 7 and 8)
*Word of the Day: 4/6 - censure 5- site and cite

*Homework: Read The Outsiders Chapter 2. Write down any unfamiliar words and their page numbers. Think of and write down two adjectives to describe each of these main characters: Ponyboy, Sodapop, Darry, Dally, Johnny, Cherry

* Means that these items need to be made-up if you are absent.

Tuesday, September 30

Pronoun Warmup
Stamp and review pronoun homework
Pronoun cases discussion
Word of the Day: 4/6 - camaraderie; 5- category
The Outsiders - hand out book, book cards, author bio, preliminary discussion
Discuss character sketches

Homework: Read chapter 1 of The Outsiders and (1) write a one-paragraph character sketch of anhy one of the main characters and (2) write down any words that are unfamiliar to you and their page number. You do not need to find the definition.

Friday, September 26

Warmup: Write a paragraph. Topic to be announced
Review instructions for reading project
Word of the day quiz (words listed under September 24 post)
New word of the day: 4,6: benevolent; 5 benefit
Begin pronouns

Homework:
5: Holt Handbook page 41-42. #6-15. Write the pronouns only.
4/6: Find an article in the newspaper, magazine, or internet, of at least three paragraphs. Find all the pronouns and identify the type of pronoun each one is.

Wednesday, September 24 - National Punctuation Day!

Agenda:

Warmup - paragraph writing
Prefix Bingo
Prefix Test on all prefixes 1-37
Begin pronouns

Homework: Study five vocabulary words for quiz on Friday. You need to know the spelling, definition, use in a sentence, part of speech, and the related words we wrote down in class.
4 and 6: anecdote, anonymous, antagonist, arid, assiduous
5: adequate, alternative, ambiguous, analyze, attribute