Friday, January 16

Warmup: Write a sentence with a compound subject, direct and indirect objects, at least one prepositional phrase, at least one adverb (periods 4 and 6, add a predicate nominative too)
4/6 Sign up for books
5 HL 494-500 and answer questions
Word of the Day: impetuous (4/6), estimate (5)

Homework:
 Period 5: HH page 234 exercises 4 and 5. Write whole sentence correctly
 Period 4/6: Same as above, evens only AND read first 1/10 of book and write a one- page summary containing the main points.

Wednesday, January 14

Warmup: Roots: mag (great), man (hand) and mater (mother)
Review build a sentence homework
Word of the Day: hedonist (4/6), insure, assure, ensure (5)
Holt Literature page 484 -489. Answer the questions and provide evidence of your answers.
Discuss predicate nouns and predicate adjectives in HH Chapter 4

Homework : Holt Literature read pages 490-493 and answer the questions on 494.

Monday, January 12

WARMUP: Look over roots for test
Roots test
Build a sentence example using Dad gave
Word of the Day: haughty (4/6), emphasis (5)
Library: Nonfiction lesson

Homework: Build a sentence
Start with Charlie baked....
1. Add a direct object
2. Add an indirect object.
3. Add an adverb
4. Add an adjective
5. Add a prepositional phrase
6. Make the subject compound
7. Make the verb compound and give the new verb its own direct object.

Thursday, January 8

Warmup: New seats
Holt Handbook page 76 exercise 1: write the direct object
Indirect object discussion
Assign Reading Project #2 Due date to be assigned.
Give roots and prefixes for test on Monday
Pass back work
Word of the Day -  (5) element (4,6) hackneyed
Homework:
1. Study for roots test (meaning of root and sample word. Two sample words for period 4 and 6)
2. Write three sentences of your own; each sentence must contain a direct object and an indirect object.

Updated agenda for Tuesday!!!!

Students: Missing Friday due to rain will change our schedule a little.

Here is the updated schedule:

Tuesday:

WARMUP:jus, ,jur, jud (law, right), logy (study of)
Subject and predicate review and quiz
Julius Caesar Act II
Word of the day: diverse (5), fortuitous (4/6)
Cast Acts III, IV, V

Homework:
Study for vocabulary quiz
4/6: ephemeral, enhance, evanescent, fortuitous, extenuating, exemplary
5: demonstrate, connote, denote, diverse, discreet, discrete, differentiate

Finals Days

Vocabulary Quiz

Julius Caesar Acts III, IV, V
Idioms and other Shakespeare worksheets

After Winter Break

The roots test will be moved to early January (date to be announced after break) and the next reading project will also be assigned after break.

Thank you!

Finals Days: Dec. 17, 18, 19

Wednesday: Periods 1,2
Thursday: Periods 4,5
Friday: Periods 3,6

Warmup: Looks over roots and prefixes
Roots Test
Caesar Acts IV and V

Tuesday, Dec. 16

Warmup: Roots jus, ,jur, jud (law, right), logy (study of)
Vocab quiz 6
Act III
Cast Acts IV and V
Idioms and other Shakespeare worksheets

Homework: Study prefixes and roots from #1 to #25, logy

Friday, Dec. 12

Assign Independent Reading Project #2
Subject and predicate quiz
Julius Caesar Act II
Word of the Day: diverse (5), fortuitous (4/6)
Cast Act III
Library???
Homework: Study for vocabulary quiz
4/6: ephemeral, enhance, evanescent, fortuitous, extenuating, exemplary
5: demonstrate, connote, denote, diverse, discreet, discrete, differentiate
Start studying prefixes and roots for final

Wednesday, Dec. 10

Warmup: Roots hydro (water), init (beginning), ject (throw)
Review homework
Word of the day: discrete/discreet (5), extenuating (4/6)
Do Act I in class
Cast Act II
Homework: Holt Handbook page 10 exercise 5
Study  subjects and predicates for quiz

Monday, December 8

Warmup: Brainstorm
Shakespeare movie
Word of the Day: differentiate (5), exemplary (4/6)
Predicates
Cast Act I
Collect Outsider books
Homework: Holt Handbook pages 22-23 C and D

Thursday, Dec. 4

Warmup : Roots: graph, gram (write), hetero (different), homo (same)
Review homework
Review Parts of Speech Test (Period 5 only)
In-class essay: Write a 3-5 paragraph essay. Topics (choose one)
1. Discuss the theme of "fighting doesn't do any good" in The Outsiders. Explain how this theme is shown.
2. Discuss "What is a hero" as it applies to The Outsiders.

Please give your essay a title, put on the heading, and make sure you have a thesis statement. Try to include at least one quote from the book, but make sure it fits what you are talking about.

Homework: Look at your two essays on the Outsiders (one if you missed doing the other) and decide which you want graded. Edit that one (yourself, or have someone at home edit it) and prepare a final copy (must be typed for periods 4 and 6; must be written in blue or black ink or typed for period 5). Due Monday.

Tuesday December 2

Warmup: Holt Handbook page 8 exercise 3
Review parts of speech test
Simple and complete subjects
Word to the day: ephemeral (4,6), connote (5)
Outsiders Wrap Up: Characters, setting, plot, conflicts, protagonist, antagonist, exposition, climax, resolution,  mood, tone, symbols, motifs, themes.

Homework: Holt Handbook chapter 1, page 2. Review A and review B 1-25. In Review A, simple put S for sentences and F for fragments. No need to rewrite anything. In review B, write the complete subject (noun or pronoun, plus all associated adjectives and phrases) and then underline the simple subject (just the noun or pronoun).

Friday, November 21

Warmup: Holt handbook page 7 exercise 2: find the simple subject of each sentence (just the noun or pronoun that is the actual subject)

Discuss simple and complete subjects: Holt Handbook pages 5 and 6

In class Holt Handbook page 21 review B 11-25 in your notebooks: simple and complete subjects

Word of the day #2: derive (5), ephemeral (4/6)

In-class essay: 3 or more paragraphs, three line heading, title, and don't forget to put the title and author of the book in the introduction!

Essay topics: Choose One

1. The book is better than the movie (why?)

2. The movie is better than the book (why)

3. The book and the movie were very similar (how)

4. The book and the movie were quite different (how)

Due at the end of class.

Homework: Finish NaNoWriMo if you are doing it!

Read a book next week: Any book you enjoy!

Have fun and Happy Thanksgiving break!

Wednesday, November 19

Second half of movie
Outsiders wrapup: Characters, setting, plot, climax, resolution, theme, tone, mood, point of view, symbols, motifs

No Homework

Monday, November 17

Warmup: Review the Parts of Speech
Parts of Speech Test
The Outsiders first half of the movie: Take notes on things that surprised you or things that stood out.

Homework: Comment on the first half of the movie. Was it what you expected? At least one half page.

Thursday, November 13

Warmup: roots frag/fract (break), geo (earth), grad/gress (by steps)
Chapter 10, Outsiders, discussion.
Parts of Speech Jeopardy

Homework: Read Chapters 11 and 12 of The Outsiders.
Study for Parts of Speech Test. Review Chapters 2 and 3 of Holt Handbook.

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!!!!