Students (even the students who were absent), be sure to complete your homework assignments. We will discuss Monday and Tuesday of next week.
"The Ransom of Red Chief"
Literature Textbook pages 46-57.
1) Complete and turn in ALL margin questions - worth 20 points
"The Tell-Tale Heart"
Literature Textbook pages 76-83.
1) Complete the Margin questions in your head to ensure you are monitoring your comprehension.
2) Respond in writing and turn in the Literary Analysis questions (pg 84) 4-7
- worth 20 points
*All components of the question must be correct to rec. full points.
Friday, January 27, 2012
Friday, January 20, 2012
Whew! We are already in the Third Nine Weeks
Students and Parents,
Whew! Here we are at the beginning of the Third Nine Weeks, and we are off to a great start. Students, I am so proud of your hard work. You have grasped, comprehended, and demonstrated varied levels of proficiency during the second nine week’s grading period. The target skills were
1. Using effective transitions to improve the Organization in Essay Writing,
2. Using grammar skills to create varied sentence structure, and
3. Using specific techniques to improve the elaboration in our writing.
In addition, we identified and analyzed
4. Author’s Purpose,
5. Author’s Perspective,
6. Bias,
7. Author’s Point of View,
8. Theme,
9. Author’s use of Tone thru word choice and figurative language strategies,
10. Cause & Effect (literal and implied) relationships of events and how they affect elements of plot in fiction, and
11. Character Analysis and how individual characters and their traits are both identified thru literal and implied messages in the text.
Wow! That was a lot.
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For the upcoming week, our skill focus is Text Features. We are going to explore how an author’s use of Text Features help the reader better understand the text.
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Reading Logs (Only 5 Books to Read) and Journal Entries
Students, I have implemented a change in policy. Unlike the board in the “Scholarship Jacket,” this change is being made with good intentions!
*Students, the books you read for the 3rd nine week’s grading period, MUST have at least an 800 or higher LEXILE LEVEL. You may log onto http://www.lexile.com and compete the Quick Search at the top right-hand corner of the homepage to search your book's Lexile Level. (I will demonstrate this in class).
Now, Journal Entries – starting January 25/2012 thru March 15/2012
Journal Entries will reflect Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. No Fridays!
Monday: Inference
Tuesday: Tone
Wednesday: Vocabulary Cause and Effect Relationships of Events
Thursday: Character Analysis
Expectations…
Monday: Inference
1) Write a summary of what you read.
2) Then, discuss the author’s use of key words, figurative language, and chain of events to show what and how the inferences were made.
Tuesday: Tone
1) Write a summary of what you read.
2) Identify and discuss the strategies the author uses to create the tone.
Wednesday: Vocabulary and Cause and Effect Relationships of Events
1) Provide a summary of the text and then discuss how the unfamiliar vocabulary word (s) was used in the context.
2) Try to figure out its meaning and then verify by looking the word up. Share your results in the summary.
3) Discuss the Cause and Effect relations – both literal and implied.
Thursday: Character Analysis
1) Write a summary of what you read.
2) Discuss what you think of the main/minor character(s) in the text.
3) Identify at least two adjectives to accurately describe the character as portrayed in the reading.
Rational: Reading books that are challenging and enjoyable improve our reading and writing skills. Students, when we read - for pleasure or information - we should always set a purpose for our reading. By establishing a reading focus, we begin recognizing the strategies “good” writers use and the reading skills needed to comprehend and appreciate what the author is expressing. Look at it this way: The skills are reciprocal. Hence, we become both an effective reader and writer. For example, our vocabulary improves, our sentence structure becomes varied and appropriate, our word choices become more concise and precise, and our ideas become clear and related as we grow into becoming strategy technicians. I love it!
Whew! Here we are at the beginning of the Third Nine Weeks, and we are off to a great start. Students, I am so proud of your hard work. You have grasped, comprehended, and demonstrated varied levels of proficiency during the second nine week’s grading period. The target skills were
1. Using effective transitions to improve the Organization in Essay Writing,
2. Using grammar skills to create varied sentence structure, and
3. Using specific techniques to improve the elaboration in our writing.
In addition, we identified and analyzed
4. Author’s Purpose,
5. Author’s Perspective,
6. Bias,
7. Author’s Point of View,
8. Theme,
9. Author’s use of Tone thru word choice and figurative language strategies,
10. Cause & Effect (literal and implied) relationships of events and how they affect elements of plot in fiction, and
11. Character Analysis and how individual characters and their traits are both identified thru literal and implied messages in the text.
Wow! That was a lot.
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For the upcoming week, our skill focus is Text Features. We are going to explore how an author’s use of Text Features help the reader better understand the text.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Reading Logs (Only 5 Books to Read) and Journal Entries
Students, I have implemented a change in policy. Unlike the board in the “Scholarship Jacket,” this change is being made with good intentions!
*Students, the books you read for the 3rd nine week’s grading period, MUST have at least an 800 or higher LEXILE LEVEL. You may log onto http://www.lexile.com and compete the Quick Search at the top right-hand corner of the homepage to search your book's Lexile Level. (I will demonstrate this in class).
Now, Journal Entries – starting January 25/2012 thru March 15/2012
Journal Entries will reflect Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. No Fridays!
Monday: Inference
Tuesday: Tone
Wednesday: Vocabulary Cause and Effect Relationships of Events
Thursday: Character Analysis
Expectations…
Monday: Inference
1) Write a summary of what you read.
2) Then, discuss the author’s use of key words, figurative language, and chain of events to show what and how the inferences were made.
Tuesday: Tone
1) Write a summary of what you read.
2) Identify and discuss the strategies the author uses to create the tone.
Wednesday: Vocabulary and Cause and Effect Relationships of Events
1) Provide a summary of the text and then discuss how the unfamiliar vocabulary word (s) was used in the context.
2) Try to figure out its meaning and then verify by looking the word up. Share your results in the summary.
3) Discuss the Cause and Effect relations – both literal and implied.
Thursday: Character Analysis
1) Write a summary of what you read.
2) Discuss what you think of the main/minor character(s) in the text.
3) Identify at least two adjectives to accurately describe the character as portrayed in the reading.
Rational: Reading books that are challenging and enjoyable improve our reading and writing skills. Students, when we read - for pleasure or information - we should always set a purpose for our reading. By establishing a reading focus, we begin recognizing the strategies “good” writers use and the reading skills needed to comprehend and appreciate what the author is expressing. Look at it this way: The skills are reciprocal. Hence, we become both an effective reader and writer. For example, our vocabulary improves, our sentence structure becomes varied and appropriate, our word choices become more concise and precise, and our ideas become clear and related as we grow into becoming strategy technicians. I love it!
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Reading Logs and Journal Entries are Due
Hi Students,
Your Reading Logs and Journal Entries are due next week.
B Day Students: Wednesday, January 18
A Day Students: Thursday, January 19
Ensure you have 6 books read; Journal entries began November 3 for this nine-week period and ended January 6. Check the blog for the Winter break Journal Entry schedule.
Thanks:)
Your Reading Logs and Journal Entries are due next week.
B Day Students: Wednesday, January 18
A Day Students: Thursday, January 19
Ensure you have 6 books read; Journal entries began November 3 for this nine-week period and ended January 6. Check the blog for the Winter break Journal Entry schedule.
Thanks:)
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