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TEST on MARCH 6th--- turn in annotated book.

As of FEB. 12, you should have purchased a new copy of a certain edition of Night by  Elie Wiesel by class time for $11 in Raider Shop.  You will READ and ANNOTATE the book individually as homework and use the terms sheet to stick in back of book to list page numbers of the terms you annotate by MARCH 6.  NO HIGHLIGHTING except for the word "night" throughout the actual text of the book! We will have discussions, writing assignments, tests, etc. concerning this text after spring break.

Each student will need to read Night independently and mark annotations according to the literary terms sheet glued in the back of the book. Students will take a test March 6 to prove they have read the book and will turn in the book to me so I can check their annotations. THEN I will team teach the book with my students, and they will use their annotations to teach it with me.

Read and annotate Night (include the PREFACE and FOREWORD AND the SPEECH at the end of the book): total 136 pages divided by 23 nights to read and annotate (reading and annotating EVERY night including weekend nights); you need to read and annotate 6 pages per night. THEN when you finish reading, you’ll need to go back through the whole book to note certain aspects you will notice about the book since you will have read it all by then. TEST on March 6 to prove you have read and understood the book on your own and then we’ll really study the deeper aspects of the book.

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Please look at my Google calendar for information. 

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Dress in a sophisticated manner for our Dallas Holocaust Museum visit.  GUYS-- khaki pants, a button-down shirt, a tie and dress shoes;  GIRLS-- know the school's dress code and abide by it and dress in a sophisticated manner. NO jeans, NO shorts, NO t-shirts, NO yoga pants, etc.  It would be best to wear dress shoes., BRING a bag lunch and a drink; when we return to the school, the lunchroom won't be open.  GO to 1st period, meet in as a group in an assigned room second period, and we'll return to school about 1, eat lunch, then follow our regular schedule for the afternoon classes.
 

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Test over TOMATS----OPEN BOOK TEST--- must have your OWN copy of TOMATS
 

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Read and annotate Night nightly (Monday to Monday each week) until March 6. In class on Wed., students took a quiz about what they read so far, and I taught about writing thesis statements.  If you were absent, you need to meet with me ASAP.

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Read and annotate Night (include the PREFACE and FOREWORD AND the SPEECH at the end of the book): total 136 pages divided by 23 nights to read and annotate (reading and annotating EVERY night including weekend nights); you need to read and annotate 6 pages per night. THEN when you finish reading, you’ll need to go back through the whole book to note certain aspects you will notice about the book since you will have read it all by then. TEST on March 6 to prove you have read and understood the book on your own and then we’ll really study the deeper aspects of the book. NO HIGHLIGHTING!

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I will check your RL to show me at least 10 solid entries......the more you have the better.....

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Read and annotate Night (include the PREFACE and FOREWORD AND the SPEECH at the end of the book): total 136 pages divided by 23 nights to read and annotate (reading and annotating EVERY night including weekend nights); you need to read and annotate 6 pages per night. THEN when you finish reading, you’ll need to go back through the whole book to note certain aspects you will notice about the book since you will have read it all by then. TEST on March 6 to prove you have read and understood the book on your own and then we’ll really study the deeper aspects of the book. NO HIGHLIGHTING!

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Read and annotate Night (include the PREFACE and FOREWORD AND the SPEECH at the end of the book): total 136 pages divided by 23 nights to read and annotate (reading and annotating EVERY night including weekend nights); you need to read and annotate 6 pages per night. THEN when you finish reading, you’ll need to go back through the whole book to note certain aspects you will notice about the book since you will have read it all by then. TEST on March 6 to prove you have read and understood the book on your own and then we’ll really study the deeper aspects of the book. NO HIGHLIGHTING!

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Read and annotate Night (include the PREFACE and FOREWORD AND the SPEECH at the end of the book): total 136 pages divided by 23 nights to read and annotate (reading and annotating EVERY night including weekend nights); you need to read and annotate 6 pages per night. THEN when you finish reading, you’ll need to go back through the whole book to note certain aspects you will notice about the book since you will have read it all by then. TEST on March 6 to prove you have read and understood the book on your own and then we’ll really study the deeper aspects of the book. NO HIGHLIGHTING!

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Night and show me your copy of the book; read and annotate (include the PREFACE and FOREWORD AND the SPEECH at the end of the book): total 136 pages divided by 23 nights to read and annotate (reading and annotating EVERY night including weekend nights); you need to read and annotate 6 pages per night. THEN when you finish reading, you’ll need to go back through the whole book to note certain aspects you will notice about the book since you will have read it all by then. TEST on March 6 to prove you have read and understood the book on your own and then we’ll really study the deeper aspects of the book. NO HIGHLIGHTING!

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We presented projects all period; if you were absent, talk to me about how to make up this work because you missed all the presentations.

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Buy a new copy of a certain edition of Night by  Elie Wiesel by class time on Thursday, Feb. 12 for $11 in Raider Shop.  Write your name in the inside cover and my name in ink and show me the book to receive a 100 as daily grade. You will READ and ANNOTATE the book individually as homework and use the terms sheet to stick in back of book to list page numbers of the terms you annotate by MARCH 4.  I will check your annotations in the next 3 weeks to check your progress. We will have discussions, writing assignments, tests, etc. concerning this text. NO HIGHLIGHTING!

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Reader's Log entries DUE on 2/17 (should have at least 14)
BUY NIGHT (the book) for $11 in our RAIDER SHOP by the 12th; show me the book with your name and mine in INK in the inside cover and the lit terms sheet glued in the back and receive a 100 as a daily grade! (I have the lit terms sheets for you).
Students presented propaganda projects in class on 11th and 12th. Give me a rubric you created for your project (if you have group members, I need a copy of the rubric for each member).

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Propaganda projects will be due today and will count as a major grade.  Please make sure your project is worthy of a major grade and do your best on this significant project.  Your whole life you will encounter propaganda daily, and you will need to recognize the types and how to use them properly and know when others are using the various types for beneficial or detrimental purposes.

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Work on your propaganda projects.  Remember to bring me your rubric with your project tomorrow and work in advance on polishing your presentation of your project;  you will present for the class.  If you were absent on the 10th, you missed MAJOR information about the Holocaust and need to meet with me at 7:30am on the 11th.

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Bring TKAM once more so that we can see Atticus' speech as a model of the right uses of propaganda and persuasion.  Work on your propaganda project that is due on Feb. 11 and is a major grade.  I gave students a copy of a speech from Churchill from 1939; mark at least 1 example of each type of propaganda in the speech.

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I began the introduction to our unit about the Holocaust today.  If you were absent, you need to come to my room at 7:30 sharp on Monday the 9th.  If you are behind on your reading/writing work (Reader's Log for TAG), then you need to catch up this weekend.

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Reader's Log tonight.....
If you were absent today, you missed a quiz and also my teaching about propaganda; you will need to make up that work.

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Reader's Log entry
 
Also if you were absent today, you missed notes about TOMATS, propaganda notes, and grammar notes.  I have an NJHS meeting on the 4th, however, and will not have tutorial time on the 4th.

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Students read all lines they had previously marked with a single asterisk in their 5 articles for their persuasive essays. They decided which of those lines were more important and marked those with double asterisks. Finally they decided which quotations were the absolute best 2 or 3 in EACH article and highlighted those. Periods 1, 3, and 5 had some class time, and periods 4 and 6 will do this for homework (because they were giving class presentations about TOMATS).

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Absent today?  You missed a huge lesson about propaganda and all the types.  Please meet with me ASAP.
Bring your copy to TKAM tomorrow to class; we will look at Atticus's closing remarks to the jury as a perfect example of persuasion and the proper uses of propaganda techniques.

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Absent today?  You must get all the notes from a student, mark those in your TOMATS novella, and then show me the notes.  Also see me about the speech you missed.

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Reader's Log entry
 
If you were absent, you missed MAJOR notes about TOMATS.

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Reader's Log entry
 
If you were absent, you missed MAJOR notes about TOMATS.

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Four homework on 1/27, students need to read each of their 5 articles for their persuasive essays and mark an asterisk beside each line in each article that best supports their opinions for their persuasive essays.  This is pre-writing for that essay.  These are due tomorrow in class. During class on 1/27, students presented their group work from TOMATS, and if you were absent, you must get all those notes from those groups.

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Reader's Log Homework:  entry #1.
Select a book that is on the 8th grade reading level or above, and then read, think, and write.  Look at the list of entries I gave you.
 
Also during the class period on Monday, students worked on and then began presenting their group work for TOMATS.  If you were absent, what is your plan to make up that crucial work?

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Use these links to discovery more information about your Hemingway topic for TOMATS (read info that will connect with your chosen topic):

http://hemingwayhome.com/ 

Hemingway's  house museum in Key West, FL

http://www.ehfop.typepad.com/

Hemingway's house museum in Oak Park, IL

http://www2.webster.edu/~corbetre/personal/reading/hemingway-sea.html

Do you agree or disagree with the book review you read from the link above?  Explain.

 

 

 

 

 

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Have five fabulous articles from SIRS and/or Gale, databases to which our library subscribes. They must be printed in their entirety directly from SIRS and/ or Gale, each article stapled individually, and your name in the upper right-hand corner of each article. All five must be the BEST that you could find on those databases that support your opinion after doing a review of the literature concerning your opinion on your topic.

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If you were absent for the test on Tuesday, come at 7:20 on Wed. morning to take this test. 

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By class time today, finish reading and heavily annotating The Old Man and the Sea and bring the novella to class; expect a test to prove you read the text.  Also you will turn in your book to me at the end of class today.

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During the class periods all week, we will be in the library computer lab doing research and other work.  If you are absent, you need to meet with me about the work.  Also each night, read TOMATS and annotate the text.

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See Moodle for the original poem that is due 1/15 on Moodle. Students started writing the poem last week.

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In class on Friday, I taught a bit about poetry and analyzed a certain poem. Students the began an original poem imitating the time sequence of that poem we studied. If you were absent on Friday, come at 7:30 on Monday. If you were present on Friday, work on your poem a bit this weekend.  Please do you own poetry writing with no help from anyone. 

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We will discuss persuasive essay topics and our Essay Plan Sheets as well as work on a poetry assignment.
 
Read and annotate TOMATS completely by Jan. 20.

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In class on the 7th, we uploaded our GR8--1-2014 and GR8-2-2014 to our Google Sites and wrote reflections about what we have individually learned as writers. If you were absent, we need to meet so I can show you how to do this.
 
We discussed our topics for our persuasive essays.  Final topics are due on the 8th.  In class on the 7th and 8th, we will work on our Essay Plan Sheets as well as poetry.

PRINT a copy of your entire TPN and bring that to class on THURSDAY the 8th (print a copy of the final draft called GR8-2-2014 that you turned in to me on Moodle in December).

Read and annotate TOMATS.

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We had a class spelling bee on the 6th and then discussed our topics for our persuasive essays.  Final topics are due on the 8th.  In class on the 7th and 8th, we will work on our Essay Plan Sheets as well as poetry.

PRINT a copy of your entire TPN and bring that to class on THURSDAY (print a copy of the final draft called GR8-2-2014 that you turned in to me on Moodle in December).

Read and annotate TOMATS.

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On the 5th, I discussed the semester exams with all students; students did VERY well, and a large number of students made A's and a large number made B's-- very impressive for a semester exam of this type.
Also we began thinking about topics for the upcoming persuasive essay, and each student received an Essay Plan Sheet.  Students need a topic that can be supported by research and one that the student is passionate about-- needs to be about something he or she wants to change in his or her community (meaning HP or UP according to where each student lives).  Students will feel they have a voice in their communities.

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How is your reading and annotating of TOMATS coming along?  Remember all is due on Jan. 20.

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Special tutorial time for periods 4 and 6 at 7:30 for the other sections of my exam (not the essay section which students wrote on the 15th)

(My other class periods will have a special tutorial time on the 17th).
 

FOR THE EXAM, bring the GRAMMAR doc I gave you and the EXAM REVIEW pages from the HPMS website/ bring on either the 17, 18, OR 19 according to your class period.

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During class time, each student will write his or her exam essay portion of my English exam.  This section will count as 30% of the exam grade.  On the 11th and 12th, I will have taught students how to write this type of essay as we review for the exam on those dates. 

FOR THE EXAM ESSAY, bring the GRAMMAR doc I gave you and the EXAM REVIEW pages from the HPMS website/ you need BOTH for exam dates for ALL ON Dec. 15 and either 17, 18, OR 19 according to your class period.

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For your exam essay section: study TKAM especially major actions, quotations, and characters, decide on an idea from one of your summer reading and choice books from your RL books that you can connect as literary reference, look over the 6-page grammar document I gave you so that you can use it easily to find sentence types to write on the exam essay, study your archetypes notes, bring about 10 sheets of loose leaf paper, and have a list of 10 of the character vocabulary words so that you can easily use 6 in your writing. Just have a list of the words--know the definitions/use in your head.
Thanks,
Mrs. Janik

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Students may turn in their 32-35 solid entries for their Reader's Log Homework on either the 11th or the 12th. These entries will count as a major grade because this assignment is a semester-long project of homework. Students should have read 625+ pages of books to then compose their 32+ entries. 

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Special tutorial time for periods 4 and 6 at 7:30 for the essay portion of my exam 
 
(My other class periods will have a special tutorial time on the 15th).

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Here are the directions for writing the essay section of my exam, which you will do during class time on Monday, December 15.  We discussed these in class on the 11th-12th, and I am offering a tutorial time at 7:30am on the 12th also.  I will not give you the actual topics for the essay until you are in my class on Monday with the exam in front of you, but I wanted you to see exactly how the directions will look for this essay writing.
 

Essay about To Kill a Mockingbird – Mrs. Janik’s TAG English Classes

    • Write your essay on your own paper.
  • Choose one of the four thematic ideas/phrases listed below. Quote in verbatim; I’m giving you the gift of words by giving you this exact thematic phrase.
    • Your essay must contain at least three paragraphs, and your thesis sentence must be the first sentence of your first paragraph.
    • Divide the thesis into three subheadings like a Brace Map and discuss one of each of those subheadings in each body paragraph in order to prove your thesis statement.
    • Use comparison and contrast as the overall mode (framework) of your essay in EVERY paragraph. In other words, compare and contrast the plot elements, actions, and characters of To Kill a Mockingbird and consider the implied thematic phrase you have selected.
    • Include archetypes in your analysis.
    • Include at least SIX vocabulary words in your analysis.
    • Use TWO OR THREE quotations from the following list in order to support your answer. Document each one correctly and include a signal phrase before each quotation. Don’t put all quotations in the same paragraph in the essay.
    • Compare and contrast the implied thematic phrase to an idea from a book you read for your reader’s log AND the book you read from your choice summer reading. Write a one sentence literary allusion OR a literary reference about each of these works according to the books. Use facts from the texts since you don’t have exact quotations.
    • I expect you to consider the formal rules of writing that we have discussed and write using present and present perfect verb tenses in your commentary.
    • Write at least one simple sentence, one compound sentence, and one complex sentence in your essay.
    • Vary your sentence beginnings and begin at least one sentence with a participial phrase, one with a gerund phrase, and one with a prepositional phrase.
    • Write one compound sentence that has a conjunctive adverb used correctly and with correct punctuation.
    • Write every other line on the front side only of your paper and show evidence of the revision strategies we have studied. Proofread the essay and correct errors.
    • Remember that words such as “if, could, would, should, might, without” analyze NOTHING! Also don’t use the words “never” and “always” in your essay.
  • You MUST complete the essay during your English class time on December 15th.

Essay topics: Choose one of these four thematic phrases (implied themes) and explain how the thematic phrase relates to To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Be sure to compare and contrast within each paragraph. (Make sure your thesis sentence contains the necessary information). The essay is worth 30 points.

THEMATIC TOPICS – CHOOSE ONLY ONE: (You will see the topics when I give your exam copy to you in class on the 15th-- not before).

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Students will take a literary terms test by identifying terms in song lyrics.  They may use their TKAM copies to remind them of the terms and examples of those. We will have practiced for this test during class time on Dec. 9th.

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Students will turn in their thematic essays about TKAM at the end of class and will use Moodle to submit those.  Periods 1, 3, and 5 will turn in a first draft, and periods 4 and 6 will turn in a final draft (they worked on this essay for several class periods).

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We are working on the TKAM thematic essay today in class, and I am teaching again about how to do that. Also I am giving students a 6-page grammar doc to use during the exam and next semester. Get that from me on Monday if you were absent.

Type all 3 of your quotations in your TKAM essay and leave space in between each one. Use proper MLA format. If you think you know how to write a transition and a signal phrase before each one because of my modeling yesterday, then type those too.  We did this work in class today.

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The final draft of the thematic personal narrative will be due on December 4 by 8am to be posted on Moodle.  This will count as a major grade, and students have worked on this in class and for homework many different dates, and students have a rubric to follow.

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INSTRUCTIONS for finalizing your TPN:  These are the instructions we followed in class, but some people didn't finish all this in class time.
  1. Bold your sentences that are labeled Simple, Compound, and Complex.
  2. Highlight in yellow your be verbs (am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been).
  3. Highlight in pink all your examples of similes, metaphors, and personification.
  4. Highlight in orange your allusion OR reference.
  5. Make all your vocabulary words red font.
  6. Check to see that your indentation is correct.
  7. Check your header and heading for correctness.
  8. Make sure your conclusion paragraph OR conclusion sentence (if you have chosen to have a conclusion sentence and not a whole paragraph) gives your narrative a full circle effect.  Reread your introduction paragraph for help.
  9. Your narrative should be double spaced, Times New Roman, 12 point font.
  10. Check your rubric carefully so that you can make sure about all aspects of the rubric.

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We worked on our TPN in class (MANY directions were missed if you were absent---meet with me). Also tonight, you need to work on your Reader's Log for homework.

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The Old Man and the Sea is in Raider Shop selling for $13 for you to purchase, read, heavily annotate while reading, and complete by class time January 19.  Show me your copy with your name in ink and my name in the inside cover prior to December 16, and I will give you a 100 as a daily grade. I want you to purchase the exact edition that we are selling in the Raider Shop; if you choose to buy it somewhere else, it MUST be that edition.

I gave Spelling Bee information to students today; if you are interested in participating in our class bee to see if you can win and then be a contestant in our school-wide bee, please get the information from me ASAP>

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If you were absent on Tuesday the 25th, you need to arrive at 7am sharp in my room so that you can have 49 minutes to take your TKAM test. You need your annotated copy of TKAM.  Also if you are in 1st period and didn't complete question #11, you may come at 7:30 to finish that. Bring your TKAM copy unless you turned it in to me Tuesday, then I still have it. Also for the other class periods, I have listed all test grades; please notice if I put a note by your grade in Skyward because if so, you will need to come early on Dec. 1 also.

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TEST over TKAM (analytic, open book test covering all about the novel that I have been teaching; you must have your OWN COPY of the novel to take this test).  Also I will take up all books after the test and grade annotations students have made in their novels.

The best way to study is to think about important aspects of each of the chapters.  Skim through a chapter and then in a few sentences verbalize what is important in each one.  Think about how that information in that chapter connects to larger ideas in the book.  For example, the inference that Tom Robinson is innocent long before the actually see the trial scene is important on pages 87, 100, and especially 166. Make sure you have the page numbers of the motifs we've discussed too.

If you are absent for the test, come at SEVEN sharp to my room on Monday, December 1st to take this test.

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The Old Man and the Sea is in Raider Shop selling for $13 for you to purchase, read, heavily annotate while reading, and complete by class time January 5.  Show me your copy with your name in ink and my name in the inside cover prior to December 16, and I will give you a 100 as a daily grade. I want you to purchase the exact edition that we are selling in the Raider Shop; if you choose to buy it somewhere else, it MUST be that edition.

I gave Spelling Bee information to students today; if you are interested in participating in our class bee to see if you can win and then be a contestant in our school-wide bee, please get the information from me ASAP>

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See the notes we added on the rubric concerning the number and types of fresh figurative language you need to add in your TPN. Be creative but accurate and add those in your TPN.  Highlight those in PINK.  Also if you haven't used at least 10 vocabulary words accurately and in meaningful ways in your TPN, you need to do that as well.  (That was in the list prior to the TPN draft being due in the first place.....).  Put all vocabulary words in RED FONT.
 
If you were absent in class on Friday from FIFTH or SIXTH periods, I am very sad for what you missed in TKAM.  I can't duplicate that experience, but I do need to teach the material to you.  Come at 7:30 on Monday morning and get the notes from a student prior to Monday morning please.

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I will teach TKAM today, and students will study for tomorrow's test for homework.

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Career Day from 8-11:30 and then a regular schedule
 
I will teach TKAM to 5th and 6th periods today. If you are absent on Friday, come at 7:30 am on Monday to my room; get the TKAM notes from a student first.
 

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REVISE TPN tonight (but don’t upload again on Moodle tonight). You need to focus on idiomatic expressions and making those more formal and work on your introduction and your conclusion. Look in about 10 different novels you have at home and read the first sentence only of each one to see how authors vary their beginnings to “hook” a reader. Type THREE different beginning sentences, and make each one a different color font.

If you were absent on Thursday, you missed MAJOR notes and my teaching about TKAM.  Get the notes from a student and come at 7:30 Friday morning for me to teach you.

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TONIGHT REVISE 10 or more sentences that have these words: “it, you, your, there, nice, stuff, kid, thing (including ‘something, anything, thing, nothing, everything’), bad, good.” Some of the weakest sentences have these beginnings: “There was/were” and/or “It was/were.”  (If you were absent on Wed., scroll to the bottom of this whole screen to see what to do).

Submit your draft on MOODLE again after you have completed tonight’s homework; follow these directions:

How to save a doc from Google Docs as a Word Doc and upload to Moodle

Open both Google Docs and Moodle in Google Chrome and sign in to both.

Open the document in Google Docs that you want to submit to Moodle.

Go to the FILE dropdown menu in Google Docs and select DOWNLOAD AS and scroll across to Word Doc.

The Word Doc will appear in the lower left-hand corner. Open the new Word Doc to make sure it saved correctly and then close it (by clicking the X in the box in the upper right-hand corner of your screen).

In Moodle, go to my LA course and click on the assignment you need to submit.

Click in the upper left-hand corner of that screen to see the icon of the blank paper image.

Click on UPLOAD A FILE in that box.

Click in the box that says CHOOSE FILE.

In the left-hand corner of the new screen pops up.

Click on DOWNLOADS and see your document with the Word Doc icon on it and click on that Word Doc on OPEN.

Click back in the other screen on UPLOAD THIS FILE.

Click on SAVE CHANGES.

Your Word Doc icon should appear in that box now.

If you missed class on Wednesday, you missed MANY notes on TKAM.  Get the notes from a student's book during advisory (someone in your class period who takes good notes), and then you will need to meet with me on Friday morning at 7:30 for me to teach the pages.

 

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On a piece of paper, write the first word of every single sentence of your TPN. Write these in vertical columns. Circle the ones you plan to revise. Look for problematic patterns such as repeated words, one syllable words in repetition, regular word order in repetition, certain types of words in repetition such as repeating pronouns or nouns, etc. THEN find TEN of those sentences that you want to revise in your narrative and revise those. Here are some ideas for revision: start your newly revised sentence with a prepositional phrase, with a participial phrase, with a gerund phrase, OR with a dependent clause. If you aren’t sure what these are, use Google to look up the words.

Also if you were absent on Tuesday, you missed MANY notes and my teaching about TKAM.  Get the notes from a student and then come at 7:30am on Wed. the 19th for me to teach you what you missed.  If you are in 5th period and still haven't emailed me your page numbers for your 3 quotations for the TKAM essay, you need to do that NOW!  Students in first and third periods will need to email me this afternoon or tonight with their page numbers.

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REVISE TEN sentences in your thematic personal narrative (TPN) that are some of your weakest ones—ones that are vague, awkward, lacking details, etc. Highlight the original in light blue and type the new sentence right below the original one. Type the new one in purple font.  Add some fresh figurative language in some of your revised sentences too.

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FOR THIS WEEKEND you need to revise ANOTHER 10 sentences according to the guidelines below.  On Thursday night, you were also supposed to revise 10 sentences.

HOMEWORK: Highlight in YELLOW all your be verbs (am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been) in your TPN in your Google Docs and revise at least 10 sentences that have be verbs. Reword the sentences so that you have ACTION verbs. Change the font color to BLUE for the 10 sentences you have reworded, and reword each of the 10 directly below the sentence you are trying to correct.

Don't try and submit your revised copy to Moodle; we'll do that next week after more revisions. Thanks.

Here is an example:

Old sentence: It was the night of Doug's, my older cousin, eleventh birthday. It was a marvelous night outside, so we were sitting outside to eat. We were eating our dinners, that night the dinner was burgers and salad, normally, when Doug made his fork collide heavily with his plate.

NEW sentences: On the marvelous night of my older cousin Doug's eleventh birthday, we sat outside eating our dinners of burgers and salad, when Doug made his fork collide heavily with his plate.

If you were absent on Thursday or Friday, see me about TKAM notes, retakes for the TKAM movie quiz, and other material.

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HOMEWORK: Highlight in YELLOW all your be verbs (am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been) in your TPN in your Google Docs and revise at least 10 sentences that have be verbs. Reword the sentences so that you have ACTION verbs. Change the font color to BLUE for the 10 sentences you have reworded, and reword each of the 10 directly below the sentence you are trying to correct.

Don't try and submit your revised copy to Moodle; we'll do that next week after more revisions. Thanks.

Here is an example:

Old sentence: It was the night of Doug's, my older cousin, eleventh birthday. It was a marvelous night outside, so we were sitting outside to eat. We were eating our dinners, that night the dinner was burgers and salad, normally, when Doug made his fork collide heavily with his plate.

NEW sentences: On the marvelous night of my older cousin Doug's eleventh birthday, we sat outside eating our dinners of burgers and salad, when Doug made his fork collide heavily with his plate.

If you were absent on Thursday, see me about TKAM notes, retakes for the TKAM movie quiz, and other material.

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Reader's Log entry for homework
 
In class on Tuesday, I taught MANY pages of TKAM, and you will need notes and then a discussion about the pages with me.

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We have the privilege of hearing Mary Badham on Nov. 12; she played the role of Scout in the 1962 movie To Kill a Mockingbird.  She will speak to ALL our eighth grade students in the afternoon. (Off-Campus PE students-- plan on staying to hear her and leave at 3:15 that day).
She will also speak from 6pm to about 7:15 on that evening Nov. 12.  Please come and hear her and invite friends in the community, parents, other students, etc.  I will offer extra credit for my students who come to hear her evening performance.

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Reader's Log entry for homework
 
In class on Tuesday, I taught MANY pages of TKAM, and you will need notes and then a discussion about the pages with me.

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In class on Monday, I taught TKAM, and students also wrote questions to ask Mary Badham. For homework, start again reading, thinking, and writing by writing entries in your Reader's Log.

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Complete the entire first draft of your thematic personal narrative by FRIDAY, November 7—it will count as a major grade for the first draft (and later the final draft will count as a major grade). Upload the GR8-2-2014 draft on MOODLE before class time FRIDAY. Work on it 25 min. each night Monday-Thursday.  Please look at the narrative rubric that I gave all students on Nov. 3.

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Watch the To Kill a Mockingbird MOVIE in its entirety before Thursday’s CLASS (Nov. 6). (Amazon Instant Video has the movie as well as numerous other sources).  Watch it carefully!  It is a black and white movie for effect even though movies in color had been showing for many years by 1962. Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Kill-Mockingbird-Gregory-Peck/dp/B000ID37RM/ref=sr_1_1_hai_10_dvt_1?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1414782053&sr=1-1&keywords=to+kill+a+mockingbird

If you were absent on Thursday, you missed a quiz, discussion about your last test, and many notes for TKAM. 

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Students have been working on their first drafts of their thematic personal narratives here and there for several weeks during class time (including pre-writing). All this week, the students worked on their TPN at home with no help from anyone in order to complete a first draft by Friday morning. I also gave students a rubric so that the first draft wouldn't be too rough but could be revised according to the rubric.

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Complete the entire first draft of your thematic personal narrative by FRIDAY, November 7—it will count as a major grade for the first draft (and later the final draft will count as a major grade). Post the GR8-2-2014 on MOODLE before class time FRIDAY. Work on it 25 min. each night Monday-Thursday.  Please look at the narrative rubric that I gave all students on Nov. 3.

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Watch the To Kill a Mockingbird MOVIE in its entirety before Thursday’s CLASS (Nov. 6). (Amazon Instant Video has the movie as well as numerous other sources).  Watch it carefully!  It is a black and white movie for effect even though movies in color had been showing for many years by 1962. Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Kill-Mockingbird-Gregory-Peck/dp/B000ID37RM/ref=sr_1_1_hai_10_dvt_1?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1414782053&sr=1-1&keywords=to+kill+a+mockingbird

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Students have been working on their first drafts of their thematic personal narratives here and there for several weeks during class time (including pre-writing). All this week, the students worked on their TPN at home with no help from anyone in order to complete a first draft by Friday morning. I also gave students a rubric so that the first draft wouldn't be too rough but could be revised according to the rubric.

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Watch the To Kill a Mockingbird MOVIE in its entirety before Thursday’s CLASS (Nov. 6). (Amazon Instant Video has the movie as well as numerous other sources).  Watch it carefully!  It is a black and white movie for effect even though movies in color had been showing for many years by 1962.  AMAZON:  http://www.amazon.com/Kill-Mockingbird-Gregory-Peck/dp/B000ID37RM/ref=sr_1_1_hai_10_dvt_1?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1414782053&sr=1-1&keywords=to+kill+a+mockingbird

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Work on your thematic personal narrative on your Google Docs for at least 25 minutes tonight.  We started typing this essay a few weeks ago but have been working on other tasks and have not worked on this lately.  In class, we are working on the thematic essay about TKAM.

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http://ywp.nanowrimo.org/

write a novel the month of November….

Look at the FAQ's section and then chat with me if you are interested in this.

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If you were absent on Tuesday, you have classwork to make up.  On Tuesday we I approved students' quotations for their thematic essay about TKAM, and I taught about how to write the essay.  We began drafting.

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Write commentary for all 3 of the quotations you have chosen that will prove the stated theme is the line we discussed from page 33.  You should have marked those last week by using Post-It Notes and should write your commentary on each Post-it Note.  Please see last week's homework to see more about the assignment. 

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On Friday in class students took a test over literary terms examples they had annotated in TKAM.  If you were absent, come to my room by 7:15 or before on Monday the 27th to take this test. 

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Watch our school's production of Shrek, show me your ticket, and be prepared to write a small essay about how the musical is a parody of many different ancient archetypes. The performance times are these:  4pm Friday, 7pm Saturday, OR 2pm Sunday.  Also you could have seen it on Thursday night at 7pm.
No, the movie is not a substitute.  If you can't see this production, I will have other extra credit opportunities in the near future.

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TEST over literary terms we marked in TKAM. This test will take the whole class period and must be completed during the class period.  If you are absent for the test, come to my room at 7am on Monday the 27th to take this test.

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TAG HOMEWORK—find an examples of 5 different literary terms in the book you are currently reading for your log; mark those with Post-It Notes and be ready to share those.

If you were absent on Wed., you need all the notes you missed and need to know about the test format for Friday.  Also turn in Tuesday night's homework.

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Students turned in last night's homework Tuesday (the 4 cards with questions).
 In class on Tuesday we studied and marked examples of MANY literary terms; if you were absent, you must get these notes before Friday's literary terms test.
For homework, find the BEST 3 applications of the stated theme in TKAM and mark those with Post-it Notes and a large asterisk by the line you want on each of the 3 pages (must be spread throughout the text and not on page 33).

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On Monday in class, we discussed and marked examples of many literary terms.  If you were absent, you are responsible for that work.
On FRIDAY, students will take an open book test over literary terms using TKAM for the examples of those terms.
On Monday, students turned in their RL's with 18+ solid entries.
For homework tonight, use 4 index cards and write an analytical question about TKAM on the front side of each card and answer that question well on the back side of the card.

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Each student will turn in 18 or more solid entries for his or her Reader's Log.

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In class on Wed. we discussed literary terms and marked examples in TKAM.  If you were absent, you must make up that work. Do RL #16 tonight and have 18+ to turn in on Monday.

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In class on the 14th, we took many notes in our TKAM books concerning literary terms and talked about vocabulary and the list you made in TKAM on Oct. 2.  If you were absent, you will need to get those notes from a students in your class who takes thorough notes concerning the literary terms and examples, and you need to show me your vocabulary work.
FOR HOMEWORK on the 14th (due the 15th), you need to do Reader's Log #15 or more.....

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In class today, students discussed and marked the examples of literary terms they found in their groups, according to the chapters assigned to each group for TKAM on Thursday. If you were absent, you have MANY notes to write into your TKAM book.

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 Students continued to work in class on 10/7 on their Patriotic essays for the VFW national contest.  Also they began work on their thematic personal narratives in class. Students will have a "working title" in red and a due date typed in red (since those will change) in their Google Docs.  Also I checked the work from last Thursday's class time today in class.  Tonight students need to read and then write RL #12.  EIGHTEEN SOLID ENTRIES are due on OCTOBER 16 at the beginning of class (18 nights of homework---homework for the past 4 weeks).

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Read and then write entry #11 as homework for the 6th.  In class on the 6th, we worked on writing a contest essay for a national contest.

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On Friday in class students had a chance to correct their analytic essays to earn points.  I have graded these essays and have marked many aspects for the students to correct and also showed them other helpful information for revision.  Students were supposed to upload that document to Moodle on FRIDAY, and we had trouble in 1st and 3rd periods so I told those students they HAD TO COME IN ADVISORY FRIDAY to upload their documents.  About 20% of the students from those periods didn't come.  Also many of the other students didn't upload their documents correctly, and their document is not on Moodle so that I can re-grade it.  Please check Moodle and if your document has not been submitted, then you need to come to my room at 7:15 on TUESDAY morning to submit your document. 

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Think about what you want to write for your contest essay that you will compose in class today.  The VFW national essay contest topic is this:  Why I Appreciate America's Veterans.  I discussed this with you in class on Friday.

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RL #11
 
absent on 10/2?   Come at 7:30 on 10/3 to my room.

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During class today on the 3rd, students will make corrections on their analytic essays.

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Today in class students had a chance to correct their analytic essays to earn points.  I have graded these essays and have marked many aspects for the students to correct and also showed them other helpful information for revision.  Students were supposed to upload that document to Moodle today, and we had trouble in 1st and 3rd periods so I told those students they HAD TO COME IN ADVISORY TODAY to upload their documents.  About 20% of the students from those periods didn't come.  Also many of the other students didn't upload their documents correctly, and their document is not on Moodle so that I can re-grade it.  Please check Moodle and if your document has not been submitted, then you need to come to my room at 7:15 on TUESDAY morning to submit your document. 

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RL # 10
 
absent on 10/1?  Come at 7:30 on 10/3 for my tutorial.

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RL #9 tonight 
 
if you missed class on the 30th, come at 7:30 on Oct. 1 to C207. Bring TKAM and your SR book.

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 IF YOU WERE ABSENT ON 9/25 or 9/26, you need to come to my class at 7:20 on 9/29 to complete the essay and submit it to Moodle AND come again at 3:15 to work on it Monday.

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You need to bring me a printed copy of your analytic essay.  I will need that turned in to me at the beginning of your class period. You also need your outline, your list of first words of your sentences, and your expository rubric.   IF YOU WERE ABSENT ON 9/25 or 9/26, you need to come to my class at 7:20 on 9/26 to complete the essay and submit it to Moodle OR come at 3:15 to work on it Monday.  

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Your analytic essay about archetypes will need to be posted on Moodle by the end of your English class period today (9/25).  We have worked on this in class for many days.  Students received vocabulary sheets that list words we will learn and use this school year.
TOMORROW (9/26) you need to bring me a printed copy of your whole essay.  I will need that turned in to me at the beginning of your class period.
 

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In class we are typing our analytic essay about archetypes, and that will be due at the end of class on Thursday.  If you are behind on writing that or just need more time to complete it than the class time will allow tomorrow, then come to my room at 7:15 Thursday to work on the essay.  Tonight for homework, do RL #5.
Students received vocabulary sheets that list words we will learn and use this school year.

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Read and then write RL #4.

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In class on the 22nd and 23rd, we will work on our analytic essay.  For homework on the 22nd, do RL #3, and for homework on the 23rd, do RL #4.

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Read and then write your RL #3.

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In class I talked about the structure of our analytic essay about archetypes.  We will be working on this essay IN CLASS;  DO NOT do this essay as homework.

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Get plenty of sleep then make sure you eat a healthy, big breakfast.  You will be taking ACT Aspire all morning and will eat lunch in B lunch.  Tomorrow you will take the other sections in the afternoon class periods.

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In class we set up our Google docs and began our analytic essay about either Scar or Simba.  Come to my room at 7:15 tomorrow if you were absent today.  Also we took a quiz over the movie because it was your homework this weekend to watch the whole movie and to take mental notes.
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Write an outline for your upcoming analytical essay about The Lion King (either Simba OR Scar). Decide which archetypes you want to discuss in each of your paragraphs and follow chronological ordering of the actual action of the movie to have the proper sequence flow in your essay. Make sure to include details, scenes, actions, and/or evidence to support your ideas.  Just write blurbs for reminders-- not whole paragraphs.

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If you were absent on the 16th, you missed major work concerning writing your analytic essay.  Because of ACT Aspire, however, I don't want you to get up early to meet me on Wed. or Thurs. Come talk to me in advisory so we can make a plan.

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Watch Disney's 1994 movie The Lion King in its entirety before Monday. (I can't italicizes the title on this computer).  We will be writing an analytic essay about archetypes in the movie; it needs to be fresh in your mind. Take mental notes about archetypes as you watch the movie; you don't need to write any notes.

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TEST-- you will take a test over the summer reading choice book that we have been discussing in the Wednesday group sessions.  Bring a copy of the book to use during your test and bring your archetypes notes to use during the test.  If you are absent for the test, you need to come to my room at 7:05 am on Monday, Sept. 15 to take the test.
DURING class on Thursday, I told the students (and also showed them in writing) that they need their books and notes for the test.  I also told them my exact questions for the test and said when they are studying Thursday night to mark words/quotations they need to answer my test questions; I suggested Post-It Notes to mark the passages/ words. For other tests in the future, I will not tell students all the questions, etc., but I needed them to feel relaxed for the first test.

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Read and then write your first entry in your Reader's Log.  See all the guidelines we discussed.
 
If you were absent today, you need to do makeup work because you missed our summer reading book group discussions.

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Get ready for picture day! 
  • You will have your portrait taken in the 7/8 AR for the yearbook and also so that you can buy a packet of photos.
  • Practice your smile in the mirror; know which way to tilt your head and how you need to smile just right.
  • Decide how your hair should look.
  • Select a color to wear that looks best with your skin tone; hold up various shirts/outfits to your face and decide the best one.
  • SHOW YOUR TEETH when you smile!  Don't give a persimmon face even if you do have braces, you still have teeth!

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Read and study the Reader's Log packet I gave you today.  I will give you a detailed quiz tomorrow in class concerning all the criteria to follow for your RL.
 

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Bring a book to class on Monday-- one that you would like to read or one you have already started.  Please select a book you haven't read before.

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If you were absent on the 5th, you missed what I taught about archetypes and need to come at 7:30 today (9/8) to make up that lesson.

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If you were absent today, you missed MAJOR notes about archetypes.  Come to my room at 7:30 sharp in the morning.

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 On the 4th in class, I taught archetypes, and if you were absent, you will need to come at 7:30 am for me to teach that information to you.

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Find examples of archetypes in TKAM. Mark them with Post-It Notes.  Obviously you are looking for modern adaptations of these ancient archetypes:  
Star-crossed lovers, young man from the province, initiate, mentor, friendly beast, outcast, loyal retainers, devil figure, and hunting group of companions.
Work for about 25 minutes.

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Do Reader's Log entry #2.

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Find the hero and the 5 woman figure archetypes in TKAM. Mark them with Post-It Notes.  Obviously you are looking for modern adaptations of these ancient archetypes.  (Earthmother, Platonic Ideal, Unfaithful Wife, Temptress, and Damsel in Distress). Work for about 25 minutes.

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Find the hero and the 5 woman figure archetypes in TKAM. Mark them with Post-It Notes.  Obviously you are looking for modern adaptations of these ancient archetypes.  (Earthmother, Platonic Ideal, Unfaithful Wife, Temptress, and Damsel in Distress). Work for about 25 minutes.

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We spent the period in summer reading groups.  If you were absent today, you need to talk to me about how to make up this work.

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Bring TKAM and your summer reading book on Tuesday and daily.

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 During 4th period TAG, I was able to cover more material about archetypes so they will do this assignment this evening:  look for examples in TKAM of Atticus Finch as a modern adaptation of a hero when he demonstrates self-sacrifice, separation, and hardship.  Write page numbers of your examples and/or put Post-It Notes on those pages in your novel.  Sixth period did this assignment in class on Friday.
Bring TKAM, your summer reading book, composition book, and binder to class daily.  If you didn't read "Clean Sweep" and received a zero on the quiz today, read the story tonight (along with doing your other homework) and then come to my room at 7:30 on Friday to take the quiz again over the short story.

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Read the story entitled "Clean Sweep" on pages 66-77.  Yes, I do want you to read the pages prior to the story (to introduce it) and the page after the story to think about the questions.  You don't need to write any notes or answers.

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Complete the 3-page handout that you received on Monday the 25th.  You may only get help or advice for completing number SIX-- NOT the others.

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In class on 8/27, students took an archetype self-test, which tells them about their personalities.  Also I began teaching character archetypes today. If you were absent yesterday, please talk to me about what you missed.  Also today I gave each student a literature textbook to take home and store in a clean, dry, safe place (away from the dog and little children!).  You will return that book to me in May, and if it is damaged or lost, you will need to pay $80 for the textbook.  Show me your copy of To Kill a Mockingbird-- by Thursday 8/28, everyone should have a clean, new copy that is the correct edition of the book. 

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Daily bring your own copy of To Kill a Mockingbird (buy one in our Raider Shop (Supply Room) by the 27th if you don't have one.  The copy costs $16 and is the exact edition you will need for my class).  You need this edition which must be a clean copy that has not been annotated by other students.  (ISBN 978-0-06-093546-7).  Please purchase one more Mead composition book to use for your Reader's Log for my class.