Short Stories are due June 1st/2nd by midnight. Illustrations are also due by midnight (if they are electronic) and hard copies of illustrations are due by the class after. Please see the attached rubric for grading details! 

Please complete the attached Short Story Outline Packet. Use your notes as needed and do your best work. This is due on Monday! 

Attached is the Slideshow on punctuating Dialogue. 

Please take notes on Characterization from the attached Slideshow if you are absent this Tuesday the 15th or Wednesday the 16th. 

Please read the attached story, "Lamb to the Slaughter" and annotate it for Imagery and Plot Points. Then, pick a literary element used in Short Stories (use your notes) and write a half page analysis (minimum) of this element in "Lamb to the Slaughter." 

**Students are bringing home Recommendation Letters for parents/guardians to sign. Please read them carefully! They need to be returned to my by Tues/Wed for scheduling. 

 

**Attached are Slideshows that we took notes from today. If you were absent, please take notes on Slides 1-5. 

Read and annotate the attached short story "Salvation" by Langston Hughes. Then, using your notes from last class (the Slideshow is posted if you need to refer to it), write a half page analyzing the story for any of the elements of Short Stories given in the notes. 

Extra Credit Project Information: Students will choose any creative means to inform others about their Social Issue. This could include a video, diorama, model, slideshow, etc. This is due April 10th (if it's electronic, please email me whatever you have created). Optional presentations will take place during PAWs the following week. 

 

**I am out of the country for Spring Break, with no access to email. Students have asked me questions already about their projects. 

This is to be done in class on Monday, April 10th (it's NOT HW for Spring Break) :) 

 

Grammar Practice Options: 

 

www.funenglishgames.com/grammargames.html

https://www.funbrain.com/grammar/

https://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/grammar/

https://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/6_8/grammar/

www.eslgamesworld.com/members/games/grammar/

www.slimekids.com/games/grammar-games/

https://www.quill.org/

http://www.uen.org/7-12interactives/lang_arts.shtml

http://www.theteacherscafe.com/Grammar/Grammar_Games.php

http://www.wordgametime.com/grade/7th-grade

http://www.pogo.com/games/boggle-bash

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8dPuuaLjXtOeEc9ME62zTfqc0h6Pe8vb

http://freerice.com/#/english-grammar/1167

Essays are due! Please refer to the following attachments. 

 

Student need to carefully read the directions in the attached Outline Packet (for their essays) and fill it out. Essays are due March 16th/17th!

ALL RESEARCH IS DUE! If you have typed your notes, they must be at least 2 pages single-spaced font size 12. Please make sure your name is in the document title and share them with me. Handwritten: at least 3 pages front and back. All notes need a combination of quotes and paraphrases with both articles and videos used as sources. This is a TEST GRADE. 

These are the directions for what you are doing in class today (Thursday 2/23 and Friday 2/24): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RuKERq_KzyAqJNT4R2ZkrDucW9h5xfwrHY8RorjEHVM/edit?usp=sharing 

Here's the link to the Intro to Social Issues slideshow: https://docs.google.com/a/ccusd.org/presentation/d/1lYEuMo6O_HdWsm-T_u0M-seUYYknF5vu49aFsKoVacs/edit?usp=sharing

 

*If you were absent, read the attached document first. 

Students need to finish Anthem and complete the attached sheet...but please only complete the Chapter Questions, and not the Optional Questions at the end of the sheet. 

Students need to read Part 8 through the end of Part 10 in Anthem and complete the attached sheet for HW due on Monday. Thanks! 

If you missed class today, please read and annotate the attached article in preparation for a class debate. Thank you! 

FYI: If you have missed class--we have read and annotated until the end of Part 2. We have also taken one Quiz on Part 1 and have added to our Community Maps. 

Students need to read almost to the end of Part I of Anthem to the paragraph where Equality meets International and add all places mentioned to their Community Maps (worksheet from Wed.). 

This is our in-class assignment for Thurs/Fri this week. 

 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/12sRU9cXRvvL4FJg5LnPdEYILSv_hPX3DQp58Hgi4aHg/edit?usp=sharing 

 

Students will have a Latin Test on the first 20 roots (see their Master List and flashcards) on Monday. 

 

Also next week: students are preparing for their Socratic Seminar on Tues/Wed and also their timed Writing Prompt on Thurs/Fri. These are both very important grades and assignments. 

 

See the attached Source #3 for reference. This will be their last new source that they can use during the Seminar and on their Essay. 

Students need to finish reading Sword in the Stone and complete the attached Source #2 Worksheet (Evidence and Commentary). 

Students need to read Ch. 17-the end of 19. There is a Quiz on Monday/Tuesday over these chapters. Students will also be turning in their Sword in the Stone books and I will be grading their annotations. 

PAWS Students: please click this link and take the survey. Thank you! 

 

https://goo.gl/forms/0pf6QbC2AYFn2NHg1 

Students need to finish reading Ch. 16 and finish filling out the second set of Latin/Greek Root Word Cards. Study the word roots as needed! 

Students need to finish their Latin Word Root flashcards (5 of them) and also read and annotate Ch. 14 and Ch. 15. Expect a Quiz! 

Students need to finish reading and annotating Ch. 13 of Sword in the Stone. They also need to make sure they have finished and emailed me their cartoons for Ch. 10 or Ch. 11 by the due date! They can just email me the link to their cartoon. 

Students need to read and annotate Ch. 12. 

 

We also started making comic strips for Ch. 10-11 using pixton.com and storyboardthat.com. We will be finishing these next class, but if students want to work a bit more on these, they can. It's not required though. 

Our Medieval Test is on Thurs/Fri. This is on all of the information our fabulous Research Groups presented on. This is an open-note test, however, if students choose to take the test without their notes, I will award them bonus points. The choice is theirs! 

 

We reviewed all material on Tues/Wed this week, so students know exactly what the test covers. I am also open on PAWS this week if students want to come in for extra help. 

Students need to read and annotate where we stopping in class (towards the end of Ch. 7) and start reading Ch. 8 until Wart meets a character names Balan (pg. 102 in my edition). They should be prepared for a Quiz on Monday on these sections! 

Students need to start reading Ch. 7 and stop when King Pellinore arrives (just the first few pages). Expect a Quiz for the pages you read on Thurs/Fri! 

Students need to read and annotate the attached article "Might is Right." 

 

**We finished reading Ch. 5 in class and started Ch. 6 (we read the first 5-6 pages of this chapter). 

REMINDER: All group's essays, projects, and research source/note cards are due! 

Students need to read and annotate Ch. 3. Expect a Quiz! 

Read and annotate to the END of Ch. 2 please. Be prepared for a Quiz next class! 

Students need to purchase their own copy of The Sword in the Stone by T.H. White (ISBN-13: 978-0399225024 or ISBN 10:0399225021) by October 3rd. Any edition of the book is fine. If students are not able to purchase their own copy, they need to let me know ASAP because I have limited extra copies for students who need them. 

 

A few things: 

1. This book can be a little difficult to buy online. Amazon is restocking them as we speak, and so is Barnes and Noble. Order yours as soon as possible please! You may want to try to find a used copy online, if possible. Here's a great website to help with this: http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?an=T.+H.+White&sts=t&tn=The+Sword+in+the+Stone

 

2. Students preferably need their own copy of the book to annotate in, or they will use Post-it Notes in a school copy. Electronic versions of the book are allowed but not recommended as they will make annotating difficult. Students would also have to bring their device (Nook, Kindle, etc.) to school every day, which makes many parents nervous. Therefore, please try to purchase a copy of the book in paper form before resorting to electronic copies. 

 

Thank you! We are so excited to start this novel! 

Students need to bring their Sword in the Stone books to class on Monday. I have class copies set aside for students who have spoken with me already and reserved a copy. If students are waiting for their books to arrive in the mail, I will photocopy the first few chapters for them to use in the meantime. These will be available on Monday. 

Students need to pick any TWO Discussion Questions (see attached) to answer in response to the short story "The Most Dangerous Game" (also attached). They need to write detailed answers (with evidence when necessary) on a lined sheet of paper. They do not need to rewrite the question, only the answer. 

Students need to read the two short articles about water consumption and make 10 annotations TOTAL on the articles (so 5 minimum per article). I do not have an electronic version of the articles, so students need to come see me to get them. 

If you miss class on Monday Sept. 12th OR need more time to finish what we started, here are the directions: 

 

1. Watch the TED Talk "Do Schools Kill Creativity?" here: https://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity?language=en

 

2. Take notes on the TED Talk (important points the speaker makes, main ideas, interesting facts, thoughts you have, etc.). You can decide what format your notes are in, but they will become Source #3 for your Socratic Seminar. 

 

3. Create discussion questions from Source #1 ("On Turning Ten"), Source #2 ("The Power of Magical Thinking"), and Source #3 (TED Talk Notes). You should have at least 5-7 questions. I will be giving you a handout (TBD) that will help you create complex questions.  

 

Students need to read and carefully annotate the article "The Power of Magical Thinking." This is in preparation for our Socratic Seminar. 

 

Article: The Wall Street Journal only lets you access the article ONCE for free, so search for the following using Google to access it (my link will not give you access)

 

The Power of Magical Thinking - Wall Street Journal

Students began typing an argumentative analysis paragraph of the poem "My Papa's Waltz" in class. See attachment for directions. This is to be done in Google Drive in MLA format. These are due on Thurs/Fri, so students must utilize the school's computers (lab or library) if they do not have access to Drive at home. 

Please use your Annotating Steps handout to complete annotating the poem "My Papa's Waltz." Annotate for both the negative and positive interpretation of the poem. See attached if needed. 

Summer Reading Assessment Day: students need to bring BOTH of the fiction books they read this summer and their thematic notes to class today. I will be giving students a timed writing assessment in class. Please see the attached assignment for details. Reminder: students have had all summer to complete this assignment, so I expect high quality work. 

Class materials are due (please see the requirements in the attached Syllabus. Students also have a hard copy of the syllabus from class on Wed. that they should refer to). Syllabus contracts are also due. This is the last page of the syllabus and I would prefer to have students turn in the hard copy of this as opposed to an electronic copy of it.