Today we:
Newsletter: You had a work period in the IT Lab. I showed an example of a personal ad: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16606516/personal%20ad.doc
You should be finishing up with the written components of your newsletter and ready to edit and beef up your layout on Thursday. They will be due by the end of the day on Thursday.
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Monday, June 9, 2014
Monday, June 9, 2014
Today we:
Journal Responses: You had time to edit and complete your chapter 10-12 journal responses. These will be due before the start of class tomorrow.
Newsletter: We discussed the obituary entry for your newsletter. Here is an example: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16606516/obituary
At this point you should be completed your Breaking News and Advice Column components and beginning your obituary.
*Newsletters will be due Thursday at the end of the day**
Journal Responses: You had time to edit and complete your chapter 10-12 journal responses. These will be due before the start of class tomorrow.
Newsletter: We discussed the obituary entry for your newsletter. Here is an example: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16606516/obituary
At this point you should be completed your Breaking News and Advice Column components and beginning your obituary.
*Newsletters will be due Thursday at the end of the day**
Thursday, June 5, 2014
Thursday, June 5, 2014
Today we:
Quiz: You had a short quiz on chapters 5-9.
The Outsiders: We finished reading our novel and you had time to write your chapter 12 journal response.
Newsletter: You had time to work on your "Trial by Fire" breaking news article. We had a work period in the lab and you were introduced to some newsletter formatting tips from Mr. Louttit. I showed you an example of an advice column and you began your advice letter for your newsletter: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16606516/adviceletter.docx
Quiz: You had a short quiz on chapters 5-9.
The Outsiders: We finished reading our novel and you had time to write your chapter 12 journal response.
Newsletter: You had time to work on your "Trial by Fire" breaking news article. We had a work period in the lab and you were introduced to some newsletter formatting tips from Mr. Louttit. I showed you an example of an advice column and you began your advice letter for your newsletter: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16606516/adviceletter.docx
Monday, June 2, 2014
Monday, June 2, 2014
Today we:
Vocabulary: We reviewed what synonyms and antonyms are. We completed a vocabulary worksheet with the following words together: taut, stupor, ruefully, delirious, leery, stricken, clad, contract, conformity, underprivileged.
Newsletter: I introduced your major assignment that you will be working on for the next two weeks:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16606516/Newsletters.doc
You had some class time to reread the events of the fire in chapter 6 and create a rough draft of the "Breaking News" component of your newsletter. We discussed proper news report format (inverted pyramid and 3rd person). Here is an example of "Breaking News" that I showed in class: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16606516/article
**Rough draft of "Breaking News" due on Thursday**
** Outsiders Quiz on Thursday**
Vocabulary: We reviewed what synonyms and antonyms are. We completed a vocabulary worksheet with the following words together: taut, stupor, ruefully, delirious, leery, stricken, clad, contract, conformity, underprivileged.
Newsletter: I introduced your major assignment that you will be working on for the next two weeks:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16606516/Newsletters.doc
You had some class time to reread the events of the fire in chapter 6 and create a rough draft of the "Breaking News" component of your newsletter. We discussed proper news report format (inverted pyramid and 3rd person). Here is an example of "Breaking News" that I showed in class: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16606516/article
**Rough draft of "Breaking News" due on Thursday**
** Outsiders Quiz on Thursday**
Friday, May 30, 2014
Friday, May 30, 2014
Today we:
The Outsiders: We read chapters 10 & 11. You had some time to complete your journal responses for these chapters. We did some comprehension questions together and you worked in partners with some of the vocabulary.
Have a great weekend!
The Outsiders: We read chapters 10 & 11. You had some time to complete your journal responses for these chapters. We did some comprehension questions together and you worked in partners with some of the vocabulary.
Have a great weekend!
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Today we:
The Outsiders: We read chapter 9 and you had time to write your journal responses.
Dynamic/Static Characters: We discussed what these types of characters look like. We looked at two examples from Finding Nemo and discussed Ponyboy together as a class.
Journal Responses 7-9: You were given time to edit and submit your journal responses for chapters 7-9. These will be DUE FRIDAY.
Media Schmedia: You were to choose a news article from the link on the blog and analyse it according to the worksheet questions. This will be Due FRIDAY.
The Outsiders: We read chapter 9 and you had time to write your journal responses.
Dynamic/Static Characters: We discussed what these types of characters look like. We looked at two examples from Finding Nemo and discussed Ponyboy together as a class.
Journal Responses 7-9: You were given time to edit and submit your journal responses for chapters 7-9. These will be DUE FRIDAY.
Media Schmedia: You were to choose a news article from the link on the blog and analyse it according to the worksheet questions. This will be Due FRIDAY.
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