Friday, February 27, 2009

Period 1:
Vocabulary Quiz
All Quiet reading quiz and review
Animal Farm research

Period 2:
Shortened due to special senior meeting in Room 18!!!
Vocabulary Quiz
Quick book discussion
Work on presentations

Period 3:
Viewing Rear Window - evaluating fidelity

Period 5:
Publish and comment on odes
Free verse?

Thought for the day.... (because perspective matters)
"I do not seek. I find." - Pablo Picasso

April 11, 2008

Period 1:
Looking at song lyrics as poetry
Vocabulary Quiz

Work on your reading project over break - Due Tuesday the 22nd!

Period 3:
Nonverbal communication skills, revisit

Period 5:
Review first research drafts- develop an action plan

Period 6:
Vocabulary Quiz 10
Discuss novel
Character diaries

Quote of the day...
Alfred Lord Tennyson - "Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers."

Friday, April 4, 2008

Good morning, students.

I will not be in today, but I know that you will be great for my substitutes and work hard on your projects.

Period 1:
Vocabulary Quiz 9
Poetry in Journeys
Poetry Writing

Don't forget to work on your independent reading project!

Period 3:
Continue preparing for your debate topics. We will begin debates next week.

Period 5:
Work on developing your outline and determining where your information needs to go.
I will check outlines on Monday and you will be turning in a draft paper on Friday.

Period 6:
Vocabulary Quiz 9
Meeting the characters in All Quiet on the Western Front
Brief novel introduction
Consider this quote by Herbert Hoover: "Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die." Think about what it means to Paul & his comrades.

See you Monday!


Today's quote:

"Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance." - Carl Sandburg

April 2, 2008

Fun fact: April is National Poetry Month!

Period 1:
Review vocabulary
Share girl/boy essays
Start with a given word

Period 3:
Demonstration Speeches: Karen, Crystal, Carissa, Hana & Stephanie

Period 5:
Practice citing - using Noodletools

Period 6:
Review vocabulary
Review Persepolis
Work on memoirs if time allows

Thought to ponder...
"Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful." -Rita Dove

April 1, 2008

Ah, the month signifying spring has arrived.

Period 1:
Jamaica Kincaid's essay: "Girl"
Crafting "Girl/Boy" essays
Setting your reading schedule

Period 3:
Demonstration speeches: Cameron, Ari, Megan & Cathy

Period 5:
Journal prompt
Using quotes and citing from an article

Period 6:
Discuss Persepolis
It's all about perspective
Work on memoirs

Thought to ponder...
Thomas A. Edison - "Discontent is the first necessity of progress."

What do you think?