Test Friday!! (TOMORROW!)

Posted on September 22, 2011 by jculver

Test on the last four short stories tomorrow!

Study that vocab!

Hope today’s review session was helpful to you!  Folders and everything on that table of contents is due tomorrow.

Remember to have a copy of To Kill a Mockingbird by Monday!

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Rainy Tuesday…

Posted on September 20, 2011 by jculver

Test on the last 4 stories will be on Friday. Notebook checks will also be held on Friday. Be ready.

We’ll have a jeopardy review game on Thursday.

Today in class:  Advanced—write essay about a time you borrowed or loaned something to someone.

Third—finish “The Necklace” and do the questions at the end.

Picture from our time in library recently. First period.

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Homework for Monday

Posted on September 19, 2011 by jculver

All classes but third period:  Grammar book (Writer’s Choice book)—pages 735-736, Exercises 4 and 5. Write sentences.

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My Fifth Period Helper: Steven P.

Posted on September 17, 2011 by jculver

My teacher aide during fifth period is a senior who really enjoys dressing up for spirit days…here he is, diagnosing Austen.

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Weekend…Sept 17/18

Posted on September 17, 2011 by jculver

Friday we read “The Necklace” in lit book. Homework is to complete the questions that follow. Questions and answers. Final drafts of Poe essay due Monday. Have you finished the “Where I’m From” poem? Turn in.

Third period—we finished “The Scarlet Ibis” in lit book. Homework is to complete the questions that follow. Questions and answers.

Pic is from our library orientation last week. First period…

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Monday, September 12

Posted on September 12, 2011 by jculver

Today in class we finished “The Scarlet Ibis” and did the questions after the selection.

In third period, we spent time working on the questions after “The Gift of the Magi”.

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Thursday, September 8

Posted on September 8, 2011 by jculver

Today we spent time in the PHS library getting to know the layout and how to find things that we need in there.  We worked on little netbooks and everything. 🙂 If you didn’t finish your quiz on the library, you can finish it when we are in the computer lab on next Tuesday.  Remember…we will be in the computer lab, room 96, on next Tuesday and Thursday, typing the final draft of your sensory details/Poe essay.  On those two days you will also be able to take the AR quizzes on your summer reading.  Be prepared!

Parents, schoolwide progress reports go out on next Friday, September 16.  Every student in my class got an early progress report (except for third period) and were required to get it signed by you and returned to me. Thanks so much.

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Tuesday, September 6

Posted on September 6, 2011 by jculver

Today we reviewed “The Interlopers” work and started the story “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry. Homework for advanced is page 129 1-9, questions and answers.

I also gave progress reports to 4th, 5th, and 6th.  Please sign these and get them returned to me.

Third period read “The Interlopers” and homework is page 85 1-9, questions and answers.

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Friday/Labor Day Weekend/September Calendar

Posted on September 2, 2011 by jculver

sept2011 Advanced 9 English calendar—print off a color version here or wait until Tuesday and you’ll get a b/w one from me.

Sorry for the absence on here. My computer at home is not working and that’s where I do most of my posts.  This week the students have been writing 3-5 paragraph essays on sensory details in Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado.” The actual assignment is on page 65 of the literature textbook. 

I sent home progress reports with everyone in my first period class, so if your child is in first period, please ask to see it and sign it. The student should then return to me.

Other classes will get their early progress reports home next week.

Weekend homework: Yesterday the students read the short story “The Interlopers” by Saki.  They then did 1-8 right after the story. Write questions and answers.  The weekend homework is to do page 86, answers only. You do not have to do the part that involves partner activity.

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Monday, August 29

Posted on August 29, 2011 by jculver

Today we started writing in our journals. We will write in the journals for the next two weeks, then we will switch back to warm ups for two weeks and then back to journals.

In class, students finished page 64 (answers only) in literature book, then students worked on an essay about three sensory images that create setting in Poe’s short story. (See page 65 for more information.)  The essay should be between 3-5 paragraphs.

TEST ON WEDNESDAY on the 3 stories.

Folders due on that day as well.

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