Friday

Posted on February 18, 2011 by jculver
DSC06241Today we turned in warm ups and review yesterday’s grammar work—modifiers  pg. 667-671  Ex. 11,12,13   Answers only except for Ex. 12.  1-10 write sentences.   We put this grammar work in our table of contents for the folder—number 5.

We reviewed the questions from your Making Memories handout, chapters 36-46.

Then we read 47 and some of 48 in class.  Make sure you are read up to the end of 48 by Monday.  Test Wednesday—-chapters 36-48 and folders due as well.

Lit circles on TUESDAY. I gave out rolesheets today.

 

DON’T FORGET ABOUT THE EXTRA CREDIT OPTION!!!! IF YOU DO IT, I CAN DROP YOUR LOWEST TEST OR FOLDER GRADE!!!!

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Thursday, Feb. 17

Posted on February 17, 2011 by jculver

DSC06240“But, sharpest and deepest pain of all–it was for the convict, guilty of I knew not what crimes, and liable to be taken out of those rooms where I sat thinking, and hanged at the Old Bailey door, that I had deserted Joe” (Chapter 39).

Poor ole Joe…

Out today with sick child.  Tonight, if you didn’t read chapter 46 in class, do it now.

See you tomorrow.

Pic of “The Dukes of Hazard” group in second period.

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Wednesday–Change Items on Calendar

Posted on February 16, 2011 by jculver

Reading tonight—chapter 45 (I’m dropping chapter 46 for tonight.)

Test that was planned for Friday has been pushed back to next Wednesday.  Folders will be due next Wednesday as well.

I gave you 2 worksheets today in class—one was Making Meanings questions for chapters 36-48 (answer the ones you can so far) and the other one was Reading Strategies—graphic organizer. We did the graphic organizer together in class. Put both in your folder.

Please make sure you are copying down the Table of Contents as we go. People that do this are more likely to make higher grades on folder checks.  Also remember to always complete each assignment in your folder.  Half work gets half credit. 🙁

Journals are being graded at a steady pace now. We will start doing the journals again on Monday, so be thinking of some topics.  Here are some topics that you can write about—-feel free to print these out and keep to give you some ideas…

Print page three of this one.

See the high school list on this link.

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Second Period Photos

Posted on February 15, 2011 by jculver

You asked for it, you got it. DSC06239

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Smock Frocks and 18 inch Waists…

Posted on February 15, 2011 by jculver

For Bethany S.—-“smock frock”! 

Below: Pic of the infamous 18 inch waists that Victorian women were supposed to want to have. GROSS!   Those poor women. 

Homework: Read chapters 43 and 44

If you were absent today, we took a quiz on chapters 36-42 and did Writer’s Choice, Ex. 7, 8, and 9 from pages 665–667.

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Happy Valentine’s Day!

Posted on February 14, 2011 by jculver

Now read chapters 41-42 in GE. 🙂

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Weekend Homework

Posted on February 11, 2011 by jculver

***1 person per group should do the FB project (see previous post), using all of the group’s ideas. Print out. Bring Monday.

***Everyone: Read chapters 36-39 in Great Expectations.

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Great Expectations Facebook Profiles

Posted on February 10, 2011 by jculver

facebook template <———for those who want to do their final GE character FB page typed. 🙂 You should be able to write in it and adjust it just fine. You can also cut and paste/insert photos or any image in the places where a photo would be.  Have fun. I just made a fun one for Boo Radley from TKAM. 😉

(Parents, they are NOT making REAL FB pages.)

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Snow falling…

Posted on February 9, 2011 by jculver

Wonder if it will stick tonight? Hmmm….will it be a late start tomorrow or a day off??? 

Tests from today are looking good!  Way to go.

Here are some recent pics from class. 

  Below: Fourth period plays the review game with the Eggspert buttons. 🙂fourthperiodplayingreviewgame

 

 

 

 

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Journals left to grade…better get to work, huh?

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Test

Posted on February 8, 2011 by jculver

Test on chapters 20-35 GE tomorrow. Folder due tomorrow as well.

Had a great time playing Great Expectations jeopardy with you guys today!  Hope it helped you review for the test!

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