Nov. 30, 2009

Welcome back! We are going to be busy for nearly three weeks! Today we started talking about our Biology/English essay. We read Romeo and Juliet Act2 up through scene 2. We will also have spelling and vocabulary quizzes at the end of this week.

Nov 24, 2009

Today we spelled our spelling words list 2. We listened to some Romeo and Juliet music while we did this. We read a few scenes of Romeo and Juliet and talked about it as we read it. We finished with a talk on love at first sight as well as assigning vocabulary 7 list to be defined over break. HAVE A GREAT THANKSGIVING!

Nov. 20, 2009

Today we took vocabulary 6 quiz. We read some of Romeo and Juliet and we talked about adverbs. Spelling was a struggle. Students need to study their spelling words more closely.

Yesterday Nov. 20, 2009

Sorry, I had to stay home with a sick little boy. The students read some of Romeo and Juliet. They took a spelling/handwriting quiz, and worked on adjective and adverbs. Have a great weekend!

Nov. 17, 2009

Today we made up sentences using our vocabulary words so as to reinforce the use of them. We did a pre test on grammar for our next unit. I handed back tests from last Friday. I gave points for the wrting/spelling exercise. We did an introduction to Shakespeare to prepare for Romeo and Juliet.

Nov. 16, 2009

Today we started vocabulary 6 and defined those words. We also talked about the Huck Finn essay that the students wrote on Thursday and Friday. We learned about handwriting, logic, and spelling. Students turned in Huck Finn books. Finally, we have started a weekly spelling list of 10 words per week in which the students will be asked to write each word 20 times in cursive and then spell them correctly at the end of the week. This should be interesting:)

Nov. 12, 2009

Today we took a test on verbs and wrote an essay on Huck Finn. I also collected questions for the finale of Huck Finn.

Nov. 11, 2009

Today we took vocabulary 5 quiz. We worked on our final Huck Finn questions. We talked about verbs. I told the students exactly how the test will look tomorrow. I told them what to study. The students need to review helping verbs! They need to know them when they see them. They also need to review verb phrases. They will write an essay on Huck Finn in which they must demonstrate the writing form that they've been taught along with knowledge of the novel.

Nov. 9, 2009

We wrote vocab sentences today. We worked on Huck Finn questions. Reading assignment is chapter 39-40. We looked at helping verb list and talked about the upcoming test (Thursday and Friday). Conferences are Tuesday and Wednesday.

Huck Finn in 4 minutes

Nov. 6, 2009

Today we wrote thesis statements and the students received points based on how well it was written. The students made flashcards for vocabuarly words. The students received questions for the rest of Huck Finn. They will be due Wednesday. The reading homework is chapters 36-38. We will have a VERB TEST starting next Friday. We will have a Huck Finn test the following week.

Nov.4 , 2009

We will be having a couple of tests coming up. We will have a test over Huck Finn and a test over Verbs in the next week and a half or so. Students should be summarizing chapters and studying verbs in their textbooks and coming to seminar if help is needed in either of those areas.

Nov. 4, 2009

Vocabulary five is the first thing we did today. The students defined it and then we talked about using the words in sentences. I collected Huck Finn questions and had to talk about homework being important. We did work on HELPING VERBS. We will take a test the end of next week on verbs. We handed back papers. Homework is to read Huck Finn chapter 35.

Nov. 3, 2009

Today we talked about writing and differentiating between some of the terms we use with writing essays and addressing prompts. The students wrote a thesis and three body paragraphs and I read all of them and gave them feedback/evaluation on them. Huck Finn chapter 34 is homework for reading.