March 31, 2010

Today we did a summary of the introduction to A Midsummer Night's Dream.

March 29, 2010

Today the students took a short test on clauses. We also went over essays and scores were given. We will be starting Midsummer Night's Dream soon.

March 24, 2010

Today we viewed the students' projects on The Odyssey and Ulysses. We also started an essay that is following.
Educators often debate what teaching method will result in greater understanding of subject matter by high school students. Some educators think that class discussion results in greater understanding because it encourages students to thoroughly examine ideas from many perspectives. Other educators advocate for assigning individual projects that require students to identify and solve problems independently because applying what they know to a problem will contribute to deeper understanding. In your opinion, what teaching method will result in greater understanding of subject matter by high school students?

We will also be having a short test on independent and subordinate clauses and conjunctions on Friday.

ANIMAL FARM - RESPOND

This is an informal way for you to simply tell me what you think of Animal Farm. Type up a coherent response and use examples. It's not a grade or a reflection on you personally, but I want to get an idea of what you thought of the book and the ideas hidden in it. Also, say which days before school over the next week and a half would work to meet for half hour to eat and discuss the book together :)

March 23, 2010

Today we finished up our projects on Ulysses and The Odyssey. We started new vocabulary and new spelling. We will have a test at the end of the week on clauses. We will also be doing a writing next class period on an ACT topic.

March 19, 2010

Today we worked on The Odyssey and Ulysses project for the computers once again. The students were also warned that there is going to be a clause test at the end of next week. Please be sure to have them study their independent clauses, dependent clauses, coordinating conjunctions, and subordinating conjunctions.

March 18, 2010

Today we started a computer project where the students synthesize The Odyssey with the poem Ulysses and make a presentation using parts of both. We should be working on this for one more class.

March 16, 2010

Today we took a spelling quiz. We also looked closely at the poem Ulysses. We are trying to figure out how The Odyssey fits into this poem or is embodied by it. We did some more clause work. The students will be starting a project using The Odyssey and Ulysses over the next week.

March 15, 2010

Sorry, first day of Track and I forgot to post. We wrote two sentences. One was complex and one was compound. Students took vocabulary 11 quiz. We talked about the end of The Odyssey. We looked at some homework. We also read the poem Ulysses.

March 8, 2010

Today we wrote compound and complex sentences about the weekend. We had practice identifying types of clauses between independent and dependent. We also had to circle subordinating conjunctions. The homework is for students to read up to Book 23 in The Odyssey. We will have a vocab quiz next Monday.

March 5, 2010

Today I collected pictures for Book 18 in The Odyssey. We then worked on compound and complex sentences the entire class. Students wrote them and identified coordinating and subordinating conjunctions.

March 3, 2010

Today we started with a discussion on vocabulary words and how they are used. We did a short sketch of the Odyssey chapter the students were to read along with what they thought was the most important quote from the chapter. We talked about conjunctions too. Homework is to read the next chapter and study vocabulary as the students also made flashcards.

March 2, 2010

Today we wrote a thesis about Great Books curriculum. We also counted points for spelling and vocabulary being completed. I gave the students a chapter out of Percy Jackson and The Sea of Monsters to read to compare to The Odyssey and they did a nice job with that. The homework is to read The Odyssey book 18 and be able to discuss the meeting between Odysseus and Penelope.