Thursday, June 2, 2011
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Classwork: Finish presentations; View “A Hot Dog Program,” writing down the name of each restaurant and the theme for each one.
Homework: Be prepared for your last test on:
Marzano Words
1. 13 Types of Poems
2. Famous People Notes
3. Again, you may use your notes!
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Students are continuing to give their famous people presentations. Tomorrow is the last day to turn in Journal Entries 51-60.
Monday, May 23, 2011
Friday, May 20, 2011
Friday, May 20, 2011
Classwork: Students who volunteer to present today will receive 5% extra credit on the total project. I will take off 5% for each day late. I will not accept them at all after Wednesday of next week.
Homework: None.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Classwork: Discuss any last-minute questions and concerns regarding our projects. Students who need more time on the laptops may use them again today. You may also work on your note cards if you plan to use them. If you are completely finished and ready to present, then you may read.
Homework: None. Famous People Reports are due on Friday. Students who volunteer to present on Friday will receive 5% extra credit on the total project.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Journal Entry #60: You are about to view two flash mob videos. After viewing these videos, describe a flash mob that you would like to see, then explain how you would organize and record it. This is a full page.
Classwork: Share journal entries. Read Prentice Hall Literature - "Icarus and Daedalus", Popocatepetl and Ixtlaccihuatl", and "How the Snake Got Poison."
Homework: None. Journal entries 51-60 are due tomorrow. I will accept them for full credit until next Wednesday.
Famous People Reports are due on Friday. Students who volunteer to present on Friday will receive 5% extra credit on the total project.
Classwork: Share journal entries. Read Prentice Hall Literature - "Icarus and Daedalus", Popocatepetl and Ixtlaccihuatl", and "How the Snake Got Poison."
Homework: None. Journal entries 51-60 are due tomorrow. I will accept them for full credit until next Wednesday.
Famous People Reports are due on Friday. Students who volunteer to present on Friday will receive 5% extra credit on the total project.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Classwork: Work on Famous Person Reports. Some realistic goals for today are:
Work on or complete your PowerPoint presentation.
Plan out your actual presentation and work on the timings (3-5 minutes).
Homework: None. The written portion of your project is due on Friday. Students who volunteer to present on Friday will receive 5% extra credit on the total project.
Monday, May 16, 2011
Monday, May 16, 2011
• The hardest thing to understand was...
• I will always remember that ...
• I am most proud of the fact that this school year, I...
Classwork: Share our journal entries; Complete our sensory poems; share our sensory poems.
Homework: None. No Reading Logs are due this week. Your Famous Person Project is due on Friday. Five percent Extra credit will be given to anyone who volunteers to present on Friday.
Journal Entries will be due on Thursday, but will be accepted until Wednesday of next week for full credit.
Sensory Poem
- On a clean sheet of paper, write the title of your sensory poem at the top.
- Copy each line from your original poem onto your new paper, but do not write the line prompt (I feel, I see, etc.).
- Make sure the first word of each line is capitalized.
- If a line of your poem is longer than a single line on your paper, indent the remaining portion of the line.
Friday, May 13, 2011
Friday, May 13, 2011
Homework: None. There will be no more reading logs due after today.
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Classwork: Learn how to use Mr. Garner’s web site to find out what is on the test and how to catch up on journal entries if you are behind; discuss procedures for tomorrow’s trip to the outdoor classroom; Share journal entries from yesterday and compare with “The Night the Bed Fell”. If time permits, view a portion of Buster Keaton’s “The Boat” from 1921.
Homework: None. Reading logs are due tomorrow.
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Classwork: Read “The Night the Bed Fell” by James Thurber, on pages 254-258 in the Prentice Hall Literature Book; Discuss the elements of humor in your journal entry and what compare qualities were in the short story
Homework: None. Reading log is due on Friday.
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Classwork: Work on Famous Person Reports. Some realistic goals for today are:
Work on or complete your PowerPoint presentation.
Plan out your actual presentation and work on the timings (3-5 minutes).
Homework: None. Reading logs are due on Friday. Please return your permission slip for the field trip to the outdoor classroom by Friday.
Monday, May 9, 2011
Monday, May 9, 2011
Classwork: Share poems. Marzano Word: Symbolism (75); Pendemonium: Star Words: Apostrophes and Double Negatives.
Homework: None. Reading logs are due on Friday. We will have laptops in the classroom tomorrow to work on our reports.
Friday, May 6, 2011
Friday, May 6, 2011
Classwork: Share journal entries; Take notes on types of poems – Recipe Poem, Lanterne, Tanka, Free Verse, Rhymed Verse. Marzano Word: Symbolism (75).
Homework: None.
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Classwork: Work on Famous Person Reports. Some realistic goals for today are:
Complete body of your report. (Page 4 and 5)
Complete your Works Cited page using Bibme, Easybib or Citation Machine. I recommend Easybib and you can find a link on my webpage for it.
Begin working on your PowerPoint presentation to go along with your oral presentation.
Homework: None. Reading logs are due tomorrow.
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Classwork: Marzano Word: Personification (58); Rewrite your poem from Journal Entry #54 on one of the sheets of paper provided. Decorate with my crayons or your markers. Make sure your name is on the front and finish this in class today.
Homework: None. Reading log is due on Friday.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Classwork: Work on Famous Person Reports. Some realistic goals for today are:
Complete body of your report. (Page 4 and 5)
Complete your Works Cited page using Bibme, Easybib or Citation Machine. I recommend Easybib and you can find a link on my web page for it.
Homework: None. Reading logs are due on Friday.
Monday, May 2, 2011
Monday, May 2, 2011
Classwork: Share poems. Continue notes on types of poems: Acrostic Poem, Contrast Poem, Who-What-When-Where-Why Poem, “Is” Poem.
Homework: None. Reading logs are due on Friday. We will have laptops in the classroom tomorrow to work on our reports.
Friday, April 29, 2011
Journal Entry #53: Read “The Far Side Comes to Oregon” by Dave Barry; Answer questions about the article. This article and questions are at the end of today's blog entry.
Classwork: Share journal entries; Take notes on types of poems – Word Cinquain, Syllable Cinquain, Japanese Haiku and Senryu. Keep these notes in the note section of your English Notebook.
Homework: None.
The Far Side Comes to Oregon by Dave Barry
I am absolutely not making this incident up; in fact I have it all on videotape. The tape is from a local TV news show in Oregon, which sent a reporter out to cover the removal of a 45-foot, eight-ton dead whale that washed up on the beach. The responsibility for getting rid of the carcass was placed upon the Oregon State Highway Division, apparently on the theory that highways and whales are very similar in the sense of being large objects.
So anyway, the highway engineers hit upon the plan — remember, I am not making this up — of blowing up the whale with dynamite. The thinking here was that the whale would be blown into small pieces, which would be eaten by sea gulls, and that would be that. A textbook whale removal.
So they moved the spectators back up the beach, put a half-ton of dynamite next to the whale and set it off. I am probably not guilty of understatement when I say that what follows, on the videotape, is the most wonderful event in the history of the universe. First you see the whale carcass disappear in a huge blast of smoke and flame. Then you hear the happy spectators shouting “Yayy!” and “Whee!” Then, suddenly, the crowd’s tone changes. You hear a new sound like “splud.” You hear a woman’s voice shouting “Here come pieces of… MY GOD!” Something smears the camera lens.
Later, the reporter explains: “The humor of the entire situation suddenly gave way to a run for survival as huge chunks of whale blubber fell everywhere.” One piece caved in the roof of a car parked more than a quarter of a mile away. Remaining on the beach were several rotting whale sectors the size of condominium units. There was no sign of the sea gulls, who had no doubt permanently relocated in Brazil. This is a very sobering videotape. Here at the institute we watch it often, especially at parties. But this is no time for gaiety. This is a time to get hold of the folks at the Oregon State Highway division and ask them, when they get done cleaning up the beaches, to give us an estimate on the US Capitol.
Questions:
1. Why did the Oregon Highway Department believe that it was a good idea to blow up the whale?
2. Explain the sudden change of mood in the crowd that takes place shortly after the explosion.
2. What evidence is there that indicates this is a true story?
Classwork: Share journal entries; Take notes on types of poems – Word Cinquain, Syllable Cinquain, Japanese Haiku and Senryu. Keep these notes in the note section of your English Notebook.
Homework: None.
The Far Side Comes to Oregon by Dave Barry
I am absolutely not making this incident up; in fact I have it all on videotape. The tape is from a local TV news show in Oregon, which sent a reporter out to cover the removal of a 45-foot, eight-ton dead whale that washed up on the beach. The responsibility for getting rid of the carcass was placed upon the Oregon State Highway Division, apparently on the theory that highways and whales are very similar in the sense of being large objects.
So anyway, the highway engineers hit upon the plan — remember, I am not making this up — of blowing up the whale with dynamite. The thinking here was that the whale would be blown into small pieces, which would be eaten by sea gulls, and that would be that. A textbook whale removal.
So they moved the spectators back up the beach, put a half-ton of dynamite next to the whale and set it off. I am probably not guilty of understatement when I say that what follows, on the videotape, is the most wonderful event in the history of the universe. First you see the whale carcass disappear in a huge blast of smoke and flame. Then you hear the happy spectators shouting “Yayy!” and “Whee!” Then, suddenly, the crowd’s tone changes. You hear a new sound like “splud.” You hear a woman’s voice shouting “Here come pieces of… MY GOD!” Something smears the camera lens.
Later, the reporter explains: “The humor of the entire situation suddenly gave way to a run for survival as huge chunks of whale blubber fell everywhere.” One piece caved in the roof of a car parked more than a quarter of a mile away. Remaining on the beach were several rotting whale sectors the size of condominium units. There was no sign of the sea gulls, who had no doubt permanently relocated in Brazil. This is a very sobering videotape. Here at the institute we watch it often, especially at parties. But this is no time for gaiety. This is a time to get hold of the folks at the Oregon State Highway division and ask them, when they get done cleaning up the beaches, to give us an estimate on the US Capitol.
Questions:
1. Why did the Oregon Highway Department believe that it was a good idea to blow up the whale?
2. Explain the sudden change of mood in the crowd that takes place shortly after the explosion.
2. What evidence is there that indicates this is a true story?
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Classwork: Finish discussing Marzano Words: Rhyme (68), Rhythm (69); Read "The Highwayman" on pp.277-280 (LA.7.2.1.7); Read "The Cremation of Sam McGee" and other poetry selections. Notes on Types of Poems. (LA.7.2.1.7)
Homework: None. Reading logs due tomorrow.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Classwork: Marzano Words: Rhyme (68), Rhythm (69)
Homework: None. Reading log due on Friday.
Monday, April 25, 2011
Monday, April 25, 2011
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Classwork: Work on Famous Person Reports. Some realistic goals for today are:
Finish your outline for page 3.
Complete your first paragraph of page 4, which includes your thesis statement.
Homework: None.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Classwork: Complete FAIR testing in the Media Center; Return to the classroom and continue to work on Famous People Reports.
Homework: None. No Reading Log this week.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Journal Entry: None.
Classwork: Work on Famous Person Reports. Some realistic goals for today are:
1. Complete your cover page within the first 15 minutes of class.
2. Gather the information for your outline.
3. Complete at least half of your outline.
4. Record the websites that you will use in your research.
Homework: None.
Monday, April 18, 2011
Friday, April 15, 2011
Classwork: Finish reading “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan on pp. 17-28. Get into groups to divide and answer questions on p. 28. Each group will share their answers with the class.
Homework: None.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Classwork: Students will received Famous People Report instructions; Review term, motives; Read Two Kinds, by Amy Tan, pp. 17-28 in Prentice-Hall Literature.
Homework: Reading Logs are due tomorrow.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Classwork: Only periods 1 and 2 will be meeting. Continue to work in the “Latin and Greek Word Elements” Handout. Students will have free reading time when finished.
Homework: None, but don’t forget your Reading Log on Friday!
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Classwork: View Discovery Video – “Pendemonium: The Italian Job” in which our heroes save the planet using Latin roots, prefixes and suffixes; Read handout, “Latin and Greek Word Elements,” and fill in at least on additional sample for each root, prefix or suffix shown. This is to be kept in the note section of your English notebook. Classes who did this yesterday will continue to work in the “Latin and Greek Word Elements” Handout.
Homework: None, but don’t forget your Reading Log on Friday!
Monday, April 11, 2011
Monday, April 11, 2011
Classwork: View Discovery Video – “Pendemonium: The Italian Job” in which our heroes save the planet using Latin roots, prefixes and suffixes; Read handout, “Latin and Greek Word Elements,” and fill in at least one additional sample for each root, prefix or suffix shown. This is to be kept in the note section of your English notebook
Homework: None, but don't forget your reading log on Friday!
Friday, April 8, 2011
Friday, April 8, 2011
Classwork: FCAT Practice and Preparation Workbook, pp. 47-68, FCAT Reading Practice Test. We will do one story at a time and get as far as we can.
Homework: None.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Classwork: FCAT 2.0 Practice Test; Review. FCAT Practice reading, “Catfish Bigger Than Kids”; Review Practice Test.
Homework: Reading Logs are due tomorrow.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Classwork: Students will be taking the FAIR Test in Building 3 Computer Lab.
Homework: Reading logs due on Friday.
Complete all work in FCAT Focus!
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Classwork: Log onto FCAT Focus at http://focus.florida-achieves.com. You have five follow-up activities, “Conflict”, “Descriptive Language”, “Figurative language”, "Plot Development", and “Setting”.
Homework: Reading logs are due on Friday. Students who are not caught up on their FCAT Focus assignments should complete these at home.
We will be in the Building 3 Computer Lab for FAIR Testing tomorrow.
Monday, April 4, 2011
Monday, April 4, 2011
Classwork: FCAT Practice and Preparation Workbook activities, “Using Context to Determine Meaning”, pp. 13-17; “Comparison and Contrast in a Text”, pp. 18-20; “Author’s Point of View and Purpose”, pp. 21-23; and “Drawing Conclusions”, pp. 24-26.
Homework: Reading logs due on Friday.
We will be in the Building 3 Computer Lab tomorrow and Wednesday.
Friday, April 1, 2011
Friday, April 1, 2011
Classwork: FCAT Practice – Students will work in their FCAT Practice and Preparation books. These books must not be lost or misplaced. Today we will discuss and practice “Details in a Passage” on Page 4; Main Idea of a Passage on Page 6, “Cause and Effect in a Passage on Page 9 and “Fact vs. Opinion and Strong vs. Weak Arguments on Page 11. Advanced classes will read “Disaster at Sea” in Scope Magazine, then answer the supplementary questions on their own papers.
Homework: None. Enjoy your weekend.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Classwork: FCAT Practice – Students will work in their FCAT Practice and Preparation books. These books must not be lost or misplaced. Today we will discuss and practice “Details in a Passage” on Page 4; Main Idea of a Passage on Page 6, “Cause and Effect in a Passage on Page 9 and “Fact vs. Opinion and Strong vs. Weak Arguments on Page 11. Standard classes will read “Disaster at Sea” in Scope Magazine, then answer the supplementary questions on their own papers.
Homework: Reading Logs are due tomorrow.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Classwork: Students will receive FCAT DSS Scores from last year; Discuss learning gains and goals for the 7th Grade FCAT. Link to PowerPoint Presentation here.
Homework: Reading logs due on Friday.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Classwork: Log onto FCAT Focus at http://focus.florida-achieves.com. You have six follow-up activities, “Relevant Details”, “Text Structures/Organizational Patterns”, “Analyze and Evaluate Information”, “Synthesize Information (Multiple)”, "Synthesize Information (Single)" and "Validity/Reliability of Information".
Homework: Reading logs are due on Friday. Students who are not caught up on their FCAT Focus assignments should complete these at home.
Monday, March 28, 2011
Monday, March 28, 2011
Classwork: Log onto FCAT Focus at http://focus.florida-achieves.com. You have four follow-up activities, “Conclusion/Inferences”, “Context Clues”, “Contrast”, and “Main Idea”.
Homework: Reading logs are due on Friday. Students who are not caught up on their FCAT Focus assignments should complete these at home.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Classwork: FCAT Practice – Students will work in their FCAT Practice and Preparation books. These books must not be lost or misplaced. Today we will discuss and practice “Labeling Paragraphs” on Page 3; FCAT Focus – “Character Development” and “Character Point of View”.
Homework: None. Enjoy your vacation!
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Classwork: FCAT Practice – Students will work in their FCAT Practice and Preparation books. These books must not be lost or misplaced. Today we will discuss “Process of Elimination on Page 1; FCAT Focus – “Strong vs. Weak Argument” and “Word Structure”.
Homework: None. Advanced: Chapter 17-20 Tom Sawyer homework due tomorrow.
No Reading Log this week.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Classwork: Log onto FCAT Focus at http://focus.florida-achieves.com. You have five follow-up activities, “Analyze Words/Text”, “Author’s Perspective”, “Author’s Purpose”, “Cause and Effect”, and “Comparison”.
Homework: None. Advanced: Chapter 17-20 Tom Sawyer homework due on Thursday.
No Reading Logs this week.
Monday, March 14, 2011
Monday, March 14, 2011
NO READING LOGS THIS WEEK
JOURNAL ENTRIES 41-50 DUE TOMORROW
Journal Entry: None.
Classwork: Advanced: FCAT Practice, “Florida’s Historic Attractions.” Read Chapters 17-20 in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Begin working on 17-20 Questions. Standard: Continue with FCAT practice activities – “How Waterfalls are Formed”, “Tourism in Florida” and “Florida’s Land Boom”.
Homework: All: Journal Entries 41-50 due tomorrow. Advanced: Complete Tom Sawyer Chapter 17-20 questions – Due Thursday.
Friday, March 11, 2011
Friday, March 11, 2011
1. Predict what these performers are going to do in this video.
2. Using your character’s voice, describe this video and explain what it was about.
3. How did your character’s expectation of this video differ from what he/she actually experienced?
4. What was your character’s favorite OR least favorite part of the video?
5. What is the purpose of this video?
Classwork: Share journal entries. FCAT Practice “What Causes Waterfalls to Form.”
Homework: None. Journal entries 41-50 are due on Tuesday. Covers will be online soon.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Classwork: All classes are in the Building 5 Computer Lab working on FCAT Focus assignments.
Homework: Please complete your FCAT Focus Activities, “Analyze and Evaluate Information” and “Validity/Reliability of Information.” These activities were disabled while you were in the lab today.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Classwork: Advanced – Marzano Words: hyperbole (39), inference (44), dialogue (25), voice (79). FCAT Practice activities. Standard – Finish FCAT Activity “Cape Canaveral: Launchpad to the Stars.” Marzano words: dialogue (25), voice (79).
Homework: Complete FCAT Focus activities at http://focus.florida-achieves.com. This must be done by Thursday evening.
Reading Log due on Friday.
Journal Entries 41-50 will be collected on Friday. Go online and catch up if you need.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Classwork: Advanced – Review homework. Standard – Finish FCAT Activity “Cape Canaveral: Launchpad to the Stars.” Marzano words: hyperbole (39), inference (44), dialogue (25), voice (79)
Homework: Log onto FCAT Focus at http://focus.florida-achieves.com. You have two new activities – “Analyze and Evaluate Information” and “Validity/Reliability of Information.” This must be done by Thursday evening. Reading logs are due on Friday.
Monday, March 7, 2011
Monday, March 7, 2011
Classwork: Advanced: Finish questions for Chapter 14-16 in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Standard: Complete and turn in FCAT Practice “Florida’s Historic Attractions.” Continue with FCAT practice activities – “The Timucua” and “Cape Canaveral: Launchpad to the Stars.”
Homework: Advanced: Complete Chapter 14-16 questions. They are due tomorrow. Standard: None. Reading logs are due on Friday.
Friday, March 4, 2011
Classwork: Advanced: Read Chapter 14-16 in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Standard: FCAT Practice – “Florida’s Shipwrecks and Treasures” and “Florida’s Historic Attractions.”
Homework: None. Have a great weekend!
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Classwork: FCAT Focus, Conflict, Descriptive Language, Figurative Language, Plot Development and Setting; and FCAT Explorer in Computer Lab, Building 3.
Homework: Reading logs are due tomorrow.
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