Jan 29

bellringer - allusion
vocab
review linking verbs (packet)
peer edit - cutting to 250 word count (every five characters/key strokes w/ spaces)
Lit Terms Diagnostic

HW: final copy due Monday - Strict Limit: 250 words or less

Jan 27

Bellringer + vocab
LtE group work
words to avoid worksheet - finish for Thur.

HW: write 400-500 word letter to the editor
Topic: an action President Obama should take in first 100 days

Jan 26 - Letter to the Editor

vocab quiz
intro letter to editor

HW: bring in one letter to the editor from a source other than the Salina Journal

Jan 22

Web addresses for today's assignment:

Obama Inauguration:
http://grammar.about.com/od/classicessays/a/obamainaugural.htm
Analysis:
http://www.courant.com/news/elections/hc-trib-obamaspeech-0120,0,6312487,print.story

Bush Inauguration Analysis:

http://www.commongroundcommonsense.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=16200

Adverb Rhetoric:

http://grammar.about.com/b/

Schedule:
log into comps
review vocab
formative assessments - class goal 93%
Bush/Obama Inaugural Address comp/cont
Lit Terms Diagnostic

Jan 20 - Inauguration

Turn in procedure essay
vocab words
2004 economy articles - compare
2004 Inaugural Address - Bush
Obama Inauguration
compare and contrast rhetoric of speeches - emphasis: speaker, audicence, ocassion
Work on Essay Thursday

Full texts available at:
Bush:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1324749/posts

Obama:
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Inauguration/story?id=6689022&page=1


HW: make sure to have read both speeches

Jan 15

Roots Test
Peer Edits
O drive edit experiment

HW: final draft due Tuesday.

Jan 13 - Process Essay Draft

Discuss Novel List - book selections by 29th.
quiz over HW
"My First Conk" 260
Creating a Female Sleuth" 265

HW: Process Essay
2pg 12TNP DS
imperative or indicative, but be consistent in all style choices.

Draft Due Thursday for Peer Edits

also- make sure to get that grammar exercise done if you were gone last Thursday. We will be using it in class Thur.

Jan 12 - Begining of Process Essay

Last Thursday we did peer edits and a grammar exercise with an essay I wrote. Make sure to pick up the grammar exercise. I'll hand it out Tuesday - but remind me! I forgot to do it today...

Roots Quiz
Roots Practice Test
Process intro 245-249
Grammar - matching tenses etc. 250-251

HW: read
"The Lottery" 292
"How to Escape from a Bad Date" 272

Game plan for the week: Tuesday go more in depth on process essays, write draft
Thursday Peer edit, grammar exercise
Next Tuesday (no school Monday) - final copy due

Jan 6 - Defining the Definition Essay

Roots, prefixes, and suffixes x4 (yes, written out all the way instead of simplified)
Rd 491-496
Reading quiz over "I Want a Wife"
Rd "Wife Beater" - discuss
group work over essays

HW: 2 pg typed size 12 TNR DS Definition Essay on the subject of your choosing. You may use prompts from pg 527-528 to help guide your creativity.

Peer editing sheets were handed out. The sheets are to be brought back to class Thursday for the editing process. For the draft use The Crucible character name that was handed out to you in class, not your own name.

If gone Thursday make sure editing gets completed.

Final essay is due Monday w/ peer edited sheets and rough draft.

Jan 5 - Goals and Definition Intro

Roots
look over final
Goals for second semester

HW: Patterns read 205-x (end of story) and 225-x