2nd Quarter, Week 1: October 30-November 3.

Every assignment we do for class and homework will now be posted on the website labeled "Assignments: 2nd Term."  I am starting over the count at week one.
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Monday, October 29

Language Arts
Bell Work:
New seating chart.  No bell work.

Objectives:
Finish the Short Story PPT.
Vocabulary
Spelling Words

"Dr. Heidegger's Experiment," from Realms of Gold.  Full text posted in Week 1 of 2nd term assignments.
Read the short story while thinking about the following questions: (I have a PPT with all the answers in week 1.)

1.  What is the plot?  (Think about what the exposition is, the complication, the climax, and the denouement.
2.  Who are the characters and what type of characters are they (round, flat, dynamic, etc)?
3.  What is the point of view?
4.  What is the setting?
5.  What type of conflict is there and why? (man v man, man v nature, man v society, man v himself, man v fate)
6.  What symbols are there in the story and what do they mean?
7.  What is a theme of the story?
8.  Is there any irony?  If so, what kind? (situation, verbal, dramatic)
9.  What is the mood of the story?
10.  What is the tone of the story?
11.  Does the author use suspense?  How?
12.  Does the story contain any foreshadowing?
13.  What dialect does the character speak in? (refers to the time period/setting)
14.  Is there a frame story in this story?
15.  Is there any allusion?  Where?

In a class discussion, answer these questions.  We may not finish this until Tuesday.

Homework:
Read for 20 minutes.  Continue working on short story.
Spelling (all 40) and Vocabulary (13 words) test Thursday, November 8th.

History
Bell Work:
New seating chart.  No Bell Work.

Objectives:
Finish Persian War.
Textbook: Supplier, get textbooks for your table.
1. Open to page 52.
2. Read 52 and 53 out loud (quietly).
3. Person 1 reads a paragraph and asks a question.
Person 2 answers the question and then reads the
next paragraph.

As a class, write down the timeline of events in the Persian Wars.  Finish Tuesday.

Homework:  No homework.
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Tuesday, October 30

Language Arts
Bell Work:
"Remembrance of a Friend" Poetry Packet p. 5-6 (Assignments: 2nd term).

Objectives:
Finish "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Homework:
Read for 20 minutes.  Continue working on Short Story.

History
Bell Work:
Describe what happened at the battle of Thermopylae.  Who won?  What happened to the Spartans? (Remember the 300!)

Objectives:
Finish writing notes about Persian Wars.  I have these notes written in the History Handbook.
Start Peloponnesian War: Sparta defeats Athens.

Homework:
Write some examples of cause and effect.  There is an effect to every action.  What are some natural consequences to our every day actions?  (100 points)
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Wednesday, October 31
Language Arts
Bell Work:
Assembly 1st period.  4th period studied vocabulary and spelling.

Objectives:
None

Homework:
Read 20 minutes.  Fill out weekly word study. Continue working on short story.

History
Bell Work:
None.  

Objectives:
Continue Peloponnesian War.

Homework:
No Homework
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Thursday, November 1
Language Arts
Bell Work:

Get a Realms of Gold book and read the poem on page 9.
Watch a video adaptation of the poem.


Objectives:

"I Dwell in Possibility" poem by Emily Dickenson
Apostrophes


Homework:
Read 20 minutes.
Work on Short Story.
Turn in reader's journal with a letter to Mrs. Martin

History
Bell Work: 

Get out your white paper we folded yesterday.  In the appropriate box, write each cause and effect at the bottom of the box in small writing.

Objectives:
Create a comic strip of the main events that occurred during the Peloponnesian War.  There needs to be 7 boxes with the cause and effect written on each box, and then a picture depicting that event.  Due Friday if you don't finish it in class.

Homework:
Finish your comic strip if you didn't finish it in class.
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Friday, November 2

Language Arts
Bell Work:
No bell work.

Objectives:
Explain Writing Finished Portfolio.

Homework:
Read 40 minutes.
30 minutes of writing (short story or sonnet)
Study for Spelling and Vocabulary test next Thursday.

History
Bell Work:
No bell work.

Objectives:
Start Ancient Greece philosophy.
Read pages 62 to 68 as a class.
Fill in facts about the following three Greek philosophers:  Socrates, Aristotle, Plato.

Homework:
If you had to pick one of the Greek philosophers we studied, which one would you agree with MOST and why.  One paragraph.

Announcement

Dear Students and Parents,

I am starting to grade students on whether or not they write a first and last name on assignments.  Every assignment is worth 100 points in my class (except some large projects at the ends of units).  From now on I am giving ten points for students who write their first and last names on each assignment.  I have multiple students with the same name, but I believe it is good practice to have students write their proper names.  This is only professional.

Thank you,

Mrs. Martin

Week 9: October 22 to October 26

Monday, October 22

Language Arts
Bell Work:  Answer the following questions:
1.  How many feet are in Iambic pentameter?
2.  In one independent clause, write what the word "Iambic" means.
3.  In one sentence, write what the main idea is for the play Twelfth Night.

Put your 30 minutes of writing on your desk.  Once I have checked it off, place it in your green file folder.

Objectives:  Spelling, Vocabulary:  Copy into handbook and planner.  Poem:  "Ozymandias."  Irony PPT.
If you were absent, only write the first and last slide of the PPT in your handbook under a new category, "Literary Terms."

On a half sheet of paper, answer the following questions about the poem "Ozymandias:"
1.  What is the main idea of this poem?
2.  What type of irony is used in this poem?
3.  What type of poem is this?  (Look in your handbook under "Genre".  Count the lines.  Notice any meter or rhyme.)

Turn in the half sheet of paper.

Homework:  Read 20 minutes.  Shakespeare project due tomorrow.

History


Bell Work:
In complete sentences, describe how democracy came to be in Greece.  Mention kinds, land owners, tyrants, rights (remember the tiny of slice of cake and how you would react if that's all you were allowed).

Objectives:  Vocabulary Competition.
2nd period  Vocabulary quiz.  If you fail the quiz, you have until Friday to re-take it at morning greet for possible full credit.    

Homework:  No homework.


Tuesday, October 23


Language Arts
Bell Work:

On a piece of scratch paper, practice writing the following words 5 times each.  Pay attention to any spelling errors you have.  I will come around to check and make sure you are completing the bell work.

Words:  lightning, maintenance, mileage, necessary, occurrence, desperate, dissatisfied, extraordinary, fascinating, foreign.


Objectives: Turn in your Shakespeare project.  If you are doing a PPT, turn in your notes and email me or give me the flash drive so I can access your PPT.

Students will know when the use of italics/underlining is appropriate.  Copy the notes from the handbook on the right side of this blog.

Homework:  Read 20 minutes.

History


Bell Work:

Write a correct thesis statement to the following questions:

1.  Is our election process fair?
2.  Do we have a fair taxation system?
3.  Is cheating out of control?
4.  Should animals be used for research?
5.  Should cigarette smoking be banned?
6.  Should companies market to children?
7.  Are actors and professional athletes paid too much?
8.  Should the alcoholic drinking age be increased?
9.  Does age matter in relationships?
10.  Are there benefits to attending a single-gender school?

Remember! Thesis statements are:
Short, declarative statements.
They reflect your opinion without using the words "In my opinion," or "I think", etc.
They answer the question.
They do not say "Yes," "No."
They do not use pronouns (he, she, it, they).

Objectives:  Greek Culture PPT (week 9).  Greek Wars Text book and PPT (week 9).

Homework:  No Homework

Wednesday, October 24


Language Arts
Bell Work:
Write answers to the following:
Make a list telling when you should use italics.
What makes a good short story?

Objectives:  

 Read the poem, "How They Brought the News from Ghent to Aix."
Answer the following questions on the half sheet of paper:
1.  What is the main idea or theme of this poem?
2.  Does this poem have any meter/rhythm?  Does it have any rhyme?
3.  Do you like this poem?  Don't forget to write why or why not.
4.  Who is the author of this poem?

Short Story introduction.  Fill in the blank PPT.  The complete PPT is in Assignments.


Homework:  
Read for 20 minutes.
Complete your weekly word study due tomorrow at the beginning of class.

History

Bell Work:

What makes a good Thesis Statement?  Write a five sentence paragraph.

Objectives:  
Finish Greek Culture PPT and textbook reading.

Homework:  

No homework.

2nd period:  Do not worry about the quizzes for this quarter.  If you got an “A” on the quiz, it will go on this quarter’s grade.  If you got less than an “A” you will have the first week of 2nd quarter to fix the grade.

Thursday, October 25


Language Arts
Bell Work:
1.  In one sentence, what is the main idea of the short story, "How They Brought the News From Ghent to Aix?"
2.  Taylor Mali poem "Borrowing a Pen From Girls" (week 9: assignments)

Objectives:  
Finish Short Story PPT
Irony Worksheets:  in assignments.  In class, students will write on their own paper and I will have it on the overhead.

Homework:  Read for 20 minutes.  Write your letter in your reading journal to Mrs. Martin.

History


Bell Work:
From what you have learned, make a list of 3 things that Greek Culture has left to us.  What did we get to keep and still enjoy from their culture?

Objectives:  
Finish Greek Culture PPT
Start Persian Wars:  Marathon, Thermopylae, Salamis.
Ideas:  Victory and hubris (pride), defeat and shame.

Homework:  No homework



Friday, October 26


Language Arts
Bell Work:  Do NOT get your file folders.

For ten minutes, quietly study the vocabulary on the board.  We will be having a class competition.  The prize is 5 minutes of free time.  

Turn in your Shakespeare project if you still haven’t.  Remember, these are 300 points.  You have until next Friday at the very latest to turn in the project for 70% credit.

Homework (Write in your planner):

Read for 40 minutes.

Write for 30 minutes.  (Start your short story. It is due Tuesday, November 27th.)   

History

Bell Work:

1.  Get out your textbooks.  Turn to your notes on the Persian war.

2.  Remember to sit quietly and raise your hands if you have a comment or question.

Homework, Write in your planner: 

No homework.  Have a wonderful weekend!

Thank you for helping us all have a wonderful first quarter. 

Announcement: Make up work

This has been a policy in my class for the whole year, but I feel I really need to illustrate it right now.

If a student gets an undesirable grade on any assignment in my class, that student has till that Friday to turn it in with corrections made.  I will not mark it late because it was technically turned in on time and I want my students to succeed.

If a student takes advantage of this policy--for example, they don't have time to finish the assignment so they just turn it in, knowing they can make it up--then they will get points marked down when they turn it in again.

I will only accept this policy on COMPLETED assignments that were done wrong for whatever reason.

Week 8

Monday, October 8

Language Arts
Bell Work:  Look at the poetry packet on your desk.  Read the letter from me on the first page.  Read the first poem on page 3 "Poem".  This poetry packet is in the Assignments on the home page.

Objectives:  Spelling, Vocabulary, Dashes, read first lines of 30 minutes of writing.

Homework:  Remember, tomorrow is a work day.  I will have computers.  Bring what you are working on for the Shakespeare project.  Read 20 minutes.
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History

Bell Work:  No bell work.

Objectives:  Finish Religion.  PPT of Christianity is on Week 7 of "Assignments".  In tables and then as a class, draw a three-circle Venn Diagram.  One circle is for Christianity, one for Islam and one for Judaism.  Write 5 facts about each religion, putting them in the specific circle (if there is a fact shared between Islam and Christianity, write it in the combined portion of the diagram.

Homework: None


Tuesday, October 9

Language Arts

Bell Work:  No bell work

Objectives:  Get out your Shakespeare project and work on it for 50 minutes.  If you are done with the project here are your other options:
1.  Write for MY class.
2.  Read
3.  Study vocabulary or spelling

Homework:  Read for 20 minutes.  Shakespeare project due Thursday.  Reading journal to Mrs. Martin due Friday.
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History

Bell Work:

None

Objectives:  Start Ancient Greece.  Read short stories about people in Ancient Greece.

Homework:  Write a short story from the perspective of a Grecian citizen.  Write about their lives and what they do in a typical day.  Be prepared to share this story on Friday.  Due Friday.


Wednesday, October 10

Language Arts

Bell Work:  Answer the following questions in misc. bellwork.

1.  What is iambic pentameter?
2.  What is a monologue?
3.  What is a soliloquy?
4.  Write four sentences using correct capitalization with a dash in each one.

Objectives: Understand how to use colons.  Understand what independent and dependent clauses are.

Homework:  Read 20 minutes.  Weekly Word study due tomorrow.  Shakespeare project due date change: Tuesday, October 23rd.
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History

Bell Work:

1.  Quiz--Write down three things you learned about religion.  (They have to pertain to what we learned in class or in your own research.)

2.  Why do people have rituals?

3.  Muhammad is the prophet from which religion?

Objectives:  Patriotism, Democracy.  PPT in week 8.

Homework:  Short story about a Greek citizen.


Thursday, October 11

Language Arts

Bell Work:
1.  What is Iambic pentameter?
2.  What is an independent clause?
3.  What is a dependent clause?
4.  Write one sentence correctly using a colon.

Objectives:  Read the poems "Lucy Gray" and "My Heart Leaps Up" by William Wordsworth.  Turn in a half sheet of paper answering the following questions for each poem.
1.  Is there any meter in the poem?  If so, what is it?
2.  In one independent clause, write what the MAIN IDEA is of each poem.
3.  Who are the characters?
4.  How does this poem make you feel?

We watched a movie adaptation of the poem, "Lucy Gray".  It is in week 8 of Assignments.  Both poems are also in the assignments.

Write in your handbook the definition of a Ballad.  This is in my online Writing Handbook.

Homework:  Write a letter in your reading journal to me about the book you are reading.
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History

Bell Work:
Write one correct thesis statement to the following question:  Should students be allowed to have cell phones in school?

Objectives:
Finish Ancient Greece PPT.  Copy down vocabulary.  In class, I assigned each table one or two vocabulary words.  On a half sheet of paper, they wrote the definition, and drew a picture depicting the meaning of that word.

Homework:
Short story from the perspective of an Ancient Grecian.

Friday, October 12

Language Arts

Bell Work:  No bell work.

Objectives:  Learn about short stories from the librarian.

Homework:  30 minutes of writing.  Read 40 minutes.
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History

Bell Work:
2nd period history earned a vocabulary quiz the Monday we get back from Fall Break.  They were being loud and would not listen.  I gave them the entire time today to study for the quiz and I will give them part of Monday to study for the quiz.

Objectives:  Finish vocabulary picture.  Present.  Vocabulary competition.

Homework:  No homework.  Have a wonderful fall break!