Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Bystander Survey

As mentioned in class, here is an anonymous survey of what life is like at the O'Bryant.
Extra Credit for the class with the highest participation %.
Only the numerical data will be shared with the class, not any of the written responses.
If you feel there is additional information that needs to be shared, please speak with me or send an e-mail.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&pli=1&formkey=dDlxRmxBU0VlS21wTTVGbVpnRzl4clE6MQ#gid=0

Homework 1/31

Enjoy this final January afternoon...

1) Poetry Out Loud
Period 2+4 will present on Thursday and Friday
Period 5 will present on Wednesday and Friday

2) because of the computer predictive assessment this week, vocabulary lesson #4 is moved to next week

3) begin to look up books for the research paper

Monday, January 30, 2012

Homework 1/30

1) quick read of the "Darfur Puppy" opinion article

2) ROAR notes on 1/2 of your book

3) Poetry Out Loud on Wednesday or Thursday

Friday, January 27, 2012

Homework 1/27

1) Thesis sentence for Monday

2) ROAR notes, 1/2 of your book into film due Tuesday

3) Poetry Out Loud on Wednesday/Thursday

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Homework 1/24

1) finish reading Night

2) Socratic, "large table" discussion on Night for Thursday (test grade)

3) historical background mini-test on Friday

4) Vocab Lesson #3 moved to Friday

Monday, January 23, 2012

Homework 1/23

1) Night, read the last sections of the book for Wednesday.

2) keep up with memorizing your Poetry Out Loud poem

Friday, January 20, 2012

Homework 1/20

1) read Night chapter 6


here's the Holocaust Video from class:
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/media_nm.php?ModuleId=10005143&MediaId=7827


good work with the timeline, and here's the project last year:

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Homework 1/18

1) vocab quiz tomorrow! lesson 2

2) read Night ch. 5 for Friday

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Homework 1/17

1) read chapter 4 of Night

2) vocab lesson #2 on Thursday

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Homework 1/12

1) read chapter 2 of Night

2) read and answer question(s) from your #ed article about Jewish history

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Homework 1/10

Here's the .pdf copy of Night:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3251758/ELA%2010%202011-2012/Night-by-Elie-Wiesel.pdf

I'll post it until Friday when you can receive extra credit for bringing a copy to class.
Chapter #1 is page 5-28, the words in red are the start/stop points.

For tomorrow, print out the Poetry Out Loud poem you are interested in performing.  Complete the rest of the sheet w/ backup selections.

Monday, January 9, 2012

Homework 1/9

1) begin looking for your three possible Poetry Out Loud poems, print them for Wednesday
http://www.poetryoutloud.org/poems-and-performance/find-poems

2) Vocabulary Power Plus quiz on Thursday, remember to also study your roots.
word list: http://www.prestwickhouse.com/articles.aspx?id=26 lesson #1

3) parent signature on research paper letter

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Homework 1/4

New Year's blessings to you all, and welcome to Term 3.

This is a strange week with the Writing Prompt today, and the BPS Mid Year Examination tomorrow.
Period 2+4 to the Library
Period 5 to Ms. Trainer's Computer Lab

-Term 3 ROAR proposal due Monday
-Consolidated Term 2 ROAR notes to Turnitin.com and your blog for Friday
-Culture Vulture final draft for Term 2 due on Monday, turnitin.com and printed