Daily Log: 3/31/10

English 1: SRI Testing

MOC: "My Name" Essay rubric, organizatoin, and writing time. VOCAB QUIZ tomorrow!

Am Lit: "Self-Reliance" passages and group discussion. The passages are due with the final Transcendentalist assessment. For MONDAY - read your section of Walden. If you do not trust your group members to read their selections thoroughly or are interested in reading more of Walden, here is a website with the Walden text:  http://thoreau.eserver.org/walden00.html.

The selections that different peers are reading are "Solitude", "Visitors", "Where I Lived and What I Lived for", and "Economy". 

Acc English 1: SRI Testing

Daily Log: 3/30/10

English 1: Shakespeare in Our Time - Exit Slip

MOC: Compare and Contrast Organization

Am Lit: Discussed "Nature". Began Emerson's "Self Reliance".

Acc English: Shakespeare in Our Time - Exit Slip

Daily Log: 3/29/10

English 1: Shakespeare's Biography - Questions-in-the-Margin (Due Tomorrow)

MOC: See previous post. Vocabulary #8 is on the wiki.

Am Lit: Get Transcentalism notes from a peer. Read "Nature" by Ralph Waldo Emerson and complete double entry diary for tomorrow.

Acc English 1: Shakespeare's Biography - Questions-in-the-Margin

Attn: MOC - "My Name"

1. Read Sandra Cisneros "My Name" (an excerpt from House on Mango Street).

2. Answer reflective questions about your name. Each question needs to be well thought out and creatively answered.

* Excerpt and Questions are located in the O: Drive under Feick in the MOC - My Name folder.

Attn: MOC - "I Remember"

"I Remember" Exercise - 30 pts

Focus:
         1. Implement strong word choice
         2. Create a vivid, descriptive image
         3. Use FOUR appositives - Underline them in your writing.
         4. Use a variety of sentence constructions.

Read "I Remember"
Create a 3/4 to 1 page essay modeled after the "I Remember" example that we read together. Focus on the above material to be inserted into your writing.  

Due Friday at the end of class and submitted to GOOGLE DOCS. 
My email: bfeick@plymouth.k12.wi.us

Daily Log: 3/17/10

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

English 1: One Act Play Challenge - Showtime Tomorrow 8:05 AM. 

MOC: Finished the clause and appositive phrase writing exercise. Submitted to Google Docs. 

Am Lit: Finished discussing Dr. Heidegger's Experiment. We will begin Rappaccini's Daughter tomorrow.

Acc English 1: Types of Sentences Quiz

Daily Log: 3/16/10

English 1: One Act Play Challenge (Tomorrow is your last work day)

MoC: Assignment through the blog. Check previous post.

Am Lit: Groups worked together to analyze Dr. Heideggar's Experiment.

Acc English 1: Turn in your TTTC Theme Essays. Complete Drama Notes.

ATTN: MOC - Writing with CLAUSES and APPOSITIVES

Today we are targeting developing your writing through the use of appositives and clauses.

Targets:
1. Identify clauses and appositives in writing.
2. Use clauses and appositives in writing.

Daily Log: 3/15/10

English 1: Began One Act Play Challenge. Read "Sorry, Wrong Number" and "Carwash".

MOC: Vocabulary  #7 can be located on the class wiki or through a classmate. Journal #8 - Write about your worst dining experience (include two appositive phrases).

Am Lit: Read "Dr. Heideggar's Experiment" for tomorrow.

Acc English 1: TTTC Essay in lab. Due tomorrow.

Daily Log: 3/12/10

English 1: Today we worked on a monologue activity. Students selected a monologue from a movie and inserted stage directions into the piece. The assignment is saved on the O: Drive. Be sure to have it completed for Monday. If anyone wants to perform his or her monologue, the floor is yours at the beginning of class on Monday.

MOC: Today we wrapped up "This I Believe" by uploading student podcasts and essays to the wiki. Way to go - the projects look great. Go to feickmechanics2.pbworks.com to view your peers "This I Believe" essays.

Am Lit: Completed the Huck Finn Test. Congratulations, you have finished one of America's finest novels!

Acc English 1:  Completed writing with different sentence types in class writing assessment. Drama notes - get notes from peer if you are absent. Remember to work on your essay for Tuesday; you will have a work day on Monday.  

Daily Log: 3/10/10

English 1: Completed Sentence Types Quiz. Finished Drama Notes.

MoC: Worked with developing adverb clauses.

Am Lit: Ch 38-40 crossword puzzle. Will Tom survive? Will Jim escape? Read 41 - end to find out.

Acc English 1: Handed out The Things They Carried essay - Due Tuesday. Sentence types worksheet completed for tomorrow.

Daily Log: 3/8/10

English 1: We went over the sentence types worksheet. Assignment: Write a paragraph using at least 1 complex sentence and compound/complex sentence. We will have a quiz on Wednesday. We began taking notes on Drama. If you were absent, please get the notes from a classmate.


MoC: Vocabulary #6 was handed out. Access available from the wiki. "This I Believe" essay was worked on today in class. Tomorrow, your final essay is due uploaded to Google Docs at the end of class.

Am Lit: We made connections with passages from the four assigned chapters. Students then shared their passages with other groups. Read 35-37 for tomorrow.

Acc English: Dissected the three short stories assigned for class today. Then, we shared passages with other groups. Finish the book for tomorrow.

Daily Log: 3/5/10

English 1: Today we covered sentence types - simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex. Complete both sides of the wksht handed out in class for Monday.

MoC: Vocabulary Quiz #5 and introduced sentence fluency by using clauses.

Am Lit: Read 31-34. Quiz chapter 24-30. In-class small group discussion with guided questions.

Acc English 1: Read "Good From ", "The Ghost Soldiers", and "Field Trip" for Monday. The book will be finished on Tuesday. Vocabulary due Wednesday!

Daily Log: 3/4/10

Sorry, I fell behind a day in posting.

English 1: Finished literature podcasts. Check out english1litcircles.blogspot.com and view your classmates podcasts.

MoC: Rough draft of "This I Believe" essay submitted to Google Docs.

Am Lit: Read 27-30. Completed a in-class individual essay about Jim's character.

Acc English 1: Read "The Man I Killed" and "Ambush" in class. Added to the Theme Tracker. If you are absent, please continue to add to this individually.

Daily Log: 3/3/10

English 1: Interviews using the audio recorder. Students will upload to wiki tomorrow.

MoC: "This I Believe" Essay - rough draft due tomorrow at the end of class tomorrow

Am Lit: Examined passages for Twain's deeper meaning. READ: Ch 24-27.

Acc English 1: Discussed how "Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong" fits the definition of a true war story. Added to the theme tracker sheet. No reading due tomorrow. You can skip "Stockings" and "Church". They are good stories, but we won't be discussing them.  READING for Friday -  "Speaking of Courage," "Notes", and "In Good Form".

Daily Log: 3/2/10

I am sorry that this daily log is late, but here is what was done yesterday.

English 1 - Created character interviews.

MoC - "This I Believe" lab

Am Lit - Ch 19-21; Read 22-23

Acc Eng 1 - "How to Tell a True War Story" Round Table Discussion. Read "Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong".

Daily Log: 3/1/10

English 1: Finished Lit Circles and Character Speed Dating. Tomorrow character interviews begin. 

MoC: Vocab #5, Journal #7 - What animal would you be and why?, "This I Believe" Essay outlining

Am Lit: Discussed the Shepherdson and Grangerford Feud. No quiz.  

Acc Eng: Filled in Theme Tracker and analyzed "On the Rainy River". Homework: read "How to Tell a True War Story" and complete Double Entry Diary.