Ms. Carlton

September 29, 2011

Carlton: Today the students practiced sentence structures and style builders.  We also introduced our descriptive writing assignment.

HW: Create 3 columns of nouns, adjectives and verbs about WAVES.  We created a chart today and the students filled in examples during class.  This should be completed tonight.  They should have 10 words in each column. (30 words total)

Example: Waves

Nouns    Verbs    Adjectives

Foam      crash    blue

 

Attard/Carlton: We attended Ms. Inman's presentation for "Banned Book Week" and students were provided an opportunity to check out books.

HW: SAT 2 quiz October 3

Johnson/Carlton: The students took notes on expository writing.

HW: SAT 4  cards due and quiz Thursday, 10/6

 

 

September 22, 2011

Carlton - 3rd period - Today the students took the Ten Ways to Begin an Essay quiz and we began narrative analysis of "Mr. Coombes," a short story by Roald Dahl.

HW: SAT 2 vocabulary quiz Monday, 9/26

Attard/Carlton - 1st period - The students took the phrases/clauses quiz today and worked on short story elements analysis.

HW: SAT 2 note cards due Monday, 9/26; SAT 2 quiz Monday, 10/3

Johnson/Carlton - 6th - 7th periods - Students took the SAT 3 quiz today and note cards were checked.  The final narrative copy is due tomorrow, 9/23.  Students should print out TWO copies of the final essay and bring in their peer editing sheet and rough draft to turn in.

September 20, 2011

Carlton - 3rd Period: Today the students reviewed the 10 ways to begin an essay notes, and we examined various pieces of literature to see how published authors begin their works.  We also read "The Great Mouse Plot" by Roald Dahl and reviewed the short story elements.

HW:

• 10 ways quiz Thursday 9/22
• SAT 2 note cards due Thursday 9/22
• SAT 2 vocabulary quiz Monday, 9/26

Here are the notes for the 10 ways to begin an essay quiz.  Memorize the acronym D4Q2GAFS and know what each of these stand for.

Download Ten Ways to Start a Narrative 2011

Attard/Carlton - 1st Period: Today we reviewed sentence structure for simple sentences and practiced the skills.

HW: Quiz Thursday 9/22 on clauses and phrases, simple and compound sentences

Johnson/Carlton - 6th - 7th Period: Today the students are working on editing and revision strategies for the rough draft of their narrative essay.

HW:

• SAT 3 quiz Thursday 9/22
• Narrative final copy due Friday 9/23

 

 

 

September 16, 2011

Carlton: Today the students completed their sentence structure test and watched the SAT 2 vocabulary video.  They had a few minutes to start their flashcards.

HW:

• SAT 2 flashcards due Thursday 9/22
• Ten Ways quiz Thursday 9/22 (will be introduced on Monday, 9/19)
• SAT 2 vocab. quiz Monday, 9/26

Attard/Carlton: We reviewed sentence structure today.  Quiz on phrases, clauses, simple and compound sentences will be Thursday, 9/22

Johnson/Carlton: The students are working on peer editing of their narratives.

HW: SAT 3 cards due Thursday, 9/22 - SAT 2 Thursday, 9/22

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 14, 2011

Carlton - 3rd Period - We reviewed for tomorrow's sentence structure test.  Study your notes, your practice worksheet that we did in class today, and review the study guide.

Attard/Carlton - 1st period - Today we reviewed the story elements for "Raymond's Run" and discussed characterization.

Johnson/Carlton - 6th, 7th period - The students worked on the rough draft of their narrative in the computer lab today.  We will have some time in the lab tomorrow. 

HW: 

• Narrative rough draft is due Friday.
• SAT 3 note cards and quiz Thursday, 9/22

 

September 12, 2011

Carlton: We reviewed the sentence structures for complex and compound-complex sentences today, and practiced writing the sentence types with a partner.

HW: Sentence structure test Thursday, 9/15

Please download notes and study guide.  Students will receive a copy of the study guide along with a

practice sheet on Tuesday. The practice worksheet needs to be completed by Wednesday.

Download PHRASES AND CLAUSES notes

Download Sentence Structure 2011revised notes

Download Study Guide for Sentence structure test

Carlton/Attard - The students took a quiz on the ten ways to start an essay, and continued to complete their work on "Raymond's Run"

 

 

 

September 9, 2011

Carlton: Today we began reviewing sentence structure.  The test on sentence structure will be Thursday, 9/15.

Attard/Carlton: We did "Beatle's Grammar" today using the song, "Yellow Submarine."

Johnson/Carlton: Students reviewed and practiced more style builders today.

 

September 1, 2011

Carlton: Students worked on the rough draft of their poems today.  They will complete their poems in class tomorrow.

HW:

• SAT 1 note cards due tomorrow
• SAT 1 bonus due Wednesday, 9/7
• SAT 1 quiz Thursday, 9/8

 

Attard/Carlton: The students typed their poems today.  The final poem is due tomorrow.

HW: SAT 1 note cards due Tuesday, 9/6 and SAT 1 quiz Thursday, 9/8

Johnson/Carlton: We introduced the Frayer models for SAT 2 and watched the SAT 2 video.  Students also reviewed sentence structure notes on simple and compound sentences.

HW: SAT 2 quiz Thursday 9/8; Frayer models due Thursday 9/8 - Final typed copy of poem is due tomorrow, 9/2.  Bring a final copy and your rough draft to turn in.