Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Wednesday - January 12, 2011

1st Period - Creative Writing:
  • Today was the last day to work on building and writing our projects. Tomorrow, we switch projects and try and put them together from the other person's instructions.
  • Journals due today. 1 full page.


2nd Period - Honors English:
  • We continued reading from Bartleby - pages 16 - 22. We should finish up the essay tomorrow and begin the writing process for it.
  • Journals were due today. 1 full page. Topic: If I could live one day over again, which one would it be and why?

3rd Period - 8th Grade English:
  • Journals and Vocab sheets due today.
  • Irony examples discussed. There were some very fun examples.
  • Mr. Hawley did a short presentation on MLA documentation in research papers. Get notes from a friend.
  • Mrs. Henley did a presentation on persuasive essay requirements. Get notes from a friend.
  • Tomorrow, we are working on the computers to begin the research process.

4th Period - 7th Grade English:

  • Journals and Vocab sheets due today. Journal topic: If I could live one day over again, which would it be, and why?
  • We worked through a grammar worksheet together as a class. Subject, verb, Direct Object, Indirect Object, Articles, Adverbs, Prepositions, etc. were identified.

5th Period - 12th Grade English:

  • Journals and Vocab Due today.
  • Examples of Irony discussed to the class by various students.
  • The unwritten rules for adjectives were explained. Why do we say "The 5 large red Australian horses" instead of The large 5 Australian Red horses"? There is a natural order for these. It usually goes:
  • Quantity, quality, size, age, color, origin, material.
  • These are UNWRITTEN rules, so there may be some discussion on a few minor points. Or some sentences may seem to sound better with the words in a slightly different order.
  • Assignment: Compose five sentences with five adjectives each. Label each adjective as to what kind it is.

6th Period - 10th Grade English:

  • See 5th period lesson. It was the same.

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