Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Wednesday - August 31, 2011

Wednesday:

DOL 4: 
  • ive never had no desire to have him learn me how to swim because hes to impatient
  • i would of froze that paie but i couldnt get it off of the plate.
Greek 2: 
  • Miso - hate - misogamy - hatred of marriage
  • Phil - love - philosophy - love of wisdom


2nd Period:  English 10
  • DOL 4. 
  • Greek 2
  • I did my bag speech example today and we worked on 5 paragraph essay structure.  I wrote an example essay about kittens that I will post down below.  Students began reading their example essays and we critiqued them to see what was right and what needed work.  I got some great examples! 
  • Journal 1 - "Intuition" due today
  • Bag speeches due tomorrow. 
  • Vocab quiz and reading day on Friday
3rd Per:  English 8
  • DOL 4
  • Work on 5 paragraph essay structure.  Outlines due today for review.
  • Journal 1 due today.
  • Bag speech example.
4th per - History:
  • Greek 2
  • Work on computers to look up 5 political parties and identify what their platform is (what do they believe we should do about things like education, jobs, social security, illegal immigration, etc.
5th Period: English 10 (see second period for added details)
  • DOL 4
  • Greek 2
  • Journal 1 - "Intuition" due today.
  • Bag speech example by Mr. Hawley.  Yours will begin tomorrow.
  • 5 paragraph essay outline structure.  See Kitty essay below.  Remember the formula:
    • Tell em what you're going to tell em. - Topic paragraph with 3 points of discussion
    • Tell em - write your 3 body paragraphs about your three points of discussion.
    • Tell em what you told em - Add a conclusion that restates the topic and the 3 points.
6th Period: Lit Skills
  • 2nd half of lesson #2 - interacting with the text.
  • I read a news article about two young boys who drowned in Big Horn lake Monday this week.  Students had to write down what they felt, saw, heard, etc as they listened to this tragic story, which is just now coming out in the news.
8th Period:  7th Grade English
  • Daily Grammar lesson # 5, 6, 7.  www.dailygrammar.com
  • Bag speech example by Mr. Hawley.  Yours are due tomorrow. 
  • Continue working with 5 paragraph essay structure.  Outline a potential essay for your classmates to think about and discuss.  Start today.  Finish tomorrow, or maybe Tuesday.
  • Helping verb review.  Quiz Thursday.

Kitten 5 paragraph essay:


Kittens Make Great Guard Dogs

          People don’t usually realize this, but kittens are often overlooked when people are searching for a good guard dog.  Did you realize though, that they have sharp claws, can see in the dark, and have excellent reflexes?  This makes them ideally suited to help protect you on those long scary nights.

          Kittens may look all cute and fluffy, but they are really stealthy predators in disguise.  Like all great predators they have razor sharp claws.  This enables them to do serious damage to anyone they see as a threat: like dangling objects, sinister-looking string, or even that role of toilet paper hanging on the wall. 

          Kittens have the legendary ability to see in the dark.  They can stalk grasshoppers, crickets, waving strands of grass, and even the occasional leaf blowing past with amazing accuracy.  Since most crimes happen in the dark, who wouldn’t want a guard that can see in the night?

          Kittens have excellent reflexes.  This is apparent when watching them sleeping on the edge of the couch or the table.  Invariably they will fall off, (sometimes you have to help them out with a little push,) but they ALWAYS land on their feet!  I don’t know if any other animal could dropped while sleeping and wake up fast enough to still land on their feet. 

          In conclusion, when looking for an appropriate guardian companion, don’t be so quick to overlook the fluffy little kitten.  They have sharp claws, they can see in the dark, and they have excellent reflexes.  More than one CAT burglar has learned the hard way not to mess with the kitty!

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