Wed., Nov. 4

Writer's Notebook: When was the last time you did a Random Act of Kindness? How did that make you feel? Pledge to be proactive today!

Writer's Workshop:

1. Draft your young adult novel idea...plot? Setting? Characters?
2. Review absolutes: A phrase consisting of a noun, this group of words can add so much detail to what was once a very boring sentence!
3. Click here to further review absolutes.
   

Seven Habits...

1. Drafts 1-3 due!
2. Review chiasmus. Now search for one on the Internet...your group needs to share one with the class.
3. Visit Sean Covey's website.
4. Complete the Check-ups.
5. Now type...type...type!

Sci-Fi Vocabulary Presentations

Listed below are the links to the vocabulary:

The Time Machine: 3B and 4B

The Invisible Man: 3B and 4B

Take some time to look over the words and become familiar with their meanings.

Monday, Nov. 2

Happy November!

A New Contest for Us! Enter the Young Adult Novel Contest!

1. Need a title and the first 250 words.
2. Deadline: Tuesday, Nov. 24.

Writer's Notebook: Read this post at Brian's Blog and think about finding the "light" for your novel. Reflect in your Writer's Notebook on any ideas you might have for your young adult novel.

Blog Spotlight: Read this blog post and check out who commented! Impressive!

• Blog Post #1 is due! Did you use journalistic style (short, mini-paragraphs)? Did you include a list?
• Blog Post #2 = Introduce the book (author/title). Then choose a habit to discuss on your blog...your favorite? Your least favorite? The one on which you need to work the most? The one on which you have mastered? Discuss any favorite insights from the other habits/chapters. Then conclude with your recommendation concerning the reading of this book. Deadline: Wednesday, Nov. 11. This post is in lieu of your book review for this assigned read.
  

November is National Family Literacy Month: Here's the deal!

1. Your parent/guardian may read one of your required books for you!
2. Discuss the book with your parent/guardian.
3. Blog about your experience.
4. Deadline December 1.

Complete and share your Sci-Fi Vocab with me via my Google email: tammy.gillmore@gmail.com

Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens:

1. Review the project and terms.
2. Ideas for five with three of them drafted: due Wednesday.
3. Two drafts due Friday.
4. Final project due Tuesday.

Writer's Workshop ~ Phrases:

1. Review appositives.
2. Review/learn absolutes.

Is Catching Fire catching fire?

Here's a link to my review of Catching Fire, in which I post a link to Crist's review of the same novel.

What do you think? Want to read this novel?

House of Night Fan?

Here's the link to the lastest novel (chapter one preview) Tempted...if you are interested

Gmail vs. Yahoo

Well...we do have a problem! Silly me...I should have thought this through.

I cannot open a shared document in a different email provider. Gmail and Yahoo documents will not communicate with each other.

Sooooo...please, to those who shared your Sci-Fi vocab, please share that Google Presentation with my gmail homework email: mrsg.homework@gmail.com.

Sorry about this...thanks!

Tuesday, Oct. 20

Test Today!

Homework:

• Read through page 130 of Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens for Monday.

In Class on Thursday...must complete these two projects on Thursday!

• Vocab via Google Presentation
• Sci-Fi Worlds via Glogster

Have you been reading the class blog? I posted a few this past weekend...scroll on down!