Thursday, Dec. 3

Only 22 days until Christmas! Better yet...only 11 days until Christmas Break!

Okay...back to the real world!

Anarchy? Tyranny? Both?

• Choose a sentence from your paragraph and paste it here into
  4B: Etherpad 1 and Etherpad 2

3B: the Etherpad or Etherpad 2.

• Now embellish this sentence by adding an appositive phrase to it!
• Now go back to your paragraph and "color-code"....remember green, yellow, red...

Diagramming 101 Continues...

• Take notes!

Julius Caesar...the drama continues.

Tuesday, December 1

It's beginning to feel and sound a lot like Christmas! (Note: Do you always spell a lot this way?)

Blog Posts: Open your blog. How many posts do you have for this nine weeks? Check here for a list of post topics...so far.

Submitted your novel? Did you send me an email verifying this?

Julius Caesar Time:

1. Vocab
2. Review of Shakespeare and Julius Caesar
3. Listen to Act 1.
4. Assign composition. What is the difference between tyranny and anarchy?

Grammar Time

1. Diagramming 101...continues.

Tuesday, Nov. 24 ~ Happy Thanksgiving!

Writer's Notebook: Time to be thankful! Draft a top ten list as you ponder on the reason for the season. Then add this reflection to your blog...may choose to draft this one in your blog.

Check-in Time:

1. Annotated your biography?
2. Tagged the Globe Theater in your Delicious account? Check this site and this site also!
3. Check your email for a message from me concerning your 250-word novel. Then submit them!

Grammar Time! More Diagramming 101.

May I have your help, please? We need to set up some tables for tonight's Silent Dessert Auction, hosted by the Beta Club.

Friday, Nov. 20

Writer's Notebook: Think of leaders you admire...create a list of them. Beside several of your favorite, explain why they are your favorites.


Due today: 250 words and a title for the start of your young adult novel.


JC Time!

1. Who was Shakespeare?


2. Globe Theater...find a replica of the Globe, one that has the areas defined. Save into your Delicious as Shakespeare_Globe.


3. Who was Julius Caesar? Read the assigned biography and annotate the text.

Grammar Time!

1. May I hear you sing?



2. Diagramming 101. Diagram these sentences.

Wed., Nov. 18

Work Time...due today!

1. Why Are You Who You Are?
2. You via Music

Vocab test today!

Homework: 250 words of your young adult novel and the title.

Monday, Nov. 16 ~ Catch-up Day!

First...a vocab quiz!

WRITER's WORKshop

1. Sci-Fi Projects: Oooppss....we sent those to my Yahoo email...cannot read them from there. Please resend to mrsg.homework@gmail.com
2. Seven Habits: Why Are You Who You Are? Let's create a cover page. May turn this in today...if you have proofed enough!
3. Seven Habits: You via Music...Let's create your cover page, your chart and your Reference Page.
4. Young Adult Novel: Draft due Friday...250 words and title.

Homework:

1. Finalize Seven Habits papers.
2. Vocab test on Wednesday.

FRIDAY...Shakespeare Alive in Cafe 16!

Thurs., Nov. 12

Writer's Notebook: Please read this post (Source: The Doc Is In) about ten people who plagiarized and the cost of this choice. Did any of these examples surprise you? What were the consequences of their actions? Reflect on this in your Writer's Notebook. Can you make any Text-to-World (T2W) Connections? Hopefully, you cannot make any T2Y...Text-2-You Connections!

Before I forget....!....please hand in your mission statement handout!

Vocab quiz today!

Top 20 Figurative Language: let's master these definitions by Christmas.

Grammar Time:

• Appostives: Deliberately using appostives, those phrases that add so much descriptive information about the nouns in a sentence, expands one's writing style and vividly enhances images for the reader.
• Absolutes: The students created wonderful absolute phrases in their essays, their minds intent upon mastering that "A." NOTE: absolutes often begin with a possessive pronoun and must contain a part of a predicate. Warning: must be a part of a verb and not a participial. Review these examples to clarify this.
• Basic Diagramming 101.

Writer's Workshop Today!

Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens:

1. Why Are You Who You Are...one-page draft due today! Due on Monday: final paper.
2. You via music...what song reflects who you are?

Young Adult Novel:

1. Where are you in this process? Who is your main character? Minor characters? Plot? Sub-plots determined? Setting?
2. Requirements: Title and 250 words

Blog Post:

1. Blog Post #2 is due today. See Nov. 2 post in this blog for more information.