Monday 12/13

This week we will be starting our 5 paragraph essay process. We will be taking this step by step to ensure that everyone follows along.

In the mean time... vocab 7 is due for HL only on Tuesday, 12/14.

And...please take a look at your score on the Grammar Exam. Anyone who got a D+ or lower is required to stay after Thursday for a review and retake session. People who missed the test should also plan to be there Thursday. You will take the 4:30 bus home. If you cannot be there at that time, you need to make other arrangements with me.

Thanks!

Grammar

This week we finished our grammar unit. To review for the test kids had to complete a "study guide" poster.
Here is what needed to be on the poster:
* Noun
* Pronoun
* Adjective
* Verb
* Adverb
* Preposition
* Conjunction
* Interjection
* Sentence Types: Exclamatory, Interrogative, Imperative, Declarative
* Subject
* Predicate

These words need to be defined and examples need to be given.

We took the final exam today. Kids who did not pass will need to stay after with me on Thursday for a review session and to retake the test. I will have grades in by Monday.

In other news, the JH play is this weekend and I hope you get a chance to see the show! Friday and Saturday at 7:30 and Sunday at 2:30 at the SH auditorium. Tickets available at the door :)

Week of 12/6

This week we are going to be practicing our grammar and ultimately taking the test. I want to be sure that kids are ready first, so today and tomorrow are devoted to doing practice. Wednesday we will check in again to see where we are and then we will determine if we are ready to test either the second half of class on Wednesday or on Thursday.

Vocab 7 is not due until 12/ 14

Anniversary of Rosa Parks Bus Protest

Today we are spending time in class discussing this important historical event and using it to practice writing a different sentence types: declarative, exclamatory, interrogative, imperative. These will all be on the upcoming grammar test. The grammar test will also look at the kids understanding of:
Subject/ Predicate
Nouns
Verbs
Adjective
Adverbs
Pronouns
Prepositions

I plan to give this test next Wednesday, but that will change if I feel the kids are not ready. I will be looking to some pre-tests to check in on their readiness.

Vocab Lesson 6 was due yesterday, but I am accepting for full credit until tomorrow. The SL lesson is now on the right. Lesson 6 quiz will be given on Friday for both HL and SL.

Vocab Clarifications

Vocab Lesson 6 was due today, however with my absence and lack of a blog post about it, I will accept it for full credit until Thursday. SL kids just got their packet today and had class time today to work on it. They may hand it in for full credit until Thursday as well.

Thanks!

Wednesday

A few notes on the week:

* We are working on grammar this week. There are several assignments that go along with this, but unfortunately I cannot post the worksheets themselves here at this point because I don't have them electronically. Time permitting, I will get them scanned in next week.

** I will be gone Thursday and Friday at a conference on grading. The kids will continue to work on grammar during this time, with their sub.

*** There will be a vocab quiz on lesson 5 on Friday.

SL Assignments for the week:
1. Practice sheet showing sentences with subject and predicate indicated. Done in class Tuesday using photo power point.
2. Rewrite "Almost Evenly Divided" by Emma Suarez-Baez using complete sentences. Underline the complete subject once, the complete predicate twice and put a slash between them. (Due Thursday, with time to work in class on both Wednesday and Thursday)
3. Blue grammar packet that says "Lesson 55 Grammar: Verbs" on the top. (Due Friday, with time to work in class on Thursday and Friday)

HL Assignments for the week:
1. Practice sheet showing sentences with subject and predicate indicated. Done in class Tuesday using photo power point.
2. Rewrite "Almost Evenly Divided" by Emma Suarez-Baez using complete sentences. Underline the complete subject once, the complete predicate twice and put a slash between them. (Due Wednesday with time to work on it on Tuesday in class)
3. Noun-O-Rama worksheet (Due Wednesday with time to work on it in class on Monday)
4. Blue grammar packet that says "Lesson 55 Grammar: Verbs" on the top. (Due Thursday with time to work in class on Wednesday)
5. Blue grammar packet that says "Adverbs" on the top. (Started in class on Thursday, due Friday)

Hopefully this is all clear! Let me know if you have any questions :)

Happy Monday

On Friday kids handed in select questions from last week's "Idea Week #1". These questions were completed throughout the week and then I told them at the last minute which ones they needed to hand in. This allows me to see if they did their work without reading every single response. Here are the questions that were due:

The Blue Light: #4, Extra Credit for #6
A Career Change: #2
Aengus: # 2, 11
The White Circle: #1, 5

Vocab Lesson 5 is due tomorrow!!! SL kids had all hour to work on this today and many people handed them in today. Vocab quiz 5 will be Friday.

This week we started grammar. We will be working on complete sentences, subjects, predicates, nouns and verbs to start. That will make up most of this week.

Kids to do:
* Be sure you have handed in the questions above from last week
* Hand in vocab 5 on Tuesday 11/16