Post Turkey Day

Hello all!

Hope you all enjoyed the feasting and festivities of Turkey Day :)

I just finished running through your blogs and was happy to see that many of you took advantage of the opportunity to get caught up on your posts.

I am entering grades into AERIES today and will have them printed off for classroom display at the beginning of next week.

As a friendly reminder, I posted your Antigone study guide under course documents, please take advantage of this before the test this coming Wednesday. Email me with any questions/concerns, and enjoy the rest of your break!

One last thing....

Once again, I hope you all have a wonderful holiday!

I posted the Antigone study guide under course documents on your blog, please email me with any questions over the break.


I will also have updated grades available after the break, keep up the good work.

PEACE :)

FRIDAY!

GOOD MORNING!!!

Here is the grand plan for today:

1. Warm up: Antigone vocab pre-test
2. Civil Disobedience Discussion
3. Independent Work Time...you may pick from the following choices
4. Mad Libs and Cookies!

REMINDER: Have your late/missing assignments turned in today!

HW: JLC Reading and Log, review for Antigone test, EAT,SLEEP, and have a GREAT BREAK :)

Thursday!

Good day!

Here is what we have going:

1. Warm up: Diction #5
2. Finish Antigone
3. Start Critical Thinking Questions, pg. 858

HW: JLC Day 12, Critical Thinking Questions, pg 858 1-3

REMINDER: Please have late work and blogs updated by tomorrow!

Wednesday

Good morning!!

Please turn in your flip charts and Joy Luck Club reading logs to your basket before the bell.

1. Warm up: Diction #4-Broke the Surface
2. Antigone, Scenes 3-5

HW: JLC Day 11,

Tuesday!

Good morning!

Here is today's plan of attack:

1. Warm up: Diction #3
2. Latin Roots Quiz #6
3. Time to work on flip chart/JLC

JUST KEEP SWIMMING! FOUR DAYS UNTIL BREAK :)

HW: JLC Reading

*For those of you with missing work, please get it in by FRIDAY!!*
Reading Logs Due tomorrow!

I will update grades over the break and have them printed off for you when you return!

Shortened Monday

Good morning everyone! I hope y'all had a wonderful weekend. One more week and then you will have a much deserved break!

Today's Agenda:

*Hold on to your homework from Friday, I would like to discuss it if there is time. Either way, please turn it in before you leave today!*

1. Warm up: Diction #2
2. Latin Roots Quiz #6 (POST  PONED DUE TO TIME)


HW: JLC Day 9, Read pages 790-798 of Antigone tonight!!

FRIDAY!

Good morning! Just six more days until Thanksgiving Break, keep working hard :)

Here is what we have going today:

1. Warm up: Selection Support Handouts pgs. 189-190 (we will get back to Diction Monday)
2. Finish Antigone, Prologue Scene 2
3. Selection Support Handouts, pgs.191-192

HW: JLC Day 8, finish selection support handouts, complete AERIES login if needed


NOTE: There are several of you that have not logged on to the AERIES Portal. The instructions for doing so are posted in your course documents. COMPLETE THIS BY MONDAY. A helpful hint...when changing your password make sure it is something you can remember!

The following students need to log in:

Period 2:

Arily
Karen
Miguel
Jazmin
Renzo
Sergio

Period 3:

Ashley
Mona
Isaiah
Olivia
Victoria
Celest
Ulises
Alyssa
Jenna
Brian
Daniel
Isaac

REMINDERS: Post Latin Roots #6 to blog by Monday. Quiz on Monday!
                         Also, Monday is a minimum day!

Lit Analysis Directions

Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen,

Hope you all had a good day in class-I will be back tomorrow!

I just wanted to drop in and clarify the directions for the Lit Analysis blog assignment.

DIRECTIONS: Please post your response to the last lit exam....what you wrote on the paper I handed back to you with your grade. Include the book title and author!!!!!

Since some of you did write extensive summaries, I would suggest making them more brief.

AT THE MINIMUM...your post needs to include the summary, your analysis of theme, character information, and your connections to the book.

I hope this helps and that I did not confuse you further, please email me with any questions as I WILL check my mail :)

Wednesday!

Good morning and welcome back!

Today's Agenda:

1. Warm up: Diction #1
2. Antigone Flip Chart Assignment
3. Collect Reading Log #1, pass out new
4. Read Prologue-Scene 2

HW: Post Lit Analysis by Friday and respond to two classmates
         JLC Day 6

REMINDER: Latin Roots #6 quiz is MONDAY! Please post Latin Roots #6 to blogs by that day!

A friendly reminder....

Ladies and gentlemen,

I just finished going through your blogs to make sure your Antigone Quick Writes and Greek Drama questions had been posted as specified.

Some of you have not posted in a long while, and some of you have not bothered to post the latest assignments.

While the blogs may be tedious, they are how you earn a large part of your participation grade in this class. Remember on the syllabus I issued last week, 10% of your grade now comes from participation and BLOGS are included in that category. 

Sooooooo....for those of you who are behind on your blogging, please use this week to get caught up as I will be checking the blogs again Friday.

REMINDER: Latin Roots #6 Quiz is this Friday, Latin Roots #6 worksheet needs to be posted to your blogs by FRIDAY :) 

Peace out, see ya Wednesday! 

Weekend Announcement

Good afternoon honors students!

I hope you all are enjoying your four-day weekend, watching some football and doing your blog posts of course :)

I just finished grading your most recent literary analysis exam, I will pass these back Wednesday so that you may post them to your blogs and respond to your classmates; details to follow.

Along these lines, there are quite a few students in both second and third period who have not turned in their most recent Major Works Data Sheets. If you did not turn it in, bring it and submit it to the basket WEDNESDAY.

Please remember that your first reading logs for JLC will be collected on Wednesday and you will be issued a new log, this means you need to read your pages for JLC on Monday and Tuesday.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend and I will see you all Wednesday!

PS: Go Packers!!

TGIF!

Good morning! After today, you are free for 4 days!

Here is what we have going for today:

1. Diction Powerpoint- take notes

2. Greek Drama Handout
      -Preview HW questions

3. Mah Jong Presentation (period.3)

HW: Greek Drama Questions (post to blogs by Sunday, 11:59 p.m.)
         JLC Day 3

Reminders:

  No school Monday and Tuesday

                    Antigone Quick writes are due on your blogs tonight!

Thurrrssdaaayyyy!

Today's Agenda:

1. Warm up: review anticipation guide/debate
2. Antigone PowerPoint
3. Introduce Essay Prompt

HW:
      -Read pgs. 768-769 in textbook
      -Antigone Quick Write
      - JLC Day 2

HUMP DAY!!

Good morning!!

The low down for today's class:

1. Pick up JLC books from the library
2. JLC Powerpoint
3. Distribute Reading Logs, assign JLC reading schedule
       *These will be collected weekly, your first log is due 11/12/14
       *Please read 19 pages nightly


HW: Antigone Anticipation Guide

Reminder: grab a new major works sheet before leaving today!

Tuesday Agenda

Good morning!

Here's whats on tap for today:

1. Introductions!
2. TP Activity
3. Seat Change
4. Review Syllabus

HW: 

-Complete "Who I am" worksheet. DUE 11/5/14
-Have parents sign syllabus, return back page. DUE 11/5/14

UPCOMING:

-Latin Roots #6 Quiz 11/14/14

-Your next Literary Analysis is 12/8/14!!

-Bring ID cards for the Library tomorrow.

Literary Analysis #3

Directions: You have the class period to answer the prompt completely. Your responses will indicate who has been keeping up with reading. Complete on a separate sheet of binder paper :)

Part 1: Briefly summarize the plot of the novel you read according to the elements of plot you've learned in past courses (exposition, rising action, etc.). Include the ending.

Part 2: Succinctly describe the main theme of the novel. Avoid cliches. 

Why did your author choose to write about this topic, person or event?

Part 3: Is the protagonist static or dynamic?  Flat or round?  Explain.

Who is another major character and why are they important to the novel?

Part 4: Choose one significant symbol, motif or metaphor from your novel. How that symbol functions in the work? What does it reveals about the characters or themes of the work as a whole? 

Part 5: Why did you choose this book?  What about the book appealed to you the first time it came to your attention (and how did it come to your attention)?  What about the book made you want to keep reading once you began?
Part 6. Make connections between people/events you read about and people/events in your own life?  

Part 7: Describe at least one idea from this book that you expect to remember for a long time.  Explain your choices and their importance.  Share at least one passage to give your reader a taste of the same effect.

Looking forward to tomorrow

Good afternoon Honors students!

Miss Sewell here...just wanted to drop in and say that I am excited for our first day tomorrow.

You will spend class time tomorrow working on your literary analysis exam, we will have time for introductions on Tuesday.

Another note, the name of the blog and the URL will be changed this week.

Get some rest, prepare for your exam, and I will see you all tomorrow! :)