Tuesday Feb 14

2D1
-corrected "It's All Downhill..."
-homophone grammar lesson

Homework
-review personal impression writing
-define your homophone

Tomorrow
-create a homophone list
-minor writing assignment assigned

3C1
-media research assignment - DB Cooper
-it is an in class assignment

Homework
-complete assignment if not completed during class - due Wednesday at the latest

Tomorrow
-element of fiction #3 - character
-more on DB Cooper

Mon Feb 13

2D1
-closure activity for Information Text
-note on Personal Impression writing
-read "It's All Downhill From Here" p.125 in Language and Writing

Homework
-complete the 5 questions

Tomorrow
-correct "It's All Downhill..."
-grammar lesson - Homophones

3C1
-Element of Fiction #2 - Nemesis
-close up on "The Interlopers"
-Element of Fiction #3 - Character
-read "DB Cooper" p. 120 in Between the Lines

Homework
-be sure questions on DB Cooper are complete

Tomorrow
-in library for web quest on DB Cooper (this is a marked assignment)

Fri Feb 10

2D1
-final housekeeping announcements ie note taking, approaching with enthusiasm, doing more, not less, due dates and time management

-magazine fact finding chart on information text

Weekend Homework: complete the chart, review notes on information text

Next Week: Personal Impression writing, grammar, literacy test prep (info text)

3C1
-final housekeeping announcements ie note taking, approaching with enthusiasm, doing more, not less, due dates and time management

-completed "The Interlopers" worksheet

-element of fiction #2 - nemesis

-brain questions on "The Interlopers" ie short answers

Weekend Homework: review "The Interlopers" and the first two elements of fiction

Next Week: next 2 short stories

Thurs Feb 9

*Please scroll down to "Welcome to Semester 2' post for D'Angela's Phone Policy

2D1
-finished and took up "Eye Spy" worksheet
-another note on Information Text and Lead Techniques

No formal homework tonight - simply review lead (or lede) techniques (these are important to the course!)

3C1
-read "The Interlopers" and worked on questions
-will complete and take up the questions on Friday

Carpathian Mountain Storm

Wed Feb 8

2D1

-note on Information Text/Feature Article
-read "Eye Spy" p. 147 of Language and Writing

Homework: Answer Questions 1, 4, 5 & 6 on the worksheet

For Friday:  Have signatures on the 2 sheets and bring a magazine in of your choice - both are homework checks

3C1

-note on conflict
-intro activities for "The Interlopers"
-what is a pseudonym? 

Homework: review note on conflict (types and definitions)

For Friday: 2 signatures - it is a homework check

Human Interest Stories (the story behind the story)

Welcome to Semester 2

On this blog you will find useful links that will help you along the side, including writing tips, English terms and definitions and etexts of the course reading materials.

Please scroll down for the class phone policy.

Every day (or couple of days) I will post what we did in class, what is for homework, what we are doing the next day and the next important due date.  Because I care, I will give reminders for submitting assignments and homework hints when necessary as well.

This is a useful tool if you are away from class and are wondering what we did, or can serve as a reminder of what is for homework or when our next assignment is due if you get home and cannot remember what was done in class.  Also, if you forget your textbook at school, most of the time, we got you covered.

Students, if you try a link and it is dead, please let me know.

Please use this blog to help you throughout the semester.  135,000+ followers cant be wrong!

D'ANGELA'S PHONE POLICY

One of the biggest detriments to learning today is the increased reliance and use of cell phones.  

I encourage you to speak with your child and to explain to them the importance of keeping their phone away and out of use during class.  I will quietly speak to your child if they are using their phone in class and will remind them it can negatively impact their learning and chance for success in the class.

However, at no point am I going to confiscate a phone nor will I continually interrupt the lesson and the flow of the class for a student who is more interested in their phone than the content of the class and has now made the choice to ignore my request.  It is simply not fair to the rest of the class. They will get one reminder a class.  If they choose to keep using their phone, that is their choice.  

I firmly believe this is a conversation for you to have with your child before semester 2 begins. 

Thank you in advance for your support.