This is one-stop shopping to the daily activities happening in Focus 9 English. It's an excellent destination to review class time, especially if you are absent. Follow links on the side to see the homework calendar and the rest of the Focus 9 website.
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Monday, December 16, 2013
Welcome to Monday...get those projects started!
- Highs/lows
- Make sure WebQuests are all collected from both days.
- Before you start today---> fill out this survey of goals for day
- Project link --->do you know how to access this?!
- Begin work on project-->grades for participation and focus today.
- 10/10--a great deal of work produced/completely on task
- 9.2/10--a good deal of work produced/mostly on task
- 8.4/10 --some work produced/on task less than half of the time
- 7.6/10--very little work produced/rarely on task/need to be reminded to be on task multiple times.
- 0/10--no work produced
Thursday, December 12, 2013
Sub Day. Second Web Quest.
Website if you read Speak--Click hyperlink
Website if you read Twisted--Click hyperlink
Link to a digital copy of the Web Quest--10 Participation Points
Thursday's Webquest & Project Paperwork
Good morning!
1. Today we will be doing a web quest as an independent activity. You will be responsible for finding out four types of information on Laurie Halse Anderson, author of both Twisted and Speak. Please pass in by the end of class, or if you don't complete in the 35 minutes given, take home and complete for homework.
2. Project Paperwork: Decide if you want to do a motivational speech or a five-paragraph essay. Please decide by Monday.
No HW unless you have not completed the web quest (10 points).
1. Today we will be doing a web quest as an independent activity. You will be responsible for finding out four types of information on Laurie Halse Anderson, author of both Twisted and Speak. Please pass in by the end of class, or if you don't complete in the 35 minutes given, take home and complete for homework.
2. Project Paperwork: Decide if you want to do a motivational speech or a five-paragraph essay. Please decide by Monday.
No HW unless you have not completed the web quest (10 points).
Projects Choices: https://docs.google. com/document/d/ 1JPhM8yGWJByCQePP_ Cs4prWedOEhxf8U80vNJixIoJc/ edit?usp=sharing
Webquest on author: https://docs.google. com/a/rsu5.org/document/d/ 1mFReTDfCx4qP5_GRzpCwpe- OAzjyzdOKqTd9D09DnuI/edit?usp= sharing
Monday, December 9, 2013
Twisted 189-216
- High/low of the weekend
- Revisit select passages from last night's reading
- In-class question reflection (this will be a handout)
- Reading in class toward END of book by Wednesday
Friday, December 6, 2013
Work!
Goal:
Complete your graph!
I'm collecting whatever you have by the end of today to assess!
Reading over the weekend:
Twisted: 189-216 (27 pages)
Speak: 162-184 (22 pages)
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Thursday: It's Graphing Time
- Passback homework from two nights ago. Please keep!
- Intro: Vote with your feet activity!
- Graphing in English: Who knew all those mad math skills you'd been acquiring were going to go to good use in English too?
- Handout given in class has full detail. Click for digital copy too.
- Determine if you'd like to work with a partner or solo on this in-class activity.
- Collect last night's HW (keep until the end of class; you'll need it for the graph)
- HW: Keep reading! 162-184: Speak or Twisted: 189-216. Next readings are due on Monday.
REMINDERS
*Mid quarter checks are next Thursday*
*Final project for Twisted/Speak is due the Friday before vacation*
Keep on Readin'
Today's goal is to READ!
I will post the character's on the board so folks can volunteer to read. If you are ahead on the reading, you may opt to go in the hall to continue on your own.
HW due tomorrow: 164-189 (we got to 179 in the book in class) & HW sheet...select which side you want to do, 2 songs or help/hinder. Only do one.
I will post the character's on the board so folks can volunteer to read. If you are ahead on the reading, you may opt to go in the hall to continue on your own.
HW due tomorrow: 164-189 (we got to 179 in the book in class) & HW sheet...select which side you want to do, 2 songs or help/hinder. Only do one.
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
SONGS!
- Using your homework from last night, suggest songs for each chunk of the reading on the slip of paper I hand out.
- Listening/drawing activity for last night's reading.
- Homework: You pick--> help/hinder OR music side for next reading. Due Thursday.
*Mid Quarter Checks are next Thursday*
Monday, December 2, 2013
Welcome Back!
Welcome back from your LONG weekend!
Here's what's up with today:
- Highs and lows
- Pass back LOTS of paperwork. Keep it all, please!
- Work toward reading that is due tomorrow & homework sheet (pick your own songs)
- Speak---> 123-140 due tomorrow
- Twisted---> 142-164 due tomorrow
* Extension: Final Project for Speak/Twisted will be due on Friday the 20th before vacation*
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