P. 1& 5 10-29-2010

1. Continue to work on your essays that are due on Wednesday.

2. I will be out on Thursday for a meeting. That will be a watch a movie and practice listening skills day.

3. Sometime today try and log on to the moddle page. Whatever we use will be uploaded there to make it easier for us in case of absences.

P. 4 10-28-10

1. Writing a synthesis essay.

• Synthesis is to use more than one source of information to help form an opinion and support that opinion.
• Qualify---agree with points on both sides...being able to see how both can have valid points.

2. Look for sources that you can use to prove your thesis.

p. 1 0-28-10

1. Working on Biographical Essay

2. Look at prompt and ask yourself what do you need to find the information for this essay.

3. Make sure to use good sites and not Wikipedia.

4. Copy and past the information you are finding into a Word document, copy and paste the web address you find the information and put today's date.

5. Tell me before you print out anything to save on paper.

p. 5 10-26-10

1. GROWING SENTENCES:

1. W/W + A1 and A2.
2. W/W + A1 + WHEN + WHERE.
3. WHERE, W/W + A1 + WHY.
4. WHEN, W/W + A1 + WHERE.
5. CONDITIONAL, W/W + A1.

2. Intoduce HOW add sentences 6 and 7:

1. W/W + A1 + HOW (-LY).
2. HOW (-LY), W/W + A1.
   

3. Write a Paragraph: Use sentence 1 to write a 4 Sentence story. Add the following 2 sentences to create that paragraph.

• WHY, W/W + A1 and A2. WHERE, W/W + A1. W/W + A1 + WHERE.

P. 4 10-26-10

1. Review notes about A Raisin in the Sun.

2. Using the SIFT method read "Mammon and the Archer" on pg. 56.

• Symbol--Examine the title and text for symbolism
• Images--Identify images and Sensory Details
• Figures of Speech--analyze figurative language and other devices
• Tone and Theme--discuss how all devices reveal tone and theme

3. If this is not completed in class it becomes HOMEWORK.

4. We will be skipping act 1.11 and moving on to 1.12.

5. Begin to look at Embedded Assessments 1 and 2 on pgs. 78-79 and 92.

• One is the creation of a survey and the other is an essay.
  

p.1 10-26-10

1. Growing Sentences:

2. Finish BP 3 sentence starters--These sentence starters will help to write your paragraphs.

3 Begin Biographical Essay.

• Choose a Person to research.
• Create a KWHL Chart
• Think of 4 questions that you need answered and decide where you will find the info.

4. HOMEWORK: Have 4 questions to research.

p. 5 10-25-10

1. Growing Sentences--

1. W/W + A1 and A2.
2. W/W + A1 + WHERE + WHEN.
3. CONDITION, W/W + A1.
4. WHERE, W/W + A1 + WHEN.
5. WHY, W/W + A1.

2. Blue Book

p.4 10-25-10

Purpose--Seciont 1.10 deals with how money and the American Dream intermingle. Do you need money to achieve the American Dream? How important is money in America?

1. Turn in--Money monologue. You wrote a paragraph as if you were money.

2. Read excerpt from "A Raisin in the Sun." After you read the excerpt go back and note your ideas of conflicting ideas toward the role of money in this family and what it means to each of the main characters. What lines show their opinion?

3. There are excerpts from the movie

p. 1 10-25-10

1. Finish up Trading Card Biographies.
2. Quickwrite--Think about the two people that you learned a little about. Which of the two would you like to learn more about, why would you want to, and what did you like about the person.

3. Work on Sentence Frames for BP #3.

p. 4 10-22-10

1. With a partner sitting next to you look at the quotes found on pg. 52. Discuss each quote and what it's about.

2. Pg 53--Read the poem. Money is personified and described in this poem. It has human characteristics.

3. Write a monologue in which you are money.

p. 5 10-21-10

1. GROWING SENTENCES:

1. WHY, W/W + A1 + WHEN.
2. WHEN, W/W + A1.
3. CONDITION, W/W +A1.
4. WHERE, W/W +A1.
5. W/W and W/W + A1 and A2.

2. Review last nights homework.

• You should have done your picture and descriptive paragraph.
• You should have started to put some words in categories dealing with descriptive writing.

3. Write about a picture--Use a picture and describe what you would see, hear, taste, touch/feel, smell.

p. 4 10-21-10

1 QUICKWRITE:
What does money mean to you? Do you have a job, and what do you spend your money on? How does America look at money? What does money mean in this country?

p. 1 10-20-10

1. Time to finish up Trading Cards.

2. Present Trading Cards.

• From the two people you chose you will pick a final person to research and begin writing a Biographical Essay.
• You will find information about the person, but you will not copy what you read. You will summarize and paraphrase the information.
• We will begin to look at MLA (Modern Language Association) that allows you to quote what you read.

3. Work on Sentence Frames for your Biographical Essay.

p. 6 10-20-10

1. GROWING SENTENCES: Write Sentences using the following patterns:

1. CONDITION, W/W + A1.
2. WHERE, W/W + A1.
3. WHERE, W/W + A1 + WHEN.
4. W/W and W/W + A1 and A2.
5. WHY, W/W/ + A1 + A2.

2. CREATE A PARAGRAPH: Write a 3 sentence narrative (story) using different sentence patterns.

Begin your narrative (story) by using sentence #3.

• Sentence 3. WHEN, W/W + A1 and A2. WHERE, W/W + A1.
  

3. OBSERVATION PACKET:

• Listen as i read some sentences and identify the pictures by the description that you hear.
• Look at the pictures on pg. 79 and identify who/what/when/where in the picture. Fo each one Write a sentence using the information you found.
• Pg. 80, you will look for a picture or use the picture that i post up and write who/what/when/where. When you identify all of that you will write an observational paragraph about the picture.

p.4 10-20-10

1. You should have completed the reading from last night pg. 46.

2. You were to focus on 3 questions. You will now have 5 minutes to look for and underline the information that shows:

• What the dream was?
• Where the dream is threatened?
• How the dream comes into existence?

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3. We are going to look at Certain Features in this essay to analyze writing in non-fiction. Your table may be assigned to Symbols, Imagery/Sensory Details, Figurative Language, and Tone and Theme.
4. QUICKWRITE: Think of a person that you have seen/heard about. Identify what that person's dream was and where the dream was threatened or blocked and how that dream came true.

p. 1 10-20-10

1. Complete Biographical Trading Cards. Presentations begin during 2nd period.

2. If you did not present today you will present what you have tomorrow. No Excuses.

p. 5 10-18-10

1 Growing Sentences:

1. W/W and W/W + A1 and A2.
2. CONDITION, W/W +A1.
3. WHEN, W/W +A1 +WHERE.
4. WHY, W/W +A1 and A2.
5. W/W + A1 + WHEN + WHERE + WHY.

2. Building a Paragraph: You are going to write a 3 sentence narrative (story). You will use one of the sentences you already created for your growing sentences. Use sentence #1. To that sentence you will add:

• WHEN, W/W + A1. W/W +A1 + WHERE.
• EXAMPLE: Christian and Bobby went to the mall and bought pants. When they went to the party, they wore there new pants. They went to the party at the dance hall.

p. 4 10-19-10

1. Activity 1.8--Jigsaw Activity. You will have 2 groups for this.

• Expert group: a group of students that read the same section as you. You become experts by discussing your section and coming to a consensus (agreement) of what you read, the purpose and anything else you read.
• Home group: a group that you usually sit by. You return to your group and present what you learned in your expert group. This is a way to develop listening skills as well as presenting information.

You are to focus on:

• each person's dream
  
• how it was accomplished

2. Pg. 46--Read "Lifelong Dreamer"
Focus on:

• What her dream is?
• How is her dream threatened?
• How the dream comes into existence?
  

p.1 10-19-10

1 Growing Sentences:

1. W/W and W/W + A1 and A2.
2. CONDITION, W/W +A1.
3. WHEN, W/W +A1 +WHERE.
4. WHY, W/W +A1 and A2.
5. W/W + A1 + WHEN + WHERE + WHY.

2. Building a Paragraph: You are going to write a 3 sentence narrative (story). You will use one of the sentences you already created for your growing sentences. Use sentence #1. To that sentence you will add:

• WHEN, W/W + A1. W/W +A1 + WHERE.
• EXAMPLE: Christian and Bobby went to the mall and bought pants. When they went to the party, they wore there new pants. They went to the party at the dance hall.

3. Continue with Biographical Trading Cards. On the side you will see a link to an ESL wiki. It is my wiki. That is where you will be able to download the template for the Biographical Cards. Use the template to put your information.

P. 5 10-18-10

1. Growing Sentences: You are going to turn these in on Friday. This will help us to save paper. Make sure that you do not lose the sheet of paper. You will get a stamp to show that you did the work on the day it was assigned.

1. W/W and W/W + A1 + WHEN + WHERE.
2. WHEN, W/W + A1 + WHERE.
3. CONDITION, W/W + ACTION.
4. W/W + A1 + CONDITION.
5. CONDITION, W/W + ACTION + WHY.

2. Growing Sentences into Paragraphs: Write a 3 sentence story using the following pattern:

• WHY, W/W + A1. WHEN, W/W + A1. W/W + A1 + WHEN.

3. Searching for information on Vietnam to fill out Graphic Organizer.

P.4 10-18-2010

1. Complete Act 1.7--Read final poem by e.e. cummings. The whole point of this activity is to note the Speaker's attitude/tone toward the subject.

• Tone: The author's attitude toward his or her subject. For example. a tone can be sarcastic, optimistic or angry.

2. You will write your own 10-15 line poem describing your attitude towards America. This will be done as homework.

3. Activity 1.8--This is about different parts of the American Dream. You will be assigned to a specific part of the text. After you read and take notes of your section you will get into a group of students who read the same section as you.

p.1 10-18-10

1. Growing Sentences: You are going to turn these in on Friday. This will help us to save paper. Make sure that you do not lose the sheet of paper. You will get a stamp to show that you did the work on the day it was assigned.

1. W/W and W/W + A1 + WHEN + WHERE.
2. WHEN, W/W + A1 + WHERE.
3. CONDITION, W/W + ACTION.
4. W/W + A1 + CONDITION.
5. CONDITION, W/W + ACTION + WHY.

2. Growing Sentences into Paragraphs: We have spent the last 5 weeks working on sentence patterns. Now we are going to use those patterns to write a short paragraph. Doing this will help us with our writing.

• Write a Narrative(story) of two sentences (a two sentence story) with the following pattern:

1. WHY + W/W + A1.
2. W/W + A1 + WHEN.

• Example: Because the students wanted to learn, they studied a lot. They often were still doing homework while other students were watching television.

3. Work on Biographical Trading Cards, which are due WEDNESDAY. There will be a presentation of the cards on WEDNESDAY.

p. 5 10-15-2010

1. Write a story based on this picture. You can create whatever story you want from this picture.
2. Do a quiz on Growing Sentences.

3. Begin working on Vietnam worksheet.

P.4 10-15-2010

1. Activity 1.6 is due today at the end of the period.
2. Activity 1.7--look at positive and negative views of america.
3. What is tone?
4. Look at this poem.

p.1 10-15-10

1. Write a story based on this picture. You can create whatever story you want from this picture.
2. Do a quiz on Growing Sentences.
3. Begin to research biographies
Biography.com
Harcourt Biographies
Fact Monster
History-Social Science

p.5 10-15-10

1. Growing Sentences:

1. W/W AND W/W + a1 + WHERE.
2. WHEN, W/W + a1 and a2.
3. WHY, W/W + a1 and a2.
4. CONDITION, W/W + a1.
5. W/W + a1 + CONDITION.

2.Write a 2 sentence story using this pattern:

• (S1) WHY + W/W + A. (S2) W/W + A + WHEN.

p.4 10-14-10

1. Finishing up TPCASTT of poems.

2. Pg. 34 has a writing prompt. You will address the prompt in 1-2 paragraphs.

P.1 10-14-10

1. Growing Sentences:

1. W/W AND W/W + a1 + WHERE.
2. WHEN, W/W + a1 and a2.
3. WHY, W/W + a1 and a2.
4. CONDITION, W/W + a1.
5. W/W + a1 + CONDITION.

2. Complete story mountain of the movie Stand and Deliver.

3. Write a summary of the movie.

4. Finish sentence frames for Biographical Essay.

p. 4 10-12-10

1. TPCASTT of "America, the Beautiful" should be done

2. With a partner or at your table choose one of the 2 poems found on pgs. 33 and 34.

3. Complete a TPCASTT of your chosen poem.

4. When you are done with the two poems, look at pg. 34 for your writing prompt:

Choose which speaker and tone in the previous poems and song most closely resembles your attitude toward America and discuss why. Describe how personal experiences align you with this attitude and any small differences in your viewpoint.

p. 1 & 510-11-10

1. Growing Sentences.

2. Introduce Conditional Statements.

3. Story Maps, and Television Watching.

Campus Tours

p.4 10-11-10

1. "America, the Beautiful" poems.

2. Class write a TPCASTT of the First poem.

3. With a partner, complete a TPCASTT on the assigned poem you are given.

3. Do the writing assignment found on pg. 34.

Any questions about TPCASTT please view this powerpoint.

Here is a Youtube video of TPCASTT

p.1 10-8-10

1. Creative writing from a picture--Write your own story.

2. Continue adding sentence frames from yesterdays chart (body paragraphs to a biographical essay).

P1 10/6/10

1. Write 3 beginning sentences.

2. Read short biography on Amy Tan.

3. Write a summary of what we read as a class.

4. Watch a biograpy on Edgar Allan Poe.

• Answer 3 questions.

1. What did Poe do?
2. What was he most famous for?
3. Write down the name of one of his most famous works.

4. Look up synonyms for say/said.

If you want you can go to Youtube and search for videos based on Edgar Allan Poes stories.