15 December 2014

wrap up the projects

Finish the projects for presentation tomorrow

12 December 2014

It's a Friday...

Vocab 5 test Review end of Scarlet Letter Work on projects

10 December 2014

lotsa vocabbadabbadoooooo

Vocab a, b, d Read novel -- finish by Friday work on Character sketch --Tuesday

08 December 2014

Quizzage 20-21

Wrap presents for Angel Tree or Take 20-21 open book quiz -- finish at night if you haven't. Finish novel for Friday

05 December 2014

marinating in Hawthorne's language

Draw 2 pics with quotes from 16-19 discuss Read 20-21 for the weekend

03 December 2014

continue

next 3 vocab words Reading through 19 for Friday Working on character project

01 December 2014

fiend!!!

that Chillingworth!!! 3 vocab words in week 5 -- personal sentences review ch 12-15 from break. Discuss revenge as a theme to weave Read through 19 for Friday -- Thursday is a reading day.

13 November 2014

Current events -- ignominy

draw first scaffold scene -- ch 2 discuss real world ignominy -- Flint police/ facebook read 3-5 for tomo.

12 November 2014

assuredly, a prison and a cemetery

finish booklets go over history of Puritans Natey Hawthorne Custom House Read ch 1 and draw pic Get reading schedule: follow! 2-5 for Friday

10 November 2014

Get ready for the Letter!

Make booklets for SL Read and re-write Hawthorne's writing -- in partners Get background info article and Qs -- homework Find and read summary of Custom House -- homework Respond to this for one point extra credit.

04 November 2014

um...

maybe vocab? maybe grammar? maybe paper? anyone let me know tonight, and you can have extra credit!

03 November 2014

editfest edit own paper first --look for specifics that WK pointed out peer edit. Fill out sheet. final paper due Thursday

30 October 2014

hands across the board...

make Respect contract HANDS work on paper -- rough due Monday

29 October 2014

keep on!

Adjectives -- notes hw: p 13 1-25 Keep working on paper -- rough due Monday

28 October 2014

thesis, not feces

review thesis statements ad nauseum rough draft due Monday -- 4 paragraphs

24 October 2014

glug glug glug

vocab 3 test words vocab 4 review ending of The Awakening Get yellow essay #3 packet choose topic for lit analysis on novel by Monday

23 October 2014

vocabbadabbadoo

review vocab by writing sentences or stories finish novel for tomo

22 October 2014

#ikea

review vocab week 3 -- test Friday Vocab a, b, d Awakening 33-36 -- p 7 in booklet, 2 #conversations -- dish Finish book for Friday

20 October 2014

dish on 20-30

discuss through themes and symbols read 31-32 for tomo. be ready.

17 October 2014

guest speaker -- Sara Vanderzanden

Listen to U of M grad Sara Vanderzanden

14 October 2014

Clean up the freebootery

Daily dose of etiquette c. 1900 finish tests read through ch 19

07 October 2014

wrap up and read #moonjustamoon

review 1-10, pop up lit. read through chapter 16 for Thursday

06 October 2014

read closely!

close reading discussion -- chapters 1-10 read pop up lit for ideas of how to analyze, annotate Read through ch 16 for Thursday

03 October 2014

finish analysis

read thru 9-10 for Monday

01 October 2014

#JCrew

Ch 3 review in 5 comic squares -- in booklet Ch 4 review 3 quotes for Edna; 1 for Adele discuss read 5-8 for Friday

30 September 2014

Jump into The Awakening

Theme review of chapters 1-2 (pg 3 of booklet), circle discussion Read through 4 for tomorrow

29 September 2014

Awaken to arts and crafts!

make booklets for awakening = codes, character sketches read social and political context of the time of publication article, take notes on p 2 of booklet read 3-4 for Wednesday

26 September 2014

Vocab Awakening

Vocab 2 test Awakening beginning -- read ch 1-2 for Monday College talk :-)

25 September 2014

Vocab and Grand Isle

Vocab D; E is ex credit Test tomorrow Awakening setting focus/ research -- LMC time Papers due Friday by midnight

23 September 2014

firstdraftathon

vocab #b peer edit

19 September 2014

draft draft draft

Learn/review last 3 words of week 2 vocab work on first draft of lit analysis FIRST DRAFT DUE MONDAY!

18 September 2014

Start writing

vocab review -- 3 more words begin drafting analysis -- first draft due Monday

17 September 2014

thesisfestivus

review next 3 words in vocab week 2 thesis reviews == have plan and find 6 pieces of text!

16 September 2014

start this gig!

Vocab week 2, next 3 words Voice lesson #2 Write thesis: email it to me! jane.wyckoff-kingshott@spartaschools.org find text -- 6

15 September 2014

Monday

Review new words. Have clues for 3 words Voice lessons #1 Lit analysis new BFF : khaki pages H/w: choose summer book. Choose question to analyze

12 September 2014

TGIF!

Vocab test get words and defs for week 2 begin reading "lit analysis" packet -- h/w: finish reading from where we are and underline and highlite. You may skip anything dealing with poetry.

09 September 2014

grammar hammar

vocab B & C gramm: nouns notes and hw: odds ex 1, 1-5 ex 2 read "A&P" theme, 2 quotes

08 September 2014

schwaaaaaaaaaaa!

Review vocab words, pronunciations, learn pronunciation key (hear the monster... whaaaaaaaaaaat???) Complete Vocab #A, review get "A & P" short story -- read for Wed.

04 September 2014

2fer

Yesterday: summer reading quiz come up with nicknames get intro to Voice Lessons Today: Timed Writing 1 Vocab 1 chart

02 September 2014

first day!

Syllabus Favorite book parts discussion

28 March 2014

wrap up creature

Quiz on ending of creature's story follow reading schedule

21 March 2014

Quizzzzzage

Quiz on 9-10, review 6-10 Onward with the reading schedule...

20 March 2014

voice lessons and such

finish 2 voice lessons in DETAIL read to finish 6-10 in Frank

10 March 2014

Back to reality!

Papers were due -- made them rough drafts to edit them NOW due: Wed. or Thursday by 2:30 if you want extra help Frankenstein-- get handouts, bring book to start reading!

24 February 2014

Um, homework means doing work at home.

collect miniscule amount of hw to check who/ whom quiz and relearn CATCH UP WITH READING AND STAY ON SCHEDULE!

13 February 2014

Chillingworth

creeeeepy! quiz on 9 & 10 discuss act out creepy devil last scene in 10 hw: stick with the reading schedule: through 15 for Tuesday next.

12 February 2014

Pearl!

discuss 6-8 quotes drawing notes in booklet who's the daddy??? hw: reading schedule!

10 February 2014

Scarlet Mean Women!

Quiz 2-5 Scarlet Letter Discuss Draw first scaffold scene hw: follow reading schedule

07 February 2014

Scarlet Letter -- WOW 1st chapter

Finish booklet insanity Review Ch 1 -- picture, quote, Romanticism (get lit timeline), reading schedule (through 5 for Monday) Read. finish questions if you want.

05 February 2014

write it!

Timed writing #2 SL booklet, continued. Notes in booklet hw: finish booklet -=- put Q's in. Read chapter 1, draw picture of what you envisioned the scenery to be

04 February 2014

Plan on English

Vocab 12 words English Plan retestivus for the restofus Begin Scarlet Letter booklets

31 January 2014

test, papers, SL intro

Test -- words 11 get words 12 ACT writing continued Scarlet Letter packet and reading guide -- HW!!!!

30 January 2014

Welcome back!

Review Vocab! Review ACt writing 1 -- reverse outline -- start learning forms and adjustments Vocab Test -- next time I see you.

23 January 2014

ACt arctic blast...

Be ready! Vocab OYO -- test on 1/30 ACt -- What do you need? Filling in the holes of knowledge....

22 January 2014

#packrat no more

Clean! Timed Writing 1 Vocab 11 words, etc.

10 January 2014

wrapping up... the semester

Notes on usage and misplaced modifiers presentations on Ethan Frome #sledlife