30 September 2016


  • Vocab 3 word review
  • review directions:  
    • SOAPSTone:  you are looking at your OWN speech
    • EPL: these are the elements you are USING IN YOUR SPEECH.  Use 2 of the 3
  • Be ready to present on Monday!

29 September 2016

Wednesday and Thursday

Wednesday:

  • 3 vocab words
  • Got first two pages of power verbs for analysis, glued into notebooks
  • everyone left for band or academic assembly
Thursday:
  • 3 vocab words
  • last two pages of power verbs for analysis, glued into notebooks
  • Got into pairs for speeches on extra book; worked on SOAPSTone and got confused.  Going to work on it tomo and present Monday
  • hw:  finish 2 visual SOAPSTone

27 September 2016

Power phrasing


  • Vocab 3 words
  • Power phrases -- pull solid analysis phrasing from chapter 1 $80
  • Partner speech directions.  Choose book and partner. TBC tomo
  • hw:  2 SOAPSTone with visuals by Friday

26 September 2016

Monday -- focus on visuals


  • Shapes/ favorite books parade
  • $80 textbook:  read 21-29
  • SOAPSTone: 2 visuals for Friday

23 September 2016

Wed- Friday

Mr. Rasmussen as a sub:

  • Finish diagnostic test MC questions/ correct
  • Write a letter regarding reading LotF -- use EPL to persuade people to want to read it -- due online or Friday in my hand
  • SOAPSTone due Friday
Friday:
  • Book shapes as social contract
  • vocab learning
  • SOAPSTone discussion and turn in
  • hw:  finish book, SOAPSTone for next Friday

20 September 2016

9/20 Tuesday


  • good things
  • first 3 vocab terms
  • Diagnostic test  -- next chunk (Kennedy)
  • Notes on EPL in notebooks, personal examples
  • HW:  just SOAPSTone for Friday

multiple guess move on


  • glue terms in; review which ones YOU know:  highlite.
  • take notes from part 3 in 5 for 5 p, 17
  • with partner, take 2nd portion of diagnostic:  p 21 with partner
  • hw:  read 7-17 in $80 of knowledge

16 September 2016

End of the 2nd week!

Thursday:
  • review The Skimm
  • Share the SOAPSTone
Friday:
  • Finish SOAPSTone
  • get terms glued into back of notebook

14 September 2016

$80 of whaaaaaaaaaaaaat?


  • read and discuss chapter 1 in textbook copies.
  • SOAPSTone discuss
  • hw:  find article; SOAPSTone it to share tomo

13 September 2016

give it a try!


  • Glue in SOAPSTone
  • Review MC diagnostic test (Chapter 3 in 5 for 5)-- read first section with a partner; try questions
  • get chapter 1 of $80 -- we will start reading it tomo
  • HW:  find a current events article to SOAPSTone for tomo

12 September 2016

Week 2 Begins!

Week 1: lots of team building, pretesting, timed writing 1, syllabussing

Monday:

  • Ordering of books
  • Nicknames/stix
  • Get schedule for first semester -- inside cover of notebook
  • Make chart about what Test covers
  • Read ch 1 -- notes on chart -- 5 for 5
  • No homework! (Unless you haven't finished the summer reading assignment)