New Semester, Week One Activities 1/31 - 2/3 - 2011

Orator, attorney, and political leader William Jennings Bryan said, "Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved." I hope you choose to work hard and work smart in our class. If you need help I will always be here. Remember when you are absent you need to make up your reading time and tests in the morning (7:25 am). Make sure you have a new spiral notebook. Please let's get off to a great start. Your Poetry Journal is due next week - please have it done so you get off to a great start for the new semester.

Monday 1/31
1. Review Final
2. Write Nonsense Poem (homework)
3. Do Vocabulary 9 and 10 (homework)

Tuesday 2/1
1. Set up new S.S.R. Card
2. Review Quarter Benchmark Test
3. Review Poems
4. Read and Discuss “O What Is That Sound”
5. Write Write Your own Pattern Poem (homework)

Wednesday 2/2
1. Review Vocabulary (70 points)
2. Review Tangerine Essay and Portfolio
3. Review Write Your Own Pattern Poem
4. Read Frost’s and Whitman’s Road Poems pages 288-292 (homework)

Thursday 2/3
1. Vocab Bingo and Pretest
2. Read and Discuss Road Poems
3. Write Original Poem (homework)

Friday 2/4
1. Vocabulary 9 – 10 Test
2. Review and Edit Poetry Journal
3. Lecture: Studying Poetry
4. Get Your Poetry Journal Ready (homework)

Let's be on an odyssey of curiosity!

Finals Week 1/24 - 1/28

This is the end, all we have left is your final. If you have S.S.Reading points to make up you can do that Monday and Tuesday morning. Good luck on your final. Please check Aeries to make sure your grade is correct.

Final
55 clue context, prefix, suffix, root questions
30 vocabulary words
20 literature terms
25 parts of speech
20 idioms

Monday January 24th
Review for final

Tuesday, January 25th

Period 1 7:55 – 10:03 128 minutes

Break 10:03 – 10:12 9

Period 2 10:19 – 10:39 20

Period 3 10:46 – 11:06 20

Period 4 11:13 – 11:33 20

Period 5 11:40 – 12:00 20

Lunch 12:00 – 12:30 30

Period 6 12:37 – 2:45 128 minutes

Wednesday, January 26th

Period 2

7:55 – 10:03 128 minutes

Break 10:03 – 10:11

Period 3

10:18 – 12:26 128 minutes

Thursday, January 27th

Period 4

7:55 – 10:03 128 minutes

Break 10:03 – 10:11

Period 5

10:18 – 12:26 128 minutes

Friday, January 28^th

Non-Student Day

Activities for week seventeen 1/18 - 1/21 - 2011

This is the finish of the first semester. I hope you learned somethings and had some fun. Moliere said, "Men are alike in their promises. It is only their deeds that they differ." Please check Aeries to make sure your deeds for this class were recorded correctly. You may still make up S.S.Reading points in the morning. (Your essay for Tangerine is still being graded and can change your grade, because it, as you know, is worth 200 points.)


Tuesday 1/18
1. Review Vocabulary Test
2. Grade Notebook
3. Review Mock Serious Poem
4. Write: Haiku Poem and Explanation (homework)

Wednesday 1/19
1. Review Poems
2. Write: Description Poem and Explanation (homework)
3. Review All Vocabulary and Prefixes and Suffixes and Root Words for your Final

Thursday 1/20
1. Second Quarter Benchmark Test
2. Review Poems
3. Write I do not Understand Poem and Explanation (homework)
4. Review All Parts of Speech for your Final

Friday 1/21
1. Review Parts of Speech
2. Review Poems
3. Write Children’s Poem and Explanation (homework)
4. Review Literary Terms for your Final

Make sure you are getting ready for your finals.

Activities for week Sixteen 1/10 - 1/14 - 2011

In his book My Personal Best, John Wooden writes, "There is a choice you have to make in everything you do, so keep in mind that in the end, the choice you make makes you." As we finish the first semester you can still raise your grade by doing well on your remaining assignments and making the choice to excel.

Please check Aeries and know your grade; if you are not at 100% in your reading points all you have to do is come in and read (10 points for ten minutes) (before school, break, or lunch).

Next Tuesday we will be grading your second quarter spiral notebook. It is an absolute deadline project, because of grading time for the end of the semester.

Monday 1/10
1. Review Vocabulary Test
2. Review Idioms Weeks 1 - 6
3. Review Tangerine
4, Do Vocabulary 7 and 8 (homework)

Tuesday 1/11
1. Idiom Test Weeks 1 – 6 (100 points)
2. Lecture: Objectives of the Poetry Unit
3. Start Poetry Notebook and write "Reminiscence Poem" (homework)
4. Finish Vocabulary (homework)

Wednesday 1/12
1. Tangerine Final (200 points)
2. Review Vocabulary
3. Write Explanation for "Reminiscence Poem" (homework)

Thursday 1/13
1. Vocab Bingo and Pretest
2. Review and Edit "Reminiscence Poem"
3. Write "Name Poem" and Explanation (homework)

Friday 1/14
1. Vocabulary 7 and 8 Test
2. Review Tangerine Final
3. Review "Name Poem"
4. Write "Mock Serious Poem" (homework)

POETRY JOURNAL

Listed below are your directions and requirements for your journal.

1. Must have the proper cover

2. Must have a title page (Poetry Journal) and include your name, period, and the date.

3. Must have a table of contents, which list both the type of poem and the title plus the proper page number.

4. You should include some appropriate art work, by hand or computer

5. Each poem should be followed on the next page with the paragraph explanation and insight into your poem.

The paragraph should follow the multi-paragraph format. This means: Topic sentence, concrete detail and two different sentences of commentary (your personal insight).

6. Your poems should be in this order:

1. Reminiscence

2. Name

3. Mock Serious

4. Haiku

5. Description

6. I do not understand

7. Nonsense

8. Children’s

9. Write your own pattern

10. One original poem that you have composed

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I hope this will be a fun project and that you will learn something about yourself.

Rubric For Poetry Journal

Name _____________________________ Period _____

Date Due: 1/21/2010 (Thursday Absolute Deadline)

	Points Possible	Points Earned
Cover	10
Title Page	15
Table of Contents	20
Poems	100
Explanation	100
Usage and Mechanics	30
Art and Presentation	25

Total Points Possible: 300 Total Points Earned: _____