11/30/2011

***Great Presentations today***
Homework: Revise Song of Deeds Stories
*Bring tan books tomorrow!
Toys for Hoover Elementary would be so appreciated!!!
There are 12 girls, and 11 boys for the class I am getting toys for and . . .

We still need:

• Stickers/Temporary Tattoos
• Colored Pencils
• Candy Canes
• Bouncy Balls

*Each boy/girl gets a separate bag for the items to go in, so we need the same items for everyone. The Dollar Store is a great place to go, and obviously carries other fun item that could be purchased as well. Anything purchased (as long as there's enough for all) would be so appreciated.

Thank you and happy holidays to all!

Mrs. J

11/28/2011

Homework: Please read Canto 5 or pages 755 through 758 of The Inferno.
*Bring tan book tomorrow

Thank you,

Mrs. Johnson

11/26/2011

Good very early morning:

As promised, I just posted the "Middle Ages Exam Study Guide" under the "Study Guides" link on the tab bar at the top of the blog. Hope you're enjoying your break!

Take care,

Mrs. Johnson

P.S. Bring your tan books Monday of course!

11/18/2011

Happy Friday and Mini Vacation!

Homework:
Revise Song of Deeds creative stories

Final Draft Due Date: December 2nd, Friday

I have added a new "Resources" page on the bar that runs across the top of the webpage; you'll find some helpful writing information there as well as other resources.

*Bring tan book on Monday, November 28th!

Mrs. J

11/15/2011

Today in class, we:

Discussed the Dante's Divine Comedy gallery walk questions.
*Please bring your tan books for tomorrow.
We will first continue taking our Inferno notes, and then hopefully commence reading the Inferno!

Homework: Please bring a second rough draft of your song of deeds paper with you to class on Thursday for our second peer edit session.

Thank you and thanks for another excellent discussion today!

Mrs. J

11/09/2011

Today in class:

• Students completed the peer edit for the first rough draft of the song of deeds

*Please bring tan book tomorrow as we may have time to begin Dante's Inferno.

Thank you,

Mrs. Johnson

11/08/2011

Please create a storyboard for "Chevrefoil" and turn it in by Thursday.
This assignment is worth 10 points.
The storyboard should contain at least 6 panels, and no more than 8 as a short story.
You only need to focus on the story we read from your tan book and not the additional background information from the Power Point.
The storyboards do not have to be in color, although they tend to look nicer that way.
Please do not copy and paste pictures from the internet, but use your own creativity to create this assignment.
***Bring your rough drafts for your song of deeds if you haven't done so already! Deadline is tomorrow! Zero out of ten points if you don't!

Mrs. Johnson

No tan book needed tomorrow

11/07/2011

Today in class:

1. I collected the song of deeds rough drafts.
2. We finished The Grail.
3. We discussed similarities and differences between Roland and The Grail.

There is no assignment from today or no homework. If you didn't bring a rough draft, bring one tomorrow!
*You WILL need your tan book tomorrow!
*PLEASE SEND ME YOUR FANCY SENTENCES FOR DR. PARASKEVAS--via email would be best!

Mrs. Johnson

11/04/2011

Homework: Please write a rough draft of your song of deeds story. Your story should be at least two pages in length. The rough draft can be handwritten. Just to clarify, it does not need to be an epic poem. Your story can be in narrative prose form.
Here is a link to the Power Point I showed for the assignment: Song of Deeds Assignment Description

*Please bring tan book to class on Monday
*Please select a sentence from either a newspaper, advertisement, internet article, magazine, comic book, novel, any text that strikes you as interesting and email it to me if possible; otherwise, write it down on a piece of paper and bring it to class this week. The homework deadline due date for this assignment is: Wednesday, November 9th; however, I would welcome the assignments early!

*Rome Literature Quizzes MUST be made up by Wednesday, November 9th, or the grade will sadly become a zero as I need to be able to hand the quizzes back to students.

*Finally, all make up work previous from the Rome unit will have to made up by Wednesday, November 9th as well.

Thank you,

Mrs. J

11/03/2011

*I forgot to remind you to bring in a sentence that really stood out to you for our lesson with Dr. Paraskevas tomorrow! It can be a sentence from the internet, newspaper, advertisement, book you're reading, anything!
*Bring tan book tomorrow as well!

Mrs. J

11/01/2011

Excellent discussion today on the Song of Roland. Check In-Touch as I just added in grades for that discussion. Because the discussion was so good, I weighted the grades in your favor! Those who spoke out received one bonus point! I meant to compliment the class on doing such a wonderful job today!

Bring tan books tomorrow!
Mrs. Johnson