04/29/2014

WWI Assessment today. Please see me to make it up if you were absent.

04/24/2014

Know these literary terms and be able to identify them in context for the WWI quiz on Tuesday.

·    Identify themes in literary works

·    Figurative language

·    Imagery: aural, tactile, visual, gustatory, olfactory

·    Allegory

·    Symbolism

·    Irony

04/23/2014

Announcement:

·    May 1 at 6:30 pm in this room again (room 145) Parent Meeting for the Italy/Greece Trip. This will be a time for new sign ups and parents to ask questions. An experienced chaperone and guest teacher, Mr. Duncan will be present to answer specific questions as well.

Homework: Read Rupert Brook’s poems: “The Dead” and “The Soldier”

1.                       Identify the theme in each poem.

2.                       Identify three poetic devices in each poem and explain how each device contributes to the theme of each poem.

***Due tomorrow.

04/19/2014

• We worked on the DIA today in class (last day in class). You have until next Friday to finish it on your own time. 
• I handed out the article In Flanders Fields please read it and do the five question assignment that goes with it. Both this and your WWI poem and "Dear Mother" assignment are due Monday.

Johnson

***See me to get any missing work

04/17/2014

Today in class:

• Students worked on the District Writing Assessment for both history and English. Tomorrow, they will finish up during the English period only.
• Today I gave out a WWI document called "Dear Mother." Please read the document and complete the following assignment:

Directions for today’s assignment or tonight’s homework: On a sheet of paper, make a chart with the five senses listed at the top (visual, olfactory (smell), aural (hearing), tactile (touch), and gustatory (taste). Next read through the “Dear Mother” letter, find and cite phrases that reveal one of the five senses, and record them on your chart.

•  When finished, using your own phrases or phrases from your chart, create a WWI poem of your own. Write it from the perspective of a soldier.
  
  

04/15/2014

Today in class:

See me if absent about the "Cordite Makers" assignment (Due Monday)
We worked on assessment and went to the library to sign up for next year's classes.

Johnson

04/14/2014

Due today: Gandhi Quote free-writes
HW: None


Today we started the District Writing Assessment. This particular assessment is aligned with Smarter Balanced requirements, so it provides students with good practice for the actual exam in two years.

We will work on the writing assessment through Friday. You will turn in your finished product on Friday with all of your notes and test packet.

If you were absent today, you may need to schedule a time to make up the writing assessment on another day with me.

Thank you,

Johnson

04/11/2014

Today in class:

• Gandhi Speech with "Marked Text" for both content and rhetoric devices due today.
• Apostrophes #2 Exercise Sheet due today

Homework: Pick just one of the Gandhi quotes in this attachment and write a full page on it: Gandhi Free-Write


Johnson

04/07/2014

• Please read the Gandhi article and "mark the text" for information that answers wh questions as in who, what, where, when, and why--In other words, through your notes, have a very clear idea as to what the article is about and be ready to discuss tomorrow.
• Please also correct mistakes in your "Imperialism" free-write (last post contains the prompt if you still need to write it)
• Here is sort of a key of my symbols for errors:

FreeWrite ReWrites

Determine where you made mistakes by looking at my editing remarks.

To correct mistakes, rewrite the sentence below your FreeWrite correcting the error on the same paper as your freewrite or on a separate paper stapled to your rough draft and turn in tomorrow.

Symbols:

RO= Run on (fix with period or semicolon)

CS=Comma Splice (fix with comma and conjunction, period, semicolon)

Three lines under a letter stand for capitalize.

A circled sp stands for spelling

WW=Wrong Word

Subj/Verb=Verb must match the subject (either singular or plural)

Empty circles=needs some punctuation—which you must decide

04/04/2014

FYI: The Greece/Italy trip is filling up!
Today's assignment: Free-Write Journal: Write about the causes and consequences of Imperialism.
Also here is the review for Monday's Progressivism/Imperialism Quiz: Progressivism/Imperialism Study Guide