Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Journal #4 Grading: Friday, Jan. 11

Journal #4 Checklist
  • Is each item where it's supposed to be according to the table of contents?
  • Is my table of contents neat and complete?
  • Is each page titled?
  • Is my table of contents EXACTLY like the one below?
  • Is every assignment complete?
  • Is every single page  numbered (1L/1R, 2L/2R, etc.?
  • Did I make corrections and edits in a bright color?
  • Does my journal reflect pride of ownership? In other words, am I proud of the work I've done in my journal?
Journal #4 Table of Contents
We may do the TBA's before Friday, so don't forget to update T. of C.

JE
Left
Right
31
Compound/Complex WS
Comic Strip 1-3
32
Comic Strip  4-6
FD Interview Info
33
"Nothing Gold...:"
Book vs. Movie (List of 10)
34
Comic Strip 7-9
Comic Strip 10-12
35
PB Letter info (blue sheet)
Cont'd

RD Letter

36
Open Mind (color)
13/13
37
Love Letter (Egore & Zelda)
TBA
38
RD Map Info (tiny white sheet)
Cont'd

RD Map

39
RD Dinner Party !
Cont'd
40
RD Dinner Party !
Cont'd

Monday, January 7, 2013

Week of Jan. 7-11



Due Tuesday, Jan. 8
In JE #37/left, rewrite the love letter from Zelda to Egore (below, in blue) letter correctly. There aren't any spelling errors, just punctuation problems.
Due Wednesday, Jan. 9
RD Map due in Journal 
Due Thursday, Jan. 10
RD Dinner Party due in Journal 
Due Friday, Jan. 11
FD Map is due in color and ink
Journal Grading for Journal #4!





dear egore i want a boyfriend who knows what love is all about you are generous kind  and thoughtful people who are not like you admit to being silly and immature you have ruined me for other boyfriends I yearn for you I have no feelings whatsoever when we're apart I can be forever happy will you let me be yours 
gloria

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Week of Jan. 2-4

Due Wed., Jan.  2
RD Ponyboy Letter
Due Thurs., Jan. 3
Open Mind; 13/13
Due Fri., Jan. 4
Have "Nothing Gold Can Stay" memorized for oral test.
Due Mon., Jan. 7
FD Ponyboy Letter

Monday, December 10, 2012

Week of Dec. 10-14


Due Tuesday, Dec. 11
-Journal Grading (instead of Monday)
-Make  sure your comic strips for Ch. 1-6 are
  finished and in color!
Due Wed., Dec. 12
 -TBA
Due Thurs., Dec. 13
 Subordinating Conjunctions Test
Due Friday, Dec. 14
 -FD 1960's Interview; Dance Day

Please have "Nothing Gold Can Stay" memorized by Friday, January 4.

Nothing Gold Can Stay

by Robert Frost

Nature's first green is gold, 
Her hardest hue to hold. 
Her early leaf's a flower; 
But only so an hour. 
Then leaf subsides to leaf. 
So Eden sank to grief, 
So dawn goes down to day. 
Nothing gold can stay. 

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Journal #3: Grading is on Friday, Dec. 7



Journal Grading Checklist:




  • Is each item where it's supposed to be according to the table of contents?
  • Is my table of contents neat and complete?
  • Is each page titled?
  • Is my table of contents EXACTLY like the one below?
  • Is every assignment complete?
  • Is every single page  numbered (1L/1R, 2L/2R, etc.)?
  • Did I make corrections and edits in a bright color?
  • Does my journal reflect pride of ownership? In other words, am I proud of the work I've done in my journal?


  • Journal #3 Table of Contents:

    JE
    Left
    Right
    21
    50 New Concepts (that you learned in Tri #1)
    Make sure you actually have 50!!!
    TZ Info
    TZ Calendar
    22
    TZ Job Page
    TZ Plot Triangle
    23
    Self-Eval. Letter Info
    RD
    cont'd
    24
    Cornell Notes: King Arthur
    Maia/Doggy
    25
    Movie Poster Info
    RD Movie Poster
    26
    Review Crossword for Tri #1 Test
    Clues
    27
    Book Day Sheet:
    Both sides must be complete.
    1960's Life
    28
    Compound Sentence WS
    Complex Sentence WS
    29
    1960's Interview Questions
    #1-5
    Interview Q's (cont'd)
    Q's #1-6
    30
     Character Chart (in color)    
    --Groups:
       Circles   = groups to which you belong
       Square  = groups at MJHS
       Triangle = groups to which you'd like to belong,
                              now or in the future
    --Ch. 1-4 Worksheet
    --Thought Questions 1-10 from Blog
       (answer in complete sentences)


    Monday, December 3, 2012

    Week of Dec. 3-7

    HW for the Week:

    Due Tuesday, Dec. 4
    --Complete worksheet:  Outsiders, Ch. 1-4
       Flippy worksheet on top of "Groups" on
       JE #30/Right 

    --Answer Thought Questions  for Ch. 1-4 in
      complete sentences; answer them on back of
      JE #30/right

    --FANBOYS test (oral)
    Due Wednesday, Dec. 5
    Get Journal ready for grading
    Due Thursday, Dec. 6
    TBA
    Due Friday, Dec. 7
    Journal Grading

    Due Thursday, Dec. 13:    Oral Test on Subordinating Conjunctions


     Thought Questions: Outsiders, Ch. 1-4:
    •  Please answer these questions in complete sentences on the back of JE #30/Right. 
    •  On #2, it's a chart, so you don't have to answer in complete sentences.
    •  You DON'T have to write the question.
    • They'll be a continuation of JE #30/Right, not a brand new JE.  
    1. Why is Ponyboy so determined to stay out of trouble with the police?  What is he most afraid of losing?

    2. Make a chart showing the differences between Socs and Greaser. Have at least five items on each side.

    3. Why does Ponyboy think Darry doesn’t like  him? Is he right or wrong? How do you know? Why does Darry act the way he does toward Pony?

    4. On page 40, Cherry and Pony have a discussion about watching sunsets. Pony considers 

        this, and realizes they both watched the same sunset from opposite sides of town. Why is
        this important? What do you think the sunset might symbolize?
      
    5. Why does Pony drop the broken bottle in the first encounter in the park with the Socs?

    6. Children are often said to be reflections of their parents. Based on Pony’s description of his parents, what similarites do you see between the Curtis boys and their parents?  What differences do you see?

     
    7. Do you beleive you’re like your parents? In what ways? In what ways are you different?


    8. What does Darry do that shocks and upsets Pony? How does Pony react? Where does he go? 

    9. Why do the boys turn to Dally after the incident in the park in Ch. 4?

    10. What do you think Pony's premonition in the church at the end of Ch. 4 might foreshadow?