Due Dates...

Friday 17th - Yankee Book Swap!
Monday 20th - Quiz: Vocabulary, Quiz Character Development, Quiz: Facts/Essays
Tuesday 21st - Comprehensive Test - The Outsiders
Weds 22nd - Vomit, Outline and Persuasive Essay due. Select the character in The Outsiders who you think has the most integrity. Using information from the novel, writea persuasive essay that will convince others to agree with you. Remember to use an introduction technique, conclusion techniques, transistions, topic sentences, supporting details and specific examples. Refer to your TODLS/ MUGS scoring guide.

Due Dec 15th...

Here, on this blog, please respond to this prompt:

Explain how the Socs have it rough. Do you Sympathize with the Socs' position? Why or Why not? Remember to use proper mechanics. Sign your response. For example - D. Hurley C class.

Due Dec 14th

For "home play" this evening, please type a 2-3 paragraph response to the following prompt:

Cherry tells Ponyboy that she doesn't want to see Dallas again becuase she is afraid she will fall in love with him. Have YOU ever kept your distance for a boy or girl whom you like? What qualities in the person appealed to you? What made you fell the need to stay away from that person?

Also, the Yankee BOOK swap is this Friday Dec 17th. Please remember to find a book, (Do not purchase a new book at a large chain store) wrap it and bring it to class on Friday. The book should be at or above our reading level; it should be something you think others would enjoy reading.

Due Monday Dec13th

Remember - You are Johnny! Your letter (editorial) to the Tulsa Times or any Tulsa newspaper publication is due Monday. This should be typed. Please provide:
Paragraph 1 - introduce yourself, tell the public a little about yourself
Paragraph 2 - provide three reasons that justify your actions (killing Bob Sheldon)
Paragraph 3 - wrap it up - this is your final appeal to the public

Please refer to all handouts.

Due Weds & Fri...

Due Weds Dec 8th - Find an article from the Boston Globe or New York Times. Cut it out. Read it. Margin Note the article. Type a summary of the article. The article you choose should be at least the same length as "Ear Relief" or longer. The typed summary will be submitted in class on Weds. Remember to include the who, what, where, when and why in your summary. Minimize your details and provide all the key ideas. Refer to the class handout on how to write a summary.

Due Thursday, Dec 9th - Two personal responses:

CH 4 Type a 2-3 paragraph response to the following prompt - Referring to Dallas, Ponyboy states, "It would be a miracle if Dallas could love anything. The fight for self-preservation had hardened him beyond caring." How would YOU explain Dallas' seeming inability to love or care for anything beyond himself? Do you think a person could really be too hardened to love? Give examples from history or your own world.

CH 5 Type a 2-3 paragraph response to the following propmpt - Ponyboy says that he loves Soda more than anyone else in the world. Think about the roles - brother, mentor, friend - that Soda plays in his younger brother's life. Do YOU have a similar relationship with an older sibling, relative or friend? In what ways does this person serve as your mentor?

Due Dec 2nd

In your response journal, write a thoughtful and insightful response to the following:

What characters and situations in the story remind you of people and situations in your won life? How are they similar AND how do they differ?  (Remember your are attempting to develop a reaction that makes outstanding connections)

Also - READ, READ and READ some more. We will be anwerinig the question, AS A READER, WHAT HAVE I NOTICED ABOUT MYSELF, on Friday.

Due December 1st, 2010

Students have the following due tomorrow, Weds, December 10th:

A. Read & margin note - Holiday Rescue for Rare Turtles. Next, type a summary of this article. Remember, writing a summary requires minimizing insignificant details. Adjectives that are not esssential can be omitted. Finally, each summary should try to address the 5 W's (Who, What, When, Where, Why and sometimes How).

B. Read & margin note Recycling With Nature. Next type a summary of this article.

Make two entries/responses in your Reflection Journal. You should respond to the following:

1. List two or more qualities that you look for in a friend. Why are these qualities important to you?
2. Describe how and why a person shows loyalty to their friends, family and/or school.

Please refer to the scoring guide. This will help you develop your response writing.

Due November 22nd, 2010

If you were given the oppurtunity to write about any topic or idea or interest,  you would like to write about, what would you write about? Please type a list of  10 "topics" or "ideas" you would write about. This is due Monday the 22nd or November.

Due Dates...

There is no written homeplay this week. Students will be traveling to Boston and Salem this week. Thursday we will provide instruction regarding the rule SHOW ME, DON'T TELL ME. Remember to read, read and read some more. Please bring your binder and notebook to class on Thursday.

Due Dates...

There will be NO essay due this week. Students will take a brief hiatus from writing the expository or persuasive piece. However, this week we will introduce summaries. Students will be taught how to remove details and answer the five W's. This will contradict the original instruction: details, examples, details and more examples...

Due Tuesday, Nov 9th - Students should have their Ch 2 packet "The Noun" completed for review in class.
Due Friday, Nov12th - Students will have a Quiz: Parts of The Sentence.

Remember to READ, READ and READ some more.

Upcoming Due Dates

Weds - Writing Development Test. Students will be provided an essay. They will be asked to identfy "the parts of the house." The test will be 10 - 12 questions. Students will be asked to write a response to each question.
Monday, Nov 8th - Essay due (remember to create vomit and develop a topic or sentence outline).
Choose one of the following:
From kitchen appliances, to computers, to entertainment, to communication -technological innovations have ffected everyone. In a well-developed composition, identify one advancement in technology that you could not do without and explain why. OR
You just won a contest in which you get to spend a day with a famous person. In a well-developed composition, write about what you did and what you learned through the day.
Reading for meaning - margin note the article and write 5 questions about the article. Submit Thurs, Nov 4.
The Noun handout due Weds pg 9 and 10. Complete Ch 2 Text exercises 3,4, & 5 in class by weds.

Upcoming Due dates

For Weds, Oct 20th please bring your grammar packets; we wil review these in class on Weds. In addition, tonight students should review their Introduction techniques, conclusion techniques and transitions.
ASSIGNED: Vomit, Outline and Essay due Tuesday, Oct 26th. This essay is a "choice" essay. However, students must decide prior to writing it - is it an expository piece or is it a persuasive piece. Students should write at the top of the essay: EXPOSITORY or PERSUASIVE.

Thursday October, 21st we will have a QUIZ. This quiz will assess your abilities as they relate to introduction techniques, conclusion techniques and the use of transitions.

Friday - Students should bring their IRB and logs. We will answer the question - as a reader what have I noticed about myself?

Monday, the 25th we will have a 10 question multiple-choice quiz on grammar: simple subjects, simple predicates and types of sentences.

Due October 15th

Students should bring their IRB, binder and their reading logs.

 Remember, there is an essay due Tuesday, Oct 19th. Students should have completed their vomit and sentence (or topic) outline by now. Please apply classroom instruction: introduction techniques, thesis location, transistions, topic sentences, supporting details and SPECIFIC EXAMPLES. This week each essay should also include the use of a conclusion technique. Finally, students should continue to READ, READ and READ some more.

Homework Due 13th

Students were provided instruction: 3 conclusion techniques. They should apply one of these techniques in their next essay, "School Uniforms." This will be due October 18th. Students are required to write five introduction paragraphs for the topic, "School Uniforms." Each paragraph should demonstrate the use of each technique. One pargraph will demonstrate the use of a quote. One paragraph will demonstrate the use of an analogy. One paragraph will demonstate the use an anecdote, a startling or interesing fact and pose a question to the reader. This is due Thursday, October 14th. Students should continue to read independently and record their minutes.

October 8th, 2010

Students should bring their independent reading book to class. They should also bring their binders and their reading logs. As always, students should have a pen, pencil and two different colored highlighters.