Sunday, December 21, 2008

REMINDER

Periods Three and Nine: Night ABC projects are DUE at the end of Tuesday's class (12/23)!

Period Four: Night ABC projects are DUE at the end of Monday's class (12/22)! (I will not see you Tuesday due to the half-day schedule.)

Have the best break EVER! Be safe, make good decisions, have fun, and enjoy every moment! (And come back on January 5th ready to get to work... :)

Thursday, December 11, 2008

PLEASE NOTE

In the event of a school cancellation tomorrow (12/12/08), please make note of the following information:

*Finish reading Night for Monday's class. (Chapter Nine is about three pages long - literally.)
*Study guides and ABC rough drafts will STILL BE DUE on Monday. Remember, your study guide is worth 72 POINTS and counts as a test grade. We will begin typing ABC projects (in Room 438), so be sure to have all of your rough draft materials with you. Don't forget your two direct quotes!
*Journal assignments that would have been collected on Friday will be collected on Monday.

(Monday is a big day, huh? Please come prepared!) :)

Monday, December 8, 2008

12/8/12/12

Here's the scoop, everybody!

ON-GOING ASSIGNMENTS AND DUE DATES
1. Next six rough draft paragraphs (with one direct quote) - will be checked on Monday, 12/15.
2. COMPLETED study guides for Night will be collected on 12/15. Be sure your work is legible, accurate, and thorough.
3. Rough drafts of the Night creative writing assignment are due on Thursday, 12/11. Final drafts will be collected at the end of Thursday's class period OR the beginning of Friday's class period (without penalty).

Monday: Open-notes quiz on Chapter Five of Night; review of due dates and assignments; explanation of 40-point creative writing assignment; independent work time; HW - READ UP TO PAGE 86; COMPLETE FIVE VOCABULARY DEFINITIONS FOR CHAPTERS 6-9 ON STUDY GUIDE; BEGIN WORK ON CREATIVE WRITING ROUGH DRAFT; CONTINUE WORK ON ABC PROJECT.

Tuesday: INDEPENDENT WORK PERIOD - Please use the class period to continue work on all assignments related to our study of Night. HW - FINISH CHAPTER SIX; COMPLETE RELATED STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS; CONTINUE WORK ON CREATIVE WRITING ROUGH DRAFT; CONTINUE WORK ON ABC PROJECT.

Wednesday: Review Chapters Five and Six; read/listen to Chapters Seven and Eight in class. HW - FINISH CHAPTER EIGHT; COMPLETE RELATED STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS; FINISH WORK ON CREATIVE WRITING ROUGH DRAFT; CONTINUE WORK ON ABC PROJECT.

Thursday: Bring rough draft of creative writing assignment to computer lab (438); type final copy - due at the end of the period or first thing tomorrow! HW - CONTINUE STUDY GUIDES; CONTINUE WORK ON ABC PROJECT.

Friday: Read/listen to Chapter Nine of Night (the last chapter); discuss ending; review key points; use remainder of period for independent work on related assignments. HW - FINALIZE STUDY GUIDES; FINISH SIX ROUGH DRAFT PARAGRAPHS FOR MONDAY.