We had a shortened day today due to the alcohol awareness class.  We did a quick review assignment of the pronouns that we have covered so far as our Do Now, and went over last night's homework.  Some classes got to finish up the class with a game of Kahoot to review pronouns a bit more.  There is also a quizlet available to help students study at home to prepare for next week's test.

Students have been working very hard on their essays - I have had kids after school almost every day for 2 weeks!  Therefore I am giving them until Monday to hand in their final drafts so that they can fully revise and perfect them.

Tonight's homework:

• Continue working on Essay
• In grammar textbook, page 439
• Exercise 10 #'s 1-10 
• Exercise 11 #'s 1-10

Today's Agenda:

• Do Now: Indefinite Pronouns sheet
• Went over homework and Do Now
• Took notes on Indefinite pronouns
• Discussed thesis statements
• Worked on essays

Tonight's Homework:

• Continue working on essay - Final draft due Friday
• In grammar textbook, p. 438 exercise 8 #1-10 and exercise 9 # 1-10

Today, students brought in their completed rough drafts.

Today's Agenda:

• Do Now: Quiz 6A Indefinite pronouns sheet
• Went over and introduced Indefinite Pronouns
• Continued working on essays
• If finished with rough draft, complete self and peer feedback sheet

Tonight's homework:

• Continue working on essay - Final draft due Friday
• Grammar Practice 11.5 Indefinite pronouns worksheet

Today's Agenda:

• Took notes on possessive pronouns - Slides
• Discussed ending of novel
• Worked on 2nd body paragraph outline

Tonight's homework:

• Finish second body paragraph outline
• Possessive Pronouns Sheet - Grammar Practice 11.4 page 17

Tonight's homework:

Finish reading novel (don't need to answer questions)

Use outlines to write or type opening paragraph and first body paragraph- if typed, must be printed!! Do not email or share

Hello, hope everyone made it through the storm safely today!

There is no new homework tonight, students just need to make sure that they have completed the opening paragraph and first body paragraph outlines.  I am going to move the due date for the essay forward to Friday of next week, because students have all expressed a need for more time.

Have a good night!

Today, students took their vocabulary quiz and worked on their first body paragraph outlines.  

Weekend Homework:

Finish first body paragraph outlines

Read chapter 20

Have a wonderful weekend!

Today in class, we will be starting our Witch of Blackbird Pond essays.  For homework tonight, students will read chapter 20 and finish the opening paragraph outline.

Tonight's homework : Finish chapter 19 questions if not finished last night

Tonight's homework:

1.)  Finish reading chapter 19 and answer questions. 

2.) Get  essay assignment sheet signed

Tonight's Homework:
Read page 135-140 of chapter 19 - Do not answer questions!!
Pronoun Antecedent Worksheet
Study for Ch. 18-21 vocabulary quiz - Friday!

No homework - Enjoy your weekend!

There is an optional extra credit activity available for students on Google Classroom :)

We started off the day today with a little peer editing of the paragraphs that students wrote last night.  We spent the remainder of class finishing up book report presentations.  I have been very impressed!

Tonight's Homework:
Read Chapter 18 and answer questions
Study for Ch. 15-17 vocabulary quiz!!  Use Quizlet!

Today in class, we created a top-down web together as a class to answer the question: "Explain how fear led to mob mentality and a hunt for a scapegoat in chapter 17".  For homework, students will use this web as an outline to create a paragraph answer to this question.

Completed Web

Today's Agenda:

• Do Now question in journals: How can fear and confusion affect people and their actions? What can it cause them to do? What do people tend to do when disaster strikes?  What is the first question usually asked?
• Watched videos on Scapegoat and Mob Mentality and wrote responses: Respond to each of the video clips with 2-3 sentences for each.  Use the word “scapegoat” in your first two answers, and use the word “Mob Mentality” in your third answer.  
  • Scapegoat commercials:
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-EZizbG7ms&sns=em
  • https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=igtRWNi5yrI
  • Video on Mob Mentality
  • https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bV5ngreR7Hk
• Began reading chapter 17

Tonight's Homework:

• Finish reading chapter 17 and answer questions
• Study for Ch. 15-17 vocabulary quiz - Friday!!

Tonight's homework: 

Subject and Object pronouns worksheet page one and two - write out sentences!

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-eBoqfDYFy0RWk4RXRfejFDT2s

Study for vocabulary Ch. 15-17 quiz Friday!!

On Friday, we had a quick introduction to pronouns, and then students spent the rest of class working on their book reports.

Weekend homework:
Personal Pronouns Worksheet: Page 15 Section A only
Book Report due Monday

We will have a vocabulary quiz next week on chapters 15-17.  I have created a Quizlet for students to study with.  Top 3 highest scores will earn extra points on the quiz!

Tonight's Homework:
Read Chapter 16 and answer questions
Work on book reports