May 27th (A) and 28th (B)

No Journal

Agenda:
*Silent Reading- CARDS/PROJECTS DUE TODAY!
*Finish Marking Period 4 in Speak: (Pg. 148-198)

Please check Skyward for missing assignments. Last day to turn in work of any kind is JUNE 1st!!!!

May 22nd (A) and May 26th (B)

No Journal

Agenda:
*Silent reading while reading Speak
*Finished 3rd Marking Period (Pg. 107-137)
*3rd Art Project
*Start 4th Marking Period (Pg, 141-148)

May 20th (A) and 21st (B)

No Journal

Agenda:
*Silent Reading while reading Speak
*Finish up "2nd Marking Period" in novel (pg. 65-92)
*Complete 2nd art project
*Start "3rd Marking Period" (pg. 94-107)

Misc:
PLEASE check Skyward for missing assignments. 
Turn in library books and pay any fines. 
Reading logs and projects are due in 2 class periods! You can turn in your MWDS as soon as you finish. 

May 18th (A) and 19th (B)

No journal 

Agenda:
*Silent Reading
*Read pages 22-46; finish the "first marking period"
*15 minutes to work on our first "art" project
*Begin "second marking period"- pages 49-65

May 14th (A) and 15th (B)

No Journal

Agenda:
*Silent Reading
*30 minutes to finish/polish vignettes- DUE by MIDNIGHT TODAY!
*Anticipation Guide for Speak 
*Pg. 3-22; intro to final assignment for the novel 

May 12th (A) and 13th (B)

No Journal

Agenda:
*Silent Reading
*20 minutes of Typing Time
*Peer Review (those who were absent will NEED to have this completed by a parent/friend outside of school)
*Revision Time
*Drafts DUE to me at the end of CLASS! (send to alyssa.topham@jordandistrict.org) 

Final drafts will be due NEXT TIME by the end of the day (midnight)! Students will have about 30 minutes next class to work on them/polish them up. 

May 8th (A) May 11th (B)

No journal. 

Agenda:

• Silent Reading- 10 minutes
• Drafts/Activity Packets should be on your desk. Pick TWO of your favorite vignettes that you’d like to turn into published work. We’re starting drafting today!
• Sign in to your google docs. (Ask a neighbor if you can’t remember how to do this/can’t remember your school email. Yep, you all have one.)
• Type your two vignettes. Please remember to follow MLA format. (See handout that will be passed out.)
• Save your two vignettes in google docs. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO SEND THEM TO ME TODAY. We will turn them in next time. However, this is the day in class that you have time to write them, so work hard!

May 6th (A) and 7th (B)

No more journals for the rest of the school year. :) 

***Personal Response Question for House on Mango Street Activities***

Answer the following question and then state how it connects to The House on Mango Street:

Where does our sense of identity come from? žHow can you see this theme played out in the novel? Give at least 3 specific examples.

Drafts #1-5 DUE!

All HMS Activities DUE!

May 4th (A) and 5th (B)

Journal #60- JOURNALS DUE TODAY!

Esperanza complains: “I am tired of looking at what we can’t have.” List at least 3 things that you want, but you know you can’t have. What would have to change in order for you to achieve/get these things?  

What will be COLLECTED Next Class:

*Drafts #1-5

*"Activities" we've done while reading The House on Mango Street: 

“The House on Mango Street”- 5 inferences + Evidence

“Hairs”- Description of Family (JOURNAL #54)

“Boys and Girls”- Free Write

“My Name” – Free Write

Chart of 5 Sentences You “Liked”

“Four Skinny Trees” sentence graphing activity

Personal Response (Will do next class) 

April 30th (A) and May 1st (B)

Journal #59:

žWarm-up Write: What has been your favorite book you’ve read so far this year? (It doesn’t have to be in class.)

žWhat has been your favorite book you’ve EVER read in a Language Arts class? Why was it your favorite? 

April 28th (A) and 29th (B)

Journal #58:

žQuick “review” quiz on literary terms:

žWhat is a “theme”? Give an example of a theme from ONE of the following movies:

Cinderella

The Dark Knight Rises

The Sandlot

žChange these one-word-wanna-be-themes from Night into actual themes:

Family

Survival

Humanity 

4th QUARTER SCHEDULE! ALL DUE DATES ARE SET!

4th Quarter Schedule 

Last day to take late work is JUNE 1st!

April 24th (A) and 27th (B)

Journal #57:

žRead “A Rice Sandwich” (pg. 43-45)

žWarm-up Write: Think about a time in either elementary or middle school where you were completely embarrassed about something. What was the incident? How was it handled? Why do you still remember this? 

April 22nd (A) and 23rd (B)

Journal #56:

žSAGE Reflection:

žNow that we’ve completed our 2nd SAGE test, talk about how you felt you did.

How “hard” do you think it was?

What was challenging for you?

What was easy for you?

What do you wish we would have gone over more? 

April 20th (A day only)

No journal today. 

SAGE testing- Day #2

April 16th (A) and 17th (B)

No journal today. 

Silent reading and SAGE testing- Day 1. 

April 14th (A) and 21st (B)

Journal #55:

žRead “Cathy, Queen of Cats” (Pg. 12)

žDescribe a "bad" friend you have had. Why were you friends with them?

April 10th (A) and 13th (B)

Journal #54

žRead “Hairs” on page 6-7

žDescribe each of your immediate family’s hair. Use unconventional symbols to describe it. Look at the text as a model. 

April 8th (A) and April 9th (B)

Journal #53:

Read the poem and answer the following questions:

One thing I notice is....

One thing I recognize is....

One thing I like about this poem is....

I like it because...

The mood of the poem is...

I believe this because....

This poem is about...

I think this because...

I Want to Be

by Sandra Cisneros

I want to be

like the waves on the sea,

like the clouds in the wind,

but I'm me.

One day I'll jump

Out of my skin.

I'll shake the sky

like a hundred violins.

April 1st (A) and 7th (B)

No Journal Today!

See schedule for agenda. 

March 30th (A) and 31st (B)

Journal #52

Goals for 4 quarter; come up with at least 3 and write them in FULL SENTENCES!

March 25th (A) and 26th (B)

Journal #51:
Pick 3 terms you don’t know and find the definition!
Quick Review with Your Notes/ Neighbors!

—Tone

—Point Of View (1st, 2nd, 3rd)

—Plot elements (exposition, climax, resolution, etc.)

—Irony (verbal, dramatic, situational)

—Indirect/ Direct characterization

—Alliteration

—Foil character

Analogy

Simile

—Metaphor

Onomatopoeia

Oxymoron

Cliché

Pun

Idiom 

March 23rd (A) and 24th (B)

No journal today. 

Silent reading- CARDS DUE!

See schedule.

March 19th (A) and 20th (B)

*No journal today. 
*Silent reading/ SEE SCHEDULE! 

March 17th (A) and 18th (B)

No journal/silent reading today. 

Went over end of the quarter assignments/what has already been put into the gradebook vs. what WILL be in the gradebook by the end of the quarter.

WROTE ESSAY! 

March 13th (A) and 16th (B)

Journal #50- JOURNALS DUE TODAY!

1) To use a quote from a source as an authority or voice of relevance is called:

a)Plagiarizing

b)Proving

c)Citing

d)Referring

2) The heading of my paper includes____ in this order:

a)name, date, class, teacher

b)Teacher, class, date, name

c)Name, teacher, class, date

d)Class, name, date, teacher

3) A parenthetical citation is:

a)When you cite an original source within a document

b)When you use parenthesis around names and dates

c)When you quote a source and put it in parenthesis

d)When you add missing information to a text using parenthesis 

March 11th (A) and 12th (B)

Journal #49:

1) A works cited page is:

a)The first page of the paper

b)The last page of the paper

c)Found under the title page

d)Found only in 10 page papers

2) A list of the places information was borrowed from and used in a paper is called:

a)MLA Formatting

b)A Works Cited page

c)Internal documentation

d)Quotations and summaries

3) Articles, websites, and books, where information is used for writing a paper, are called:

a)Quotations

b)Listings

c)References

d)Sources 

March 9th (A) and 10th (B)

Journal #48 (corresponds to the middle square in your Pearl packet):

◦Find examples which show how each of these “themes” (you’ll have to fix them) is dealt with in the novel:
–Greed
–Natural world (nature vs. nurture; survival of the fittest)
–Dignity 

March 5th (A) and 6th (B)

Journal #47:

—To prepare for our trip to the library today, brainstorm a list of different online sources (where you can go to find quotes) that are available to you down in the library. 

February 27th (A) and March 2nd (B)

Journal #46:

—Some people believe that the climax of the story is found in chapter 5, which we read last class. What event do you think could be considered the climax, and why?

—How do you predict the story will end?

—What “boxes” in your packet do you still need to fill? List them here in your journal to remind yourself to look for them as we finish the book. 

February 25th (A) and 26th (B)

Journal #45:

—Review: Let’s make sure that we remember what PLOT elements occurred last class—

◦List the reasons the pearl dealers give Kino for offering him such a low price for his pearl.

◦What do the following symbols represent:

–Dishonest pearl buyers

–The coin

Consider: Are men and women throughout the world treated equally? Give some examples from real life and literature to support your answer. 

February 23rd (A) and 24th (B)

Journal #44:

—Review--What do the following have in common: becoming an adult, music, anger, money, superstitions. What box do they fit in on our packet? (***What do we need to add to the word to make them fit the “box”?)

—How would you react if someone tried to cheat you? Would protesting and fighting be the brave and wise thing to do, although it meant putting you and your family’s lives in danger? Would it change your mind if your protesting would disturb the community around you? 

February 19th (A) and 20th (B)

Journal #43:

* How many emotions can you attach to the sentence: “I’m so happy to see you”?

* Identify the “tone” of the following passages:

—“The news stirred up something infinitely black and evil in the town; the black distillate was like the scorpion, or like hunger in the smell of food, or like loneliness when love is withheld.”

—“And this Kino knew also—that the gods do not love men’s plans, and the gods do not love success unless it comes by accident.”

—“He was trapped as his people were always trapped, and would be until, as he had said, they could be sure that the things in the books were really in the books. He could not take that chance….” 

February 17th (A) and 18th (B)

Journal #42:

—Review: “The Pearl” is an example of a symbol. Write at least 3 different meanings of The Pearl. Also, come up with meanings for the following symbols: the sun, the ocean, and the color black.

—What place does superstition have in our society today? Where do superstitions come from? Are you superstitious about anything? 

February 12th (A) and 13th (B)

Journal #41:

—Review: Pick at least 3 adjectives to describe the following characters we met last class

◦Kino

◦Juana

◦The Doctor

If you won the lottery, or inherited a fortune, what would you do with it? Would it change how people interacted with you? Why or why not? 

February 10th (A) and 11th (B)

Journal #40- JOURNALS DUE TODAY!

—Themes that we’ve talked about to prepare for this novella:

◦Rites of Passage (becoming an adult)

◦Power of Music- music as a symbol

Think about this: Do you think people are encouraged to express their anger, or to swallow and forget it? What might be some positive aspects of voicing anger? Why and when might it be better to hide angry feelings?

February 6th (A) and 9th (B)

Journal #39: Journals DUE NEXT CLASS!

Reflect on the SAGE process. What was the experience like? What did you feel confident in? What do you feel apprehensive about?

What did we do in class to prepare you for the test? What could we have done MORE of to make you more confident?

Any other thoughts? Feel free to share. 

February 4th (A) and 5th (B)

No journal/silent reading time today. 

Finishing up SAGE testing. 

February 2nd (A) and 3rd (B)

No journal today. 

Card check-up #1 (cards 1 & 2)

SAGE testing begun today; will continue next class. 

January 29th (A) and 30th (B)

Journal #38:

A theme in “The Pearl” has to do with the influence of music as a symbol.

What factors determine the type of music you listen to? Think of one song that is important to you. What sort of memories does this song evoke? Upon listening to this song, how does it influence your mood? 

January 27th (A) and 28th (B)

Card # 1 Completed

Journal #37: 

Consider the following quote: “…a boy gets to be a man when a man is needed.”

Brainstorm a list of events that might make an adolescent become more like an adult.

In our culture, when do you transition from “child” to “adult”? 

January 22nd (A) and 26th (B)

No journal today. 

Wrapping up 2nd quarter grades; got passes for 3rd quarter. 

Time down in library to find book for research project. If you were absent, come see me ASAP to get this important information. 

January 20th (A) and 21st (B)

Journal # 36: 

What does A.N.T. stand for in your introduction paragraphs?

What does the acronym T.I.Q.A stand for in your body paragraphs?

What do the 3 R’s stand for in a conclusion? 

*TURNED IN SILENT READING CARD/PROJECT

*TURNED IN EXTRA-CREDIT PASSES

*Turned in informational paragraph and questions that we started in class last time. 

January 15th (A) and 16th (B)

Journal #35:

What is the difference between and argumentative essay and an INFORMATIVE or EXPLANATORY essay?

Do you remember doing reports in elementary school? What was required for that assignment? What were “reports” like? 

January 13th (A) and 14th (B)

Journal #34:

Reflection: How do you think your in-class essay went? Did you prepare as much as you should have? What do you think you did well on? What do you think you could improve?

Is there anything that you are still not sure of when it comes to argumentative writing? What would you like to go over again? What do you need help on? 

January 9th (A) and 12th (B)

No journal today. 

Got back Animal Farm packets and test. If you didn't get one back, it means you didn't turn in a packet or take the test. Do that ASAP! 

We turned in our outlines (that were supposed to be homework) and completed our argumentative essay IN CLASS. If you were ABSENT you need to complete this essay at home (taking no more than 60 minutes). Please come talk to Mrs. Topham ASAP about making this up. 

January 7th (A) and 8th (B)

No journal today. 

Took Animal Farm test, and prepped for our in-class essay which will be the following class.  

January 5th (A) and 6th (B)

Journal #33:

•You may use your books to answer the following questions: (Chapter 9)

1.Describe retirement on Animal Farm. What ages do the animals retire? What will they get?

2.What were animals to do if they met a pig on the path?

3.When Boxer falls down, what does he say it is? Do you think he is telling the truth?

4.Where did Napoleon say he would send Boxer for help?

5.Which of the 7 commandments have been broken so far, and how?