English for vacation time Dec and Jan

ALL CLASSES: FINISH READING YOUR BOOK FOR INDIE READING. DO THE RETELL. WRITE THOSE TWO LETTERS TO SOMEONE AT HOME.

ALL CLASSES: INDIE READING JOURNALS WILL BE COLLECTED ON JAN 4. THEY MUST BE TURNED IN THEN. NO EXTENSIONS.

MID-TERM EXAMS BEGIN JAN 16.

HAVE A GREAT VACA.

English for Friday, Dec 21, Day 2

CLASS ONE: ANSWER NUMBER 7 IN YOUR "EVERYDAY USE" PACKET.

CLASS THREE: QUIZ ON POETRY TERMS. THEN ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTION: IS TEXT # 1 A POEM? WHY OR WHY NOT. WHEN YOU DEVELOP YOUR ANSWER, CONSIDER THE ITEMS THAT YO9U WROTE ON THE BOARD THAT MAKE UP, ARE A PART OF POEMS.

CLASS FOUR: SAME AS CLASS THREE.

CLASS SIX: USING YOUR "CREATE A PERSONIFICATION" SHEET, CREATE 10 PERSONIFICATIONS BY MATCHING THE NOUNS FROM LIST "A" WITH THE VERBS FROM LIST "B." THEN SELECT THE BEST FIVE PERSONIFICATIONS AND COMBINE THEM TO CREATE A 5 LINE POEM. DON'T FORGET YOUR QUIZ!!

CLASS SEVEN: SAME AS CLASS SIX.

ALL CLASSES: YOUR INDIE READING JOURNAL IS DUE JANUARY 4--THE WEEK WE COME BACK.

English for Day 1, Dec 20

CLASS ONE (DUE FRIDAY): ANHSWER QUESTION 7 I8N YOUR PACKET.

CLASS THREE: NO HW.

CLASS FOUR: READ AND MARK UP "RED WHEELBARROW1" AND "THIS IS JUST TO SAY."

CLASS SIX: CHOOSE EITHER TEXT AND EXPLAIN WHY THAT TEXT IS OR IS NOT A POEM.

CLASS SEVENJ: LOOK UP THE SIX ADDITIONAL TERMS: COUPLET, HEROIC COUPLET, ODE, ELEGY, LYRIK, AND MUSE.

ALL CLASSES EXCEPT ONE: FRIDAY QUIZ ON POETRY TERMS.

ALL CLASSES: I WILL COLLECT ALL INDIE READING JOURNALS ON JANUARY 5. NO LATE DATES, NO EXCEPTIONS.

English for Day 7, Dec 19

CLASS ONE: GET YOUR RETELLS IN!

CLASS THREE: "POETRY IS A TRESSE" MARK UP.

CLASS FOUR: NO HW.

CLASS SIX: LOOK UP THE SIX NEW TERMS. THEN CREATE A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF "POETRY IS A TRESSEL."

CLASS SEVEN: NO HW.

ALL CLASSES: POETRY TERMS QUIZ THIS FRIDAY.

ALL CLASSES: INDIE READINMG JOURNALS DUE FRIDAY, JANUARY 5.

English for Tuesday, Dec 18, Day 6

CLASS ONE: RETELL ALICE WALKER'S "EVERYDAY USE."

CLASS THREE: DEFINE THE FOLLOWING TERMS: LIMMERICK, ELEGY, ODE, LYRIC, MUSE, COUPLET, HEROIUC COUPLET.

CLASS FOUR: USING THE TWO COLUMN METHOD, UNPACK "POETRY IS A TRESSEL." THEN DEFINE THESE TERMS: COUPLET, HEROIOC COUPLET, LIMMERICK, LYRIC, ODE, ELEGY, MUSE.

CLASS SIX: DRAW A PICTURE THAT COULD REPRESENT "POETRY IS A TRESSEL."

CLASS SEVEN: SAME AS CLASS SIX.

ALL CLASSES: POETRY QUIZ THIS FRIDAY, DEC 21.

Mr. RESS: HONORS BIOLOGY 12-17-2012

Honors Biology:  Students' science fair projects should be underway by this point.  Experimentation and data collection is time consuming, DON"T WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MOMENT TO GET THIS DONE!  Aim to have the experimentation portion of the project completed by after winter break.

English for Monday, Dec 16, Day 5

CLASS ONE: FOLLOWSING THE RETELL RUBRIC, RETELL AzLICE WALKER'S "EVERYDAY USE."

CXLASS THREE: NO HW.

CLASS FOUR: MANY OF YOU DID NOT TURN IN MISSING WORK TODAY- SORRY--THE ZEROS STAND.

CLASS SIX: LOOK UP, DEFINE, AND GIVE EXAMPLES OF TGHE SIX NEDW TERMS: COUPLET, HEROIC COUPLET, LYRIC, ODE, ELEGY, MUSE. DXON'T WORRY ABOUT EXAMPLES OF THE LYRIC, ODE, AN\D ELEGY-I'LL PROVIDE THOSE.THEN DRAW A PICTURE THAT REPREESENTS NIKKI GIOVANNI'S POEM "POETRY IS A TRESSEL."

CLASS SEVEN: FINISH DEDFINING THE POETRY TERMS PLUS THEW NEW ONES (SEE ABOVE.)

CLASS ONE: BRING YOUR SHORT STORY "EVERYDAY USE."

CXLASS THREE (FOR FRIDAY): "EVERYDAY USE" ESSAY REDO DUE. READ AND MARK UP "POETRY IS A TRESSEL."

CLASS FOUR: REDO DAY.

CLASS SIX: RODO DAY.

CLASS SEVEN: REDO DAY.

HISTORY Test update

The US History test for Period 3 will now be on Friday Dec. 21st.

HISTORY - Test #3 coming soon!

Test # 3 will be next week before the holiday break for all of Mrs.Oshman's US History classes!

Topics on the test:
- Types of Government (Monarchy, Democracy etc.)
- Articles of Confederation (America's 1st Constitution)... including its strengths and weaknesses
- Shays' Rebellion
- The Constitutional Convention
- The US Constitution (America's 2nd Constitution which we still use today)
- The Structure of the US Government (Federal, State, & Local levels... Executive, Legislative, & Judicial branches) ...
- The people and responsibilities of each of those levels & branches.

Test Dates:
- Period 1: Wednesday Dec. 19th
- Periods 3, 4, & 7: Thursday Dec. 20th

English for Wednesday, Dec 12, Day 2

CLASS ONE: BRING YOUR COPY OF "EVERYDAY USE."

CLASS THREE: NO WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT.

CLASS FOUR: USING GREORGE ELLA LYON'S POEM "WHERE I'M FROM" AS A MODEL, WRITE YOUR OWN WHERE I'M FROM POEM. YOUR POEM SHOULD TOUCH UPON HOUSEHOLD THINGS, THINGS IN THE YARD, FAMILY MEMBERS, MEMORIES OF THINGS PAST, FAVORITE FOODS, SPECIAL TIMES. POEM SHOULD BE 25-30 LINES LONG. YOU MIGHT USE STANZAS TO INDICATE CHANGE.

CLASS SIX: SAME AS FOUR.

CLASS SEVEN: SAME AS FOUR AND SIX.

JUST A REMINDER: PROGRESS REPORTS ISSUED TOMORROW.

  

MR. RESS: BIOLOGY 1-26-2013

General biology:
1st period- virus, bacteria, protists, and kingdom quiz THURSDAY 1/31
5th & 6th period- virus, bacteria, protists, and kingdom quiz FRIDAY 2/1

Honors biology:
-virus, bacteria, protists, and kingdom quiz THURSDAY 1/31
-photosynthesis quiz MONDAY 2/4

HISTORY ESSAY

Students in all of my US History classes are receiving their quarter 2 essay assignment this week.

Period 1 & Period 7 received the assignment today (Thur. 12/6)
Period 4 will receive the assignment tomorrow (Fri. 12/7)
Period 3 will receive the assignment Monday (12/10)

DUE DATES:
Period 1 - Due Monday 12/10
Period 3 - Due Friday 12/14
Period 4 - Due Tuesday 12/11
Period 7 - Due Tuesday 12/11

Assignment:

Creating your own Federalist Paper! (Or Anti-Federalist Paper)

You are Federalists (or you choose to be could be an Anti-Federalists) in 1787 … the year the Constitution had been written! You want to convince the American public to agree with you that the US Constitution should (or should not) be ratified…

STEP 1:

List at least 4 reasons that you feel the Constitution should be ratified (Don’t mention the Bill of Rights, because it didn’t exist yet) … or, if you prefer to take on the role of an Anti-Federalist, at least 4 reasons that you feel the Constitution (before the addition of the Bill Of Rights) should not be ratified

STEP 2:

Use the reasons you just developed and write a newspaper editorial (an editorial is a newspaper article that expresses an opinion) that will convince readers to agree with you! (It should be 1 to 2 pages)

English for Friday, Dec 7, Day 6

CLASS ONE: FIRST HIGHLITE ALL THE SIMILES AND METAPHORS IN "EVERYDAY USE." THEN REREAD PARAGRAPH #54. IN A SHORT (3-5 SENTENCES), TELL ME WHAT THAT PARAGRAPH MEANS.

CLASS THREE COMPLETE "MY THOUGHTS." FOR MONDAY A CONCISE DEFINITION OF TERMS AND PROVIDE AN EXAMPLE OF THAT TERM.

CLASS FOUR: SAME AS THREE.

CLASS SIX: FOR MONDAY--DEFINITION AND EXAMPLES OF TERMS AND "MY THOUGHTS."

CLASS SEVEN: FOR FRIDAY--"MY THOUGHTS." FOR TUESDAY--DEFINE EACH TERM AND PROVIDE AN EXAMPLE.

PROGRESS REPORTS ISSUED DECEMBER 12. ANYTHING YOU OWE WILL BE A ZERO.

English for Thursday Dec 6, Day 5

CLASS ONE: FINISH READING "EVERYDAY USE." HIGHLITE ALL THE SIMILES AND METAPHORS.

CLASS THREE: FINAL DRAFT DUE.

CLASS FOUR: SEE LAST POSTING.

CLASS SIX: TURN IN FINAL DRAFT ALONG WITH YOUR BRAINSTORMING AND ROUGH DRAFT.

CLASS SEVEN: COMPLETE THIS SENTENCE: THE ONE THING THAT CONNECTS ALL OF THE SHORT STORIES IS_____________________________________.

PROGRESS REPORTS ON DEC 12.

English for Wednesday, Dec 4, Day 4

CLASS ONE: FOR WEDNESDAY READ "EVERYDAY USE" UP TO THE MIDDLE OF PAGE 317. FOR THURSDAY: VOCAB QUIZ  FROM "EVERYDAY USE.'

CLASS  THREE: YOUR FIRST DRAFT IS DUE.

CLASS FOUR (DUE THURSDAY): YOUR FINAL DRAFT IS DUE.

CLASS SIX: FINISH YOUR ROUGH DRAFT AND BRING TO CLASS.

CLASS SEVEN: FINISH YOUR FINAL DRAFT. DON'T FORGET--YOU MUST TURN IN YOUR BRAINSTORM, YOUR ROUGH/FIRST DRAFT (COMPLETE WITH STICKERS), AND YOUR FINAL DRAFT.

DON'T FORGET--PROGRESS REPORTS ISSUED DEC 12.