Gretchen Benner : Blog

March 5, 2013March 05, 2013-turn vocab #7 in to be stamped
-SSR
-review vocal #7
-take Clarke quiz
-in pairs, plot chart the Clarke story and turn in

HMWK:
none

**** Last day to turn late work in is this Friday at 3p.m.: no exceptions!!

September 21, 2012September 21, 2012- turn in Out-of-Class reading log
- turn in vocab work
- take vocab chapt. 1 quiz
- SSR: quote and turn in Weekly in-class log
- finish strategy #1: Setting a Purpose with examples; review specific elements for quiz

HMWK:
- study Strategy #1 for quiz
- independent reading: 20 minutes daily

June 15, 2012June 15, 2012- SSR
- turn in DME
- answer questions about the homework reading from last night
- read "Argus", "The Suitors" "Penelope" "The Challenge" and "Odysseus's Revenge" in class

HMWK:
-finish the last story of the Odyssey: due Monday

-Study by review the Odyssey and the grammar from your DME's.

June 15, 2012June 15, 2012-SSR
-finish the in-class essay

June 14, 2012June 14, 2012-SSR
-DME: brainteasers
- clarify questions from "The Cyclops" and "Land of the Dead"
-read aloud in class the rest of part one

HWMK:
-read the first story of Part 2 through page 900: due tomorrow

June 14, 2012June 14, 2012-SSR
-work in persuasive essay
-Srs. last day

HMWK
none

June 13, 2012June 13, 2012- finish speeches
- SSR
- review Odyssey homework from last night
- continue reading Odyssey

HMWK:
-complete the "Cyclops" story and "The Land of the Dead": due tomorrow

June 13, 2012June 13, 2012- SSR
- in-class essay work

HMWK:
none

June 12, 2012June 12, 2012- speeches
-SSR
-DME: idiom
-begin reading Odyssey

HMWK:
-read Odyssey through page 868: due tomorrow

June 12, 2012June 12, 2012- SSR
- In-class essay continued

HMWK:
none

June 11, 2012June 11, 2012- turn in speech pre-work checklist
- speeches Day 2
- SSR
- DME: organize past DME to study the grammar in anticipation of unit test next week
- finish Odyssey notes

HMWK:
- practice speech for those still having to give it.

June 11, 2012June 11, 2012-SSR
-Day 2 of in-class essay

HMWK:
none

June 8, 2012June 08, 2012*** LAST DAY TO TURN IN LATE WORK IS TODAY BY 3 PM!

- speeches
-ssr
- DME: summary
- Odyssey notes

HMWK:
none

June 8, 2012June 08, 2012*** LAST DAY TO TURN IN LATE WORK IS TODAY BY 3 PM!

-turn in pleasure reading log
-SSR: quote and turn in
-begin in-class novel essay

HMWK:
none

June 6, 2012June 06, 2012- get completed speech notecards stamped
- SSR
- DME: DOL
-sign up for speech dates
- review speech criteria and hand it out
- practice timed speech

HMWK:

- practice speech at least three times
- signed practice from your parents: due Monday

***Last day to turn all late work in is Friday - no exceptions!

June 6, 2012June 06, 2012-SSR: summary
-in groups, complete the body sections of the group essay outline

HWMK:

-20 minutes of pleasure reading
***Last day to turn all late work in is Friday - no exceptions!

June 5, 2012June 05, 2012- SSR
- DOL: idiom
- show and tell; speech delivery examples

HWMK:
-completed speech notecards: due tomorrow

June 5, 2012June 05, 2012- SSR: prediction
- work in small groups on in-class essay example; complete first body paragraph and brainstorm for the second body paragraph

HMWK:
-20 min. of pleasure reading

June 4, 2012June 04, 2012- get completed outline stamped on pre-work checklist
-SSR
-DME: commas with dependent clauses
-review speech evaluation criteria
-rules for notecards
-work time for notecards

HMWK:
-show and tell: tomorrow
-completed notecards: due Wednesday

June 4, 2012June 04, 2012-SSR: questions
-sample essay with Blood on His Hands
-brainstorm elements of novels and different adjectives
-in groups of four, decide which are the three strongest elements of the novel
-on the graphic organizer, write down the three elements and then work on comping up with a list of details and/or examples about each element

HMKW:
-20 minutes of pleasure reading