Thursday, March 5, 2015

Thursday/Friday, March 5/6, 2015

Announcements and Reminders:
Because third term ends on March 20,  the deadline for all revised and late work is March 12 for A-Day students, and the deadline for B-Day students is March 13.



Pick up your composition book, and have your novel ready to read when the bell rings.

1.  Individual Reading Time
        Have you signed up for your February/March Book of the Month?
         

Here are some of the Books Your Classmates are Reading.


If you haven't picked up your January/February Book Assignment, pick it up from the bottom wire basket for your class.
If you haven't handed it in, hand it in to the top wire basket for your class. 

Here is some work your could use to make up part of the points for your January/February Book Assignment: Make-Up Jan/Feb Book Assessment

2. Word Parts:
Add these to your Composition Book under Word Parts (page 33).


auto = self

bio = life

graph = write
What  words can you think of that include 

the word parts "auto" or "bio" or "graph"?






3. Outsiders Video -- Continue to fill out your venn diagram.  There should be at least five items in each section: five similarities in the middle section and five contrasting items to show the differences between the book and the movie.

Also, today we are asking which conflict(s) do you find in The Outsiders:

In your composition book, take these notes:

Types of Conflict:
[vs. or v. = in conflict or competition with; against]
person vs. person
person vs. self
person vs. society
person vs. nature
person vs. technology
person vs. fate/god/the supernatural

protagonist:
antagonist:

B6 -- B7?
In your composition book, under Notes and Quickwrites:
Title it Before I Die   and add today's date: March 5, 2015
"Sixteen years ain't long enough. . . ."
What would you like to accomplish and/or experience before you die?
What is on your bucket list?

B5- 1:01
B6 - 1:01
B7 - 1:03
A1 - 1:03 still needs to write bucket list


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If you're still not understanding sentence types and haven't been able to pass off your compound-complex sentence, see this post:

Sentence Types Remediation