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Spring 2012 Book Fair and Various Work

Mr. Scott — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:37:41 +0000

All classes attended the book fair. Pictures are available here.

First and sixth periods created a rubric for the quick two-day political cartoon project we’ll be working on during the next two days.

Second and fourth periods, after having internet problems, switched from the planned start of the Great Expectations unit and did some more work with clauses and sentence types.

Seventh period went over clustering in preparation for a small writing project based on what we just read.

Homework

First and sixth periods: find and print appropriate political cartoon for project. (You must have a good understanding of the cartoon, or at the very least, you must know what current event the cartoon is editorializing. This might require some research.
Second and fourth periods: complete final writing for Lord of the Flies.
Seventh period: none.

Political Cartoons, Symbols, and -ize

Mr. Scott — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:00:55 +0000

First and sixth periods continued with political cartoons. We’ll be finishing up the unit this week with brief presentations.

Second and sixth periods finished up Lord of the Flies. The culminating project has been in the works since we began the unit, so we’ll be completely done with LotF as soon as the final writing assignment is completed.

Seventh period looked at vocabulary and the -ize suffix.

Homework

First period: complete the fourth and final cartoon on graphic organizer.
Second and fourth periods: select one of the two following (and final) Lord of the Flies questions:

Seventh period: complete work on -ize.

Friday Homework Wrap-up

Mr. Scott — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 19:46:13 +0000

Homework only — it’s Friday.

Homework

First period: have political cartoon by Tuesday. (This is a change: it’s been moved back one week.)
Sixth period:

complete necessary research to determine the background information needed to understand your individually assigned political cartoon (all are available here for those who might have lost a copy).
have political cartoon by Tuesday. (This is a change: it’s been moved back one week.)

Second and fourth periods: complete Lord of the Flies.
Seventh period: none.

Pre-PASS Day

Mr. Scott — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:42:16 +0000

As tomorrow is the PASS extended response writing test, most classes went over PASS materials. In addition, second and fourth periods began a short creative poster mini-project regarding the symbolism and plot developments in chapters nine and ten of Lord … Continue reading →

Review, Chapter Eight, and Beginning Drama

Mr. Scott — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 19:33:30 +0000

First period and sixth period went over yesterday’s test. Second period covered Simon’s confusing conversation with the Lord of the Flies. Seventh period did some reading practice and began drama.

Homework

First and sixth periods: none.
Second and fourth periods:

read chapters 9 and 10;
complete the chapter 8 writing assignment.

Seventh period:

complete the vocabulary list b work;
complete the reading practice b work.

Final Scenes, Conflict, and an Overview

Mr. Scott — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 19:45:55 +0000

First and sixth periods finished the abridged viewing of The Diary of Anne Frank. We completed and turned in the viewing guide.

Second and fourth periods continued with The Lord of the Flies, looking today at the various types of conflict in the novel and examining how these various types of conflict contribute to the boys’ fear of the beast. We postponed the chapters 4-6 vocab quiz until tomorrow.

Seventh period finished the overview of the elements of drama and began a bit of vocabulary work for this new drama unit.

Homework

First and sixth periods: study for test tomorrow on The Diary of Anne Frank.
Second and fourth periods:

complete chapter eight (by Friday), reading it twice‘
work on Lord of the Flies vocabulary (quiz on chapters 4-6 was postponed until tomorrow);
complete the written response for chapter four in Lord of the Flies (due by midnight).

Seventh period: none.

Visualization, Evaluation, and Dramatic Note Practice

Mr. Scott — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 19:37:10 +0000

It’s always rewarding to have a positive return after a long break such as the one we just finished. I think it’s fair to say that today was such a day — at least in room 606.

First and sixth periods had an extended bell ringer that dealt with vocabulary from the Anne Frank unit: reinforce, reinforce, reinforce. We finished up the unit by viewing select scenes from a PBS version of the film based on the diary, play, and historical research. We’ll finish up the viewing tomorrow, with a test on Thursday.

Second and fourth period completed a self-evaluation of their Romeo and Juliet projects before turning to a brief grammar overview of clauses. We’ll be working on grammar and Lord of the Flies together, switching every couple of days in an effort to slow the Flies unit a bit and give students more time to complete the writing assignments for the unit (not to mention giving me more time to assess their work).

Seventh period began a brief unit on drama. We began today, though, by going over how to take notes from a reading, focusing on the vocabulary of typography and text elements:

italics
bold
heading
highlighting/font color
bullet points

Homework

First and sixth periods: study for Thursday’s test.
Second and fourth periods:

complete chapters six and seven (as needed)
work on Lord of the Flies vocabulary (quiz on chapters 4-6 was postponed until tomorrow);
begin working on written response for chapter four in Lord of the Flies;

Seventh period: complete note taking on pages 656, 7.

Final Anne Scene, Creating a Civil Society, and Final Presentations

Mr. Scott — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 21:30:13 +0000

First and sixth periods finished up Diary of Anne Frank, acting out the last three pages in class. We’ll do a few more days’ work with the play before moving on.

Second and fourth periods looked at the difficulty of creating a society like the boys in Lord of the Flies are attempting to do. We closed with an examination of how that society is already coming apart at the edges.

Seventh period completed their presentations.

Homework

First and sixth period: free-write: are humans inherently good or evil?
Second and fourth period:

complete chapters six and seven;
work on Lord of the Flies vocabulary (quiz on chapters 4-6 Tuesday 13 March);
begin working on written response for chapter four in Lord of the Flies;
review transitional devices as needed;
continue working on Romeo and Juliet soundtrack project. This is due Tuesday 13 March, but I will give extra credit to anyone who turns it in before the long break (i.e., turns it in tomorrow).

Seventh period: none.

Theft, Long Hair, and Presentations

Mr. Scott — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 21:07:28 +0000

First and sixth periods went over the big scene in Diary of Anne Frank: Van Daan gets caught stealing bread! We also had a bit of vocabulary review.

Second and fourth periods looked briefly at the relationships between the “biguns” and “littleuns” in Lord of the Flies after we completed the first of four vocab quizzes (which will all count as one grade).

Seventh period continued with the Hatchet project presentations.

Homework

First and sixth periods: read 2.4 from Anne Frank.
Second and fourth periods:

read chapter five of Lord of the Flies;
work on Lord of the Flies vocabulary (quiz on chapters 4-6 Tuesday 13 March);
complete the Maslow Hierarchy of Needs work, due before midnight tonight:

the lesson;
writing assignment (be sure to review the rubric beforehand);

begin working on written response for chapter four in Lord of the Flies;
review transitional devices as needed.
continue working on Romeo and Juliet soundtrack project. This is due Tuesday 13 March, but I will give extra credit to anyone who turns it in before the long break (i.e., turns it in Thursday).

Seventh period: none.

Early March Friday Overview

Mr. Scott — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:55:47 +0000

First and sixth periods went over PASS practice: the PASS extended writing test is bearing down on us, and we’re trying to get a few of our last ducks in rows.

Second and fourth periods looked at initial symbols within Lord of the Flies. Among the symbols we explored were:

the conch
the signal fire
the huts
Simon’s hiding place
Simon

Seventh period had the final day of preparation for Monday’s presentations.

Homework

First and sixth periods:

complete act two scene three of Diary of Anne Frank;
complete two reader’s journal entries.

Second and fourth periods:

work on Lord of the Flies vocabulary (quiz on chapters 1-3 Tuesday);
complete the Maslow’s “Hierarchy of Needs” lesson;
complete the Maslow’s “Hierarchy of Needs” writing assignment (be sure to review the rubric beforehand);
continue working on Romeo and Juliet soundtrack project.

Seventh period: none.