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Final Group Work

Mr. Scott — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:21:42 +0000

We completed the final day of group work for the memoir today. We’ll be spending two more days polishing it up, and then turn it in Monday.

English I began verbs today. We’ll finish up tomorrow, testing willing.

The testing in question is the Explore test. We’ll be taking that test Thursday and Friday.

Homework

First and seventh periods: none.
Second period: complete second draft.
Fourth period: none (if second draft of Antigone analysis is complete).

Book Fair

Mr. Scott — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:49:00 +0000

All classes finished up working with Mrs. Weaver-James regarding the PASS writing test that is coming up 11 March and then we went to the book fair.

Homework

First period: make sure you’ve read through chapter 8 of The Giver.
Second period: finish Lord of the Flies.

PASS Overview

Mr. Scott — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 19:50:50 +0000

Mrs.Weaver-James, an instructional coach at Hughes, was a guest teacher in all classes today, giving students some important information about the upcoming PASS test.

Tomorrow, we’ll be going to the book fair, with Mrs. Weaver-James taking the few minutes of class time beforehand to finish up what we started.

Homework

None.

Editing Maslow

Mr. Scott — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 19:12:59 +0000

First, fourth, and sixth periods used the sentence revision techniques we’ve worked on during the week to revise their persuasive essay on capital punishment. Additionally, students began double-checking that they’d supplied three arguments in their papers, and that two of the argument methods (from authority, reason, emotion, etc) are represented.

Second period began Lord of the Flies, looking at Maslow’s hierarchy of needs as a portion of the framework we’ll be using to understanding the novel. We’ll also be looking at sociology and theories of society as well as Freudian theory to round out our understanding of LoF, but I’m getting ahead of myself a bit.

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

Homework

First, fourth, and sixth periods: finish revision of capital punishment paper.
Second period:
- The Romeo and Juliet test is Monday;
- The Romeo and Juliet soundtrack project is due Monday; and
- The first vocabulary quiz for Lord of the Flies must be completed online over the weekend.

Discussion and Editing

Mr. Scott — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:11:12 +0000

First period did some small group work to complete the mini-unit of sentence revision that we’ve been working on this week. We’ll be applying all we’ve learned to our essays on capital punishment tomorrow.

Second period had a guest teacher, and we wrapped up Romeo and Juliet. I was not anticipating the activity to last the entire class period, but it did. So we’re a day behind, but it was worthwhile activity.

Fourth and sixth periods are working on the same thing as first period, but they are a couple of days behind them.

Greenville County Dress Code I

Greenville County Dress Code II

Linguistic Change and Drafting

Mr. Scott — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:25:44 +0000

First period worked on revising their initial memoir drafts. We looked for content holes and/or loaded content–places where the writer didn’t give as much detail as he/she could.

Second period discussed the use of a socially offensive word in To Kill a Mockingbird.

Fourth and sixth periods began the first drafts of their memoirs, crafting thesis statements and digging into the work of writing a memoir.

Homework

First period: complete second draft.
Second period:
- read chapters 12-15;
- answer discussion questions on web site.
Fourth and sixth periods: finish first draft.