Friday

HW: Continue group/independent reading book reading schedule.

Today:
Present first book BINGO topics
Conference with Mrs. B. AND revise

• What are your writing about?
• Why are you writing about this? Personal reason as well as intent for audience

Revision of your paper

• Delete at least 10 words. Look for unnecessary adverbs (ly/y)
• Rewrite opening lines one time- use dialogue, description, an original or new thought
• Replace at least three bland words- good, great, happy, sad, bad, new, old- with more descriptive words: uplifted, morose, sullen, decrepit

Continue reading

Thursday, May 27

HW: Continue reading group reading next assignment. Work on BINGO card.

In class: Complete first BINGO Square.
Present to class at the end of the hour.

May 26

Homework: Read at least 30 pages in your OR book!

Today:
Meet with your groups.
Determine reading schedule. Books must be completed by Monday June 7th.
Turn in a copy of your reading schedule to me today.
You will have part of the following days to work/read:
Thursday, 5/27
Friday, 5/28
Tuesday, 6/1
Thursday, 6/3
Friday, 6/4

May 25

Homework:
Bring group reading book to class tommorrow (for points). If you do not have it in class you will read Into the Wild (a great book).
Today:
Turn in essays in the following order:
From TOP to BOTTOM

• Final typed paper
• Rubric
• Draft
• Peer Revision

Complete first draft of Reader's Theatre piece. Process:
1. Determine topic. Pick a very narrow topic. If you pick skiing, write about one day of skiing, one hour of skiing, a specific ski manuever, etc.

2. Complete some type of brainstorming about your topic.

3. Determine the genre in which you will write.

Advice columns, autobiographies, advertisementsBooks, biographies, birth announcementsComics, cover letterDirectionsEssays, eulogies, email, engagement announcementsFun facts, fable, fairy taleGraphic novels, guest books, guides to anything (a happy life, etc.)Haiku, How-To-Do-SomethingInvitationsJournalsKLists, letters, lyricsMagazine articles, memoirs, mythsNews articles, news features, narrativesObituaries, on-line adsPoetryQuotes (a book of your own quotes)Reviews (CDs, books, movies, restaurants), recommendationsRules, regulationsStories, scripts, songsThank you cards, timelines, toilet booksUVignettesWeb pageXYZines (online magazines

4. Draft one page minimum or the equivalent of one page.

May 24

Homework:
Final, typed essay due TOMORROW at the the start of class! Late papers will loose points. You must turn in a paper to pass the semester.
Edline has paper reminders.

Reading Groups
Your GROUP reading book MUST be in class on Wednesday. Process:
1. Create a group of three-four (NO MORE THAN FOUR)
2. Determine one book that will interest all of you. See my lists provided on the link below.
3. Check the book out at the library, by the book, or see if it is in the classroom library.
4. If you do not have a group or a book by Wednesday, I will place you in a group and you will read one of the books I have available.

The Young Adult Library Association's Best Books of 2010

Graphic Novels

Recommended Books for College Bound Students


Today:
Peer Review
Form Book Groups

MLA FORMAT REMINDERS

Emanuel Ruiz and Paly Yang

Mrs. Barniskis

American Literature

25 May 2010

Adrift on the River of Friendship

Entire paper is doublespaced

Work Cited is included!

Work Cited

Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. New York: Signet Classics, 2008.

May 19

Homework:
Begin typing essays. Options:
1. Assign one person type who is a great typist
2. Divide up the sections
-save the sections on a jump drive and then you can combine all the sections on a school
computer
3. Use your school email accounts to write your section, and send them to one person to compile
as one essay.

Essays should be typed, compiled as one essay, and printed out by MONDAY! 10 pts. You may have to meet before school on Monday to combine all the sections onto one document.

Today
Each group will:
1. Finish writing drafts.
2. Read over the rubric
3. Determine THREE areas of weakness in the draft. What are three things on the rubric that you need to improve on in the draft.
3. WRITE OUT those three things somewhere on the draft.
4. Star * one paragraph that you want me to review with you as a group.
5. Bring your draft, rubric, and your list of three things up to my desk for a conference.

Thursday, May 19

Today
HOMEWORK:
Determine what book you will read in your choice groups by the end of the day Friday! Bring book to class book by Tuesday. The book should be challenging, at least at your reading level, and enjoyable. It needs to be approved by me.

Today:
Finish drafts. All drafts are turned in today at the end of the hour.
Each draft paragraph is worth 5 pts. Ouline is worth 10.
You will star one paragraph you wish me to revise.
All typed final papers are due on Tuesday.
Late paper will be docked 50%.
No late papers accepted after June 1.

Tuesday, May 18th

Today:
Reasons to teach/not teach
Thesis and outlines due today
Introduction due today
Body paragraphs due at the end of the hour tomorrow
Conclusions due at the start of class Thursday
Drafts due Thursday

Begin final persuasive essays:
Craft a three-five paragraph essay in which you argue for or against the teaching of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

Every paper needs to have

• a thesis in which you clearly state your position (1-5 pts)
  
• an introduction paragraph that begins with an attention grabber, continues with a link containing the title and author of the novel, and ends with an arguable thesis (1-5 pts)
  
• one (to be considered for a C) to three (to be considered for an A) body paragraphs that support and explain your argument and include one quote from the novel or from a reading (1-5 pts each)
  
• A conclusion paragraph that restates the thesis, revisits one main idea from each body paragraph, a final sentence that connects back to your attention grabber (1-5 pts)

May 13th

Hour 1
Finish reading book!
Quiz over 37-end of book Friday.
Begin Born to Trouble- Add to multi-flow maps, at least 3 on each side of map
Draft thesis statements for both sides


Hour 2
Finish reading 31. Quotes.
Quiz over 37-end of book Friday.
Begin Born to Trouble- Add to multi-flow maps, at least 3 on each side of map
Draft thesis statements for both sides

May 12
Homework: Read 40-42! We are almost finished!
Quiz over 31-36
NING: Fill out your NING Tracking/Participation Sheet. It is due on Friday.
Access NING though Moodle @ http://moodle.edina.k12.mn.us/
A = At least 15 thoughtful, in depth comments.
B = At least 12 thoughtful, in depth comments.
Model response:
Huckleberry Finn is a great American classic. This book is just as appropriate as any other book that has been written. Many of such books hurt people because they are or were a reality. The racism found in this book is just as true as the holocaust and a way to remember it is by continuing to teach it. Through, the remembrance of this issue, we are better able to avoid it and progress to a better nation.

May 11

Homework:
Read 37-39

Today:
News Tues: Blackface at Bethel
Final Word: Reread 31 as a class
Flow map 31-36
Quiz 31-36

May 10

Homework:
Read 34-36
Quiz over 31-36 Tuesday
Today:
Quiz 19-30
Discuss 31
Finish satire PP
Apply satire/techniques of satire

May 6

NING Homework: Postponed. I was unable to access Wednesday, thus there were no new conversations.

Tonight: Read through chapter 30. Quiz Friday over 19-21, 22-30: The duke and king episode.

Today:

Satire PP. Unpacking satire.
With your table partner, you will be assigned one episode or character that could be considered satirical.

May 5th

Homework:
Add two comments to the new NING discussions by Thursday night. All discussions have been closed, but but there are two new ones that you can respond to for your homework! One of your responses should be a a reply to something someone else said.

Today:
Writing Wednesday: What's on your mind?
Draw a picture of your head. List past, present, and upcoming people, places, events, ideas, "things", activities, you are thinking about.

Huck:
Start at 23.
Quiz over the duke and king episode (chapters 19-21 and 23-30) at the start of class on Friday.
Chapter 22 summary (will not be on Friday's quiz):

• Sherburne scolds the lynch mob for not being a "real" lynch mob.
• He tells them they have no men among them.
• They need to return at night with on masks to do a proper lynching "Southern style".
• Huck goes to a circus, and watches the crowd go wild when they are tricked into believing a drunk wanders into the ring and is almost killed.

Tuesday, May 4th

News Tues.
Writing Tuesday!
What are you an expert at?
List five things you are an expert at.

Listen to 21-22
Quiz over 21-22???

Monday, May 3rd!

THANK YOU for being so mature and responsible with the NING! I was reading and responding to entries you made, and I was floored. Absolutely floored! You are the best thinkers I have come across in a long time (maybe not the best spellers though...).

Today:
Writing Monday! We will brainstorm each day for a topic.
Today: Write ten things you like to do that involve NO electricity or technology.
Circle one topic, then do one of the following:
1. Write five sentences explaining why you like it
2. Tell a story about it
3. Write a poem about it
4. Bubble/Circle map it
5. Draw a picture of it
6. Write a song about it

Listen to Chapter 20.