Monday, April 12

Today:
Homeroom schedule
NING Roles
Listen to HF chapters 3-4

Friday, April 9th

Today:
Hour 1
Listen to one chapter of HF.
Reading Friday!

Hour 2
Lab to access Gmail accounts.
Reading Friday!

Thursday, April 8th

Hour 1:
Go to lab and check email and NING.
Log in using
http://moodle.edina.k12.mn.us/
Click on Gmail in the upper right.
Accept my invite and attempt to log in to Ning.

Return to class and begin listening to Huck Finn.

Wednesday, April 7th

Today:
First hour
1. Ning role play- accept the invitiation you received in the email TODAY! Please email me at elibarniskis@edina.k12.mn.us if you have problems.
2. Finish "Born To Trouble"
3. Writing Wednesday:
What is your reaction to Born to Trouble? What side of the issue do you find yourself agreeing with? Why? After watching the video, how do you feel about reading the novel?

April 6, 2nd Hour

Articles:

Read your article. As your read or after you read do the following on a 1/2 sheet of paper:

Three things I learnned from my article:


Two emotionas I felt as I read:


One question I have about the reading:


Continue Video

April 6

Am. Lit Hours 1 & 2: Instructions for Tuesday, April 9th
Part 1: In the Lab
Go to computer lab and, upon arrival, show Mrs. B the article you printed out for News Tues.
Log in to a computer, and set up a GMAIL account. If you have another email account that is great, but for our upcoming NING Role Play, you will need a GMAIL account.
Be sure to write out your username and password.
When you have done this, visit Mrs. B at her computer, and type in your email address correctly where she shows you.
Part 2: Article
Sit down and begin reading your article (the suicide or the Obama letters). If you did not print it out at home, you can print it out now. Go to the class blog to get it: http://foundationsofamericanliterature.blogspot.com/
When fished, complete the following 3-2-1 activity.

3-2-1: Article I read (headline):
While reading this article I learned these three things:




While reading I felt these two emotions:



After reading this article I have this question:

Monday, April 5th

4th quarter! We have made it!

Our schedule:
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (four weeks with a persuasive paper)
The Glass Castle (three weeks with an analytical essay)
Choice novels (no paper except final exam!)

We will still do Writing Wednesdays and Reading Fridays.

This quarter, if you bring in a recent magazine that is of high interest (something you would actually want to read yourself) you can earn three extra credit points. If you bring in a high interest novel to donate, you can earn five. You can earn a maximum of 15 points this way. You do the math.

Monday:
1. News Tues: Each Tuesdaywe will read an article from a "trustworthy" news source about an issue of relevance. Why do this?
This week: School bullying to the extremes? OR Ten Letters a Day. Print out the article of your choice for points, and bring it to class on Tuesday!
2. Huck Finn K-W-L
3. Begin Born to Trouble