Thursday, December 10

On Thursday you received your final assignment for the Emily Dickinson Poetry unit.

Wednesday, December 9

On Wednesday we did an activity in class that helped us identify the images, themes, and visual concept of an Emily Dickinson poem.

Tuesday, December 8

We did a freewrite today on the painting below. You are to write about what this painting says to you, what you think it might mean, and anything else you can think of.

Monday, December 7

Mrs. Garton set us up for Google Apps today. If you were absent, we will have to set you up next time you are in class.

Friday, December 4

Bird Poem Worksheet Thursday, December 3

Here is the link to the worksheet we did in class on Thursday. Please follow the link and print it out.
Bird Worksheet

Lecture Notes. . .

This is the presentation from Wednesday, December 2.



And the Assignment Slide

Tuesday December 1st

In class today we did a freewrite and a PowerPoint about poetry. The Freewrite is above and the whole presentation is below.

We also watched a 30 minute video about the poet we are studying, Emily Dickinson.

Tomorrow there will be a quiz.

Monday November 30

Your assignment for today is below

Tuesday November, 24

Monday, November 23

We have a freewrite today

This is also Writer's Workshop Lab day.

Friday November, 20

Today's SSR.

Thursday November, 19

We continued to work on the take home/open book test today.

Tomorrow is SSR.

Wednesday Nov 18

Today we are working on the OPEN BOOK TEST.

Tuesday, November 17

Peer Editing Day!
Student's should be finishing up Paper 1 and starting Paper 2

Monday, November 16

Lab day for Writer's Workshop

I have pushed back the 2nd Portfolio check to December 3rd, and you will only be required to have your first paper finished by December 17. We will stretch conferencing on the 2nd paper into 2nd semester. 

Friday the 13th

SSR

Webbing the Setting

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Searching the blog

Searching instructions
Some of you have expressed complaints that the blog is hard to find things on. Well, let me help you with that.

If you look to the left you will find a column of helpful items. You will see that there is a "Search this Blog" feature to the left. If you click in the box and type in a key word like FREEWRITE or SSR the blog will find all of the instances of that word in the text and create a new clear window at the top of the blog with all of the posts containing that word displayed for you. This will help you find what you are looking for. Please take advantage of this.

Thursday, November 12

Today, I handed out an open book, take home test. Please see me immediately if you did not get one.

In our culture of technology and 21st century skills, traditional ways of assessing student knowledge are out the window. So, I am trying this testing format, because I am expecting you to collaborate, read critically, paraphrase, summarize, and think outside of the box. The test looks like a traditional paper, pencil test, but the way you take it has changed. I want you to use your book. I want you to use your neighbor and if you think that this means that you can cheat. . . then think again. You may use your neighbor, but no two answers on the short and extended answer items should look exactly alike. THere is a dfference between copying and collaborating. I want you to collaborate. If I get two papers with identical answers to the short and extended answer items then both people will fail! I know you can't help but have the same answers on the multiple choice, but all of these multiple choice questions are complex and require you to think about each and every response, so I hope you will think and collaborate and come to a consensus.

Wednesday, November 11

Today is Veteran's Day.

In Honor of Veterans day, we took a second look at the "Concord Hymn" by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
I assigned Freewrite #9 by asking you to write about what you might set up as a monument in your life. What might that monument look like and what would it represent.

Freewrite #10 is homework for anytime between now and Monday. Write for 5 minutes about a topic of your choice.

Monday and Tuesday 11/9 and 11/10

Monday
Today is Writer's Workshop Laboratory Day. Student's should work on Revising Paper 1 or start drafting Paper 2.


Tuesday
Peer editing day.

After today, I will not give points for late Portfolio Checks. If you did not check your portfolio with me today, you are out of luck. The next portfolio check is 11/19.

Happy Friday!

Today is SSR.
The topic for today is. . .

If your book became your current reality, how would your day look?

I am collecting your composition books today. Be sure that you have marked two of your freewrites for me to read for extra points.

Thursday!

Portfolio checks were today. If you were absent you need to have your portfolio ready for me to view tomorrow.

I will be collecting your composition books tomorrow.

Wednesday--Henry David Thoreau

Today we are reading Henry David Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience." We began the class with a freewrite answering the questions below
1. What makes a law just or good?
2. How does one determine whether a law is good or bad?

We then read the essay on page 412 and looked at the biographical information on page 400.

I announced that I am writing a test for you. It will be over all of the Transcendentalism stuff, and I will give you a study guide. The test will be the Wednesday the 18th, and I will give you the study guide on the 11th.

Tuesday--Writer's Workshop Editing day

Freewrite #2

Today we looked at this painting by Asher Durand called "Kindred Spirits." Durand is one of the most famous Transcendentalist painters, and this is a prime example of his landscape painting. The two men in the painting are Durand and Thomas Cole who were instrumental in starting the Hudson River School (an art movement made up of transcendentalist painters). As you look at this painting write about whatever comes to mind. You can talk about the painting itself or you can merely use it as a jumping off place.

Writer's Workshop--After freewriting today we are working on editing our papers. Remember you have a portfolio check on Thursday.

November is here!

It's Monday!
Today is lab day for Writer's Workshop. You need to continue working on Paper #1.
We are looking at paper formatting on the Owl at Purdue website. Remember we have a portfolio check on Thursday.

Freewrite #1 is homework for tonight.

Thursday 10/29

Today is SSR for this week.

SSR-Reading Reflection
Answer the following questions in paragraph format
1. What role does reading play in your life?
2. What is your favorite book?
3. List and describe your favorite things to read.
4. How will the book or magazine you are reading today change your life?


Have a happy and safe Halloween weekend!!!

Portfolio Check Requirements

11/5 Portfolio Check


Supplies:

_____Pocket Folder with handouts and drafts

_____Composition Book



_____/9 Freewrites (completion)

                 8-9 freewrites completed =25 points

                 5-7 completed=12 points

                  Fewer than 5 completed=0 points 


____Paper #1 through step #8 (25 pts)


____ Paper #2 rough draft BONUS (5 pts)

Total Points possible _____/50

If you are missing anything, you may make it up for ½ credit and it must be done by 11/10/09.

10/28 Wednesday

1, 3, 4, 6 Hour--
Read pages 388-390 in the textbook. It is an excerpt from an essay titled "Nature" by Ralph Waldo Emerson
In your composition book record in detail
 3 things you learned about the transcendentalist view of nature.

 2 questions you would like to ask Emerson after reading this excerpt.

 1 thing you find particularly striking about the essay or his view of Nature.

*Label this entry in your composition book Freewrite #2 for this week and put today's date.*

7th hour
Read pages 388-390 and 393-396 in the Red Textbook.
In your composition book record in detail


3 things you learned about the transcendentalist view of nature.

2 questions you would like to ask Emerson after reading this excerpt.

1 thing you find particularly striking about the essay or his view of Nature.

*Label this entry in your composition book Freewrite #2 for this week and put today's date.*

Monday, Tuesday Writer's Workshop.

Monday 10/26
Writer's Workshop lab day to type papers. First portfolio check will be Thursday 11/5 and paper 1 must be through step 8.

Tuesday  10/27
Writer's Workshop editing day. We worked in the classroom to edit and revise papers. Peer Review and Self-Editing sheets are in the black crate on the table at the back of the classroom.

*Do another 5 min freewrite on a topic of choice. This is freewrite #1 for the week.

Friday 10/23 SSR and Weekend homework

I'm sorry that this post is late. I should have put it up Friday night, but I forgot about it.

Friday was SSR. The topic for this week was to answer the question, "What does this text mean to me?" Text being whatever you read for SSR this week.

Over the weekend you were to do two 5 minute freewrites:

1. Write for 5 minutes about the meaning of one of the two Emerson quotes below

"Every hero becomes a bore at last."

"Every man alone is sincere; at the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins."

2. Write for 5 minutes about your observations of people in a PUBLIC place.

Happy writing!
Remember these freewrites should be in the journal section of your compostion book.

Transcendalism Lecture notes

Transcendentalism

• Theory of thought fathered by Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau.
• 1840-1855 is known as a "New Reinassance" in American literature and thought.
• This era in literature above all others has a clear American voice though there are definite foreign influences.

Although transcendentalism is hard to define, there are some important tenets

• Based on Plato's philosophy
• Dependence on self (intuition)
• Innocence regained
• Sieze the Day or Carpe Diem
• Individuals "transcend" to a higher spiritual state
• Individuals seek spiritual not material greatness
• Essential truths of life through intution.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

• Young Boston Pastor
• Lost his wife in the early 1830's after being married for less than two years.
• Her loss caused him to question his beliefs (Crisis of Confidence)
• Society in the 1830's made little of the individual.
• The Industrial Revolution was in full swing and replacing people with machines

Emersonian Philosophy

• The individual is at the center of the universe
• No institution, religious or political, is as powerful as the individual
• The human mind is so powerful it can unlock any mystery, from the intricacies of nature to the wonder of God.
• Every being is a part of the mind of God.

Wednesday: Transcendentalism

"Only when we stop stopping our lives, can we start starting our lives." Professor Whitman, Community

Today we are begining a study of Transcendentalism. If you are home sick, you are missing some great notes and lecture and a self-assessment of how transcendental you are.
If you missed the Writing Territories yesterday than the homework assignment for today will be really hard.

Homework
Get a timer of some sort and set it for 5 minutes. Write about one of your writing territories for the full 5 minutes. Do not stop writing! If you exhaust one topic move on to another of your writing territories.

I hope that all of you who are sick get well soon! We miss your smiling faces!

Writing Territories

In class today, we discovered our writing territories. Writing Territories are areas (territories) of interest to you that will hopefully help you find topics to write about.
Brainstorm some topics you are interested in writing about.

“These [writing territories] include subjects I‟ve written about or might like to, genres I‟ve written in or would like to try, and audiences for whom I write or would like to. The list of territories represents my self-portrait as a writer. Because I use it to model for kids to learn from, I try to make it personal, specific, diverse, and unpretentious: ideas of mine that might generate ideas of theirs.”  --Nancie Atwell, In the Middle


Begin by thinking about your family.
1. What good stories could you tell about parents, grandparents, siblings?
2. What books do you like?
3. Where do you go to relax? Enjoy yourself? Can you descibe these places?
4. What political, social or cultural issues interest you?

Answer these questions in list form. Ask me and I'll show you mine so you can get a better idea of what I mean.

Writing Territories are different for each and every person. My territories are not the same as yours.

2nd Quarter begins--Writer's Workshop

Writer’s Workshop is a research proven way to teach students to write effectively. My methods may be a little different than the way other teachers employ this technique, but I think we are going to learn a lot together in the weeks to come.
Parents: Below is the information that I gave out to the students today. Please support them in getting their work done.

Students: If you lose your papers you will need to print this blog out so that you have a copy for your folder.


The process

Each and every paper requires
2 peer edits
1 self edit
1 conference with me by email and or in person
When you conference with me, I must see all of your peer edits and self edits. If you have not done them, I will not look at your paper. NO EXCEPTIONS.


This is how the process works step by step.

1. Write rough draft
2. Peer edit
3. Revise and highlight your changes
4. Self edit
5. Revise and highlight your changes
6. Peer edit
7. Revise and highlight your changes
8. Conference with Mrs. Maschmeyer in person or by email
9. Final Revision and highlight your changes
10. Paper stamped for full credit

Be aware!

I am not responsible for your lack of responsibility.

Suggested due dates:

You are required to write 5 papers between October 19, 2009 and the last day of the school year.

The order you do them in is up to you. I will refer to them as papers 1 through 5 so when I say paper 1 is due a specific time that does not mean that the first paper on this sheet is due that day.

2nd Quarter—10/19 through 12/18

       1 previous paper through Final Draft (step 10)

       1 required paper through Final Draft (step 10)

       1 paper of choice (either a required or a choice) paper through (step 5).

Portfolio checks

           10/22—Required folder with prewriting and drafting and composition book with freewrites (this check is a practice for what is to come)

           11/5—1 paper through step 6, 1 paper through step 5, 1 rough draft

           11/19—1 paper through step 10, 1 paper through step 6, 1 paper through step 3

           12/17—Final 2nd quarter portfolio check 1 previous paper through step 10, 1 required through Step 10, 1 paper of choice through step 5.



Paper Descriptions


2nd quarter through the end of the year
All papers must be at least 4 pages long. After the fourth page length is up to you.


Required Papers (must write all 4)

Definition/Reflection
               The job of this essay is to clarify an abstract idea such as—hope, democracy, wisdom, courage, wealth, poverty, ambition, death, destruction, or insecurity. You are to convince your reader of what makes your subject significant. The typical organization includes a dictionary definition, a personal anecdote about the subject being defined, an explanation of the subject in more detail including your viewpoints on how the definition fits into your life, culture, and society. Reflect on the word’s meaning and your personal thoughts on the word. Your paper should be persuasive in style. Your objective is to stir the conscience of your readers persuading them to incorporate or eradicate the abstract term you have chosen into or from their lives.

Your paper must include the MLA citation of the dictionary definition you include in your paper.


Career Research
          This paper is to be 3 pages in length.
Mr. Grauf will be helping with the research for this paper. We will be using career connection for a large part of the research.
Your paper must include MLA citation of the Career Connection website.

Compare /Contrast
          Choose a social, political, or cultural issue with two opposing sides. Compare and contrast the two sides of the issue and form an opinion on the matter. Persuade your reader that the opinion you have formed is the right one and attempt to win them to your side

(4 to 5 sources documented and varied—not all magazine or internet).
This paper should have as many sources as pages.



Creative Narrative (short story)
           Write a short story based on a actual event in your life or the life of someone you know (you might want to get their permission). Your short story must include the basic elements of plot: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and conclusion/resolution. You must include strong character development. Your reader must be able to understand your story both visually and emotionally. The strong short story is one of a kind. The storyline is not weak, predictable, or underdeveloped. Your personal experiences and strong observations will create your structure and your characters. Your story must take place within a 24 hour period and include at least one fully developed character. We will discuss plot creation and character development as well as finding inspiration in class.


*Honors Only*
You may replace any one of the required papers with the Author Biography PowerPoint project.

Author Biography PowerPoint Project.
           Choose an American author that you enjoy (someone you read) and develop a PowerPoint biography of his/her life and work. It must be at least 12 to 15 slides and include information about his or her birth, schooling, influences of other authors, occupation, inspiration to write, and what you personally enjoy about the author’s work. Include a works cited slide at the end of your presentation. Points will be given for layout and inclusion of graphics or sound. Note: Even though this is a PowerPoint, it still must be workshopped. You must present your PowerPoint to the class.

Choice Papers (must write 1 of choice)

Author Biography project
            Choose an American author that you enjoy and develop a PowerPoint biography of his/her life and work. It must be at least 10 to 12 slides and include information about his or her birth, schooling, influences of other authors, occupation, inspiration to write, and what you personally enjoy about the author’s work. Include a works cited slide (with at least 3 sources) at the end of your presentation. Points will be given for layout and inclusion of graphics or sound.

Reader Response
                This essay is an analysis of literature based on the your, the reader’s, interaction with the text. When you read, the literature acts as an incentive to explore personal thoughts and feelings that develop while you are reading. How does the story, novel or poem relate to your thoughts, ideas feelings/emotions? Of what does the piece remind you? You may choose to pick a particular theme, quote, passage, or character from the work and relate it to your life.
*Honors* you must use literary element terminology to discuss the text as well as relate it to your own life. We will discuss literary elements in class.

Personal Narrative (Memoir)
            Write a short memoir about your role in or perspective on a significant event. Brainstorm a list of events that you have observed that made an impact on you or your community. Prepare an outline for their story that addresses the six essential questions related to the event: who, what, where, when, how and why. They should also keep the following questions in mind when writing their stories (written on the board for easier student access
• Why is this event significant to my peers and/or community?
• Why is it important that I participated in, witnessed or learned from the event?
• What can others learn from my account or interpretation?
Balance the facts as you recall them including language and details that relate the drama and suspense of the event. I have a handout with more information about writing this type of essay.

College Scholarship or Entrance Essay
       Essay must include requirements for the essay from the college or institution giving the scholarship. Length and requirements will vary according to

Essay of Place
             Write a descriptive essay about a place that has had some special meaning in your life—a place that is still a part of you. Provide specific physical details about the place, and explain how this place helped form you into the person you are today. As you get started, take a few minutes to think about how you want to order your essay: What will you summarize? What will you dramatize? Will you use chronological order or flashback?

Creative Poetry (5 poems or more)
See me for approval to do this project. I will have more information for you.


Honors Only:
Personal Literary analysis
         Write an essay analyzing one original poem of at least 20 lines and l essay. If you choose to write this paper, there is a specific outline I want you to follow. See me and I will give it to you. This paper could be beneficial to those who want to improve their poetry writing skills or intend to major in English in college.


NOTES:

There will be two folders in the black crates on the back counter that have peer-edit and self-edit sheets in them. When you complete a peer or self edit you must staple the sheet to the draft of your paper. When you conference with me, I must see all of your peer edits and self edits. If you have not done them, I will not look at your paper. NO EXCEPTIONS.

You must have 3 freewrites in your composition book per week, whether we do them in class or not.
Freewriting process: Write for 5 minutes without stopping. If you exhaust one topic move on to another. Just keep writing.

Schedule

Mondays will be computer lab days. On Mondays you will be able to type and do research, but you will not be allowed to play games. You do not have time to play games. You must print at the end of the hour and bring what you have worked on to class on Tuesday.

Tuesdays will have mini-lessons and freewrites. The rest of the class period will be time for you to conference with your peers and self edit and revise your work.

Wednesday and Thursday will be literature lessons

Friday will ALWAYS be SSR.

Friday!!! End of 1st Quarter

Reminder!
No late work from 1st quarter will be accepted after today. Your zeros are permanent now.

Today is SSR:
Divide a page in your composition book into 4 columns. Label the columns Somebody, Wanted, But, So.
In the Somebody column describe a character in your book. Give their name and some important details about them
In the Wanted column tell me what your character wants in the story. What is his or her goal or objective?
In the But column talk about the conflict. What is stopping your character from getting what he or she wants?
In the So column talk about what your character is going to do to get around the But. If you have not read far enough to know what your character is going to do, make predictions.

Note:
If you check your grade today and then again over the weekend and it has changed drastically, be aware that I will be grading all weekend and if you did not turn in work to the folder for your class, then I won't have it to enter.

If you have questions, please email me.

Keeping up!

Many of you are feeling overwhelmed this week with attending 3 funerals and the amount of work that has to be done before the end of the quarter (Friday). Your biography project is still due on Thursday unless you and I have already agreed upon another arrangement. Please get it done as soon as possible. We will be in the computer lab today and tomorrow.

If you are still missing work for me, please work on that as well. I want all missing work turned in Friday and it will take precedence over grading the biography projects this weekend. Your missing work must be in by the end of the quarter or your zeros will become permanent.

Friday will be SSR--and we will be doing a reading strategy with the book you are reading.
Bring your book of choice and your composition books to class.

Next week I will be introducing Writer's Workshop to you. Please bring a folder and your composition books to class.

Journal Topics
If you are missing journal topics here is a list of recent ones.

Topics below were collected on 9/18
Journals
9/1 Describe a time you were wrongly accused.
9/9 Will I ever be perfect? Why or why not?
9/15 (1st hour, 6th hour, and 7th hour) What is the difference between faith and belief?
9/16 What does it mean to be independent? How is it different than dependence?
9/17 Who are the people in the "We the people?" (all except 7th hour)

SSR
9/10 (5th hour only) SSR
9/18 Reflection on something from your book that interests you or is related to your life.

Topics below will be collected 10/16
Journals
9/23 Is soda becoming immoral? Why or why not? (all except 7th hour)
9/29 Create a definition for the term "lap potato."  Write a short story using the term.

SSR
9/24 Describe the theme of your book and give examples (7th hour only).
10/2  Describe the theme of your book and give examples, explain and evaluate (hours 1 through 6)
10/2 Freewrite on your book (7th hour only).
10/9 Freewrite on a topic of choice.
10/16 Somebody Wanted But So

ACT Prep for the English and reading sections

http://www.actstudent.org/sampletest/english/eng_01.html

http://www.actstudent.org/sampletest/reading/read_01.html

The two links above are links to the ACT's free interactive tests. We'll be doing some of these in class, but if you are taking the ACT soon and need some practice before you take the test, you might want to check this out. There are practice sections for all of the other subject areas as well.

Tuesday

Today in class we continued to work in the library or our Crucible Biographies. The biographies are due at the end of the hour on Thursday.

Tomorrow will be ACT grammar.

REMINDERS

Don't forget that I will not be taking any late work after Thursday October 15th.

I will pass out progress reports tomorrow, Tuesday, so that you can see what you are missing. If you are missing things it is your responsibility to figure it out and get it done. The test for Thursday has been canceled. I can't see throwing that at you this week.

Have a great evening!

The Crucible Biography Project

Here are some links to help you find information for your biography project.

Remember you are trying to write a factual biography of the person as opposed to the fictionlalized version in The Crucible.


http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/salem.htm
Short bits of information about the trials and the people involved.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/salem/
Interactive site that gives you the story as well as information about the people involved.

http://www.salemwitchtrials.com/

http://etext.virginia.edu/salem/witchcraft/
Excellent site. Lots of available information.

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schooladventures/salemwitchtrials/
Interactive and easy to read site.

Arthur Miller
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/amiller.htm

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/arthur-miller/none-without-sin/56/

http://www.neh.gov/whoweare/miller/biography.html

Joseph McCarthy
http://www.historypoint.org/columns2.asp?column_id=1062&column_type=

http://www.senatormccarthy.com/

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAmccarthyism.htm

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/arthur-miller/mccarthyism/484/

Do your best with the MLA. We will learn all about it in the coming weeks.

For Sammie

Some of you have asked me to share what I shared with my 5th hour class today.

Journal Entry 10/8/09

I lost my first student tonight. Sammie was tragically killed this afternoon in a car accident. I thought I would get to teach for a year or two before I experienced a tragedy like this, but here I am struggling with the death of a 16 year-old girl who was so spunky, vibrant, and full of life. My fifth hour class will not be the same without her smiling face. I'm thinking back through the conversations we had the past couple weeks. We talked about how many bobbypins she had to use to pull her hair back for ROTC uniform days. After class that day, I found a bobbypin under her desk. We talked about colorguard and we compared our sisters. She really was a special young lady with potential and definite leadership capabilities. I don't know how else to express my sadness over her loss. I walked into my own daughter's bedroom after I got off the phone with our principal and kissed my sleeping daughters hoping and praying for Sammie's Dad, Mom and siblings. I cannot imagine losing either of my girls and I cannot fathom the pain Sammie's parents are feeling tonight. I can't believe she's gone--how much more her family? They are in my prayers.

Yesterday in Class

I was very proud of all my English III students yesterday. They behaved excellently for the sub while I was away at a seminar. Thank you to all my students. You have made me proud of you.


Yesterday in class, you finished watching the Crucible.


Today is a relaxed SSR requiring you to freewrite in your composition books.
Thanks,
Mrs. Maschmeyer

Wednesday

Today in class we will continue to watch and discuss The Crucible.

1st hour--Mary Warren's Deposition--Mary cannot faint
3rd hour--Mary Warren's Deposition--Abigail's involvement is questioned
4th hour--Mary Warren's Deposition--Abigail accuses Danforth
5th hour--Beginning of Mary's Deposition
6th hour--Mary Warren's Deposition--Parris leaves the courtroom to fetch Elizabeth
7th hour--Beginning of Mary's Deposition--Mary kneels and wails as the afflicted girls descend on her.

Thursday, October 8, you will have a sub, but he or she will continue to watch the movie with you.
Behave yourselves for the sub! I want a good report on Friday!

Friday, October 9, is SSR. Come to class prepared with a book to read and your Composition book or you will be counted Tardy!!!!

Character Assignments for Crucible Biography Project

Scroll down to your hour and check the list for your name. If I misspelled it, I apologize.

1st Hour


Mary Warren                                    V. Copeland

Giles Corey                                       C. Mueller, C. Weiland
John Proctor                                      T. Schoen, T. Husskison, J. McDowell

Elizabeth Proctor                                J. Callahan, A. Jenkins, K. Anderson

Abigail Williams                                  R. Dutton, R. East, K. Christian

Rev. Samuel Parris                             J. Tindle

John Hathorne                                   T. Nuttall,

Thomas Danforth                               M. Barton

Thomas Putnam,                                P. Bennet, S. Colson, T. King

Rev. Hale                                          R. Eubanks

Joseph McCarthy                               R. Leatherbarrow


3rd Hour


Mary Warren                                  J. Mann, S.  Smith

John Proctor                                   R. Galaviz, Z. Nunn, J. Lingurar

Elizabeth Proctor                             R. Chapman, A. Wilcox

Abigail Williams                               B. Gugel, Melissa H. Cole N.

Rev. Samuel Parris                         Tim M., Daniel N., Alex H.

Thomas Danforth                             Tyler W., Landon J.

Tituba                                              Jason B.

Thomas Putnam                                Vang M.

Betty Parris                                     Katherine S.


Joseph McCarthy                            Marcus, Trenton, Dimitri



4th Hour

Mary Warren                                          Maggie Rose, Brooke

Giles Corey                                             Caleb , Jesse M., David G.

John Proctor                                            David M., Trevor, Kathan.

Elizabeth Proctor                                     Zach C., Alexa H.

Abigail Williams                                       Kelsey, Rebecca

Thomas Danforth                                     Max, Sam

Tituba                                                      Hayley, Brandon

Thomas Putnam                                        Bradley,

Rev. Hale                                                 Jacob, Brock
Arthur Miller                                            Derek, Nick B.

Joseph McCarthy                                     Jessie B., Jenn H, Mark



5th Hour

Mary Warren                                               Alexia, Courtney

Giles Corey                                                  Stephen

John Proctor                                                Dale, Laura, Brittany

Elizabeth Proctor                                          Megan, Hannah, Sammie G.

Abigail Williams                                           Lyndsay, Kelsey, Shirley, Jessica, Brianne

Thomas Danforth                                         Darren

Tituba                                                          James Jr., David, Chelsie

Thomas Putnam                                          James H, Ivory, Nick M.

*Rev. Hale                                                  Joseph, Jamie

Arthur Miller                                                Michael G

6th Hour

Mary Warren                                             Mary Dobbs,

John Proctor                                               Rex, Charlotte, Justin

Elizabeth Proctor                                        Brittany, Scarlett, Riley

Abigail Williams                                         Katie, Shelby, Nick

Tituba Brooke,                                           Kenzie, Angela, Jessica,

Betty Parris                                               Cori, Sarah

*Rev. Hale                                                 Kyle, Steven, Brywana, Cheyenne

Arthur Miller                                              Chris Sandy

7th Hour

Mary Warren                                              Bobby S., Carrie 

Sarah Good                                                Clarissa A

Giles Corey                                                  Annette, Megan

John Proctor                                                  Josh W, Parker, Kyle

Elizabeth Proctor                                           Kallie, Destany

Abigail Williams                                            Sary, Andrea

Rev. Samuel Parris                                        Josh B, TJ

Tituba                                                          Madi, Jacob

Betty Parris                                                  Brittany M, Kaelyn

*Rebecca Nurse                                          Teah

*Rev. Hale                                                   Brian S.
Joseph McCarthy                                          Bobby H, Calvin K.

MLA Citation Information

Click the title of this post. It will take you to a website that will help you with MLA Citation for your website. This site provides all you need to know about MLA citation for my papers. **Remember not to stress about the citation style for The Crucible Biography paper--It's bonus.

Recent Homework....DO IT!!!

9/24 Homework Module

1st hour
Begin Act IV read through page 1324.

3rd hour
Quiz over Plot PowerPoint. Begin Allegory presentation

4th hour
Quiz over Allegory presentation. Read beginning on pg 1272 through the end of Act II. Finish Act II study questions and turn in.
5th hour
Begin Allegory presentation.
6th hour
Read Act II beginning on page 1281 through the end of the act. Finish Study questions and turn in.

7th hour
SSR—topic is Theme, and give examples from the text to support.

9/28/09 Homework

1st hour
Read the poem by Margaret Atwood titled “Half-Hanged Mary” Discussed this view of Puritan life.

3rd hour
Finished Allegory presentation and read an example of allegory/satire. The Butter Battle Book by Dr. Seuss.

4th hour
Read The Crucible beginning on page 1272

5th
Finished Allegory presentation and read an example of allegory/satire. The Butter Battle Book by Dr. Seuss.

6th
Read the Crucible through page 1334

7th
Read the Crucible through page 1281



9/29/2009

1st hour
Journal: Define lap potato and write a story illustrating your definition of the word. Read The Crucible Act IV through page 1331

3rd hour
Quiz over Allegory presentation. Read Act II through page 1268

4th hour
Read Act II through page 1268

5th hour
Quiz over Allegory presentation. Read Act II through page 1287

6th hour
Read Act IV through page 1334

7th hour
Read Act II through page 1281


9/30/09
All hours--Only you can prevent Dangling Modifiers PowerPoint. Visual grammar in class assignment (if you missed it, see me for a make up)

10/1/2009
1st hour
Finish The Crucible Vocabulary assignment (turn in). Finish Act IV of The Crucible

3rd hour
Finish Act II of The Crucible

4th hour
Summary of Act III; Read beginning of Act IV; Finish Vocabulary sheets and Act II study questions

5th hour
Finish Act II;
Finish Study questions;
Work on Vocabulary;

6th hour
Develop rubrics and discuss what makes a good paper?

7th hour
Develop rubrics and discuss what makes a good paper


10/2/2009

1-6 Hour SSR-Theme. Explain, describe, or predict the theme of your book. Give examples and evaluate the theme. Is it a good, bad, ridiculous or Amazing theme?

7th hour SSR Freewrite, Write about anything that inspires or interests you in your book.


10/5/09
Begin The Crucible Movie


10/6/09
Continue watching The Crucible; Receive Crucible Biography assignment. Assign characters. See me if you missed this.