Tuesday, 1/29 and Wednesday, 1/30

Do Now:
Get a Participation Evaluation sheet and fill it in. 
Graded writing prompts are in the red crate by my desk. 

Today:
Review vocabulary
Metaphor sheet

Assignments:
Grades end on Wednesday
Vocab quiz on Friday

Monday, January 28

Do Now:
Vocab Review

Today:
Review Vocab
Finish Sonnets

Assignments:
Writer's Notebooks due today!
Grades end on Wednesday
Vocab quiz on Friday - Vocab 9 and review words below

Review words:
malign
revitalize
banal
enigma
zeal
engross
epitome
euphemism
irate
acclaim
amoral
succinct
turmoil
orient
subsequent
methodical
attest
implication
assail
tangible

Wednesday, January 23

Do Now: Group Puzzle

Today:
Sonnet Notes
Benchmark 1 Review

Assignments:
Due Friday:

• word maps
• paraphrase the last six lines of sonnet

Due Monday: Writer's Notebooks
GRADES END WEDNESDAY, 1/30

Tuesday, January 22

Do Now:
Get a new vocabulary sheet from the back desk. Use the context clues to discern each word's meaning. 

Have your AOTW out on your desk. I will come around and stamp it. 

Inauguration extra credit can go in the Homework Bin. 

Today:
New vocab!
AOTW
"Harlem"
Writing Folders

Assignments:

• Make up your Vocab 7&8 Quiz today or tomorrow after school, or during lunch tomorrow
• Word Maps due Friday, 1/25
• Writer's Notebooks due Monday, 1/28
• Grades end Wednesday, January 30

Thursday, January 17

Writing Prompt 3.9: Yesterday, we read Biggie's vision of personal success. Describe your vision of your own personal success. Think about where you would like to be in ten or twenty years. What do you think a successful life would include? Make this relevant to you - do not feel pressure to imitate or include what others may think is success. 

Have your homework out on your desk. I will come around to check it. 

Today:
Review homework
Langston Hughes
AOTW assignment

Assignments:
AOTW #13
Inauguration extra credit

Wednesday, January 16

Do Now: Annotate "Juicy"

Today: 
Discuss imagery and poetic terms in "Juicy"

Assignments:
Illuminating Imagery: #s 1, 2, 3, 7, 8
Read "The Rose that Grew From Concrete"

Monday, January 14

Do Now: Get a vocab handout from the back desk. You have a vocabulary quiz tomorrow! Take this warm up seriously!

Have your AOTW out on your desk. I will come around to stamp them. 

Today:
Review vocabulary
Review apostrophes
Discuss AOTW
Share Object poems

Assignments:
Quiz tomorrow: Vocab 7 & 8 and apostrophes!
Grades end the last week of January - official date coming soon
Writer's Notebooks will be collected soon - make sure you are staying organized. 

Thursday, 1/10 & Friday, 1/11

Do Now: 

• Read the poem below. 
• Underline any lines that relate to sight, sound, touch, taste or smell. 
• Determine what object is being described in the poem. 

Assignments:
Due Monday:

• AOTW #12: read "F in Grammar? Maybe It's Your Phone's Fault" on pages 22-23 in your UpFront magazine.
• finish Object Poem (write at least ten lines!)

Tuesday, 1/15: Quiz on Vocab 7 & 8, and apostrophes!

Tuesday, January 8

Writing Prompt 3.8: Vocabulary Contest
You have ten minutes to write a paragraph on a topic of your choice. Use as many new vocabulary words as you can. The student who uses the most will earn one free homework pass. 

Use your vocab sheets or your word maps to help you.  


Today:
Review vocab
Review schedule for the week
Poetry Terms!

Assigments:
Vocabulary 7 & 8 quiz on Tuesday, 1/15. Apostrophes will be included!

Monday, January 7

Do Now: Get a half slip of paper from the back desk. Read the paragraph, identify, and correct the eight apostrophe errors. You may use your apostrophe notes from last week (purple sheet) to help you. 

Word maps can go in the homework bin. There are paperclips in the homework bin. 

Have your AOTW #11 out so that I can stamp it. 

Today:

discuss AOTW

review vocabulary

editing symbols

monologues

Assignments:

Vocabulary quiz on Tuesday, 1/15. 

Friday, January 4

Do Now:
Get a handout from the back desk. Read the poem "Introduction to Poetry" by Billy Collins. 

As you read, write on the poem:
Put a ? next to parts you don't understand.
Underline lines you think are important. 
Circle words or phrases that are repeated. 

If you have your Speak books, place them on your desks. 

Today:
Introduction to Poetry
Editing Symbols
Return Monologues/Writing Folders

Assignments:
Projects are due today!
Word maps due Monday
AOTW #11 due Monday

• read "The New Face of America" on page 6
• define the following words from the article after your respone:
• demographic (pg 6)
• de facto (pg 9)
• influx (pg 9)

Thursday, January 3

Do Now: Get a packet of post-its from the back desk. Answer each question on a separate post-it. Put the post-it on the corresponding poster. 

1. DEFINE poetry.
2. What do you LIKE about poetry?
3. What QUESTIONS do you have about poetry? What CONFUSES you?
4. What do you want to LEARN about poetry? Are there POETS and POEMS you like?

Today:
Poetry Intro!

Assignments:
Speak project due Friday
Bring in your Speak books tomorrow!
word maps due Monday

Wednesday, January 2

Welcome Back!

New Year = New Vocabulary! Get a handout from the back desk and begin determining each word's meaning. 

Today:
Review new vocabulary
Editing symbols
Discuss Speak project

Assignments:
Speak projects due Friday
Word maps due Monday


Most common grammatical errors in the monologues

1. Capitalization.

• Capitalize I. 
• i am a very important person; therefore, I always capitalize I. 
• Capitalize the names of proper nouns - people, places, brand names, specific events. 
• Constitution High School is a proper noun. However, referring to a general high school is not specific and does not need to be capitalized. 
• Jolly Ranchers are a specific brand of candy. If you are just talking about the general candy you got for Halloween, you do not need to capitalize it. 
• Capitalize the first letter of each sentence. 

2. Homophones

• Their/they're/there
• their = possessive
• they're = they are
• there = location
• Affect/effect
• affect = to influence (verb)
• effect = result or outcome (noun)

3. Run-on sentences

• we will be taking notes to practice identifying and correcting run-on sentences in class.