Daily Agenda 1/31

Today's Agenda ~

* Shortened period due to early dismissal
* Peer editing -- secondary seating please
* 10 minutes to silently read and mark your partner's paper; min. 5 pros (+) and 5 cons (-)
* 10 minutes to read paper aloud to your partner (read your partner's paper to them and not your own paper); make additional corrections
* 10 minutes to discuss your papers and fill out rubric for your partner's paper

Daily Agenda 11/28

Today's Agenda ~

* Work day for short stories (middle seats open please)

* Announcements: vocabulary due yesterday; persuasive final copies due Monday 12/3 ; last day to accept Monday 12/10; all make-up quizzes on Thursday

* Conferences continue today

* Short stories due at the end of the period

Daily Agenda 11/27

Today's Agenda ~

* Work day for short stories (middle seats open please)
* Essay conferences
* Announcements: vocabulary due today; persuasive final copies due Monday 12/3; conferences and work day continue tomorrow; short story due at the end of the period tomorrow

Daily Agenda 11/26

Today's Agenda ~

* Persuasive rough drafts due for peer editing (secondary seating / middle seats open)
* Peer edit for 20 minutes
* Announcements: vocab due tomorrow; short stories due at end of period on Wednesday; essay conferences begin Tuesday and run through Thursday; work day for short stories next two days
* Reviewed requirements for short stories
* Work on short stories for remainder of period ; receive construction paper for book cover

Daily Agenda 9/14

Today's Agenda ~

* Secondary seating, please
* Finish Frederick Douglass quizzes ; turn in books
* Announcements: no textbooks Monday; sign-up sheet for presentations posted Monday; presentations on Tues - Wed - Thurs; special guest speaker on Monday; movie on Friday
* Activity: "demon in the mix" ; "stereotypes" ; "untangle"

Daily Agenda 9/13

Today's Agenda ~

* Secondary seating, middle seats open please
* Chapter 11, appendix, run-on and fragment quiz
* Answers for purple sheet (FD questions) must be in complete sentences. You must write at least 2 sentences for each question to receive full credit.
* Turn in FD books when finished with test
* Wrong book number? You need to find the book you signed out.
* Announcements: no books tomorrow OR next week. Only assignment between now and next Friday is vocabulary on Tuesday. "Activity day" tomorrow. Special guest speaker on Monday. Movie next Friday. Will not accept autobiography final copies past Wednesday of next week.
* First 15 minutes of class tomorrow to finish quizzes

Daily Agenda 9/5

Today's Agenda ~

* Secondary seating -- middle seats open
* Frederick Douglass books out
* Writing prompt / connect to text; include citations (in-text notation) and follow all writing criteria listed on the board.
* Announcements: bring grammar workbooks tomorrow; no HW except to start working on final copies of essays; essays must be typed; turn in 2 copies of essays AND rough drafts Wednesday, 9/12.
* Return rough drafts today; start conferencing

Essay prompts:

Choose one:

• When does your voice speak and when does silence speak?
• Is there a god?
• Are you superstitious?
• What has been a turning point in your life?

criteria:
200+ words, NO 2nd person prounouns (you, your, yours), and at least 2 references from Frederick Douglass (at least 1 reference from chapter 10 and one reference otherwise).

i.e., Music plays an important role in my life, just as it played a major part in the lives of slaves. However, I listen to music when I am happy; slaves sung songs when they were sad (Douglass 18).

* Highlight all citations (in-text notation)

Standards met today:

10.2.2, 10.3.3, 10.3.4, 10.3.7, 10.3.9, 10.3.12, 10.4.1, 10.4.2, 10.4.3, 10.4.7, 10.4.11, 10.4.13, 10.5.2, 10.6.1, 10.6.2, 10.6.3, 10.6.4

Daily Agenda 8/31

It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men. ~ Frederick Douglass

Today's Agenda ~

* Secondary seating (leave middle seats open)
* Quiz, chapters 5-9 of Frederick Douglass ; no talking during the quiz -- keep your papers at your desk when you finish and place them upside down; additional questions listed on the board.
* Announcements: No textbooks needed on Tuesday; return drafts on Tuesday; have a long, safe weekend! remember vocab is due Tuesday
* Start reading chapter 10 when finished with quiz; read the rest of chapter 10 for homework; discuss chapter 10 on Tuesday
* Confused about who's who in Frederick Douglass? Download a .jpg image or .pdf file (Adobe Acrobat) of the character map!

Daily Agenda 8/27

Today's Agenda ~

* Secondary seating (middle seats open)
* Receive ISTEP rubrics and symbols of correction sheet
* Proofread / peer edit student papers (25 minutes)
* Announcements: bring grammar workbooks and Frederick Douglass books tomorrow; vocab lessons 3-4 are due tomorrow; tomorrow is last day to turn in lessons 1-2
*6th period received graded papers and progress reports; signed progress reports are due back by Wednesday; signed only if grade is lower than a B-average (79.4 and below)
* Discuss corrections and suggestions with partners.

* Standards met today: 10.4.1, 10.4.10, 10.4.11, 10.4.12, 10.5.1, 10.6.2, 10.6.3

Daily Agenda 8/24

Today's Agenda ~

* Secondary seating chart for quiz (leave middle seats open)
* Quiz (closed book) over chapters 1-4 in Frederick Douglass. NO TALKING! Answer in complete sentences; answers not written in complete sentences will be docked points. Quiz = 20 questions X 2 points each = 40 points + essay question 10 points = 50 points
* Announcements: no textbook OR Frederick Douglass books Monday; ROUGH DRAFTS OF AUTOBIOGRAPHIES DUE MONDAY!!!
* Questions over the weekend about autobios? Email me missyfeller@yahoo.com or mafelle@evsc.k12.in.us

* Standards met today: 10.3.5, 10.5.1

Daily Agenda 8/16

Today's Agenda ~

* Begin class in "secondary seating chart"
* Finish literary devices in songs from yesterday with partners [15 minutes max]
* Turn in song sheets with both partner names in basket in the back (white for 6th period, pink for 7th period)
* Get "Reader's Companion" and tear out the following pages: 37-40, 149-150, 57-66, 145-148. KEEP this workbook IN YOUR LOCKER until December. Place the torn-outs pages in the "handouts" section of your binder.
* Return to the "regular seating chart"
* Read "Style" by Maya Angelou / answer questions (individually) [15 minutes] / discuss (as a class) [5-10 minutes]
* Announcements: bring your literature book TOMORROW, Friday, 8/17
* Read "Some Like Poetry" (handout, or page 947 in literature textbook) ; discuss and connect to literary devices
* HOMEWORK: Finish "Style" by Maya Angelou and write 2 more things on "Some Like Poetry" -- turn in at the beginning of the period Friday, 8/17

* Standards met today: 10.1.2, 10.2.4, 10.3.7, 10.6.3,