1/30/2014 Thursday FLYING CLOSE

1st period-GRC Ball Vote


Please respond to the following quote by Michelangelo Buronarroti by leaving a comment.  What do you think he means by this? Do you agree or disagree?


ICARUS


ENGLISH:

IA

Make a copy. Replace the "1" with your English Period, and the FIRST with your first name, and LAST with your last name.

1/29 Wednesday

CCR:

Follow the following link: The Necklace Vocab

On a seperate sheet of paper, please use each of these vocabulary words in a sentence.



English:
Scholar Start:
Please review these five parts of a short story. 

1/28 ENGLISH

Scholar start:

4th period:

Please describe how this picture is ironic, and what type of irony it is.










5th Period:

Describe why this picture is ironic; identify the kind of irony it is.

Agenda:
Scholar Start
Glows/Grows
Review on Symbols.
MEAL paragraph

1/16 Thursday "Gift of the Magi"

Scholar Start: Have you ever wanted to get someone a gift that you couldn't afford? If not, has there ever been something you've wanted for yourself that you didn't have enough money for? What did you do? Respond with a comment on this post.


Later, we will be reading the following story:
Gift of the Magi

1/14 Tuesday

Scholar Start: Please post a comment to the blog responding to the following question:
If you woke up tomorrow, and found out you were principal of the school, what would you change? What things would you DEFINATELY keep?

1/13 ENGLISH Short Story

Scholar  start: In the comments  section of to today's post, leave a comment responding to the following question:
Why might an author chose to write a short story rather than a novel, or an essay, or a poem?  Why might you? 

Your response needs to have:
-At least 2 reasons
-At least 5 sentences.

Here is an additional link you might find useful. Please review it when you are finished.


Red Riding Hood

Monday 1/12/2014 Short Stories

CCR

Good morning students! Welcome back, I hope you had a terrific our weekend!  For your scholar start, Please make a copy of the following document. The only thing you should change about it should be to delete the words "copy of." Once you have made a copy of it, please type in your name where it says "Name," And share the document with me. Close your chromebooks, take out your books and get ready to start independent reading.

Click here for the link.

1/9/2014-MLA presentation

CCR: Today we are going to start class with independent reading.  Anyone who does NOT have their book out by the second bell will get a responsibility form.



Here is the MLA presentation from yesterday, for your reference.  We will also be taking time to revise or essays, focusing on our CITATIONS.

ENGLISH
Ms. Sekulski will be meeting with us today to discuss scheduling.