4/7/14 Monday Classwork: Finish “Lives of a Cell” short essay. Homework Find a book for the next book review. Due Thursday. Tuesday Classwork: Grammar #9: Participial phrases, gerunds, and appositives Homework: None. Wednesday Classwork: Finish…
3/31/14 Monday Classwork: Learning Day. No school. Homework Tuesday Classwork: Receive research paper back. Read “Lives of a Cell.” Inside lab. Deal with difficulty. Here’s the link to the collaborative workspace. Per1 Per2 Homework:…
3/24/14. (Most eighth graders in Yosemite) Monday Classwork: Outside lab, mini-grammar lesson. Only a few students in the class, so something easy. Here’s the link to the mini grammar lesson. Here’s an awesome example on…
3/17/14 Monday Classwork: Lab time for formatting. Remember this checklist. Homework Finish formatting research paper. Due tomorrow. Print it out with all drafts. Tuesday Classwork: Research paper due. “Foolology” continued. Homework: None Wednesday Classwork: Foolology…
3/10/14 Research rough due Monday. Outsiders Test Tuesday Monday Classwork: Grade grammar quiz. Check drafts. Outsiders game. Homework Study for the Outsiders test. Vocab from chapters 5-12. Lots of questions about comprehension and literary technique,…
3/3/14 Grammar quiz Friday. Finish rough research paper by Monday 3/10. Outsiders test 3/11. Monday Classwork: Finish reviewing Clause Challenge (1, 2, 3) Outsiders Ch. 10 Handout: Ch 10, 11-12 Active Reader Homework Finish the…
2/24/14 Monday Classwork: Writing conferences Peer editing Finish Ch. 7 if you haven’t already. Homework Make sure that you have finished Ch. 7 and that you have written at least five sentences of the “Works”…
2/10/14 Monday Classwork: Work period. Three parts: 1. Pick up a review crossword for the vocab quiz tomorrow. Work with your group to solve it. 2. Finish reading Ch. 6 if you haven’t already. 3.…
2/3/14 Monday Classwork: Grade Ch. 4 notes. Explain common errors about thesis statements and topic sentences. Handout a proofreading worksheet to do in pairs. Homework Write four sentences of your research paper: thesis and three…
1/27/14 Monday Classwork: Mr. Oncay has to miss today. Pick up the Chapter 3 active reading sheet. Go to the computer lab. Find conjunctions in the media (news and magazine articles). Follow these directions. You…