Wednesday, November 18, 2015

ENGLISH - 1^st trimester – Day 55

Use this padlet (and your study guide) to study for exam:

http://padlet.com/tvanbragt/tztpzrab5w1n

Monday, November 16, 2015

ENGLISH - 1^st trimester – Day 53

Review answers from “Exam Review and Practice” guide

Reviewed who, whom, whoever, whomever

With a partner, studied for exam with the following links:
http://padlet.com/tvanbragt/hy79mvfb8rc0
http://padlet.com/tvanbragt/7fkq81yti8n3
Parts of speech: http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/215.html
Most Dangerous Game: http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=most-dangerous-game_1
Apostrophe practice: http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/39.html
Cask of Amontillado: http://www.goodreads.com/quizzes/9555-the-cask-of-amontillado
Plural practice: http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/288.html
And http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/391.html
http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/71.html
http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/356.html
Author’s Purpose: http://www.thatquiz.org/tq/practicetest?TUAG7034
The Scarlet Ibis: http://www.quia.com/quiz/326362.html?AP_rand=1710972736
Fact or Opinion: http://cuip.uchicago.edu/www4teach/97/jlyman/default/quiz/factopquiz.htm
Possessive and reflexive pronouns: http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/62.html

ENGLISH homework:

Use study guide (and links above) to review for exam.

Friday, November 13, 2015

ENGLISH - 1st trimester – Day 52

Take vocabulary test #5.

Complete study guide to review for exam.

ENGLISH homework:

Use study guide to review for exam.

For online practice, try these links:

•             Parts of speech: http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/215.html

•             Most Dangerous Game: http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=most-dangerous-game_1

•             Apostrophe practice: http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/39.html

•             Cask of Amontillado: http://www.goodreads.com/quizzes/9555-the-cask-of-amontillado

•             Plural practice: http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/288.html

·                     And http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/391.html

·                     http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/71.html

·                     http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/356.html

•             Author’s Purpose: http://www.thatquiz.org/tq/practicetest?TUAG7034

•             The Scarlet Ibis: http://www.quia.com/quiz/326362.html?AP_rand=1710972736

•             Fact or Opinion: http://cuip.uchicago.edu/www4teach/97/jlyman/default/quiz/factopquiz.html

•             Possessive and reflexive pronouns: http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/62.html

Thursday, November 12, 2015

ENGLISH – 1ST TRIMESTER- Day 51

Complete the handout (dangling and misplaced modifiers)

Work on Exam Review Guide

For online practice, try these links:

•             Parts of speech: http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/215.html

•             Most Dangerous Game: http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=most-dangerous-game_1

•             Apostrophe practice: http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/39.html

•             Cask of Amontillado: http://www.goodreads.com/quizzes/9555-the-cask-of-amontillado

•             Plural practice: http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/288.html

·                     And http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/391.html

·                     http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/71.html

·                     http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/356.html

•             Author’s Purpose: http://www.thatquiz.org/tq/practicetest?TUAG7034

•             The Scarlet Ibis: http://www.quia.com/quiz/326362.html?AP_rand=1710972736

•             Fact or Opinion: http://cuip.uchicago.edu/www4teach/97/jlyman/default/quiz/factopquiz.html

•             Possessive and reflexive pronouns: http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/62.html

ENGLISH homework:

Study for Friday’s vocabulary test #5.

Use study guide (and links above) to review for exam.

Wednesday, November 11, 2015

ENGLISH - 1ST TRIMESTER- Day 50

Checked homework (completed backside of vocabulary #5)…begin the following:

DIRECTIONS: Read each description and decide whether it best fits Madame Loisel, Monsieur Loisel, or Madame Forestier. Write the name of the character the description best fits.

1.            A person used to being rich and comfortable with privilege is _________________

2.            A considerate person willing to make sacrifices to please someone else  ____________

3.            A vain person filled with envy for those who are better off ____________________

4.            A person comfortable with his/her station in life_____________________________

5.            A self-centered person who thinks little of anyone else’s happiness_____________

6.            A person who suggests lying as a way to buy time __________________________

Practiced assembling a well-organized paragraph

Using a printed copy of your PMR/google form (re: Processed Meat response) from the other day….sign on to Schoology and complete the assignment “4-paragraph follow-up”

Work on exam review guide

ENGLISH homework

Study for Friday’s vocabulary test #5.

If you didn’t already SUBMIT YOUR ASSIGNMENT in Schoology, Using a printed copy of your PMR/google form (re: Processed Meat response) from the other day….sign on to Schoology and complete the assignment “4-paragraph follow-up”

Work on study guide to review for exam.

Also, for online practice, try these links:

Parts of speech: http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/215.html

Most Dangerous Game: http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=most-dangerous-game_1

Apostrophe practice: http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/39.html

Cask of Amontillado: http://www.goodreads.com/quizzes/9555-the-cask-of-amontillado

Plural practice: http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/288.html
And http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/391.html
http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/71.html
http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/356.html

Author’s Purpose: http://www.thatquiz.org/tq/practicetest?TUAG7034

The Scarlet Ibis: http://www.quia.com/quiz/326362.html?AP_rand=1710972736

Fact or Opinion: http://cuip.uchicago.edu/www4teach/97/jlyman/default/quiz/factopquiz.html

Possessive and reflexive pronouns: http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/62.html  

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

ENGLISH - 1ST TRIMESTER- Day 49

Read definitions for Direct and Indirect Characterization…(in your Literary Terms packet)

Using your book, look through “Thank You, M’am” (Literature book pgs. 134 – 140) and make a chart for the 2 characters that lists 5 direct and 5 indirect characterizations for each. 20 ITEMS TOTAL

           Roger                                                                     Mrs. L.B.W. Jones

DIRECT:

INDIRECT:

Took notes on modifiers…

Practiced fixing sentences with misplaced and dangling modifiers

Considered the placement of adjectives

Rewrite the following 6 sentences so that the meaning is clear:

1.            He saw the deer using his binoculars.
2.            Walking along the beach, a rock scraped my foot.
3.            Juana only has algebra three days this week.
4.            In a tiny cage at the dog pound, we felt very sorry for the little bulldog.
5.            I saw her make a thrilling slalom run on my cousin’s television set.
6.            The governor agreed to punish every driver who endangers the lives of others without delay.

ENGLISH homework:

FINISH FOR HOMEWORK: Open book to page 348 and read “The Necklace” from Literature book (pages 348 – 358)

Complete backside of vocabulary handout #5 for Wednesday...remember to use CLAUSES to finish the sentences.

Study for Friday's vocabulary test. Use this quizlet: https://quizlet.com/_1l73o6

Use study guide to review for exam.

For online practice, try these links:

Parts of speech: http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/215.html

Most Dangerous Game: http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=most-dangerous-game_1

Apostrophe practice: http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/39.html

Cask of Amontillado: http://www.goodreads.com/quizzes/9555-the-cask-of-amontillado

Plural practice: http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/288.html

And http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/391.html

http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/71.html

http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/356.html

Author’s Purpose: http://www.thatquiz.org/tq/practicetest?TUAG7034

The Scarlet Ibis: http://www.quia.com/quiz/326362.html?AP_rand=1710972736

Fact or Opinion: http://cuip.uchicago.edu/www4teach/97/jlyman/default/quiz/factopquiz.html

Possessive and reflexive pronouns: http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/62.html

Monday, November 9, 2015

ENGLISH - 1ST TRIMESTER- Day 48

REMEMBER: To show joint possession, use ’s with the last noun only, if two people SHARE the same thing, they also SHARE an APOSTROPHE.

Have you seen Jennifer and Jackie’s new camper?
Jennifer’s and Jackie’s expectations were quite different.

Pickup vocabulary #5

Completed more practice on (singular, singular possessive, plural, plural possessive…)

Pick up “Exam Review Guide”

Completed work on “Apostrophes in Contractions”

Return Scarlet Ibis review questions 1-9 – begin making poster

ENGLISH homework:

Study for Friday's vocabulary test #5. Use this Quizlet: https://quizlet.com/_1l73o6

Use study guide to review for exam.

For online practice, try these links:

Parts of speech: http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/215.html

Most Dangerous Game: http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=most-dangerous-game_1

Apostrophe practice: http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/39.html

Cask of Amontillado: http://www.goodreads.com/quizzes/9555-the-cask-of-amontillado

Plural practice: http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/288.html

And http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/391.html

http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/71.html

http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/356.html

Author’s Purpose: http://www.thatquiz.org/tq/practicetest?TUAG7034

The Scarlet Ibis: http://www.quia.com/quiz/326362.html?AP_rand=1710972736

Fact or Opinion: http://cuip.uchicago.edu/www4teach/97/jlyman/default/quiz/factopquiz.html

Possessive and reflexive pronouns: http://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/62.html

Friday, November 6, 2015

ENGLISH - 1ST TRIMESTER- Day 47

•             Collect homework: 17 questions on “Thank You, Ma’am”

•             Take prefix test #4

DIRECTIONS: Complete the following...

i.              What is a word that proves something is written in

•             1st person

•             2nd person

•             3rd person

ii.             Name 4 school subjects that get capitalized?

iii.            Rewrite, then properly punctuate this sentence:

•             his girlfriend said you’re in big trouble

iv.           How would you properly write out these book titles:

•             the blue moon

•             nutty zombie of terror

v.            Write a sentence that needs a direction (north, south, east, west) to be capitalized and another sentence that doesn’t need to be capitalized.

vi.           We make words plural by adding –s or –ies to words.

•             List 4 exceptions?

•             How do we make these two words plural?         

a.            “brother-in-law” and “attorney-at-law”

vii.          We add apostrophes to words to show possession.

•             What if a car belongs to both Carol and Sue?

a.            Carol and Sue car got a flat tire.

•             Hand out 44 possessives sheet

•             TRY THESE:

Singular                                singular possessive                         plural                     plural possessive

1.            Igloo

2.            Mouse

3.            Echo

4.            Butterfly

5.            Deer

6.            Child

ENGLISH homework:

None

Thursday, November 5, 2015

ENGLISH - 1ST TRIMESTER- Day 46

 In  3 sentences minimum, besides “thank you” what does Roger wish he would have said to Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones?

Reviewed short story “Thank You, M’am” in Literature book pgs. 134 – 140

ANSWER QUESTIONS ON A SEPARATE PAPER:

1. Explain how the following quote relates to “Thank You, M’am”:
1. “There is within me (and it is with sadness I have watched it in others) a knot of cruelty”
2. 2 PICTURES AND 2 PARAGRAPHS:
1. Draw and explain: What might have happened to Roger that created his knot? (in his past)

                                                               i.      What did he do with his knot?

                                                              ii.      What was the outcome of this?

2. Draw and explain: What’s another choice Roger could have made given the same past/background, same situation, but a different choice?

                                                               i.      What might the outcome of that have been?

3. From what point-of-view is this story told? (1^st, 2^nd, 3^rdomniscient, 3^rd limited, 3^rd objective)
4. What was Mrs. Jones’s motive in leaving the door open when she dragged Roger to her room?
5. Why does Mrs. Jones not watch Roger or watch her purse?
6. Roger decides something in the story that marks the story’s turning point.  What did he decide to do?
7. Using the text, list the details that are mentioned about the setting of Mrs. Jones’s home.
8. What does the setting of Mrs. Jones’s home tell us about the kind of person she probably is?
9. Using the text, list the details that are mentioned about Roger’s home life?
10. From what Roger tells Mrs. Jones, what can you infer about his home life?
11. Using the text, directly quote Mrs. Jones when she says something that surprises Roger.
12. What characters don’t say can be as important as what they do say.  List two points in the story when Mrs. Jones and Roger are silent
13. Using the information in question #12, explain why you think each character chose not to speak.
14. Give a specific example of an action done by Mrs. Jones that reveals one of her character traits.
15. What do you think Roger learned from the way Mrs. Jones treated him?
16. What overall impression do you have of Roger by the end of the story?
17. What is the theme of this story?
1. List three important events or details that support your choice for the story’s theme.

ENGLISH homework:

Finish 17 questions for tomorrow.

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

ENGLISH – 1ST TRIMESTER– Day 45

Collected homework: “The Scarlet Ibis” review sheet (Q’s 1 - 9)

Find the 26 errors in this paragraph: 

It’s legs were crossed and it’s claw-like feet we’re delicately curved at rest.  even death did not mare it’s grace. For it laid on the earth like a brokin vase of red flower’s and we stood around it; awed by it’s exotic beautey. “Its dead. mama said.”  “what is it,” Doodle repeated?

Next, write down

1. as many PRONOUNS as you can think of…and

2. list of 7 school subjects (could be the name of a college course)…only capitalize the ones that NEED capitalization

Introduce ANTECEDENT

Create a sentence with 3 different pronouns and 3 different antecedents

Completed handout: identifying pronouns and antecedents and me vs. I

WATCH this INCREDIBLE video J about “me or I”:

o   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qe8AJQo6Wk

§  Learned “trick” to identify which pronoun to use in sentences using “I” and “me” –

·        Read “Thank You, M’am” which takes place in the Harlem section of the borough of Manhattan (Literature book pgs. 134 – 140)

·        In 3 sentences minimum, besides “thank you” what does Roger wish he would have said to Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones?

ENGLISH homework:

Study for Friday's prefix test...dict to therm (#34-44).

Tuesday, November 3, 2015

ENGLISH – 1ST TRIMESTER– Day 44

 

·         Collect classwork (if you didn’t turn in yesterday): list of 40 (guilty/not-guilty)

·         Open book to page 342…Review Doodle’s last ½ hour

o   “As soon as I had finished eating…” until the end of the story)

·         Discuss “The Scarlet Ibis”

o   Knot of cruelty with siblings

o   How did Doodle die?

o   What were the doctor’s orders?

o   Why did the brother disobey?

§  What happened when he did?

§  How did he feel about it?

o   What happened next?

o   When is enough, enough?

 

·         PICKUP a copy of the SCARLET IBIS test review.

o   Finish for homework.

COPY of Scarlet Ibis TEST REVIEW:

1.        Review terms: uneasiness, exhilaration, amusement

a.        find an example of each in the story – write it out, word for word

2.        Read page 338 – “go-to-sleep” flower…discuss vocabulary

3.        Explain the vocabulary words in each of the following quotations:

a.        “…gloriously iridescent vortex,” (pg. 338),

b.        “With success so imminent…” (pg. 337)

c.        “an invalid brother…” (pg. 334)

4.        What 3 words would you use to describe Doodle’s brother while he was teaching Doodle to walk?

5.        In "The Scarlet Ibis," Hurst (the author) uses natural elements of the setting to comment on the action of the story and the characters. These include plants, birds, insects, and weather phenomena. Make a list of 10 of these natural elements and write a paragraph on ONE of them, explaining how it relates to the action of the story or the characters themselves.

6.        Write down BRIEF definitions for the following literary terms:

a.        foreshadowing (pg. 1 on handout)

b.        conflict (pg. 1)

c.        theme (page 3)

d.        allusion, (pg. 3)

e.        metaphor, (pg. 4)

f.         simile, (pg. 4)

g.        symbolism, (pg. 4)

h.        irony, (pg. 4)

i.         oxymoron, (pg. 5)

j.         juxtaposition, (dictionary)

k.        antipathy, (dictionary)

l.         apathetic (dictionary)

7.        Using page 340 as a resource, figure out

a.        About what year (pg. 340)

b.        WHERE did this story take place?

8.        There is an allusion on page 340 in the paragraph that begins, “It was Saturday noon…” – Read the whole paragraph and name the children’s story that is being alluded to.

IF TIME: Complete below…(World’s Thinnest Books redux)…

o    1. List characters in "The Scarlet Ibis" - 7 total – (see the chart below)

o    2. List four or more facts and details about each using your book.

·          Pretend each has written a book.

o    3. Based on the facts, create 2 IRONIC book titles written by each character that reflects something he is LEAST LIKELY to know anything about.

o    4. Choose your 7 favorite titles and draw a pile of books with the titles showing on a PINK poster for our classroom (include the author/character for each title) 

1.        Mama 2.        Doodle’s brother 3.        Daddy

4.        Doodle 5.        Scarlet Ibis 6.        Swamp

7.        The weather

 Homework:

 

Finish 1 = 9 above.

Study for Friday's prefix test.

Monday, November 2, 2015

ENGLISH – 1ST TRIMESTER– Day 43

Decide how you will study and remember this week’s 11 prefixes/roots. Find this week’s 11..they begin with dict-  and end with therm-

Using your list of 20 items (that you made while reading the first half of the story)…

o   Decide which ones are symbolic (and which are NOT).

o   Next, for each item you believe is symbolic, each of you write out a NEW CHART that explains what each item symbolizes. For example:

§  (pg. 338) “When Peter was ready to go to sleep, the peacock spread his magnificent tail, enfolding the boy gently like a closing go-to-sleep flower, burying him in the gloriously iridescent, rustling vortex.”

·         On your chart, write:

o   If the peacock represents Doodle, then the peacock’s magnificent tail (from Doodle’s made-up story) symbolizes how much Doodle loves his older brother.

Next, create 4 lists – 40 reasons total:

·         List 10 events that happened in the story that would help convince a jury that…

o   1. Doodle’s older brother is responsible for the death of Doodle?

o   2. Doodle’s parents are responsible for the death of Doodle?

o   3. Doodle’s older brother is NOT responsible for the death of Doodle?

o   4. Doodle’s parents are NOT responsible for the death of Doodle?

Staple everything together or finish for homework.

·         PICKUP a copy of the SCARLET IBIS test review (on center table). TO BE COLLECTED WEDNESDAY FOR CREDIT.

ENGLISH homework:

Finish all work from above.

Study this week’s 11 prefixes/roots test..they begin with dict-  and end with therm-

Finish “Scarlet Ibis” test review for Wednesday (questions 1 – 9)