Words From Watson

Students were given a copy in class to paste in the notes side of their journals on page 13 TEST OCT 7th Roots-First Nine Weeks 1.  am or ami -love or like amicable- friendly amorous- of or relating to love 2.  anima -life, mind inanimate- not endowed with life or spirit 3.  fid -faith, trust fidelity- the quality or state of being faithful or loyal 4.  hetero- different heterogeneous- mixed; varied 5.  anthro - man, mankind misanthrope- a person who hates or distrusts humankind 6.  chron, chrono -time synchronize- causing to occur at the same time chronological- arranged according to the order of time 7.  cogn - know cognizant - mindful, aware 8.  homo- same homogeneous- of the same kind or similar in nature 9.  ced- go recede- to move back or away 10.  bibli or biblio - book bibliophile- a lover of books 11.  grat - thanks, pleasing gratify- to gi...

Monday September 29th 7:45 AM Test Review Session in 307 Grade MUG - Turn in for Daily Accuracy Grade Denotation/Connotation Practice PACKET - Daily grade Tuesday Sept 30th Literary Elements Test - Application and Analysis.  45 Questions. Matching and Multiple Choice.  Scantron Wednesday October 1st NOUN introduction NOUN packet Thursday October 2nd Read Salem Witch trial packet and fill in the blank on the notes page given Read Collective Hysteria - in journal side, write 2/l2, 2/l3, 1/L5 question in t-Chart do not answer questions Friday October 3rd NOUN packet -- turn in Complete Collective Hysteria Martha Carrier Trial -- answer 5 questions in Journal side

REVIEW for Lit Elements Test on September 30 th **Review Session Offered on Monday September 29th at 7:45 Am  The following Literary Elements will be applied to passages throughout the test.  Make sure you really know/understand the definitions. ·          Simile                 ·          Metaphor                      ·          Personification                      ·          Theme                        ·   ...

BOOK FAIR ALL WEEK IN LIBRARY PARENTS NIGHT THURSDAY the 23rd Monday the 22nd Check MUG Week 1 answers Work on group song analysis Book Fair Tuesday the 23rd Finish  Group Song Analysis Due Thursday at the beginning of class.   Wednesday the 24th Latin/Greek prefixes/suffixes/roots Set One-- Paste into Journal "By the Waters of Babylon"   excerpt for Level Analysis - MOOD questions 1,2 and 8 sentence paragraph Thursday the 25th "By the Waters of Babylon" --#3 - 11 Friday the 26th Turn in "By the Waters of Babylon" MUG Week Two  Grammar/Nouns Non - Fiction Reading Passage "Web Profiles Haunt Students" and Non Fiction Pyramid " UPCOMING:   Monday September 29th tutoring session at 7:45 AM LITERARY ELEMENTS APPLICATION AND ANALYSIS TEST TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 30TH

Monday the 15th: Discuss Mother to Son Analysis question answers Tone/Mood/Theme/Speaker/Imagery/Diction/Paraphrase Miss Rosie in Class Analysis Worksheet Imagery Focus:  Draw and Label Miss Rosie Homework:  Miss Rosie Analysis and Drawing Due Tuesday    Tuesday the 16th Discuss MISS ROSIE Analysis responses:   Tone/Mood/Theme/Speaker/Imagery/Diction/Paraphrase   Literary Elements Notes SET TWO Wednesday the 17th   Introduce/State/Explain Mother to Son Essay response practice DUE FRIDAY Hmwk: study of Literary Elements  Quiz   Thursday the 18th Picture Day Literary Element Quiz - 32 questions - no word bank   Friday the 19th  Turn in Mother to Son Paragraphs MUG Mechanics, Usage, and Grammar/ NOUNS  Song Analysis Assignment

Monday 9/8 Check Denotation and Connotation Worksheet/ PASTE in Journal in NOTES side.  PG 6 "SLEEPING" by  Katharine Weber ANNOTATION/dialectical journal anaylsis HMWK:  Summer Reading Project - Summer reading project DUE tomorrow. Make sure you have a proper Works Cited tab on your project home page with your work cited from NOODLE TOOLS  How to turn in your Summer Reading Project:  Make sure you click on wix.com to make your project go live.  Cut and paste your web address into the BODY of an email.  In the SUBJECT line. Please put your last name, first name and Period number Bloom's quiz has been moved to Thursday Tuesday 9/9 "Sleeping" analysis continued - class discussion "Sleeping" Level Questions in Journal Journal Personal Connection:  a time you felt loss Wednesday 9/10 Pair and answer Level questions for Sleeping TONE - dialogue Tone/Mood PREZI Tone Activ-Board Flip- Chart Analyze TONE in the following passag...

9/1: off 9/2: Tuesday Final Paper "Letter" Check and turn in Comp Journal Check Organize Journal:  Table of contents/Blooms entry one and two/ Flip Journal side/ Dialectical Journal format Read the non-fiction piece:  "The cutting of my long hair" Dialectial Journal format:  2 - Level one questions/2 - level two questions/ 2- level 3 questions complete Level questions - due Wednesday bring items to decorate your journal bring your summer reading book 9/3 Wednesday Decorate your comp journal Work on Summer Reading project Hmwk: Summer reading Website project 9/4 Thursday Abigail and the Pony - annotate for Tone write 2 Level One/ 3 Level Two/3 Level 3's questions in Dialectal journal with Blooms and question stems chart Hmwk: Summer reading Website project Bloom's quiz TUESDAY 9/5 Discuss Abigail and the Pony Pair/Share Level Questions Plot Chart - draw in Comp Journal Riddle Me This Homework BEST WORD FOR THE JOB...