12/17/2014

Today we are going to take our FINAL EXAM. When you are finsihed, please log on to reading plus.  If you have met reading benchmark, please read for the rest of class.

12/12 Friday

Happy Friday!
I am not going to be here today, so please be on your best behavior.
Agenda:
Independent reading
Thai argument

Sources for evidence:
Thai Coup (BBC)
Mocking Jay Article

12/11 Thursday

Welcome back!
Congratulations on kicking the compass! I know that some of you have to take the math portion today.  Please keep me updated.

Today we are reading an article that relates back to the Coup happening in Thailand.  While we learned the reactions to the movie "Mockingjay," today we are going to learn a little more explanation.

12/8 Monday

today's activity

English Compass

12/4 Thursday

Today we are taking another practice Compass Exam.
There are three passages, please take your time and do your best.  Use your scratch paper to take notes, and eliminate  the choices you KNOW are wrong.
Remember the 3 P's:
Patience to re-read the passage
Process of elimination
Power to choose the answer

Compass Checkpoint 3

12/3 Wednesday

Happy Wednesday, everyone!

Thank you cards are due today.  I will be looking over them, and mailing them out by Friday.  This is a quiz grade, so PLEASE get it to me.

If you are missing work, please get it to me as soon as possible.
Most people are missing the EBOLA article, you can either e-mail it to me, or pick up a copy of it at the end of the day.

12/2 Tuesday

Welcome back everyone!

Agenda:

-5 review Questions
 -Mockingjay Article

12/1 Monday

         Welcome back guys! I hope everyone had a fantastic break.  Today we will be finishing up typing our Thank You Notes (put them in your English 4 folder) and then we will be transferring them into our actual notes, and addressing them.)
Agenda:
Independent Reading
Thank You Notes (see presentation below)
Quiz Review

11/24 Tuesday

Quiz 2

11/24 Monday

Welcome back, everyone! Remember, we have a quiz tomorrow!  Today are going to be doing reading plus.  Please review the powerpoint from class, or look over your previous quiz to study.  Remember, you can always come in after school and get some assistance if you need it.

11/19 Wednesday

If you haven't turned in your permission slip, you will need to do that FIRST THING TOMORROW.
Here is a link to the Resume Building Resources.

11/14 Friday

Quiz!

11/10 Monday

We are going to be spending some time on readingplus.com.

Go to the following link for some review:  Reading Review

It should look familiar; we used it during the skills assessment.

10/30 Thursday

Welcome! Today we are going to take (you guessed it) another survey!
it is very brief, and anonymous, so please be honest and accurate.
Student voice survey

Today we are going to finish up presentations.

10/29 Wednesday

Reading Skills Assessment

Writing Skills Assessment

10/28 Tuesday

survey

Today I am going to be collecting some data.  We are taking an English Compass Test.  Please follow the first link to the test, and then use the second link to submit your results.

When you complete your test, please quietly put your chromebook away and read.

Practice compass

input your score here!

10/27 Monday

Today we are presenting our archetypes project. Those who don't get the opportunity to present will present later in the week.

10/24 Friday

Senior Superlatives

Project lift-off

10/16 Thursday

Scholar Start:

In your quickwrite document, respond:

In literature, games, TV and movies, we see familiar patterns constantly appear and reappear.  Why do you think this might be?

ARCHETYPES PROJECT

10/14 Tuesday

Leave your blog post here, guys.

10/14 Monday

Myers Briggs Test

Famous Personality


Once you complete the test, leave a blog post about what your personality type is. Do you agree?

FRIDAY 10/2/2014 COMPASS EXAM

READING COMPASS

WRITING COMPASS

9/22 Monday

Today we are going to be drafting our introductions to our Essays.  If you can't figure out a good place to start, then go ahead and start drafting your first body paragraph.  Sometimes when I get in a writing slump, it helps to work backwards.

9/16 Tuesday

Wow, I have been TERRIBLE at updating this blog.  My apologies.  Today, we are going to be looking over our college admissions essay prompts, and going over expectations. We will also be taking a look at some models as well.

Models

Essay Prompt, Rubric Brainstorming (this is already in your folder)

9/11 Thursday

Welcome back, everyone!

Scholar start: Independent reading.

Make sure your independent reading tracking document is in your English 4 folder.  On slide #3, please write out a character sketch of someone from the book you are reading.  I want you to try and give as much detail as possible.

We are also going to go back to yesterday's narrative "Trapped". Complete the annotation, and respond with to the question: "How would this story have been different without the internal dialogue?"

9/9 Wednesday

Scholar Start:Independent reading
Slides: thought shot
ROCK and a Hard place

9/9 Tuesday

Agenda:

-Scholar Start: independent reading
-Make a copy of the following document: MEAL PARAGRAPH We are going to be responding to a question from the article we read yesterday. (there is a link to it in yesterday's post if you weren't here)
 How does Amy Tan use Snapshot imagery to shape theme in the story  “Fish Cheeks”?

I need to see a MEANINGFUL, quality paragraph. Try and come up with as much support as possible. If you finish early, please put away your chromebook and read quietly for the rest of class.

9/7 Monday

Agenda:
-Scholar Start: Think back to a time when you might have felt different from everyone else.  Did this make you feel like you didn't belong?
-Glows/Grows
-Narrative read/annotation

Go to the following link : Fish Cheeks, make a copy, and put it in your "ENGLISH 4 annotated works" sub folder.  I need you to read and annotate the story, paying close attention to how the "snapshot" style helps to assist the story.

When you have finished, please answer the questions on the next page.

9/2 Tuesday

Welcome back, everyone!


Today we are going to be taking a Practice Reading Test! Once you finish, Please fill out the google forms.
Practice Compass
Google form

When you finish, please read for the remainder of class. Remember, The compass is NOT a timed test, so please take your time and do your best!

8/28 Thursday

Make a copy :INDEPENDENT READING
Title it "Independent Reading Quarter 2"

8/26 Tuesday- Tone Round #2

Welcome back, everyone!


Today's slides stat at slide #10.  We are taking slide #13, and we are adding details to make it convey positive tone (see slide 14) and then negative tone (slide 15).  This should all be done on your Quick Write document.

8/25 Monday TONE

Today we talked about TONE. Please follow the slides and complete the activity.

8/21 Thursday

Welcome back, everyone! 

Today we are going to spend some time learning about verb tenses, since we jumbled them a little bit during our practice compass exam.

Agenda:

-Scholar Start: Independent Reading

-Glows/Grows

-Verb Tense-MEAL paragraph.

8/20 Tuesday/Wednesday

We went to the Media Center to have library orientation.  If you have any questions about what you missed, Please talk to Ms. Case or Ms. Thomas.

8/18 Monday

Welcome back! I hope everyone had a nice, fun, safe weekend!

Today we will be taking a practice compass test.  If you finish either section early, I want you to go to the narrative quick writes we did on Friday, and continue to work on them.
Once you finish the test, leave the tab

Compass Writing Skills test
Writing skills test score submission

Compass Reading Skills test
Reading Score submission

8/15 Friday

Pick one prompt from each slide, and take about ten minutes to respond to each.

Thursday 8/14

Welcome!
Today we identified the elements of a narrative within the short story "Shame"
Please annotate to show evidence.

Friday 8/13

If you haven't finished reading "Shame" this will be the scholar start for this morning.

Agenda: 

Glows and grows

Discussion

Prezi on the narrative

Graphic organizer

Kahoot it!

Tuesday 8/12

Today we are going to be reading and annotating Shame.

Monday 8/11

Welcome back to class!
Scholar start: Compare and contrast the two images above.  Try to go in as much detail as possible, and give as many examples as possible.  
hint: be creative, but also feel free to be OBVIOUS.

Agenda: 
Scholar Start
Glows/Grows
"Meet Ms.Bates"
Information about the class
Welcome to Unit 1
Senior English slides

Friday 8/8

Welcome back to class everyone!
Today we are going to be reviewing/ giving presentations on Effective Communication and Responsibility.

Thursday 8/7

Welcome back to class, and the second day of Leader week everyone!

Scholar Start: What values have helped you with success in your time spent here at Thomas Nelson High School?
-Lesson on Washington namesake
-Quickwrite
-Information and Name-Game

Wenesday 8/6 First Day of School!

Welcome to class!

Agenda:
Scholar Start: Quick Write: Compare and contrast the first day of this year of school to Freshmen year.

-Review classroom expectations