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