School Culture Survey

Please go to the following link to take the survey.  When you are finished, please take out your book and read.

10/20 Tuesday

Welcome back, students!

Scholar Start: Go to this passage and answer the questions posted.  THIS WILL BE FOR A GRADE.  You have ten minutes to complete this before we move forward.

Afterwards, it is time to move forward on our narratives, so pull it up and have it ready to go.  You should be wrapping it up the body of your story today.

10/15

Scholar Start:
Please go to this google form and complete the assessment. It should take 5-8 minutes. SCHOLAR START

After you complete this, go to google classroom and pull up your narrative organizer.  Today your goal is to draft out your BODY PARAGRAPH.  Use your time wisely.

Practice Compass Exams

If you are a student that hasn't met English benchmark, please take this English Test.

Otherwise, take the https://faculty.ung.edu/mrhorton/lsenglish/readingpractice/test2/reading2.html

news

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUt0D___TlM&feature=youtu.be

Slides for the week

Welcome back, students! Here are the slides for the week.

9/14 Monday

Welcome back, everyone! 

 Scholar Start: In a comment to today's post, respond to the following question: 

At Thomas Nelson High School, we talk a lot about what it means to be a citizen.  For example, to gain the “Citizenship” cord, you are required to meet certain attendance and community service requirements.  That’s part of what citizenship means to us as a school.  What does citizenship mean to you?

Agenda:

Scholar Start

Citizenship quiz (relax, it's not a grade)

Go to Google Classroom, to read an article.

9/3 Thursday

Welcome to another fantastic day in ENGLISH CLASS!

Today we will be VOTING ON HOMECOMING.

We also have a QUIZ today on main idea and vocabulary.  Best of luck to all.

9/2 Wednesday

Today we are putting our names up on Da' Ship!  Get ready, because it's happening TODAY!

We will also be going to our Independent Reading Blog post-or at least starting on it today.  Go to This LINK for the prompts, and if you want to see an example post, please go to my Independent Reading Blog.

8/31 Monday

Today we reviewed some VOCABULARY strategies.  The last five slides are an exit slip-and a daily grade.

Wednesday 8/26

Survey

Link for 5th period

8/20 Thursday

What you need to be sure and do today:

If you were not here yesterday, you will need to read the article in google classroom titled "Picky Eaters," read it, and then answer this five question mini-quiz on MAIN IDEA.

You have a MODL paragraph in your google classroom folder as well.  Please write a response-it is due FRIDAY. Here is an example of a correctly written MODL paragraph.

Prompts for Independent Reading can found here.

8/15 Wednesday

Today we are going to read an article you can already find in your google drive, titled "Picky Eaters Are Not All Alike"  

After we read it, we will take this Google Quiz, and then write a MODL paragraph (already in your google drive)

8/18 Tuesday

Today we talked about the main idea, and how to find it.  Here are the slides, please review, we are working on this subject all week.

8/18 Tuesday

Main Idea:


Often when older children move back home, unpleasant tensions and disagreements arise. 2 However, adult children who move back home can avoid family conflicts by following some tips. 3 First, they should contribute what they can—and it need not be in terms of money: Being productive family members will help them earn their keep. 4 This can involve tutoring or coaching younger sisters or brothers, or helping Mom and Dad with chores and errands. 5 Second, these “returnees” should not expect their parents to rescue them from difficulties. 6 As adults, they are responsible for getting out of their own scrapes—and for trying to avoid them in the first place. 7 Last, they must respect their parents’ lifestyles and own needs for independence. 8 It is unrealistic to expect parents’ lives to revolve around the needs of a grown child, in the manner they may have when the child was younger.

Which sentence do you feel is the main idea of this passage? respond in a comment

8/17 Station Day

Welcome! You need to be sure and join GOOGLE CLASSROOM. You need to go to classroom.google.com, click on the "+" sign, click "join classroom" and put in the code for your class period.

period	Classroom Codes
1	qu8m7x
2	w9vpx1
3	p4s7wd
4	scmy1mo
5	9ws1tv
6	aei350

1-Independent Reading

2-Conferencing about your benchmark scores

3-English Grammar Practice

Frequently confused words

1. They're, Their, and There

2. Lose and loose

3. Who's and whose

8/14 Friday: Compass Practice Day!

Welcome, everyone! #DATADAY

Scholar Start: In a comment to this post, write any questions you might have about the compass exam, or anything at all you might not know about this test.  Please write in complete sentences, and please use proper grammar.
To leave a comment, if you click on the TITLE, where it says: 8/14 Friday: Compass Practice Day!, it will take you to a page where you have a comment box at the bottom of this post.

ADVICE: Before you post, highlight what you have typed, and hit ctrl+c to copy the information; sometimes when you post, something can go wrong and you can lose what you have written!

Agenda

Scholar Start

Review how Compass Practice works

Compass practice

Read/ Good reads/ Blogs

LEADER Week

Welcome back, students!

Here are the slides from last week:



If you have any questions about something you might have missed, please see me between classes or after school.

Dear Student Project

Dear Student Project

This is where you turn it in

5/14 Thursday

patterns of organization practice and information for people taking the reading test tomorrow
additional help

5/13 Practice/Mock/Reflection

Today we are doing things a little differently--

If you have MET all benchmarks, and have signed up for the MOCK interview, you need to go work on your "MACH" Interview Prep Kit. You can locate it at leadingmyfuturestory.blogspot.com, you will need to scroll down to the "Operation Citizenship" post.  All links are located there.

If you still have to meet READING or MATH benchmarks, then you will be taking a practice KYOTE exam today-its important that you get used to the format-it's a little different than the COMPASS.  You need to Log-In with your ID HERE.  If you haven't logged in before, let me know, and I will get your ID for you.

For everyone ELSE, will be continuing our reflection for this class on our "Dear Student" project.  All reflection questions up to this point are linked HERE.

PSA-Like

Go to this link and "like" this video

5/8 Friday

PADLET TO CROWDSOURCE IDEAS






Exit Slip: What am I going to do/set up this weekend so I can get my five community service hours?  Leave in a BLOG COMMENT.

5/7 Independent reading post

Vote for Bardstown
go to the following link and pick a prompt:
prompts

go to tnhsbates.blogspot.com to see a model post.

5/6 Wednesday

Along the same vein of the articles we have read this week, we are going to read more on cheating.

Cheating in India

Formatting help

5/5 Tuesday

Yankee Article

5/4 Monday

article

4/30 Thursday

Hello! Welcome back to another terrific day!  We are going o start today with independent reading.

School Lunch Pro/Con article
Questions

4/27 Op. Citizenship

English Compass

Reading Compass

4/24 Friday!

Scholar start:
Free write Friday!

vote prom king and queen

Quiz

4/23 Wednesday

Scholar Start:
Why do you find it important to pass the compass? Do you find it important to do well next week?  Please leave your response in a comment.

Today we are getting some extra practice in before the COMPASS.  You have your choice at what you complete, but you need to be working on something from this list the entire time.

4/20 Monday

We are going to read the following Pro/Con Piece.
Afterwards, in a MEAL paragraph, do you think that e-cigarettes should be regulated like regular cigarettes? Remember to support your claim with evidence from the article.

Friday 4/17

Subject Verb Agreement 1

Subject Verb Agreement 2

Subject Verb Agreement 2

Today we are doing some practice on subject Verb Agreement!

4/16 Thursday

Vote for prom Queen and King HERE.
For a list of Seniors, click HERE.
This is to narrow down to the top five candidates for prom court, where you will be making your final votes.

Make a copy of This article.  We are going to read and annotate it.  When we are finished reading, leave in a comment: is this product a good thing, or a bad one?

4/14

Subject Verb Quiz

4/13 Monday

Welcome Back!

Today we are going to be finishing up our KY Meat Shower explanation piece.   Look back to last week's documents for support.

4/2 Thursday: Phenomenon

Scholar Start:
In a COMMENT to this blog post, respond to the following question:
What is one of the weirdest things you have ever experienced, that maybe you have no explanation for?



NEW YORK TIMES
travel channel
Rachel Maddow

3.31 Tuesday

We are going to be focusing on cause and effect today!
Air

3.30 Monday

Agenda:
Independent Reading
PAY-To-PLAY: Read, annotate, discuss.

3/26 Thursday

Scholar Start: 
If you aren't college ready in reading, take the reading assessment.
If you aren't college ready in English, take the English assessment linked bellow.
If you have neither, or both, then just take the reading one.
English
Reading
You will have ten minutes.  If you finish early, put your chromebook away and read quietly.

Agenda:
Scholar Start: 10 minutes
Commas: Appositive Phrases
Plickers review
Passage edits.

3/23 Monday

Don't forget! Your "Confused Word Pairs" are due today. Remember, any that make it to the board are worth 5 points a piece. 

 Our Quarterly competition ended Friday; congratulations to 7th period!  This kicks off a new start, so let's kick it into a high gear!

Agenda:

Scholar Start: You have 10 minutes to finish your "Confused word pairs" assignment from Friday.  If you have finished, or when you finish, please read.

-Vocabulary Strategy Review: We will Review some of those strategies from last week:

-Plickers Review: We are going to review some strategies for locating the meaning of words with a brief plickers assessment.  Remember, We will have the chance to earn some points for our class today!

-Quiz

VOTE FOR YOUR SHIRT

TSHIRT VOTE

3/9 Monday

Hopefully everyone had a restful snowday, Welcome back!

The project we started Wednesday (unless you are 7th period) has been bumped to Wednesday Due to snow.

No corrections to any assignment will be accepted after Wednesday of this week.

3/4 Wednesday

Link to the project

2/26 Thursday

Today we are going to start some clips from the documentary "Blackfish" which covers the Sea World controversy.  We will be completing this tomorrow, of course if you miss class, I would encourage you to watch the documentary on your own-it's on netflix and also avaliable on Redbox.

Also, congratulations to NATHAN GOSS, who is now college ready!!

2/24 Tuesday

If you haven't gotten your job shadowing lined up yet, YOU HAVE TO HAVE IT DONE BY TOMORROW.
Don't forget I need your permission slip signed and turned in by FRIDAY.

2/23 Monday

Agenda:

Scholar Start: Independent Reading

Read: An Open Letter (Already in your English 4 folder)
Organizer

Recently, Sea World has caught some negative attention with the media in regards to a certain documentary that paints them in a rather negative light.  While we explore the issue, it is important to keep an open mind, and be aware of BIAS.  We are going to start looking into support for SEA WORLD. While you are reading, focus on finding Support for Sea World, or evidence that the movie Blackfish isn't correct. 

2/11 Tuesday

Today we are playing a review game: Here is a link to the passages we will be using.
We also are going to the library today, so if you are absent, you will need to find some time to go to renew your book.

Monday 2/9

Senior Quotes

2/5 Friday

Future Story action plan

2/3 Tuesday

Reading Compass

ENGLISH COMPASS

1/23 Friday

 Agenda:
Read Article:  Barbie can Code? (In your English 4 folder)
Questions

In your Folder, there is a prompt titled "BARBIE" that you need to respond to.  PLEASE GIVE A MODL response.

1/22 Thursday

Today we are going to talk about ridiculously good writing.  

The rubric we are going to be looking at is right here.

1/21 Wednesday

Welcome back!  Today we are going to finish the article we started reading yesterday.  It is in your folder, and should be titled "Goldie Blox."

We are going to be coming back to it this week, so please annotate it.  It will help you later when we have to write about it.

Once we are finished, we are going to be answering THESE QUESTIONS.

1/20 Tuesday

Scholar Start:
10 questions: Ten Questions to answer

Today's reading

1/16 Friday

Agenda:
Senior Survey
Finish Plickers Questions
Charlie Hebdo Questions, if you didn't get a chance to answer this week
Friday's Quiz
Independent Reading.

1/15 Thursday

Agenda:

-Independent Reading

-Apostrophes Lesson

-Plickers

1/14 Wednesday

Today we are going to the library to work with Ms. Case on something.

Questions

1/13

Charlie Hebdo

1/8 Thursday

Questions about the article

1/7 Wednesday

Today is library day! If you weren't here today, you will need to find time to go to the library on your own.

We are writing a MEAL paragraph today using the article we read yesterday. You'll find it in your English 4 folder.  Remember, I want to see at least THREE pieces of support from the article.

1/6 Tuesday

Today we are going to be reading this ARTICLE.  It should already be in your English 4 folder.

Questions on the article.

1/5 Monday

Welcome back, everyone!  I hope you all had a safe, eventful break.  Today we are going to be going over classroom expectations.