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=[|SUMMER READING ASSIGNMENT]=

1. Read aloud ch 13 2. work on packet 3. work on newspaper
 * CW Monday, June 7th:**

1. Finish newspaper project. Have hard copy printed out and also post on wiki. 2. Finish reading, //I, Juan de Pareja.//
 * HW Due Tuesday, June 8th:**

warm-up: In the novel, Juan's life and his expectations of success change. In your journal, write a paragraph in which you define success in your own life. Explain why you define success as you do. 1. Do vocab sheet chapter 11-15. 2. Read aloud chapter 11. 3. Work on packet. 4, Work on newspaper.
 * Thursday, June 3rd CW:**

1.Open book quiz. Work on your own on the Chapters 6-10 worksheet questions. Use extra paper if needed (A4 in the back of the room). 2. Fill in all 28 words on vocabulary enricher literature circle sheet handed out in class. Use words from chapter 5-12. 3. Work independently on newspaper/magazine assignment.
 * CW Tuesday, June 1st:**

1. At the end of chapter 10, Juan reflects: //'So we returned, and my life from that moment grew broader and happier and I became a better person, I think, for Bartolome had turned my mind away from small preoccupations, and led it into paths of Truth.'//
 * CW Friday, May 27th:**

What do you think he means by this statement? Why is Truth in capital letters?

Watch this: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100527/ap_on_re_us/us_the_big_walk Compare the theme of 'change' in this news clip with Juan in the novel, //I, Juan de Pareja.//

2. 6-10 quiz. 3. newspaper 4. Read aloud chapter 11.

1. Finish reading chapter 10 and post 5 Qs with answers and define 5 vocab words. 2. Begin your newspaper. 3. Open book quiz on chapters 6-10 in class.
 * HW Due Friday, May 27th:**

1. Read about the[| RAFTS writing process.] 2. Create your own prompt about I, Juan de Pareja and post here: 3. Read aloud/ ch 6-10 sheet 4. Big 6 5. Begin researching your newspaper
 * CW Thursday, May 26th:**

1. Vocab quiz ch 6-10 2. Read & take notes in your journal about [|creating a newspaper.] 3. [|Read a newspaper.] Find and create a link that shows each one of the sections of the newspaper you are to write. News story: Editorial: Advertisement: Entertainment Review: Sports article: http://www.koreaherald.com/national/Detail.jsp?newsMLId=20100524000916 Want Ads Comic: 4. ch 6-10 questions 5. Newspaper Assignment DUE Monday, JUNE 7th 6. Read aloud ch 11.
 * CW Tuesday, May 24th:**

1. Read chapter 9 and post 10 Qs with answers. 2. Be ready for quiz on ch 6-10 words (from hand-out).
 * HW Due Tuesday, May 24th:**

1. WARM_UP: From the perspective on Juan, create a timeline: [] 2. Journal reflection. In your journal, reflect on your painting experience: --What did you enjoy about being a painter? --What are some of the challenges of being a painter? --Could you become a painter full time? Why or why not? 3. Finish, frame and take a picture of your painting. Post your pic and hang your painting. 4. Read aloud.
 * CW Thursday, May 20th:**

1.** Review ch 6-10 vocab. On your wiki, post your own sentences and a short definition of each word.
 * HW Due Thursday, May 20th:

1. warm-up: Find a sentence in chapter 8 that shows and doesn't tell. Post it and then change it to a 'telling' statement. COMPLETE BY 12:20pm. 2. Review HW 3. Review ch 6-10 vocab. On your wiki, post your own sentences and definition of the words. 4. Painting like Velazquez. Paint. 5. Journal reflection. In your journal, reflect on your painting experience: --What did you enjoy about being a painter? --What are some of the challenges of being a painter? --Could you become a painter full time? Why or why not?
 * CW Wednesday, May 19th:**

1. Read chapter 8 and post a 5 sentence summary. 2. Fill in the STEAL character sheet for I, Juan de Pareja. Include page numbers in your examples.
 * HW Due Wednesday, May 19th:**

warm-up: [|Choose one of Velazquez's] paintings. Create a pencil sketch of the painting on A-4. 1. Characterization
 * CW Monday, May 17th:**

1. Read chapter 7. Choose 5 Qs, 5 vocab, or a 5 sentence paragraph.
 * HW Due Monday, May 17th:**

warm-up: Your partner is a famous movie star and you are a magazine reporter interviewing them. Use 7 of the 10 vocab on your HW sheet during the interview. Post your interview on both your wikis. Like the people interview, write a short lead paragraph that gives a synopsis of the person's background as well as what the interview will be about.
 * CW Friday, May 14th:**

1. Read ch 6 and write a 5 sentence summary. Also, make a prediction. 2. Finish vocab sheet.
 * HW due Friday, May 14th:**


 * CW Wednesday, May 12th:**

warm-up: Using your HW questions and some vocab words from ch 1-5, create a game using: http://classtools.net/. When you finish, a partner will play your game. 1. Review HW 2. Open book quiz: Answer the questions on page 5 and 6 about chapters 1-5. 3. Vocab sheet ch 1-5

1. Finish reading chapter 5. Post 7 Qs with answers and 3 vocab. 2. Post your own sentences from vocab words on page 3 of the handout.
 * HW Due Wednesday, May 12th:**

warm-up: Read the [|article on Diego Velazquez] and write 5 of your observations. Look at [|some of the pics r]elated to the book. Comment on 5 of them (include the name of the pic you comment on) 1. Foreword-ch 2 open book/notes quiz. 2. Watch video and take notes on the famous painter DaVinci. 3. I-chat with your friend using the vocab on page 3 of the handout. Post a screen shot. 3. Read aloud chapter 5.
 * CW Monday, May 10th:**

1. Play [|one of these literacy games]. What did you think? Post the game and your thoughts. 2. Present Keynote of Renaissance Artists. 3. Read ch 5 in class.
 * CW Thursday, May 6th:**

1. Finish reading chapter 4. Post 5 Qs with answers. 2. How to [|analyze a painting video.] Looks at Davinci's 'Last Supper' 2. Renaissance artist Keynote DUE
 * HW Due Thursday, May 6th:**

warm-up: Skim over chapter 3. Write 5 questions on your wiki. Ask them to a partner. 1. Review HW 2. About [|short story writing] 3. Read chapter 4 together 4. Watch Renaissance video 5. I. Juan packet 6. Begin catchy paragraph
 * Classwork Tuesday, May 4th:**

1. [|Watch PTV] 2. Read chapter 3 from I, Juan de Pareja. Take notes. Post. 3. [|Watch Renaissance video]/take notes. Post.
 * HW Due Tuesday, May 4th:**

1. Poetry Quiz 2. After quiz, work quietly on your Renaissance artist Keynote (DUE Thursday, May 6th)
 * CW Friday, April 30th:**

1. Study for poetry quiz. Terms to know:
 * HW due Friday, April 30th:

poetic devices** mood, symbolism, simile, metaphor, alliteration, personification, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, irony, idiom, consonance

limerick, ballad, ode, epic, narrative, sonnet, haiku, free verse, couplet, tanka
 * poetry forms**

rhythm, meter, iamb, rhyme scheme, refrain, rhyme, spondee, dactyl
 * structure**

1. Using I-chat, ask your HW questions and vocab to a partner. Post their score /10 on your wiki. 2.** [|Poetry Crossword.] 4.
 * CW Wednesday, April 28th:
 * 3. Read aloud chapter 2.**

Gallery of Art--15th, 16th and 17th Century Painters
//You will be assigned an artist. Create a Keynote (7 slides minimum) that shows some of the painter's work and tells about their life. Use and site 2 sources (no wikipedia)//  Caravaggio Murillo Raphael Rembrandt Rubens Titian Van Dyck Vermeer , Sandro Botticelli , Leonardo da Vinci Hugo van der Goes

1. Read chapter one of I, Juan de Pareja. Post 7 questions with answers and 3 vocab.
 * HW Due Wednesday, April 28th:**

1. Watch video on the Renaissance. take notes. 2. Using the poetry books in the classroom, find, post and share an example of each poetic device: simile: metaphor: personification: onomatopoeia: hyperbole:
 * CW Monday, April 26th:**

3. Read about [|Mood in Poetry]. Write 2 poems on the same subject, but with opposite moods.

4. Purple Lit book page 789--

1. Record your Haikus. Have at least 10. Create a background track under your voice. Sounds of nature? Soothing music? It is up to you.
 * HW Due Wednesday, April 28th:**

warm-up: poetry terms practice. Post your scores. [|Do this] [|and this] [|and this]
 * CW Friday, April 23rd:**

1. Find a poem you like in a poetry book from class. Paraphrase the poem on A-4 paper. Post both. Read both aloud. 2. Create rubric for Poetry Terms presentations. 3. Present poetry terms.
 * CW Wednesday, April 21st:**

Define and create presentation on poetry terms. Choose 1 or 2 of the Toolbox Tools to use for your presentation on the terms. Include the definition IN YOUR OWN WORDS an example from somebody else and one or two of your own examples. Basically, you are teaching the term to the class.
 * HW Due Wednesday, April 21st:**

Be ready to present.

warm-up: Write and print [|a shape poem] 1. Present your object. 2. Listen to some Kerouac Haikus. Jot down some words/phrases that catch your ear. 3. Read some Haiku. Hand in your book. 4. Define and create presentation on poetry terms. Choose 1 or 2 of the Toolbox Tools to use for your presentation on the terms. Include the definition IN YOUR OWN WORDS an example from somebody else and one or two of your own examples. Basically, you are teaching the term to the class.
 * CW Monday, April 19th:**

1. Fill up your Haiku book with Haikus. 2. Find something on the ground to write a nature Haiku about. Bring in the object and the Haiku. We will hang some of these up, so please make your display look presentable.
 * HW Due Monday, April 19th:**

__warm-up:__ //Make a list of 20 things that ring. Post by 1:35pm// 1. Review meter. Try this [|meter exercise] on your own. 2. [|Read about Haiki] 3. Create Haiku Book 4. Haiku walk 5. Present
 * CW Thursday, April 15th:**

warm-up: -Read the poem 'If' on page 138. -Find one end rhyme and one half rhyme. Post. -Post your two favorite lines of the poem and then paraphrase them.
 * CW Wednesday, April 14th:**

1. [|Meter in Poetry] 2. Read about Langston Hughes. Listen to a couple of his poems. Identify the meter in them. 3. Listen to Here Comes the Sun by the Beatles. ID the meter. 4. Try this [|meter exercise] with a partner or on your own. 5. Listen to a song on your I-tunes or music library. Copy the first 5 lines and figure out the meter. Post on your wiki. Use **bold** and normal font to indicate pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.

Write and post a poem about an object in your house. that has at least 2 end rhymes and one half-rhyme Final 5 paragraph persuasive essay due.
 * HW due Wednesday, April 14th:**

warm-up: Write a poem that is a conversation between an animal and its habitat. Post. 1. Self and peer-edit your essay, interview with Mr. S. 2. Poem of the Day 3. Purple Lit book page 135. Do all Guide for Responding questions on page 137.
 * Classwork Monday, April 12th:**

warm-up individual or with partner: Choose one of the five propaganda techniques generally used in advertisements. Write a TV script to sell a pack of chewing gum. a. Bandwagon: persuading people to do something by letting them know others are doing it. b. Testimonial: using the words of a famous person to persuade you. c. Transfer: using the names or pictures of famous people, but not direct quotations. d. Repetition: the product name is repeated at least four times. e. Emotional words: words that will make you feel strongly about someone or something.
 * CW April 9th:**

1. Finish rough draft of 5 paragraph essay.
 * HW due Friday, April 9th:**

WARM-UP: Read over your essay. Post what you think is the most persuasive sentence. [|Read this blog] on persuasive body language. Read your sentence aloud in a //persuasive voice.// 1. Self and peer-edit your essay, interview with Mr. S. 2. Poem of the Day 3. Write a poem that is a conversation between an animal and its habitat. 4. Purple Lit book page 135. Do all Guide for Responding questions on page 137.
 * Classwork Wednesday, April 7th:**

1. Post 3rd paragraph.
 * HW Due April 7th:**

warm-up: Watch [|Starbucks commercial.] How do you think the company is trying to persuade us to buy their product? Post your response.
 * Classwork April 5th:**

1. Find, watch and post 2 other commercials. Explain how they are trying to persuade you. Post your response. Present to class.

further reading: http://www.icbs.com/KB/marketing/kb_marketing-psychological-tricks-in-selling.htm

2. Fluent vs Not Fluent. Fluency can be found in music, writing, speaking, art, etc. Find an example of fluent VS non-fluent and post:

3. Work on 3rd paragraph and edit first two paragraphs using word choice and sentence fluency rubric.

Post score 1-5 Post evidence Post example from your writing

4. Submit to film festival?


 * Classwork April 2nd:**

warm-up: Look through Shakespeare, Walt Whitman, Sandra Cisneros, Toni Morrison, Gary Paulsen, A. A. Milne or one of your favorite authors for samples of fluency - a line or two will do. Post their work and then re-write the quote making it NOT fluent. Also, show me your AR points.

1. Persuasive writing is used in everyday writing such as advertisements, editorials, movie reviews, and restaurant reviews. Read a few [|Seoul restaurant reviews.] How does the writer persuade the reader? Now, make up your own restaurant and write a review for it.

2. Peer edit your 1st and second paragraph using sentence fluency, word choice and voice rubric.

1. Write and post 2nd paragraph. Edit your 1st paragraph for conciseness and transitions.
 * HW due Friday, April 2nd:**

1. Sentence fluency exercise warm-up:
 * Classwork March 31st:**

a) Change this sentence to be less wordy. Post. //Of all the many things that bother me about bad writing, the fault that really annoys me most is wordiness - the tendency to put in more words than you// //need.//

b) Read together this website to reduce wordiness: http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/style/wordiness.html

c) Now, choose one of your sentences that may be too wordy and change. Post both.

d) Write the first words of each of your sentences from your first paragraphs. What parts of speech are they?

e) Read over this list of transitional words. http://www.virtualsalt.com/transits.htm Can you change any of your transitions in your essay?

2. Read rubric for sentence fluency. 3. Rate your own 1st paragraph on SF 1-5. Use evidence and examples. 4. Do the same for a partner's paragraph. 5. Re-work your first paragraph and begin your second paragraph.

1. Write/post your first paragraph of persuasive essay.
 * HW due March 31st:**

1. Sentence Fluency warm-up. //Homework at KIS often results in stres//s. In two minutes, rewrite this sentence in as many ways as possible without altering the meaning. Post. Choose your best one. 2. Read about sentence fluency on Writing Gym and do some exercises together. 3. Lit book review answers to 7th Grade. Read about persuasive essays page 362. Practice [|persuasive essay.] 4. Spelling Bee (MS SB April 5th)
 * Classwork Monday, March 29th:**

1. Bring purple literature book to class. 2. Crispin test. 3. Upon completing the test, quietly ready the short story 'Seventh Grade', found on page 122 of your lit book. 4. Post your answers to the comprehension questions page 127 and to #1-8 of the Critical Thinking questions. 5. Watch [|some of the video] about the story.
 * Classwork March 18th:**

1. Read[| recent article] about the effects of video games on learning and answer Qs: --What is the 'hook' line in the article? --What does the study show about boys who are given a Play Station 2? --What does moderation mean? --What is something in your life that you should do in moderation? --What is something that you do that takes time away from reading? --click on 'help learning' link. How can scientists predict how well someone might perform on video games? --What do you think you could you do to improve your brain function?
 * Classwork March 17th:**
 * --**The researchers think the learning problems resulted from what?

2. Using google docs, create a 7 question MC quiz for Crispin. [|Watch to see how to do it.] 3. Example quiz: media type="custom" key="5641221"

1. Study for Crispin test on Thursday, March 18th.
 * HW due Wednesday, March 17th:

CW March 15:** 1. Read the Alice in Wonderland[| movie review from the LA Times] 2. watch tv: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYdG94gp3to 3. Write and post a review of this week's PTV. Try to match the tone of the writing from the movie review you read. 4. Present goanimate clips.

1. Finish your Crispin theme go animate. Add sound. Post.
 * HW Due Monday, March 15th:**

1. Freedom, oppression, fate, loyalty, family.** These are some of the themes of Crispin. Using http://goanimate.com/, create a clip that demonstrates a theme from the novel. Use quotes from the book in your clip. Post by the end of class.
 * Classwork Wednesday, March 10th:

1. Take this quiz on Crispin and post your score. http://www.funtrivia.com/flashquiz/index.cfm?qid=276099
 * CW Monday, March 8th:**

1. Read chapters 57 and 58 (the end!) of Crispin. 2. Post a 5 sentence summary and answer the question:
 * HW Due Monday, March 8th:**

//Crispin tells Bear that he is not sure he has a soul, because he has never felt it. At the end of the book, Crispin describes his “new-found soul, a soul that lived in freedom”. How do you think Crispin found his soul?//

1. Read and summarize (5 sentences) Crispin chapter 56. 2. Study for DO/IO quiz.
 * HW Due Friday, March 5th:**

1. Idioms warm-up 2. DO/IO quiz 3. Finish presenting Keynotes & watch PTV: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCajRtpvzFk 4. Create and print a [|crossword puzzle f]for Crispin vocab. Chapters will be assigned. 5. Using the same vocab words, create and post a go animate video. 6. Read aloud
 * CW March 5h:**

1. Write an[| obituary] using these 2 idioms: 'You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.' 'Bend over backwards'
 * Classwork Wednesday, March 3rd**

2. [|Read this article] on proper email etiquette and post 5 ideas from the article on your wiki. Also, please use my school email (nschwagler@kis.or.kr) and not the wiki if you wish to send me an email. 3. Review DO worksheet. 4. Grammar quiz (DO and IO) on Friday, March 5th. 5. Crispin Qs from HW & Crispin vocab. Create and print a [|crossword puzzle f]or the chapter assigned to you. 6. Read aloud

1. Read Crispin chapters 41-55 and complete the corresponding worksheet.
 * HW Due Wednesday, March 3rd:**

1. Finish, post and be prepared to present Keynote that we began in class.
 * HW Due Friday, February 26th:**

1. Memorize the poem that you wrote for HW. Perform for the class. 2. Read aloud chapters 44 & 45 of Crispin.
 * Classwork Wednesday, February 24th:**

3. Create a Keynote of a chapter from Crispin. Include: //-- chapter #. If your chapter had a title, what would it be? --plot (3 sentences) -- a poem about the setting of your chapter --list the characters mentioned in your chapter and briefly describe how they act --define 3 words from your chapter. Include an antonym for each word. --choose a sentence from your chapter and underline the direct object --choose a sentence and underline a prepositional phrase --make a prediction --add a couple images/pictures that have to do with your chapter//

1. Choose a word from Crispin and make a poem. Post.
 * HW Due Feb 24th:

Classwork Tuesday, Feb 23rd:** 1. Grammar Warm-up 2. Grammar--take this quiz o[|n direct objects.] & [|this one] & this[| one.] Post your scores. 3. Crispin vocab poems

4. Jigsaw: //-//

1. Idioms 2. Review HW 3. open book quiz 4. [|Direct Objects] & Indirect Objects. 5. [|Practice quiz] 6. [|Watch TV]
 * Classwork Friday, Feb 19th:

HW due Friday, Feb 19th:** 1. Read Crispin chapters 38-43. Post 2 questions with answers per chapter (12 Qs total).

1. Family I-movie. Here is the rubric: [| Family I-movie rubric.doc]** 2. Finish ch 29-31 worksheet.
 * HW due Friday, Feb 12th:

1. Idioms warm-up. 2. Crispin ch 29-31 worksheet. 3. Crispin jigsaw 4. Read aloud.
 * Classwork Wednesday, Feb 10th:**

1. Work on family I-movie
 * HW due Wednesday, Feb 10th:**

1. warm-up 2. Prep phrases quiz
 * Classwork Tuesday, Feb 9th:**

Common Prepositions

 * about || behind || except || outside ||
 * above || below || for || over ||
 * across || beneath || from || past ||
 * after || beside || in || through ||
 * against || between || inside || to ||
 * along || beyond || into || under ||
 * among || by || near || until ||
 * around || despite || of || up ||
 * at || down || off || with ||
 * before || during || on || without ||

library? 3. HW. Q partner. 4. 29-31 review 5. Family 6. read aloud

1. Read Crispin chapters 32-35 and write a 7 sentence summary. Post. 2.Fill in your family history worksheet, begin movie.
 * HW Due Tuesday, Feb 9th:**

1. Warm-up: Post a preposition poem about something that starts with a "P" & [|Watch TV] 2. Write the rough draft of a possible MS PTV article. Post. 3.[| Preposition basketball.] 4. Take this [|preposition quiz.] 5. Prepositional phrase quiz. 6. My Family assignment 7. Review HW, worksheet. 8. Read Crispin aloud.
 * Classwork Friday, February 5th:**

FINAL NARRATIVE ESSAY DUE Wednesday, Feb 3rd. ** Please PRINT and POST before class.

1. Read Crispin ch 29-31. Write 5 questions with answers and define 3 vocab words. POST
 * HW due Friday, Feb 5th:**

1. Take STAR reading test. 2. Prepositional phrases & preposition game 3. Family History 4. Review 26-28 Crisipin
 * Classwork Wednesday, February 3rd:**

1. Review HW 2. Grammar. List of prepositions:
 * Classwork February 1st:**
 * 1. VOICE writing trait.**
 * Take out your Ipods or open Itunes** (you may use headphones)


 * Play a bit of each singer. Listen to 3.
 * Write about the differences in their voices and style of singing. #1-3 on your wiki. (at least 3 sentences per song)
 * Rate each singer from 1-5 using the VOICE rubric. Using the rubric, give a reason for your rating.
 * Discuss with a partner how singers have their own individual voices.
 * Relate this to writing by explaining that authors have their own styles also.

1. Work on essay 2.** Read Crispin chapters 26-28. Answer the questions and define the vocab on Pages. Copy, paste, post.
 * Homework due Monday, Feb 1st:


 * 1. What instrument did Bear teach Crispin how to play?

2. While traveling on the road, Bear and Crispin saw a group of 12 men. Who did Crispin recognize among the men?

3. Bear knew the men were there because a group of birds was disturbed. What kind of birds were they?

4. How do you think Crispin’s feelings have changed towards Bear since their first meeting? Use examples from the story to support your opinion. (2 points)

VOCAB define and use in a sentence. Chapters 25/26 railed bluster aloft league morrow Chapters 27/28 lope emblazoned monotony cunning**

1. Idioms 2. Present Subject-Verb Agreement Lesson 3. Grammar Practice: a. http://www.eflnet.com/grammar/presentagreement.php b http://www.eflnet.com/grammar/subverb.php c. http://www.eflnet.com/grammar/verbtense.php 4. Read chapters 26-28. Answer the questions and define the vocab on Pages. Copy, paste, post.
 * Classwork Thursday, Jan 28th:**


 * 1. What instrument did Bear teach Crispin how to play?

2. While traveling on the road, Bear and Crispin saw a group of 12 men. Who did Crispin recognize among the men?

3. Bear knew the men were there because a group of birds was disturbed. What kind of birds were they?

4. How do you think Crispin’s feelings have changed towards Bear since their first meeting? Use examples from the story to support your opinion. (2 points)

VOCAB define and use in a sentence. Chapters 25/26 railed bluster aloft league morrow Chapters 27/28 lope emblazoned monotony cunning

HW due Thursday, Jan 28th** 1. Present your SV lesson that we started in class. (10 points) 2. Read up to and including ch 28 of Crispin.

1. Idioms 2. Sentence with personality. 3. Writing/due 4. [|SV agreement.]Teach the class. 5.[|Play the game.] 6. [|Take a quiz.]
 * Classwork Tuesday, Jan 26th:

HW due January 25th** 1. Write your first paragraph of your narrative essay (post) and then rate yourself (1-5 for each skill) using the voice checklist. Post. Then, give an example of each.

Passion: Sounds like something I'd say: Help audience understand: Captured tone: Use of humor is appropriate:

2. Answer the Crispin Qs ch 23-25:
 * [[image:http://writingfix.com/images/6Traits/VOICE_Post_it.jpg width="300" height="273" caption="external image VOICE_Post_it.jpg" link="http://writingfix.com/PDFs/6_Traits/Trait_Post_Its_Voice.pdf"]] ||
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How was Crispin’s mother treated in the village?

What happened to his father?

Define pestilence and use in a sentence.

Did Crispin’s mother have a surname?

How do you think Crispin feels about sharing his thoughts with Bear?

What is a wolf’s head?

Why does Bear wear a two-part hat?

Which saint did Crispin pray to?

Why does Bear have Crispin look at his reflection in the water?

What does Crispin say about his soul?

1. Read the power point about a narrative essay:
 * Classwork Tuesday, Jan 19th (due for HW Jan 21st if not finished)

2. Answer the questions on your wiki: -**-List 5 things the power point tells you about a narrative essay --A narrative essay tells a (fill in the blank) story. --Give an example of your own thesis statement. --What are 3 things you would learn from the sample essay's thesis statement? --What is the climax of the sample essay? --What are 3 ways you can get help when finding a point to your essay?

STUDY FOR SEMESTER ONE EXAM: Tuesday, January 19th. Here is the study guide: [|Schwagler sem 1 grade 7 SG .pages]
 * Homework due Tuesday, Jan 19th**

1. Idioms 2. What is a Narrative Essay? 3. What is[| VOICE in writing?] 4. [|How to]put voice in your writing. PRACTICE: Finish these sentences with the most VOICE you can think of. Post.
 * Classwork Friday, January 15th:**
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SEMESTER ONE EXAM: Tuesday, January 19th. Here is the study guide:

Crispin, The Cross of Lead Page 1. ch1-20 vocab re-test 2. narrative paragraph
 * Homework due Thursday, Jan 14th:

Classwork Tuesday, January 12th:** 1. Using ch1-20 Crispin vocab words, write and post a narrative. Example using chapter one words: 'Her red shroud stood out from the rest of the women who wore dusty black berkas. Most of the women at the market would not deign to dress so outrageously, but Margrite had always marched to the beat of her own drummer. Her steward at her side, she strolled carelessly past the raw meat section, heads of pigs and sides of lamb, past the paupers, taunting her with their cheap wares, until in the midst of the cacophony of sounds and smells she found who she was looking for. Crandrall was a large man with enormous hands. He was to handle the transgressions made by the poachers on her land. "If you do not address this problem immediately, " she quipped, "your sum will be forfeited and I will never do business with you again" " Yes, ma'm," he mumbled, annoyed by her insinuation. She paid him his outrageous sum, turned back into the thrall and marched back to her waiting Rolls...

warm-up: Take an AR test on a book you should have read over the break. 1. Interview a partner. Summarize to the class about what they did over break. Use at least 3 Crispin vocab words. 2. Crispin study guide. 2. EXTRA CREDIT ,[| create a crossword] with 20 of the Crispin vocab words and PRINT.
 * Classwork Wednesday, January 6th:**

1. Take Crispin ch1-20 test. Hand in to the basket when you finish. 2. When you finish the test, do worksheet pages 2-5. Do the WRITE ON section on page 5 for HW due Monday, Jan 11th.
 * Classwork Friday, January 8th:**

1. Idioms 2. Take some cool pics of each other doing something interesting/Englishy/fun. 3. Review literary terms. 4. Here is the study guide for Crispin chapters 1-20 test: 5. Medieval times. Watch History Channel video on the Black Plague: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IjhQDnoCcY&feature=related
 * Classwork December 9th:**

6. Crispin vocab jeaopardy.

1. Idioms-define and post in your journal. 5 pts: loose cannon, tickled pink 2. Read about[| medieval life]and post 10 facts. 3. Define and give example (from Crispin) of these l[|iterary term]s (post on your wiki): -antagonist, protagonist, characterization, theme, symbol, internal conflict, external conflict. foreshadow. 4. Crispin read aloud 5. Create and present Crispin vocab Keynote and Jeopardy video #1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pypbyC548dw&feature=related video #2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhcJpalbFxo&feature=related
 * Classwork December 7th:**

1. Read Crispin chapters 23-30. Write a ten sentence summary of what happens in the chapters. Post.
 * Homework due December 4th:**

1. [|Take this quiz]and post your score /30.
 * Classwork December 2nd:**

1. Finish simile worksheet.
 * Homework due December 2nd:**

Do personification warm-up. copy and paste and answer in a different color font. 1. check HW 2. simile worksheet 3. finish and post alliteration skit 4. read aloud __Personification__ is giving human qualities, feelings, action, or characteristics to inanimate (non-living) objects //Write the meaning of the following personifications. Keep in mind the mood that is being created.// EX: 1. __The wind sang her mournful song__ through the falling leaves. The gentle wind is blowing around the different colored leaves--romantic, sad mood. 2. __The microwave timer told me__ it was time to turn my TV dinner. 3. __The video camera observed the whole scene__. 4. __The strawberries seemed to sing__, "Eat me first!" 5. __The rain kissed my cheeks__ as it fell. 6. __The daffodils nodded their yellow heads__ at the walkers. 7. __The water beckoned invitingly__ to the hot swimmers. Now, write 3 examples of your own.
 * Classwork Monday, November 30th:**

1. Read chapters 15-20 in //Crispin//. Write 2 questions and one vocab from each chapter.
 * Homework due Monday, November 30th:**

1. check HW 2. ch 6-8 questions 3. Figurative language: alliteration. Watch this skit that uses alliteration. Then, write your own script. 4. read aloud 5. writing worksheet
 * Classwork Thursday, November 26th:**

1. Finish details in writing worksheet.
 * Homework due Thursday, November 26th:**

1. Many new deep water sea creatures are being discovered. [|Take a look at some of them]. Choose one and write a descriptive paragraph about it. Use at least 3 different types of[| figurative language.] Read your paragraph aloud and we'll guess which one it is. 2. watch movies 3. More writing practice. 4. Read aloud.
 * Classwork Wednesday, November 25th:**

1. warm-up 2. check HW. Read ch 11 in class. 3. writing practice 4. watch movies and fill in:
 * Classwork Monday, November 23rd:**

Group member names:

2 things I learned:

1.

2.

One thing I liked about the movie:

One thing that could be improved:

__Group member names:

2 things I learned:

1.

2.

One thing I liked about the movie:

One thing that could be improved:__

Group member names:

2 things I learned:

1.

2.

One thing I liked about the movie:

One thing that could be improved:

5. Crispin vocab notes: Video on how to embed to wiki: [|Embed to your wiki].

1. Finish I-movie and post. 2. Read Crispin chapters 6-10. 5 sentence summary //per chapter.//
 * Homework due Monday, November 23rd:**

warm-up: Find 15 vocab words from chapter 1-5.[| Create and print out a wordsearch]for your friend. 1. watch video on Middle Ages 2. Crispin 3. I-movie puppet shows.
 * Classwork Monday, November 16th:**

1. Read ch 3-5 of Crispin. Summarize each chapter (min 5 sentences)
 * Homework due Monday, November 16th:**

1. Journal: Read what it[| was like to be a teenager in medieval times.] Then, create a journal entry through the eyes of a medieval teenager. 2. Make some medieval puppets. On your own, with a partner, or in a group of 3, create and post an I-movie. 10 facts about [|a medieval theme.]
 * Classwork November 12th:**

1. Finish your prezi. 2. Read ch 2 of Crispin. Summarize in 5 sentences.
 * Homework due November 12th:**

1. Using Prezi, create a presentation about medieval times.
 * Classwork November 11th:**
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Homework due Wednesday, November 11th:** 1. Read chapter one of //Crispin//. Post 5 questions and define the words: midst, shroud, taunted, pauper, steward, deign, transgression, poaching, forfeit

1. Finish page 83 in Lit book.
 * Classwork Monday, Nov 11th**:

1. Finish classwork from Nov 5th (task #3). Define these French words: bureau, physique, chic, boutique, rendezvous, cliche. Find and post 5 more of your own. 2. Final draft of essay due.
 * Homework due Monday, November 9th:**

warm-up: Do t[|he spelling bee. T]ake a screen shot and post when finished. 1. Lit book page 83. Check your comprehension & Critical Thinking Questions. 2. Page 84 Spelling Strategy; Using the Word Bank. 3. Page 85: Choose 1 of the 7 activities.
 * Classwork Monday, Nov 9th**

1. Finish writing a 5 paragraph descriptive essay. Don't concentrate so much on what happens, but rather describe the setting and the character where the action takes place. **Post.
 * Homework due Thursday, November 5th:**

Classwork November 5th:** warm-up: Feed the world. [|Select the GRAMMAR option. At least 200 grains.] 1. Print your descriptive essay. 2. Peer edit your partner's descriptive essay using the checklist handed out in class. Final hard copy draft due on Monday, November 9th. //Post with date, name of assignment and answer the Qs in sentences.// If we all finish, then we can go eat Chinese food! 3. Page 84: Build vocab. Define the 6 French words and think of/define 5 more on your own. POST.

warm-up: Feed the world. [|Guess at least 10 words correctly.] 1. [|Write a short poem with a partne]r or on your own that uses your 5 senses. 2. Read aloud some essays. [|What is word choice?] Critique for Word Choice. GRADE, EVIDENCE, EXAMPLE from your essay.
 * Classwork November 3rd:**

1. Continue writing your descriptive essay. What is your character doing? What is happening to your character? Focus on the details.
 * Homework due Tuesday, November 3rd:**

1. What are strong verbs? Strong verbs add color, detail, emotion and power to writing. They show attempt to show and not just tell. //For example, instead of “go,” try:// walk ride trudge amble depart disappear recede travel journey creep crawl run dash ﬂow roam drag hike march parade saunter stroll stride meander
 * Classwork November 2nd:**

Think of your own weak verb and make a list of 15 other verbs you could use instead. Don't use a dictionary!

2. More on [|descriptive essays:] 2. Peer edit 3. Next purple lit book readings pages 78-85. Sensory language. 4. Comic Life

//Warm-up: The metaphor game. Answer and post.//
 * Wednesday, October 28th:**
 * If I were an animal, what would I be? ||  ||
 * If I were a body of water, what would I be? ||  ||
 * If I were a type of music, what would I be? ||  ||
 * If I were a flower, what would I be? ||  ||
 * If I were a musical instrument, what would I be? ||  ||
 * If I were a shoe, what would I be? ||  ||
 * If I were a feature of nature, what would I be? ||  ||
 * If I were a food, what would I be? ||  ||
 * If I were a piece of literature, what would I be? ||  ||
 * If I were a fruit, what would I be? ||  ||
 * If I were a vehicle, what would I be? ||  ||
 * If I were a color, what would I be? ||  ||
 * If I were a place, what would I be? ||

1. Our next writing assignment will be to write a descriptive essay, specifically, you are going to describe a character that you make up. step 1: Read some examples of some good character descriptions. Note how similes and metaphors are used: [] step 2: List 3 of your favorite metaphors and 3 of your favorite similes. Why were these your favorite? step 3: Read the list of character description vocab. [] Define and post at least 10 words you're not sure of the meaning. step 4: Begin writing your character description on a Pages document. Use a couple metaphors and similes as well as at least 3 of the words from character description vocab. After you have written and posted 1-2 paragraphs: step 5: Peer edit with a partner: [] step 6: Draw, take a pic--somehow create a picture of your fictional character. Post that on your Pages doc. Post your Pages doc on the wiki. Remember to call the document somethnig that nobody else would use.

If you happen to finish this, you may begin reading the next story in purple lit book. 1.** Read pages 15-25 in purple lit book. Answer all page 25 questions and post.
 * Homework due October 28th:

1. Your dreams 2. Reading short story pages 15-25. 3. Presenting Comic Life
 * Classwork October 26th:**

1. Warm up 10-15 minutes: You can work on this both days: Ulysses has returned to Ithaca, but needs a job. Create a resume for him. Here is an example of what a [|resume looks like.] 2. Both days you and your group should be working on your Ulysses Comic Life project. This includes: //--Creating a 'rough draft' on paper for your comic. --Reading your assigned pages. --Taking pictures to use in your comic. --Creating your comic. 2 pages per student. --Your comic should show what is happening on the pages from Ulysses. --You may work in the hallway if you are respectful of other classes.// 3. Both days: Near the end of class, post on your wiki what you have accomplished during the class period. 4. Post all of your group members' finished comics on your wiki. // DUE Monday, October 26th. //
 * Classwork October 21st and October 22nd:**

1. Journal: Choose one of the characters from Ulysses. Create a journal entry from their POV. Students will guess who it is. 2. Ulysses Final Chapters Comic Life project. // DUE Monday, October 26th. Here is the rubric: // 3. Find a cool example of comic life. Present it to the class and tell why you think it's good.
 * Classwork October 19th:**

//**Homework due October 19th:** 1. More Idioms: []. Post your quiz score. Play this: http://www.quia.com/mc/66234.html 2. [|Read this list of idioms.] Using [|create a comic.], draw a scene from Ulysses. Include 3 idioms in your scene. Post.

1. Write your vocab words that you defined for HW on the board. 2. Listen to 'The Return' pages 147-164. Answer the Qs.//
 * Classwork October 15th:**

1. Why did Ulysses want to first find a cave? 2. Who is Eumaeus? 3. Why do you think Ulysses tells Eumaeus he is from Crete and not Ithaca? 4. Why are there over 100 men at Ulysses' castle? 5. What did Ulysses feel when he first saw his son, Telemachus? 6. What was Ulysses' plan for the next day? 7. What is a cudgel? 8. How old was Argos? 9. Who smashed a stool over Ulysses' back? 10. What kind of contest does Ulysses suggest to Penelope?

//Also, define and post Write down 5 vocab words from the small piece of paper.

1. Define & use in a sentence the vocab words you chose from 'Ino's Veil' and 'Nausicaa'. Post. 2. After listening to 'Nausicaa', [|create a comic.]// //(one panel) Take a screen grab and post on your wiki.
 * Homework due October 15th:**

1. Idioms Practice [] ALSO: http://a4esl.org/q/h/vm/m-body.html 2. Listen to 'Ino's Veil' and 'Nausica'. 5 vocab from each chapter on 1/2 sheet.
 * Classwork October 13th:**


 * Homework due October 13th:** Copy, paste and answer on your wiki. Scylla and Charybdis questions:


 * 1. Charybdis was the daughter of this Greek god:

2. Why was Zeus angry with Charybdis?

3. Why was Scylla changed into a monster?

4. What did Scylla look like after Amphitrite changed her into a monster?

5. Ulysses steered the ship through the rocks. True or False?

6. Define hull:

7. What color was Ulysses’ boat? Black, white or blue?

8. What did the end of Scylla’s tentacles look like?

9. How many of Ulysses’ men were eaten by Scylla?

10. Their next landfall is the Isle of the Sun-Titan or Eurylochus?

EC: Where is starboard on a ship?**

1. Journal: Write a paragraph describing the scariest monster you can think of. Use this site to help organize your thoughts: http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/essaymap/
 * Classwork October 12th:**

3. LIsten to 'Calypso' and [|create a comic.] 4. Learn how to say 'closed' in a [|zillion different languages.]

1.[| Create a mad lib] for the nouns that you fill in, use nouns from// Ulysses//. Post. 2. IDEAS TRAIT: Write your new sentences [|here.]
 * Classwork October 8th:**

1. Read, summarize (5 sentence minimum) and define 3 vocabulary words from EACH chapter: 'Cattle of the Sun' and 'Calypso' 2. Finish classwork from October 6th. 3. Final Essay due Monday, October 12th.
 * Homework due October 8th:**

1. Ulysses test chapters 6-10. **
 * Homework due October 6th:**

Classwork October 6th:** 1. When you finish the test, journal entry: Think of a 'snapshot' of something memorable that happened to you over the break. Write a paragraph using t[|hird person point of view.]

2. Quietly read 'Scylla and Charybdis'. Create your own 5-question multiple choice test (4 choices). Post.

1. Post journal entry: 'What is special for me about Chuseok?' Read 2 other students' entries and post a comment under their entry. SHOW don't TELL. 2. Using the checklist, peer edit your partner's expository essay.//
 * Classwork September 25th:**
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//3. [|Watch PTV] Think of something you/your classmates could send to PTV. Add your opinion to[| the discussion.]

1. Journal:** KIS is a 1:1 school. What does this mean to you? What are some pros and cons about this? 2. Listen to 'The Wandering Rocks' and 'The Sirens'. After you listen to the chapter, write 5 questions about the chapter on your wiki. 3. Work on study guide. Here are the words which should be on chapter 6 (Cannibal Beach): perils marrow sorceries inhabitants ogres ethical moored provisioned
 * Classwork September 24th:

1. Third draft of expository essay due. Here is the checklist: 2. Study guide ch 6-10
 * Homework due Friday, September 25th:**

1. Journal: Make up your own prompt. 7 sentence minimum. Write your prompt at the top of your entry. 2. Work on expository writing assignment. Third draft due Friday, September 25th. 3. Finish Ulysses ch 6-10 Study Guide by Friday. Test is Tuesday, October 6th.
 * Classwork September 22nd:**

1. Journal: Write the first paragraph of a story called 'Land of the Dead' that takes place in your school. 2. Library visit for AR. Choose a book by subject before we go. 3. Read 'Land of the Dead'
 * Classwork September 16th:**

1. Journal: Write about something that has really been annoying you lately. If your life is perfect, make something up. ( 7 sentence minimum) 2. Review HW 3. STAR reading test 4. Work on expository writing assignment.
 * Classwork September 15th:**

1. Create a video summary of 'Circe'. Post on your wiki.
 * Homework due Tuesday, September 15th:**

NOTE: Ulysses chapter 1-5 test is Friday, September 11th. //Review your study guide.

//**Classwork September 9th:** 1. Journal:// If you could change something about yesterday, what would it have been and why? //2. You will choose a random number in class. This will tell you your Expository Writing topic. Write a thesis statement that goes along with your topic. Post this on your wiki. Final draft due September 25th. 3. Do study guide for Ulysses.

1. Read the first 7 pages of Circe. Post 4 sentences about plot, 3 vocab, 2 sentences about setting and your prediction. 2. Create and post video vocab for ch 6 and 7 (vocab from worksheet).
 * Homework due September 9th:**

1. Warm-up Journal: How is your day going? 7 sentences minimum. 2. Upload skits using youtube. Embed on your wiki page. Watch skits. 3. ch 6 and 7 create video vocab using I-movie. Upload to your wiki. 4. Listen to Ulysses
 * Classwork September 7th:**

1. Journal Entry: If you could visit any place on earth, where would you go? Why. (At least 5 sentences)
 * Classwork September 4th:**

1. Vocab quiz chapters 1-5. 2. Finish writing skit. Be ready to record I-movie in class.
 * Homework due September 4th:**

1. JOURNAL: If you could change one thing about MS, what would it be and why? At least 7 sentences. 2. Work on skit--15 vocab words from ch 1-7 of// Ulysses//.
 * Classwork September 2nd:**

'Keeper of the Winds' questions:// Copy, paste and answer in full sentences. //POST.
 * Homework due September 2nd:**

1. Which direction were Ulysses and his men sailing at the beginning of the chapter? 2. Why was Ulysses wild with eagerness? 3. Who was Aeolus? 4. What did Aeolus love to do? 5. Why was Aeolus pleased with Ulysses? 6. What did Aeolus give to Ulysses? 7. How many days and nights did Ulysses stay awake? 8. Why did Ulysses' men open the bag of winds? 9. What happened after they did this? 10. Predict what will happen next.

1. Warm-up: Journal entry: Which person, living or dead, do you admire the most? Why? 2. Finish posters. Present. 3. With your poster partner, write a skit that uses 15 of the vocabulary words. Post on both of your wikis.
 * Classwork August 31st :**

1. Define (IN YOUR OWN WORDS) ch 5-7 vocabulary from the sheet handed out in class. Post on your wiki. 2. Read the chapter 'Keeper of the Winds' in// Ulysses.
 * Homework due Monday, August 31st:**

//**Homework due August 27th:** Define (IN YOUR OWN WORDS) ch 2-4 vocabulary from the sheet handed out in class.

WARM-UP: Think and write (at least 7 sentences) in your journal:// Which super power do you wish you had? How would you use it to do good?
 * Classwork August 26th:**

//**Homework due August 26th** 1. Read// Ulysses //chapter 'The Cyclops' Cave' Create a picture of a cyclops and post on your wiki page, or, you may draw on A-4 paper.

1. Read// Ulysses //chapters: 'Ships and Men', 'The Ciconians', and 'The Lotus-Eaters' Write a three sentence summary of each of the chapters and find/define 3 vocab words from each chapter. POST on your wiki. 2. Finish page 6 of the Greek background webquest.
 * Homework due Monday, August 24th**

1. Be sure that your wiki page is designed properly. 2. Finish pages 1-5 of the Greek background webquest.
 * Homework due August 20th**

1. Warm-up. Using the internet, post 5 facts on your page about Ulysses. 2. Look at wiki design, how to post 3. Review HW 4. Begin background on Ancient Greece [|webquest]
 * Classwork August 18th:**

1. Finish answering the questions you began in class. 2. Insert a picture on your 7F homepage. The picture should be one that you took yourself.
 * Homework due August 18th:**


 * Classwork August 17th:**// The Cat Who Thought She Was a Dog//..

1.What is similar about all the goods that the peddler shows Marianna?

2. In what ways does the mirror, a strange new object, cause the humans and the animals to become strangers to themselves?

3. Why are the characters’ reactions to the mirror both funny and sad?

4. Could a cat think it’s a dog and vice versa? Support your opinion.

5. Would it be possible for our society to do without mirrors? Explain.

Define and use in a sentence:

enthralled protruded console afflicted vanity anguish moral peddler peasant bedazzle


 * Classwork August 13th:** English textbook scavenger hunt