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A busy week!

January 24, 2012
Your root word vocab. is due Thursday, and we will quiz on it Friday. Use google to search the root words in addition to prefixsuffix.com and learnthat.org

Today in class we continued to look at "Nikki Rosa" by annotating Giovanni's diction, imagery, and use or lack of punctuation and capitalization for effect. Your assignment is to write a narrative poem about your upbringing that reveals your character in the style of Giovanni's poem and Lauryn Hill's song. This typed and annotated original poem is due in class on Friday along with a 2 paragraph autobiographical introduction for your final poetry anthology.

Tonight's homework is to complete the worksheets on subject/verb agreement and verbs.

Have a great night!

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New due date for lit. analysis

January 15, 2012

We will be in the library completing ILP on Wednesday and Friday this week, so your literature analysis is due Thursday instead of Wednesday. Please come to your regular classroom on Tuesday.

Additionally, be sure to read and annotate the essay about poetry. The writer offers fabulous ideas that can inspire you to be more aware of your surroundings and to investigate and think about the world around and within you.

Have an excellent weekend!


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homework

January 12, 2012
Tonight you should implement the revisions worked on in class today during peer review. Bring the REVISED copy to class tomorrow, and you can go through the editing process with the revised copy. Also, please remember that vocab is due tomorrow.

Have a great night!
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Poetry unit

January 9, 2012

Today we began the poetry unit by closely reading the unit overview, final assessment, and rubric. Students decided the following terms are necessary to learn in order to succeed on the assessment:

Wordle: poetry goals
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Friday and weekend

January 6, 2012
The work given to you by the sub today should be completed during class and over the weekend. You will need to study the irregular verb forms for the quiz on Monday. Pay close attention to the troublesome verbs sit/set, raise/rise, and lay/lie. Remember we are trying to break old habits of incorrectly using these verbs. Studying and practicing are the only ways to break these habits and progress to use correct grammar.

The weekend homework is to write the 5 paragraph (minimum) literary analysi...
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Welcome back!

January 4, 2012
Please remember that root words are due tomorrow:
apt/ept
aug/auc
cad/cid
carn
cav
clemen
clin
cog/gno
cumul
dext
dorm
err
eval
feb
ferr
The vocab. quiz is on Friday, and the quiz on verb forms is on Monday. Tonight, tomorrow night, and over the weekend you should work on writing the literary analysis now that your thesis is in order.
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midterm exam

December 19, 2011
Midterm schedule this week:

1st, 3rd, and 5th-Tuesday
2nd, 4th, and 6th-Wednesday

Study and do your best this week!
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Benchmark SUCCESS!

December 14, 2011
Ooooh yeah! Your hard work this semester surely showed in your benchmark scores. While the literature logs require analysis and focus, I believe that work has truly moved many of you to the next level of thinking about characters, motivations, literary techniques, and, most importantly, what you value in life. I am very proud of you!

Have an excellent night!

Ms. Knapp :)   
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Scholastic

December 14, 2011
Many of you are submitting stories to the Scholastic writing contest. Take these steps at home tonight!

logon to www.artandwriting.org/registration
Click:  students tab
enter personal info
at school, type randall k and cooper will be an option
submit
upload your story
your permission slip will appear to print, sign, and have your parent sign

Bring me the permission slip. Cooper is picking up the 5.00 fee for most of these submissions.

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binder check tomorrow!

December 13, 2011
Please be sure to bring your organized class binder tomorrow. The grade for completeness and organization is worth 100 points for the 2nd quarter.
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