Tuesday, April 30, 2013

PENNY BOOK IS NOT DUE TOMORROW. PLEASE READ DIRECTIONS BELOW.

HOMEWORK:

STUDY LITERARY TERMS AND BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN HOW THEY PERTAIN TO THE GIVER FOR PART 2 OF THE FINAL. WHO IS THE PROTAGONIST AND THE ANTAGONIST? HOW DO EPIPHANY, METAMORPHOSIS, IRONY AND SUSPENSE PLAY INTO THE NOVEL? WHAT WAS AN INTERNAL CONFLICT? WHO HAD THIS CONFLICT AND HOW WAS IT PRESENTED IN THE BOOK?

BRING PICTURES, EDITED CAPTIONS, BOOKS AND OTHER SUPPLIES TO CLASS TOMORROW TO BEGIN ASSEMBLING YOUR BOOK.

YOUR PENNY BOOK IS NOT DUE TOMORROW.

PLEASE BRING THE GIVER TO CLASS TOMORROW. IF YOU LOST OR MISPLACED YOUR COPY OF THE BOOK, PLEASE MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO REPLACE THE MISSING COPY.






Monday, April 29, 2013

Peer Editing Sheet AND Finish Your Captions.

If you regularly check the blog, you'll know what assignments are due and when. Please continue to edit your open response. Where does your work ethic come into play? Do you feel that you did your best work?  Please complete your Peer Editing and return to class tomorrow.

Finish your captions for your Penny Book.

Friday, April 26, 2013

Two Typed Open Responses Due On Monday, April 29, 2013.

We have almost finished the book and I must admit I am impressed with your sensitivity toward Jonas's situation and commitment to saving Gabriel from Release. We will finish listening to Chapters 22 and 23 on Monday and then completely correct Quiz Time 20-23.

Requirements for open response:

TYPED 12 FONT
NAME AND DATE TYPED (NOT WRITTEN) AT THE TOP OF THE PAPER.
TYPE THE QUESTION (PLEASE TYPE THE ANSWERS ON TWO SEPARATE SHEETS OF PAPER) I HAVE A REASON FOR DOING SO. TRUST ME!




40 POINTS  STRONG OPENING (TOPIC) SENTENCE AND STRONG CLOSING SENTENCE.
40 POINTS  STRONG DETAILS TO SUPPORT YOUR ANSWER (QUOTATIONS).
20 POINTS  CONVENTIONS


BE SURE TO USE A GRAPHIC ORGANIZER BEFORE TYPING YOUR ANSWER. ALSO, MAKE SURE IF YOU ANSWER QUESTIONS 1 AND 4 YOUR ANSWERS INCLUDE 2 PARAGRAPHS CONTAINING NO LESS THAN 8 SENTENCES EACH.
IF YOU CHOOSE TO ANSWER QUESTION 2 YOUR ANSWER CAN BE WRITTEN IN A LETTER FORM. THE BODY OF THE LETTER SHOULD CONTAIN 10-15 SENTENCES.
IF YOU ANSWER QUESTIONS 3 OR 6, YOUR ANSWER NEED ONLY CONTAIN 1 WELL-ORGANIZED PARAGRAPH OF 10-15 SENTENCES.

WE WILL PLAN ON THE FINAL, TUESDAY, PART ONE, AND WEDNESDAY, PART TWO.

WE EDITED SOME CAPTIONS TODAY. PENNY BOOK IS A WORK IN PROGRESS WHICH IS DUE ON MAY 15TH.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

TYPE 3 MORE CAPTIONS.

Today we devoted a good chunk of  class time to working on our Penny Book. Please follow the homework schedule.

1. Type 3 more captions for your Penny Book. Bring a printed copy to class. You can have more than one caption on computer paper for editing.

2. Finish reading The Giver for Friday, April 26th.

3. We will begin assembling our Penny Books on Monday, April 29th.

4. Penny Book due by May 15th. (Every day after May 15th will result in a 10 point reduction per day).

5. Giver Final tentatively April 30th, May 1st.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

TYPE 5 CAPTIONS FOR YOUR PENNY BOOK.

After the test today, we began working on our captions.

Bring in 5 pictures (or more) and as many pennies as you can find from 1999-2012 (don't worry about 2013).

Type no less than 5 sentences for each caption. Use a 12 font and don't forget to refer to your rubric for information about how your Penny Book will be graded.

You can read up to Chapter 21 for Thursday, April 25.

Monday, April 22, 2013

HOMEWORK BELOW!

1. Actively study for vocabulary test tomorrow on Section 3.

2. Make sure you have pennies and pictures ( at least 5 pictures).

3. Read Chapter 19 tonight.

4. Do Quiz Time 16-19 in complete sentences.