Last day before Winter Break!!

Read Of Mice and Men to the end of chapter 1 (page 16)
Take notes on the Oklahoma Dust Bowl
Read The Star Bellied Sneetches by Dr. Seuss

December 16

CRUCIBLE TEST TOMORROW

REVIEW THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS WRITTEN BY STUDENTS:
Crucible Quiz Questions 
YOU SHOULD ALSO REVIEW sparknotes.com



For review of the Crucible, you will divide into groups to write quiz questions.

All of your questions should touch upon important ideas in the play, such as

• noble actions
• forgiveness
• responsibility
• commitment to truth
• evil behavior
• hypocrisy
• fear
• intollerance
• deceit

Identify the Speaker of the Quote
1
2
3
Multiple-choice
1
2
Essay
1

Dec 11

Quiz

1. Why did Anne Putnam send Ruth to the forest?
2. Who does Mary Warren work for?
3. Who is worried most about his reputation?
4. Why is Rebecca Nurse accused of being a witch?
5. Who is Hale?
6. Why is Goody Good accused of being a witch?
7. Who accuses Thomas Putnam of trying to kill his neighbors so that he can buy up their land?













Crucible vocabulary   for Wednesday
"callous" to "ameliorate"

New Crucible vocabulary for next Monday:  Quizlet

Some of you might want to review the play at home by reading the Sparknotes.com 
summary of The Crucible

Read the play. 
Watch the movie

What caused the girls to appear to be possessed by evil spirits? Ergotism

10 Tests for Witchcraft

Wikipedia article on 1692 Salem Witch Trial

What caused the girls to appear to be possessed by evil spirits? 
Possible scientific explanations for symptoms Betty Parris and Ruth Putnam manifested

Crucible Interactive Walk through and historical facts. National Geographic article

Student articles--
Megan Did Cold Weather Cause the Salem Witch Trials?
Isaac Salem Witch Trials Followed Cold Weather, New Research Finds
Kaitlyn Encephalitis Lethargica
Emma C
Jacob - Diary of Samuel Seward
Alexa Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (Scroll Down.)
         Controversy over Ergot Poisoning
 and Medical Explanations of
Sarah Ergot Theory/Hysteria
Kellie A Fever in Salem: Revisiting and Revising the Evidence from Salem
Encephalitis Lethargica
Anna K Why did a witch scare break out in Salem?
Ricardo G  Ergotism: Satan Loosed in Salem 
Jenna: Salem Witch Trials
Julia - The Salem Times
Elaine Four Theories about the Cause of the Salem Witch Trials
Jonah- Salem Witch Trials
Ajesh- Salem Witch Trials History

December 9

Crucible vocabulary   for Wednesday
"callous" to "ameliorate"

New Crucible vocabulary for next Monday:  Quizlet

Some of you might want to review the play at home by reading the Sparknotes.com 
summary of The Crucible

Read the play. 
Watch the movie

What caused the girls to appear to be possessed by evil spirits? Ergotism

10 Tests for Witchcraft

Wikipedia article on 1692 Salem Witch Trial

What caused the girls to appear to be possessed by evil spirits? 
Possible scientific explanations for symptoms Betty Parris and Ruth Putnam manifested

Crucible Interactive Walk through and historical facts. National Geographic article

Student articles--
Megan Did Cold Weather Cause the Salem Witch Trials?
Isaac Salem Witch Trials Followed Cold Weather, New Research Finds
Kaitlyn Encephalitis Lethargica
Emma C
Jacob - Diary of Samuel Seward
Alexa Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (Scroll Down.)
         Controversy over Ergot Poisoning
 and Medical Explanations of
Sarah Ergot Theory/Hysteria
Kellie A Fever in Salem: Revisiting and Revising the Evidence from Salem
Encephalitis Lethargica
Anna K Why did a witch scare break out in Salem?
Ricardo G  Ergotism: Satan Loosed in Salem 
Jenna: Salem Witch Trials
Julia - The Salem Times
Elaine Four Theories about the Cause of the Salem Witch Trials
Jonah- Salem Witch Trials
Ajesh- Salem Witch Trials History

December 5

Crucible vocabulary   for Friday 
"callous" to "ameliorate"

New Crucible vocabulary:  Quizlet

Some of you might want to review the play at home by reading the Sparknotes.com 
summary of The Crucible

Read the play. 
Watch the movie

What caused the girls to appear to be possessed by evil spirits? Ergotism

10 Tests for Witchcraft

Wikipedia article on 1692 Salem Witch Trial

December 3

Crucible vocabulary   for Friday 
"callous" to "ameliorate"

Write vocabulary story using 5 of this week's words.

Read the play. 
Watch the movie

What caused the girls to appear to be possessed by evil spirits? Ergotism

10 Tests for Witchcraft

Wikipedia article on 1692 Salem Witch Trial

Read The Crucible to page 59

Thursday, one week before THANKSGIVING

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS ALREADY BROUGHT FOOD AND MONEY FOR THE THANKSGIVING BOX!

TOMORROW IS THE LAST DAY TO BRING

• GIFT CARDS FOR THE TURKEY
• FOOD YOU SIGNED UP
• APPLES, ORANGES, POTATOES, ONIONS

Read to `page 30

Watch movie

HAND IN BOOK REPORT TOMORROW IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY!!

November 20, 2013

THANKSGIVING  BASKET  ITEMS 

AND MONEY DUE   FRIDAY!

CONSIDER:

• GIFT CERTIFICATE FROM WINCO OR OTHER STORE
• MONEY FOR MRS. STEIN TO BUY A GIFT CERTIFICATE
• FOOD ITEMS FROM OUR LIST
• POTATOES, APPLES, ORANGES

(5 min) Journal writing: 1. Tell me about a time when your emotions prevented you from making a good choice.

Hand in book report if you haven't already. IF YOU DON'T, YOUR 12 WEEKS GRADE WILL BE 

BAD! . 

Sparknotes for Crucible

Crucible vocabulary   for Friday 
Read Crucible

November 13

(5 min) Journal writing: What is your favorite novel of all time, and why?
(if you can't think of a single novel you like, write about a story you've read.)

Hand in book report. Judge book reports

Crucible vocabulary   for Friday 

November 12

Crucible vocabulary   for Friday (last 10)

Birth	Separation (in a Harsh World)	Return
• Raised by someone other than their biological parents.  ——————————————► • Don't know who they really are. • Sometimes a commoner who will eventually become heroic. •	• Hero Quest • Must leave his home. -Reluctant to become the hero. (Huck writes letter.) • Must learn higher ways. - Belly of the whale. • Mentor teaches the hero higher ways and with higher power. • He can defeat: - Monsters - Enemy - Societal Problems	• Returns to society to become king or leader. (Huck sorts of leads society as a model to society.)

Choose one of the following OR come up with your own example
Just write bullet points and be prepared
Percy Jackson
Batman, 
Harry Potter,
Halo
Karate Kid
Moses

Frodo 
and Huck. 

















Huck Finn. Read chapter 42, 43
Huck Finn on Tape

Huckleberry Finn Sparknotes summary to review for Thursday's test: Huck FinnSentence corrections

Questions to think about:
Why

Don't forget:
Book Report due Tuesday, November 12

Creative Book Report options:
Book Reports

November 5

Crucible vocabulary   for Friday
Huck Finn. Read chapter 50
Huck Finn on Tape

Sentence corrections

If you haven't finished the district reading test, do it today

Don't forget:
Book Report due Tuesday, November 12

Creative Book Report options:
Book Reports

Book report example: Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card

November 4, 2013

Crucible vocabulary   1-10 quiz today

Sentence corrections

Finish district reading test

Don't forget:
Book Report

Due Tuesday, November 12

Creative Book Report options:
Book Reports

October 29

Crucible vocabulary   1-10 for Monday

Don't forget:
Book Report

Due Tuesday, November 12

Creative Book Report options:
Book Reports

Monday, October 28

Listen to Huck Finn, chapter 33; read chapter 34 as homework

Learn grammar rules for sentence corrections. Here they are: Grammar 1

Pass back papers

Friday, October 25

Vocabulary quiz


1. _____________    Someone who wants to do away with slavery
2. _____________    Scam artists; dishonest people
3. _____________    Moderation; self-control, especially self-control concerning alcohol
4. _____________    Divine guidance; God
5. _____________    To start




















1. Abolitionists
2. Rapscallions
3. Temperance
4. Providence
5. Commence




Reading day. Read your novel. Some of you will need to spend some extra time out of class reading your books in order to finish in time to do your book report, which is due November 5.

If you are reading a longer novel, you may stop at page 150 since other students are reading shorter books, and I want this to be fair. Of course I don't want you to stop in the middle of a great book, but by the same token it doesn't seem fair to require you to read more than other students simply because you chose a long book.
Note: if the book you are reading is shorter than 150 pages (full pages), you will need to read some short stories to make up the difference to keep things fair.

Due Tuesday, November 5

Creative Book Report options:
Book Reports

Sentence corrections

Wednesday, October 23

Book Report

Due Tuesday, November 5

Creative Book Report options:
Book Reports

Huck Finn. Read chapter 31
Huck Finn on Tape

Huck Finn Vocab words 1-21 review for this week

Tuesday, October 22

Huck Finn. Read chapter 28 today, and read 29 and 30 for homework
Huck Finn on Tape

Huck Finn Vocab words 1-21 review for this week

Monday, October 21

Journal: Over the ages people have been intrigued with the moon. Some have said that it influences human emotions, sometimes making us more passionate, and at others, even insane (the word "lunacy" comes from the French word for moon, "lune").
Write a paragraph telling me how you feel about the moon.
Lunar Effect
Moon rising over mountain
The movie Moonstruck
Joe Versus the Volcano Moonrise

Huck Finn. Read chapter 26 today, and read 27 for homework
Huck Finn on Tape

Tuesday, October 15

Hand in Huck Finn summaries of chapters 20-24

Huck Finn Vocab words 1-21 review for this week
Homework = write sentences for 8 of this week's words.
                   OR make a set of Quizlet flashcards with sentences for +1 E.C.

PSAT practice

Read Huck chapter 25

Thursday, October 10

1. Hand in vocabulary story or show me your Quizlet flash cards
2. Take vocab test
3. Read your Friday reading book
4. Homework = read chapters 23 and 24 and write summaries (1/3 page) for each of those chapters. Tuesday you will hand in your summaries for chapters 20-24 (10 points)

Wednesday

Hand in vocab stories
Watch movie
Tomorrow is reading day, so bring your books.
You will have a vocab quiz tomorrow but you won't hand in the Huck Finn chapter summaries until Tuesday (chapters 20-24)

Homework due: 
Option 1: Write a vocabulary story using 5 of this week's words.  Make it fun! 
Use the words in context. That means that I'll be able to tell what the word means based on the other words in the sentence and paragraph that more or less define the word.
Option 2: (+2 E.C. if you do this).
Make flash cards on Quizlet.com instead of writing the story. 
 +3 IF YOU INCLUDE SENTENCES FOR EACH OF THE 10 WORDS.
Learn words for tomorrow.

Here are some links to vocabulary flashcards you guys created:

Gardenia's: Huck Finn vocab, week 3

Tuesday, October 8

WHEN CLASS STARTS, get out your summaries.

TODAY: Read Huck Finn chapter 22 in class
Homework: Did you remember to read chapter 21 and summarize it? ? +1 E.C. for everyone who did it.
Homework: 
Huck Finn on Tape
Vocabulary for Friday: 31-40
Huck Finn Vocab
Homework: Write a vocabulary story using 5 of this week's words.  You may write sentences (5) instead, if you'd rather. Make it fun! 
Use the words in context. That means that I'll be able to tell what the word means based on the other words in the sentence and paragraph that more or less define the word.
OR DO THIS INSTEAD OF THE VOCAB STORY:
Extra CREDIT OPTION: if you make flash cards on Quizlet.com instead of writing the story, +2 pt. When you do this, you have to use your own definitions, not the ones on the Quizlet vocab list found on this blog. +3 IF YOU INCLUDE SENTENCES FOR EACH OF THE 10 WORDS.


Thursday you will hand in summaries of ch. 20-24. 1-2 pages total. 10 pts. No more.

Monday, October 7

Read Huck Finn chapter 20 in class
Homework: Read chapter 21. This will take you about 15 min, so don't forget.
Homework: Thursday you will hand in summaries of ch. 20-24. 1-2 pages total. No more.
Huck Finn on Tape

Hand in your vocabulary story.
Write a vocabulary story using 5 of this week's words. Make it fun! Extra +1 pt. if you use 9 or 10 words.
Use the words in context. That means that I'll be able to tell what the word means based on the other words in the sentence and paragraph that more or less define the word.

People who haven't handed in the college application essay on a meaningful extra-curricular activity (there are two other prompts. See below 

Vocabulary for Friday: 21-30
Huck Finn Vocab

Friday

Vocabulary for Friday: 21-30
Huck Finn Vocab

Friday Reading for the remainder of the period.

Remember to fill in your reading log and turn it in at the end of the period today. Here's today's reading journal prompt:
Tell me how this novel is similar to another novel you have read 
or similar to a movie you have seen.
Focus on one similarity and explain how it's similar. Remember good paragraph structure includes:

• Topic sentence
• Example
• Explanation or description
• Concluding sentence

Tuesday

Read Huck Finn chapter 17 in class
Homework: write a 1 page summary of chapters 16, 17, 18. 

Huck Finn on Tape

Hand in your vocabulary story.
Write a vocabulary story using 5 of this week's words. Make it fun! Extra +1 pt. if you use 9 or 10 words.
Use the words in context. That means that I'll be able to tell what the word means based on the other words in the sentence and paragraph that more or less define the word.

People who haven't handed in the college application essay on a meaningful extra-curricular activity (there are two other prompts. See below 

Vocabulary for Friday: 21-30
Huck Finn Vocab