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English IV. November 5, 2012, b Day. Pick up a copy of the quiz from the front table. Open your Bell Journal and write down the difference between There/Their/They’re. Then add your answers to the quiz in your bell journal. Your answers should appear something like this:
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November 5, 2012, b Day • Pick up a copy of the quiz from the front table. Open your Bell Journal and write down the difference between There/Their/They’re. Then add your answers to the quiz in your bell journal. Your answers should appear something like this: • 1. (your answer) • 2. (your answer) • 3. (etc.) Do Not Write on the Quiz!
Pass out Papers • New Vocabulary Worksheets • New Homework Calendar (no, this does not contain allhomework assignments for the next two months, but it should be accurate for the most part). • Wednesday Homework (not listed) read The Coming of Beowulf, pages 41-46, and come to class ready to discuss it. • Article of the week #11
Vocabulary • Copy directly onto your worksheet using all formatting and punctuation exactly as you see it! • Compassionate: adj. Feeling or showing sympathy and concern for others. • Yes, I know this is an old vocabulary word—just do it!
Sentences review • Get ready for another Summative Assessment! • Students on the first row will pass back portfolios. • Find your Articles of the Week, and your Sentences PowerPoint Notes • Review Sentences PowerPoint • Each row facing forward is a team (Rows 1, 2, and 3), and the side rows are one team (Rows 4, 5, and 6). • Play Jeopardy!
Sentence Revision • Review your existing Articles of the Week, and identify the one you feel best about. • Underline at least three of your favorite sentences (best rhetoric) and share them with your closest neighbor. • Look at the sentence structure rubric on the back of your new vocabulary worksheet. • Discuss sentence structure issues with your neighbor. • Use your best AoW rhetoric to create one new simple sentence, one new compound sentence, and one new complex sentence. • Have your neighbor review your new sentences before you rewrite them in your best handwriting.
Wrap-UP • Put your new sentences in your English pocket or writing portfolio, and be prepared to use them in class on Wednesday! • Put your portfolios in order and pass them forward. • Front row people will put portfolios back in the file!
IF you Have time • Read from Beowulf: The Coming of Beowulfin your textbooks (pages 41-46). • Prepare to discuss what you read for Wednesday. • Put your books away neatly beneath your seats. (Mr. Yee does not enjoy cleaning up after you!)
DON’T FORGET • You may not leave the room until the sub dismisses you!