Author: Mr. Chase

Glad you could make it. Find your Guided Practice and Homework assignment below.

Guided Practice: On a separate sheet of paper, rewrite the passage, correcting all fragments and run-ons.

Canoeing can be challenging. When the water flows fast. Many of the rivers in Canada near Hudson Bay are excellent for canoeing, there are also certain rivers. Where the sport would be quite dangerous. For the rapids are long and swift. For example, a small river with rapids. Feeds into the Moose River, people fear them because the water moves so swiftly. Most people avoid them.

Homework: Write five related sentences about a real or imagined vacation. Check carefully to be sure that you have not written any fragments or run-ons.

In your groups of two:

1. Go to the site below.
2. Select a “story category” you and your partner will research and present to the class.
3. Read three stories from the category you selected.
4. Create a 2-3 sentence summary of each story (spelling, punctuation and grammar all count).
5. Present your findings to the class.
6. Click here to go to http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/remembering/read.html.

Click here.

Resources for further information:
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/calheritage/Jimcrow/
http://www.toptags.com/aama/docs/jcrow.htm
http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/jimcrowlaw1/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Crow_law
http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/remembering/laws.html

Well, you’ve finished your testing for the day. It’s time to get to the real work. Click on the link below to begin a gigantic adventure.

http://home.cfl.rr.com/mrshebert/Gigantic/index.htm

Welcome Back!

• Please use the map at the front of the room to find your way to your new seat.
• Once you are at your seat, please take out your homework from last night and have it ready to be picked up.
• Please write the following in your agenda: Enjoy the evening.
• Please leave your agenda and your homework out.

Today, we will be writing based on the prompt below. I have included some guiding questions to help you add elaborations and details to your writing.

Writing Situation: Language is all around us and shapes the way we feel, understand and communicate.
Directions for Writing: Keeping in mind the effects of language, write to explain your feelings on cursing. Describe it, why people do it and your feelings on whether or not they should.

Guiding Questions:

1. Why do people curse?
2. What constitutes cursing?
3. What role do entertainment and the media play in whether or not someone curses?
4. Is there a certain age where it is appropriate?
5. How do you think society views cursing now vs. in the past?
6. How might society’s views on cursing change in the future?

To Get Out

•Save your file with your last name in the file named 1-26-06 in your class’ folder.
•Log off of your computer.
•Clean up your area.
–Floor
–Table
•Wait for Mr. Chase to dismiss you.

Welcome to the Exam of Love!

Your Exam: Essay

For your Semester Exam, you must plan, write and revise a formal essay.

From the options below, select the one that inspires you the most.

Choice 1
Think of and write about the person you admire most. Write to explain why you admire that person. Include a specific instance or anecdote about that person that gained them your admiration.
Choice 2
An editorial in one local paper has invited readers to comment on the situations of violence and vandalism that are increasing in our schools. Assume that you have the opportunity to respond to the editorial by writing a column. In a well-organized five paragraph essay, discuss what you believe to be some of the causes for this problem and offer possible solutions; where possible, draw upon your own experience and observation to support your discussion.

Choice 3
“The more things change, the more they stay the same.” Do you agree with this statement? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your position on this issue. Support your point of view with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations.
Choice 4
Writing Situation
All of us have seen the effects of peer pressure in school situations. The pressure can result in bullying, in unusual competition, in experimentation with alcohol and drugs, or even suicide. Other results such as non-conformity with school dress codes, unwillingness to display academic ability, etc. are less dramatic but nevertheless just as real.

The Writing Directions
In a well-organized essay consider your own experiences with peer pressure in school settings. Identify a particular example, either one you personally experienced or one you observed; describe the situation, the kind of pressure exerted, and the result. Indicate what implications there might be from this experience for how you, as a teacher, can help students to cope with peer pressure in school.

Choice 5
I have learned many things that have helped me in life, but one thing that was especially valuable was ______ Assignment: Write an essay that completes the statement above. Explain the reasons behind your choice.

Choice 6
“There has always been great passion to keep things as they are.” “There has always been great passion to bring about change.” In an essay, discuss ONE of the two statements above, supporting your views with an example or examples from science, art, music, history, literature, current events, or your own experience or observation.

Choice 7
“Whatever is right is right even if no one else is doing it. What is wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it.” Write to explain the quotation above and explain whether or not you agree with it.

Choice 8
Writing Situation: If you could choose to be any animal for forty-eight hours, what would you be?
Directions for Writing: Before you begin writing, think about what kind of animal you would like to be – a wild animal, farm animal, or a household pet. Now explain in an essay why you chose this animal. Support your ideas with examples and details.

Choice 9
Writing Situation: The U.S. Postal Service has honored many individuals from presidents to singers to cartoon characters, by placing their portraits on postage stamps. Whom would you nominate to honor with a postage stamp?
Directions for Writing: Before you begin to write, think about why this person should have his or her own stamp. Now write an essay to tell the reader whom you would choose and explain why that person should be honored with a postage stamp. Support your ideas with examples and details.

Choice 10
Create your own persuasive or expository prompt. Once you have written the prompt, print it and bring it to me for approval.

After you have selected your prompt, create a new Word file, format it according to the essay formatting guidelines and begin typing your rough draft. When you have completed your rough draft, save it to the folder named “Rough Draft” in your period’s folder.

Give your file your last name only. After you have saved your rough draft, begin revising your essay. When revising, make certain you make the most possible use of the following important essay pieces:

Hook
Introductory Paragraph
Thesis Statement
Transitions
Main Idea/Topic Sentence
Extensions
Elaborations
Conclusions
Figurative Language
Anecdotes
Mature Vocabulary

Also, make certain you do all you can to fulfill the requirements for a 6.0 essay:

A 6 paper is superior. It does ALL OR MOST of the following:
Addresses the topic clearly and effectively showing originality, creativity, and depth of thought.
Develops ideas in a clear, logical, and detailed manner, displaying effective organization and coherence.
Uses language effectively with a sense of control.
Commits few, if any, errors in grammar/usage and mechanics.

After you have revised your essay, save it in the “Finished Essay” folder in your period’s folder. Name your file with your last name only.

Welcome back to the Classroom of Love!

Today you will be showing me you are able to analyze the meaning of words using word structures, content and word origin. You will also be showing me you can write for a variety of occasions, audiences and purposes. (Sarasota Standards 2.1 and 5.5)

Please write the following in your agenda and keep your agenda on your table so that I may see it:

Agenda: Finish writing if you did not complete it in class.

Today, we have two tasks to complete:
Task 1: Create origami object of your choice.
Task 2: Write using the origami object as your muse.

Procedures to remember: 3-Before-Me and Quiet Signal.

Task 1: I have compiled a list of different origami possibilities and linked them to the list below. Simply click on one of the words and you will be taken to the instructions for how to make that object or animal. Select one of the objects and use the paper I have provided to create that object. You may use your team’s markers and scissors if needed.

I have samples of each of these if you would like to see them.

Object List:
Hat
Tank
Fish
Whale
Cat
Frog
Snail
Mouse

Task 2: After you have created and decorated your object, please get your comp. book from the back shelf and turn to a blank page.

At the top of the page, please write:
Date
Period
Which object you created

Please use the remainder of your time to write using your object as your muse or inspiration.

You may write for any number of different purposes:

Story, “Once upon a time, there lived a lazy little tree snail…”

Journal entry from the point of view of your object, “It stinks being a paper tank, I’ve got nothing to do and no one is intimidated by my little folded barrel…”

Production log telling what you thought and felt as you created your object, “Grrrrr, I picked the hat because I thought it would be the easiest to make, but I quickly found out I was wrong…”

Or any other type of writing you can think of. The only rule is that is must include your object directly.

Note: If you do not have time to complete your writing in class, you may take your comp. book home to complete the writing and return it to me Monday at the start of class.

Welcome back to the Classroom of Love!

Homework: Enjoy your evening.

Bellwork: Rally Robin with your eyeball partner for 30 seconds remembering yesterday’s class.

RallyCoach:

1. Partner A solves the first problem.
2. Partner B watches and listens, coaches, and praises.
3. Partner B solves the next problem.
4. Partner A watches and listens, checks and praises.
5. Repeat starting at step one.

Welcome back to the Classroom of Love!

Homework: Find out how the referenda vote comes out with percents. Must be written.

Bellwork: Please write the date (11-8-05) at the top of a new page in your comp. book. Then, take 5 minutes to write your answer to the question below:

What are your thoughts on preserving the environment?

RallyRobin

1. Teacher poses a problem to which there are many possible responses or answers.
2. In pairs, students take turns sharing responses or solutions.

Find Someone Who…

1. Students mix in the class, keeping a hand raised until they find a new partner that is not a teammate.
2. In pairs, Partner A asks a question from the worksheet; Partner B responds. Partner A records the answer on his or her own worksheet.
3. Partner B checks and initials the answer.
4. Partner B asks a question; Partner A responds. Partner B records the answer on his or her own worksheet.
5. Partner A checks and initials the answer.
6. Partners shake hands, part, and raise a hand again as they search for a new partner.
Students repeat steps 1-6 until their sheets are complete.
7. When their worksheets are completed, students can sit; seated students can be approached by others as a resource.

Research:

www.sarasotacountyforever.com

Welcome back to the Classroom of Love!

You know what I expect of you. You know what you are capable of. You know how to respect and treat others well. Remember these things throughout class today.

Homework: Think about how you will make my class a great place for learning when you return Monday.

Today, we have 4 tasks to complete.

Task 1: Journal Entry
Task 2: Catch up from yesterday
Task 3: Unit Review
Task 4: Letter

Task 1: In your Comp. Books, please write the date at the top of a clean page. Then, for 10 minutes, write to explain your behavior in our classroom over the past week. Remember, when I ask you to explain, I’m looking for what happened and extensions and elaborations to tell me how, why and what it looked like. When time is called, Miss Carrigan will call on one student to collect the Comp. Books and place them where they belong on the back bookshelf.

Task 2: I know I gave you quite a bit of work to complete yesterday. I have the work that was turned in to me, but also want to give you a chance to complete what you did not have time to complete.

Special Note: Miss Carrigan passed along the observation that many of you were struggling with yesterday’s assignment. This is ok, much of this should be new material that you cannot simply read the problem and find the answer. You must Must MUST read the unit and explanations that come before the assigned problems if you are going to understand what to do.

Task 3: This task is to be completed ON YOUR OWN. Each unit has an “Extra Practice” section at its end. Today, please complete as much of this section as you can, working alone. I will check the papers at the end of the day to see how far each student was able to get. The Unit’s and their page number for their “Extra Practice” sections are listed below.

Unit 1: Page 30
Unit 3: Page 99
Unit 5: Page 184
Unit 7: Page 264
Unit 9: Page 337
Unit 11: Page 418

Task 4: If you complete Tasks 1-3, your assignment is to write a letter to me. Your topic can be whatever you choose. Write it about class, your life, the space station, music, etc. When you have finished with your letter, please sign it and give it to Miss Carrigan to pass on to me.

Thank you for your attention and respect. I will see you Monday.