3: Nov. 2009
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Wed., 25 Nov. – Sun., 29 Nov. : Thanksgiving Break
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Tues., 24 Nov. 2009
- Caught’Ya
- Continue reading and study guide work
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Mon. 22 Nov. 2009
- Caught’Ya & Debriefing from Friday’s activity with Del. State
- Vocab. Test — Quack! vol. 1 Remember, today’s test is ScanTron, so you need a pencil. The entire test is matching, and will include 5 definitions, 5 synonyms, 5 antonyms, and 5 sentences.
- Continue reading and study guide work
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Fri., 20 Nov. 2009
- DSTP Workbooks with Delaware State University coaches and athletes!
Coach Candy Young (learn about her here!) and some athletes she is rounding up will be here to help us. The goal is for (1) me to monitor and help everyone while (2) all students get the chance to practice reading skills in very small groups (about 1 – 3 of us to 1 college athlete/scholar). This frees me up to help students who are struggling and gives us all a fresh change of pace.
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Thurs., 19 Nov. 2009
- Caught’Ya Assessment
- Reading & Study Guides
- Vocab. Review
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Wed., 18 Nov. 2009
- Caught’Ya
- Reading & Study Guides
- Vocab. Review
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Tues., 17 Nov. 2009
- Pd. 4: Meet in classroom
- Pds. 5 & 6: Meet in cafeteria
- ALL CLASSES will work on their DSTP workbooks (pages 22-27) to finish working with the passage and answering coded questions from Friday, 13 Nov.
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Mon., 16 Nov. 2009
- Caught’ya
- Continue reading and study guides
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Fri., 13 Nov. 2009
- Caught’Ya Assessment This is our first grade for the marking period. If you or your families check grades online with Home Access, the grade should be available tonight.
- New Vocab. Unit Today, we will do Quack! vol. 1. Our vocabulary test will be next Friday, 20 Nov. 2009.
- DSTP Workbooks We will work on coding questions about a fun, short excerpt from Charles Dickens’ awesome novel Great Expectations.
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Thurs., 12 Nov. 2009
- Caught’Ya
- Reading and Study Guides (continued)
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Wed., 11 Nov. 2009–NO SCHOOL–Happy Veteran’s Day!
- If you know any veterans of wars, thank them for their service! As discussed in class, today would also be a great day to call a family member who has lost a loved one to war to offer them support.
- Learn more about Veteran’s Day here.
- If you have a little sister, brother, cousin, neighbor, etc., teach them to value Veteran’s Day! Explain the meaning to them! You can also find fun activities for little kids about Veteran’s Day here.
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Tues., 10 Nov. 2009
- Caught’Ya
- Gr. 9
- Start reading the play
- Gr. 10
- Poem and culture activity to help us get a better feel for where the characters are coming from. See the poem and culture activity here.
- Start reading the play
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Mon., 9 Nov. 2009
- Caught’Ya
- Gr. 9
- Background notes on our play. Read background information on The Miracle Worker here.
- Gr. 10
- Background notes on A Raisin in the Sun. Download these notes here.
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Fri., 6 Nov. 2009
- Caught’Ya
- Eng. 9
- Finish notes on drama terms
- Review drama terms with giant floor chart creation
- Eng. 10 Drama Unit Study Guide Distribution and Drama Terms Activities
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- After I pass out and preview study guides for our first play, we will watch a short video on drama elements.
- Next, students will take notes on their new study guides about the drama terms.
- Finally, students will work together in teams to match up drama terms to their definitions, and then to examples. If you want to practice this at home, you can download the activity pages here. Print them out, and then mix them up. When you’re ready, match them together in three columns: Term, Definition, and Aim (or Purpose).
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Thurs., 5 Nov. 2009
- Caught’Ya
- Pd. 4: Drama Unit Study Guide Distribution and Drama Terms Activities
- After I pass out and preview study guides for our first play, we will watch a short video on drama elements.
- Next, students will take notes on their new study guides about the drama terms.
- Finally, students will work together in teams to match up drama terms to their definitions, and then to examples. If you want to practice this at home, you can download the activity pages here. Print them out, and then mix them up. When you’re ready, match them together in three columns: Term, Definition, and Aim (or Purpose).
- Pd. 5 DSTP Workbooks Since we didn’t get to them yesterday, today we will read our first passage and practice test-taking strategies.
- Pd. 6: Finish SRIs and commence workbooks
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Wed., 4 Nov. 2009
- Caught’Ya
- Complete Quarterly Exams (Makeups for Chris B. in pd. 4, Kristal S. in pd. 4, Jennifer G. in pd. 6, and Alex E. in pd. 6)
- SRI Completion
- Workbook, Session 1 FINALLY! We will begin with the first passage in our workbook, using basic test-taking strategies as we read.
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Tues., 3 Nov. 2009
- Quarterly Exam Makeups
- SRIs (In Class)
- Pd. 6 Only: Guest Teacher We will have a guest teacher to help us prepare for A Raisin in the Sun.
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Mon., 2 Nov. 2009: No School
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