March 1

I am moving to a Wiki just for fun! Whoo Hee! Click here to go to the class Wiki.

February 26th

Homework
4th Hour: All paragraphs must be on the Wiki by 10 pm Sunday! Do your part; don't let your group down.
5th hour: All paragraphs must be IN class on Monday.

ALL CLASSES: Bring in your outside reading book on Monday. The book you select needs to fit ONE of the following criteria:
1. won a major award
OR
2. listed as a NY Times Best Seller
AND
3. meet your current reading ability

Bring the book to class on Monday for points.


Today:
Essay planning- 10 minutes.
Reading Friday!

February 25

HW: 4th hour: All papers must be on the Wiki by Sunday night at 10 pm.
5th hour: All paragraphs must be completed by the START of class on Monday.

All final papers are due Tuesday, typed, titled, and with a work cited. 5th hour:
1. establish a Wiki or a group Blog that everyone could access and type on or
2. pick one person to type or
3. save it on a jump drive

Today:
1. Write out your thesis as a group. Show it to me for approval. IF group members are missing, go forth without them.

2. Outline your paper using a traditional outline or a tree map.

3. Write your paragraphs.
Intros:
Attention Grabber
Link with title and author
Thesis

Body Paragraphs:
Topic sentence related to thesis
Point- your first point related to the topic sentence
Illustration- a quote that supports and illustrates your first point
Explanation of illustration: How does it relate to the point?
Point- your first point related to the topic sentence
Illustration- a quote that supports and illustrates your first point
Explanation of illustration: How does it relate to the point?
Concluding sentence that transitions into next paragraph

Conclusions:
Restatement of thesis
Review one point from each of the three-four body paragraphs (you will need to work with the individual writers)
Final thought. this should connect back to the attention grabber

February 24

HW: Print out essay instructions under assignments from Edline.

Today:
1. Finish satire (10 minutes)
2. Video

Wiki Instructions

For your final essay on Huck Finn, you will craft a group essay on a Wiki. A Wiki is like a word document, but it can have several users access it from any computer.

You will be put in random groups. This may seem scary, but it offers you an opportunity to work with people you have never worked with before (life skill), and it will require you to communicate with diplomacy. You will also be held accountable by your group members. If an individual fails to complete his/her assigned portion of the essay, he/she will be given the option to complete the entire essay for ½ credit. Although people are at different levels in their ability to write, all members have the opportunity to edit and refine the essay on a Wiki. Rarely is writing a singular process; instead it is something that can involve many authors and even more editors.

Process

1. The first name picked is the Wiki Executor. This only means that he/she will use his/her email to set up the Wiki. If there are any members of your team that do not have email (since email is so 2005), please have these people go to Gmail and set up an account right now.
2. The second name drawn is the Secretary. This person must record all information.
3. The Executor and his/her group needs to create a Wiki account today by following these simple steps:
a. Go to http://eccemail/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=https://my.pbworks.com/
b. Follow the instructions provided to set up a Wiki account (use the Executor’s email).
c. The Executor will need to check his/her email for verification.
d. Once verified (click on the link in your email), you will be brought back to PB Wiki.
e. Click on the "Home" icon in the upper left.
f. Click on "Create a Work Space" in the center.
g. Select the "Free" option
h. Pick an address: your first names all together may work.
i. Select the "individual" use option.
j. Agree to the terms.
k. Click on the options so that only your group can view the space and only the people you invite can edit it.
l. Agree to the terms and go to your work space.
m. Invite all members of your group AND me to be writers on the Wiki. Do this by selecting the "invite more people" option. Invite all your members to be writers. My email is elibarniskis@edina.k12.mn.us

* Write everything down: your username, pass words, etc.
Each member should then check his/her email independently to accept the invite to the Wiki.

*Remember: Only one user can be on the Wiki at a time. Determine who will submit their portion of the assignment at what times.
*All of you can edit! Please use this opportunity to check for spelling and grammar errors as well as stylistic choices.
If a member fails to complete his/her section, please notify me. This individual will be graded independently.

Your final paper is due, printed out, on Tuesday, March 2nd.

WRITE DOWN ALL USER NAMES PASSWORDS! If you forget your password not only will you be inconvenienced, but you will inconvenience your entire group.

Tonight: All members of the group need to go to Edline, print out a copy if the essay assignment, and bring it to class tomorrow.

February 23

Homework: Review sheet! Print this off Edline and have it complete when you enter class. This will determine who you will work with when writing your final essays.

Today: Satire (power point on Edline)

February 22

Today:
Onion clips
Satire PP
Final Quiz??

February 19

Finish the book for Monday! Final quote quiz over 33-end of the book.

Today: Born to Trouble.

February 18th

Homework: 33-34

Today:
Flow Map
Quiz
Writing Wednesday

• LA Times Article
• Your A-Z Taxonomy
• Writing in the Lab

February 16

HW: Read 29-32
Quote quiz over 16-32 Wednesday

Today:
Flow map 22-28
Finish Kohlberg application and paragraphs
Apply Kohlberg to your own life

February 12

HW: REad through chapter 28, Qoute Quiz on Wednesday

Today:
Flow map 19-21
Scale of Morality
Power point notes
Kohlberg application

February 10th

Homework: Get caught up!
By Friday, you should read 19-21.
Study vocab for quiz Thursday.

Today:
Writing Wednesday: "In Other Words..."
Read passage from Finn

1. Select one character from the novel- other than Huck - you find interesting. Some choices:
Pap, Tom, Miss Watson, Widow Douglas, Jake Packard, Buck, Emmeline, Col. Grangerford, Miss Charlotte, Jim, Miss Sophia, Judith Loftness, or any other one.
2. Brainstorm. Illustrate a picture of this character. Include at least 10 symbolic things on your illustration. These can include physical scars, objects he may carry, a unique item of clothing or a hat, for example.
3. Label each item.
4. Select an event from the novel in which this character was involved OR determine another event you create yourself involving this character (Pap's wedding, Miss Watson's date with a former love interest, Jake Packard's first robbery OR what happens after Huck escapes from the wreck and they sink, for example).
5. Write a chapter (short chapter) telling this story from the perspective of this character.
6. Take on the voice of the character. Imagine the choice of words he or she would use, and think about how this figure would describe the event.
7. Include at least one aspect of dialogue. Make it important- it should reveal something unique about the character that is better said aloud than described.
8. Include paragraphs.

February 9th

Homework: Read 16-18
Study Vocab
Vocab Quiz Thursday!

Today:
Vocab statuettes
Flow map 12-15
Partner quote quiz
Continue powerpoint
Read

February 8th

Homework:
Read 11-15
Quote Quiz over 5-15 on Tuesday
Study vocab. Vocab quiz Thursday.

Today:
Flow map 8-11
Read "This Boat..."
Lab

In the lab you will visit the Institute of Museum and Library Services Mark Twain's Mississippi website.

You will be given a specific topic to research and on which to present five images and three general conclusions you make about your topic based on the images.

Additionally, you need to find one passage from the novel that addresses your topic in some way.

Organize your images and include your quote in a presentation that helps your peers better conceptualize the society of Mark Twain and Huckleberry Finn.

February 6th

February 5

HW: Read 8-11
Study Vocab
Vocab quiz next Thursday!

Today:
Vocab Statuettes
Quizzes
Flow map 2-7
Power point
Read "The Boat Don't Float."

Sam Clemens/Mark Twain

Huck Finn

Banned

February 3rd

HW:
Finish "The Importance of the Work"
Read 1-4, short quiz on Thursday
Print out "The Boat Don't Float" for Friday

Today:
Writing Wednesday: Write about a powerful word. What gives it meaning? What would make it less powerful?
Read "The Meaning of a Word"
Will the boat float?

February 2, 2010

HW: Read "The Importance of the Work" and complete activity.
Print out the following article: "This Boat Don't Float."
Today:
1. Groups and seating.
2. Partner Circle maps: Create a circle map. In the center write Mark Twain/Huckleberry Finn. On the donut, write out everything you know about either of these two figures.
3. Flip it over and, using the covers on your table, complete the chart.
4. Raft construction

• You will make one raft as a table.
• You will use all supplies provided.
• Your raft must be able to float.
• Your raft must be able to float with the four figurines.
• Your raft must have a shelter that can house two figures.
• Your raft must have a flag. On this flag must be TWO motifs that you predict Mark Twain will use in the book The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Remember, a motif is a recurring object, idea, word, etc.

You may want to divide up jobs, as this will be your only day to craft your raft.

Projects

Ben's Glog

FINAL PROJECTS

Sam J

January 22

HW: Finish projects for next week. they are due on the final.
Work on review packets.

Today:
Vocab quiz
Projects
Smilebox

January 22

Homework: Work on final Glass Castle Project. It is due the day of the final.
Prepare review sheet.

Today:
Vocab Quiz
Work time for projects

Well dear students, here it is! This should be lesson enough to NEVER slide down the handrail of a staircase. Yes, that is me, the day after surgery. I was 20.

January 21

Homework: Revise poems, begin final project
Study for vocab quiz

Today
Flow map
Final reading quiz
Begin final projects

Wednesday, January 20

Homework:
Study Vocab for Thursday's Vocab quiz
Finish book for tomorrow.
Final quiz over 225-end on Friday.

Today: Flow map 225- 256
Vocab images
Vocab pictionary for prizes
Reading time

Tuesday, January 19

Homework: Read 226- 256
Vocab quiz Thursday

Today:
Flow Map: 240-280 and 280-225 (title, image, and sentence)
Reading quiz
Vocab symbols- For each of your vocab words, draw a symbol that represents its meaning. We will play vocab pictionary for part of class on Wednesday.
Read 226-256

January 15

Homework: Read to 225 for Tuesday
Quiz Tuesday over 140-225

Today:
Where I am From poems!

Task: Craft a four stanza, sixteen line “Where I Am From” poem in which your group takes on the voice of Jeannette.

This poem should convey those people who and experiences that shaped her identity.Your poem should provide specific details from the text: names of people, towns, important material items.

Use reoccurring images, phrases, and other repeated motifs.Use Lyon’s piece as a model .

January 14

Homework:
Read to 180 (no quiz tomorrow)

Today:
Flow Map
Quiz
Prompt: Draw a picture of your father or of a father figure you have or have had in your life. Poem: Those Winter Sundays- How would Jeanette respond to this poem? What poem would she write? Write one line from a poem she would write about her father.
Write or read

January 13

HW: Read to 139

Quiz Thursday



Today:

Check Vocab

Flow Map

Quiz

Discussion

Class dialogue: Today's discussion is worth up to 20 points. This grade will be based on the following:
1. Thoughtful and insightful comments made that reflect your reading of the text and your preparation of the pre-discussion activity.
2. Respect of the dialogue protocol.
3. Leadership. You can demonstrate leadership by asking others to be involved, agreeing or respectfully disagreeing with others' comments, and remaining engaged during the entire conversation.
4. Physical presence. You are alert, interested, and paying attention.

January 13

HW: Read to 139
Quiz Thursday

Today:
Check Vocab
Flow Map
Quiz
Discussion

January 13

Homework: 110-129

Today:
Prompt: Draw a picture of your father or of a father figure you have or have had in your life.
Poem: Those Winter Sundays- How would Jeanette respond to this poem? What poem would she write? Write one line from a poem she would write about her father.
Class dialogue: Today's discussion is worth up to 20 points. This grade will be based on the following:
1. Thoughtful and insightful comments made that reflect your reading of the text and your preparation of the pre-discussion activity.
2. Respect of the dialogue protocol.
3. Leadership. You can demonstrate leadership by asking others to be involved, agreeing or respectfully disagreeing with others' comments, and remaining engaged during the entire conversation.
4. Physical presence. You are alert, interested, and paying attention.

January 12

Homework: Read 81-110
Reading Quiz Wednesday
Vocab due Wednesday
Writing Wednesday is moved to Thursday

Today:
Flow maps
Quiz
Discussion sheet

January 11

Homework: Read 51-81.
Quiz tomorrow over 16-81.

Today:
Vocab
Read

The Glass Castle Vocab: Due Wednesday
In your notebooks, write out the word, its definition, and part of speech. Then add two synonyms for each word. Finally, use each word in your own sentence that somehow relates to the book. The first eight words are from the book; the rest of the words are from the top 500 used SAT/ACT word lists.

1. Parched (adj) (3)- dry, shriveled
2. Ruddy (adj) (3)- flushed, rosy
3. Desolate (adj) (19)- isolated
4. Stifle (33) (v)- suppress, hold back
5. Flank (51) (v)- border, line the edge of
6. Pilfer (111) (v)- steal
7. Ingenious (111) (adj)- clever, resourceful
8. Weary (112) (adj)- tired
9. Aberration (n)- a deviation from the expected course
10. Abase (v)- to lower, demean, lessen
11. Abide (v)- to put up with, tolerate
12. Abject (adj)- of the most miserable or contemptible kind
13. Bilk (v)- to cheat or swindle
14. Brusque (adj)- short, abrupt
15. Callous (adj)- harsh, unfeeling

January 8th

Homework: Read to 51, quiz Monday!

Today:
Star Trib article
Flow map
1-16 Quiz
Reading

January 7th

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
The extra credit club is NO LONGER accepting new members.
Why? Because you actually should be excited to read our next book....The Glass Castle!
Due to a lack of Their Eyes Were Watching God books we will not be reading that book this year. Wipe your eyes if you need to. Be strong.

Homework:
Read 1-16
Quiz Friday
Short narrative about your "home" due on Monday. See below for details.

Today:
Tree Maps
Read

Narrative about your "home" instructions:
1. Review the map of your "homes/neighborhood" we made on Wednesday.
2. Circle all the places on your map where stories occurred. Where did things happen to you?
3. Pick one and write a short, one page draft of a story that happened in that place. Be sure to include details that reveal the setting as well as the plot.
4. Due Monday.
5. This can be handwritten.