Due on 2/18/10:
* Continue to do assigned reading and mark your Reading Log. You are aiming for 20 minutes daily. Be sure to keep marking the list of books, and let me know when you need a new one. Your current Reading Log will be due, signed daily or weekly by your parent, on the last class period of the month.
* Turn in at least two more pages of your Mystery Story each class period from now until it is done. In other words, between each class periods, you will revise and correct what you can, and add at least two full pages to your story. (You are no longer counting by scenarios, but by pages.) Please email it to me when you're finished. Two more pages past your D5 line will be due on Thursday.
* Bring your D3 & D4 drafts back to me if you didn't turn them in today, and be sure to return your D5 draft (the one you took home with you today) when you come to class on Thursday.
* Return your signed report card if you have not done so yet.
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OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):
For this Th: Toluwani
For next Tu: TBD
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Friday, February 12, 2010
HW from 2/11/10
Due on 2/16/10:
* Continue to do assigned reading and mark your Reading Log. You are aiming for 20 minutes daily. Be sure to keep marking the list of books, and let me know when you need a new one. Your current Reading Log will be due, signed by your parent, on the last class period of the month.
* Please do all revisions for the D4 I returned to you in class Thursday, and email that to me as soon as possible on Friday.
* Each time you add a couple of scenarios (or a page or two of text), please email the paper to me as well. For homework, you need to do all revisions and add several scenarios to your story. Please complete as many as you can on Friday and email your paper to me before the weekend. I will email you back and you can continue with more of your story over the weekend or on Monday.
* I am excited to read what you come up with! Your stories are really getting exciting.
* Please feel free to email me with any questions you have about how your story is proceeding, how to format your paper on the computer, etc.
NOTE:
When you email me your newest, most complete draft of your paper, I will check the formatting and make sure the margins, line spacing, header (student name) and footer (automatic page numbering) are properly formatted.
It is becoming clear to me that some of you are double-spacing your paper by actually hitting return twice at the end of each line. This is not true double-spacing, and will make it difficult whenever you try to do revisions, since the changes you make in your lines of text will throw off the rest of the lines. Once your paper is formatted to double-space, it will do it automatically and you can just type and type without paying attention to the end of the lines.
I will be happy to help you with this formatting.
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OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):
For next Tu: Rey
For next Th: Katie A.
* Continue to do assigned reading and mark your Reading Log. You are aiming for 20 minutes daily. Be sure to keep marking the list of books, and let me know when you need a new one. Your current Reading Log will be due, signed by your parent, on the last class period of the month.
* Please do all revisions for the D4 I returned to you in class Thursday, and email that to me as soon as possible on Friday.
* Each time you add a couple of scenarios (or a page or two of text), please email the paper to me as well. For homework, you need to do all revisions and add several scenarios to your story. Please complete as many as you can on Friday and email your paper to me before the weekend. I will email you back and you can continue with more of your story over the weekend or on Monday.
* I am excited to read what you come up with! Your stories are really getting exciting.
* Please feel free to email me with any questions you have about how your story is proceeding, how to format your paper on the computer, etc.
NOTE:
When you email me your newest, most complete draft of your paper, I will check the formatting and make sure the margins, line spacing, header (student name) and footer (automatic page numbering) are properly formatted.
It is becoming clear to me that some of you are double-spacing your paper by actually hitting return twice at the end of each line. This is not true double-spacing, and will make it difficult whenever you try to do revisions, since the changes you make in your lines of text will throw off the rest of the lines. Once your paper is formatted to double-space, it will do it automatically and you can just type and type without paying attention to the end of the lines.
I will be happy to help you with this formatting.
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OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):
For next Tu: Rey
For next Th: Katie A.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
HW from 2/9/10
Due on 2/11/10:
* Continue to do assigned reading and mark your Reading Log. You are aiming for 20 minutes daily. Be sure to keep marking the list of books, and let me know when you need a new one. Your current Reading Log will be due, signed by your parent, on the last class period of the month.
* Please choose either a setting or character so far presented in your story and write a good descriptive paragraph about that place or person. Use the sample paragraph by J.R.R. Tolkien that you had for copywork as a model. You should not try to advance the plot at all. Just break into your storyline - smoothly, of course - with a good, enhancing paragraph.
(1) Write our your paragraph to turn into me during class on Thursday.
(2) Type your paragraph into your newest, most complete draft of your story. Email it to me, and print out a copy to bring to class.
(3) Be sure to bring your manilla envelope of drafts of your story (Toluwani and Rey, you do not have one of these yet, as we made them while you were absent) and that you have all drafts of your story that have been graded by me so far. Bring them all to class Thursday.
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OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):
For this Th: Toluwani
For next Tu: Rey
For next Th: Katie A.
* Continue to do assigned reading and mark your Reading Log. You are aiming for 20 minutes daily. Be sure to keep marking the list of books, and let me know when you need a new one. Your current Reading Log will be due, signed by your parent, on the last class period of the month.
* Please choose either a setting or character so far presented in your story and write a good descriptive paragraph about that place or person. Use the sample paragraph by J.R.R. Tolkien that you had for copywork as a model. You should not try to advance the plot at all. Just break into your storyline - smoothly, of course - with a good, enhancing paragraph.
(1) Write our your paragraph to turn into me during class on Thursday.
(2) Type your paragraph into your newest, most complete draft of your story. Email it to me, and print out a copy to bring to class.
(3) Be sure to bring your manilla envelope of drafts of your story (Toluwani and Rey, you do not have one of these yet, as we made them while you were absent) and that you have all drafts of your story that have been graded by me so far. Bring them all to class Thursday.
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OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):
For this Th: Toluwani
For next Tu: Rey
For next Th: Katie A.
Monday, February 8, 2010
HW from 2/4/10
Due on 2/9/10:
* Continue to do assigned reading and mark your Reading Log. You are aiming for 20 minutes daily. Be sure to keep marking the list of books, and let me know when you need a new one. Your current Reading Log will be due, signed by your parent, on the last class period of the month.
* You do not need to complete any more of your story. (Of course, this does not apply to Toluwani and Rey, who need to send me their revised drafts as soon as possible via email. You are getting behind!)
* Please complete copywork, using the following quotation from Roverandom by J.R.R. Tolkien, for class on Tuesday. I will also email it to you as an attachment.
And so they came suddenly to a sheer precipice, not very high, but dark and polished like jet. Looking over, Roverandom saw below a garden in twilight; and as he looked it changed to the soft glow of an afternoon sun, though he could not see where the soft light came from that lit all that sheltered place and never strayed beyond. Grey fountains were there, and long lawns; and children everywhere, dancing sleepily, walking dreamily, and talking to themselves. Some stirred as if just waking from deep sleep; some were already running, wide awake and laughing: they were digging, gathering flowers, building tents and houses, chasing butterflies, kicking balls, climbing trees; and all were singing.
"Where do they all come from?" asked Roverandom, bewildered and delighted.
"From their homes and beds, of course," said the Man.
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OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):
For this Tu: Kyernan
For this Th: TBA
For next T: TBA
* Continue to do assigned reading and mark your Reading Log. You are aiming for 20 minutes daily. Be sure to keep marking the list of books, and let me know when you need a new one. Your current Reading Log will be due, signed by your parent, on the last class period of the month.
* You do not need to complete any more of your story. (Of course, this does not apply to Toluwani and Rey, who need to send me their revised drafts as soon as possible via email. You are getting behind!)
* Please complete copywork, using the following quotation from Roverandom by J.R.R. Tolkien, for class on Tuesday. I will also email it to you as an attachment.
And so they came suddenly to a sheer precipice, not very high, but dark and polished like jet. Looking over, Roverandom saw below a garden in twilight; and as he looked it changed to the soft glow of an afternoon sun, though he could not see where the soft light came from that lit all that sheltered place and never strayed beyond. Grey fountains were there, and long lawns; and children everywhere, dancing sleepily, walking dreamily, and talking to themselves. Some stirred as if just waking from deep sleep; some were already running, wide awake and laughing: they were digging, gathering flowers, building tents and houses, chasing butterflies, kicking balls, climbing trees; and all were singing.
"Where do they all come from?" asked Roverandom, bewildered and delighted.
"From their homes and beds, of course," said the Man.
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OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):
For this Tu: Kyernan
For this Th: TBA
For next T: TBA
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