HW from 12/13/12

Due on 12/18/12:

* Seth and Joshua H. only: AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE, email me your revised copy of your original first-person essay describing why you are thankful for your parents. I will email you feedback before you proceed to the next assignment, listed below:

* Translate your first-person essay about your parents to a second-person letter to your parents. (This is what you worked on yesterday in class and showed to your classmate for approval.)

* Save a new copy of your essay so that in the end you will have a copy of both the first-person essay and the second-person letter.  Type up the second-person letter by making changes to the first-person essay but don't save over the third-person essay! 

* DO NOT "SOFTEN" THE LANGUAGE IN THE FIRST-PERSON ESSAY AS YOU TRANSLATE IT TO SECOND PERSON. Leave the language the same and only change it to second-person. Be willing to express thanks this way even if it makes you a little uncomfortable.  

NOTE: For times you used "my parents," replace it with "you" or "both of you" or "you guys" or even, "you, Mom and Dad," (or whatever you actually call them, if different).

* Email me a copy of the second-person letter as soon as you can.

* Feel free to bring a non-messy food to share on Tuesday if you want, but you don't have to. We won't have much chance to eat while we make our Christmas letters!

* Memorize Psalm 141:3, "Set a guard over my mouth, O Lord; keep watch over the door of my lips" (NIV84).  You will need to be able to recite it from memory before break.

* Decide if you and/or your family would like to take up the challenge to memorize Romans 12 (yes, the entire chapter) between now and when we return from break. My family is doing so. I will give you and extra 100 test grade when I average grades if you do so. 

ALSO:
* Reading for Reading Log: 30 minutes daily. (Reading Log is usually due, signed by parent, at the end of the month.  This month it will be due when we return from Christmas break, on Thursday, January 3.)

------- OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):

For Tu, 12/18: Josh C.

HW from 12/11/12

Due on 12/13/12:

* AS EARLY IN THE DAY AS POSSIBLE, email me the original copy of your 3-paragraph essay in first person point of view describing why you are thankful for your parents. DO NOT try to translate the essay to second person.  Just email me your original.  Please send it by noon.

* Memorize Psalm 141:3, "Set a guard over my mouth, O Lord; keep watch over the door of my lips" (NIV84).  You will need to be able to recite it from memory by tomorrow.

ALSO:
* Reading for Reading Log: 30 minutes daily. (Reading Log is usually due, signed by parent, at the end of the month.  This month it will be due when we return from Christmas break, on Thursday, January 3.)

------- OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):

For Th, 12/13: Jake J.

For Tu, 12/18: Josh C.

HW from 12/6/12

Due on 12/11/12:

* Make a "memory card" (literal--on an index card--or virtual--in the Fighter Verse app) for the memory verse Psalm 141:3, "Set a guard over my mouth, O Lord; keep watch over the door of my lips" (NIV84).  Memorize the verse. You will need to say it for me from memory before Christmas break.

* Write a 3-paragraph essay in first person point of view describing why you are thankful for your parents. Use standard 3-paragraph essay form and type the paper according to our conventional standards for typed assignments. (See previous blog entries for details.)

* Use the feedback you received from your peer editor on your season essay to help you with your thankfulness essay. Return both essays (and your notes) to class on Tuesday.

* Choose the lyrics to a favorite Christmas song.  Make sure they all fit on one page--feel free to cut and paste from the Internet--and email it to me before Monday.

ALSO:
* Reading for Reading Log: 30 minutes daily. (Reading Log is usually due, signed by parent, at the end of the month.  This month it will be due when we return from Christmas break, on Thursday, January 3.)

------- OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):

For Tu, 12/11: Claire M.
For Th, 12/13: Jake J.

For Tu, 12/18: Josh C.

HW from 12/4/12

Due on 12/6/12:

* If you haven't already, send me an email with the prayer requests you would like me to pray for you when your name comes up in my Prayer Partner app. 

* Brainstorm a full page of things you appreciate about your parents. These can be anything--however big or small. Then group some together to form three categories. Due tomorrow.

ALSO:
* Reading for Reading Log: 30 minutes daily. (Reading Log is usually due, signed by parent, at the end of the month.  This month it will be due when we return from Christmas break, on Thursday, January 3.)

------- OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):

For Tu, 12/4 Micah M.
For Th, 12/6: Emily Q.

For Tu, 12/11: Claire M.
For Th, 12/13: Jake J.

For Tu, 12/18: Josh C.

HW from 11/29/12

Due on 12/4/12:

* If you haven't already, send me an email with the prayer requests you would like me to pray for you when your name comes up in my Prayer Partner app. 

* Complete the essay on your favorite season.  Be sure each paragraph has an introductory sentence and at least four supporting sentences about that topic.  The opening paragraph will have the sentence you wrote to introduce the entire essay.  The closing paragraph should also have the sentence you wrote to conclude the entire essay.  This makes at least 17 sentences for the entire essay.

* Be sure the essay follows standard format for typewritten compositions.  (See previous entries for a refresher if you've forgotten.)

* Have your essay ready to turn in with the chart/outline and the sheet with the 5 sentences, the first (edited by someone) draft, and the final draft stapled and ready to turn in.  (Newest, nicest stuff on top, in reverse order with oldest stuff in the back.)

* If you haven't, turn in your signed Reading Log and your signed report card.

NOTE: If you didn't pick up a new copy of the Reading Log in class yesterday, please keep track on a sheet of paper and pick one up next Tuesday.

ALSO:
* Reading for Reading Log: 30 minutes daily. (Reading Log is usually due, signed by parent, at the end of the month.  This month it will be due when we return from Christmas break, on Thursday, January 3.)

------- OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):

For Tu, 12/4 Micah M.
For Th, 12/6: Emily Q.

For Tu, 12/11: Claire M.
For Th, 12/13: Jake J.

For Tu, 12/18: Josh C.

HW from 11/27/12

Due on 11/29/12:

* Send me an email with the prayer requests you would like me to pray for you when your name comes up in my Prayer Partner app. 

* Chart & Plan for season essay (due tomorrow):

I. Category 1 (which will become paragraph 1)
List 3-5 brainstormed things for that category

II. Category 2 (which will become paragraph 2)
List 3-5 brainstormed things for that category

III. Category 3 (which will become paragraph 3)
List 3-5 brainstormed things within that category

* Write these 5 sentences for your essay (due tomorrow):

1) Introductory sentence to the entire essay (sentence 1 of essay)
2) Transitional sentence to introduce category 1 (comes right after that sentence)

3) Transitional sentence to introduce category (paragraph) 2

4) Transitional sentence to introduce category (paragraph) 3

5) Concluding sentence to end the entire essay.

NOTE: You are not writing any part of the essay yet, except these 5 sentences and the Chart & Plan.  
Please do these as two separate assignments, on separate sheets of loose-leaf paper, to be turned in. Do not do them in your Writer's Notebook.

*Reading Log is due, signed by your parent, tomorrow!

ALSO:
* Reading for Reading Log: 30 minutes daily. (Reading Log is due, signed by parent, at the end of the month.  This month it will be due on Thursday, November 29.)

------- OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):

For Th, 11/29: Gloria M.

For Tu, 12/4 Micah M.
For Th, 12/6: Emily Q.

For Tu, 12/11: Claire M.
For Th, 12/13: Jake J.

For Tu, 12/18: Josh C.

HW from 11/15/12

Due on 11/27/12:


* Enjoy your Thanksgiving holiday with your family!

* You ARE still responsible for pleasure reading for Reading Log over the break: 30 minutes daily. (Reading Log is due, signed by parent, at the end of the month.  This month it will be due on Thursday, November 29.)

* Have your grade card signed and return it to me if you have not already done so.  Have your parents call me if they have any questions at all about your grade or your progress in class.  I'm very proud of all of you!

------- OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):

For Tu, 11/27: Seth Q.
For Th, 11/29: Gloria M.

For Tu, 12/4 Micah M.
For Th, 12/6: Emily Q.

For Tu, 12/11: Claire M.
For Th, 12/13: Jake J.

For Tu, 12/18: Josh C.

HW from 11/13/12

Due on 11/15/12:

* Have your grade card signed and return it to me on Thursday.  Have your parents call me if they have any questions at all about your grade or your progress in class.  I'm very proud of all of you!

* Find out from your parents if you have a copy of the book Do Hard Things by Alex and Brett Harris in your home.  Send me an email before 5 p.m. Wednesday letting me know if you do or do not.  (I need an email from you either way.)

* Complete the work for CW #7.  Do the underlining in colored pencils or pens on the original handout, then do the copywork on a separate sheet of paper.

ALSO:
* Reading for Reading Log: 30 minutes daily. (Reading Log is due, signed by parent, at the end of the month.  This month it will be due on Thursday, November 29.)

------- OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):

For Th, 11/15: David H.

For Tu, 11/27: Seth Q.
For Th, 11/29: Gloria M.

For Tu, 12/4 Micah M.
For Th, 12/6: Emily Q.

For Tu, 12/11: Claire M.
For Th, 12/13: Jake J.

For Tu, 12/18: Josh C.

HW from 11/8/12

Due on 11/13/12:

* Revise the "red copy" (D1 graded by me and returned today) of your character sketch.  Utilizing the suggestions on your paper and the feedback on the grading rubrick, revise your description.   I will email you a copy of the revised grading rubrick for D2 so that you will know how you will be graded.

NOTE: Your D2 should follow the same standard format we use on all typewritten papers.  The length does not matter except that it must be longer than one but not more than four pages (i.e. there must be a page with a 1 and a page with a 2 on it, but there may not be a page with a 5 on it.)

* Also be prepared to turn in on Tuesday the homework that was completed for today: the handout translating the Bible verses about John the Baptist from past tense to present tense and your two corrected translations to third person point of view (Put Me In the Zoo and "love" verses).  This is three exercises all together.

ALSO:
* Reading for Reading Log: 30 minutes daily. (Reading Log is due, signed by parent, at the end of the month.  This month it will be due on Thursday, November 29.)

------- OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):

For Tu, 11/13: Luke M.
For Th, 11/15: David H.

For Tu, 11/27: Seth Q.
For Th, 11/29: Gloria M.

For Tu, 12/4 Micah M.
For Th, 12/6: Emily Q.

For Tu, 12/11: Claire M.
For Th, 12/13: Jake J.

For Tu, 12/18: Josh C.

HW from 11/6/12

Due on 11/8/12:

* Complete handout (emailed to you) translating Bible verses from past tense to present tense.  (You may copy and paste into a word processing document and make the changes there, or you may write it out by hand.)

* Correct the homework we went over yesterday, where you attempted to translate to third person point if view (Put Me In the Zoo and verses).

ALSO:
* Reading for Reading Log: 30 minutes daily. (Reading Log is due, signed by parent, at the end of the month.  This month it will be due on Thursday, November 29.)

------- OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):

For Th, 11/8: Joel S.

For Tu, 11/13: Luke M.
For Th, 11/15: David H.

For Tu, 11/27: Seth Q.
For Th, 11/29: Gloria M.

For Tu, 12/4 Micah M.
For Th, 12/6: Emily Q.

For Tu, 12/11: Claire M.
For Th, 12/13: Jake J.

For Tu, 12/18: Josh C.

HW from 11/1/12

Due on 11/6/12:
 
* Complete the "Put Him in the Zoo" handout, changing the bottom section to third person point of view.  I will email you a copy of the handout so you can cut and paste into a new document make the changes on the computer if you'd like.  Of course, you may write it out by hand if you prefer.

* Translate the following Bible verse (I Corinithians 13:1-13, NIV84) to third person point of view.  You will only need to change some of the parts, as some are already in third person point of view.

(Again, you may cut and paste into a new document to make the changes on the computer if you'd like, or you may write it out by hand.  Please have all 13 verses, even though some don't need to be changed because they're already in third person point of view.)

13 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. ² If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. ³ If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.
⁴ Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. ⁵ It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. ⁶ Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. ⁷ It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
⁸ Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. ⁹ For we know in part and we prophesy in part, ¹⁰ but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. ¹¹ When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. ¹² Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
¹³ And now these three remain: faith, hope and love.  But the greatest of these is love.
 
ALSO:
* Reading for Reading Log: 30 minutes daily. (Reading Log is due, signed by parent, at the end of the month.  This month it will be due on Thursday, November 29.)

------- OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):

For Tu, 11/6: Em W.
For Th, 11/8: Joel S.

For Tu, 11/13: Luke M.
For Th, 11/15: David H.

For Tu, 11/27: Seth Q.
For Th, 11/29: Gloria M.

For Tu, 12/4 Micah M.
For Th, 12/6: Emily Q.

For Tu, 12/11: Claire M.
For Th, 12/13: Jake J.

For Tu, 12/18: Josh C.

HW from 10/30/12

 Due on 11/1/12:
 
* Using the paper I wrote about my grandmother as a model, write a character description.  The person may be real or fictional, but you must have created the person if he or she isn't real (in other words, don't write a description of a person in a book or movie), and the character must be human (in other words, don't describe an animal). Be sure your character sketch includes each of the 7 ways we've discussed to enhance description!

NOTE:  The format for the paper is as follows: 
- double-spaced word processing document
- standard 1-inch margins
- 12-point font (Arial or Times New Roman)
- standard 5-space indentations for paragraphs
- do not skip an extra line between paragraphs
- a header with your name and the title "Character Sketch" in the right-hand corner
- a footer with a page number in the middle of the bottom of the page
- at least two full pages, typed according to the above parameters
* Complete your take-home test according to the directions on the envelope. 

ALSO:
* No reading required for Reading Log until November 1. 

------- OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):

For Tu, 10/30: Joel S.
For Th, 11/1: Hannah D.

For Tu, 11/6: Em W.
For Th, 11/8: Joshua H.

For Tu, 11/13: Luke M.
For Th, 11/15: David H.

For Tu, 11/27: Seth Q.
For Th, 11/29: Gloria M.

For Tu, 12/4 Micah M.
For Th, 12/6: Emily Q.

For Tu, 12/11: Claire M.
For Th, 12/13: Jake J.

For Tu, 12/18: Josh C.

HW from 10/25/12

 Due on 10/30/12:
 
* Using the paper I wrote about my grandmother as a model, write your character description.  Be sure your character sketch includes each of the 7 ways we've discussed to enhance description!

NOTE:  The format for the paper is as follows: 
- double-spaced word processing document
- standard 1-inch margins
- Arial or Times New Roman font
- standard 5-space indentations for paragraphs
- do not skip an extra line between paragraphs
- header with your name and the title "Character Sketch" in the right-hand corner
- footer with a page number in the middle of the bottom
- at least two full pages, typed according to the above parameters

* Be prepared at any time for a quiz.  This will include the things we have studied so far regarding the 7 ways to enhance description in your writing, the list of the 5 senses, the 5 types of figurative language we have studied (three good to use and two not good to use), and the 2 elements of narration we have studied so far.  See the class website (see sidebar at left for a link) if you are not familiar with any of those things.  Also be sure you are prepared to properly apply the grammar lessons we have had so far, particularly how to correct/avoid run-on sentences and sentence fragments and how to correctly punctuate dialogue.

ALSO:
* Reading for Reading Log: 30 minutes daily.  Your Reading Log is due, signed by your parent, on Tuesday!

------- OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):

For Tu, 10/30: Joel S.
For Th, 11/1: Hannah D.

For Tu, 11/6: Em W.
For Th, 11/8: Joshua H.

For Tu, 11/13: Luke M.
For Th, 11/15: David H.

For Tu, 11/27: Seth Q.
For Th, 11/29: Gloria M.

For Tu, 12/4 Micah M.
For Th, 12/6: Emily Q.

For Tu, 12/11: Claire M.
For Th, 12/13: Jake J.

For Tu, 12/18: Josh C.

HW from 10/23/12

Due on 10/25/12:
 
* CW #5.  Please take note of how this dialogue is punctuated.  

*  Review rules for properly punctuating dialogue.   Refer to section 468.3 on page 468 of your Writer's Inc. book or to the rules listed on the class webpage under Topics of Study, Quarter 1 for a review of how to correctly punctuate dialogue.
 
* Be prepared at any time for a quiz.  This will include the things we have studied so far regarding the 7 ways to enhance description in your writing, the list of the 5 senses, the 5 types of figurative language we have studied (three good to use and two not good to use), and the 2 elements of narration we have studied so far.  See the class website (see sidebar at left for a link) if you are not familiar with any of those things.  Also be sure you are prepared to properly apply the grammar lessons we have had so far, particularly how to correct/avoid run-on sentences and sentence fragments and how to correctly punctuate dialogue.

ALSO:
* Reading for Reading Log: 30 minutes daily. (Reading Log is due, signed by parent, at the end of the month.  This month it will be due on Tuesday, October 30.)

------- OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):

For Th, 10/25: Mariah S.

For Tu, 10/30: Joel S.
For Th, 11/1: Hannah D.

For Tu, 11/6: Em W.
For Th, 11/8: Joshua H.

For Tu, 11/13: Luke M.
For Th, 11/15: David H.

For Tu, 11/27: Seth Q.
For Th, 11/29: Gloria M.

For Tu, 12/4 Micah M.
For Th, 12/6: Emily Q.

For Tu, 12/11: Claire M.
For Th, 12/13: Jake J.

For Tu, 12/18: Josh C.

HW from 10/18

Due on 10/23/12:

* Be prepared at any time for a quiz.  This will include the things we have studied so far regarding the 7 ways to enhance description in your writing, the list of the 5 senses, the 5 types of figurative language we have studied (three good to use and two not good to use), and the 2 elements of narration we have studied so far.  See the class website (see sidebar at left for a link) if you are not familiar with any of those things.

* Copywork.

* I will be sending you an email this week stating any items you haven't completed this quarter.  Please be prepared to turn those in or make those up next Tuesday in class or during lunch.
 

ALSO:
* Reading for Reading Log: 30 minutes daily. (Reading Log is due, signed by parent, at the end of the month.  This month it will be due on Tuesday, October 30.)

------- OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):

For Tu, 10/23: Caitlyn B.
For Th, 10/25: Mariah S.

For Tu, 10/30: Joel S.
For Th, 11/1: Hannah D.

For Tu, 11/6: Em W.
For Th, 11/8: Joshua H.

For Tu, 11/13: Luke M.
For Th, 11/15: David H.

For Tu, 11/27: Seth Q.
For Th, 11/29: Gloria M.

For Tu, 12/4 Micah M.
For Th, 12/6: Emily Q.

For Tu, 12/11: Claire M.
For Th, 12/13: Jake J.

For Tu, 12/18: Josh C.

HW from 10/16/12

Due on 10/18/12:

* Be prepared at any time for a quiz.  This will include the things we have studied so far regarding the 7 ways to enhance description in your writing, the list of the 5 senses, the 5 types of figurative language we have studied (three good to use and two not good to use), and the 2 elements of narration we have studied so far.  See the class website (see sidebar at left for a link) if you are not familiar with any of those things.

* Make a list of as many attributions ("said replacements") as you can think of.   Examples include replied, answered, questioned, etc. You will receive extra credit if your list is typed into columns and alphabetized. Be prepared with this list tomorrow in class.
 

ALSO:
* Reading for Reading Log: 30 minutes daily. (Reading Log is due, signed by parent, at the end of the month.  This month it will be due on Tuesday, October 30.)


------- OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):


For Th, 10/18: Sam W.

For Tu, 10/23: Caitlyn B.
For Th, 10/25: Mariah S.

For Tu, 10/30: Joel S.
For Th, 11/1: Hannah D.

For Tu, 11/6: Em W.
For Th, 11/8: Joshua H.

For Tu, 11/13: Luke M.
For Th, 11/15: David H.

For Tu, 11/27: Seth Q.
For Th, 11/29: Gloria M.

For Tu, 12/4 Micah M.
For Th, 12/6: Emily Q.

For Tu, 12/11: Claire M.
For Th, 12/13: Jake J.

For Tu, 12/18: Josh C.

HW from 10/11/12

Due on 10/16/12:

* Write a paragraph (at least five good sentences) describing the person you have chosen.  Your person may be real or fictional but must be human.  I need to know something of the physical description, but I must also know at least one thing about the person's character from your description.




* On a separate sheet of paper, write a dialogue between your person of choice (the one you described in your paragraph) and one other person.  Each speaker must speak at least five times.  Please be sure you have at least ten good sentences of dialogue, even if your dialogue ends up being longer than five things spoken by each person.

NOTE: Your dialogue must be correctly punctuated.  Please first find a conversation in a novel and notice how it is punctuated.  Then refer to section 468.3 on page 468 of your Writer's Inc. book or to the rules listed on the class webpage under Topics of Study, Quarter 1 for a review of how to correctly punctuate dialogue.
 

ALSO:
* Reading for Reading Log: 30 minutes daily. (Reading Log is due, signed by parent, at the end of the month.  This month it will be due on Tuesday, October 30.)

* Look for and find one of the following (in print--bring the print material with you):
+ a description you like of a place, OR
+ an example each of both a simile and a metaphor.
We only read the place descriptions in class last week.  Please be sure to have your simile/metaphor examples with you next class, if that's what you chose to do.

------- OPENING (Bible verse and prayer): For Tu, 10/16: Emily T.
For Th, 10/18: Sam W.

For Tu, 10/23: Caitlyn B.
For Th, 10/25: Mariah S.

For Tu, 10/30: Joel S.
For Th, 11/1: Hannah D.

For Tu, 11/6: Em W.
For Th, 11/8: Joshua H.

For Tu, 11/13: Luke M.
For Th, 11/15: David H.

For Tu, 11/27: Seth Q.
For Th, 11/29: Gloria M.

For Tu, 12/4 Micah M.
For Th, 12/6: Emily Q.

For Tu, 12/11: Claire M.
For Th, 12/13: Jake J.

For Tu, 12/18: Josh C.