Writer’s Notebook Thurs Aug 29
Begin writing when you enter class; write until I tell
you to stop; if you get stuck, recopy your last
sentence until you get unstuck! I will take up an
entry one time per week for a daily grade. Stay
on task; turn in good work. That is how you get a
good grade!
Today’s Writer’s Notebook topic- date it/copy it,
then write about it…..
Write about a time of upheaval for you.
Maybe it was the birth of a sibling, a move
to a new place, your parents’ divorce or
separation, maybe an illness you have
experienced….
Eng IH-Thursday, Aug 29
Bellringer 1:
We are so excited, we can’t wait until tonight’s
football game. (comma splice)
Rewrite sentence 4 times
1. replace comma with a period and capitalize “we”
2. add a coordinating conjunction after the comma
3. replace comma with only a semi-colon
4. replace comma with a semi-colon, a conjunctive
adverb, and a comma following the conjunctive adverb
Today’s agenda----Thurs, Aug 29
Writer’s Notebook-keep until NEXT Friday
2.
Bellringer 1-keep until NEXT Friday
3.
Read p. 22 in textbook.
4.
Read p. 72 in textbook.
5.
Copy Vocabulary Builder words and definitions into the
“vocabulary” section in your class notebook
6.
Read “Checkouts” begin p. 74
7.
Read “The Girl Who Can” begin p. 78
8.
Writing Assignment, due Tues, Sept 3
-p. 85, Writing to Compare Literary Works (typed,
double spaced, 12 pt Times New Roman) Follow
the directions on p. 85….compare means “how are
they alike” and contrast means “how are they
different”
1.
Friday, Aug 30
Writer’s Notebook
Write about Santa
Claus…..should
parents teach their
children to believe in
things like Santa and
the Easter Bunny?
Why or why not?
Bellringer 2
 After I finish my
homework,
 Because I didn’t
study,
 Whenever I run out
of gas,
Directions: finish these
sentence fragments,
turning each into a
complete sentence.
Today’s Agenda: Friday, Aug 30
Read p. 22 in textbook.
Read p. 72 in textbook.
Copy Vocabulary Builder words and definitions into
the “vocabulary” section in your class notebook
4. Read “Checkouts” begin p. 74
5. Read “The Girl Who Can” begin p. 78
6. Writing Assignment, due Tues, Sept 3
-p. 85, Writing to Compare Literary Works
(typed, double spaced, 12 pt Times New
Roman) Follow the directions on p.
85….compare means “how are they alike”
and contrast means “how are they different
1.
2.
3.
how to write the essay
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Notes
Tues, Sept 3
Assignment:
write two sentences illustrating the correct
use of “farther” p. 249 Practical Stylist
write two sentences illustrating the correct
use of “further” p. 249 Practical Stylist
Read pp. 36-41 in same book…
Begin to know how to use these:
advice, advise; affect, effect; all right; a lot
Wednesday, Sept 4
Writer’s Notebook 2:
What is your attitude
toward “old people” that
you know”? What is our
culture’s attitude toward
“old people” as seen in
movies and television?
Write about how you
believe old people
should be treated in
our society.
Bellringer 2: copy the
sentences and choose the
correct word for each
1. I ran (farther, further)
than you did at
yesterday’s cross
country practice!
2.You should study this
topic (farther, further)
until you know more
about it.
Which word is the correct
word? How do you know?
Wed Sept 4 Honors Homework
1.Study these: a lot, all right, advice, advise, farther,
further-- and be ready to use them correctly in
sentences. Study with your Practical Stylist and
computer.
2. Read pp. 402-411 in lit textbook.
3. Answer questions # 8 and #9, p. 412 and have
ready to turn in at beginning of class on
Thursday this week.
4. Thursday: test over “Most Dangerous” and a
lot, all right, advice, advise, farther, further
5. Complete ACT English Test Practice worksheet.
Due at beginning of class on Thursday also.
Learning targets:
I can correctly use “advice,” “advise,” “a lot,”
“all right,” “farther,” “further.”
I can combine subordinate and independent
clauses correctly, using correct punctuation.
I can read for meaning and analyze an author’s
style by examining “diction,” “syntax,” and
“tone.”
I can analyze an essay for its main idea and its
supporting evidence and detail.
I can find a paragraph’s topic sentence.
Thursday, Sept 5
Writer’s Notebookwrite about a time
when you were
inspired to do better,
try harder, be a
better person….or a
time when you tried
to inspire someone
else
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Bellringer 2-
Combine these
independent clauses
in three different
ways
1. It has been a
good week
2. I hope next week
is even better
Thursday, Sept 5
Today’s agenda:
1. Writer’s notebook
2. Bellringer
3. QUIA.COM test
over “The Most
Dangerous Game”
including the
vocabulary words
and the grammar
lesson in the text
4. What do I do after I
finish taking my test?
Hit the “home” button in
the upper left-hand
corner of your quia
page; click on your
class’s web link; you
will find
games/activities
there….choose what
you’d like to do and
play learning games
until end of period
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Friday, Sept 6
Writer’s Notebook-write
about another culture
that interests
you…Asian, Hispanic,
European, American
Indian, South Pacific,
African….make a list of
questions you have
about that culture, and
you may also write
about what you already
know about the culture
and how you acquired
that information
Bellringer 3Combine these
independent clauses 3
different ways. You may
change one of them to a
subordinate clause if you
wish.
I love to go to the
movies. I like to
order a buttery
popcorn and Coke
before the show
begins.
today’s agenda Friday, Sept 6
1.
2.
3.
Turn in Writer’s
Notebook (1 page)
Name/Date/Class Period
Turn in bellringers (1
page) Name/Date/Class
Period
Complete style analysis
worksheet for “A
Celebration of
Grandfathers” p. 22
4. Complete vocabulary
worksheet “A Celebration
of Grandfathers” p. 23
 5. Complete “Reading:
Generate…” worksheet p.
24
 5. homework—p. 422
textbook
Complete grammar lesson on
that page. Complete #1-5
p. 422 about direct and
indirect objects (use
Internet to acquire more
information about this
subject, as needed)
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Monday, Sept 9
Learning targets:
I can identify independent
clauses.
I can identify subordinate
clauses.
I can identify sentence
fragments and run on
sentences.
I can correct run on
sentences in one of 5
ways.
I was in the middle of a
movie when the
telephone rang. It was
my brother—he was
calling to tell me he got
a new job. It was really
great news because he’d
been unemployed for 5
months. He’d been laid
off along with 30 others
at his company.
Fortunately for him, the
new job pays better than
his old one, and he has
more flexible hours. He
starts the new job on
Monday.
Monday, Sept 9 Agenda
No bellringer today.
2. No Writer’s
Notebook today.
3. Turn in Friday’s
homework.
4. Today: practice
rewriting a
paragraph so that it
no longer has any
run one sentences,
sentence fragments,
1.
or comma splices in it.
Compare work in small
groups.
No homework today!