Archive for January, 2008

Do Now- Thursday and Friday

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

I will play the video below twice.  You must answer the following questions in your notebooks.
1. Why does the professor ask the two students if they were plotting?
2. Before leaving the professor asks the two students if they have a plan?  Do you have a plan?  What is it?

Homework Assignment

Friday, January 25th, 2008

Your homework for tonight is to view the January Poet of the Month video located on the top right hand column and answer the following:
 1. What was Frost’s most well known poem?
 2. What were some of Frost’s occupations before becoming a poet?
 3. Where did Frost go to college?
 4. When did Frost die?
*All of these answers [...]

Nobel Nominees for January

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

Congradulations to the following students who are the nobel nominees for the month of January. 
per. 1 - Marcus
per. 2- Elizabeth J.
per. 5- Nic
per. 6- Wilson
per. 7- Liam and Anna
You will all have the glorious opportunity to have breakfast with me on Thursday February 7th between 7-7:30 in Ms. Moore’s room.  More details to follow.  Congradulations [...]

Quarter 2 over! Purple monkey dishwasher!

Friday, January 18th, 2008

Testing on class notes is over!  Testing from Montgomery County is over! The second quarter is over!  This means one thing…you are one quarter closer to high school.  We are running out of time and notes will be a focal point for the second half of the year so make sure you are coming to [...]

Short Stories

Friday, January 11th, 2008

I have started a new page on the website that will include all the actual texts of the short stories that we have read in class.  This will assist those who are struggling with the homework sheets and can help you get your notes together for the exam at the end of next week.  Please [...]

Make sure that you are taking notes

Tuesday, January 8th, 2008

Hello world,
 Students; make sure that you are taking notes in class.  You will have an exam next week (on top of the midterm) that will cover the entire scope of the short story unit including all stories, author bios and vocabulary that we have covered in class.  This will be the last major score this [...]

Happy New Year

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

A happy new year to one and all.  2008 who can believe it.  I’ve got alot of exciting plans in store for all of you in the coming year starting with a unit breaking down the structure of short stories and ultimately working together to create our own.  After that… who knows?  It’s a mystery, [...]