Wednesday 4-18-12

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

English/Social Studies 8
Blocks 1 and 2
Announcements and Attendance
Friday is ½ of a day = 1 2 3

Buffalo Bill 's
defunct
           who used to
           ride a watersmooth-silver
                                               stallion
and break onetwothreefourfive pigeonsjustlikethat
                                                                       Jesus

he was a handsome man
                                   and what i want to know is
how do you like your blueeyed boy
Mister Death

“anyone lived in a pretty how town” by e e cummings

No Argument = Blk 1 =Baker, Hall, Michel, Swanberg, Zeine

Blk 2 = Neil, Moreno, Read, Schwoerer, Soto, Speakman, Turpen, Wilson

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Notebook Turn-in
Blk 1 = Hall
Blk 2 = McGarry
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DOL 96

“EEWWW, that’s gross, Felicia!” shrilled Isabelle and Pauline in unison.  

Sam Sagacious and the other boys collected the disgusting maggot Felicia’s spell had produced and admired its properties.

DOL 97
They plotted to leave it on some unsuspecting teacher’s desk.  Which teacher deserved their “present”?  They couldn’t concur.

Concur
Analogy Game

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Read Along/Read Aloud

A Voyage Long and Strange by Tony Horwitz
Chapter 13 - Epilogue
Blk 2 = 362 loc 7198 ?
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My Antonia
Blk 1 = start

Commentary/Documentary w/Rated Discussion

Gretchen Ann Reilly
National Growing Pains

Blk 1 =Episode 3 12:16
Blk 2 = Episode 2
Adventure of English
Blk 2 = Episode 6 = 42:37

The West
Blk 1 only = Episode 1 = 11:46
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Group/Solo Personal Passion Project w/Connection to American History - shared
Transfer Topics to new Google Doc = filename = “Blk 1 dbaker Last Project”
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SS6 period 6
The Byzantine Empire page 428

Tuesday 4-17-12

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

English/Social Studies 8
Blocks 1 and 2
Announcements and Attendance
No Argument = Baker, Hall, Michel, Swanberg, Zeine
Hunger Games Today?
or
Something awful with Snelling?
You decide

National Poetry Month - Bring a poem-Share a poem

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Notebook Turn-in
Blk 1 = Griswold
Blk 2 = Maltbie
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DOL 95

“This will be stupendous!” Felicia Fey informed her pals.  Then, in her exhilaration, she accidentally waved her hands the wrong way, enacting a spell, and a white maggot oozed out of Sam’s left ear.

DOL 96

“EEWWW, that’s gross, Felicia!” shrilled Isabelle and Pauline in unison.  

Sam Sagacious and the other boys collected the disgusting maggot Felicia’s spell had produced and admired its properties.

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Read Along/Read Aloud

A Voyage Long and Strange by Tony Horwitz

Chapter 13 - Epilogue
Blk 1 = 379 loc 7533
Blk 2 = start
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Commentary/Documentary w/Rated Discussion

Gretchen Ann Reilly
National Growing Pains
Episode 1
Blk 1 = 12:16
Adventure of English
Blk 2 = Episode 6 = 28:31

The West
Blk 1 only = Episode 1 = 9:33
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Group/Solo Personal Passion Project w/Connection to American History
Topics in Google Doc
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SS6 period 6
The Byzantine Empire page 428

Monday 4-16-12

Monday, April 16, 2012

We Real Cool

THE POOL PLAYERS.
SEVEN AT THE GOLDEN SHOVEL.

We real cool. We
Left school. We

Lurk late. We
Strike straight. We

Sing sin. We
Thin gin. We

Jazz June. We
Die soon.

National Poetry Month

English/Social Studies 8
Blocks 1 and 2
Announcements and Attendance

Hunger Games next Tuesday?
or
Something awful with Snelling?
You decide

National Poetry Month - Bring a poem-Share a poem

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Notebook Turn-in
Blk 1 = Greene
Blk 2 = Magney
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DOL 94

“Each student will raise their own butterfly from a caterpillar (which is the larvae) to the chrysalis (in which the caterpillar metamorphosis will occur) and, finally, into a Painted Lady butterfly,” Mr. Melodious Music concluded.

DOL 95
this will be stupendous felicia fey informed her pals.  than in her exhilaration she accidentally waved her hands the wrong way enacting a spell and a white maggot oozed out of sam sagaciouss left ear

Analogy
immunity:protection::__________:combination
division   fission   fusion   permutation

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Read Along/Read Aloud
PBS interview
A Voyage Long and Strange by Tony Horwitz

Chapter 13 - Epilogue
Blk 1 = 375 loc 7440
Blk 2 = start
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Commentary/Documentary w/Rated Discussion

Gretchen Ann Reilly
National Growing Pains
Episode 1

Adventure of English
Blk 2 = Episode 6 = 28:31

The West
Blk 1 only = Episode 1 = 9:33
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SS6 period 6
When Rome Ruled
Birth of Rome = 16:32
Make-up/Catch-up - Moodle Quizzes
Progress grade on Core Concepts Personal
Review Core Concepts of Social Studies for group project
Each slide for each of these concepts must include a personal detail from each group member’s life.
History
Geography
Citizenship
Economics
Culture