Ms. Striker's Domain

Monday, March 9th 

We continued with our short stories in the library.

Homework

1. Short Story good copies due Wednesday!

 

Friday, March 6th 

We continued with our short stories in the library.

Homework

1. Short Story rough drafts due Monday

2. Short Story good copies due Wednesday

 

Thursday, March 5th 

We spent the first 15 minutes in class to fill out the core competencies survey (has to be done 3 times a year), then we went to the library to continue with our stories. 

Homework

1. Short Story rough drafts due Monday

2. Short Story good copies due Wednesday

 

Wednesday, March 4th 

We went to the computer lab to work on our short stories. I handed out interms as well. 

Homework

1. Short Story rough drafts due Monday

2. Short Story good copies due Wednesday

 

Tuesday, March 3rd 

We went to the computer lab to work on our short stories. While you were working, I worked to make sure you had what you need to catch up. I did speak to you about T-Block, and you are expected to come if we had that conversation. 

Homework

1. Catch up on missing work! 

 

Monday, March 2nd 

I gave you a half an hour to work on your "Lamb to the Slaughter" paragraphs, then we moved on to planning out our short stories. 

Note: if you are not caught up on your work by Wednesday, you will be asked to stay for T-Block! I will have your names on the board, but I will also speak to you in person. 

Come to class for attendance tomorrow morning, then we'll be going to the stairwell lab. 

Homework

1. Catch up on missing work! 

 

Friday, February 27th 

After silent reading, we went over the structure for a compare/contrast paragraph. I gave you some ideas on what you could compare and contrast-- what I didn't tell you was the significance of those differences. You'll have to figure that out on your own. 

Next week, you will get some time to work on your paragraphs. After that, we are moving on to creating our own short stories. You will have a week to work on them, then we're moving on. 

Homework

1. LTS compare/contrast paragraph due Monday 

 

Thursday, February  26th  

I gave you some time to work on your "Lamb to the Slaughter" questions and irony identifications. We then did some discussion on the similarities and differences between the short story and the film. At the end of class, I gave you the formatting for a compare/contrast paragraph, and had you start thinking about what you will write tomorrow. 

Homework

1. LTS ironies and questions due tomorrow

2. LTS compare/contrast paragraph due Monday 

 

Wednesday, February 25th 

We reviewed the literary components of "Lamb to the Slaughter," then I gave you some time to work on identifying the ironies and answering the questions. We watched a short film interpretation of the story for the other half of class. 

You will be given some time to work on the questions tomorrow, but not the whole period. If you didn't get a good start on it today, I would do some for homework. 

 

Tuesday, February 24th 

We went to the library for book exchange, then I gave you 25 minutes to work on your questions. We read through our last short story: "Lamb to the Slaughter." 

Homework

1. "The Veldt" questions 1-10 due ASAP

 

Monday, February 23rd 

After silent reading, we reviewed how "The Veldt" ended. We completed questions 11-14 as discussion questions. I gave you time to work on questions 6-10 for marks. 

Homework

1. "The Veldt" questions 1-10 due @ end of period tomorrow (or it's homework)  

 

Friday, February 20th 

After silent reading, I had you hand in your paragraphs on "The Emperor's New Clothes." We revisited the first 2 questions on "The Veldt," then continued with the story. We were able to answer questions 3-5, and we finished reading the story.

Homework

1. Makes sure you're finished questions 1-5 on "The Veldt" 

 

Thursday, February 19th 

I showed you some examples of good/bad themed paragraphs, and gave some of you some tips on how to structure your work. I gave you time to work on your paragraphs--early finishers could work on missing assignments, grammar booklets, reading or other homework. 

We started our next short story: "The Veldt." We then finished the first 2 questions. 

*Bring your silent reading book for tomorrow! 

Homework

1. ENC theme paragraph due tomorrow

 

Wednesday, February 18th 

We revisited some of the conversation points from yesterday, then we talked about theme. I gave you an outline of how to format a theme paragraph, and had you brainstorm for your own paragraphs. 

Tomorrow, I will show you a good and not-so-good example of themed paragraphs. Your goal is to finish the brainstorming for tomorrow. 

Homework

1. Finish brainstorming for ENC themed paragraph

 

Tuesday, February 17th 

We went to the library to exchange/renew books, then I handed back your connections pages from Friday. We read "The Emperor's New Clothes," and I had you complete the questions in discussion groups. Regardless of whether you finished the questions or not, I had you do a self-assessment on the discussions. 

*Note-- if you were away, that means you'll have to make up discussion points at a later date. I am still asking you to read the story and answer the questions so I can give you some form of mark. 

Homework

1. Catch up on missing work! 

 

Friday, February 13th 

We started with Wordle, then we did our silent reading. I gave you a plot diagram assignment-- you can choose any of the 3 stories to enter into the diagram. One thing not on the sheet: the theme. Please add that. When you're filling in the exposition, include setting, incidents, and characters. In the conflict, don't just give me "person vs something"-- identify the sources of the conflict as well. 

Homework

1. Plot diagram due Tuesday

 

Thursday, February 12th 

We shifted gears-- I've decided "The Sniper" is not appropriate to be reading at this time. I had you hand in whatever you had on character traits so we could move on. We read "Anishanabeemowin," and I had you do some connection pieces (text to self, text to text, and text to world). 

Homework

1. Connections on "Anishanabeemowin" due @ end of period tomorrow

 

Wednesday, February 11th 

Today was our time to take our quotes, plan out a paragraph and write it. Tomorrow, you will be given time to finish it, edit and hand it in. The quotes you grabbed on Tuesday, the planning and the paragraph will be due at the end of the period tomorrow. 

If you finish early, I will find something else for you to work on :)

Homework

1. Barney questions and paragraph due ASAP

2. "The Sniper" paragraph due at the end of the period tomorrow

 

Tuesday, February 10th 

We went to the library for book exchange, then I gave you some notes reviewing how to use quotation marks. After a quick practice, we went into our "Sniper" character analysis. I asked you to find 4 quotes in the story that help describe the protagonist's character traits. 

Tomorrow, we will write a persuasive (opinion) paragraph using those quotes. 

Homework

1. Barney questions and paragraph due ASAP

2. Finish finding quotes on character traits in "The Sniper" 

 

Monday, February 9th 

I gave you an editing checklist so you (or a partner) could edit your work. I gave you time to make changes (or to, you know, do the homework). If you weren't able to get your questions and paragraphs in today, you need to get those in ASAP! 

We then read our second short story: "The Sniper."

Homework

1. Barney questions and paragraph due ASAP

 

Friday, February 6th 

We started off with silent reading, then we revisited the concepts of irony. I gave you some hints to look out for when answering question 4. 

•  Dramatic Irony

  • What do we know about the mouse that the scientist doesn’t?

• Verbal Irony

  • We know it’s Barney writing the last entry. His demands are very real to him– but what undermines him? (What makes the demands look less legit?)

• Situational Irony

  • The scientist expects to trap Barney and run his experiments. What actually happened?

I gave you the rest of the period to work on the questions, and the paragraph. *You are required to plan out your paragraph before you write! 

Homework

1. Barney questions and paragraph due Monday

 

Thursday. February 5th 

We looked at the short story "Barney." I explained the components of science fiction, and had you predict what would happen in the story. We read it together, then I had you answer the "After Reading" questions. 

Tomorrow, you will be choosing from one of the 2 journal paragraphs. You'll plan it out on an organizer, then write it. 

Please bring your silent reading books to class! 

Homework

1. Barney questions and paragraph due Monday

 

Wednesday, February 4th 

We reviewed what topic sentences and concluding sentences are composed of, then we went over the components of descriptive paragraphs and persuasive paragraphs. I gave you some example paragraphs to fix up, and we did a few together. 

Tomorrow, we will be reading our first short story. Hint-- you will be writing one of these types of paragraphs. 

 

Tuesday, February 3rd 

We went to the library to sign out books. When we came back, we read Little Red Riding Hood. I asked you to identify the literary terms and how they were used throughout the story. This one wasn't for marks-- it was a practice so when we do it for real, you can do so accurately. We started talking about paragraphs, and how they're constructed. Tomorrow, we will be looking at two types of paragraphs: descriptive and persuasive. 

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Monday, February 2nd 

I handed back your narrative pieces, and we went over the most common mistakes I came across. We finished the paired reading, and went over the answers. Then, we went through the literary terms and their meanings. We played a gimkit to practice that vocab. 

Homework

1. Library tomorrow morning--come to class for attendance first! 

 

Friday, January 29th 

We started our morning with WORDLE, then we revisited comma rules. We did some practice on that, then I gave you a reading comprehension assignment to complete. We will be continuing with it on Monday--keep it! 

Homework

1. Finish your 6-word memoirs

 

Thursday, January 28th 

I had you write a narrative piece about yourselves today so I could get a sense of your writing abilities. I told you an example narrative story about myself (you had to be there to hear it!), and showed you an example of how to brainstorm the plot out. We reviewed some things to look for when self-editing, then you got to work. The majority of you had a lot to write! It was awesome :) 

Homework

1. Finish your 6-word memoirs

 

Wednesday, January 28th 

We continued with our 6-word memoirs, which I will be putting on the bulletin board tomorrow. If you didn't finish, that was for homework. Tomorrow will contain writing! 

Homework

1. Finish your 6-word memoirs

2. Start thinking about an event to write about

 

Tuesday, January 27th 

Welcome to English 9! We started with going over the course outline, and I gave you a layout of the room and expectations. We did an icebreaker activity, then I gave you a fake "Facebook" page to fill out. I introduced our 6-Word Memoir project. We ended with thinking of 5-10 events to sum up in 6 words.