We are continuing with our study of the Great Gatsby. Everyday this week, you have had to read and complete a reading quiz. We will have one tomorrow over chapter 6.
You book covers are also due tomorrow. Be sure to bring your preplanning pages back also, so I can use the rubric on it to grade them. Best of luck,
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Monday, March 30, 2009
3/30-4/3
This week is our FINAL week working on our research papers.
Submission 1 and 2 is due on Thursday for 3rd and 7th and friday for 1st.
Please submit the papers to turnitin.com and to my email at guinnlhs@yahoo.com
Submission format...1 file only of paper and works cited.
A link to all articles and websites used
paper layout
1 inch margins, times new roman font
Headings
Name
Teacher Name
Class Period
Date
Submission 1 and 2 is due on Thursday for 3rd and 7th and friday for 1st.
Please submit the papers to turnitin.com and to my email at guinnlhs@yahoo.com
Submission format...1 file only of paper and works cited.
A link to all articles and websites used
paper layout
1 inch margins, times new roman font
Headings
Name
Teacher Name
Class Period
Date
Title for entire paper
Submission 1- Title of submission one
submission 1 should follow here.
Submission 2- Title of submission two
submission 2 should follow here.
3/27-3/27
The week was the Exit Exam testing, so we had a fairly easy week. We spent the entire week typing our research paper in the library and lab. We have been proofreading the papers.
If you need help, please see me to have a tutoring session to work on your paper.
If you need help, please see me to have a tutoring session to work on your paper.
Friday, March 20, 2009
3/16-3/20
This week we have been doing the final review before the Exit Exam next week.
We completed a practice exam on tuesday and then redid it to correct the errors on Wednesday. On Thursday, we reviewed the entire exam and really focused on the ideas that were new to us.
Friday we took the Voc 12 quiz and discussed the second submission of our research paper.
PLEASE NOTE: COMPLETED RESEARCH PAPER IS DUE ON APRIL 1st.
Homework: Continue working on Research Paper 1st and 2nd paragraphs are due on Monday.
We completed a practice exam on tuesday and then redid it to correct the errors on Wednesday. On Thursday, we reviewed the entire exam and really focused on the ideas that were new to us.
Friday we took the Voc 12 quiz and discussed the second submission of our research paper.
PLEASE NOTE: COMPLETED RESEARCH PAPER IS DUE ON APRIL 1st.
Homework: Continue working on Research Paper 1st and 2nd paragraphs are due on Monday.
Friday, March 13, 2009
March 9-13, 2009
Because of illness I was out Monday- Wednesday. The American Literature classes watched A Raisin in the Sun and completed the movie guide that accompanied it for a major grade.
On Thursday, we finished up the movie and students were allowed to work on the five paragraph essay required as a part of the guide. If you missed class, you need to make this up!
On Friday, we did a Daily Sentence (please get this from another students), Exit Exam Review on Pages 113-118 in the practice workbook, began the Voc 12, and discussed the new dates for our research paper, because I missed all the work planned this week.
Our new dates will be...
Monday, March 16th- three printed articles in class
Tuesday-Friday March 17th-20th- Write your rough draft and proofreading
Monday, March 23rd-Friday, March 27th- Finalize Submission 1 and type Submission 2.
April 1st- Turn in entire paper for final grade!
April 2nd- Paper will be accepted for 20% off
April 3rd- Paper will be accepted for 30% off
After April 3rd, the paper will not be accepted.
Vocab words for Chapter 12
Halcyon (adj)- calm; pleasant
syn: tranquil; unruffled ant: troubled, tumultuous
Fastidious (adj)- hard to please; fussy
syn: meticulous; exacting ant: casual; lax
Badinage (n)- playful, teasing talk
syn: chaff; joshing
Malapropism (n)- a word humorously misused
Garner (v)- garner
syn: harvest
Kismet (n)- destiny; fate; fortune (one’s lot in life)
Hegira (n)- flight; escape
Paradigm (n)- a model; an example
Debauchery (n)- corruption; self-indulgence
syn: excess; dissipation
Milieu (n)- environment; setting
Regress (v)- to move backwards
Bilious- (adj) bad tempered cross
syn: grouchy, cantankerous ant: pleasant
Necromancy (n)- magic, especially that practiced by a witch
syn: black magic, conjuring
Gumption (n)- courage and initiative; common sense
syn: enterprise, aggressiveness, drive
Blandishment (n)- flattery
syn: overpraise; bootlicking
On Thursday, we finished up the movie and students were allowed to work on the five paragraph essay required as a part of the guide. If you missed class, you need to make this up!
On Friday, we did a Daily Sentence (please get this from another students), Exit Exam Review on Pages 113-118 in the practice workbook, began the Voc 12, and discussed the new dates for our research paper, because I missed all the work planned this week.
Our new dates will be...
Monday, March 16th- three printed articles in class
Tuesday-Friday March 17th-20th- Write your rough draft and proofreading
Monday, March 23rd-Friday, March 27th- Finalize Submission 1 and type Submission 2.
April 1st- Turn in entire paper for final grade!
April 2nd- Paper will be accepted for 20% off
April 3rd- Paper will be accepted for 30% off
After April 3rd, the paper will not be accepted.
Vocab words for Chapter 12
Halcyon (adj)- calm; pleasant
syn: tranquil; unruffled ant: troubled, tumultuous
Fastidious (adj)- hard to please; fussy
syn: meticulous; exacting ant: casual; lax
Badinage (n)- playful, teasing talk
syn: chaff; joshing
Malapropism (n)- a word humorously misused
Garner (v)- garner
syn: harvest
Kismet (n)- destiny; fate; fortune (one’s lot in life)
Hegira (n)- flight; escape
Paradigm (n)- a model; an example
Debauchery (n)- corruption; self-indulgence
syn: excess; dissipation
Milieu (n)- environment; setting
Regress (v)- to move backwards
Bilious- (adj) bad tempered cross
syn: grouchy, cantankerous ant: pleasant
Necromancy (n)- magic, especially that practiced by a witch
syn: black magic, conjuring
Gumption (n)- courage and initiative; common sense
syn: enterprise, aggressiveness, drive
Blandishment (n)- flattery
syn: overpraise; bootlicking
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Vocabulary 11 for quiz tomorrow
Elixir- a supposed remedy for all ailments
Syn: medicine; panacea
Desiccated- dried up
Cessation- a stopping; a discontinuance
Syn: ceasing; end ant: beginning: commencement
Juxtapose- to place side by side for comparison
Syn: measure; examine
Kinetic- pertaining to motion
Garrulous- talkative
Syn: loquacious; verbose ant: taciturn
Fetish- an object that receives respect or devotion
Syn: charm; talisman
Scintillate- to sparkle; to twinkle; to sparkle intellectually
Lachrymose- tearful weepy
Fissure- an opening; a groove; a split
Epitome- a typical example
Syn: embodiment; archetype
Languid- sluggish; dropping from weakness
Syn: listless; feeble; dropping ant: robust; vigorous
Delineate: to describe, to depict
Legerdemain- sleight of hand; deception
Libertine- one who leads an amoral life
Syn: hedonist; glutton; epicurean
Syn: medicine; panacea
Desiccated- dried up
Cessation- a stopping; a discontinuance
Syn: ceasing; end ant: beginning: commencement
Juxtapose- to place side by side for comparison
Syn: measure; examine
Kinetic- pertaining to motion
Garrulous- talkative
Syn: loquacious; verbose ant: taciturn
Fetish- an object that receives respect or devotion
Syn: charm; talisman
Scintillate- to sparkle; to twinkle; to sparkle intellectually
Lachrymose- tearful weepy
Fissure- an opening; a groove; a split
Epitome- a typical example
Syn: embodiment; archetype
Languid- sluggish; dropping from weakness
Syn: listless; feeble; dropping ant: robust; vigorous
Delineate: to describe, to depict
Legerdemain- sleight of hand; deception
Libertine- one who leads an amoral life
Syn: hedonist; glutton; epicurean
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
March 2nd-March 6th
Monday-
Daily Sentence (1st and 3rd period turned in for grade)
Realism Notes
Links to powerpoint1 powerpoint2
Discussed Changes to Research Paper because of paper shortage
Tuesday-
Raisin in the Sun Final Quiz
Review for Vocab 11 Test
Homework:
Have firm idea on what you want to research for your decade in section 2
Study for Voc 11 Quiz on Thursday
Wednesday-
Research on laptops
Homework: Study for Voc 11 Quiz on Thursday
Thursday-
Voc 11 Quiz
Watch Raisin in the Sun Clip and have discussion over entire book
Homework: Work on Research Paper
Friday-
Research on laptops
Homework: Work on Research Paper
Wednesday
Daily Sentence (1st and 3rd period turned in for grade)
Realism Notes
Links to powerpoint1 powerpoint2
Discussed Changes to Research Paper because of paper shortage
Tuesday-
Raisin in the Sun Final Quiz
Review for Vocab 11 Test
Homework:
Have firm idea on what you want to research for your decade in section 2
Study for Voc 11 Quiz on Thursday
Wednesday-
Research on laptops
Homework: Study for Voc 11 Quiz on Thursday
Thursday-
Voc 11 Quiz
Watch Raisin in the Sun Clip and have discussion over entire book
Homework: Work on Research Paper
Friday-
Research on laptops
Homework: Work on Research Paper
Wednesday
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