Friday 6/17

Today was our last day of regular class. Thank you for a great year! I have enjoyed working and getting to know you all.

Enjoy high school! Have fun. Work hard. Ask a lot of questions. Come back to Gunston and let us know what you are up to.

Monday 6/13- Wednesday 6/15

In Class: we will be presenting final speeches!

Homework: prepare if necessary, turn in your library books, make sure your independent reading is done.

Friday 6/10

In Class: we had one final speech practice.

Homework: speeches next week!

Thursday 6/8

Computer Lab

1. Tell me about your Classic Novel

2. Take the end of year survey
Please do this by the end of the weekend. You comments are invaluable to me and you can remain anonymous.

3. Work on your speech
Here's the format. Copy it into Microsoft Word or Google Docs.

"Hello/Good Morning"

Hook/ Shock/ Story/ Statistic

"My rule for life is " . . . . ""

"That means" / "That is to say"/ "Let me explain"

"For example, once, a few months ago, . . . "

"That is why my rule for life is "

"Thank you."

Wednesday 6/8

In Class: we worked on our speeches and chose our promotion poem.

Homework: prepare your speech and bring your classic novel

Tuesday 6/7

In Class: finish detective stories and practiced eye contact with a three word speech.

Homework: Classic on 6/9 and Speech on 6/13

June 6/6

Accckkkk - I got behind on my blog and no one gave me a hard time about it. Does this mean that you have stopped checking? :(


In Class: Geography SOL for the morning, speech writing 4, 5, and 7th

Homework: work on your speech!
Due dates: be done with your classic book by Thursday (report in class), final speeches will be done on 6/13- 15 (thats one week until speeches!)

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Wednesday 6/1

In Class: detective stories and classic novels

Homework: prepare for Science SOL

Monday 5/31

In Class: started practicing speech etiquette - specifically posture (hands, legs, back and chin)

Important dates:
Tomorrow and Friday - bring your classic to class with you!
6/1 - Promotion Poems to Mr. Stewart
6/2 - Promotion art to Mr. Fitz
6/9 - finish classic
6/13 -15 Final Speeches

Friday 5/27

Today, we learned about two things we can do for promotion 1) Art Contest 2) Poetry Contest, and we began some literary analysis work.

Today's Homework: Read your classic. You have two weeks left (June 9th).

Now accepting entries for the Promotion Poetry and Art Contests - Poetry to Mr. Stewart by 6/2 and Art to Mr. Fitz by 6/2

Thursday 5/26

In Class: we rushed and worked and rushed some more to finish our detective stories

Homework: keep reading your classic novel. You should be finishing soon.

Wednesday 5/25

In Class and Homework: we worked and worked and worked on our detective radio plays. They are due tomorrow!

Tuesday 5/24

In Class: We created detective stories that will be due on Thursday.

Homework: for 1st and 3rd periods, they will complete the book 1/2 sheet for homework. Everyone needs to keep reading their classics!

Monday 5/23

In Class: there was the Math 8 SOL for the morning. If you were lucky enough to have my class, you will get to work on your detective stories with your groups.

Homework: bring your classic book to class. (keep reading it!)

Friday 5/19

Today with the Macs we will write poems. You have the period to create.

INSTRUCTIONS:
Here are the Guidelines.
Here are some samples.
Here is where to submit the poem.

https://www.commuterpage.com/art/history.htm

Thursday 5/19

In Class: we started our detective stories and finished Holmes (perhaps a quiz tomorrow?)

Homework: Prepare/ brainstorm for your story
Return your late library books

Wednesday 5/18

In Class: Reading Holmes.

Homework: work on story ideas for Friday

Tuesday 5/17

In Class: Reading Holmes!


Homework: Detective story ideas on Friday, bring your classic book to class tomorrow

Monday 5/16

In the morning, we took the Reading SOL! After 4th period, we started looking for ideas for the next project. Writing a detective story.

Homework: Your 22 flashcards are due tomorrow! Bring them to class.

Friday 5/13

In Class: we recited our poems.

Homework: Reading SOL Monday - get lots of sleep, eat breakfast and bring your classic novel to read when your done and waiting until everyone is done.

Wednesday, May 11

In Class: we went to the library to get our last book of the year, which must be a classic!

Homework: worksheet (not online)
Poems to recite on Friday. If you are not here on Friday, please be ready tomorrow!

Tuesday 5/10/2011

Surprise! The computer lab is out of order this week.

First, answer 22 questions.

go to start on your computer
go to SOL online testing
click "ePat programs"
Choose Gr8EnlishReading
Enter 1st name (or a made up name...your French name? Spanish name? what you wish your parents named you?)

After you answer 22 questions, close the window and click "submit answers" so you can see how many you got right. Tell your number to me.

Second, take this survey

Third, practice your poem to recite! You could win $20,000 in high school! Here is some inspiration...(you need headphones)

Monday 5/9

In Class: we read our poems and practiced multiple choice

Homework: recited poem and declaring your next book (A Classic Novel) is due on Friday.

There are plenty of students out on Friday, if you are one of them, you need to be ready on Thursday!

Some inspiration is here!

Friday 5/06

In Class: Poetry analysis, finish "A story of an Hour" questions.

Homework:
Monday 5/09: Bring your PRINTED original poem
Friday 5/13: be prepared to recite the poem you have chosen from the list under "assignments"

Next week: The students will be choosing a "classic" to read for the last independent reading book of the year. Here and here are some lists that can help you brainstorm....feel free to bring one from home!

Thursday 5/05

Four things in the lab today...

1. Go here. Do questions 21-45 and report your score to me as a percent (e.g. 99%).

2. Write your final poem--the pantoum, villanelle, or sonnet. Print it out in a snazzy manner.

3. Sign up if you want a copy of the poem that you are memorizing for Monday. (They are listed on the right)

3. Go here or here. Weird.

Tomorrow: BRING your poetry book
Monday: Bring your PRINTED original poem, be prepared to recite the poem you have chosen from the list under "assignments"

Wednesday, May 4

In Class: we analyzed a poem, reviewed our homework AND talked about a poem to write!

Homework:
Due Friday - bring a poem to class from your independent reading book for project.
Due Monday - original villanelle, pantoum, or sonnet
Due Monday - memorize and recite a poem from the list under assignments
(Parents - 4th period students do not yet know of all these assignments, but they will tomorrow)

Tuesday 5/03

In Class: practice with meter, read "The Story in an Hour" by Kate Chopin


Homework: Newspaper article (not online)

Monday 5/2

In Class: discussed plagiarism and poetry's meter

Homework: write four rhymed lines in iambic tetrameter.

Friday 4/29

In Class: read poetry aloud, took vocabulary quiz

Homework: if you did not read your poem today, be prepared for Monday!

Here is Frost reciting his poem that you can memorize by Wednesday 5/4 for extra credit.
Some inspiration?

Thursday 4/28

Lab Instructions:

1. Go here. Do the first 20 questions and report your score to me as a percent (e.g. 99%).

2. Write your Cinquains. Print them out aesthetically.

3. Go here. Weird.

Homework: Cinquains due Friday. Prepare a poem from your independent reading poetry book to read to the class. Finally extra credit can occur if your memorize The Pasture and recite it before May 5th!

Robert Frost (1874–1963). North of Boston. 1915.

1. The Pasture

I’M going out to clean the pasture spring;
I’ll only stop to rake the leaves away
(And wait to watch the water clear, I may):
I sha’n’t be gone long.—You come too.
I’m going out to fetch the little calf	5
That’s standing by the mother. It’s so young,
It totters when she licks it with her tongue.
I sha’n’t be gone long.—You come too.

Sorry that I missed the blog yesterday.

In Class: we practiced rhythm in poetry at stations.

Homework: is the same- Cinquain due Friday and prepare to read a poem.

Tuesday 4/26

In Class: Reviewed stations and completed flashcards. Students should now have 20 flashcards with definitions and usage... if your missing any, find a friend and re-create them!

Homework: Bring your poetry book to class on Wednesday!

Monday 4/25

In Class: we completed stations about poetry and started 10 new flashcards

Homework: Worksheet (not posted)

Friday 4/15

In Class: vocabulary quiz and then metaphor kites!

Homework: Enjoy your time off and read a book while you are bored, on a plane, in a train, or driving far!

image: http://www.sunvelope.com/Blog/Blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/kite430x300.jpg

Wednesday 4/13 and Thursday 4/14

In Class: Today, we discussed our high school options with Ms. Kolody. Tomorrow, we will be in the computer lab learning about our career options.

Homework:
Assigned rhyming poem today (due Friday). See assignments for requirements.
There will be a vocabulary quiz on Friday. If you are missing class, you need to come and take it at lunch on Thursday.

Tuesday 4/12

In class: we learned about burglar alarms

Homework:
Assigned rhyming poem today (due Friday). See assignments for requirements.
There will be a vocabulary quiz on Friday. If you are missing class, you need to come and take it at lunch on Thursday.

Parents: Wednesday and Thursday in class, Ms. Kolody will be presenting to us about high school options and career choices.

Monday 4/11

Fame is a bee.

It has a song --
It has a sting --
Ah, too, it has a wing.
-Emily Dickinson

In Class: we added flashcards: simile, metaphor and symbol, then we looked at some poems.

Homework: In your poetry book, find a poem with a symbol. Come to class on Tuesday with it marked.

Sorry for missing the blog on Friday!

Image: http://amscoextra.blogspot.com/2010/04/challenge-of-emily-dickinson.html

Thursday 4/07

Today, we went to the zoo and we anthropologized ourselves in 1st and 7th.

Friday: Bring your book of poetry and your flashcards to class on Friday!
If you missed class, find a classmate and get the flashcards caught up before Fridays class.

Wednesday, April 6

Today, we created some flashcards to help us remember key terms, and we anthropologized ourselves.

Today's Homework: Pack a lunch for the field trip and get ready to zoo.

Friday: Bring your book of poetry and your flashcards to class on Friday!

If you missed class, find a classmate and get the flashcards caught up before Fridays class.

Tuesday 4/05

In Class: Nacirema and anthropology.

Homework: Vocabulary practice worksheet. (not available online)

Monday 4/04

Today we are picking our poetry book from the Library. They need to be in class on Friday.




Homework: Read a poem to your parents.

Which poet is this? Tell me tomorrow for a prize.

Lab Instructions, 3/31

Hello, I am not Ms. Luxmoore. I am a sopping wet beagle named Kiernan. I am symbolic of the warm weather soon to come and I bring great, great news. The news is . . . .

The news is that you have a lot of work to do, so get to it and stop looking at beagle pictures.

1. Go to Holt . Log in. Take the two tests there, and see the teacher for your scores when you are done.

2. Revise an essay. It's good practice and it might help you out with your report card grade.

3. Take the Third Quarter Survey.

Wednesday 3/30

In Class: Since the Zoo was postponed til April 7th - We did a final irony assignment.

Homework: Tomorrow is the end of the quarter - so last day for Independent Reading and Tourism projects!

Tuesday 3/29

In Class: Conferences happened with all the students; they know their grades and what they can turn in before Thursday to improve them!
We also read Ransom of Red Chief and thought about irony!

Homework: Independent Reading due TOMORROW
Field trip has been postponed til April 7th due to the weather.

Monday 3/28

In Class: Tourism Projects, Twelfth night

Homework: Independent Project due Thursday. Zoo Trip Wednesday
If you showed your project without emailing it to me, please email me a link!

Friday 3/25

I am out today.

In Class: we are taking out novel tests. Good luck!

Homework: Monday are the tourism presentations. If you are emailing me a link, make sure to cc yourself and see that the link works. Also, please put your names and "Tourism" in the subject line.

Have a great weekend.

Thursday 3/24

Computer Lab day

You know what to do. Whatcha waiting for?

Homework: Read this article and prepare for novel test.

Wednesday 3/23

In Class: Finishing Novels

Homework:
Keep reading, novels must be done on Friday in time for our TEST
Tourism project is due on Monday. I will be in computer lab G19 after school on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday this week, if you need computer time!
Independent Reading is due 3/30
NO LATE PAPERS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER THURSDAY

Tuesday 3/ 22

In Class: Persuasion for tourists and Violent Lambs

Homework: Keep reading, novels must be done on Friday in time for our TEST
Tourism project is due on Monday. I will be in computer lab G19 after school on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday this week, if you need computer time!

Monday 3/21

In Class: Novels and Persuasion for tourists

Homework: Keep reading, novels must be done on Friday in time for our TEST
Tourism project is due on Monday. I will be in computer lab G19 after school on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday this week, if you need computer time!

Friday 3/18

In Class: practice Irony and take a novel quiz

Homework is on-going: reading Novels and Independent books, work on tourism project

Thursday 3/17

Computer Lab

Priorities:

1. Submit your book for independent reading here

2. Send in the "GoAnimate" story if you haven't yet.

3. Write your ironic slogan for the Tourism Project. (Verify it with me.)

4. Research your country, especially the three reasons for visiting.

5. Decide which type of presentation you will do--brochure or video--and tell me.

6. Plan your presentation.

Are you interested in learning how to write a sonnet?
See Mr. Stewart at lunch for a sonnet contest opportunity!

Wednesday 3/16

In Class: Library day
(if you missed class: fill out this form)

Homework:
Tomorrow computer lab: prepare for Tourism work (due 3/28)
Friday: Novel quiz
Independent reading Due 3/30

Tuesday 3/15

"Beware the Ides of March"

In Class: continue work on Twelfth Night (3rd, 4th, and 5th periods) or Animal Farm (1st and 3rd)

Homework: Wednesday is Library day, we will meet the new Acorn system and then there will be time to read or work on your tourism project. Come prepared to improve your English grade tomorrow!

Monday 3/14

In Class: Continued with Novels, Introduced Tourism Project

Homework:
Keep reading novels - Progress should be made by Wednesday and Friday
Tourism Project due March 28th - country and group status choices due Tuesday
Independent Reading due March 28th too... so plan your work!

Friday 3/ 11

Library Instructions for Teen Tech Week

Today, in the library, in celebration of TEEN TECH WEEK, you have this challenge:

With a partner (preferably from the other English class), you need to write a story.

In the story, two characters, in some setting that you must specify, have some kind of stressful conflict with technology.

They talk about the conflict, figure out a solution, and in the climax, it either works, . . . or it doesn't.

Anyhow, the crucial part is that the story must be created and submitted through "GoAnimate".

(When you're done, hit "save", put your names for the video's name, put gunston as a tag, make it public, and then hit the blue save button. Click through all the rubbish about facebook and when it gives you the chance, email it to me at sophie_luxmoore@apsva.us)

Thursday 3/9

SOL Essay Day! Hope you slept well. I know you are all ready and will do a fantastic job.

Story Bird Question...Who wrote the story "The Girl with No Friends Till She Met The Moon"? It was sent to me, but there is no name... email me and let me know!

Extra Credit: go and see the school play. Check in with me if you go Thursday. Check in with Mr. Stewart if you go on Saturday and you will get extra credit, but more importantly, you will see a fantastic Shakespearean Play!

Wednesday 3/09

In Class: SOL!

Homework: Prepare for the essay tomorrow. Sleep well. Rest your writing hand :)

Tuesday 3/08

In Class: take a candy break and work on our class novels

Homework: Eat Breakfast, SOL writing test is Wednesday and Thursday

Monday 3/7

In Class: students were introduced to their 3rd Class novel

1st and 7th periods are working on Animal Farm

3rd, 4th, and 5th periods are reading Twelfth Night

Homework: bring your independent reading books to class tomorrow

Parents: your students have lots of reading outside of class this month. There agendas should have the class novel reading assignments in them.

Conference day!

Students: Enjoy your sleep in, make sure you find an independent reading book (free choice this time) and bring it to school on Tuesday!

Next week: we start novels!

Computer Lab 3/02

First: practice your multiple choice and then show me your score... click here

Then: answer these questions.

Finally: Finish your narrative. Due Monday.

Wednesday 3/2

In Class: "Read Across America" (ask your students what they learned about) and revising an essay in class

Homework: Must bring Independent reading book to class on Tuesday.

Tuesday 3/1

In Class: practice for the writing test next week!


Homework: choose a book for independent reading. You will need to bring the book to class on Tuesday next week.



Parents and Students: As you may or may not be aware, I am spending the year working towards my National Board Certification. If you have a moment, I would love some feedback about the blog. How often to you use it? Has it been helpful? Is it informational and understandable?

You can send me your thoughts via email or via this form.

Thank you so much for your support with this!

Monday 2/ 28

In Class: read "The Secret" and discussed the story's theme

Homework: p.174 in the Language book.


Parents and Students: As you may or may not be aware, I am spending the year working towards my National Board Certification. If you have a moment, I would love some feedback about the blog. How often to you use it? Has it been helpful? Is it informational and understandable?

You can send me your thoughts via email or via this form.

Thank you so much for your support with this!

Friday 2/25

In Class: Handwritten Injury Essay 3 1/2 pages.

Homework: A well deserved break!


Parents and Students: As you may or may not be aware, I am spending the year working towards my National Board Certification. If you have a moment, I would love some feedback about the blog. How often to you use it? Has it been helpful? Is it informational and understandable?

You can send me your thoughts via email or via this form.

Thank you so much for your support with this!

Thursday 2/24

Computer Lab:
Today is a bit different, so click on this link and turn your chair around to see a demonstration from Ms. Luxmoore about your assignment!

Homework: Brainstorm essay for Friday. The prompt is under assignments. The essay will be handwritten in class on Friday. Students should bring brainstorms and notes, but cannot bring paragraphs for full drafts to class.

Parents and Students: As you may or may not be aware, I am spending the year working towards my National Board Certification. If you have a moment, I would love some feedback about the blog. How often to you use it? Has it been helpful? Is it informational and understandable?

You can send me your thoughts via email or via this form.

Thank you so much for your support with this!

Wednesday 2/25

In Class: prompt practice

Homework: Brainstorm essay for Friday. The essay will be handwritten in class on Friday. Students should bring brainstorms and notes, but cannot bring paragraphs for full drafts to class.

Tuesday 2/22

In Class: Topic vs. Theme in art, stories and all forms of expression

Homework: Language book p. 173

Parents and Students: As you may or may not be aware, I am spending the year working towards my National Board Certification. If you have a moment, I would love some feedback about the blog. How often to you use it? Has it been helpful? Is it informational and understandable?

You can send me your thoughts via email or via this form.

Thank you so much for your support with this!

Friday 2/18

In Class: There Will Come Soft Rains quiz

Homework: Independent reading is due on Friday. You should be done with your book by the end of the weekend.

See you Tuesday for the 100th Day of School.

Computer Lab 2/17

In Class:

Essays:
Put that down! Submit under assignments. Due today at 6pm

Rotary. Email Mr. Stewart (john_stewart@apsva.us) your attachment (make sure it has a heading) Due 2/22

Anthology. Submit with cover sheet to Sduvall@gmu.edu. CC me. You can download the cover sheet from "Alternate Essays" on the right side of the blog. Due March 1st


Question of the week - must be answered by everyone!

Homework: Language book p. 172

Wednesday 2/16

In Class: Field Trip to Richmond!!!

Homework: Essay due tomorrow, p. 171 in the language book.

Must show brainstorm and language book to get a computer!

Tuesday 2/15

In Class: Bias project is due. We will read "There Will Come Soft Rains". We will preview the essay due on Thursday.

Homework:
Complete page 171 in language handbook - due Thursday.
Essay due Thursday.
Book paper due next Friday 2/25, so ensure that you are finishing your book!

Tomorrow is the field trip. Bring your lunch!

Monday 2/ 14

In Class: Discussed inventions we need to survive. What we want to see in the future to prepare us for There Come Soft Rains, our story of the week.

Homework: Bias Project due tomorrow, bring Language Handbooks tomorrow


Science Field Trip on Wednesday - Bring Lunch

Friday 2/14

In Class: discussed Theme in Episode of War and Dark, Brown Dog - both by Stephan Crane.

Homework: Bias Project

Computer Lab 2/10

Computer Lab Early Release

Essay due today.


Remember: you are NOT turning in 5 paragraphs. You need to create 3 hooks and 1 perfect body paragraph by 6pm tonight.

Homework: Bias project and Independent Reading.
(suggestion, bring your two articles to class tomorrow)

Wednesday 2/ 10

In Class: Library day - work on paper, read independent reading, or bias project

Homework: Paper due tomorrow 6pm... 3 hooks and 1 body paragraph

Tuesday 2/08

In Class: perform skits, read Episode Of War by Stephen Crane

Tomorrow we are going to the library. Students may do one of three things.
1. read their biography/ autobiography
2. work on their bias project
3. if they are in 3rd or 4th period, they can work on their essay due Thursday.

Details for all assignments are on the right side of the page, under assignments.

Monday 2/7

In Class: define vocabulary of the week, create themed skits

Homework: figure out subject of bias project, colon practice

Thursday 2/ 3

Computer Lab Day!

Open Word and Write your essay. It is due at 6pm. You submit it by clicking the link under assignments.

After you are done with your essay, you may work on your book report (also linked under assignments) or your next project due Feb. 15th! (under assignments)

Wednesday 2/ 2

Groundhog Day and 7th period caught up day!
Now that we are all back together after snow days, are you hoping that the Groundhog will predict an early Spring? Are you done with snow for the year?

In Class: Whole group discussion about "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson, practice commas

Homework: Due Tomorrow
Rock Essay is due by 6pm submitted to the blog. We will spend Thursday in the computer lab
Declare your autobiography/ biography for your independent reading!

Tuesday 2/1

In Class: practice commas, small group about The Lottery, hooks

Homework:
Finish Commas
Finish Hooks
Thursday - Rock Essay and declare your biography/ autobiography

Monday 1/ 31

Today: Turn in Handwritten essays, Read THE LOTTERY

Homework: Last call for Storybirds and Friend essays (see snowdays blog for details)

Snow Days!

Hey everyone!

I hope you are enjoying your snow days. Due to the schedule, your paper is due on Monday. It should be a final handwritten essay. So you should brainstorm, draft and then write the final, which you will turn in!

Here is the prompt

Here are the notes from class on the format of persuasive essay which we did on Wednesday.

Don't forget to turn in your storybird after publishing it! Here is the form.

You can also work on reading your biography/ autobiography for your first Independent Reading book of third quarter.

See everyone on Monday.

Ms Luxmoore

Wednesday 1/25

In Class:

Review essay styles - descriptive, expository and our new one Persuasive Essays!
We will also discuss HOOKS

Homework:
New essay prompt, due HANDWRITTEN by Friday.

This is our first persuasive essay. This means that it is your job to convince the person who is reading your essay that YOUR opinion is right.

Tuesday 1/ 25

In Class: gifts, fairness vs. rightness

Homework: none due tomorrow, but you should be READING your biography/ autobiography

Tomorrow: High school transition meetings. If you miss my class, make sure you check back here for Essay information!

Monday 1/24

In Class: We hosted Regie Cabico, a local poet, who is getting us ready for a slam on 2/24!


HOMEWORK: A punctuation worksheet.

Computer Lab 1/20

Today we are taking a creative writing break. Instead of an essay, you will use Storybird to create a story. The only requirement is that you choose a theme.

Don't know what a literary theme is? Look it up.

Here are your theme choices...

ambition
courage
loyalty
jealousy
prejudice
truth

Here is an example of a Storybird "Grumpy Alone"

When you are done, send the link to me using this form.

Homework!
Newspaper article

Extra credit idea:
attend Poe's Birthday celebration. Saturday, January 22, 2011 8pm at Aurora Hills Community Center. There are prizes for best GOTH attire!

Third Quarter Begins

Your last semester of MIDDLE SCHOOL starts today!!!!

In Class: Assessments for In Trouble, peer editing

Homework: End point worksheets (not available here)

1st Period - Don't forget your permission slips!

Friday 1/14

In Class: Vocabulary Plays, read IN TROUBLE from our textbook

Homework:
Monday- Newspaper article and read "In Trouble" which can be found on Blackboard under the "students" tab. It is in Elements of Literature, Second Course if you have not.

Also, remember to read this weekend. The next independent reading book is an autobiography or a biography, so figure out whose life from whom you could learn.

Thursday 1/ 13

Computer lab:
Log into my.hrw.com and click on the link "assignments"
On the next screen change Assignments due from "this week" to "all"
Complete the four assignments

note: immersion students will not be able to do this from home since they do not know their log-ins, if you missed class due to the field trip, please just read the story for homework!

After you are done, write a story on Storybird remember to include all the story elements - setting, characters, conflict, climax, resolution!

Homework:
Read "In Trouble" which can be found on Blackboard under the "students" tab. It is in Elements of Literature, Second Course

Wednesday 1/ 12

In Class: We will visit the library to return books and check out our next independent reading book - an autobiography or a biography

Homework: None

Tuesday 1/ 11

In Class: discuss setting in our Historical Fiction books

Homework: none

Monday 1/10

In Class: We will write our handwritten expository essay to practice for the SOL

Homework: Vocabulary sheet

Friday 1/7

In Class: Finishing presentations!

Homework: Independent reading is due Monday! It must be historical fiction. The assignment is under "Assignments" on the right hand side of the blog.

Parents: Students all saw their grades on Thursday. They should know what they are and what they did in the computer lab to improve them! So ask and see.

Computer Lab 1/6

Today is everyone's favorite computer lab day! It is....

IMPROVE
YOUR GRADE
DAY!!!

You may revise one of your essays for a better grade.
You may work on your independent reading project.
You may complete an extra credit assignment.
You may work on your presentation for tomorrow.

No matter what you are doing today, you must complete the link under assignments titled "improve your grade"

Done with your essay?

The Scholastic Writing Awards is an important national contest, in which many Gunston students have been successful in the past.

The deadline is January 7th, and they accept almost every type of writing of almost any length. The cost is $5, but the opportunity cannot be missed.

Writing Categories: click here
Registration Page: click here
Contest Information: Click here

Martin Luther King Essay contest

Wednesday 1/5

In Class: Day 1 Living History Presentations, vocabulary, diagramming

Homework:
Thursday: Computer Lab tomorrow
Friday: Finish presentations and vocabulary
Monday: Independent Reading due

Tuesday 1/ 4

In Class: Camp Harmony response, Diagramming

Homework: Living History Projects start tomorrow. Do you know when you are presenting?

Monday 1/ 03/11

Happy New Year and Welcome Back!

In Class: take notes on objects, read autobiographies from text book

Homework: LHP projects are due on Wednesday or Friday