10/31-11/4

10/31:  Halloween!!
1. Binder Reminder
2. Fun Halloween activities


11/1:
1. Journal
2. Introduce Personal Responses
3. Begin working on Personal Responses
HW: Finish rough draft of 1st Personal Response due Thursday

11/2:
1. Computer Lab
HW: Personal Response rough draft due tomorrow

11/3:
1. Journal
2. Mood and tone review
3. Mood and tone worksheet

11/4:
1. Journal
2. Chapter 3
3. Chapter 3 questions

Journal 10/28

Safe Halloween Fun

1. What are your plans for Halloween? Are you going to go Trick or Treating?
2. What is your costume?  (School appropriate please)

3. Please list 3 ways to guarantee your safety and the safety of others on Halloween night.

Journal 10/24 5th and 6th Period

1.  Define identity. 


2.  What is the difference between individuality and belonging to a clique or gang identity?

3.  If you had to relate yourself to a figure (famous actor, musician, athlete, teacher, mentor, etc.) who would it be?  Analyze why you feel you can relate to this person.

4.  Who are you? What makes you unique? What factors influence who you are?

10/24-10/28

10/24:
1. Binder Reminder
2. Journal
3. Begin chapter 2
4. Comparison Charts

10/25:
Library
HW: Study for vocab quiz
10/26:
1. Journal
2. Mood and Tone Review
3. Change childhood stories
HW: Finish stories and study for vocab
10/27:
1. Journal
2. Finish chapter 2
3. Comparison chart
4. Chapter 2 questions
HW: Study for vocab

10/28:
1. Journal
2. Vocabulary quiz

Journal 10/21 5th and 6th Period

Journal 10/21

1. Make 3 predictions about what you think will happen in the novel.  Each prediction should be 2 sentences long.

2. What are your feelings about the novel so far? 

Journal 10/21 8A

Fix the error in the following paragraph:

"I is an extraordinarily lucky person, doing what I love best in the world" says J.K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter books. Rowling says she has grown so clothes to her mane character that she even gave him her birthday, July 31! Harry was 11 year old in his first story, Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone his books have been printed in 61 language in 200 countries.

Journal 10/20 5th and 6th period

Journal 10/20

1.  Make a list of the different social groups or cliques on our campus.

2. Why do you think kids congregate (or gather together) in the clumps that they do?

3. Do you hang out in one or more of those groups?  Why or why not?  

Journal 10/20 8A

Correct the following paragraph.  There are 10 corrections total.

         Donald Duck first appear in a cartoon called "The Wise little Hen on June 9, 1934 He become such a popular character that more cartons were made with him then were made with Mickey Mouse! Donalds original voice was provided by Clarence "Ducky" Nash. Nash play the plucky duck for 50 years. Known for his temper tantrums, Donald became the subject of a daily comics strip in 1938.

Journal 10/19

Journal

1. Have you ever felt different from the other students at school?

2. What is an "outsider"?

3. Have you ever been an "outsider"?

4. Have you ever felt like you couldn't talk to or be friends with other students for some reason?

Journal 10/18

Journal Entry

 For today's journal, look at the following words. Choose 4 of them. With your partner, make up definitions for the words. Be creative.

1. wince

2. vaguely

3. sympathetic

4. incredulous

5. unfathomable

6. quivering

7. slouch

8. savvy

9. suspicious

10/17-10/21

Monday 10/17:
1.Binder Reminder
2. Journal
3. Intro Project

Hw: Finish Intro Project due Tuesday

Tuesday 10/18:
1. Journal
2. 6 Statements
3. Introduction to "The Outsiders"
4. Begin vocabulary chart

Hw: Vocab chart due Friday

Wednesday 10/19:
1. Journal
2. Vocabulary for "Outsiders"
3. Character Charts
4. Start novel
HW: Vocabulary chart due Friday

Thursday 10/20:
1. Journal
2. Chapter 1
3. Character charts

HW: Vocabulary chart due tomorrow.

Friday 10/21:
1. Journal
2. Finish chapter 1
3. Chapter 1 questions

No HW over the weekend!

First Day Journal 10/17

1. In the next ten minutes answer as many questions as you can.  Use complete sentences. 
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3.  1. If you could have an endless supply of any food, what would you get?
4.  2. If you were an animal, what would you be and why?
5.  3. What is one goal you’d like to accomplish during your lifetime?
6.  4. Who is your hero? (a parent, a celebrity, an influential person in one’s life)
7.  5. What’s your favorite thing to do in the summer?
8.  6. If you were an ice cream flavor, which one would you be and why?
9.  7. What’s your favorite cartoon character, and why?
10.  8. If you could visit any place in the world, where would you choose to go and why
11.  9. What are your favorite hobbies?
12. 10. What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever eaten?
13. 11. If you had to describe yourself using three words, it would be…
14. 12. If I could be anybody besides myself, I would be…