Grace's Grindstone

WEEK OF MAY 5TH:
WE WILL CONTINUE READING THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK THIS WEEK.  BEGIN THINKING OF A CHARACTER FROM THE PLAY WHO YOU WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS IN A BRIEF CHARACTER ANALYSIS ESSAY. THINK ABOUT SPECIFIC CHARACTER TRAITS YOU MAY EXAMINE AND THE SPECIFIC ACTIONS AND QUOTATIONS(FROM THE PLAY) WHICH WOULD SUPPORT YOUR VIEW.

WEEK OF APRIL 21ST
WE ARE FINISHING LANGUAGE ARTS CRCT TESTING THIS WEEK AND WILL BEGIN THE PLAY, DIARY OF ANNE FRANK ON FRIDAY. WE WILL DISCUSS  VARIOUS LITERARY ELEMENTS AS WELL AS CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT  AND ANALYSIS DURING THE COURSE OF THIS STUDY.

WEEK OF APRIL 21ST
WE ARE FINISHING LANGUAGE ARTS CRCT TESTING THIS WEEK AND WILL BEGIN THE PLAY, DIARY OF ANNE FRANK ON FRIDAY. WE WILL DISCUSS  VARIOUS LITERARY ELEMENTS AS WELL AS CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT  AND ANALYSIS DURING THE COURSE OF THIS STUDY.

WEEK OF MARCH 24TH:

• THIS WEEK WE WILL CONTINUE OUR CHAPTER 16 UNIT, ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS, CONCLUDING ON  FRIDAY WITH A CH. 16 TEST. YOU SHOULD STUDY CLASS NOTES AND REVIEW THE DIAGRAMS AND WORKSHEETS WE HAVE COMPLETED.
• CONTINUE TO BRING TEXT AND WORKBOOK TO CLASS DAILY.
• CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE AND SCORES ON THE STATE WRITING ASSESSMENT!!!  YOU REALLY DID "SHOW WHAT YOU KNOW"!!!

WEEK OF MARCH 17TH:

• THIS WEEK WE WILL CONTINUE WITH OUR STUDY OF ADJECTIVES - COMPOUND, PROPER, DEMONSTRATIVE, INDEFINITE, AND INTERROGATIVE - AND APPLY OUR UNDERSTANDING TO A SHORT PIECE OF WRITING.
• WE WILL BEGIN ADVERBS NEXT AND DIAGRAM SENTENCES WITH BOTH MODIFIERS.
• BRING TEXTS AND WORKBOOKS TO CLASS EVERY DAY!
• WE WILL CONDUCT A TEXTBOOK CHECK DURING CLASS NEXT TUESDAY.

WEEK OF MARCH 3RD:

THIS WEEK, WE WILL FINISH CH 19, PART 2, COMPLEMENTS OF VERBS.
~BRING TEXT AND WORKBOOK TO CLASS EVERY DAY.

~TEST WILL BE NEXT TUESDAY, MARCH 11TH. BE SURE YOU KNOW LINKING AND ACTION VERBS AS WELL AS DIRECT AND INDIRECT OBJECTS AND PREDICATE NOUNS (NOMINATIVES) AND PREDICATE ADJECTIVES.

WEEK OF FEB. 25TH:

ON MONDAY, WE WILL FINISH VIEWING THE FILM, CHARLY, WHICH WILL COMPLETE OUR "FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON" UNIT. THE "FILM REVIEW ASSIGNMENT' SHEET IS DUE ON TUESDAY.  BE SPECIFIC AND C0MPLETE WITH YOUR RESPONSES TO THE VARIOUS ITEMS.  (NO "YES" OR "NO" ANSWERS WITHOUT ELABORATION AND OR EXAMPLES!) THESE ARE DUE ON TUESDAY.

WE WILL READ AND ANALYZE TWO SHORT STORY SELECTIONS ON MONDAY AND TUES. NEXT WEEK. IN ADDITION, WE WILL BEGIN OUR TECHNICAL WRITING UNIT WHICH WILL FOCUS ON PREPARING SEVERAL KINDS OF DOCUMENTS AND LETTERS FOR THE PURPOSE OF GAINING EMPLOYMENT.

***BRING A BLANK JOB APPLICATION FORM WITH YOU WHEN YOU COME TOP CLASS ON WED.***

WEEK OF FEB. 11TH

• We will have a brief quiz over "Flowers for Algernon" on  Wednesday. Review your response journal entries for literary devices which were to be included, (allusion, theme, conflict) and be prepared to give examples of these.

• All reading response journals are due on WED. of this week also.
• "Flowers for Algernon " project guidelines were distributed today. These are due on Friday, February 22nd.

WEEK OF FEB. 4TH

THIS WEEK WE WILL CONTINUE OUR STUDY OF "FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON".  WE WILL ALSO EXAMINE GARDNER'S MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES THEORY AND TAKE SOME SAMPLE TESTS OURSELVES.

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REMEMBER TO BRING YOUR READER'S RESPONSE JOURNAL TO CLASS EVERY DAY!

WEEK OF JAN. 28TH   

THIS WEEK WE WILL CONTINUE "FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON". REMEMBER TO BRING YOUR RESPONSE JOURNAL TO CLASS EVERY DAY.  FOUR ADDITIONAL ENTRIES ARE DUE ON MONDAY, WHICH SHOULD REFLECT YOUR RESPONSES FROM FRIDAY'S READING. REMEMBER, THEY ARE NOT TO BE SUMMARIES, BUT PERSONAL REACTIONS, QUESTIONS, PREDICTIONS, OR OBSERVATIONS FROM THE READING. BE PREPARED TO SHARE ONE OR TWO OF THESE WITH THE CLASS.