Badger

Research papers are over!!! Most of you worked very hard on these papers, so give yourselves a hand!
http://www.soundjay.com/human/sounds/applause-3.mp3

**Important!** Many students have missing work. Please turn this in AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. Here is the policy regarding late work:
-Late assignments will be automatically reduced one full letter grade.
-Assignments more than one week late will receive half credit.
Ms. Bray is always available to stay after school any day except Wednesday to help students. :)

This week (November 16th-20th), we will be beginning our unit on Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. Please remember to bring your packet everyday and please be responsible with it. If you lose it, you will be serving a detention with Mrs. Badger. Don't let this be you! Please be responsible and keep your packet in your ILA folder.

Schedule for this week:
Monday: Cumulative vocab review
Tuesday: Great Depression video
Wednesday: Of Mice and Men/Steinbeck preview
Thursday: Vocab words
Friday: Finish vocab words and idioms

Schedule for next week:
Monday: Begin chapter 1 of Of Mice and Men
Tuesday: Finish chapter 1 of Of Mice and Men
Wednesday- Friday: Thanksgiving break! No school

**Assignments due this week:**
- If you were assigned a vocab word from Of Mice and Men, please have this ready to present on Thursday (Nov. 19th). Fill out the definition, synonyms, prefixes/suffixes.

HOUR 7: Journals are due on Tuesday, November 24th. You need to turn in Journals #5-9.
Journals will begin on 9/22. The list of prompts and due dates will be in the column to the right. Journals are turned in on a rotating basis, so even though your journal might not be due, you will still need to respond to the prompt and keep it in your JOURNAL ONLY notebook.

ENRICHED ILA--

Memorization/Presentations!  We started that today and many of you were not prepared with your memorization! :(
Be ready on Tuesday!!! Other group project presentations are due as well.

I will be gone on Wednesday so you'll be working on your SAT words. Any presentations not finished (grrrrr--hopefully, none) will be on Thursday when I return. Thursday and Friday you will be writing a critical review of "Othello."
Memorization:
8-11 lines--C
12-14 lines--B
15 + lines--A

It must be a complete monologue and cannot be broken up by another character's words.

Side-by-Side Translation
Keep up on your Synopsis sheet and write in your copy of the play, especially where you have questions. This is due on Friday, November 13.SAT Vocabulary words--keep up on these!  Do a couple of them a day and you'll be in good shape. Here's the target dates for completing each list: List 1--Sept. 25; List 2--Oct 19; List 3--Oct 30; List 4--Nov. 20. THE TEST WILL BE NOVEMBER 30!  We will review each list on the target date or near that date.

Calendar for November
November calendar.pdf

This is Ms. Bray! She is a student teacher from Augsburg who will be with us through Trimester 1. We are happy to have her at Skyview!
Ms. Bray's letter to parents: Skyview Parent Letter.doc

"Breakfast of Champions"
for Trimester 1

Links to worksheets & information sheets
handed out in class and useful websites.

Below are links to the Vocabulary worksheet used each week with the Workbook.
.doc format:
Worksheet 2009-10.doc
.pdf format:
Worksheet 2009-10.pdf

Here are the word lists:
Vocabulary Word Lists 1-12 Holt workbook lists.pdf

A REALLY great grammar and
writing website!
Guide to Grammar

Information about plagiarism:
http://www.plagiarism.org/

Holt on-line Textbook. Here is a generic username and password. However, if the assignment is to respond in YOUR notebook you must use your individual username and password.
Generic username: fstudent237
Generic password: p2m2d
Holt

Journal Due Dates up to the Holiday Break
9/29 Hour 1
10/6 Hour 5
10/13 Hour 6
10/20 Hour 7
10/27 Hour 1
11/10 Hour 5
11/17 Hour 6
12/1 Hour 7
12/8 Hour 1
12/15 Hour 5
12/22 Hour 6

Journal prompts:
J-1--Where is the farthest from home you have ever traveled? Give details.
J-2--What is the scariest thing that has ever happened to you? Give details! Tell me every horrible moment...
J-3--Some people would like to get rid of Halloween saying it causes childhood obesity and it has become too commercialized. What do you think?
J-4--If you had to chose between losing your sight or your hearing, which one would you chose? You cannot select a different sense nor can you opt out altogether.
J-5--If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live (this is going to be forever--your permanent address!)?
J-6--If you could change places with anyone for one week, who would you choose? What would you do as that person? Details!
J-7--If you could create a perfect world, what would it look like? What would people do there? Details!
J-8--Tell me about your favorite kind of music or musical artist/band. Why do you like them/him/her?
J-9--What is the weirdest thing you have ever eaten? Why did you eat it? What did it taste like? Give details!