Journalism I

Classwork:  Last day to turn in exemption forms.  Ask for Active vs. Passive voice and scavenger hunt papers back.  Review answers to Copy Editing #2.  In the Journalism Today textbook pages 46-51, read and take notes on Hazelwood.
Homework:  Prepare for midterm.  Rest.

AICE General Paper

Classwork:  No journal.  Ask for a comma practice.  Hand in notes for Chapters 4-20 of TKM.  Read and begin a new note sheet for Chapters 21 & 22.
Homework:  Study for the Midterm.

Journalism I

Classwork:  No Daily News Notes.  Ask for an Active vs. Passive voice sheet.  Ask for a copy editing #2 sheet.  Ask a classmate for the review of what is on the midterm exam and see the topics to study on the board.  Hand in unused passes. 
Homework:  If you missed today, be aware that I will be signing exemption forms on Monday.  I can't grade your make-up work and sign your form in class on Monday.  See me before then to get work in or do not expect to exempt.

AICE General Paper

Classwork:    No journal today.  Ask for Capitalization II.  Ask for UpFront magazine (dated             ).  Preview of Midterm Exam.  Sharing of more ads and structures of organisation.  Read Chapters 19 & 20 of TKM and take notes.
Homework:  keep up with reading and notes.

Journalism I

5th hour:  Daily News Notes #34.  Continue film Shattered Glass about ethics in journalism.
Homework:  Read the news.

8th hour:  From last class that we did not see each other, set up Daily News Notes #33 and write Excused:  Code Red.  Set up today's Daily News Notes #34 and write the words:  Catch up (don't make up).  Today we caught up to 5th hour in the film.
Homework:  Read the news.

AICE General Paper

Classwork:  Students turned in AICE conflict letter with parent signatures.  Ask for a Capitalization Practice.  We reviewed Chapter 4 Quiz.  Ask for your ad back.  Using the ad (it will be stapled to the back), write one paragraph regarding which organisational structure (from your AICE notes) was  used in the ad and explain how it was used.  Consider the photo(s) and words from the ad.  Hand it in.  Read Chapters 17 & 18 of TKM and take notes.
Homework:  AICE letter and keep up with reading and notes.

Journalism I

Classwork:  Daily News Notes #33.  We began film "Shattered Glass" about journalism ethics.
Homework:  Read the news.

AICE General Paper

Classwork:  No journal.  We reviewed TKM 1-10 quiz.  Students completed Compound Subjects sheet (side 2).  Ask for AICE letter to parents and Statement of Entry.  Chapters 12-14 were reviewed.  Take notes (!) and read Chapters 15 & 16.
Homework:  Keep up with reading and notes.

Journalism I

Classwork:  Daily News Notes #32.  Ask for Scavenger Hunt/Punctuation of Quotes Practice and a copy of the November issue of The Circuit.
Homework:  Finish today's assignment and bring it next class.

AICE General Paper

Classwork:  No journal. Reviewed AICE Paper 2.  Students handed in UpFront dated 11/18/19.  Hot Words List #5, words 9 & 10.  If you had not yet turned in the magazine ad, it was collected today.  Read Chapter 14 of TKM and take notes.  Ask for a subject/verb practice handout.
Homework:  Have notes and reading of TKM up to date.

Journalism I

Classwork:  Daily News Notes #31.  Ask for a News Story #2 fact sheet.  Use it to write a news style story following all story grading criterion.  Turn in one hand written copy stapled to the top of the fact sheet.
Homework:  Read the news.  Find a happy story.

AICE General Paper

Classwork:  Journal #21.  Hot Words List #5, words 7 & 8.  Hand in magazine ad, full page (8 1/2 x 11").  Read and take notes for chapters 12 & 13 of TKM.
Homework:  Do not forget previously assigned work that should be done by now, like your last UpFront due on 12/3/19.  Enjoy your Thanksgiving Break.

Journalism I

Classwork:  Daily News Notes #30.  In the Journalism Today textbook read and take notes on the Functions of a Journalist.
Homework:  Have a wonderful Thanksgiving Break!

AICE General Paper

Classwork:  No journal.  Hot Words List #5, words 5 & 6.  TKM Quiz on Chapters 1-10.  Essay #3 was peer edited.  Ask for notes on Organisational structures.
Homework:  Bring in an 8 1/2 x 11" magazine ad where the entire page is a photo advertisement.  Work on UpFront.  Work on Hot Words.  Read and take notes for TKM Chapter 11.

Journalism I

Classwork:  Daily News Notes #29.  Write Features Brainstorming at the top of a paper.  Look up Features in the index of the Journalism Today textbook as a refresher.  List four possible topics to write a features story about.  Have me approve your favorite topic. If you could interview anyone you wanted, write a list of four people that would be the best for you to write an article.
Homework:  Read the news.

AICE General Paper

Classwork:  Grammar Overhead #20.  Hot Words List #5, words 3 & 4.  Ask for your AICE number, write it inside of your journal and make it an addition to your heading on your papers.  Also, know your AICE number order among classmates (ask a classmate).  Read Chapter 10 of TKM and bring your up to date notes to class.
Homework:  Study for TKM quiz on chapters 1-10.

Journalism I

Classwork:  Ethics columns were collected today.  Daily News Notes #28.  Cut two news articles out from a newspaper and paste them each on a side of a properly headed paper.  In each, highlight the sources used (people quoted or paraphrased).  Next to each article write the following for each source:  complete name, job title (if given) and the reason they are used as a source for the article (read the article to understand).
Homework:  Read the news.

AICE General Paper

Classwork:  Hot Words Quiz #4.  Finish writing Essay (see adjusted prompt topic!).  Plot line sheet.  Punctuation Formula #5, Hot Words List #5, words 1 & 2.
Homework:  Read Chapter 9 of TKM and bring all notes to class.

Journalism I

Classwork:  Daily News Notes #27 (Sun-Sentinel and The Circuit-November issue).  Type up final copy of Ethics Column in class (if you were absent- do this at home).  Everyone prints at home.  Both copies due next class (500 words, give it a title, Times New Roman, 1.5 line spacing, 12 point font).
Homework:  Read the news.

AICE General Paper

Classwork:  No journal.  Hot words List #4 was handed back (IF you were absent, stop by and take your hot words list from your journal in order to study for Quiz #4).  We reviewed HW Quiz #3.  Ask to make up Essay Prompt #3.
Homework:  Read and take notes for Chapter 8 of TKM.  Study for Hot Words Quiz #4 (the quiz is only on those 10 words).

Journalism I

Classwork:  Daily News Notes #26.  Students wrote a rough draft of an ethics opinion column on one of the following topics:  cheating, lying, honesty, deception.  It could be a personal example related to school or home, or politics, or the a topic in the news.  The column will need a title, should be in paragraph form, NOT be in LQT format, avoid forbidden words and be 500 words in length. 
Homework:  Finish rough draft and bring it to next class.  We will type the final copy in class.

AICE General Paper

Classwork:  Journal #19.  Continue reading and note taking for Chapters 6 & 7 of TKM (note the chapter, page and A, B, or C in the margin for each note).
Homework:  finishing classwork.

Journalism I

Classwork:  Daily News Notes #25.  Ask for copy editing sheet #1, complete(using pages 180 & 181 from textbook) and turn in.  Ask for a copy of "Media Watch" to read about ethics in journalism.
Homework:  Read the news.

AICE General Paper

Classwork:  Grammar Overhead #18.    Hand in UpFront dated 11/7/19.  Hot Words List #4, words 9 & 10 - hand in List #4.  Begin formal note taking with today's reading in Chapter 4 of TKM.  Draw a line on your TKM notes, a few lines past the notes you have already taken.  Beginning with Chapter 4, in the margin of your paper, write page ranges of 5 (43-48, 49-54, 55-59, etc.).  For each range, write ONE of the following ways of note taking:
a-a scene that reminds you of something (BRIEFLY, describe the scene and then connect it to what it reminds you of), OR
b-a phrase or line that you admire how she wrote it (quote it and describe SPECIFICALLY what you like about it), OR
c-a significant scene, one that you would star if you wrote in books (BRIEFLY, describe the scene and write why it is significant-in detail). 
Choose a, or b, or c each time you write one note, each five pages.
In the margin of your note paper, write the page number of the novel where you found it and which chapter it is from.
Do this as you read Chapters 4 & 5 for next class.
Homework:  Finish reading and note taking.

Journalism I

Classwork:  Daily News Notes #24.  Ask to make up the Copy Editing Quiz.  We played Truth, Truth, Lie.
Homework:  Read the news.

AICE General Paper

Classwork:  Ask to check out a copy of TKM from me if you do not have your own.  Hot Words List #4, words 7 & 8.  No journal today.  Ask for AICE Paper 2 Practice Test.
Homework:  Bring UpFront (dated 11/7/19) to next class and Hot Words List #4.

Journalism I

Classwork:  Daily News Notes #23.  Read and take notes from Journalism Today textbook pages 9-12 & 22 on Yellow Journalism & pages 34-38 on Ethics.
Homework:  Read the news.

AICE General Paper

Classwork:  No journal.  No Hot Words.  Students received a handout about the AICE exam and the dates were posted on the board.  Read through the end of Chapter 3 of TKM and take notes.
Homework:  UpFront magazine activity.

Journalism I

Classwork:  Daily News Notes #22.  Read pages 179-182 in the Journalism Today textbook.  See board in class and teacher for directions.  Ask as soon as you return, do not wait.
Homework:  Read the news.

AICE General Paper

Classwork:  Journal #16.  Hot Words List #4, words 5 & 6.  Finish reading chapter 1 of TKM novel.  Read "The Raven" by Poe and a timeline of his life.
Homework:  Hot Words & UpFront.

Journalism I

Classwork:  Daily News Notes #21 (one from local paper and one from other US city).  Magazine worksheet (ask for a magazine from me).
Homework:  Read the news.

AICE General Paper

Classwork:  Hot Word List #4, words 3 &4.  Grammar Overhead #16.  New UpFront handed out (dated 10/28/19)- due on 11/7/19.  Feedback on Essay #2.  Begin note taking for TKM and read Chapter One.
Homework:  UpFront & Hot Words.

Journalsim I

Classwork:  Daily News Notes #20.  Finish film.
Homework:  Read the news.

AICE General Paper

Classwork:  Journal #14.  Hot Words Quiz #3.  Hot Words List #4, words 1 & 2.  To Kill a Mockingbird cover analysis.
Homework:  Hot Words.

Wednesday October, 23rd, 2019 Journalism I

Classwork:  Daily News Notes #19.  Continue viewing film
Homework:  Read the news.

AICE General Paper

Classwork:  Find me before next class if you were absent and ask for Hot Words List #3 back.  Hand in UpFront dated 10/7/19.  Hand in Kira Salak answers to questions from Collections.  Grammar Overhead #14.  Jim Crow activity (ask how to make this up).
Homework:  Study Hot Word Lists 1, 2 & 3 for Hot Words Quiz 3, next class.

Journalism I

Classwork:  Students handed in News Article (from fact sheet) #1.  Students handed in magazines from 2019.  Daily News Notes #18.  We began viewing the film "A Cry in the Dark".
Homework:  Wednesday is the last chance to turn in a magazine for reduced credit. Hand it in with your own sticky note on the front with your name and class period or a piece of paper sticking out with name and class period.  After this date, the zero will stay.

AICE General Paper

Classwork:  No journal.  No Hot Words.  Read "The Cruelest Journey" by Kira Salak in Collections textbook pages 421-429.  Write answers only to questions 1-7 on page 430 and answers only to all questions on page 431.
Homework:  Finish the Salak questions due next class.  Make sure the last UpFront assignment is complete and bring to next class.

Journalism I

Classwork:  Journal #17.   Passes were turned in for extra credit.  Magazines were collected.  Students wrote a News Story #1 in class, according to data on information sheet.  At home:  type up article (Times New Roman, 1.5 line spacing, 12 point font-due Monday).
Homework:  Don't forget to bring in a 2019 magazine (remove any personal information like name and address).  Due Monday 10/22/19.

AICE General Paper

Classwork:  Journal #13.  Complete Hot Words 9 & 10 and hand in.  The PSAT testing location list was passed around, check with the Guidance if you were absent to know where to go on Wednesday.  "The Odyssey" Test was given.  Unused passes were handed in.
Homework:  Continue working on UpFront due on 10/22/19.

Journalism I

Classwork:  Daily News Notes #16.  Cut out two NEWS articles THAT HAVE all of the following elements:who, what, where, when, why and how. Get a paper; you do not have to wait to return to class for a newspaper.  Paste the two articles to a paper.  For each article, highlight the six elements and then write the 5Ws & H of each article alongside the article, on the paper.
Homework:  Read the news.  Bring in a magazine to donate to class for activity.

AICE General Paper

Classwork:  Grammar Overhead #12.  Hot Words List #3, words 7 & 8.  Ask to read poem with allusion to "The Odyssey".  Citing evidence exercise for "The Odyssey".
Homework:  Hot Words.  UpFront dated 10/7/19, due on 10/22/19.  Study for "The Odyssey" test next class.  Study only the Collections version online and your notes.  I suggest rereading it.

Journalism I

Classwork:  Daily News Notes #15.  Ask for news elements envelopes, take two from each.  Use the elements to write two, different news leads on a paper (don't use the quotes in the lead); circle the better one.  Using that lead, write a news article following the story grading criterion.  Hand in element papers and article (one copy).
Homework:  Read the news.

AICE General Paper

Classwork:  Journal #11.  Hot Words List #3, words 5 & 6.  Read "The Odyssey" Books XXII & XXIII in Collections.  When you return to class read Book XIV in class from nextext. 
Homework:  Hot Words and UpFront dated 10/7/19.

Journalism I

Classwork:  Daily News Notes #14.  Read and take notes on "What Makes News?" from pages 58-60 & 62-67.  Be able to identify each type of news element in the Wall Street Journal.
Homework:  Read the news.

AICE General Paper

Classwork:  Ask for new UpFront magazine (dated 10/7/19).  Hot Words List #3, words 3 & 4.  There is not a journal entry today.  Ask for your essay #1 back, write a final copy, title it "Final Copy", write a new heading, staple and hand it back.
Homework:  Hot Words & UpFront.

Journalism I

Classwork:  Daily News Notes #13.  Read pages 125-131 in the Journalism Today textbook.  Summary Lead exercise I & II. 
Homework:  Read the news.

AICE General Paper

Classwork:  Hot Words Quiz #2.  Punctuation Formula #3, Hot Words List #3, words 1 & 2.  Grammar Overhead #11.  Students reviewed good essay writing techniques for expository vs. persuasive essays.  Read "The Odyssey" in Collections, Book XXI.
Homework:  Work on Hot Words.

Journalism I

Classwork:  Daily News Notes #12 (two editorials).  Using a newspaper, cut out a news article, paste it to the back of a lined paper.  Read the article.  On the front, write a editorial reacting to the news article.  Follow the directions in your notes and think of the examples used in your last two daily news notes.  The editorial will be hand written, at least half a page, and titled.  At the top of the page write "My Editorial."
Homework:  Read the news.

AICE General Paper

Classwork:  No journal.  Hand in UpFront magazine activity (dated 9/16/19).  Today we read "The Odyssey" Books XIII-XVI (except for Book XVII, we read them in nextext as Collections only offers summaries of all but XVII.  Read from Collections online, including those little summaries of the missing books).  Stop by my classroom for your Hot Words List #2 back (see Homework).
Homework:  Study BOTH Hot Words List #1 & 2 for Hot Words Quiz 2, next class.

Journalism I

Classwork:  Daily News Notes #11.  Using a class copy of the Wall Street Journal, cut out one of each:  an editorial, a letter to the editor and a column.  Paste them to a paper titled "Opinion Page Elements".  Label each type of opinion writing.  Read each article and circle only the opinion words.
Homework;  Read the news.

AICE General Paper

Classwork:  See Hot Words List #2, words 9 & 10 on board.  Complete and turn in, in class.  Grammar Overhead #9.  Ask to see your essay #1 back.  Read books XII of "The Odyssey."
Homework:  Bring completed UpFront activity to next class to hand in.

Journalism I

Classwork:  Daily News Notes #10.  Students handed in Press Conference Article #1.  Read and take notes on Editorial/Opinion Pages:  Journalism Today textbook pages 302-327. 
Homework:  Read the news.

Journalism I (Thursday, 9/19/19)

Classwork:  Daily News Notes #9.  Using your ten press conference questions, interview teacher and take notes.  Hand write a rough draft article.  Type final copy of article, at least 1/2 page typed with headline (Times New Roman, 1.5 line spacing, 12 point font).
Homework:  Type article and bring to next class (due 9/23/19).

AICE General Paper

Classwork:  Immediately make up Hot Words List #2, words 7 & 8.  Ask for Journal #8 topic.  Ask for you graded Cinquain poem back.  Make up Parts of Speech quiz.  Read books X & XI of "The Odyssey." (read it in Collections  on line and when you get back to class, skim through the nextext version for more details.)
Homework:  Hot words.  UpFront (dated 9/16/19) due next week.

AICE General Paper

Classwork:  Hot Words List #2, words 5 & 6.  Ask for Grammar Overhead #7.  Ask for Parts of Speech notes & poster back.  Read book IX of "The Odyssey" using the  online Collections text (it is now working.  If you can't find it, look on-line for a pdf version of the text).
Homework:  Hot Words, UpFront (due 9/26) & study for a Parts of Speech quiz (4th hour:  stop by on a B-day if you are absent to get your notes to prepare for the quiz).

Journalism I

Classwork:  Daily News Notes #8.  Students shared group articles. Graded articles were handed back to review, ask to see your group's article.
Write ten questions as preparation for a mock press conference next class where a person who has created a new type of beauty product will premier it at New York Fashion Week.  Your newspaper has sent you to write an article about the product.
Homework:  Read the news from multiple sources.

AICE General Paper

Classwork:  Ask for Journal #6 to make up.  Hot Words List #2, words 3 & 4.  UpFront handed back and new UpFront (dated 9/16/19) handed out:  A-day due on 9/26/19 & B-day due on 9/27/19.  Read nextext version of "The Odyssey" Books III-VIII.
Homework:  Hot Words & UpFront.

Journalism I

Classwork:  Daily News Notes #7.  Students finished writing group article by turning in rough draft and final copy today.
Homework:  Read the news.

AICE General Paper

Classwork:  Grammar Overhead #5.  Ask to make up Hot Words Quiz #1.  Ask to borrow someone's class notes for "The Odyssey" from today.  Read Book I of "The Odyssey" in Collections and Book II in nextext upon return to class.
Homework:  Relax.

Journalism I

Classwork:  Daily News Notes #6.  Add Story Grading Criteria #7-12 to your list (see board).  Students were placed in groups, provided story elements and worked together to create one article.  Ask for your group.
Homework:  Read the news.

AICE General Paper

Classwork:  Grammar Overhead #4.  Ask to make up Figurative Language Terms Quiz.  Read pages 3-15 in nextext version of "The Odyssey."  Using the Collections textbook (which is now available on-line), take notes on pages 365-369 for "The Odyssey."
Homework:  Study for Hot Words Quiz #1 next class.

Journalism I

Classwork:  Daily News Notes #5.  Ask for Fact vs. Opinion sheet #2 to complete and turn in during class.  Copy Story Grading Criteria 1-6 from board.  Ask for an element sheet:  fill in a made up story element for each category, cut into strips and hand in.
Homework:  Read the news.

AICE General Paper 4th hour

Classwork:  Ask for Journal #3 and make it up.Ask for parts of speech notes back.  Ask for poster directions and assigned part of speech; use notes to create poster, turn it in.
Homework:  Study for Figurative Language Terms quiz on 9/10/19 (know how to spell the terms and know the definitions).  Study for Hot Words Quiz #1(9/12/19), you should have your list back and graded.

AICE General Paper (3rd hour)

Classwork:  Ask for Journal #3 and make it up.Ask for parts of speech notes back.  Ask for poster directions and assigned part of speech; use notes to create poster, turn it in.
Homework:  Study for Figurative Language Terms quiz on 9/10/19 (know how to spell the terms and know the definitions).  Study for Hot Words Quiz #1(9/12/19), you should have your list back and graded.

Journalism I

Classwork:  Daily News Notes #4.  Journalism Today textbook pages 196 & 197, read.  Copy example sentences from board for proper quoting format.  Ask for Fact vs. Opinion Sheet #1.
Homework:  Read the news.

AICE General Paper ****4th hour**** (Thursday, 9/4/19)

We did not meet due to evacuation of building for all of class period.  Be here on 9/6/19 to get caught up.  Bring your UpFronts to hand in and make sure to get your Hot Words List #1 back. 
Homework:  Study for Figurative Language Terms quiz on 9/10/19 (know the definitions and how to spell the terms- you will supply the terms on the quiz).  Study for Hot Words Quiz #1 on 9/12/19.

AICE General Paper ****3rd hour**** (Thursday, 9/4/19)

Classwork:  Hand in UpFront due on 9/4/19.  Ask for Hot Words List #1 back.  Ask for Journal topic #2.  Using the Writer's Inc. book on the shelves at the front of class, take notes on the eight parts of speech (pages 501-517).  Hand in Parts of Speech Notes.
Homework:  Study for Figurative Language Terms quiz on 9/10/19 (know the definitions and how to spell the terms- you will supply the terms on the quiz).  Study for Hot Words Quiz #1 on 9/12/19. 

Journalism I

Classwork:  Daily News Notes #3 (ask how to make this up).  Cut out three NEWS articles from a newspaper.  Apply questions 1-8 from Attribution Exercise handout (you already have this paper with you).  Paste each complete (no "continued on page A7" or "continued from page A1" unless you cut out all parts of that article) article to lined paper, number 1-8 and write out answers only (does not need to be complete sentences).  Do this for all three and then write out answer to question #9, one time.  Hand it in.
Homework:  Finish Attribution Exercise.

AICE General Paper

Classwork:  Hot Words List #1, words 9 & 10 (do this as soon as you enter class- see the board).  Hand in hot words.  Ask for topic for Journal #1, take journal from bin, complete it and put it back in the bin.  Ask for your Figurative Language Terms back.  Ask for handouts on structured poems and cinquains.  Complete the two poems on the cinquain handout, put a proper heading on it, circle the poem that is better, in your opinion, and hand it in.
Homework:  Finish UpFront activity and hand in by 9/4/19 or next class if we do not meet that day.
BE SAFE. 

AICE General Paper

Classwork:  Hot Words List #1, words 7 & 8 (bring them in completed).  Ask for the poems were read and discussed this class and be able to apply Figurative Language terms to them.  Make sure we have put your square on the class poster.
Homework:  Hot Words and keep working on UpFront activity.

P.S.  The online textbook is now working:   go to clever.com, log in, on the first page under Request Center, click on Online Textbooks app/icon, click on "secondary learning", click on 9th grade Collections.

Journalism I

Classwork:  Daily News Notes #2:  first day on computers using the Sun-Sentinel subscription (ask) and Wall Street Journal newspaper (paper).  Ask how to make this up.  Ask for an attribution exercise sheet.
Homework:  Read the news.

AICE General Paper

Classwork:  Hot Words List #1, words 5 & 6 (still using Punctuation Formula #1).  Ask to make up Essay #1.
Homework:  Work on Hot Words and UpFront assignment.

Journalism I

Classwork:  Ask for directions for Daily News Notes and for a copy of The Wall Street Journal for 8/23/19, make it up in your journal that stays in class.  Ask for a Leonard Pitts column on plagiarism; read it and be able to answer questions, but nothing to turn in for it.
Homework:  Read the news.

AICE General Paper (Thursday, 8/22/19)

Classwork:  There were no new Hot Words today.  Ask for an FSA writing rubric.  Ask for a direction sheet for UpFront magazine and the magazine dated 9/2/19.  The UpFront assignment is due on 9/4/19.  We continued sharing "We Fit" projects.  Look up on-line, the poems "The Tyger" and "The Lamb" by William Blake.  Be able to find the Figurative Language terms to the poems.  (We finished note taking on those terms in class as the online textbook is not available.
Homework:  UpFront magazine activity.

Journalism I

Classwork:  Students were paired and presented projects.  Ask to present yours so you are not missing that 20% of your grade.  Read and take notes on quoting vs. paraphrasing from pages 186-194 of the Journalism Today textbook; especially be aware of the vocabulary at the top of p.187.
Homework:  Read the news.

AICE General Paper

A-day Students:  I assigned work in our 9th grade Collections textbook.  At the moment, the online book is unavailable.  I am working with someone in charge of access to the ebook.  Please check back here throughout the day as we work to resolve the issue.  Thank you.  Ms. Manella (don't stress).
Update:  go to clever.com, log in, on the first page under Request Center, click on Online Textbooks app/icon, under "secondary" click on the box with the words "Writing/Literacy", select 9th grade and click on link to My HRW.
2nd Update:  It still seems to not be working.  Bring what you have from last class. We will figure it out.

AICE General Paper

Classwork:  Hand in "We Fit" project.  Hot Words List 1, using only Punctuation Formula #1, words 3 & 4 (see definitions on board).  Using My HRW on-line, find the 9th grade Collections textbook for this course.  Using the reference pages at the back (p.R57-R75) write the following terms and their definitions from the book on a paper with a proper heading, title it "Figurative Language Terms" and hand it in at the start of next class:  tone, mood, metaphor, simile, alliteration, allusion, personification, hyperbole, imagery, onomatopoeia, rhyme, repetition.  We also discussed quotations about poetry.
Homework:  Hot Words and finish taking notes on Figurative Language Terms.
Update:  go to clever.com, log in, on the first page under Request Center, click on Online Textbooks app/icon, under "secondary" click on the box with the words "Writing/Literacy", select 9th grade and click on link to My HRW
2nd Update:  It still seems to not be working.  Bring what you have from last class. We will figure it out.

Journalism I

Classwork:  Hand in syllabus acknowledgement form.  Students colored in "We Fit" template, glued photo on template, wrote final draft and handed it all in.
Homework:  Read the news.

AICE General Paper

Classwork:  Hand in syllabus acknowledgement form.  Using rough draft of "We Fit" writing, write second draft, using more detail (or cutting back if you wrote a great deal).  Ask for bathroom passes.  Ask for punctuation formula handout.  Copy and complete Hot Words List #1 words 1 & 2 (see front board) and ask for directions.
Homework:  Finish "We Fit" project:  lightly shade in template with colored pencils (some type of design), paste photo in bottom right corner (2" x 2", from 2019, only you), write final copy on template and staple it on top of other drafts.  Due on Tuesday at the start of class.

Journalism I

Classwork:  Syllabus handed out.  Reviewed emergency procedures.  Ask for "We Fit" autobiographical writing.  Wrote first draft.
 Bring back Syllabus Acknowledgement Form, signed.  Bring in "We Fit" BLANK template and first draft on lined paper (3rd person sentence & 3, 1st person topic paragraphs about 3 separate interests of yours).  Bring in colored pencils and 2" x 2" photo of just yourself, from 2019.

AICE Gen Paper

Classwork:  Syllabus handed out.  Reviewed emergency procedures.  Ask for "We Fit" autobiographical writing.  Wrote first draft.
Homework:  Bring back Syllabus Acknowledgement Form, signed.  Bring in "We Fit" BLANK template and first draft on lined paper (3rd person sentence & 3, 1st person topic paragraphs about 3 separate interests of yours).