Tuesday 3/30/10:  Speeches wrapped up today.  We reviewed the Interjections, Conjunctions and Prepositions Packet.  FINAL Exams were taken.

Monday 3/29/10:  Hand in your Int., Conj. & Prep Packet.  Speeches continued today.  A few of you emailed me today for these.  They've been on the website the whole time.  You just had to look: Notes on Fallacies.

Friday 3/26/10:  We took notes on Prepositions, Conjunctions, and Interjections. Speeches continued today.  Work on your Int., Conj. & Prep packet, which is due on Monday.

Thursday 3/25/10:  Adjective/Adverb quiz. Speeches continue today.  Work on your Int., Conj. & Prep packet.

Wednesday 3/24/10:  We will go over the Adjective/Adverb Packet for the quiz tomorrow. The IS Final Draft is due in class TODAY! Hand in your IS Final Draft with a complete Works Cited page, page one from the originality report with the word count and similarity circled, both rough drafts and the final grading rubric (from your packet).  Be ready for speeches all week and an Adjverb/Adjective Quiz tomorrow.

Tuesday 3/23/10:  Cyrano Study Guide and Vocabulary are due today before the test. The IS Final Draft is due in class tomorrow.  YOU MUST SUBMIT YOUR FINAL PAPER to www.turnitin.com tonight, so you have an originality report ready by tomorrow. Hand in your IS Final Draft with a complete Works Cited page, page one from the originality report with the word count and similarity circled, both rough drafts and the final grading rubric (from your packet).  Be ready for speeches tomorrow.

Monday 3/22/10:  Adjective/Adverb Packets are due today.  Cyrano Study Guide and Vocabulary are due tomorrow before the test.  YOU MUST SUBMIT YOUR FINAL IS PAPER to www.turnitin.com on Tuesday night, so you have an originality report ready on Wednesday.  The IS Final Draft is due in class on Wednesday.  You must hand in your final draft with a complete Works Cited page, page one of one of the originality report with the word count and similarity circled, both rough drafts and the final grading rubric.

Friday 3/19/10:  IS Project Final Speech Outline and ALL VISUAL AIDS are due today.  You can email them to me, carry them in on a CD or flash drive or use Google Docs and invite me: missboeser@gmail.com to share your presentation.  I must get your visual aids TODAY or you will not be allowed to use them for your speech next week.  Speeches start on Monday.  We continued to read and watch Cyrano in class.  Please note that the Adjective/Adverb Packet is due on Monday, and your Cyrano Study Guide is due Tuesday before the test.

Thursday 3/18/10:  We continued to read and watch Cyrano in class.  IS Project Final Speech Outline and ALL VISUAL AIDS are due tomorrow.  You can email them to me, carry them in on a CD or flash drive or use Google Docs and invite me: missboeser@gmail.com to share your presentation.  I must get your visual aids tomorrow or you will not be allowed to use them for your speech next week.  Speeches start on Monday.  Please note that the Adjective/Adverb Packet is due on Monday, and your Cyrano Study Guide is due Tuesday before the test.

Wednesday 3/17/10:  The IS Rough Draft is due today with your attached peer graded paper and rubric from last Friday, so I can see the changes that you've made.  We continued to read and watch Cyrano in class.  IS Project Final Speech Outline and ALL VISUAL AIDS are due on Friday.  You can email them to me, carry them in on a CD or flash drive or use Google Docs and invite me: missboeser@gmail.com to share your presentation.  Please note that the Adjective/Adverb Packet is due on Monday, and your Cyrano Study Guide is due Tuesday before the test.

Tuesday 3/16/10:  Today we looked at Adverb Notes and continued to read Cyrano. The IS Rough Draft Paper is due tomorrow.  Please make sure you attach the peer graded paper and rubric to your new rough draft, so I can see the changes that you've made.

Monday 3/15/10: Your Caricature Assignment is due today.   Today we looked at Adjectives and continued to read Cyrano. The IS Rough Draft Paper is due Wednesday.  Please make sure you attach the peer graded paper and rubric to your new rough draft, so I can see the changes that you've made.

Friday 3/12/10: The IS Rough Draft Paper is due today for Peer Grading.  Please take time to read another person's draft, write your name on the attached rubric, and give the person helpful feedback on their paper.  This Peer Edit draft must be returned with the rough draft you hand in next Wednesday.  Monday you'll have to turn in a short Caricature Assignment. Please make sure you put your Cyrano Vocabulary in your own handwriting and attach it to your Study Guide for 3/23/10.

Thursday 3/11/10: The IS Tentative Speech Outline is due today. We continued with Cyrano de Bergerac and took the Verb Quiz.   Visit the OWL at Purdue and download the PDF of an undergraduate paper to see how your Rough Draft should look for tomorrow.)  Monday you'll have to turn in a short Caricature Assignment. Please make sure you put your Cyrano Vocabulary in your own handwriting and attach it to your Study Guide for 3/22/10.

Wednesday 3/10/10: Today we continued on with Cyrano de Bergerac and reviewed the Verb Packet II for your Verb Quiz tomorrow.  You will need to make your Tentative Speech Outline for tomorrow and have your rough draft done by Friday.  Visit the OWL at Purdue and download the PDF of an undergraduate paper to see how your paper should look.)  Monday you'll have to turn in a short Caricature Assignment. Please make sure you put your Cyrano Vocabulary in your own handwriting and attach it to your Study Guide for 3/22/10.

Tuesday 3/9/10: Your complete Works Cited is due today (make sure you have at least six different sources and at least four of the are different kinds of sources: Books, scholarly journals, pamphlets, magazine articles, newspaper articles, TV programs, radio programs, films, interviews, lectures, email, etc.).  You will need to make your Tentative Speech Outline for Thursday and have your rough draft done by Friday. Monday you'll have to turn in a short Caricature Assignment. 

Monday 3/8/10: Due today: Verb Packet II and a revised copy of the Five Paragraph Essay you turned in earlier this term.  Your revised and complete Works Cited is due on tomorrow (make sure you have at least six different sources and at least four of the are different kinds of sources: Books, scholarly journals, pamphlets, magazine articles, newspaper articles, TV programs, radio programs, films, interviews, lectures, email, etc.).  You will need to make your Tentative Speech Outline for Thursday and have your rough draft done by Friday.

Friday 3/5/10:  Night test  and study guide due today.  The Verb Packet II is due on Monday, as is a revised copy of the Five Paragraph Essay you turned in earlier this term.  Your revised and complete Works Cited is due on Tuesday (make sure you have at least six different sources and at least four of the are different kinds of sources: Books, scholarly journals, pamphlets, magazine articles, newspaper articles, TV programs, radio programs, films, interviews, lectures, email, etc.).  You will need to make your speech outline and have your rough draft done by Friday.

Thursday 3/4/10:  Conferences Tonight 3-6:30 p.m. Due today: IS Third Note Check (with earlier copies attached) and midterm signatures.  Today we will continue Elie Wiesel: First Person Singular.  Night test tomorrow, which means your study guide is due tomorrow.  The Verb Packet II is due on Monday, as is a revised copy of the Five Paragraph Essay you turned in earlier this term.

Wednesday 3/3/10:  Today we will continue to look at controversial issues, including The Story of Stuff and Elie Wiesel: First Person Singular. You'll turn in your third note check tomorrow and your midterm parent signatures.  Continue reading the "Connections" at the end of Night for Friday.  Your study guide and test for Night are due Friday.  The Verb Packet II is due on Monday.

Tuesday 3/2/10:  The Tentative Works Cited is due today.  For your final draft, remember that you need at least six sources, and four of those should be different kinds of sources. You'll turn in your third note check on Thursday.  Continue reading the "Connections" at the end of Night for Friday.  Your study guide and test for Night are due Friday.  The Verb Packet II is due on Monday.

Monday 3/1/10:  The Verb Packet I is due today.  For tomorrow, you'll need to format your sources as a sample Works Cited page.  Begin compiling your sources from your notes.  Remember that you need at least six sources, and four of those should be different kinds of sources. Continue reading the "Connections" at the end of Night for next week. 

Friday 2/26/10:  Today we took the Essential Standard test.  Continue reading the "Connections" at the end of Night for next week.  Work on your Verb Packet, which is due on Monday.  Next week, you'll need to format your sources as a sample Works Cited page.  Begin compiling your sources from your notes.  Remember that you need at least six sources, and four of those should be different kinds of sources.

Thursday 2/25/10:  IS Second Note Check is due today.  Please staple your new notes on top of the ones I already looked at and handed back to you.  We completed another sample cell phone article to prepare for the Essential Standard test tomorrow.  We continued reading Elie Weisel's Night in class.  Begin reading the "Connections" at the end of Night for next week.  Work on your Verb Packet, which is due on Monday.  Next week, you'll need to format your sources as a sample Works Cited page.  Begin compiling your sources from your notes.  Remember that you need at least six sources, and four of those should be different kinds of sources.

Wednesday 2/24/10:  We read another cell phone article to prepare for the Essential Standard test on Friday. We continued reading Elie Weisel's Night in class.  Remember that you must hand in another 10 notes on your IS Second Note Check tomorrow.  Please staple your new notes on top of the ones I already looked at and handed back to you.

Tuesday 2/23/10:  The Revised Thesis is due today.  We took some notes on Verbs, and you got a new packet to complete.  We completed one chart for the cell phone articles to prepare for the Essential Standard test on Friday. We continued reading Elie Weisel's Night in class. 

Monday 2/22/10:  Pronoun quiz today at the beginning of class.  We looked over the example of the Revised Thesis in your packets today--please refer to page 10 f the packet if you'd like to see an example.   We read one cell phone article to prepare for the Essential Standard test on Friday. We continued reading Elie Weisel's Night in class. 

Friday 2/19/10:  We continued reading Elie Weisel's Night in class.  We also continued taking Notes on Fallacies for the English 10 Essential Standard and reviewed the Pronoun Packet so you can study for your quiz on Monday.

Thursday 2/18/10:  The Pronoun Packet and IS First Note Check are due today. We continued reading Elie Weisel's Night in class.  We also continued taking Notes on Fallacies for the English 10 Essential Standard.

Wednesday 2/17/10: We continued reading Elie Weisel's Night in class.  We began taking Notes on Fallacies for the English 10 Essential Standard.  The Pronoun Packet and IS First Note Check are due tomorrow.   Download a sample to see you need TEN different pieces of information with MLA-formatted citations.

Tuesday 2/16/10: Due today -IS Rough Thesis (your claim and at least three--but more if you can think of them--facts that support your claim).  Click here for a sample rough thesis.   We continued reading Elie Weisel's Night in class.  The Pronoun Packet and IS First Note Check are due on Thursday 2/8/2010.

Friday 2/12/10: Due today - questions p. 415 #1-4 and bring your completed IS Five Websites.  Today we took notes on Pronouns and began reading Elie Weisel's Night.  You have Monday off, so remember that you will need to turn in your IS Rough Thesis (your claim and at least three--but more if you can think of them--facts that support your claim) on Tuesday 2/16/10.  Click here for a sample rough thesis.

Thursday 2/11/10: Due today - questions 465 #1-5.  We pre-read p. 409, “No News from Auschwitz” pages 409-413 and “The Butterfly” p. 414. For tomorrow - answer questions on p. 415 #1-4 and bring your completed IS Five Websites.  You have Monday off, so remember that you will need to turn in your IS Rough Thesis (your claim and at least three--but more if you can think of them--facts that support your claim) on Tuesday 2/16/10.  Click here for a sample rough thesis. Read Night if you want to get ahead, but we'll read it in class all next week.

Wednesday 2/10/10: Due today - questions p 486, #1-5 and your 5-paragraph essay.  We took the noun quiz today.  We also read EOL pages 455-466.  For tomorrow please answer questions 465 #1-5 and work on your IS Five Websites due on Friday.

Tuesday 2/9/10: Due today - questions 476 #1-5 for Monday and the IS Questionnaire of Intent.  Remember to print your five-paragraph essay and staple it on top of your www.turnitin.com Originality Report by tomorrow.  We read EOL pages 480-485.  For tomorrow please answer questions p 486 #1-5.  We went over the Noun Packet.  Remember to study nouns.  We have a quiz tomorrow.

Monday 2/8/10: Due today - questions p 430 4-8  for Monday and completed Noun Packets.  We signed up today for www.turnitin.com so you can submit your five-paragraph essay.  Print only Page 1 of 1 of your originality report and staple this to the back of your MLA-formatted five-paragraph essay.  This is due Wednesday at the latest.  For tomorrow please turn in your IS Questionnaire of Intent and questions p 476 #1-5.  Remember to study nouns.  We have a quiz on Wednesday.

Friday 2/5/10: Due today - parent signatures and questions on p. p. 443 #1-4.  We took time to look over the Noun Packet for questions and read “Into Thin Air” pages 418-429.  Please answer EOL questions p 430 4-8 for Monday and bring in your completed Noun Packets.  You must type a five-paragraph essay (and have an electronic copy) by Monday.  This is your prompt: Think about where people live. People live in small towns, large towns or even big cities. Some people live on farms or in houses in the country. Think about where it is best to live and why. It could be where you live now or a place that you have visited. Choose the one place where you would like to live and explain the reasons to persuade people that it is the best place to live. (Essay prompt from: http://www.gower.k12.il.us/Staff/WRITEON/7b_persu.htm.)

Thursday 2/4/10: Due today the IS Possible Topics survey and questions on p. 406 #1-5.  We took time to review the grammar pretest and read “A Presentation of Whales” pages 433-442.  Please answer EOL questions from “A Presentation of Whales” p. 443 #1-4 for tomorrow.  Parent letters must be singed by tomorrow.   You must type a five-paragraph essay (and have an electronic copy) by Monday.  This is your prompt: Choose the one place where you would like to live and explain the reasons to persuade people that it is the best place to live.

Wednesday 2/3/10: We took time to discuss EOL "The Research Paper" p. 448-454 and read “R.M.S. Titanic” p. 390-405 as a class.  Answer questions on p. 406 #1-5 for tomorrow.  Your Possible Topics Survey is due tomorrow.  Parent letters must be singed by Friday.   You must type a five-paragraph essay (and have an electronic copy) by next Monday.  This is your prompt:  Choose the one place where you would like to live and explain the reasons to persuade people that it is the best place to live.

Tuesday 2/2/10: Bring your text books! The Grammar Pretest is due today.  The class watched and took notes on Nouns.  We took time to discuss Writer’s Inc. p. 115-122.  We continued to discuss controversial issues for your IS Project.  Your Possible Topics Survey is due on Thursday.  Parent letters must be singed by Friday.   You must type your five-paragraph essay (and have an electronic copy) by next Monday. This is your prompt: Choose the one place where you would like to live and explain the reasons to persuade people that it is the best place to live. 

Monday 2/1/10: Bring in your Grammar Pretest tomorrow.  Please remember to get your parent letters signed.  Start thinking about controversial issues for your IS Project.   You must write a five-paragraph essay by next Monday.  This is your prompt: Choose the one place where you would like to live and explain the reasons to persuade people that it is the best place to live.