January 29, 2013Welcome to second semester! Please

check the seating chart on the front desk for new seats!

Returning Students

Clean out ISNs…Only keep:• Persuasive Writing papers• DOL quizzes• Essays• Wednesday journals• Anything else you want

All studentsWill need a 1-2” binder for this semester by Monday, Feb 4th.

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NameClass

SemesterPeriod

Teacher Name

Title page Due

Monday

#rpoe #26acts for FebWinter Formal This Saturday

January 30, 2013Please continue to sit in your assigned

seats!

Teal T-shirts Friday!Friday is our school Unity t-shirt day: for the AR vs. AHS game.

All studentsWill need a 1-2” binder for this semester by Monday, Feb 4th.

www.tagxedo.com

NameClass

SemesterPeriod

Teacher Name

Title page Due

Monday

#rpoe #26acts for Feb

Winter Formal This SaturdayTickets are $8. Get a bunch a friends together and go as a group!

You can find the link on my website

New Newspapers on Front desk!!

February 4, 2013 Next Vocabulary Quiz February 15!

VocabularyNouns

1. Aggrandizement: increase in power advancement

2. Hamlet: small village, cluster of houses3. Trepidation: a trembling, agitation, fear4. Euphemism: he use of a “nice” word or

phrase instead of an offensive oneVerbs

5. to hamper: to get in the way of6. to relegate: to put away or aside7. to emanate: to flow out

Adjectives8. Truculent: savage, cruel, defiant9. Sinuous: winding, bending in and out10. Nostalgic: homesickness, longing for

the past

Beyond HS night Feb 7th

#rpoe #28acts for Feb

For Friday: have your binder and at least two dividers

please

Because of today’s registration information, keep your persuasive letters until tomorrow. We’ll edit them in class, and turn in a final copy Wednesday.

February 5, 2013Next Vocabulary Quiz

February 15!Vocabulary

Nouns1. Aggrandizement: increase in power

advancement2. Hamlet: small village, cluster of houses3. Trepidation: a trembling, agitation, fear4. Euphemism: he use of a “nice” word or

phrase instead of an offensive oneVerbs

5. to hamper: to get in the way of6. to relegate: to put away or aside7. to emanate: to flow out

Adjectives8. Truculent: savage, cruel, defiant9. Sinuous: winding, bending in and out10. Nostalgic: homesickness, longing for the

past

#rpoe #28acts for Feb campaign for change

For Friday: have your binder and at least two dividers please

beyond HS night Feb 7th

February 8, 2013

1. Title page –on cover*2. Transparency3. Goal sheet4. Meyers briggs personality test (pink)5. Divider (“all work”)

• Social issues: yes/no• (Teal) checklist for persuasive writing• (pink) persuasive techniques• (Red) persuasive writing brainstorm• Persuasive letter rough draft• Persuasive letter edit• Vocab list from Feb 4th (globe stamp)• (Lavender) journal for Feb 6• (blue) Satire as a subject in AP writing• Modest proposal• David sedaris

6. Divider (“graded”)• This is where you’ll put graded work from

this semester only7. Divider (“old stuff”)

• Anything from last semester –don’t mix it.

#rpoe #28acts for Feb campaign for change

Vocabulary Quiz Next Friday

We will talk about the work you did

Wednesday and Thursday. Hold on.

February 11, 2013 #rpoe #28acts for Feb campaign for change

Vocabulary Quiz This Friday

Nouns1. Figment: something imagined, an invention in your mind2. Invocation: prayer3. Obsequies: funeral rites4. Alabaster: white, translucent, hard substance

Verbs5. to extol: to glorify, to praise highly6. to precipitate: to cause, to happen before expected7. to carp: to nag in a nitpicky way

Adjectives8. Extrinsic: external, outward, not inherent9. Culpable: blameworthy, deserving of blame10.Inextricable: not solvable, incapable of being disentangled

Consider adding these words to the back of last Monday’s list…

February 11, 2013

1. Title page –on cover*2. Transparency3. Goal sheet4. Appointment clock (orange)5. (pink) Meyers briggs personality test6. Divider (“all work”)

• Social issues: yes/no• (Teal) checklist for persuasive writing• (pink) persuasive techniques• (Red) persuasive writing brainstorm• Persuasive letter rough draft• (yellow?) Persuasive letter edit• Vocab list from Feb 4th (globe stamp)

• Vocab list from Feb 11th (heart stamp)• (Lavender) journal for Feb 6• (blue) Satire as a subject in AP writing• Modest proposal• David sedaris

7. Divider (“graded”)• This is where you’ll put graded work from this

semester only8. Divider (“old stuff”)

• Anything from last semester –don’t mix it with stuff from S2 please

#rpoe #28acts campaign for change

ISN sequence

Satire: the literary tone used to ridicule or make fun of human vice or weakness, often with the intent of correcting, or changing, the subject of the satiric attack.

  Allegory: a story in which people, things, and actions represent an idea or generalization about life –allegories often have a strong moral lesson.

 Think about an issue that you feel is ridiculous. It may be something about your school, community, generation, world, etc. Brainstorm all aspects of the situation/problem: who, what, where, when, why, how. Be specific.

Also list pop culture phenomenon for today. What’s popular? What are people talking out?

February 12, 2013 #rpoe #28acts for Feb campaign for change

Vocabulary Quiz This Friday

Daily Oral Language: copy and correct1.there are less students in this here spanish

class then last year ms gonzales noted2.we read the lengthy poem paradise lost it was

written in the seventeenth Century by john milton

*New, clean sheet of notebook paper.

Use diff color to make corrections.

Senior Servants for sale during your lunch!•Bidding starts at $5 and then goes up $.50-$1 from there (go in w/friends)•Guaranteed valentine•Have them drive you to school, clear your hallway route, bring you lunch…

February 12, 2013

1. Title page –on cover*2. Transparency3. Goal sheet4. Appointment clock (orange)5. (pink) Meyers briggs personality test6. Outside Reading (lavender)7. Divider (“all work”)

• Social issues: yes/no• (Teal) checklist for persuasive writing• (pink) persuasive techniques• (Red) persuasive writing brainstorm• Persuasive letter rough draft• (yellow?) Persuasive letter edit• Vocab list from Feb 4th (globe stamp)

• Vocab list from Feb 11th (heart stamp)• (Lavender) journal for Feb 6• (blue) Satire as a subject in AP writing• Modest proposal• David sedaris

8. Divider (“graded”)• This is where you’ll put graded work from this

semester only9. Divider (“old stuff”)

• Anything from last semester

#rpoe #28acts campaign for change

ISN sequence

Satire: the literary tone used to ridicule or make fun of human vice or weakness, often with the intent of correcting, or changing, the subject of the satiric attack.

  Allegory: a story in which people, things, and actions represent an idea or generalization about life –allegories often have a strong moral lesson.

 

Think about an issue that you feel is ridiculous. It may be something about your school, community, generation, world, etc. Brainstorm all aspects of the situation/problem: who, what, where, when, why, how. Be specific.

Also list pop culture phenomenon for today. What’s popular? What are people talking out?

February 14, 2013 #rpoe #28acts for Feb campaign for change

Vocabulary Quiz

tomorrow

Daily Oral Language: copy and correct1.remember neither sue or him have the time to

process that order they need to lie it aside for now2.a vacation in brazil would provide many new

experiences a visit to brasilia the capital a trip on the amazon river and you could tour rio de Janeiro

*continue your DOL under Tuesday’s

sentences.

Outside reading registration due ASAP.

Satire assignments due Tuesday, February 26th

February 25, 2013

Next Vocabulary Quiz March 8!

Nouns1. chicanery—trickery, sharp deception2. fiasco—total or ridiculous failure3. mummery—ridiculous, hypocritical ceremonies4. advisement—careful considerationVerbs5. to capitulate—to surrender on certain terms6. to coerce—to force (someone or something)7. to alienate—to set apart by ill willAdjectives8. mordant—sarcastic, biting, caustic9. inexorable—relentless, not moved by pleas10. seraphic—angelic, heavenly

Honors additional vocabulary. Yes, write them down.

ALLUSION reference to someone or something that is known from history, literature, religion, politics, sports, science, or another branch of culture. An indirect reference to something (usually from literature, etc.).

ANALOGY Comparison made between two things to show how they are alike

ANECDOTE brief story, told to illustrate a point or serve as an example of something, often shows character of an individual

February 25, 20131. Title page –on cover*2. Transparency3. Goal sheet4. Appointment clock (orange)5. (pink) Meyers briggs personality test6. Outside Reading (lavender)7. Divider (“all work”)

• Social issues: yes/no• (Teal) checklist for persuasive writing• (pink) persuasive techniques• (Red) persuasive writing brainstorm• Persuasive letter rough draft• (yellow?) Persuasive letter edit• Vocab list from Feb 4th (globe stamp)

• Vocab list from Feb 11th (heart stamp)• (Lavender) journal for Feb 6• Notebook paper with DOL sentneces• (blue) Satire as a subject in AP writing• Modest proposal• David sedaris• Satire Assignment

8. Divider (“graded”)• Graded Persuasive Letter

9. Divider (“old stuff”)• Anything from last semester

#rpoe #28acts campaign for change

Please take a minute to check your ISN sequence

Remember to get your outside reading registration signed and checked off.

This Friday’s quiz: in-class write

New HSPE Dates:March 12-14Test from 8:05-10:30Bring *book

February 26, 2013 #rpoe #28acts for Feb campaign for change

Daily Oral Language: copy and correct1.George Orwells novel animal farm is the story

of animals these animals behave much like human beings the behaviors are frightening

2.only one tank of gas was used on this here trip however we used 2 quarts of oil said Arnie

Write dol under vocabulary. (same stamps stay together)

Show me your Outside reading registration asap please.

Tkam chapters 1-2 by tomorrow. Poor

grammar can make you look foolish

Change please

February 27, 2013 #rpoe #28acts for Feb campaign for change

Get an ABC journal off the front desk, complete it and file in your ISN.

Show me your Outside reading registration asap please.

Tkam chapters 3-4 by Friday.

HSPE: March 12-14th

Two days of writingOne day of reading

Eight school days until test