MS English 2011-2012: December 2011

Friday, December 16, 2011

HW for Friday, 12/16

Work on your IRP! It's due Wednesday -- that's the last day of the session, so no late IRPs will be accepted. See detailed instructions below:
Don't forget the gallery card (here's a link to a sample gallery card

Creative Project:
Come up with some way to visually present your book. This will not be presented orally. You will post this in the classroom gallery‐style. Your creative project should include a gallery card –with one typed paragraph that briefly summarizes your book and a second paragraph that gives your project a creative title and explains your projects’ significance to the book. Your gallery card should also include any necessary instructions for the viewer on how to interact with your work.
Some ideas . .
• a diorama of a particular scene
• if there’s a movie version of your book, choose a short scene to que up; you should also print the exerpt from the book and your gallery card should explain how the two scenes (movie and book) are similar and/or different
• create a website about your book that students can go through on their own
• a power point presentation that students can go through on their own
• a board game that two students could play on their own—directions should be simple and printed out
• if food is important in your book, cook something that’s mentioned and bring that in for everyone to try—make sure it is clear why this is relevant to the content of your book
• draw portraits of the main characters or draw important scenes from the book

These projects should be neat and well‐put together, not something you work on the night before it’s due!

Thursday, December 15, 2011

HW for Thursday, 12/15

Come to class tomorrow prepared to share your plans for your IRP, and complete any make-up work on your AA form.

Daily Warm Up for Thursday, 12/15

Try these quizzes on subject/verb agreement:
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/sv_agr_quiz.htm
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/svagr2.htm
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/svagr3.html

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

HW for Wednesday, 12/14

Complete the Subject-Verb Agreement Exercise 2 worksheet

AND

Work on your IRP! It's due next Tuesday!

Daily Warm Up for Wednesday, 12/14

Try this verb game:
http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/games/viper/viper.html

Monday, December 12, 2011

HW for Monday, 12/12

Just keeping things interesting -- vocab quiz tomorrow! So study tonight!

Friday, December 9, 2011

HW for Friday, 12/9

This weekend, finish your IRP book and start working on the summary (see below), which is due on Wednesday, 12/14.

Summary:

Write a 4‐5 paragraph summary of your book. Type and double‐space. Edit for grammar and spelling and follow the formatting guidelines (see the link in the upper right hand corner of this page for a reminder). Make sure you cover the following . . . .

• Who the author is?

• What kind of book is it? (Fiction? Non‐fiction? Mystery? Drama? Biography?)

• What is your book about‐‐‐Give a detailed description of the main points.

• What themes come up in your book? (Love, Family, Grief, Race, etc.)—Describe 2 or 3 of the

different themes in detail.

• Major characters

• Setting (Where does the book take place?)