Day 13 (Week 7)

Today in class

• Wrote Journal #15: What are some rules for where you live?
  
• Went over Langan p 139 (Practice 1)
• Continued work in Kanar Chapter 3—Went over 3.3 and did 3.4 in class.
  
• Continued work on Langan sentence variety chapter—Learned more about and wrote compound sentences and learned about and wrote complex sentences.
  
• Turned in Paragraph 2, Final drafts with the checklist and all the process stuff listed on the checklist.
• Did Article Sharing #7
• Began work on Essay 1. Listed 20 facts about where you live.
  

Homework for Tues 3/4

• Freewrite 400 words about what you like and dislike about where you live.
  
• Kanar 3.5 and 3.6
  
• Langan—Practice 4 on p. 144.
• Study words from Kanar Chapters 1, 2, & 3 for Vocab Quiz 3
  

Day 12 (Week 7)

Today in class

• Wrote Journal #14: What is a good movie you have seen?
• Turned in langan 486 (test 4)
• Took Langan Test 5, page 396 #1-5
• Turned in Kanar Chapter Quizzes 1, 3, and 4 on pp 68-72
• Began work on Kanar Chapter 3—Do 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3
• Began work on Langan sentence variety chapter—Learn about simple sentences and if time permits, compound sentences
• Got back Paragraph 2, 2nd drafts—Went over the checklist for final drafts which will be due next time.

HW for Thurs 2/28

• Article Sharing 7, check for run-ons and fragments
  
• Paragraph 2, Final Drafts. Refer to this checklist when revising on your final draft.
  
• Kanar 3.3
• Langan—practice 1, p 139
  

Day 11, End of Week 6

Today in Class

• Went over Kanar--p .67--(did not need to turn in)
• Discussed directions for Kanar Chapter 2 take home test
  
• Continued Langan work on run-ons
  
• Shared Paragraph 2, 2nd draft in groups
  
• Did Article sharing 6--check for fragments
• Did Journal # 12: If you could break a world record, what would it be?
  

Homework for Tuesday 2/26

• Kanar Chapter 2 take-home test: Do Chapter Quizzes 1, 3, and 4 on pp 68-72.
  
• Do Langan 486--This is Langan Test 4
• Review Langan pp 395-396. You will be given five of these items from these pages on Tuesday as Langan Test 5. If you need to practice, go here.
  
• Journal # 13: What is a good quality (or qualities) about you?
  

Day 10, Start of Week 6

Today in Class

• Turned in Kanar 2.4
• Turned in Langan--482 (this is Langan Test 3).
• We learned about skimming and scanning and did Kanar 2.5, 2.6, and 2.7 in class (did not have to turn this in). We also talked about the SCORE system.
  
• We went over the answers to Langan Test 2 on fragments and Langan Test 3 on fragments.
  
• We went through Langan 122-125. Did not turn in.
• We played the C (correct) or R (run-on) game. Team "Left" (Jeff, Tina, Oliver) won. Good job!
  
• We talked about what to do for the second drafts of Paragraph 2.
• Wrote Journal 11: If you could take three people on a trip around the world, who would you take and why?
  

Homework for Thursday 2/21

• Kanar--p .67--How Well Do You Remember
• Langan--none
• Paragraph 2, 2nd draft
• Article sharing 6--check for fragments
  

Day 9 (End of Week 5)

Today in class

• Went over Langan 390 and 480. Took Langan tests 2 on fragments (page 391, items 1-5)
  
• Took Vocab Quiz 2
• Did Article sharing 5
• Shared Paragraph 2, 1st draft in groups.
• Wrote Journal # 10: The story of Paragraph 2: Where did you write it? When did you write it? How long did it take to write it? What problems did you have with it? What went well with it?
• Turned in Journals for grading.
• Kanar—Did 2.2 and 2.3 in class (did not have to turn in). Discussed the First R (reading) in SQ3R. Talked about how to read a textbook chapter. Went over instructions for Exercise 2.4 in Kanar.

Homework for Tuesday 2/19

• Kanar 2.4
• Langan--482 (this is Langan Test 3)
• Langan 122-125
  

Day 8

Today in class

• Wrote Journal 9: How is school going so far this semester? What is going well. What isn't going well?
  
• Went over Langan Review tests 2 & 3 on pp. 116-117. We also did Langan 479 in class. We also did Langan Review Test 4 on p 118 and turned this in.
  
• We talked about Paragraph 2, 1st draft which will be due on Thurs 2/14. For the first draft, start out by stating who you are writing about and what quality you will be writing (for example: My friend Joe is a helpful guy. Then in the second sentence, clarify (make clearer what you meant in the first sentence (for example: What I mean by helpful is that he is willing to assist people anytime and anywhere.). Then tell a story that shows your person with that quality.
  
• Talked about the Kanar Chap 2 vocabulary words (see p. 35). The second vocab test will be on Thursday so study the Chap 2 words and the Chap 1 words to prepare for the test

HW for Thurs 2/14

• Article sharing 5
• Paragraph 2, 1st draft. Minimum 150 words , maximum 250. Double-space.
  
• Langan 390 and 480.
  
• Vocab Quiz 2--study words in Kanar Chapters 1 & 2
  

Day 7

Today in Class

• Turned in Kanar--Chap Quiz 5, pp 30-32
  
• Went over Langan--103-104 on fragments. You did not neet to turn this in. We then talked about homework for next class.
  
• Turned in Paragraph 1, final draft plus process stuff. If you lost or did not receive your checklist for the final draft, click here to get a copy. When you type out your final draft, it should look like this.
  
• Did Article Sharing 4. Turned in written part of this (summary and reaction)
• Began Chapter 2 in Kanar. We talked about SQ3R (see diagram at left).
• Note that Vocab Test 2 will be next week Thursday 2/14. Study the 18 words from Chapters 1 and 2 of Kanar for the test.
  
• Wrote Journal #7: If you were a teacher and you came to class and none of the students did their homework, what would you do?
• We began work on Paragraph 2: List the names of 30 people that you know. Then list 20 positive personality characteristics (examples of these are honest, caring, helpful, hardworking...). We then did a web which looks like this.
  

Homework for Tuesday 2/12

• Journal #8: What was an embarrassing moment you have had?
• Kanar--Do Exercise 2.1. Use the Langan textbook as the basis for your answers.
• Langan--Do review tests 2 and 3 on pp. 116-117
  
• Choose three names from your list of 30 people. For each name, freewrite 150+ words, so you will have a total of 150 x 3 = 450 words.

Day 6, Week 4 Begins

Today in class

• Wrote Journal # 6: Who is a famous person you have seen or met? When, where, how, why did you meet this person?
• Got back Paragraph 1 2nd drafts. Receive checklists for final draft. Go over and discuss.
• Went over Langan HW. Took Langan test 1 on Subjects and verbs. (see Mr Turner if you missed this test).
  
• Began work on fragments. See Langan Chapter 5.
  
• Went over Kanar 1.4 and 1.9 (do not need to turn in).
  
• Did Kanar Chap Quiz 4 (pp 29-30). Turned this in.
  

Homework for Thursday 2/7

• Kanar--Chap Quiz 5, pp 30-32
  
• Langan--103-104
• Paragraph 1, final draft plus process stuff. If you lost or did not receive your checklist for the final draft, click here to get a copy. When you type out your final draft, it should look like this.
  
• Article Sharing 4