Vocabulary
stolid
refracted
imperceptibly
pulverized
melancholy
capillary
multifaceted
ballistics
erected
proclivities
odious
ravenous
pratfall
dictum
noncombustible
tactile
RA 2
1. Who was Captain Beatty?
2. How did the firemen know which houses had books?
3. What lie did Captain Beatty tell Montag?
4. What did Montag do in the old lady's attic?
5. Why were the alarms to burn always at night?
6. Why did the old woman light the match and commit suicide?
7. What happened to Clarisse? Was it an accident?
8. What was Montag afraid Captain Beatty would discover when he came to visit?
9. Why did Captain Beatty believe books should be destroyed?
10. What did Montag show Mildred after the captain had left the house?
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Saturday, October 27, 2007
Big Move!!!! 10/27/07
Greetings & Salutations from my new house! I wasn't at school on Friday due to moving into a new house. As I'm sitting in my office this Saturday morning I can tell you I'm very excited to be living in a bigger place!!!
It's been a busy weekend so far just moving as well as celebrating. I'll be sure to share pictures soon of the new house, but for the time being enjoy the pictures of my two cats - Coco & Chanel.
*Don't forget your imaginative narratives are due on Tuesday!!!
Friday, October 19, 2007
Look What's New - Brain Pop!
Welcome Tim & Moby!!!!!!!
Brain Pop is now available to Lakeview students. Check out http://www.brainpop.com/ if you're not familiar, but it's a great educational website available for teachers and students. If you're interested in using Brain Pop see me during class. Students can use Brain Pop from 7 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Brain Pop offers short movies featuring Tim & Moby teaching different skills and/or subject matter.
Next week - LA classes will be watching a review movie about dialogue and how to use it when writing.
Currently, all LA classes are writing Imaginative Narratives. These are stories in which a story is being told using imaginative details with events or characters that are created. Today in class I checked all students ideas and they are great! I can't wait to see the finished products.
All imaginative narratives will be due Tuesday, October 30th.
Thursday, October 11, 2007
What's Happening in Reading????
At the conclusion of this week, both reading classes will have wrapped up their unit tests. I am trying to start preparing students for what finals are like when they are in high school. For unit tests I am taking it slow - testing over numerous stories, but in a condensed form. I'm really trying to reiterate to students the importance of SAVING ALL PAPERS from a unit and using those to study.
DGS will be a wake up call to those students who aren't known for their organizational skills! Finals cover an ENTIRE semester of classwork therefore students need to be organized and paying attention in their classes.
As we come to an end with our first reading units, students will begin their first novel soon.
Regular reading classes (periods 3,8) will be reading The Weekend Was Murder 
Advanced Reading (period 6) will read Fahrenheit 451
As we come to an end with our first reading units, students will begin their first novel soon.
Regular reading classes (periods 3,8) will be reading The Weekend Was Murder Advanced Reading (period 6) will read Fahrenheit 451Project Challenge students will read 1984 students will use class time for reading and completing discussion worksheets and PC morning time to discuss the assigned reading for the week.
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Thursday, October 4, 2007
Period 6 - Essay Options
On your test next Wed. you will be given 2 of the following essays to write about. You will only need to select ONE essay to respond to in a thoughtful way. Be familiar with all possible essays.
You would respond to the following essays using: "Full Circle," Wasps' Nest," "Trifles," "The Great Taos Bank Robbery"
1. Which character(s) from the stories listed above our easiest to fool, and which do you think is most difficult?
2. Think about the strange or unusual behavior of some of the character in the selections listed above. Which strange or unusual action did you find easiest to understand, and hard to understand.
3. Which characters, from the selections above, are victims and which are victimizers (those who deliberately harm others). Are any of the characters considered both?
You would respond to the following essays using: "The Open Window," "Sorry, Right Number," "In the Family"
4. The selections listed above involve events that go beyond the limits of credibility. What events were most believable, and which events were least believable?
5. Many of the selections above concern images or views of death and how it affects the characters hwo remain after someone dies. Be able to describe the image or view of death in the select and how it affects the characters who remain.
You would respond to the following essays using: "Full Circle," Wasps' Nest," "Trifles," "The Great Taos Bank Robbery"
1. Which character(s) from the stories listed above our easiest to fool, and which do you think is most difficult?
2. Think about the strange or unusual behavior of some of the character in the selections listed above. Which strange or unusual action did you find easiest to understand, and hard to understand.
3. Which characters, from the selections above, are victims and which are victimizers (those who deliberately harm others). Are any of the characters considered both?
You would respond to the following essays using: "The Open Window," "Sorry, Right Number," "In the Family"
4. The selections listed above involve events that go beyond the limits of credibility. What events were most believable, and which events were least believable?
5. Many of the selections above concern images or views of death and how it affects the characters hwo remain after someone dies. Be able to describe the image or view of death in the select and how it affects the characters who remain.
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
10/02 - Period 3 & 8 Journal Assignment - The Hitchhiker
The Hitchhiker Journal Assignment
Write an additional scene that reveals what Adams does next.
Use relevant dialogue and specific action
1 page minimum
your entry should be written as the same format of the text
Write an additional scene that reveals what Adams does next.
Use relevant dialogue and specific action
1 page minimum
your entry should be written as the same format of the text
Monday, October 1, 2007
Grammar Test - Wednesday, October 3
All LA classes have a test this Wednesday over Unit 1 in the English textbook.
Students can review for the test at the following website
http://www.eduplace.com/
1. Click on student tab at top
2. Click the picture of our textbook (same as bellow)
Students can review for the test at the following website
http://www.eduplace.com/
1. Click on student tab at top
2. Click the picture of our textbook (same as bellow)
3. Grades 6-8
4. Grammar Blast
5. Grade 8 - Unit 1
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