Mr. Biggs

2011-01-04T16:08:00.000-08:00

2P

The ISU and novel have been given out. Students now know what 705 of their mark is. The ISU based on the novel That Was Then, This Now is worth 30% of their final grade. There is no final exam in this class during "exam week", but there is an in-class test of the novel that must be written by all students.

3C

The students have been told 705 of their final. The 30% remaining is made up of an anthology of writing and the work done on the play "Inherit the Wind".
The anthology is composed of the following 8 pcs.

letter to the editor
photo essay
research report on literacy
media journal
tech. journal
In Our Time journal
Animal Farm newspaper
Diary - To Kill a Mockingbird

1L

The students now know 70% of their final grades and there is no student in the class who cannot still pass. The 30% of the grade remaining is composed mainly of the workbook for this class that they have been working on all semester.
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2010-12-13T13:43:00.000-08:00

4C

Tues. ch.27&28
ch.29-31 for Wed.
Diary is due Friday

2P

Review for test on Tues.
Test Stones on Wed. and charts are due.

2010-11-29T13:37:00.000-08:00

2P

Reading schedule for Stones

Nov. 29 chapters 9,10,11
30 12&13
Dec. 1 14&15
2 16&17
3 18&19
6 20&21
7 22&23
8 24&25
9 26&27
10 28&29
13 30 to end

2010-11-29T13:25:00.000-08:00

4C

Reading schedule for To Kill a Mockingbird

Nov.29 ch.4-6
Nov.30 ch.7&8
Dec. 1 ch. 9&10
Dec.2 ch.11&12 film
Dec.3 ch.13&14 film
Dec.6 ch.15&16
Dec.7 ch.17&18
Dec.8 ch.19&20
Dec.9 ch.21&22 film
Dec.10 ch.23&24 film
Dec.13 ch.25&26
Dec.14 ch. 27&28 film
Dec.15 ch.29-31 film
Dec.16 computer lab
Dec.17 computer lab Diary Assignment due

2010-11-22T13:17:00.000-08:00

4C

Quiz In Our Time on Tues. and collect journals.

2010-11-17T13:20:00.000-08:00

4c

Read from ch.15 to the end of In Our Time.
Friday and Mon. in Rm. 118 to write the journal.
Test In Our Time on Tues.

2P we did the short writing assign. for the OSSLT.

2010-11-15T13:20:00.000-08:00

4C

Read "Out of Season" to Ch.13 for Tues.

1L

homonyms, multiple meanings , workbook to p.24.

2P

Topic sentences and summary #2 for Tues. if you did not finish in class.

2010-11-08T13:26:00.000-08:00

2P

Complete A3 and A4.
Finish page 1 of "expanding sentences".

4C

Read ch.3 and "The End of Something" and complete handout.

2010-10-27T13:33:00.000-07:00

2P

15 expanded sentences and the expanded paragraph due Thursday.

4C

Read to the end of ch.7.
Newspaper assign. due Friday. We began to watch the film version of the novel today.

2010-10-19T13:51:00.000-07:00

2p

We did a rev. of The Pearl as preparation for a test.
"Information and Inferences" was collected.

4C

The glossary of terms for Animal Farm and I collected "Action Verbs".

2010-10-12T14:56:00.000-07:00

2P

Quiz of analogies, outline for "Information and Inferences", and we read the first part of chapter 3 of The Pearl.

4C

I collected assignment "Vague Adjectives" and we watched more of the film for the "Tech. journal".

Thurs. and Fri. we will be on computers working on this assign.

1L

A new seating plan. Due to problems with garbage on the desks and floor, food is no longer allowed in class.

2010-10-07T13:32:00.000-07:00

2p

Finish reading the first chapter of The Pearl.

4C

The journal on media will be collected Friday.

2010-10-06T13:37:00.000-07:00

4C

We will be on the computers Th. & Fr. to do the "media" journal. We began to watch the film today.

2P

Quiz on "context" on Thursday. We will begin to read The Pearl on Thursday.

2010-10-04T13:54:00.000-07:00

4C

Reading for Tech. journal and "sentences 1&2.
Media journal due this Friday.
7th. in rm. 118 & 8th. in Library.

2P

Collected "character web" today and did review for quiz Tues. Remember to cosider Part B of the test - a journal response.

2010-09-30T13:23:00.000-07:00

4C

The rearch assign. is due Friday. We created the chart for the Technology journal today.

2P

We had a quiz today and Friday we will be in the library for the last journal on Rumble Fish. Monday will be the final day to hand in any late journals. We will review Monday and have a test Tuesday.

2010-09-28T16:21:00.000-07:00

4C

Reminder: the research assign. "Literacy" is due this Friday and the "Media" journal is due next Friday.

2P

The second journal on Rumble Fish was collected today,

2010-09-22T13:28:00.000-07:00

4C

Research periods for "Literacy Reports"
Sep't 24, Sep't 28 and Oct. 1

2P

Ch. 1-3 do post-it notes.
Journal 1 ch. 4-6 library Sep't 24
Journal 2 ch.7-9 library Sep't 28
Journal 3 ch.10-end of the novel library Oct. 1

2010-09-17T14:20:00.000-07:00

4C

The photo essay was collected today.Begin your research on literacy.

2P

We did a quiz on syntax today. If away today, you will need to write this quiz next week.

2010-09-15T13:45:00.000-07:00

4C

We were in the computer lab today to work on the photo essay. we will also be in the lab on Friday. This assignment is due this Friday.

2010-09-13T13:32:00.000-07:00

4C

We did the introduction to the "research report" . Read article p.94 about literacy.

1L

We will begin handouts about "Egypt" Tues. We did "How is this textbook organized" today.

2P

We did "syntax 11" today and will do #12 Tues.
A journal was collected and we took up Q.1&2 on p.220.

2010-09-10T13:46:00.000-07:00

4C

Handed in "letter to the editor" today. Have an idea for the photo essay fy Monday

2P

Read p.216-220.Did questios 1&2.

2010-09-07T14:44:00.000-07:00

Welcome back!

4C

Major Assignments for this semester

week 1 Letter to editor

2 Photo essay

4 Literacy Report

5 "Media" journal

7 "Technology" journal

9 Film Review "Of Mice and Men"

11 "In Our Time" journal

14 To Kill a Mockingbird diary

16-19 Summative 1. anthology
2.work on the play