February 10

I'm ill. I hope you can treat me with some consideration today.

3rd period,we'll begin with a different kind of warmup: I'd like you to open a WORD document and hit F12. Save it as WOLFDOG. Now do some research and learn the difference between a wild dog and a wolf. Summarize what you learned on your document. When you finish raise your hand and I'll check your work for credit.

4th period, your warmup concerns Ji Li Jiang. What happened to her after she wrote this book? Save your file as LastNameJiLi.

After the warmup we'll do a quiz.

Then:
My sense is that many of you are finished with the two activities for the week: The Research Project and Station to Station. If this is true we will move on to the next state standard, the Business Letter. I'll show you how to do this.

HOMEWORK: 3rd read: "The Outcast". 4th read: "Junior High School At Last".

February 9

We'll begin with Silent Reading for 20 minutes.
Then resume work on Station to Station and your Reseach Papers.

HOMEWORK: 3rd period read "The Bondage". There's a good chance there will be a quiz tomorrow. 4th period read "Fate".

February 8

3rd period will start with a quiz, then I will show you a short film. Finally I'll ask you to work on Station to Station and your research reports. By Friday here's what I expect on the reports:

a proper MLA heading (do the date correctly)
a Works Cited with five or more entries including at least one book and one magazine.
A long quote
Two short quotes; one from a book, one from a magazine.
All quotes cited correctly using a parenthetical reference as per MLA style
No spelling errors, no red squiggly lines
1,500 words (includes heading and quotes)
For Korematsu speech folks you need three sources, 500 words total but other requirements stay the same.

4th period will have a quiz then do the Station to Station and Research reports.

HOMEWORK: 3rd read "The Makers of Fire"; 4th read "A Search in Passing"

February 7

Silent reading.
Then I'll show you how to cite a short quote on your research papers.
Then you'll resume work on Station to Station.

My goal for the week is for you to finish your research papers by Friday. By that date you will need Works Cited with 5 sources (3 for those of you who did the Korematsu speech). You will also need a single quote from a book and a magazine, cited properly. I'll explain today.

HOMEWORK:
3rd period read "The Law of Meat"
4th period read "The Propaganda Wall"

I'll quiz two or three times this week to keep you on your toes, but I don't know what days I'll do it.

February 4

Simple today:
Quiz
Silent Reading
Continue with Station to Station.

Next week we will pick up the research papers where we left off. The next step is to learn how to cite a source from a short quote or long quote. I'll show you how.

HOMEWORK:
3rd period: read The Wall of the World
4th period: read The Sound of Drums and Gongs

February 3

3rd period will begin with a quiz then do the STATION to STATION exercise that we didn't get to Tuesday.
4th period will be making da zi bao then doing STATION to STATION.

HOMEWORK: read the next chapter in the book.
3rd period: The Gray Cub
4th period: Graduation

Quizzes in both classes tomorrow.

NOTE: look to the right. 3rd period you will find the full text of White Fang on the internet. If you are ever caught without your book you can do your reading online.

February 2

We'll start with silent reading. Then I'd like to take some time to discuss the books you are reading.

HOMEWORK:
3rd period: read The Lair
4th period: read The Red Successors