Peer Reviews and Reading Testing

In 2nd block, we assessed our reading levels on the Performance Series reading test.

Today in 3rd block we shared and reviewed our This I Believe essays as a class, using this guide.

Peer Reviews

Today in second block, we spent time reading each other's This I Believe essays and filling out these Peer Review Guides for them. If you were absent or did not have your paper ready, please find three people to review your paper and fill out the guides for you and turn those in to me. Afterwards, 2nd block wrote and turned in to me Reflection Letters evaluating the class this semester.

In 3rd block, we took a practice version of our district final. We will use this final to review for the final on Wednesday.

Final Practice and Reading Test

Yesterday, we spent our time in the lab typing up our This I Believe essays. Those essays are due Monday along with one of the following pre-writing activities: the Brainstorming Questions handout or the Organizer handout. Here are the expectations for your paper.

Today in 2nd block we took a practice version of our district final. We'll review this practice test next week.

In 3rd block we took our Performance Series test of reading to identify our reading level and compare our scores to our test from earlier in the semester.

This I Believe Reading and Brainstorming

We began the day by writing on two of several prompts, which can be found here. You should write a half page on two of the prompts, for a total of at least one page of writing. Then we took a look at several different This I Believe essays in order to have some models to base our own essays on. Using this Acting Reading handout as a guide, please read four essays of your choice from the This I Believe website.

Tomorrow you will be expected to begin writing your essay, so come to class with an idea of what you will write. Chose to complete either of the following: these brainstorming questions or this graphic organizer.

Parts of Speech and This I Believe Pre-Writing

Today in class we went over our grammar quizzes from the week before. Afterwards we requizzed over a portion of the quiz to help us review some of what we missed the first time around. It is not necessary to make this up. Afterwards we completed the Belief Consensus handout in groups and brainstormed some stories that support our group's beliefs. This cannot be made up either. If you were absent, you might visit this website to get an idea of the paper we will be writing this week.

The Catcher in the Rye Test

Yesterday in class we started with a creative writing activity associated with The Catcher in the Rye, this work cannot be made up. Then we took sometime to continue reading the novel. Finally we drafted a few test questions for the novel and traded questions to prepare for the unit test.

Today in class we took our unit test over The Catcher in the Rye. If you were absent today, you'll need to find some time before or after school to take this test. Have a great break!

Catcher in the Rye and Grammar

Today in class we quizzed over our assigned reading from The Catcher in the Rye. We also took a quiz over grammar based on the lessons we did last week. We went over last the test over A Raisin in the Sun from last unit. Finally we took some time to discuss and read from The Catcher in the Rye. Both classes should have read through chapter 17 for class tomorrow.