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​so you can check what we did while you were gone... or asleep.

Tuesday, Oct. 30

10/29/2018

 
Test day! Good luck.

If you missed, make it up Wednesday at lunch.

Monday, Oct. 29

10/29/2018

 
Rule #6 - Coordinate Adjectives
  • Orange Sheet: Grammar #6: Commas and Coordinate Adjectives

Assignment:
  • On Google Classroom: Albert - Rule #6: Coordinate Adjectives

Assessment tomorrow:
  • Use the review posted in Google Classroom to help study for tomorrow
  • You may use 1 notecard of worth of notes on the assessment.

Friday, Oct. 26

10/29/2018

 
​Discussed Commas in lists and parallel structure
  • Orange Sheet: Grammar #5: Commas in Lists​

Assignment:
  • On Google Classroom: Rule 5: Lists and Parallel structure​

Thursday, Oct. 25

10/29/2018

 
Worked on: Grammar Rules 
  • Orange Sheet: Grammar #3: Parenthetical Commas
  • Orange Sheet: Grammar #4: Essential and Nonessential Commas

Assignment
  • On Google Classroom: Albert Assignment "Essential vs. Non-Essential Clauses"

Wednesday, Oct. 24

10/24/2018

 
Finished the following:

  • Unit #2 Vocab - Grammar and Punctuation (Post screen shot of >7000 on  Google Classroom)
  • ORANGE SHEET: Grammar #1: Independent Clause Commas
  • ORANGE SHEET: Grammar #2: Introductory Commas​
  • Albert: Independent Clauses (See Google Classroom)

Tuesday, Oct. 23

10/22/2018

 
More work with compound sentences, complex sentences, and introductory phrases
​
Assignments
  • Unit #2 Vocab - Grammar and Punctuation (Post screen shot of >7000 on  Google Classroom)
  • ORANGE SHEET: Grammar #1: Independent Clause Commas
  • ORANGE SHEET: Grammar #2: Introductory Commas​
  • Albert: Independent Clauses

Monday, Oct. 22

10/22/2018

 
Made sure our American Romanticism Essays were turned in with a physical copy (along with rough draft and organizer) as well as turned in to Google Classroom.

Began Unit #2 - Grammar
  • Grammar Notes: Independent/Dependent Clauses

Wednesday, Oct. 17

10/21/2018

 
Turned in American Romanticism Essay​​ 
  • Printed copy with... final draft, rough draft, and pink organizer
  • Turn in on Google Classroom as well

Took "Grammar - Punctuation Pre-Test" linked on Google Classroom

Tuesday, Oct. 16

10/16/2018

 
Finished editing and typing rough draft. Be sure to turn in a physical copy with your rough draft and the pink outline organizer. Also, turn it in on Google Classroom.

Monday, Oct. 15

10/15/2018

 
Took our rough drafts and started outlining and revising our essay. See the documents posted below.
  • American Romanticism Essay​​
  • Essay Outlining 

Friday, Oct. 12

10/12/2018

 
B-DAY! Happy homecoming everyone. No homework or assignments. 
​Have a good weekend. .Make good choices.

Thursday, Oct. 11

10/11/2018

 
Here  is the prompt for the in-class essay on Thursday:
¤What does living a good life mean? How does a person do it in our modern world and what prevents humans today from achieving it?

Also, we did a 10 minute reflection and self-assessment over our unit goals.

Wednesday, Oct. 10

10/10/2018

 
Finished assessment started yesterday.

In-class write moved to tomorrow.

Tuesday, Oct. 9

10/9/2018

 
Unit 1 Assessment today. If you missed, be sure to see Mr. Restad for a make up before Friday.

Monday, Oct. 8

10/7/2018

 
Test tomorrow! Review the following:

TEXTS:
​¤The Tide Rises
¤Self Reliance
¤Civil Disobedience
¤Those Winter Sunday’s
¤The Yellow Wallpaper

READING TERMS:
¤Objective vs. Subjective
¤Connotation vs. Denotation
¤Word Choice
¤Tone
¤Analogy

SKILLS:
¤Annotation
¤Objective Summary
¤Analysis

Here  is the prompt for the in-class essay on Wednesday:
¤What does living a good life mean? How does a person do it in our modern world and what prevents humans today from achieving it?
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