Today's Schedule:
-20 minutes of SSR
-Ortega checked that you had 2nd printed out Lit Analysis Essay
-Discussed books for next LC diiscussion groups
- Picked new books and got new discussion groups
*Homework:
- Peer review on Turnitin.com due by Sunday
-To resubmit essay email Ortega by 9 p.m. tonight
- First LC discussion on new book is on Monday
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
February 27, 2013
Today's Schedule:
- 20 minutes of SSR
- Literary Analysis Essays were collected
-A#74 in notebook: Lit Analysis Peer Review
-Peer reviewed essays
-Peer reviewed groups essays
-A#75 in notebook: Jan/Mid-Feb progress report
*Homework: Type up/revise your Lit Analysis Essay and bring in the printed out version to our next class
- 20 minutes of SSR
- Literary Analysis Essays were collected
-A#74 in notebook: Lit Analysis Peer Review
-Peer reviewed essays
-Peer reviewed groups essays
-A#75 in notebook: Jan/Mid-Feb progress report
*Homework: Type up/revise your Lit Analysis Essay and bring in the printed out version to our next class
Monday, February 25, 2013
February 25, 2013
Today's Schedule:
-20 minutes of SSR
-A#73 in notebook: Literary Analysis Pointers
- Inclass essays returned
-Remainder of class time was used to begin revising essays
*Homework: Next class you need to have typed your revised essay and turn the rough draft into Turnitin.Com
-20 minutes of SSR
-A#73 in notebook: Literary Analysis Pointers
- Inclass essays returned
-Remainder of class time was used to begin revising essays
*Homework: Next class you need to have typed your revised essay and turn the rough draft into Turnitin.Com
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
2/11/13
Apologies for the lateness.
On Monday we started the class with SSR. Then we added Assignment 70 (LC Disc Prep 9) to our notebooks.
After this Mrs. Ortega had us write the questions: "What was the authors intent in including this in there piece?" and "What specific techniques did he/she use and to what effect?" Then we chose a passage from the our reading that really struck you so that we could discuss it with our LC group.
The Membership Grid question was: "If you were a crayola, what color would you be and why?"
On Monday we started the class with SSR. Then we added Assignment 70 (LC Disc Prep 9) to our notebooks.
After this Mrs. Ortega had us write the questions: "What was the authors intent in including this in there piece?" and "What specific techniques did he/she use and to what effect?" Then we chose a passage from the our reading that really struck you so that we could discuss it with our LC group.
The Membership Grid question was: "If you were a crayola, what color would you be and why?"
Thursday, February 7, 2013
2/07/13
This is super late, I'm so sorry.
Today we had Mr. Vargas and we started out with SSR. Then we went straight into our Literature Circle Discussion. At the end of class, each group shared out what they talked about. That's it! Good luck tomorrow, guys!
Today we had Mr. Vargas and we started out with SSR. Then we went straight into our Literature Circle Discussion. At the end of class, each group shared out what they talked about. That's it! Good luck tomorrow, guys!
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
2/06/13
Sorry this is late!
Today we had a sub, Mr. Vargas. We did SSR like always, and then we played Scrabble! It was lots of fun :D That's it, goodnight Guys!
Today we had a sub, Mr. Vargas. We did SSR like always, and then we played Scrabble! It was lots of fun :D That's it, goodnight Guys!
Monday, February 4, 2013
2/04/13
Hey West House!
So today we did SSR for 20 minutes, then we talked about a Scrabble Tournament we'll be having. Each group will play, and every group picked a member to be the leader to lead the game. On Wednesday, we'll play :D After that, we got into our group discussion. The topic we talked about was: What is the weirdest food you've ever eaten? Then we started to discuss the book. That's it! Oh, and add "LC Disc Prep 7" to your table of contents. Bye!
So today we did SSR for 20 minutes, then we talked about a Scrabble Tournament we'll be having. Each group will play, and every group picked a member to be the leader to lead the game. On Wednesday, we'll play :D After that, we got into our group discussion. The topic we talked about was: What is the weirdest food you've ever eaten? Then we started to discuss the book. That's it! Oh, and add "LC Disc Prep 7" to your table of contents. Bye!
Thursday, January 17, 2013
1/17/2013
Hi West house,
Below is the agenda for 1/17/2013 Thursday, English class.
1) SSR: 20 minutes of reading Since today is literature discussion day, reading the literature circle book is NOT allowed.
2) Asking Good Questions: So today in class, we discussed what makes a good question to ask. Mrs. Ortega had us discuss it with our groups and each one of us have to choose a good question from our literature discussion prep assignments. After group discussion, we went around in each table and shared out the good questions that we have, and the qualities that we think are the qualities of good questions.
3) Membership Grid: The question for today is "if you have a yacht, what would you name it?"/
4) Literature Discussion: Discussing the literature circle book.
That is it for today. Bye!
Below is the agenda for 1/17/2013 Thursday, English class.
1) SSR: 20 minutes of reading Since today is literature discussion day, reading the literature circle book is NOT allowed.
2) Asking Good Questions: So today in class, we discussed what makes a good question to ask. Mrs. Ortega had us discuss it with our groups and each one of us have to choose a good question from our literature discussion prep assignments. After group discussion, we went around in each table and shared out the good questions that we have, and the qualities that we think are the qualities of good questions.
3) Membership Grid: The question for today is "if you have a yacht, what would you name it?"/
4) Literature Discussion: Discussing the literature circle book.
That is it for today. Bye!
1/16/2013
Hi West House,
Below is the agenda for 1/16/2013:
1) SSR: just regular 20 minutes of reading.
2) EPT Info: Mr.s Ortega gave us some valuable information on the EPT and the college placement exams in general. It is assignment 54 in your notebook.
3) EPT Rubric: Mrs. Ortega passed out a scoring guide/rubric for the EPT. This is just to give you an idea on how your essay is being graded on the scale of 1- 6 (bad - good).
4) Group Scoring Practice: We read six different pieces of EPT on the same prompt that we did for our timed writing. Everyone was supposed to grade the paper using the EPT rubric with his or her table group.
5) Class Discussion: The final moment of revealing the scores has finally came. Mrs. Ortega told us the the grade for each writing and we had a class discussion over it.
Thats it for today, peace out west house.
Below is the agenda for 1/16/2013:
1) SSR: just regular 20 minutes of reading.
2) EPT Info: Mr.s Ortega gave us some valuable information on the EPT and the college placement exams in general. It is assignment 54 in your notebook.
3) EPT Rubric: Mrs. Ortega passed out a scoring guide/rubric for the EPT. This is just to give you an idea on how your essay is being graded on the scale of 1- 6 (bad - good).
4) Group Scoring Practice: We read six different pieces of EPT on the same prompt that we did for our timed writing. Everyone was supposed to grade the paper using the EPT rubric with his or her table group.
5) Class Discussion: The final moment of revealing the scores has finally came. Mrs. Ortega told us the the grade for each writing and we had a class discussion over it.
Thats it for today, peace out west house.
Monday, January 14, 2013
1/14/2013
Good evening West house.
Below is the list of things we did in English today (in order) with full details.
1) SSR. We had a roughly about 20 minutes silent reading. Please remember, on the day of literature circle discussion, you are NOT allowed to read your literature circle book.
2) Scheduling Reading. After SSR, Mrs. Ortega gave us sometime to discuss with our group the reading assignments for the future literature circle dicussion day.
3) Group Contract. The group contract is assignment 56 that you are supposed to complete and to sign your signature within your group. You were supposed to come up with 5 rules that you think your group and you should follow for the literature circle.
4) Discussion. It was our second discussion for the new book.
Below is the list of things we did in English today (in order) with full details.
1) SSR. We had a roughly about 20 minutes silent reading. Please remember, on the day of literature circle discussion, you are NOT allowed to read your literature circle book.
2) Scheduling Reading. After SSR, Mrs. Ortega gave us sometime to discuss with our group the reading assignments for the future literature circle dicussion day.
3) Group Contract. The group contract is assignment 56 that you are supposed to complete and to sign your signature within your group. You were supposed to come up with 5 rules that you think your group and you should follow for the literature circle.
4) Discussion. It was our second discussion for the new book.
Thursday, January 10, 2013
01/10/13
West House! Today in Ortega's we were introduced to the lovely Erica. She will be a tutor in, both, Ortega's and Edward's class. She would be able to help anyone about any question they have regarding an essay or anything.
We also did our very first LC for the book. Remember to keep up with the groups reading and try not to read ahead.
Well that's it for me. :) Happy Friday.
We also did our very first LC for the book. Remember to keep up with the groups reading and try not to read ahead.
Well that's it for me. :) Happy Friday.
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
12/07-12/09
West House, I am very sorry i have failed my first day of scribe. But let us go over Monday and Wednesday. :)
Monday:
We discussed the literature circle books and were assigned our groups .
Wednesday:
Today we went over the EPT and took notes (hopefully). We also wrote an essay as practce for the English Placement Test.
Well that is all. I'm sorry this was boring but i will make it fun tomorrow :) Goodnight.
Monday:
We discussed the literature circle books and were assigned our groups .
Wednesday:
Today we went over the EPT and took notes (hopefully). We also wrote an essay as practce for the English Placement Test.
Well that is all. I'm sorry this was boring but i will make it fun tomorrow :) Goodnight.
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