Your essay must be made up of 6 paragraphs. You were given an outline last week. You were also given feedback every step of the way. Make sure that you have followed the feedback. 

 

 

 

SpongeBob Trial Essay due 5/22/18. Late work will not be accepted. Remember that late passes only give you a one day extension. Homework passes cannot be used for this assignment. 

 

Beowulf Flip Book - Complete all tabs. Use the code for nearpod code to access notes  (RNGWC)

 

 

 

 

Beowulf FlipBook -

1. Complete the predictions/asking questions tab.  (Directions document attached.)

2. Beowulf Background Tab should have been completed in class. If you did not get a chance to complete it, this is the nearpod code: RNGWC

 

 

Green Sheet due 5/15/18.

 

SpongeBob Trial Argumentative Essay - Complete your organizers for Introduction, Opposing Viewpoint/Counterargument, and Conclusion. Due 5/16/18.

 

(SpongeBob Trial) Argumentative Writing - Complete Organizer # 2/Reason # 2 Redo. 

 

 

Assignment Redos - Due 5/8/18. Please check jupiter grades. The chart was worth 15 points. The Evidence Analysis List was work 10 points. If you did not receive full credit, you were supposed to redo it.

 

Complete Reason 1/Claim 1 Organizer. This is due tomorrow.

Begin Reason 2 /Claim 2 Organizer - This will be due in class tomorrow.

SpongeBob Trial - Complete the squares chart. List evidence # that are grouped together in each box. Then, give the reason for SpongeBob's guilt or innocence. Each reason should represent each of the grouped pieces of evidence. 

Argumentative Essay Final Draft Due 5/1/18. Please be sure to use your editing/revision feedback and notes to help you improve the content and structure of your essay. 

Argumentative Essay - Should Schools Start Later? Final Draft due 5/1/18. 

Read your feedback and the draft's scoring guide to help improve your writing.

If you turn in your essay on Monday, I will give you 25 extra credit points. Be sure that you turn in quality work. 

Essay - If you did not turn in your essay on 4/10/18 (Check Jupitergrades), please make sure to turn it in as soon as possible. I will begin taking off points for every day that it is late. After 4/13/18, I will no longer accept it. Your zero will be permanent after 4/13/18. 

Essay due 4/10/18 - Write out your essay or type it. (Typed Essay preferred! Please!) If you choose to write it out, please space out your work. Skip every other line. You should have a total of 6 paragraphs. Each Page is a paragraph. The order in which to write out your paragraph is on your yellow sheet. 

Essay due tomorrow. Please use your essay planner sheets to help you write it out. We spent the entire week (before spring break) planning out our essays.  You were also required to keep up at home that week. You are expected to write out your entire essay. Be sure to space out your essay or double space if you are typing it out.  

No green sheet this week. For progress, please check the school's progress report which was passed out to students on 3/30/18 during 6th period. 

 

 

Argument Essay # 1 Packet - Complete Body Paragraph 3 Planner (Page 5) and Opposing Viewpoint + Counterargument Planner (Page 6). 

Argument Essay # 1 Packet - Complete page 3 and 4. Use your Say, Mean, Matter chart for support. The body paragraph 1 planner/outline and body paragraph 2 planner/outline must be completed tonight. 

 

Remember that 

 

* the Evidence sections should be filled out with "What does it mean? /the basic gist" first and then with a citation/cited evidence.

 

* the Explanation sections should be filled out with the "Why does it matter?"

 

Argument Essay Packet - Be sure that the following has been completed:

 

* Page 2 Thesis Statement Section

* Page 3 Topic Sentence 1

* Page 4 Topic Sentence 2

* Page 5 Topic Sentence 3

 

We completed it in class, but some of you did not. 

 

 

(Evidence) Say Mean Matter Chart - Reread article # 6. Find two pieces of evidence that support the reasons you stated in your thesis statement (See Essay Packet Page 2).  Fill out all sections.

 

* What does the text say?  = Cite Evidence from article # 6

* What does it mean? = What's the basic gist of your evidence?

* Why does it matter?  = Give the So What? about your evidence. What are the implications?

 

A total of two rows need to be filled out completely. 

 

Complete the  SAY-MEAN-MATTER Chart. We completed item # 1 and 2 in class.  Complete items # 3,4,5, and 6. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Green sheet due tomorrow. Please get it signed and turn it in. 

Complete the meaningful quotation sections for Research Writing Handouts Source C, D, and E. 

 

Reading: Reread 3-4 times article #6/F. 

Reread article # 6/F - "Students, Officials Weigh Pros and Cons of School Start Times" and complete the Research Writing Handout #6. We started this in class. Please complete it for homework.

 

Extra Credit: 

Read article#5/E : What is the Advantage of Having School Start Early?

Then, complete Research Writing Handout # 5.

Read article # 3. Complete the Research Writing Handout for source 3.

Read article #4. Complete the Research Writing Handout for source 4. 

Complete handout Source 1 titled "Research Writing" by going back to the article "Pediatricians Say School Should Start Later For Teen's Health." Identify a meaningful citation (an expert opinion, statistic, or an example) and write that on the last section of handout Source 1: 

 

Read the Article Source B ( "Most US Middle and High schools start the day too early.") and complete the Source 2 Research Writing handout. Use the source 1 handout that we completed in class as a guide. 

 

 

Close Reader - Complete pages 13-16 in your close reader. Follow the instructions for annotations that can be found in the blue box. 

 

Writing - Complete your paragraph planner. Then, use that planner to help you write out your short constructed response. Be sure to space out your work so that I can read it more clearly. You may type it if you wish to, but be sure to double space your work. 

Green Sheet due tomorrow. Please turn it in.

 

Complete the "Using the IDEC Method to Respond to Writing Prompts" handouts. Select your position on the question "Can parents go too far in supporting their children's dreams?" Then, write three reasons that support your position based the article: "Finding Your Everest"

Green Sheet # 7 will be passed out on Monday 3/19/18.  

DLR Handout # 20 - Complete all requirements and annotations on the DLR Handout. 

Complete DLR Handout # 20 - Please have it ready to turn in tomorrow. 

Green Sheet due Tuesday. Be sure to get it signed. 

Collections Textbook Page 29 - Complete redos. If you received a 5 or 6 on the assignment, please redo the response. Read the teacher comments on your assignment. 

Selection Quiz on Friday - To prepare for this quiz reread the articles on Abby Sunderland in your Collections Textbook. You may also log on to Clever.com and access your textbook from the Holt McDougal Icon. Go to the student ebook.

 

Reread "Parents of Rescued Teenage Sailor..." Pages 20-23.

Reread " Ship of Fools" on Pages 24-27.

Watch the TV interview as well. You will need access to the internet to view the interview.  

 

"Would You Ban Texting and Walking" Article- 1. Reread the article. Use the Guided Reading Key to help you annotate the article. Complete all steps. 2.) Complete the Context Clues Chart. 3).Complete the Facts/Opinions Chart. 4) Then, complete the Yes/No chart on the second page of the article itself. Write 3 reasons that support the ban and 3 reasons that argue against the ban. This is due Monday 3/5/18. This assignment was passed out by Miss Aguirre's sub on 3/1. You had the entire period to work on it. Additionally, the sub told you to work on it for homework. There were about 5 students that followed the subs instructions. 

1. DLR HANDOUT # 19 - Due tomorrow.

 

2. Complete the Tutorial Handout: What Is Evidence. Go to www.nearpod.com   Session Code: SVHBY

 

Language Sentence Structure - -Complete Handout Part A, B, and C. Use the collections textbook or the ebook on clever. 

You have had several class days to get the following done

 

(Days in class given to students to complete assignments

2/15/18, 2/20/18, and 2/23/18)

 

1. DLR Handout #19

2. "Getting Lost in a Good Book..." - (1) Annotations (2) Facts and Opinion Chart (3) Questions

3. Page 27 Redo# 2-5 (See blue half sheet for instructions)

 

 

Green Sheet # 4 Due Tuesday 2/27/18

Complete page 27 Analyzing Media on a separate sheet of paper. Complete #2, 3, 4 and 5. Be sure to use complete sentences. Restate the question in your response. Use periods!

 

Complete Handout: "Trace and Evaluate an Argument"

 

Complete page 27 Analyzing Media on a separate sheet of paper. Complete #s 2,3,4,and 5. Be sure to use complete sentences. Rest part of question in your own response. Use periods. 

Green sheet due Tuesday 

Green sheet due Tuesday 

DLR handout #18 due Friday 

DLR Handout # 18 - Complete starred items only. 

DLR Handout # 18 - Complete highlighted items. Due Friday.

 

Argument Unit Notes - Log on to nearpod and complete your notes. Read the slides. Write the meaning of each term in your own words. 

 

Nearpod code: QZRYC

Green sheet due Tuesday!

Friday’s quiz will be on

 

 

 

1. Green sheets due Tuesday. This semester they are worth 15 points. Do not turn in late!

2.DLR handout #17  definitions due Monday 

3. DLR quiz on Monday/context clues/wordiness and redundancy/figure of speech coordinate adjectives/simple/compound/complex/compound complex sentences Next Friday STUDY!

1. Green sheet due Tuesday. This semester they are worth 15 points. Don't turn in late!!!

2.DLR quiz on Friday (sentence stucture, revising sentences for wordiness and redundancy)

Next draft due Friday 1/26. Be sure to double space. You may type and print, but double space as well.

Next draft due Friday 1/26/18. Be sure to double space. You may type and print, but double space as well.

Group 1- Complete annotation of 2 paragraphs.1 must be the last paragraph.(page 4). The other is your choice. Be sure to refer back to teacher example to help you evaluate the student samples. 

 

Group 2- Complete annotation and comments of the paragraph we started together as a class. Be sure to refer back to teacher example to help you evaluate the student samples. 

1.Writing- New Years resolution writing prompt - due Monday 

Group 1:complete 1rst draft

Group 2:complete 2nd draft

 

2.DLR Week 17-Write definitions next to words marked with stars. Due Monday         

Writing- New Year’s Resolution Writing Prompt

 

Group A - Miss Aguirre's group be sure to complete your brainstorming sheet and your paragraph planner.

 

Group B (Independent Group) - Be sure to complete your planning sheet and your draft. Write out your draft. Be sure to double-space and skip every other line. 

 

 

IDEC OUTLINE - Paragraph Planner for students in Miss Aguirre's support group.

 

Writing Prompt, Brainstorming Organizer, and Teacher Example

 

Writing -Complete planning for writing prompt. You can create a web, graphic organizer, or an outline,

Complete Essay Revisions in One Note. 

Green Sheet - Please turn in your green sheet tomorrow. 

Essays - Please work on essay revisions.  

 

Barrio Boy - Page 8 Think Questions. - Please use your annotation notes to help you respond to the think questions. Remember to restate the question, answer the question, cite evidence, and explain your evidence.  As a class, we took notes on how to begin our responses for questions 1-3. Some of you wrote it out and some of you took pictures. Please use your sentence starters. 

Essay - Complete the outline for the conclusion paragraph. On OneNote, type your conclusion paragraph. Reread your paragraphs to your self. Self edit and correct any sentences that do not make sense. Check for careless spelling errors. 

 

Note* - I included today's notes on writing end statements. Please use it if you need it. 

 

DLR Review - Use the DLR Review Corrections Guide on the CLMS webpage to help you make corrections to your DLR # 14. Due 12/5/17

 

 

Combing Sentences Review Handout - Use the handout passed out in class and Log on to your One Note Account. Go to your language arts notebook. Click on your name. Then, click on handouts.  Click on the Sentence Structure assignment. 

Essay -  Please make sure that the restated and transition (sections 1 and 2) of page 6 in your essay packet have been completed. We will complete section 3 (end statement) in class tomorrow. 

 

Green sheet - Last day to turn in your green sheet is tomorrow. 12/4/17

Essay - Complete the outline for body paragraph 2. 

Compare and Contrast Essay (Rikki Tikki Tavi) -  Work on page 4 of your essay.

 

Body Paragraph 1 and 2 are due Thursday. 

 

Green sheet # 11 is due tomorrow. Late green sheets will not count for points.

 

DLR (Daily Language Review Handout) # 13 - Please complete it for homework. You were given class time to work on it. 

Daily Language Review Corrections for Handout # 11 and 12- Be sure to use a red, green, or purple pen.  You will not receive any credit for corrections completed in black ink or in pencil. 

Character Traits and Evidence Chart -  If you did not complete the explanations in class, be sure to do so at home. 

Writing - Essay Packet. Complete Page 2 of your essay packet. Complete the explanation column. Refer to today's activity chart on the say mean matter component. 

 

 

I have attached the presentation you saw in class today. 

Essay Character Trait Chart: Reread Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. Find evidence from the text that supports the character traits that you have attributed to your characters. Use citations. Give credit to the author. Remember to include paragraph numbers.  Do not complete the explanations tonight.

 

DLR Handout # 12 - All sections and tasks must be completed. This is due Thursday. 

Writing: Complete the Main Body points on your Microtheme handout.  Considering that our essay will focus on the idea of good vs evil. Pick two traits that represent how "good" Rikki -Tikki is. Pick two traits that represent how evil the cobras are. Then, use the bullet points to help you plan the body of your essay. Write about the events that support each of the traits. 

Grammar Correcting Dangling Modifiers Handout # 2 due 11/9/17.

Writing: Complete your paragraph response for your personality and that of your "character foil."

Grammar Review: Correcting Dangling Modifiers. 

 

Green Sheets - Last day to turn in your green sheet is tomorrow. 

Green Sheet due Wednesday. Late Green sheets will not be accepted.

Daily Language Review: Complete DLR # 11. Be sure that Wednesday # 1 and 2 are done.

 

 

Green Sheets will be passed out on Monday. - Thank you Miss Aguirre

1. Complete the DLR Review study guide.

2. Complete Compound Complex Sentences Handout. 

Character Chart: Find evidence that reveal the character's personality/ nature. Then, explain what your evidence shows about that character's nature or personality.

 

Plot Diagram - Complete the plot diagram for Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. In the exposition, identify the setting for the story, the characters that are introduced at the beginning, and the inciting incident.

Identify about 6 major events for the Rising Action, 1 major event for the climax, 1 major event for the falling action, and 1 major event for the resolution. 

Complete the THINK Questions on Study Sync. Complete the first three questions only. Please use the race strategy to help you provide complete answers.

StudySync - Watch the StudySyncTV twice and Complete Study Sync TV Charts (Both). View the video as many times as you need to. 

 

 Complete your responses on a separate sheet of paper. Your chart is much too small for your responses. 

Reading Comprehension - If you did not complete the reading comprehension questions with your group, please complete them for homework. Log on to StudySync, and complete the COMP Tab. Make sure to reread if needed. 

 

Writing - Respond to the text dependent question for the article, "Cellphones in School." Remember to use the race strategy. Restate the question. Answer the question. Cite textual evidence. Explain your evidence. 

 

 

Green Sheet # 8 Due 10/23/17 - Late Green Sheets are not accepted. 

Complete Building Complex Sentences Handout # 1 and 2 - After building the sentences, be sure to label each component. Then, write out your complex sentences on a separate sheet of paper. 

1. Read the article: "Cellphones in Schools"

2. Complete the outline for the R.A.C.E strategy.  Use your notebook page 15 and 16 for support.

3. Then use the outline and write out all the components on a separate sheet of paper. It will resemble a paragraph response.

 

4. Complete the reading comprehension questions in Study Sync. 

 

 

 

Rikki-Tikki Tavi Annotations - Please complete annotations. You will not be given anymore class time. Please use your check list to ensure that you have completed the requirements. 

StudySync- Rikki Tikki Tavi - Continue working on your annotations. 

 

 

Complete DLR Week 8 - Tuesday and Wednesday. 

Green sheet - Please turn it in tomorrow. The last day to turn it in is 10/17/17.

Sentence Structure Grammar Handouts Review - Please complete all handouts. 

Complete Foldable or Flipbook  Notes -  Use the ppt below to help you complete your flipbook. 

JupiterGrades/Juno Online Exercises - Log on to Jupiter Grades. Go to Test and Lessons feature and complete all activities. (see the attached picture below)

 

DLR Week 7 - If you received yours back, please complete it. 

 

 

Jupitergrades/Juno - Log on to the Test and Lessons feature and complete all activities. Redo it if you scored less than 100%. Miss Aguirre will not count the activity if you do not have 100%. You are allowed to redo it until you get it correct.

 

Grammar Handouts - Complete the grammar handouts that were passed out yesterday in class. Use your flipbook for help.

 

 

Misplaced Modifier illustrations - Please make sure to complete your assignment and follow all instructions. You work must be neat, and you must color your illustration. 

 

You each received a different sentence that contained a modifier error.

No homework.

Please complete DLR Week 6 Monday - Thursday.  We did most if not all of Thursday in class together. 

StudySync - Please log on and complete annotations for the 5 unfamiliar words in bold. We completed 2 in class. You only have 3 more to do on your own.

 

Rereading - Please make sure to reread the narrative "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" at least twice. You will have a short recall quiz tomorrow to prove that you read at home. 

No Homework. Some students need this time to catch up on pending assignments. Please use it. 

Green Sheet -Students will not receive a green sheet for 9/25-9/28. Green sheets will resume on 10/6/17 - Thank you. 

Complete DLR Week 5. - Please use your planner. Remember that we wrote down notes to help you make sure that it was complete. 

Use the DLR Week 4 Checklist to help you complete DLR Week 4 - Wednesday and Thursday sections.

 

Independent Group - make sure that you complete your outline (yellow sheet) and then you write out your draft. Make sure to skip every other line. 

Green Sheet due Tuesday. 

 

No homework. 

Green Sheets - Tomorrow is the last day to turn in signed green sheets. 

 

DLR Week 3 - Monday - Wednesday.  Log on to www.nearpod.com.

Use the session id: PUMYG and self-edit/correct Monday -Wednesday work. Please use a red, purple, green, or light blue ink pen to make corrections to what is incorrect. This is due on 9/19/17

 

Study Sync -  Log on to https://connected.mcgraw-hill.com

DLR Week 3 Thursday - Complete Thursday using your checklist. Be sure to follow each and every guideline. I have also attached the checklist to this posting. 

 

 

Complete DLR week 3 - Tuesday and Wednesday. Use the checklist. Remember that you will not receive credit for the assignment if you do not do everything that your checklist asks you to do. 

 

 

Log on to study sync:

1. You have your username and password.

2. Click on the annotation lesson. 

3. In the define section of the lesson, read the text provided and watch the video as many times as you need it.

4. Complete your cornell notes. 

 

Green Sheet - Due to the testing of individual students for intervention classes, Miss Aguirre has postponed passing out green sheet until Monday.  This week you green sheet will be due on Wednesday instead of Tuesday.

 

Green Sheet due 9/12/17. However, you have a one day grace period. 

If you turn it in on 9/13/17, I will still accept it. 

DLR Week 3- Monday - Use the golden rod sheet to help you complete DLR Monday. To receive full credit, you must follow every step on the golden rod sheet. Complete Monday only. 

 

Study Sync - Be sure to complete at least 15 peer reviews. Use the rubric that was given out in class. 

 

Study Sync - Complete your Scavenger Hunt.

 

Log on to study sync - Finish rating your peers blasts. 

StudySync - Read the student guide.  (Attached below)

 

Download the studysync app.  See Mobile App _ 2 document (attached below)

DLR Week 2 - Wednesday # 1-4

 

Studysync - Please log on to study sync and complete your blast.  Complete the poll and then hit submit.

 

 Green Sheet due Wednesday. Please have it signed. 

StudySync - Introductions to Blasts.

Today, you received 3 handouts.  I have attached them to this post.

Please read page 3. Highlight any ideas that can help you create a stronger blast. Tomorrow, we will create our blasts. 

 

DLR Week 2 - Complete Monday # 1-3. Use your DLR booklet and your DLR Week 1 Monday as a guide. Whatever we did in class, you must do for week 2 Monday.

 

 

Close Reading for "Both Sides of the Fence" - Reread Page 2. Add 3-4 for more annotations for a total of 5-6.

 

Below is a picture of the annotations we did together in class. 

 "Both Sides of the Fence" - 2nd Reading; Close reading talk to the text. - Make inferences/predictions/opinions/relate to the text/identify figurative language. 

 "Both Sides of the Fence" - 2nd Reading - Interacting with the text. We complete 3 in class. Add 3-4 more annotations. 

Past Due - Your green sheet (progress report) was due today. You can still turn it in tomorrow with a late pass attached to it.

 

 

LA Notebook - Make sure that the cover page has been designed. Make sure that your page shows effort and your design is intentional.

 

 

 Green Sheet - Thank you to those who turned in their signed progress sheet.  Tomorrow is the last day to get in. After Tuesday, you will not be able to receive any credit for it. 

Close Reading Strategies - Reread "Both Sides of the Fence." You were supposed to circle unfamiliar words.  In class, I gave you some time to visit www.vocabulary.com. Write the meaning of the unfamiliar words right on top or use the margins. 

 

Notebook Cover Page - Complete the design of your cover page of your language arts notebook by Wednesday. Make sure that the cover shows effort and the design is intentional.

 

 The Scholarship Jacket - Complete items # 1-13 - Your assignment is due tomorrow. 

 

 The "Scholarship Jacket" - Please complete items # 7-10. Be sure to include well thought out responses. Use complete sentences. 

 Course Descriptions will be passed out Thursday or Friday. Please have them signed and returned by Tuesday 8/22/17.  Thank you.

 Course Description - Have it signed and turned in by Tuesday. It is worth 50 points.

Course Description - the last day to turn in your signed course description is tomorrow (Tuesday). It is worth 50 Hw points.

 

 

 

Student Survey - Be  sure to complete the student survey. Please leave the BTW blank so that you can complete that in class. Also, please ensure that you add a personal touch. Color and design your survey. I am expecting you to complete this requirement.

 

Letter to Students - Please reread the letter to students to yourself. Annotate the letter. Include 4-5 statements/questions of commentary. You can agree with it and explain why or disagree with it and explain why. You can relate the text to you or ask questions. React to what you read - Talk to the text.  Do not worry about it being right or wrong. Write what comes to mind when you read the text.