• Expository Essay Rough Draft due end of Period Fri. 10/19. 10/23
• Expository Essay Second Draft due end of Period Mon. 10/22. 10/26

1. Reading #10 – 

1. Q.o.t.D. #19 - Write a letter to yourself on the event of your graduation from high school.  

1. Reading #9 – 
   • Close Up: 1-4
   •  Theme: 1-3

1. Q.o.t.D. #18 - What do you need to get done this week before Grade Day on Friday?  How do you plan to get it done?  We have opportunities after school on Tuesday and Thursday to get things done.  You also may have mentor period to finish things.
2. 
   

1. Spelling test #6:

1. Q.o.t.D. #17 - Write a letter to yourself at age 12 or to another pre-teen: brother, sister, cousin, friend.  Think of what you have run into, what you have learned, what you've seen others do, what might save their lives or their hearts.  Think about what you would have liked to have known. Be convincing.

1. Reading #8 – Poe's Tell-Tale Heart
   • Close Up: 1-4
   •  Theme: 1-3

1. Q.o.t.D. #16 - Tell me a scary story-real or imagined.  Use STSTS.

1. Reading #7 – My Father Sits in the Dark . . .
   • Close Up: 1-4
   •  Theme: 1-4
2. Mug Shots #6 – Grade in class.

1. Spelling test
2.  Spelling #6: yesterday, serious, definitely, sense, since, imbalance, relief, patience, patients, conscious, conscience
3. Final Expository Essay due.

1. Q.o.t.D. #15 - Tell me about your home town.  What is great; what is not?  Are you likely to return to raise kids?  I f yes, why?  If no, where will you go and why?
2. Title Page, Works Cited page, inline citations.
3. Finish editing Research Paper
   

1. Edit Research Paper.

1. Critiques
2. Check Grades on IMS
3. Read notebook responses and re-respond if necessary.

1. Q.o.t.D. #14 - Tell me about your experience writing research papers. What topics have you written about, when, how long?  What were any issues you had?   What difficulties are you having with this paper?
2. ROUGH DRAFT DUE NOW!!!

1. Spelling Test #3
2. Spelling Words #4: nowhere, unknown, dangerous, receipt, schedule, caution, frequency, equivalent, sequence, rational
3. Research Paper: Writing your Paper. Rough Draft due at the end of the period.

1. Research Paper: Writing your Paper

• Writing Introductions and conclusions
• Citing Facts
• Print Title Page & Bibliography
  

1. Outline: Write your Topic

• Intro: 
• What are your three (or more) body paragraphs going to tell the reader?  
• Conclusion:
  

1. Research: Write your Topic

• List 5 facts you know about your topic.
• List 5 things that you think you might know, but need to verify.
• List 5 things you don't know or would like to learn.
  

1. Title Page and Bibliography.

1. Q.o.t.D. #13 - When did you go from being a kid to being a teen-ager?  What happened around that time?  What were the events that let you know?  Does your family have any sort of 'coming of age' ceremony or traditions?
2. Research Sources: Wikapedia is not a source.  How to use wikipedia properly.
3. Title Page and Bibliography.
   

1. Reading #6 - School Shooting Article from New York Times. 
2. Respond to the following questions in some depth. 

1. List the order of events
2. What is your emotional/personal response?
3. Could it happen here and what can we (adults: teachers, counselors, parents, friends & kids: students, friends, siblings) do to prevent it from happening?
3. Edit work returned by Rob
   

1. Q.o.t.D. #12 - Free Write.  Tell me something I don't know about you.  Create some questions of the day and ask me to answer them.  Just write paragraphs with full sentences and appropriate punctuation.
2. Remind them that the spelling test will be tomorrow!
3. Brainstorm: topics for research.  What are they interested in?  Have them start by writing down 10 things they would like to know more about.  Then after 10 minutes or so, start a big list.  Maybe categorize some.  Once we’ve got a big list ask them to choose 1 topic to research.  Have them write down 5 facts they know about the topic, 5 things they think might be facts and 5 things they have no idea about.
4. If there is time, you can take them to the lab (If you want to.) to start researching.  Tomorrow we’ll be talking about sources.

1. Reading #5 - Journey at Dawn.  Pg 140  in Journeys: Emblem.
2. Summarize as you go along.  Then write a summary.  Remember the summary is only 1 short paragraph of 4-5 sentences and details what happens in the story.  
3. Answer questions:
1. Close Up: 1, 2, 3.
2. Conflict: 1, 2, 3
4. Log in to IMS to get your English grade as of Friday.  Write it on  your weekly progress report.  Then work on any assignments you owe.

1. Q.o.t.D. #11 - What is (are) the most vivid memory (or memories) in your life?  Birthday? Injury?  Major Illness?  Accomplishment?  Tell me about one or two.  Use details, sensory, sight, taste, sound, touch.  
2. Mug Shots #5
   
3. Spelling Test #2
4. Spelling words #3: solution, especially, actually, afraid, adjective, similar, stretched, experience, bought, create.  
5. Write spelling sentences for list #3.

1. Spelling Test #2 - We'll do it on Monday.
2. In-class Midterm, included Brainstorm/Outline/Web/Framing.

1. Q.o.t.D. #10 - What do you do about DRAMA?  If you hear someone say something about someone what is your response?  Tell me about a time when you have trafficked in rumors.   How much should we believe of what read, hear or see?  Consider the current state of the media and reality TV?  What are the long-term results?  Where do we go from her at Clearview?
2. Paragraphing II - Rob's Knowing Jack.  Insert paragraphs.
3. Edit Second Draft of Narrative Essay.
4. Discuss In-class Midterm for Friday.

1. Mug Shots #4
2. Next Steps.
   

1. Q.o.t.D. #9 - Friday is mid-term. (Really?) [Yeah. Hard to believe.]  How are you doing so far this year in English, but also in your other classes and school in general?  How are you meeting the Big Three?  What is getting in the way?  What can I (and the otehr staff) do to help you?
2. Critique: Personal Narrative Rough Drafts.

1. Paragraphing I - Rob's Narrative.  Insert paragraphs.
2. Grade Check on IMS.
   

1. Spelling Test.
2. Spelling List #2: particular, capital, capitol, settled, southern, molecules, repeated, column, oxygen, various
3. Finish Personal Narrative Rough Draft.

1. Q.o.t.D. #8 - Baker Field Trip Narrative. Tell me about a day.  I fyou went on the field trip yesterday write about that.  Use all your senses to describe the day. [This will become your narrative essay.]
2. Mug Shots #3

1. Mt. Baker Field Trip

1. Reading #4: P. 64 in Emblem.  One Throw.
2. Answer questions:
• Close Up: 1, 2, 3.
• Plot: 1, 2, 3.
  
3. Grade to date.  Tomorrow is day 15, 1/3 of the way through the quarter.  How are you doing?
4. What to do at Mt. Baker tomorrow?
   

1. Q.o.t.D. #7 - Our lives are full of moments when everything (or at least something significant) changes.  I like to call these Crux [Etymology (origin): Latin cruc-, crux cross, torture] points.  Tell me about a moment in your life that was difficult; a point (or points) where you may have had to make a tough choice.
2. Spelling Words - elements, famous, exciting, exiting, dollars, rhythm, rhyme, necessary, process, current.  Write and use them in sentences.  Test Friday.  
3. Writing Assn #2 - Personal Narrative.

1. Mug Shots - Daily Oral Language - Pgs 12.  Do Focus on Punctuation first and go over it.  Then do the paragraph on pg 14.: A Groundbreaking Story.  If you do not finish it, it is Homework.
2. Finish 2nd Draft of Intro.  Turn in to Rob.
3. Discussion of  "Alone on the Hilltop."

1. Q.o.t.D. #6 - Lifetime Achievement Award.  The year is 2050.  You are being given a lifetime achievement award.  In third person describe your accomplishments.  Consider family, career, hobbies, etc.  For example: "This year one of the busiest individuals in the world, Rob Slater, will recieve a Lifetime Achievement award.  His work as a teacher..."
2. Reading #3:  Alone on the Hilltop. p. 186
• Answer Questions
• Close Up 1, 2, 4, 5
• Point of View 1, 2, 3
  

1. Letter of Intro: Critiques
2. Edit.

1. Q.o.t.D. #5 - Chose one of the following phrases and write 2/3-3/4 of a page.  Remember conventions.  Paragraphs! 
   
• "It was a dark and stormy night...."
• "The summer sun beat down..."
• "Wind whipped the icy snow..."
• "The mulit-colored leaves coated the ground..."
2. Mug Shots - Daily Oral Language - Correct

1. Boggle
2. 5 Minutes to print out Intro.
3. Mug Shots - Daily Oral Language - Pgs 4, 10.

1. Q.o.t.D. #4 -  What says "comfort" to you?  People, places, things? Sounds, tastes, smells? [If you're having trouble writing 1/2-2/3 of a page, begin by writing out the question.  This way you can slo come back to it later and know what the question was.]  Tell me an anecdote about a time when you were comfortable.
2. Personal Introduction.  Print out your personal intro and your Bizletter.

1. Personal Intro: Write your rough draft and then type and edit.
2. Graded assignments so far...

1. Q.o.t.D. #3 -  When has a movie, song or other work of art made you feel?  What was the work of art and how did it make you feel?  Sad, angry joyful, depressed, triumphant?  What good is Art?  Consider everything from TV to a mime or street musician, WWF to stadium concerts to break dancing to gymnastics, movies, plays improv, etc.
2. Interviews: How to?
1. Create Questions. - What kinds of questions get people talking?
2. Organize and share questions.
3. Note-taking.
4. Feedback.
3. Writing Assignment #1 - Personal Introduction.

1. Finish Qs for Reading #1
2. Letter Grade Expectations: Book Report
   
3. Reading #3: On the Edge p. 404
1. Summarize
2. Answer Questions on p. 409
• Close Up: 1, 2, 3.
• Theme: 1, 3, 4.
4. Lab. Finish Letter.
   

Day 3 - 9/7

1. Q.o.t.D. #2 - (Remember punctuation, spelling, paragraphing, etc. 2/3-3/4 page. ) Respond to one or more of the following quotes:  Use examples from your life and details to illustrate your thoughts and feelings.

• "The race is not always to the swift, but to those who keep running." 
• "No one can make you feel bad without your consent." 
•  "Everyone makes mistakes.  It's what you do afterwards that counts." 
• "People are about as happy as they make up their minds to be."

2. Lab Intro.  Pt. II - Saving Backups
3. Writing Assignments: In class, Multi-draft.
4. Assignment. #1 - Writing a letter.

1. Boggle
2. Reading: Crow Call by Lois Lowry

• Summariz9e 3-4 sentences and write unrecognized words in notebook
• Answer Questions from p. 365. 
• Close Up: 1, 2, 4.
• Mood: 1, 3, 5.
  

3. Go to Lab.  Set up Folders.
   

Day 1 - 9/5

1. Rob's General Syllabus
2. Introduction: Notebooks, Question of the Days [Q.o.t.D.] descriptions.
3. Q.o.t.D. #1 - Tell me about something you did (or wish you did) last summer?  Write 1/2-2/3 page using your best penmanship, spelling, punctuation and PARAGRAPHS.  If you run out of things to say about my question, you may starta  new paragraph and write something else.