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January 31, 2007
Students began oral presentations today. They have chosen some mighty powerful pieces of King's.
In-class projects should conclude by Friday.
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Students need to study for the test on Friday. Regardless of what the weather may or may not do tonight, school or not tomorrow, THE TEST WILL BE GIVEN ON FRIDAY.
In-class projects are finally coming to an end. We continue to plan the start of pronouns on Monday.
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January 30, 2007
Isn't technology fun?
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January 29, 2007
Attention 8th Grade Parents and Students: Please note the following important dates for Lassiter Registration:
February 5: Student Assembly with Lassiter
February 8 at 6:30 PM (Lassiter Gym): Open House and Curriculum Fair
February 13: Students to bring home registration materials
February 15 from 5:00-7:00 PM (Lassiter Media Center): Open Forum for parent questions
February 16: Registration materials due to Mabry Homeroom Teacher
Please email Mrs. Haag (sarah.haag@cobbk12.org) with questions.
Sarah Haag
Counselor
Mabry Middle School
sarah.haag@cobbk12.org
770-928-5546
Posted by Hartnett at 12:58 PM | Comments (0)
Students continued work on MLK's "I Have a Dream" . They are answering short answer questions, writing paragraphs, and creating art representative of a metaphor or simile found in the speech.
Wednesday: Students will present to the class the summary and analysis of another of King's written work.
Monday, 2/5, their written and pictorial summaries of "I Have a Dream" are due.
Next week we begin working with pronouns.
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Students continued work on their MLK projects. We plan on working on these in class through tomorrow. We will see then if more time is necessary for completion. For those of you interested in working on some of this from home, below is a copy of class notes regarding expected length of each section.
A test on "I Have a Dream" is scheduled for Friday. Students are to reread the speech and review notes taken in class.
Monday the 5th will see the start of a unit on pronouns.
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January 25, 2007
Classes finished viewing and hearing the video/audio of MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech. There will be a brief quiz tomorrow on the speech...very basic-only 5 questions.
In addition, students were given a handout that explains their work for the next few days. They will be involved with multiple small projects regarding the Civil Rights Movement, MLK, and his speech. This will ALL be completed in class.
All classes took the "Choice" vocabulary quiz.
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January 24, 2007
Paragraph by paragraph interpretation of "I Have a Dream" and analysis of figurative language were the focus of today's lesson. Most classes began watching a video of MLK's 1963 speech.
Quiz tomorrow on "Choice" vocab.
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Students began reading and interpreting MLK's speech. Figurative language including vocabulary will be the focal point.
In addition, a summarizing activity was assigned and explained. This is due Friday, 2/2. Below is a copy of the directions.
Quiz tomorrow on "Choice" vocab.
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January 23, 2007
Word maps were completed and presented. Final discussion and sharing of answers to the essential questions took place.
Students were given basic instructions to an assignment due next Wednesday, 1/31. The assignment requires them to read one of MLK's speeches/written pieces and present it to the class. The requirements are found below.
Tomorrow we begin reading and analyzing "I Have a Dream". Future projects and assignments will be discussed later this week.
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We checked homework and discussed the vocabulary and essential questions. It was announced that a vocabulary quiz will be given on Thursday.
Discussion on figurative language was begun and explanations about metaphors, similes, alliteration, and repetition were presented, We began reading and summarizing the first few paragraphs of "I HAve a Dream". Students are urged to make notations on their copy of the speech in addition to marking examples of figurative language. We will continue this process through tomorrow and hope to view and listen the actual speech from 1963 on Thursday.
Varied assignments are to follow this week and next.
Class notes:
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January 22, 2007
Students read "Choice" and we discussed the essential questions. The answers to these are due tomorrow. In addition, vocabulary is due. Third, sixth, and seventh hours are to complete 3 word maps for 3 of the words from the list and define the remaining words. First hour is to define, identify part of speech, and use in a sentence all of the words on the list.
Below is a copy of the word maps to be used by some.
Posted by Hartnett at 02:16 PM | Comments (0)
Today we read "Choice" and discussed the essential questions plus vocabulary. The answers to the questions are due tomorrow. Students will be working on word maps in class tomorrow.
An example of the word map is found below.
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Students read "Choice" and we discussed the essential questions. The answers to these are due tomorrow. In addition, vocabulary is due. Third, sixth, and seventh hours are to complete 3 word maps for 3 of the words from the list and define the remaining words. First hour is to define, identify part of speech, and use in a sentence all of the words on the list.
Below is a copy of the word maps to be used by some.
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January 19, 2007
We continued discussions on the civil rights movement primarily reviewing and explaining issues and events that took place from 1954 to 2003. Students used a time line as a basis for these discussions, and also viewed photographs about some of these events that made them more realistic. Click on the address below to view the timeline.
We did not get to "Choice", but we will do so on Monday.
Have a terrific weekend.
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January 18, 2007
We began discussion on the civil rights movement, and I have asked students to ask parents, grandparents, etc. about their experiences growing up in the 60's and 70's. We will be reading Alice Walker's "Choice" beginning tomorrow, and from there will follow up with MLK and "I Have a Dream".
To start, students will have to answer 2 essential questions and work with vocabulary from the story. Other small projects and short writing assignments will follow. Below are the questions and words we will begin working on tomorrow.
Essential questions:
1. What was Alice Walker's purpose for writing "Choice"?
2. How is her "choice" connected to MLK's civil rights movement?
Vocabulary:
embrace disinherit
dispossession literally
brutality ephemeral
abandonment
colossal
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January 17, 2007
The Writing Test is finally behind us! I am encouraged from all the bits of conversation I have heard, that the students feel confident about their essays. We have been told to expect results in March.
Beginning tomorrow, we will be studying the Civil Rights Movement. Included in our readings will be "Choice" by Alice Walker, and King's "I Have a Dream" speech. Literary analysis will be predominant in our lessons as will the students' written and oral responses to the literature.
These lessons will serve as a foundation to our final unit this year on the Holocaust and The Diary of Anne Frank.
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January 11, 2007
We continue review for The GWAT next Wednesday.
There is a quiz tomorrow on the study guide given out this Monday.
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