Monday, November 29, 2010

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving break! It is so wonderful to spend time with family and friends. I hope you all had an enjoyable long weekend.

Periods 2 & 5 - complete the worksheet by ranking the social offenses
periods 3 & 7- complete the Word Wealth worksheet - 2.6
Period 6 - 20 original sentences for Unit 6

All classes have Vocab quizzes on Friday!

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Have a safe and Happy Thanksgiving! Be ready to work when we get back! Enjoy the time you get to spend with your families this week.

"The happiest of people don't always have the best of everything, they just make the best of everything that comes along their way."

Monday, November 22, 2010

Just a short week of two and a half days! I cannot believe it is already Thanksgiving week!

Periods 2 & 5 - no homework!
Periods 3 & 7 - Death of a Salesman questions
Period 6 - fill in compare/contrast sheet for tomorrow

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Good afternoon! I cannot believe how fast this week went by! Parent/teacher conferences are tonight and tomorrow. Students, enjoy your day off tomorrow! Lucky ducks!

Over the weekend...

periods 2 & 5 - Vocab quiz on Monday! Unit 5, 11-20 - STUDY!
periods 3 & 7- no homework - great job this week! Bring books to class on Monday.
period 6 -Read Act II, scene iii of R & J - take notes and summarize

Have a fantastic long weekend!

Wednesday, November, 17, 2010

Good afternoon! The rain finally stopped! Hooray!
I just want to remind everyone that parent/teacher conferences are tomorrow night from 6:30 to 8:30, and also on Friday from 8am to 2pm. I would love to meet anyone who has time to come in! Please send me an email and let me know if you are interested in meeting with me. mstuart@burlington.mec.edu

Periods 2 & 5 - You have an Animal Farm test tomorrow! Study tonight1

Periods 3 & 7 - Performances are tomorrow! All writing components are due at tomorrow. I will not accept anything late without deducting points. I am excited to see all of your hard work in action!

Period 6 - Romeo and Juliet translation sheet should be complete.

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

"The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything, they just make the best of everything that comes along their way."

I really like this quote and think it is something we should try and remember!

Periods 2 & 5 - You have an Animal Farm test on Thursday! Finish the novel tonight and we will review tomorrow. Your vocab quiz will now be on Monday!

Periods 3 & 7 - Bring in all necessary materials for a dress rehearsal tomorrow to class. You will have the entire period to run through your scenes. All writing components are due on Thursday.

Period 6 - No homework, bring Romeo and Juliet to class tomorrow!

Monday, November 15, 2010

Hope everyone had a nice weekend!

Periods 2 & 5 - Make sure you have read chapter 9 of Animal Farm for tomorrow. You should also have all of your vocab completed at this point. You have a quiz on Thursday on Unit 5 words 11-20.

Periods 3 & 7 - your performances will be on Thursday. Be sure that you have divided up responsibilities today and that you all know what your role in executing this assignment well is. Tomorrow you should bring in anything you need for working on things tomorrow in class.

Period 6 - You have a test on Act I tomorrow, study!!!

Friday, November 12, 2010

Good afternoon! I hope everyone had a great day off yesterday and remembered those fighting and that have fought for our country!

Periods 2 & 5 - Please make sure you have completed the exercises on pages 61 - 63 in your Vocab book. We will continue to read Animal Farm next week.

Periods 3 & 7 - Read through page 76 of Death of a Salesman and take notes for Monday. We will begin an acting project next week. Get excited! If you have not turned in your essay, you may still turn it in. Each day it is late, I will subtract a full letter grade. If you email it to me by the end of today, I will only subtract five points.

Period 6 - work on the literary device review sheet. Keep in mind you test on Act I is on Tuesday. We will review on Monday.

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Today we had a fantastic Veteran's Day Assembly! Great job to the band and chorus! You guys were amazing! Have a great day off tomorrow and remember the reason you are off!

Periods 2 & 5 - Vocab Quiz on Unit 5, words 1-10 on Friday.
Period 6 - study for vocab quiz on Friday unit 5. You should have Act I of R & J completely finished. Your test will be on TUESDAY for Act I. We will do lots of review before then. Pay close attention to quotes that I emphasized in class as well as the literary terms we discussed.
Periods 3 & 7 - Your final draft of your essay is due in class on Friday. If you cannot print at home, I will gladly take them via email in an attached word document. OTherwise they are due when you walk in the door on Friday. You also need to have read through page 76 by Monday!

All classes may bring in flashcards for an extra 5 points on Friday. Have a great day off!

November 9, 2010

Good afternoon all! Welcome to a new quarter! Grades are due today, that means you are all starting off with a clean slate. This is an opportunity to get back on track with doing homework, keeping your participation grade up, and handing in assignments on time. We have new seats and we are in a good place to start fresh! If you are a parent reading this and would like to schedule a conference, they are November 19th from 7:30am-2:30pm. Please send me an email at mstuart@burlington.mec.edu There is also a "drop by" night on the 18th from 6:30 - 8:30. Here I will not be able to spend a very long time with each of you, but would love to meet you and give you a quick update. Feel free to come on this night as well.

HOMEWORK:

Periods 3 & 7 - Tomorrow I will be checking notes on Death of a Salesman pages 52-63, checking your homework from the weekend (first practice set in Word Wealth - Part 2, Unit 5) and you should also have your rough draft with you. We will peer edit in class and then go to the writing lab to finish these. They are officially due on Friday, but I will collect them at the end of the period tomorrow if any of you are done with them.

Period 2 - finish chapter 8 and the review sheet

Period 5 - write your journal entry in character. Finish chapter 8 review sheet

Period 6 - Romeo and Juliet Act I review sheet. I will also check synonyms, antonyms, and completing the sentence of Unit 5 tomorrow.

ALL CLASSES - VOCAB QUIZ FRIDAY******

Monday, November 8, 2010

Good morning everyone. Unfortunately, I am home sick today. Yuck. I am sure I will be back tomorrow, so don't get too excited!

periods 3 & 7 - Bring one page of your essay to class tomorrow. We will work on citing and editing before heading back to the computer lab. We will also present your extra credit projects. Just leave them in the room.
Periods 2 & 5 - Read through chapter 9 and write that journal entry that you should be able to do in class.

Period 6 -Read act i scene v. Write a summary of what you think may have happened and take notes while you are reading that will help you. don't worry, we will go over it tomorrow. Your test on act I will be pushed back. Do synonyms and antonyms for unit 5.

 

Any questions, email me! I will be around all day! mstuart@burlington.mec.edu

Friday, November 5, 2010

I cannot believe that the first quarter is already over! One down, three to go! Monday is a fresh start, all of my classes will change their seats and we will have a clean slate to go with. Make sure you are saving everything that is passed back to you. Put it in the appropriate section as you get it, and you will not have to scramble at the end of the quarter.

Periods 2 & 5 - Read Chapter 8 of Animal Farm and take notes as this is a long chapter.

Periods 3 & 7 - Please complete the First Practice Set for Part 2, Unit 5 in Word Wealth. Extra credit is due on Monday.

Period 6 - Please do the "completing the sentence" section for unit 5 in your vocab book. We will continue to read Romeo and Juliet on Monday. You will have a test on Act I on Wednesday.

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Good afternoon. Great job to everyone who turned their binders in on time and completed. Anyone who has not turned in a binder needs to do so IMMEDIATELY! If you have any outstanding quizzes to make up, you need to do so by tomorrow at the end of the day.


Periods 2 & 5 - Vocab Quiz tomorrow - Unit 4, words 11-20

Period 6 - Shakespeare to modern English translation - bring vocab books to class

Periods 3 & 7 - paragraph prediction for Act 2 of Death of a Salesman. Bring Word Wealth to class
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Last day of the quarter tomorrow!

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Hi all,

Not much to report, I hope you all had a wonderful day off yesterday! I cannot believe I had to scrape the frost off of my car this morning! It is November, wow! Great job to periods 3, 6, & 7 on their binder checks today. Most of you had them turned in and did a great job on them! Since a new quarter begins Monday, use it to start off well. If you had a hard time with the binder check this quarter, save everything from now on and immediately put it into the correct section. That way, you do not have to do anything when it comes to the binder check at the end of quarter 2. It is supposed to be an easy way to boost your grade.

Periods 2 & 5 - Binder check tomorrow and Animal Farm quiz!
Periods 3 & 7 - extra credit due Monday

Monday, November 1, 2010

I cannot believe it is already November. I hope everyone had a safe and happy Halloween. I think I am still in a candy coma! Too many Reese's! It is a short week this week, no school on Tuesday. Enjoy your day off, but you still have much to do!

Periods 2 & 5 - Animal Farm review questions for chapters 6 & 7 - you have a quiz on Thursday

Periods 3 & 7 - Organize your binders..they are due on Wednesday, NO EXCEPTIONS. Also read Death of a Salesman through page 44 and takes notes on the sheet provided in class today. You will have a quiz on this reading on Wednesday. We will be finishing up Act I this week.

Period 6 - Organize binder for binder check on Wednesday. Make sure you have your binder Wednesday, I will not be taking any late binders.

NO SCHOOL TOMORROW - have a nice day off and keep up with the election!