Agenda, December 8

Due Now: Parent or guardian signature on class rules.    Due Now: Finished name tag. If you added symbols or colors, let us know.
Do Today: 25 Days of Kindness - Help clean up your classroom. Do Tonight and Tomorrow: Go see The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge.
Today's Learning Targets:

• I can analyze a short story.
• I can use art to show my comprehension.
• I can use direct quotes to support my interpretation.
• I can write a properly punctuated sentence. 

Today's Agenda:

1. "An American Childhood" Plot Review
2. Art or Drama? (Storyboard or Slide Show?) 
3. Exit Ticket #2: Tell us something about the first week of winter trimester. Remember that "I" is capitalized and "I'm" has an apostrophe.

Storyboard Requirements:

• Reread the chase scene - from "Often, of course ..." (226) to "He caught us and we all stopped" (227).
• Pick four important events to illustrate.
• For each event, include a quotation that helps us understand your illustration. Copy the author's words directly. Put the author's words in quotation marks and put the page number in parentheses after the quotation.
• Use color for extra credit.

Agenda, December 7

Due Now: Parent or guardian signature on class rules.   
Due Now: Finished name tag
Do Today: 25 Days of Kindness - Give a compliment to someone.
Do Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday: Go see The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge.
Today's Learning Targets:

• I can write a well-developed paragraph.
• I can listen actively.
• I can work with a group to analyze a short story.
• I can write a properly punctuated sentence. 

Today's Agenda:

1. Name Tag Paragraph.
2. "An American Childhood," by Annie Dillard
3. Exit Ticket #2: Tell us about a movie or TV show you like. Start with a capital letter and end with a period. Remember that "I" is capitalized and "I'm" has an apostrophe.

Name Tag Directions:

• Fold your name tag like a book cover.
• Write your name large enough for me to see it from across the room.
• Include at least three symbols that represent your personality.
• Use color

Agenda, December 6

Due Now: Parent or guardian signature on class rules.  Due Tomorrow: Finished name tag

Do Today: 25 Days of Kindness - Make a bookmark for the library. Do Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday: Go see The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge.
 
Today's Learning Targets:

• I can use symbols to communicate ideas.
• I can use literary terms to analyze a short video. 
• I can write a well-developed paragraph.
• I can write a properly punctuated sentence. 

Today's Agenda:

1. "Gopher Broke" review
2. Name Tag Work Time
3. Name Tag Paragraph.
4. Exit Ticket #2: Tell us about a movie or TV show you like. Start with a capital letter and end with a period. Remember that "I" is capitalized and "I'm" has an apostrophe.

Name Tag Directions:

• Fold your name tag like a book cover.
• Write your name large enough for me to see it from across the room.
• Include at least three symbols that represent your personality.
• Use color

Agenda, December 5

Due Tomorrow:
Parent or guardian signature on class rules. 
Do Today: 25 Days of Kindness - Say please and thank you.
Do Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday: Go see The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge.
Today's Learning Targets:

• I can use a brainstorm to generate ideas.
• I can use symbols to communicate ideas.
• I can use a video to review familiar terms.
• I can use literary terms to analyze a short video.
• I can write a properly punctuated sentence. 

Today's Agenda:

1. Name Tag Brainstorm
2. Name Tag Work Time
3. Freytag's Plot Pyramid Notes
4. Apply your knowledge to this video
5. Exit Ticket #2: Tell us about a movie or TV show you like. Start with a capital letter and end with a period. Remember that I is capitalized and I'm has an apostrophe.

Name Tag Directions:

• Fold your name tag like a book cover.
• Write your name large enough for me to see it from across the room.
• Include at least three symbols that represent your personality.
• Use color

Agenda, December 4

Today's Learning Targets:

• I can use a freewrite to generate ideas.
• I can practice close reading skills.
• I can use symbols to communicate ideas.
• I can write a properly punctuated sentence. 

Today's Agenda:

1. Freewrite #1: "After the storm ..." OR Tell us about something that happened during Fall Trimester
2. Class Rules! Read with a partner / Read with a pencil
3. Getting to Know You
4. Name Tag Brainstorm
5. Name Tag Work Time
6. Exit Ticket #1: What's the most important thing we need to know about you? Start with a capital letter and end with a period.

Name Tag Directions:

• Fold your name tag like a book cover.
• Write your name large enough for me to see it from across the room.
• Include at least three symbols that represent your personality.
• Use color

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Agenda, June 6

• Due Today: Return your Collections textbook to the library.
• Due at the end of class tomorrow: Turn in your purple hall passes (no passes during finals)

  Today's Learning Targets: 

• I can connect classical literature to the modern world.
• I can compare and contrast two films.
• I can take useful notes. 

Today's Agenda: 

1. To the Library!
2. Bend it Like Beckham

Basic Typing Directions

Your Name

Mr. Kline

English 9B

3 June 2016

Basic Essay Typing Directions

1.    Create a new Google doc. Name it Last Name Sin Essay. For example, my doc would be called Kline Sin Essay.

2.    Select Times New Roman as the font. Set the font size to 12. Click on “Format,” then “Line Spacing,” then “Double” to double space your work. Poetry should be single spaced unless there is a structural reason for it to be double spaced.

3.    In the upper left hand corner, type your name, my name, the name of your class, and the date. Capitalize your name and the month. It should look like the header on the top of this page.

4.    Share your Google doc with me and only me. My e-mail is ed.kline@orecity.k12.or.us

5.    Center the title. The first letter of each word should be capitalized. Finish typing your work before you spend time thinking of a title.

6.    Hit return and use tab to indent your paragraphs. You do not need a blank line between paragraphs.

7.    Proofread. Spell check. Print.

8.    Staple your work in this order: Final Draft, Rough Draft, Three Openings, Seven Deadly Sins Outline

Agenda, June 3

• Due Every Day: Bring your black Collections textbook.

This week's schedule:

• Tuesday: Claims, Quotes, Introductions
• Wednesday: Introductions, Outline, Drafting body paragraphs
• Thursday: Finish body paragraphs, Conclusions
• Friday: Typing Final Drafts 

Today's Learning Targets: 

• I can read for pleasure. 
• I can notice interesting and important elements in my personal reading.
• I can connect classical literature to the modern world.
• I can properly punctuate a Shakespearean quotation.
• I can organize an argument. 
• I can write an engaging introduction.
• I can develop a topic sentence into a paragraph.
• I can write a satisfying conclusion. 

Today's Agenda: 

1. Typing Time

Agenda, June 2

• Due Every Day: Bring your black Collections textbook.
• Due Now: Bookmark 4, front and back. This assignment can't be turned in late.
• The last day for any late work is YESTERDAY.

This week's schedule:

• Tuesday: Claims, Quotes, Introductions
• Wednesday: Introductions, Outline, Drafting body paragraphs
• Thursday: Finish body paragraphs, Conclusions
• Friday: Typing Final Drafts 

Today's Learning Targets: 

• I can read for pleasure. 
• I can notice interesting and important elements in my personal reading.
• I can connect classical literature to the modern world.
• I can properly punctuate a Shakespearean quotation.
• I can organize an argument. 
• I can write an engaging introduction.
• I can develop a topic sentence into a paragraph.
• I can write a satisfying conclusion. 

Today's Agenda: 

1. Independent Reading
2. Drafting Time
3. In conclusion ...