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High Springs Community School
MARY ALLEMAN
Erin Brooks
Nancy Ensminger
Suzanne Kilpatrick
Jackie Michael
Michelle Morrison
Patricia Myers
Jana Quillen
Katie Roadarmel
Wanda Roe
Cindy Tompkins
Erica Warring
babar waters
Welcome to the 2009-2010 School Year
This site will be updated weekly with our agenda and homework assignments, so please check it often- especially when absent from class. It's going to be a great year at High Springs Community School!

Weekly Agendas

Agendas are posted on Mondays but sometimes change during the week. Copy the agenda from the board in class each day for the most up-to-date information.

Documents for download appear at the end of each week's list of activities.
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Past Events and Homework
Week ending
February 5, 2010

Monday: DLR / Show Me Sentence Paragraph Write / Essay Conclusions I & II WS
HW: Finish WS if needed

Tuesday: DLR / Show Me Sentence Paragraph Write / In-class group essay plan
HW: none

Wednesday: DLR / Show Me Sentence Paragraph Write / Paragraph sharing
HW: none

Thursday: DLR / Show Me Sentence Paragraph Write / Repetition & Word Choice WS
HW: Finish Worksheet if needed

Friday: DLR / Show Me Sentence Paragraph Write / FCAT Writing Reminders Review
HW: none
Week ending
January 29, 2010

Monday: No School Teacher Workday
HW: none

Tuesday: DLR / Show Me Sentence Paragraph Write / Transitional Words I & II WS
HW: Finish Worksheet if needed

Wednesday: CPS Essay Scoring
HW: none

Thursday: DLR / Show Me Sentence Paragraph Write / Transitions WS
HW: Finish Worksheet if needed

Friday: DLR / Show Me Sentence Paragraph Write / Persuasion I WS
HW: Finish Worksheet if needed
Week ending
January 22, 2010

Monday: No School MLK
HW: none

Tuesday: DLR / Writing Purpose /Tone of Authority PPT & WS
HW: Finish Worksheet if needed

Wednesday: DLR /Connotations & Similes WS
HW: Finish Worksheet if needed

Thursday: Writing Prompt
HW: finish Alpha boxes words

Friday: DLR / Go over week's HW lessons
HW: none
week ending
January 15, 2010

Monday: Revising with Precision / Omitting Needless words WS
HW: Revise This I Believe Essay

Tuesday: Using Active & Passive Voice WS
HW: Revise This I Believe Essay

Wednesday: Word choice notes IN 119
HW: IN 123

Thursday: IN Check
HW: Revise This I Believe Essay/ Finish Typing Essay Due Monday

Friday: No School Flex Day
HW: none
Week ending
January 8, 2010

Monday: No School- Flex Day
HW: none

Tuesday: DLR/ Figurative Language review-similes & metaphors IN 41
HW: none

Wednesday: Word choice notes IN 119
HW: finish metaphor writing IN 122

Thursday: Persuasive prompt writing
HW: none

Friday: CPS essay scoring
HW: none
Week ending
December 18, 2009

Monday: Update TOC / Theater Etiquette discussion
HW: none

Tuesday: Hippodrome Field Trip
HW: none

Wednesday: Word Choice Notes IN 118
HW: none

Thursday: Class Spelling Bee
HW: none

Friday: TBA
HW: Have a Wonderful Holiday!!
Downloads
Table of Contents Update (24.44 KB)
Week ending
December 11, 2009

Monday: Outlining of 3 memorable moments
HW: none

Tuesday: Complete My Story Memory Chart
HW: none

Wednesday: This I Believe Essay Samples
HW: none

Thursday: This I Believe Essay Rough Draft Writing IN 92-93
HW: finish essay if needed

Friday: Essay revision
HW: continue revision
Week ending
December 4, 2009

Monday: Glue in IN 150 / DLR IN 151 / Probable Passage IN 39 / Criteria for scoring IN 40
HW: none

Tuesday: Glue in IN 154 / DLR IN 155 / Quotation marks glue in 152 / Practice IN 153
HW: none

Wednesday: Voice notes IN 113 / IN 117 practice writing
HW: none

Thursday: This I Believe Essay in class writing
HW: none

Friday: This I Believe Essay in class writing
HW: none
Week ending
November 27, 2009

Monday: Persuasive Essay Planning Practice
HW: none

Tuesday: Survival Sequencing
HW: none

Wednesday: No School
HW: none

Thursday: Happy Thanksgiving
HW: none

Friday: No School
HW: none
Week ending
November 20, 2009

Monday: Persuasive Essay writing PowerPoint / Persuasive Essay Planner IN 37 / Checklist for Persuasive Writing notes IN 38
HW: none

Tuesday: Persuasive Essay Writing
HW: none

Wednesday: Voice notes IN 113
HW: finish simile writing IN 116

Thursday: Holt Online Essay Typing/Scroring in Media Ctr. Pit
HW: none

Friday: Complex Sentences IN 39
HW: none
Downloads
Persuasive essay checklist (19.18 KB)
Week ending
November 13, 2009

Monday: Synonyms/Synonymous Phrase Practice / If you really knew me essay plan IN 88
HW: finish synonym activity

Tuesday: Essay Rough Draft IN 89-90
HW: / begin final draft writing

Wednesday: No School- Veteran's Day
HW: none

Thursday: Revision notes 1 IN / Begin Essay revision
HW: finalize revisions

Friday: Partner revision / Reverse outline IN 91/ Begin final draft writing
HW: Final draft of essay due Monday
Downloads
Narrative Essay If You Really Knew Me (33.85 KB)
Synonyms (48.06 KB)
Week ending
November 6, 2009

Monday: DLR IN 148 / Expository Essay Planner/ Leads notes IN 31
HW: Thanksgiving passage

Tuesday: Practicing Leads IN 31/Developing support notes IN 32
HW: WS Collecting Support/ Elaborating details

Wednesday: Voice notes IN 112 / Experience writing IN 115
HW: finish paragraph if needed

Thursday: DLR IN 149 / Conclusions
HW: none

Friday: Synonymous phrases
HW: finish writing sentences if needed
Week ending
October 30, 2009

Monday: DLR IN 146 / Organization notes IN 108 / Skeleton Revision practice IN 111
HW: none

Tuesday: Check fill-in notes (from last week) / Sample pattern for sentence Expansion notes IN 29
HW: Strong verb Sentence Practice

Wednesday: Voice notes IN 112 / Critical Recipe Writing IN 114
HW: finish recipe if needed

Thursday: DLR IN 147 / Organization- Expository Essay Planner/ Strong Verb Sentence Practice
HW: none

Friday: Teacher Workday- No School
HW: none
Week ending
October 23, 2009

Monday: Writing Effective Paragraphs fill-in notes / write poem about writing & using transitions on IN 110
HW: none

Tuesday:bookwork
HW: none

Wednesday: Update TOC
HW: fix up IN for check on Thurs. / study for Transitions & Golden bricks quiz Fri.

Thursday: DLR IN 145 / IN Check
HW: Study for quiz

Friday: Transitions & Golden bricks quiz / Organization notes IN 108 / Skeleton Revision practice
HW: none
Downloads
TOC Update (21.83 KB)
Week ending
October 16, 2009

Monday: Answers to Transition WS / Project intro WS
HW: Have idea for your "machine" tomorrow

Tuesday: Rough draft Writing "Machine for unusual task"
HW: finish rough draft

Wednesday: work on illustration of machine / rough draft
HW: finish machine project DUE TOMORROW!

Thursday: DLR IN 142- End marks / DLR IN 144- Commas / Organization notes IN 107
HW: none

Friday: NO SCHOOL- Go Gators!
HW: none
Week ending
October 9, 2009

Monday: DLR IN 140 / Golden Bricks notes
HW: Study for test tomorrow! / finish coloring note page

Tuesday: Parts of a Sentence Test / Capitalization rules crossword
HW: Finish WS if needed

Wednesday: Trait- Organization Notes IN 106 / Writing Sequence Sentences IN 109
HW: none

Thursday: DLR IN 141 / Methods of Elaboration notes IN 27
HW: none

Friday: Transitions / Transitions words glue in IN 28
HW: finish WS if needed
Week ending
October 2, 2009

Monday: DLR IN 138 / Paragraphs Up Close and Personal
HW: none

Tuesday: Writing Effective Sentences fill-in
HW: Finish WS if needed

Wednesday: Trait- Organization Notes IN 106 / Bumper Sticker Design
HW: Work on bumper sticker

Thursday: DLR IN 139 / Topic & Detail Sentences
HW: Finish bumper sticker

Friday: Parts of a sentence review foldable
HW: finish foldable if needed
Week ending
September 25, 2009

Monday: Dell Lab- Holt Online Essay Scoring
HW: Bring in Magazines for class tomorrow

Tuesday: DLR IN 136 Writing Sentences / Body Biographies
HW: Work on body biography picture

Wednesday: Trait- Ideas Notes IN 101 / RD Body Biography paragraph
HW: Work on body biography draft

Thursday: Finish body biography picture / revise writing
HW: Finish body biography picture / revise writing

Friday: DLR IN 137 / Strong Verb Sentences
HW: Body Biography project due MONDAY
Week ending
September 18, 2009

Monday: Project Due!!!! / DLR IN 134 / Prepositions IN 19, IN 20
HW: finish prepositions WS

Tuesday: DLR IN 135 / IN 21 / Coordinating Conjunction Rules WS
HW: finish WS / get magazines for class activity

Wednesday: Trait- Ideas Notes IN 101 / Personal Decalogue IN
HW: finish Personal Decalogue final draft- pen/notebook paper

Thursday: Benchmark Writing Prompt
HW: Study for Dead Verbs Quiz tomorrow / get magazines

Friday: Dead Verbs Quiz / Update TOC
HW: Bring in Magazine for class Tuesday!!
Downloads
TOC Update (11.39 KB)
Prepositions (32.2 KB)
Week ending
September 11, 2009

Monday: No School
HW: none

Tuesday: DLR IN 132 / Verbs Notes IN 16
HW: none

Wednesday: Trait- Ideas Notes IN 100 / revision practice IN 103
HW: finish revision if needed

Thursday: DLR IN 133 / Dead & Dying Verbs to Avoid Project
HW: work on project

Friday: Adverbs Notes IN 18
HW: finish Dead & Dying Verbs to Avoid Project
Downloads
Verbs (11.03 KB)
Adverbs (18.79 KB)
Week ending
September 11, 2009
Week Ending
September 4, 2009

Monday: DLR IN 130 / Txtbk assign / Strong Sent. Notes IN 12
HW: make sure Interactive Notebook is complete for check on Fri.

Tuesday: Nouns Notes IN 13
HW: none

Wednesday: Trait- Ideas Notes IN / Universe of Language Project
HW: finish word lists

Thursday: DLR IN 131 / Pronouns notes IN 14
HW: complete worksheet

Friday: Interactive Notebook Check / Adjectives IN 15
HW: Finish Universe of Language Project- due Tuesday
Downloads
Universe of Lang FD Sheet (14.83 KB)
Nouns (9.94 KB)
Strong Sentences (11.26 KB)
Pronouns (9.86 KB)
Week ending
August 28, 2009

Monday: Welcome Back! / Rules & Procedures
HW: Get Materials

Tuesday: Finish Rules & Procedures / 2 Truths & a Lie Game
HW: Get Materials if needed

Wednesday: Finish 2 Truths & a Lie Game
HW: Get Materials if needed

Thursday: Writing Pretest
HW: Color LA Words to Know Puzzle / Get Materials if needed

Friday: Set Up Interactive notebook
HW: Finish setting up IN if needed


Downloads
Classroom Procedures & Expectations (28.75 KB)
Course Information Sheet (16.4 KB)
Interactive Notebook Setup (30.56 KB)
Week ending
June 5, 2009
Have a Great Summer!
High Springs Community School
Michelle Morrison
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