No School--Columbus Day
October 12, 2009 |
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Tears of a Tiger---Period 5 (homework)
Due Date: September 23, 2009 |
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| Students must answer the next three sections in their "Tears of a Tiger" Packet |
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Summer Reading Test
September 18, 2009 |
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Study for Summer Reading Test (homework)
Due Date: September 17, 2009 |
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Suggestions for preparing for tomorrow's Summer Reading Test:
*Review your notes page and make sure you have copied an important passage from the book
*Think about each question--anticipate possible answers to and/ or thoughts about each question based on your summer reading book
*Review the worksheet, "What constitutes Good Literature," and think about which points you may choose to argue
*Feel confident that you have completed a great amount of practice with the SIX STEP PROCESS and you know how to use it to successfully answer the summer reading questions
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"The Circuit" Questions (homework)
Due Date: September 15, 2009 |
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In today's class students successfully answered #1 and #2 of the CAPT-style questions for the story, "The Circuit."
For HOMEWORK---students must answer at least the first three steps of question #3 |
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Six-Step Process (homework)
Due Date: September 14, 2009 |
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SIX-STEP process
#1 Main Idea (State the main idea of the response/ use question stem in your answer)
#2 Example (Use examples and evidence fromthe story to support the main idea of the anwer)
#3 Explain the examples (Why are the examples important?)
#4 Generalization (What can be said about people in general, or humanity, or society?)
#5 Connect (Support generalziation with conenction to book, movie, perosnal experience, etc.)
#6 What can be learned? (What life lesson and/or moral does the author suggest?)
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NOTES PAGE (homework)
Due Date: September 10, 2009 |
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| Those students who have not turned in their summer readin notes page have until tomorrow to either turn in the notes page(s) or a written plan for when they will finish their summer reading. |
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Overcoming Challenges
September 4, 2009 |
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| In today's class students shared certain challenges they had to overcome in their first week of school. Several students realized that with persistence and good problem-solving skills, they were able to learn their schedule, find their way around the school, get accustomed to waking up early and making a schedule for completing assignments. Great work everyone! |
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Notes Page (homework)
Due Date: September 3, 2009 |
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| Students must hand in TWO COMPLETED notes pages for their summer reading books. |
| Downloads |
 Notes Page (23.55 KB)
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Composition Notebooks (homework)
Due Date: August 31, 2009 |
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| Students are required to have a composition notebook as specified on students' supply list. Students will earn 10 points for having these notebooks in class on Wednesday. |
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Documents Due (homework)
Due Date: August 28, 2009 |
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Documents students must turn in by Monday include:
1.Student/Parent/Teacher Contract
2.Student Information Sheet
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Register for Classjump (homework)
Due Date: August 27, 2009 |
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Each student is responsible for registering for classjump by Monday, August 31st, 12:00PM.
1)Visit www.classjump.com.
2)Select 'Register as a Student' from the left-hand menu. Select country (United States,) state (Connecticut,) city (Hamden,) school (Hamden High School,) and finally EN 15--Dominique Rakiec.
3) You will need an email address to register. If you do not already have one you may create one, for free, at gmail.com, hotmail.com, or another site of your choice. |
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