Miss Bass' Class

 Welcome to our class.  I am excited to be working with you. 

Set up a Gmail account.  Go to gmail.com.  Then e-mail me your parents e-mail addresses, your favorite book, and anything else I should know.  Also, e-mail me a your favorite poem or song lyrics (or print it and bring it to class).  If you do not have Internet access, you can always come use my computers before or after school or visit the library or a friend's house.   

For Monday, please bring:

A writer's notebook

Pen or pencil

Binder

Monday, December 13 to December 17, 2010

Monday, December 13

Handout Article of the Week

Introduce Parody Ads and Parody Ad assignment 

Tuesday, December 14

Work on Parody Ads

Wednesday, December 15

Silent Reading

Blogging

Thursday, December 16

Present Parody Ads

Friday, December 17

Present Parody Ads

Due: Article of the Week

Monday, December 6 to December 10, 2010 

Monday, December 6

How to read an Ad: Four P's Webquest click here

Facebook (how you create media and what messages you send)

Hand out Article of the Week

Tuesday, December 7

How to Read an Ad: Recognizing Appeals and Claims Webquest click here

Ad Strategies

Wednesday, December 8

Silent Reading

Blogging

Thursday, December 2

Review 4 P's and Appeals & Claims using clickers

Ad Strategies

Friday, December 3

Print Ad Analysis

Discuss AoW

Due: AoW 

Monday, November 29 to December 3, 2010 

Monday, November 29

What is media literacy?

5 basic questions to ask when analyzing media

Hand out Article of the Week

Tuesday, November 30

What I Buy Chart

Critical Thinking and the Media

Watch Merchants of Cool Videos.  Click on the link and then go to "Watch the Full Program Online".  We watched the first two clips and then about 5 minutes of the third clip.

Wednesday, December 1

Silent Reading

Blogging

Thursday, December 2

6 concepts of Media (each group will take on of the 6 concepts and create a poster to share their concept with the class tomorrow) If you are absent please choose a concept from the link and create your own visual.

Due: Movie Questions Merchants of Cool

Friday, December 3

Discuss AoW

Present Core Media Concept and take notes

Facebook and Advertising

November 22 to 26, 2010

Monday, November 22

Review for Grammar Test

Tuesday, November 23

Grammar Test

Silent Reading

Wednesday, November 24

No School Thanksgiving

Thursday, November 25

No School Thanksgiving

Friday, November 26 

No School Thanksgiving

November 15 to November 19, 2010

Monday, November 15

Hand out Article of the week

Review Movie Questions from ITW

Discuss Vocabulary

Commonly Confused Words

Tuesday, November 16

Simple and Complex Sentences

Wednesday, November 17

SSR and Blogging at Turnitin.com

Thursday, November 18

Sentences Grammar

Friday, November 19

Discuss Article of the Week

Sentences Grammar

Due: Article of the Week 

November 8 to November 12, 2010

Monday, November 8

Watch ITW Film

Handout Article of the Week

Tuesday, November 9

Watch ITW Film

Wednesday, November 10

Watch ITW Film

Due: ITW Vocabulary

Thursday, November 11

Finish film and review for test

Friday, November 12

Test ITW

Reading

Due: Article of the Week

November 1 to November 5, 2010

Monday, November 1

Work on Draft of Influences Essay (due at the end of the hour to turnitin.com)

Hand out Article of the week

Tuesday, November 2

Revise Influences Paper

ITW Vocabulary

Wednesday, November 3

SSR and Blogging at Turnitin.com

Thursday, November 4

Write/Revise Influences

Vocabulary and Grammar

Due: Influences Paper using turnitin.com

Due: Permission Slips

Friday, November 5 

Watch ITW Film

Due: Article of the Week

 October 25, 2010 to October 29

Monday, October 25

Wrap up Into the Wild Chapter Questions 17 & 18

Discuss Epilogue

Introduce writing assignment & dialectic notes

Tuesday, October 26

Research for writing assignment

Wednesday, October 27

SSR

Blogging

Thursday, October 28

Continue writing for Influences paper

Friday, October 29

Continue writing Influences paper

Due: Article of the Week (AoW) article with notes and reaction in Writer's Notebook.

October 18 to October 22

Monday, October 18

Socratic Dialogue #4 (1st period)

Review Questions 11/12 and Read Chapter 13 (3rd hour)

Discuss Life Change Paper

Tuesday, October 19

Begin writing life change papers

Read Chapter 16 and complete quiz

Wednesday, October 20

SSR

Blog (at turnitin.com)

Remember to read and blog even if you are absent.  Please respond to the reading and don't just summarize it.  Also, make sure to use proper conventions -- capitalization, punctuation, etc.

Thursday, October 21

Read Chapter 18

Friday, October 22

October 11 to October 15

Monday, October 11

No School!

Tuesday, October 12
Read Chapters 10 & 11

Due: Chapter 9 & 10 questions at the end of the hour

Wednesday, October 13

SSR

Blog (at turnitin.com)

Remember to read and blog even if you are absent.  Please respond to the reading and don't just summarize it.  Also, make sure to use proper conventions -- capitalization, punctuation, etc.

Thursday, October 14

Read Chapter 12 and complete chapter 11 & 12 questions.

Chapter 11 & 12 Questions due

Friday, October 15
Socratic Dialogues #4 and reviewed Chapter 9/10 and 11/12 questions(3rd hour)

Read Chapter 13 and reviewed Chapter 9/10 questions(1st hour)

October 4 to October 8

Monday, October 4

Read Chapters 5 & 6

Chapter 4 & 5 questions due at the beginning of Tuesday's class

Tuesday, October 5
Read Chapters 6 & 7

Wednesday, October 6

SSR

Blog (at turnitin.com)

Remember to read and blog even if you are absent.  Please respond to the reading and don't just summarize it.  Also, make sure to use proper conventions -- capitalization, punctuation, etc.

Thursday, October 7

Finish chapter 6 & 7 and questions

Due at end of the hour: Chapter 6 & 7 questions

Friday, October 8
Review Chapter 6 & 7 questions

Share Chapter 8

Read Chapter 9

 September 27 to October 1

Monday, September 27

Biology Field Trip; catch up on Into the Wild; watch a movie; and work on missing work for my class.

Tuesday, September 28

Read Chapters 3 & 4

Finish Chapter questions 1 through 3

Wednesday, September 29

SSR

Blog (at turnitin.com)

Remember to read and blog even if you are absent.  Please respond to the reading and don't just summarize it.  Also, make sure to use proper conventions -- capitalization, punctuation, etc.

Thursday, September 30

Read Chapters 5

Complete questions for chapters 4 & 5

due(at the beginning of the hour): Chapter 1-3 questions

Friday, October 1

Socratic Dialogue #2 (Sammi/Bri & Katie/Andy) and #3 (Bekki/Thane & Sergio/Jazmin)

Continue reading if time.

fill out (yellow sheet) Charting ITW

September 20 to September 24

Monday, September 20

Continue Revision and looking at leads and conclusions.

Personal narrative DUE at the end of the hour

Tuesday, September 21

Socratic Dialogues

Vocabulary handout, complete definitions

Wednesday, September 22

SSR

Blog (at turnitin.com)

Remember to read and blog even if you are absent.  Please respond to the reading and don't just summarize it.  Also, make sure to use proper conventions -- capitalization, punctuation, etc.

Thursday, September 23

Begin Reading Into the Wild Read Author's note and Chapter 1

Friday, September 24 

Socratic Dialogue #1

Read Chapter 2

fill out (yellow sheet) Charting ITW

September 13 to September 17

Monday, September 13

Mini Lesson

Write Personal Narrative

Tuesday, September 14

Mini Lesson

Write Personal Narrative

Wednesday, September 15

Silent Reading

Blog (Turnitin.com) Independent Reading 9/15)

Thursday, September 16

Mini Lesson -- complete sentence inventory (see handout on right) to see patterns in your writing.  Can you change how you start sentences?  Use stronger verbs? Are your sentences too short or too long?

Revision

Friday, September 17

Mini Lesson -- main idea

Find your main idea/point or how the story has affected you.  Then give at least three examples from your narrative that demonstrate this point.  If you cannot find a point/moral or an affect you may need to add more detail or start a new idea.

Revision

 September 6 to September 10

Monday, September 6

NO SCHOOL LABOR DAY

Tuesday, September 7

Quickwrite

Read and Discuss Mentor Text --Fish Cheeks.  Identify Narrative Qualities.

Wednesday, September 8

Sustained Silent Reading

Introduction to Blogging (See English 10 Blog)

Thursday, September 9

Quickwrite

Read and Discuss Mentor Text -- The Chase.  Identify Narrative Qualities.

Friday, September 10

Quickwrite

Begin writing narrative.

August 30 - September 3, 2010

Monday, August 30

Policies and Procedures

Fill out "Monday" weekly calendar

Hmwk: Read "Deconstructing the Writing Process".  While reading please underline, highlight, star anything interesting or useful.  Circle any words/phrases that you do not understand or are difficult.  Write a 3-5 sentence summary.

E-mail me your email your parents' e-mail addresses, your favorite book, and anything else I should know about you and a poem or song lyrics. 

Tuesday, August 31

Discuss "Deconstructing the Writing Process" 

Create a collage in the front of your Writer's Notebook

Homework:  Complete your collage and write a description in your Writer's Notebook about it.

Wednesday, September 1

Share Collages

Introduce Writer's Notebook

Homework:  Write in your Writer's notebook and find an independent reading book. 

Thursday, September 2

Continue Writer's Notebook

Introduce Writer's Workshop

Homework: Please bring a picture of you or you and your family from when you were younger. Something significant.

Friday, September 3

Picture Frame Activity (see document "Picture Frame Activity" for directions) 

Share Picture Frames

Discuss Writing Qualities