Hey all,

This weekend, I want you to make sure that the following is complete:
1) You have completed the pretest for readtheory.org
2) You have created your weebly and emailed me the URL
3) You have written a blog post on Cinderella
4) Read the following article and and write a short blog post (1 paragraph) answering the question at the top. We will use this topic for the seminar on Monday. 
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Today, in class, you will be in the computer lab and you have 2 goals. 1) Set up your own weebly blog and 2) join Readtheory.org

For the first step, please go to weebly.com, create a profile, and create a website. At least one of your pages needs to be set on the "blog" setting, as we will be using that this semester. 

Use the following link for help in setting up your blog.
http://help.education.weebly.com/build-your-first-site.html 

After you create your blog, email me the URL of your blog at msanders2@wcpss.net. I will put a link to your blog on my website. 

After you send me your URL, write a blog post discussing your analysis of the Brother's Grimm version of Cinderella. Answer the following questions: 

1. What are some of the major differences between the Disney and the Grimm versions?
2. What do you think these differences reveal about the people and the time period in the Grimm story? What is the significance of those differences?

2) Go to readtheory.org and Using the username I give you, and the password "English2", sign on to the site. Then, choose 10 as your grade level and begin practicing. You will receive points for each assignment you do correctly. 

Today's Agenda:
1) Silent Reading
2) Review Paragraph Structure and Characterization paragraphs
3) Fairy Tales and Historical Context (see attached power point)

Tonight:
1) Read and annotate the Grimm version of Cinderella, considering what the elements of the story reveal about the life of the people/author who created it.  

Today's agenda:
1) Silent reading
2) Discuss "Just Lather, That's All" annotations and levels of questions
3) Levels of questions activity (see attached)
4) Structure of a paragraph notes
* Topic Sentence
* Evidence from the text
* Explain the evidence
* Conclusion where you restate the topic sentence/tie to your thesis statement
5) Write Characterization paragraphs: What kind of person is the barber? What kind of person is the Captain? We wrote the first one together, and the second one on your own. 

Tonight:
1) Finish the levels of questioning activity
​2) Finish your Characterization paragraph for the Captain, if you did not in class. 

Today's agenda:
1) Opening poem--Make sure you bring your independent reading book tomorrow!
2) Turn in your "I Used to Live Here Once" paragraphs
3) Discuss your One of These Days annotations
4) Levels of questions handout (see attached)
5) Introduce Just Lather, That's All

Tonight:
1) Read and annotate "Just Lather, That's All"
2) Write 3 level 1 questions, 2 level 2 questions, and 1 level 3 question for "Just Lather, That's All"

Today's Agenda:
1) Student Survey
2) Two Truths and a Lie
3) Review the syllabus
4) Introduce Independent Reading Program
5) Resolutions essay
* Please write the following:

• 1 paragraph for your goals for for this class
• 1 paragraph for your goals for high school
• 1 paragraph for your goals for after high school 
• 1 paragraph for your goals for 10 years from now. 
• In each of these paragraphs, please consider what you want, what it will look like, and how you will accomplish it. 

Tonight: 
1) Get your parent letter signed
2) Decorate your book worm
3) Pick your independent reading book by Friday!

Please use the following form to enter in your email address. I will use these to set up google docs for you which we will be using all semester. 

Today's Agenda:
1) Opening poem
2) Work on your presentations for tomorrow. Remember, you must have 13 slides total: 10 informational slides, 2 slides for your current event, and 1 bibliography slide. 

*NOTE: SEND ME YOUR PROJECTS BEFORE CLASS BEGINS TOMORROW. You can share it with me if you are working on a Prezi, or you can email it to me if you have a Power Point presentation. 

3) Begin working on a class competition set of questions. 

Tonight:
1) Complete your projects and be ready to present tomorrow!

Today's agenda:
1) Opening Riddles
2) EOC review competition
3) Literary Terms Kahoot
4) Work on your projects with laptops. These projects will be due on Thursday when we will being presenting them. 

Tonight:
1) Work on your Things Fall Apart Projects
2) Study for your EOC using the study guide and the online sites posted in the last post.