Alternate Extra Credit

I had spoken with a few of you in 7th period (Pre AP) who had lost their packet. Here is the topic for your essay: "Who impacted Ben Carson's life most?"

We had talked about an essay regarding writing in all classes but I feel this topic will be more appropriate since you read the book. Write a 1-2 page well developed essay. Make sure if you use any outside sources to make a note of where you got the information from on the last page of your paper. 

In order to receive full credit, you must turn this is by Tuesday. Thank you all!

8/30

Hello! 

Tomorrow we will be going over the test and making corrections. :)

Also, we will begin reading a story called "The Medicine Bag" and analyzing our main character Martin. We are going to find out if he is a static or dynamic character. We will talk more about what those terms mean tomorrow! Have a great night everyone!

Test Review

Hey everyone! So if you will click on the link below, you'll find the review for our test tomorrow. You can write your answers down, and then check them (the answers are on the last page of the document with explanations). I highly encourage you to test your knowledge using this review *it is very similar to the test!*


Have a great day everyone!

Click here >> Test Review!

TEST THURSDAY!

So there is a test on Thursday! We will be reviewing tomorrow. It will cover summary, inferences, and plot! There really isn't a way to study (nothing to memorize). The test will be an application of your skills. Like I said, we will review applying our skills tomorrow. Everyone have a restful evening :)

Tomorrow!

Hello all :) Tomorrow we will be hearing and reading a historical speech by Sojourner Truth titled "And Ain't I a Woman." It's very moving if you have not heard it. We will be analyzing this speech for repetition and talking about the effects that repetition has on readers.

Poll

Hey all! I want to take a vote on which novel y'all would like to read this semester... Here are the directions:

Go to pollev.com

Type in the number for the book you'd like to vote for. Here are your choices...

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card 

214054

Monster by Walter Dean Myers

214055

The Giver by Lois Lowry

214209

The Princess Bride by William Goldman

214287

Need to Know (for tomorrow)

I will be checking your Unit 1 Vocabulary pages tomorrow. If they are complete, it's a 100 :) 

Be ready to be quizzed over Plot Development tomorrow. Terms that will be covered are: EXPOSITION, RISING ACTION, & CLIMAX

Exposition: beginning of a story, includes the setting, characters, and situation

Rising Action: conflict begins, leads up to the climax

Climax: most suspenseful part in the story

Here's a review of what we did in class today....

Plot Development

Come to class tomorrow ready to discuss plot development :) also, I'll be addressing questions that were asked about point of view in each class tomorrow.

Ps. 8th period: your alternate assignment has been graded and will be passed out tomorrow. I'll allow corrections, just write me a note, stick it on my cart and I'll call you for enhancement next week. Have a great night y'all! 

-Mrs. Lock

Homework Tonight!

1. If you did not finish making your predictions about our Literary Terms, please have that finished before class tomorrow. Remember, we are only making predictions! Do not fill out the "Defined" Column (we will do that together).

Click the following link to watch the video for homework :)

Point of View and Narrator!

If you need more clarification (understanding) on point of view, I encourage you to Google these terms:

-Narrator
-Point of View
-First Person Point of View
-Third Person Limited Point of View
-Third Person Omniscient Point of View
-Subjective Point of View
-Objective Point of View

We will review these terms in class, so do not worry if you don't understand. The goal of this homework assignment is for you to get an introduction to the topic :) if you have any questions at all, feel free to email me at megann.backus@lifeschools.net

Happy Sunday!

Hope everyone has had a restful yet fun weekend. We made it through the first week of school! Can you believe it? Monday, we will be continuing our assessment, and hopefully finishing. Tuesday, we will begin growing your knowledge! Next week our focus will be summarizing, vocabulary, and points of view. We will be reading several selections out of our literature books. Lastly, I think I may have decided on which novel we will be doing this Fall. Parents, I already have a class set too! I'll release the name of the novel at a later date, but I promise it's something good! (One of my favorites). Have a great Sunday, see you all tomorrow!

Assessment

Tomorrow, we will be taking an assessment (or test) to measure your abilities. It is imperative (or important) that you do your best so that I can see what we need to focus on :) Here are some pictures of us using adjectives and identifying our goals for this year! See you all tomorrow!

Goals

Hey everyone! Tomorrow, come to class ready to come up with a personal goal for yourself in English class this year. We will be discussing these. I also have a goal of my own to share with you! Here are some pictures of us having fun making our Reader Writer Notebooks!

See you tomorrow,

Mrs. Lock

Tomorrow in Class...

We will be making our Reader Writer Notebooks! Make sure to bring the required supplies :) Come ready to write!

Welcome!

"The future begins today..."

-Wayne Gerard Trotman

Hey everyone! I'm so excited to begin this school year! This blog will serve as a class organizer. I will be posting assignments, instruction, ideas, discussion topics, and writing assignments on here for you to keep up with. Not to worry, we will discuss everything in class. Any time I assign something to do with our blog, we will talk in detail about it in class.  

Parents and students, please feel free to comment! 

Also parents, I will be sending out assignment deadlines via Remind101. To receive texts about assignments please follow these instructions:

For Pre-Ap ELA

Text: "@7c5e0" to (817)-264-7841

For ELA

Text: "@67500" to (817)-264-7841