1. IRB

2. Literature Circles meet tomorrow.  Make sure you know which job you have and have written work to show for HW.

3. Peer Conference Worksheets due tomorrow.  Make sure all lines are completed on the ditto.

4.  Make sure you have poem to work on tomorrow.  The poem must be at least 100 words in length.  Email yourself (or me if you don’t have an email account) or put your poem on a USB drive for tomorrow. We’ll be using the computers to do a creative writing exercise tomorrow.

NOTE: THE GOOD WORD QUIZ HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL MONDAY SO THAT YOU CAN PREPARE FOR YOUR LIT CIRCLES & MATH TEST.

1. IRB

2. Will & Violet’s Current Event Groups present tomorrow.

3. Lit Circles meet on Friday.  Make sure you know what your job is and start your work tonight.

4.  Good Word quiz on Friday

5.  Bring in a typed and edited essay to class tomorrow.

1. IRB

2. Lit. Circles meet tomorrow (Wednesday).  Make sure you have your job completed with typed and printed work to show.

3. Complete the Samurai handout I passed out in class.  The questions are at the end of the 2nd page.

4. Good Word Quiz Friday.  (see the list below:)

Core A
1.    Gobi
2.    Hypotenuse
3.    Dominion
4.    Culprit
5.    Fickle
6.    Foal
7.    Reign
8.    Malice
9.    Preposterously
10.   Sober

Core B
1.    Foal
2.    Proficient
3.    Sober
4.    Preposterously
5.    Tumult
6.    Fickle
7.    Culprit
8.    Malice
9.    Gouged
10.   Dominion

1. IRB

2. Finish editing your peer’s essay and complete the peer conferencing worksheet.

3. Good Word due Monday!

4. Current Event Groups will present during CORE ALL on Monday (10-11am).

1. IRB

2. Bring in a typed and printed copy of your 5 paragraph essay.  You will need to have this in order to participate in tomorrow’s class.

3. Literature Circle Groups meet tomorrow.  Make sure you have your jobs completed (you MUST have typed work to show when I go around the room to check on your finished assignments) and your Reading Log neatly completed.

4. Good Word due Monday.

1. IRB

2. Good Word due by Friday

3. Finish editing your translation of the German poem. Edit and type it.

4. Lit Circles meet will meet on FRIDAY. Make sure you have work to show when I go around the room to check on your jobs. Also, complete and hand in the Lit Circle worksheet.

Tomorrow we are going to be start writing the 5 paragraph essay.  Your essay choices will be:

TOPICS:
1. Describe a significant interest or experience that has special meaning for you.  Explain what led you to this interest and why it’s so important to you.

2. If you could pick one super power that could benefit the world, which one would you pick?  Explain why.

3. How do you know when you have a truly good friend?  Explain.

1. IRB

2. Good Word Quiz tomorrow

3. Finish translating your poems.  Bring in a TYPED printout of all three poems.

1. IRB

2. Compose three topic sentences for your essay on the desert island.  Remember the subject of these sentences will be: (1) Society, (2)Shelter/Home, (3) Family.  Type all your work.

3. Good Word Quiz on Wednesday.

1. IRB

2. Lit. Circles meet on Monday and Thursday next week.

3. Compose an introduction paragraph (min. 7 sentences) to the following question:
What would you miss the most if you were stranded on a deserted island? Why?
REMEMBER YOUR LAST TWO SENTENCES OF THE INTRO. THAT WE COMPOSED IN CLASS ARE:
Over time, I would start to lose myself and loneliness would seep into my bones. On this deserted island I would miss being able to see my friends, my bed on a cold winter’s nigh and the warmth of the people I love the most.

4. Good Word Quiz on Tuesday. Words are listed below:
Core A
1. Putrid
2. Lapel
3. Acquisition
4. Kneading
5. Surreptitiously
6. Provinces
7. Feigned
8. Admonish
9. Squalid
10. Foreboding

Core B
1. Feigned
2. Incising
3. Foreboding
4. Admonishing
5. Relinquished
6. Squalid
7. Lapel
8. Province
9. Acquisition
10. Putrid

1. IRB

2. Good Word due tomorrow!