Extra Credit Opportunity: Academic Vocabulary Review

• Students may complete an Academic Vocabulary Review for extra credit at the end of this 9 weeks.

•  The review is available in the bell-work bin and BY CLICKING HERE! 

• All words and definitions can be found on the bell-work sheets for the 1st 9 weeks.

•  It is due on Monday for a maximum of 7 points.

• Feel free to email Miss Paddick with any questions!

AR Announcement

Your 1st AR quiz or Book Review is due on Tuesday, October 28th!

• You may take your quiz at anytime during homebase before Tuesday, or you will take it in class that day.
•  I will give you your AR username and password in class today (Tuesday).

**If your book is NOT AR, or if you would like to complete the Book Review assignment instead, please click the Book Review image to the left of this post and complete it BEFORE class on Tuesday.
You will need your book to complete it.

Remember that to earn a sticker for your RINGO board, you must get a 9/10 or higher!

Each assignment is worth a total of 10 points and will be counted as a quiz grade.

"The Tell-Tale Heart" - Insanity Plea Paragraph

Click here for the document with example paragraphs and quotes.


Your paragraph must have a topic sentence, a quote from the story, 2 detail/explanatory sentences, and a conclusion sentence. It must be written for class on Tuesday!

Library/Accelerated Reader Documents

AR Overview/Requirements
RINGO Board

Wednesday, 9/24

After finishing the quiz on "The Hitchhiker," log in to NoRedInk.com and complete the assignment titled "Identifying Pronouns and Antecedents."

NoRedInk

1. Click here to go to NoRedInk.com.
2. Click SIGN UP as a STUDENT
3. Click SIGN UP WITH GOOGLE
4. When prompted for the Class Code: veew7axv

Welcome!

Welcome to the CMS Hurricanes English blog! 

Check back here for important announcements and resources throughout the year.

You'll also be able to link to important websites like Google Drive, Schoology, Quizlet, and the 
CMS library from here as well. Feel free to explore!

Friday, April 11, 2014

1. If you need to finish the Holocaust Introduction Web Quest you should work on that first. Go to Google Drive and open your copy of the web quest from there. Complete all activities and questions on the slides.

Final Doc for Career Paper

Click here for the final paper template! 
Rename "LASTNAME Career Paper" after clicking USE THIS TEMPLATE.

Friday - Level-Ups!

 Step 1:
Making Inferences (skip if you completed yesterday)
-complete the "tutorial" and "practice"

Step 2: 
Informational Texts - identifying common types and text features
-complete the "tutorial" and "practice"

When you have completed the two "Level-Up" activities, please shut down your Chromebook and complete the PSSA practice passage.

Academic Vocabulary and Making Inferences

To review literary terms and concepts studied this year, click each link below and complete the tutorial and practice sections! Use the arrows at the bottom of the screen to work through the tutorial. Be sure to complete the activities on each screen and check the feedback you are given.

When you have finished the tutorial, click the "Practice" tab in the top right corner.
Answer each question using the arrows at the bottom of the screen.

Step 1:
Academic Vocabulary - will be useful in understanding test questions on the reading PSSA
-complete the "tutorial" and "practice"

The Giver - Writing Assignment

You will be completing a RAFT assignment by pretending you are Jonas in The Giver. You will have to think like Jonas based on what you’ve read. Write an argument to persuade your audience about your topic. Your argument should include a thesis, at least three reasons, a counter argument and rebuttal, and concrete details from the novel. Remember to write in the first person (I, me, my).

Role (pretend you are): Jonas

Audience (write to): Father

Format: letter

Task: Convince your father that you had no choice but to take Gabriel and escape to Elsewhere. Include three examples to support your response. Think about what Father’s counter argument might be and include your response to it (a rebuttal).

Complete your prewriting today using the graphic organizer. Tomorrow, you will begin typing your letter in a Google Doc. Be sure to use specific examples to support your argument. Think about the format of a friendly letter.

Extra Credit Opportunity

2 extra credit points up for grabs on Wednesday's vocabulary quiz!

1. Go to the Quizlet link for your vocabulary list.

• English periods 1, 4/5, 6/7, 8/9
• English period 10

2. Generate a test with "Written" and "Matching" question types.

3. Take your test and check your answers.

4. Take a screenshot or a photo of your results page showing a 90% or better and email it to me @ paddickl@cmsd.k12.pa.us. Use your school email address by logging into Gmail using your Chromebook/Google account info. The photo of your results page must be included with your email.

5. All emails must be received by 9 PM Tuesday. Good luck!

The Giver - Lit Circle Models

CLICK HERE to see the role sheet models used in class for chapter 1 of The Giver. You can get a good idea of the work I expect on your role sheets by reviewing the examples in this presentation.