Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Agenda

1. Grammar Warm Ups #3

2. F451: Class Discussion

--> read to pg.42

Hw:

1. Finish part 1 :"The Salamander And the Hearth"

and answer questions in packet

2. Complete vocab packet/ study for sp. test

(Mon.)

Today we did Grammar Warm Ups #3 :-

1. the sun was just slipped below the horizen when our aunt who had rode her camel from the south she arrives at our camp

2. at first passengers of the titanic pay no attention to the sirens they thought it was a false alarm

After the Grammar Warm Ups, we had a discussion about F451. we asked sister salma any questions we had and discussed what we read. After that, we read a couple of pages from F451.

for Hw just finish the 1st part of the book and finish the questions in the packet. Also, complete the vocab packet, we have sp. test on Monday.

Tuesday 11/25

Agenda

1. Vocab Test: 11-12
-->Begin Lesson 13
2. F451: Class discussion
--> Reading journal
--> pgs 1-9
Homework: 1-vocab packet due Mon 12/01(sp. test too)
2- read to pg. 21: write 3 questions.

The first thing that we did today in class was the vocabulary test, after we worked on the skills page and took a spelling pre test for lesson 13. When we finished that we discussed our reading journal for F451. Then sister Salma explained the homework for the night and we were dismissed.

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Agenda
1. Journal
2."My English": review nonfiction chart
---> Authors tone & purpose
Hw:
1. vocab ex. 3
2. Prepare for reading test tomorrow

Journal Entry #10
Share your own experiences with learning to read/write English- or any other language
(Arabic, Urdu, etc.)

Today we wrote in our journals and shared them with a classmate. Since today we completed the 10th entry we are turning in our journals (we have till the end of the week). After that we went over the Elements of Non-Fiction chart for "My English". We have a reading test for "My English" tomorrow, so study for that. For homework complete excercise 3 in the vocab packet.

Agenda: Wednsday, Nov. 12,2008

Agenda:
1. Grammar Warm Ups
2. " White House Diary"
- radio bulletin

Homework: 1- vocab. ex. 4
2- work on radio bulletin( due Friday)


Grammar Warm Up:

1. about 500 or so less than healthy hedgehogs were brung to lincolnshires hedgehog hospitel each year 70 percent are helped and returning to the wild
2. in his book things fall apart chinua achebe relates this story of a beautiful fascinating africa culture had all but disappears

Today in class, we did our grammar warm up and corrected it, then we went over our reading questions we did for homework yesterday. After that we got a worksheet about the radio bulletin and had to pick partners.

Agenda: Tuesday, Nov.11, 2008

Agenda
1.Vocabulary Test: Lessons 9-10
- Spelling Pre-Test # 11
2. Nonfiction: "White House Diary"
- Author's Perspective

Homework: 1- vocab. ex. 1-3
2- read rest of "White House Party" and questions on pg. 104 # 1-8

Today in class we took our vocabulary test for lessons 9-10 and our pre-test for lesson 11. After this we highlighted or underlined our new vocabulary words. Then we read the story "White House Party" and finished it( on pgs.98-103 in Eng. textbook). Then we did a worksheet relating to the story but we didn't turn it in.

Monday, November 10, 2008

Agenda
1. Reading Test: "Uncle Marcos"
2. Vocab Review: Lessons 9-10
Hw:
1. Review for Vocab Test

Today we took the "Uncle Marcos" reading test. When we finished, we worked on our vocab review sheet.
For homework, we should review for the vocab test tomorrow.

Agenda: Thursday Nov.6.2008

1. Journal
-Entry: From whom might you take advice?
2. "Uncle Marcos"
-character analysis
-elements of fiction chart
Hw:1- Finish Vocab packet/ Study for spelling test
2- Answer reading Questions ( page 142 #1-7)

Today in class, we corrected last night's Homework ( worksheet for "uncle Marcos"). We also did our Journal entry #9. Then, we created a timeline about the events that occured throughout: "Uncle Marcos".

Monday 11-03-2008

Monday Agenda

1. Spelling Pre-Test #8: vocab ex. 1
2. "Walter Mitty" Point-to-ponder (250+words)
3. PROMPT: What does the story teach us about imagination and reality?
4. HW; vocab ex. 2

Today in Sr.Salma's English class, because of the IB visitors, Sr.Salma was not alble to attend the class. Instead, we had a substitute, Sr.Karina. We did the spelling pre-test for lesson 8 with her, and then we did vocabulary exercise 1. Then we had Sr.Aminah as our subsitute, she watched us as we wrote our point-to ponder. At the end of class, we turned in our point-to-ponder.

NOTE: we did not correct each others excercise 1 of the lesson.

thanks, bi!