Wednesday, February 29


1. Bell Work:  Write a journal entry your great-grandparent might have written many years ago.  Think about all the things that were different such as clothing, food, vehicles, prices, government, etc.


2. SAT Word of the Day


3. Work on the 2-3 page letter assignment that you received yesterday.  You may do this either in Google Docs or on your own paper.  It will be due tomorrow.  You have all class to work on it and will be receiving a participation grade today for staying on task.  


4. Remember: your Ethics Essay is due by midnight on Friday!  

Tuesday, February 28

1. Bell Work (Write this in your Google Doc titled Bell Work)  Write about a time when you learned something from a child.  


2. SAT Word of the Day  


3. Answer the poll question on the board (either using your cell phone or using the web address listed)


4. Work on "Letters from Far and Near" handout (Handout 3)


5. Get and Work on Letter-Writing Assignment (Handout 4)
     Due Thursday

Agenda:

Bell Work

Word of the Day

Letters from Far and Near


Letter Writing Assignment

Monday, February 27

1. Turn in your Bell Work spiral to the front of the room.

2. Bell Work (Write this in your Google Doc titled Bell Work)

         Write a speech which would cause lots of classmates to vote for you if you were running for class president.  Make sure your speech contains at least five good reasons why people should vote for you.

3. Create a document titled "SAT Words"--you may want to do this in a spreadsheet.

4. Write the SAT Word of the Day in this document.  

5. Pick up a "Letters from Far and Near" handout (Handout 3)

6. Begin working on pages 13-16

7. Work on Letter-Writing Assignment (Handout 4)

Agenda:

Bell Work

Word of the Day

Letters from Far and Near


Letter Writing Assignment

Thursday, February 23


Bell Work:

• In Google Docs...Start a new collection titled "Avalos English"  
• In that collection, add another collection titled "Bell Work."  Within "Bell Work" start a new Google Doc Titled "5th Six Weeks Bell Work"
• Write the prompts for Monday-Wednesday and respond in your document.  (They are on my website--you may copy and paste.)  
• If you need help, collaborate with me or a classmate.  

The format for your bell work is shown below.  

Thursday, 2/23/2012
The bell work question is written here.  
Response...make sure you have at least 5 sentences.  Make your date bold and copy the prompt from my website.  Make your prompt bold.  Then respond to the prompt using a minimum of five sentences.  You should indent your first sentence, like this paragraph is done.  After you have completed your response, double space and maybe put a dividing line (Shift + ‘-’) like I did below.  Then you will be ready for the next day.   


Other Tasks for Today:

• Bookmark Mrs. Avalos's Website
• Bookmark Online Textbook
• Bookmark English with Avalos Blog
• Create a document in "Avalos English" titled "The Yellow Wallpaper." Answer: What did you think of "The Yellow Wallpaper?" Would you recommend this short story to a friend? Why or why not?
• When finished, share the document with me via Google Docs.

Finish up any tasks you haven't completed from the earlier part of the week:

• Username/Password Document
• Evernote Account
• Shelfari Account
• Diigo Account
• Twitter Account
• Show Mrs. Avalos your Ethics Rough Draft

If there is time left at the end of class, you may log-in and do FreeRice.com


Remember, your "My Ethics, My Codes of Life" Essay is due by midnight Friday, March 2nd.