Period 1
Read pgs. 208-209
Take notes/be ready for Reading Quiz
Post Vocab Sentences.
Period 3
Extra Credit note cards for the four weeks worth of vocab.
Week 2- HOST/HOSP, AM/IM Hostage Hospice hostel inhospitable amicable
inimical paramour enamored
Week 3- CRIM, PROB/PROV Decriminalize recrimination Criminology probity Incriminate approbation reprobate disprove
Week 5- AG, VEN/VENT Litigate agitate synagogue prodigal provenance advent venue venturesome
Week 14- VOR, CARN Carnivorous, herbivorous, omnivorous, voracious, carnage, carnal, carnival, incarnation
Friday, February 27, 2009
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Homework 2/26/09
Period 1
Study for Vocab quiz
Period 3
Study for Vocab Quiz
Write at least 5 lines of your Ode to the person you said you admired in last night's homework. If you are lost attempt to model it after Pablo Neruda's Ode to Walt Whitman.
Study for Vocab quiz
Period 3
Study for Vocab Quiz
Write at least 5 lines of your Ode to the person you said you admired in last night's homework. If you are lost attempt to model it after Pablo Neruda's Ode to Walt Whitman.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Homework 2/25/09
Period 1
If you were absent, you should do Sentence Corrections and see me for grammar warm up.
Period 3
Write at least 1/2 page on a person that you really admire or care about. Someone that one could look up to. Describe them thoroughly and describe any events, memories that you remember about them. Try to come up with really good adjectives that may help create an image. I should hopefully be able to feel like I personally know the person you are describing.
Prepare for Reading assessment/check
Review:
- Nature
- Self-reliance
- Resistance to Civil Government
- Walden
If you were absent, you should do Sentence Corrections and see me for grammar warm up.
Period 3
Write at least 1/2 page on a person that you really admire or care about. Someone that one could look up to. Describe them thoroughly and describe any events, memories that you remember about them. Try to come up with really good adjectives that may help create an image. I should hopefully be able to feel like I personally know the person you are describing.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Homework 2/24/09
Period 1
Do the quickwrite on page 208 and read the information on the opposite page.
You will have a reading check quiz to ensure that you read the information. It may be helpful for you to take notes on the information, but they will not be due.
Do the quickwrite on page 208 and read the information on the opposite page.
You will have a reading check quiz to ensure that you read the information. It may be helpful for you to take notes on the information, but they will not be due.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Homework 2/23/09
period 3
Answer the "Connect to your life" on Pg. 396 in Ode to Walt Whitman packet (THE MOST RECENT ONE)
It must be at least 1/2 page at least. I will give extra credit to anyone who writes the description AND a poem using the description.
Answer the "Connect to your life" on Pg. 396 in Ode to Walt Whitman packet (THE MOST RECENT ONE)
It must be at least 1/2 page at least. I will give extra credit to anyone who writes the description AND a poem using the description.
Friday, February 20, 2009
Homework 2/20/09
Period 1
- Post Vocab Sentences
- Answer Questions 8 and 9 on pg. 217 in the textbook.
- Post Vocab sentences
- Read the New Walt Whitman packet that has the poem, "Ode to Walt Whitman"
- Before you begin, however, look up the following words in the poem and highlight them. Then write the definition on a separate piece of paper.
- Then, paraphrase each stanza/section that starts with the fancy letter.
- The words are:
- Patriarchal (line 20)
- Expanse
- Alfalfa
- spade (line 61)
- acacia (line 85)
- persecutions (line 114)
- felled (line 129)
- wharfs (last page)
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Homework 2/17/09
Period 1
1. Complete vocab Sheet (you will turn it in tomorrow)
2. Read pg. 210-216. There will be a reading quiz tomorrow.
If you were absent, you are still responsible for the reading as we did not start it in class, so you did not miss anything pertaining to this homework.
Period 3
You will have the majority of the period to work on it and it will be due Thursday completed without flaws for the class to view.
1. Complete vocab Sheet (you will turn it in tomorrow)
2. Read pg. 210-216. There will be a reading quiz tomorrow.
If you were absent, you are still responsible for the reading as we did not start it in class, so you did not miss anything pertaining to this homework.
Period 3
- Prepare ideas, notes from the book, Internet information and music for your project.
You will have the majority of the period to work on it and it will be due Thursday completed without flaws for the class to view.
Friday, February 13, 2009
Homework 2/13/09
Period 1
Post Vocabulary Sentences for week 19
Period 3
Post Vocabulary Sentences for week 15
Post Vocabulary Sentences for week 19
Period 3
Post Vocabulary Sentences for week 15
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Homework 2/12/09
Period 1
Study for Vocab Quiz
Period 3
Study for Vocab Quiz
Period 3
- Study for Vocab Quiz
- Write a 1/2 a page describing which one of Walt Whitman's poems you like best. (from the packet. If you do not have your packet, borrow one from someone ) Explain what it means and why you like it best?
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Homework 2/10/9
Period 1
Finish the Self-reliance packet
Write ½ page explaining which one of Emerson’s essays you like more.
Period 3
Finish Walt Whitman packet
Finish the Self-reliance packet
Write ½ page explaining which one of Emerson’s essays you like more.
Period 3
Finish Walt Whitman packet
Monday, February 9, 2009
Homework 2/9/09
Period 1
Answer margin questions 1-6 on pg. 182-183. Turn them into the box tomorrow.
This is what the agenda will look like tomorrow:
1. Turn in Hwk
2. Sentence Corrections (individually)
3. Correcting sentence corrections (as a class)
4. Working on Self Reliance packet in pairs
Hwk: to finish the packet, if not finished in class.
Period 3
Read the Whitman/Dickinson Packet and answer margin questions.
Highlight any information that relates to Walt Whitman.
Answer margin questions 1-6 on pg. 182-183. Turn them into the box tomorrow.
This is what the agenda will look like tomorrow:
1. Turn in Hwk
2. Sentence Corrections (individually)
3. Correcting sentence corrections (as a class)
4. Working on Self Reliance packet in pairs
Hwk: to finish the packet, if not finished in class.
Period 3
Read the Whitman/Dickinson Packet and answer margin questions.
Highlight any information that relates to Walt Whitman.
Friday, February 6, 2009
Homework 2/6/09
Period 1
Post Vocab Sentences
Complete Romantic Works Sheet
Check out the new section (look right) I've included for people that forget they need to make up quizzes. Check for your name.
Period 3
- Post Vocab Sentences
- Write a paragraph explaining what your first impressions of Walt Whitman are from reading pages 305-311. Do you think he's a cool guy, would you be friends with him? What do you think of him?
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Homework 2/4/09
Period 1
Read pg 179-183
Be ready for a reading quiz
Period 3
Read pg 304-309 and be ready for a quiz.
Read pg 179-183
Be ready for a reading quiz
Period 3
Read pg 304-309 and be ready for a quiz.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Homework 2/3/09
Period 1
1. Make one poster for each of the poems.
- "Thanatopsis" should be done on the blue paper and "Psalm of Life" should be done on the yellow paper.
a. Choose at least 4 lines from the poem that best summarize the meaning of the poem.
b. Include a visual symbol that shows what the poem is about
c. Include 2-3 sentences describing how the poems represent the Romantic Period.
- Michelle, Jessica, Anna, Angie do questions 4 & 7
- Raymond, Michael, Belen, Myra do Questions 5 & 9
- Kevin, Adrianna, Cody, Marvin do Questions 8 & 8
- Stacey, Anastacia, Dominique, Jacob do Questions 6 & 10
1. Make one poster for each of the poems.
- "Thanatopsis" should be done on the blue paper and "Psalm of Life" should be done on the yellow paper.
a. Choose at least 4 lines from the poem that best summarize the meaning of the poem.
b. Include a visual symbol that shows what the poem is about
c. Include 2-3 sentences describing how the poems represent the Romantic Period.
Monday, February 2, 2009
Homework 2/2/09
Period 1
Write a 1/2 page in which you describe someone who you know has been perfectly fine on the outside, but rotten on the inside. You do not need to give names, but be sure to give details to explain why or how this person is an example of a "rotten tree".
Period 3
Paraphrase each stanza of "Psalm of Life" (Ray, Derranette and Aneisha please disregard)
Write a 1/2 page in which you describe someone who you know has been perfectly fine on the outside, but rotten on the inside. You do not need to give names, but be sure to give details to explain why or how this person is an example of a "rotten tree".
Period 3
Paraphrase each stanza of "Psalm of Life" (Ray, Derranette and Aneisha please disregard)
Friday, January 30, 2009
Homework 1/30/09
Period 1
1. Post Vocabulary Sentences
2. If you have not finished the Devil and Tom Walker Worksheet, FINISH IT.
Extra Credit- Respond to the "Giving you my side" blog that is below. It should be at least 5 sentences long and should be emailed to me. ramirez.erendira@gmail.com
Period 3
1. Post Vocabulary Sentences
2. Respond to the "Giving you my side" blog that is below. It should be at least 5 sentences long.
1. Post Vocabulary Sentences
2. If you have not finished the Devil and Tom Walker Worksheet, FINISH IT.
Extra Credit- Respond to the "Giving you my side" blog that is below. It should be at least 5 sentences long and should be emailed to me. ramirez.erendira@gmail.com
Period 3
1. Post Vocabulary Sentences
2. Respond to the "Giving you my side" blog that is below. It should be at least 5 sentences long.
Giving you my side
Hello my juniors,
I am writing to see if I can't get some type of dialogue going on. Some of the topics of concern for me, are the fact that many of you seem to feel like school, or maybe just my class, is a joke. I am not sure what some of you think is a good strategy for succeeding, but so far, it appears to me like many of you are making poor choices when it comes to turning in homework and participating in class. I will be the first to admit that I am not a rigid person that requires for you all to be robots and perfect all of the time, but I do expect that you uphold your end of the teacher student bargain, which is for you to 1.)BE RESPONSIBLE AND SHOW UP TO CLASS 2.) COME PREPARED TO CLASS WITH YOUR HOMEWORK AND MATERIALS and 3.) FOR YOU TO BE RESPECTFUL OF PEOPLE THAT ARE RESPECTFUL TOWARDS YOU. (On this note please stop and think of the times in which I have been disrespectful towards you or someone in your class.)
Simply put, this is your wake up call from someone who cares about you and wants you to succeed and learn lessons that are worth more than any book or test will provide for you. My support of you is intended be more other than just giving you a reading assignment and homework. However, a lot of the lessons that I teach require a certain amount of maturity and responsibility, so I think this is the time for you to ask yourself, "Do I have the amount of maturity required to learn what Ms. Ramirez is trying to teach me?" (and again, I remind you that the stuff I am referring to is more than just The Declaration of Independence or Parts of Speech, but WHY this stuff is valuable and what WE can learn from it. When you learn vocabulary they aren't just stupid words, but you are learning the art of being able to communicate well and saying exactly what you wanted to say.)
If you answered that you are not mature enough, or if you have noticed that Ms. Ramirez has seemed a bit discouraged by students' irresponsibility when they do not turn in their homework, when they are completely lost in class because they are talking to someone else, or when they claim they were not here on the day that the handout was passed out, please think of a way in which this can be improved.
You may or may not be one of the students that has to deal with this personally, but you do deal with it indirectly since you are a whole class and I often refer to the class as a whole. Therefore, I would like for you to respond to this commentary in whichever way you like. You may agree or disagree, you may submit any ideas that will help your period improve or help me help you, individually or as a class, to improve your success in my class.
YOU HAVE THE OPTION OF POSTING THIS ON THE BLOG OR EMAILING IT TO ME. YOU WILL RECEIVE HOMEWORK CREDIT.
My email is ramirez.erendira@gmail.com
I am writing to see if I can't get some type of dialogue going on. Some of the topics of concern for me, are the fact that many of you seem to feel like school, or maybe just my class, is a joke. I am not sure what some of you think is a good strategy for succeeding, but so far, it appears to me like many of you are making poor choices when it comes to turning in homework and participating in class. I will be the first to admit that I am not a rigid person that requires for you all to be robots and perfect all of the time, but I do expect that you uphold your end of the teacher student bargain, which is for you to 1.)BE RESPONSIBLE AND SHOW UP TO CLASS 2.) COME PREPARED TO CLASS WITH YOUR HOMEWORK AND MATERIALS and 3.) FOR YOU TO BE RESPECTFUL OF PEOPLE THAT ARE RESPECTFUL TOWARDS YOU. (On this note please stop and think of the times in which I have been disrespectful towards you or someone in your class.)
Simply put, this is your wake up call from someone who cares about you and wants you to succeed and learn lessons that are worth more than any book or test will provide for you. My support of you is intended be more other than just giving you a reading assignment and homework. However, a lot of the lessons that I teach require a certain amount of maturity and responsibility, so I think this is the time for you to ask yourself, "Do I have the amount of maturity required to learn what Ms. Ramirez is trying to teach me?" (and again, I remind you that the stuff I am referring to is more than just The Declaration of Independence or Parts of Speech, but WHY this stuff is valuable and what WE can learn from it. When you learn vocabulary they aren't just stupid words, but you are learning the art of being able to communicate well and saying exactly what you wanted to say.)
If you answered that you are not mature enough, or if you have noticed that Ms. Ramirez has seemed a bit discouraged by students' irresponsibility when they do not turn in their homework, when they are completely lost in class because they are talking to someone else, or when they claim they were not here on the day that the handout was passed out, please think of a way in which this can be improved.
You may or may not be one of the students that has to deal with this personally, but you do deal with it indirectly since you are a whole class and I often refer to the class as a whole. Therefore, I would like for you to respond to this commentary in whichever way you like. You may agree or disagree, you may submit any ideas that will help your period improve or help me help you, individually or as a class, to improve your success in my class.
YOU HAVE THE OPTION OF POSTING THIS ON THE BLOG OR EMAILING IT TO ME. YOU WILL RECEIVE HOMEWORK CREDIT.
My email is ramirez.erendira@gmail.com
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Homework 1/28/09
Period 1
1.Study for Vocab Quiz
Period 3
1. Read "I hear America singing" in the Packet.
2. Follow the instructions and answer the margin questions next to the poem.
1.Study for Vocab Quiz
Period 3
1. Read "I hear America singing" in the Packet.
2. Follow the instructions and answer the margin questions next to the poem.
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