Class Minutes: November 23rd, 2010

1. Prayer
2. We glued our drawings of islands onto black construction paper, and handed them in.

3. We handed in our 20 Questions from Chapters one and two of Lord of the Flies.

4. We filled out a text framing worksheet, summarizing chapters one and two.

5. We filled out another vocab chart. (words: officious, indignity, recrimination, gesticulated)
6. We wrote a paragraph on how setting in Lord of the Flies relates to theme.

There was no homework.

Class Minutes November 19

-prayer

-lord of the flies new vocabulary chapter 1

-listening and drawing the map of the island

-SOAP exit slip

class minutes: november 17

-read john donne sheet
-and read a chapter in a book for free the children for prayer
-read william goldings bio
-then read lord of the flies and had to write 20 questions on chapter 1&2
-also did a ven diagram

Class Minutes: November 15th ,2010

1. We started off with prayer
2. We handed in our homework on 3 degrees of an issue in today's society
3. We received our Lord of the Flies novels
4. We had a powerpoint lesson on survival and had a survival simulation exercise,
where we ranked a list of items on their importance in a survival situation, and then
compared it to an expert opinion.
5. We were shown word clouds, where text is entered and are rearranged into a cloud, the most
common words showing up as the largest.
6. For homework, we have to make practice thesis statements on the sheet we were given.

Class Minutes: Tuesday, November 9th

Today we reviewed how to write Compare and Contrast thesis statements. We created a Venn diagram of an Oreo vs. a Ritz and together came up with the thesis:

Oreo and Ritz are both delicious snacks. However, Oreo is a sweet dessert, while Ritz is a salty appetizer.

We then created a thesis based on a subject common to our short stories: oppression. We came up with the following thesis:

In the short stories, "The Painted Door," and, "The Yellow Wallpaper," by Sinclair Ross and Charlotter Perkins Gilman, respectively, the authors suggest that oppression leads to self-destruction. However, in "The Painted Door," Ann oppressess her own internal feelings, while in, "The Yellow Wallpaper," the protagonist is oppressed by the external force of social expectations.

Then, I gave the class time to revise their C&C thesis statements on isolation and loyalty.

Then, I handed back the setting paragraphs on "The Painted Door." Assignment logs and Independent Correction sheets were completed.

Finally, a worksheet titled, "Three Degrees of..." was assigned. It asks you to consdier one of the prevailing subjects of the unit and its applications to your life and the real world. Please finish for homework.

Class Minutes: Friday - November 5, 2010

1) Hand in active reading charts for "The Yellow Wallpaper".

2) Mystery envelope activity with parter (each partner group answered a different question regarding "The Yellow Wallpaper").

3) Present each group's response and discuss with class.

4) Watch a video clip of "The Yellow Wallpaper".

5) Finish re-writing the setting paragraphs for "The Painted Door", and hand in.

6) Homework: Thesis' for compare/contrast paragraphs on "The Lottery"/"The Painted Door" and "The Painted Door"/"The Yellow Wallpaper".

Class minutes: October 26,2010

1. Prayer
2. Discussed The Painted Door
3. Filled out the "after you read" section of the anticipation guide
4. Watched the film adaptation of The Painted Door"
5. Were asked to note the similarities and differences between the two

November 3,2010

1)Prayer
2)Students were partnered in pairs and were to, explain each feminist story/picture/advertisement they were given.
3)Received back " Painted Door" paragraphs, and where to edit them with STAR

Class minutes: Thursday October 28th

1. Prayer
2. Seinfeld Halloween video
3. Personal compositions (rubric) handed back
4. Given correction sheets to fill in
5. Went over common errors on the board
6. Quote integration and comma use notes were handed out

Class Minutes : November 1, 2010

1. Prayer
2. Work was handed back
3.Create a paragraph in the short story ' The Painted Door"
4.Find a partner then analyze your partner's paragraph by using the rubric.
5.Hand in at the end of the class ...... you'll start revising the paragraph on Wednesday.