Friday, February 12, 2016

* Have a wonderful break and if you haven't already - Sell Some Fruit!  :)

ELA 9A

The students went through review questions for acts 2-5 for Romeo and Juliet and discussed what to study for the exam, which will be Tuesday, February 23rd in period 4. Study your notes and the review questions.
Topics to study:

a)     Identifying who said what quotes

b)    Explaining what quotes mean

c)     Identifying differences between the play and the movie

d)    Themes of fate and love

e)     A new but related story/ article to analyze

f)      A paragraph on a character

Students also had work time on their newspaper article about the deaths of Romeo and Juliet.  Students should have a complete first draft done on Google Classroom for Monday, February 22nd.

ELA 9B

In groups the students wrote their Best Paragraph Ever to finish up our paragraph review.  They also did Kahoots about Acts 3-5.  Students also started their newspaper articles on Romeo and Juliet as outlined below.  They will have more class time after the break.

Romeo and Juliet Summative Project ·        Write your essay in Google Classroom by creating a document under the assignment. Task #1   Role – newspaper writer Audience – people of Verona (the reading class) Format – News article Topic – Death in Verona, focus on Tybalt, Romeo, Juliet, Paris Strong Verb – INFORM (expository)     Write a one page article for the newspaper which summarizes the events leading to the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, children of feuding families Capulet and Montague. Remember to use news article format (inverted pyramid) in which the most important information comes first and the details are filled in later. Include interviews with bystanders/characters who are still alive and were involved.   Include a catchy headline, byline, and lead. Photo and caption are optional.   Use 12 point font, Calibri or Times New Roman. Single space.           Name: _____________________________________________              Assessment: ____________   Newspaper Article Rubric

 

CATEGORY	4	3	2	1
Headline	Article has a headline that captures the reader's attention and accurately describes the content.	Article has a headline that accurately describes the content.	Article has a headline that does not describe the content.	Article is missing headline.
Lead Sentence	Lead sentence grabs the reader's attention and focuses the reader on the topic. It adequately addresses who, what, when, and where.	Lead sentence tells most important details.	Lead sentence is not clearly connected to the article.	There is no clear lead sentence in the article.
Supporting Details	The details in the article are clear and supportive of the topic. This adequately explains the how and why.	The details in the article are clear but need to be developed more. Some details may not fit in with the topic.	Most details in the article are clear. Article does not focus on the topic well.	The details article are neither clear nor related to the topic.
Conclusion	There is a conclusion strongly stated that relates back to the lead sentence.	There is a conclusion that relates back to the lead sentence.	There is a conclusion that weakly relates back to the lead sentence.	There is no clear conclusion.
Quotes	Contains interesting quotes from witnesses that add to the how and why.	Contains quotes from witnesses that add to the how and why.	Contains basic quotes from witnesses that add to the how and why.	Contains no quotes from witnesses.
Spelling and Grammar	No spelling or grammar errors.	No more than a couple of spelling or grammar errors.	Several spelling or grammar errors.	Many spelling or grammar errors.

 

French 8A

The students got back a formative assessment on passé compose using AVOIR  for "er" verbs.  We also practiced "ir" verbs. We concluded with a Kahoot to practice.

FRENCH 10/20/30

The students present completed their summative oral evaluations of families and had their last class time to work on their written summative assessments (family posters).  Anyone who is absent will complete hers when she returns from break.