Wednesday, September 08, 2010
Afternoon class Homework Assignments
Today in class we practiced sending emails and saving an assignment to the desktop. Students sent the emails to me. They bounced because I gave out the wrong address and then we practiced forwarding.
We then reviewed the quizzes in SPHE --Confused Words (14-15) and Sentence Punctuation (29), and students worked independently on Chapter 2, Sentence Punctuation (18-30).
We will write Essay 1 in class next week on Monday. It will be due Wednesday, Sept. 15. Students will bring in the templates typed on Wednesday/Thursday and assemble the essay in class Wednesday/Thursday.
We will try to complete a SPHE essay each week or week and a half, depending on the essay. After we complete The Known World, students get to chose their own book to read. See the syllabus for specifications. I will give students an assignment sheet on this.
We concluded the class with student responses to August 31 cyber-assignment. The response needs to be three (3) paragraphs long. Each paragraph needs to include one citation: a free paraphrase, a block quote and a short in-text citation.
Please also include a works cited at the end of the essay. Students do not have to add a separate page. Post at the link provided below. If the post is too long, (post in two installations...just include your name on the second one and put part 1 and part 2).
Since students have read two chapters in The Known World, use both chapters to inform the comment on your characters.
Other homework is to read The Known World chapters 3-4 (if you are a slow reader). Keep reading logs and vocabulary logs. You will turn these in at the end of the book. It will also help students in discussions.
What's Kickin' with Professor Sabir Week of Sept. 9-12
I gave students a list of events I am attending this weekend: "What's Kickin' with Professor Sabir Sept. 9-12. Let me know if you are planning to attend anything on the sheet. We can carpool or look for each other.
We then reviewed the quizzes in SPHE --Confused Words (14-15) and Sentence Punctuation (29), and students worked independently on Chapter 2, Sentence Punctuation (18-30).
We will write Essay 1 in class next week on Monday. It will be due Wednesday, Sept. 15. Students will bring in the templates typed on Wednesday/Thursday and assemble the essay in class Wednesday/Thursday.
We will try to complete a SPHE essay each week or week and a half, depending on the essay. After we complete The Known World, students get to chose their own book to read. See the syllabus for specifications. I will give students an assignment sheet on this.
We concluded the class with student responses to August 31 cyber-assignment. The response needs to be three (3) paragraphs long. Each paragraph needs to include one citation: a free paraphrase, a block quote and a short in-text citation.
Please also include a works cited at the end of the essay. Students do not have to add a separate page. Post at the link provided below. If the post is too long, (post in two installations...just include your name on the second one and put part 1 and part 2).
Since students have read two chapters in The Known World, use both chapters to inform the comment on your characters.
Other homework is to read The Known World chapters 3-4 (if you are a slow reader). Keep reading logs and vocabulary logs. You will turn these in at the end of the book. It will also help students in discussions.
What's Kickin' with Professor Sabir Week of Sept. 9-12
I gave students a list of events I am attending this weekend: "What's Kickin' with Professor Sabir Sept. 9-12. Let me know if you are planning to attend anything on the sheet. We can carpool or look for each other.
