Arnett's ESOL

9th Lit. ESOL

We are off to a great start; so far, we have studied subject, predicate, fragment, runon, clause, phrase, simple sentence, compound sentence, complex sentence, subordinating conjunctions and coordinating conjunctions.  We are reading the novel Night Journey, and have begun completing questions on the novel using complete sentences.  Additionally, we have read a nonfiction article - If I remember correctly?(Ha! Ha!) - The artcle was on memory loss!  We are working toward a quiz either Friday or Monday.- probably Monday-  Remember that ACCESS testing begins on Tuesday of next week.

Biology

The entire list is posted.  I will check the list on Friday.  Study! Study! Study! EOCT - Monday and Tuesday!

Bio. Study Skills and IEL

What a crazy week! PSAT testing and an inservice for me.  I hated to be away but I know that Ms. P is with you when I can't be.  IEL - You guys have studied vocabulary and spelling.  You have read and written and shared ideas.  Great job. Please check your grades and make sure that you are caught up with all assignments.

Bio I hope that you have studied your two column notes and paid attention to the practice quizzes.  The test is tomorrow in Ms. Woods class.  Good luck! 

Biology Study Skills

DNA! RNA! Test this week! Hooray!  We will continue to review and support information presented in Ms. Woods Biology class.  We will follow up with reading and writing activites for reinforcement.  What are purines?  When is thymine present rather than uracil? 

IEL

Standards   

English Language Proficiency Standard 1:  English language learners communicate in English for SOCIAL AND INSTRUCTIONAL purposes within the school setting.

 English Language Proficiency Standard : English language learners communicate information, ideas, and concepts necessary for academic success in the content area of LANGUAGE ARTS.

 English Language Proficiency Standard 3: English language learners communicate information, ideas, and concepts necessary for academic success in the content area of MATHEMATICS.

 English Language Proficiency Standard 4:  English language learners communicate information, ideas, and concepts necessary for academic success in the content area of SCIENCE.

 English Language Proficiency Standard 5: English language learners communicate information, ideas, and concepts necessary for academic success in the content area of SOCIAL STUDIES.

Assessments:  Formative = Participation Question & Answer, Daily Work -Exercises ( Oral and Written Responses) Quiz based upon student readiness / Summative =  Test Projects

Monday

1. Review personal information 2. Work with classroom objects and exer.  using TPR to identify 3. Write sentences using there is and there are as well as to have or to be and numbers.

Tuesday

1. Intro. Places in a school  2. Review places in a school . 3. Practice spelling of words and complete exercises,

Wednesday

 1. Practice spelling test on classroom objects and places.  2. Begin a paragraph describing KMHS using to have.

 

Thursday-

1. Quiz as students are ready.  2. Draw a map of KMHS and label places.  3. Work on presentation of "During My Day"

 

Friday

1. Presentations 2. Video since we didn't have time last Friday.

9th Lit ESOL & IEL

9th Lit will be presenting their projects on Tuesday.  All except one group g turned projects in on time!  Wednesday we will be reading more myths, and learning about research and bibliographies. 

IEL will be presenting their plays on Tuesday, and later in the week we will be looking at everyday activites.  Historical readings and working with maps are in our future.

9th Literature ESOL

Projects are due on Monday!  The project will help you review for the test which is also on Monday.  Keep in mind the points on the rubric that I showed you.   All of your questions are due on Monday.  Bring your Literature Books Monday as well!

9th Literature ESOL

USA Test Prep. - Test Question & Vocabulary Word of the Day

Students wrote character descriptions for each character from Great Expectations, and if these descriptions were not finished in class, they are homework . We went over questions from chapters 5 and 6.  Additional homework is to choose the 10 most important events from the plot,making a list, and creating a rough sketch for the comic strip which is due on Monday.  The test over Great Expectations is also Monday.  Remember I will only be able to attend the first portion of Open House so come early. 

9th Lit ESOL

Great job on your reading and work for today!  Homework for tonight is to read chapter 8 and 9 and complete questions.  We are working toward a test either this Friday or next Monday.  The decision will be made tomorrow based on student understanding .  It is time to start working on your comic strip or other creative representation of the plot of Great Expectations.  I hope you are coming to tomorrow's open house.  I will only be able to attend from 5:00 to 5:30, but I look forward to seeing students and parents.

9th Literature ESOL

Welcome Back From the Blizzard!

January 18 - I missed you guys while I was at the county inservice, but I know that you were in good hands with Ms. P. 

January 19 - Today we worked with Great Expectations, Writing Strong Complete Sentences, and Subjects and Predicates both Simple and Complete-

Homework - Choose 10 words from your vocabulary list on Great Expectations and create vocabulary cards.  Take a piece of printer paper and cut in half.  With a writing utensil divide it into 4 quadrants.  In the first, write the word.  In the second, write the word or a similar word in your language. On the third, draw a picture to represent the word. In the last, write the definition.

Have Fun!