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| Monday, May 18, 2009 9:42 AM -0800 | By: Julie Barry |
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| On Tuesday 5/11 and for the remainder of that week, we were the computer lab, where students worked on their final essays, with the use of their MLA guidebooks. That day while students were working, I played another version of Taming of the Shrew, t |
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| English 10 |
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| Monday, May 11, 2009 10:41 AM -0800 | By: Julie Barry |
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| We finished watching Zeffirelli's version of Taming of the Shrew, watching closely for the shifts in the power struggle between Kate and Petruchio. Students' reactions were insightful and thoughtful, and each has his/her own take on the result of th |
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| English 9 |
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| Friday, May 8, 2009 12:00 AM -0800 | By: Julie Barry |
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| Today we set a goal to read to page 100 in Ishmael Beah's book A Long Way Gone. When we reached the goal, we celebrated that, and our completion of the grant project! |
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| English 19 |
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| Friday, May 8, 2009 12:00 AM -0800 | By: Julie Barry |
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| We continued watching Zeffirelli's version of Taming of the Shrew, watching closely for the shifts in the power struggle between Kate and Petruchio. |
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| Engilsh 9 |
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| Thursday, May 7, 2009 2:32 PM -0800 | By: Julie Barry |
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| We continued listening as Ishmael Beah reads aloud his memoir and we read along as a class, pausing to discuss or clarify points. |
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| English 10 - period 1 |
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| Thursday, May 7, 2009 8:48 AM -0800 | By: Julie Barry |
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| This morning, after students submitted their notebooks for their notebook check, I reminded students of upcoming events in SWS: SWS picnic on Tuesday 5/12 from 3-5 pm, SAB elections by advisory on Wednesday 5/13, and the Free Sports Physicals event |
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| English 9 |
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| Wednesday, May 6, 2009 12:00 AM -0800 | By: Julie Barry |
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| We continued reading our current book, A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier. |
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| English 10 - period 2 |
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| Wednesday, May 6, 2009 12:00 AM -0800 | By: Julie Barry |
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| This morning, after students submitted their notebooks for their notebook check, I reminded students of upcoming events in SWS: SWS picnic on Tuesday 5/12 from 3-5 pm, SAB elections by advisory on Wednesday 5/13, and the Free Sports Physicals event |
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| English 9 |
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| Tuesday, May 5, 2009 2:52 PM -0800 | By: Julie Barry |
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| This afternoon we discussed how the celebration at the ASD Education Center went yesterday. We then watched a short clip of Ishmael Beah, the author of the book we began reading yesterday. In the clip Mr. Beah answered the question "Why did yo |
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| English 10 |
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| Tuesday, May 5, 2009 12:00 AM -0800 | By: Julie Barry |
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| Today student groups performed their chosen scenes from Taming of the Shrew and submitted their Promptbook projects. |
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| | English 10 | | | | | Monday, May 4, 2009 7:58 AM -0800 | By: Julie Barry |
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This morning students received back all work, including vocabulary quiz, grammar quiz, and essay. The next vocabulary quiz and re-take for the grammar quiz will be during the final exam period.
The next essay will be part one of their final exam, a take-home essay due no later than Friday, May 15th.
Students spent today putting the finishing touches on their promptbooks and performances, both due tomorrow.
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| English 9 |
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| Monday, May 4, 2009 12:00 AM -0800 | By: Julie Barry |
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| This afternoon we began reading our last book of the semester, A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah. We familiarized ourselves with his situation by looking at a map to locate his country and the villages he traveled through. S |
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| English 9 |
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| Friday, May 1, 2009 10:58 AM -0800 | By: Julie Barry |
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| This afternoon we finished up our study of Romeo and Juliet by looking at some of the most famous lines from this famous play. Students noted who had said these lines, decided upon 5 lines to memorize, and made sure they knew what each line was refe |
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| English 10 |
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| Friday, May 1, 2009 9:33 AM -0800 | By: Julie Barry |
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| This morning students submitted their DJs on Taming of the Shrew. After this, they worked throughout the period practicing their chosen scenes. We will have one other in-class practice day, and then performances will be on Tuesday. (Promptbooks ar |
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| English 9 |
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| Thursday, April 30, 2009 12:00 AM -0800 | By: Julie Barry |
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| Today we finished the film that we began yesterday. |
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| English 10 |
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| Thursday, April 30, 2009 12:00 AM -0800 | By: Julie Barry |
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| Because we had a guest speaker for both sections yesterday, today's class was split. Every student had 40 minutes of English and 40 minutes of history. In English, students took their vocabulary quiz (through #60) and students who were required to |
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| English 9 |
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| Wednesday, April 29, 2009 12:39 PM -0800 | By: Julie Barry |
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| This afternoon students who had permission slips watched a portion of Baz Luhrmann's film Romeo + Juliet. Students who did not have permission slips completed an assignment in keeping with the theme of the film. They chose a scene from the play Ro |
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| English 10 |
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| Wednesday, April 29, 2009 7:15 AM -0800 | By: Julie Barry |
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| This morning we had a guest speaker (for history) that we all attended from The Children's Village in Malawi. Ruth Nighswander, an Anchorage resident, and Mr. Sibali from the Children's Village, both spoke and answered questions about the country an |
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| English 10 |
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| Tuesday, April 28, 2009 7:21 AM -0800 | By: Julie Barry |
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| This morning Ms. Scott visited our class to give students information about AP Language and Composition next year. She also gave them their summer reading and writing assignment for AP Lang. We then continued work on Taming of the Shrew, going over |
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| English 9 |
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| Tuesday, April 28, 2009 12:00 AM -0800 | By: Julie Barry |
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| Today we FINISHED our work on the grant project. We completed and edited all sections of the Project Summary Report that we must submit to Heather Coulehan at Safe and Drug Free Schools. |
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