English+9+Semester+1

Thursday, December 2nd
Today, we were in the lab to complete the Accuplacer test.

Tuesday, November 30th
Today, we were in the computer lab to practice for the Accuplacer test.

Monday, November 29th
Today, we were in the computer lab to practice for the Accuplacer test.

Tuesday, November 23rd
Today, we continued to work on the worksheet about the dehumanization of Lennie Smalls. This worksheet is to prepare for the final for this unit.

Monday, November 22nd
Today, we finished watching the film version of //Of Mice and Men//. We began working on a worksheet about the dehumanization of Lennie Smalls. Please see the attachment for the worksheet. This will be used to prepare for the final for this unit.

Friday, November 19th
Today, we finished reading the novella and began watching the film version starring Gary Sinise and John Malkovich.

Thursday, November 18th
Today, we continued reading Chapter Five.

Tuesday, November 16th
Today, we began with a quick write to discuss possible themes in the novella, then started reading Chapter Five.

Monday, November 15th
Today, we completed Chapter Four and answered some discussion questions. Please see Ms. Matiscik for the questions.

Friday, November 12th
Today, we continued reading Chapter Four.

Thursday, November 11th
Today, we completed a "No Excuses" practice and finished Chapter Three and discussed the events of the chapter. We then had a short quiz over the chapter and began reading Chapter Four.

Tuesday, November 9th
Today we had a class discussion about what has occurred in Chapter Three. After our discussion, we continued reading and will finish Chapter Three on Thursday.

Monday, November 8th
Today we began with a short writing assignment that was included in the handout for Chapters One and Two, then we continued reading. The handout was turned in at the end of class. Please see Ms. Matiscik for the handout.

Friday, November 5th
Today we discussed more literary terms we will encounter and continued reading.

Thursday, November 4th
Today we continued reading __Of Mice and Men__. We also began talking about literary terms we will encounter during our reading. Please see Ms. Matiscik for the handout.

Tuesday, November 2nd
Today we continued reading __Of Mice and Men__.

Monday, November 1st
Today we started a new unit. We began with some background on the author, John Steinbeck, then we started reading his novella, __Of Mice and Men__.

Friday, October 29th
Today we listened to the 1942 radio broadcast of "The Hitchhiker".

Thursday, October 28th
Today we finished reading "Lamb to the Slaughter", filled out the second part of the anticipation guide and answered analysis questions. Please see Ms. Matiscik for the questions.

Tuesday, October 26th
Today we started with an anticipation guide to get us thinking about some of the concepts in our next story, "Lamb to the Slaughter" by Roald Dahl. Please see Ms. Matiscik for a copy of the story and anticipation guide.

Friday, October 22nd
Today we talked about some new literary elements and filled out a plot diagram for "The Scarlet Ibis". Please see Ms. Matiscik for the plot diagram assignment.

Thursday, October 21st
Today we finished reading "The Scarlet Ibis" and answered some personal reflection questions about the story. See the handout below for the questions.

Tuesday, October 19th
Today, we began reading "The Scarlet Ibis" by James Hurst. We started out by using the PAS strategy to preview the text and what we knew about it so we could set the purpose for our reading. Please see Ms. Matiscik for a copy of the story.

Monday, October 18th
Today we started talking about the literary elements that every great story should have. We viewed a powerpoint highlighting several techniques, and took notes on each. See Ms. Matiscik for the powerpoint. See the handout below for the notesheets that go along with the powerpoint.



Thursday, October 14th
Today we played "No Excuses" Bingo.

Wednesday, October 13th
Today Mrs. Hetzel ran class. She gave a short "No Excuses" quiz and had students write a short letter to Ms. Matiscik to provide her with some valuable feedback on her performance.

Tuesday, October 12th
Today we worked on a "No Excuses" handout to start practicing the words on the list. See Ms. Matiscik for the handout.

Friday September 17th
Today we were back in the Smart Lab because we were continuing the introduction to the This I believe unit. Please see the handouts attached to the power point that Ms. Matiscik has.

Blockday September 15/16th
Today we were in the Smart Lab beginning our new unit called This I believe. Please see Ms. Matiscik for the power point because it is too large to upload to this site.

Tuesday September 14th-
We will be finishing our Glogster presentations and learning the new reading strategy of SAGE as well as watching President Obama's speech.

Monday September 13th
Today we finished our introductory activity to What does it mean to believe please see Ms. Matiscik for instructions.

 Week of September 7- 10
This week we took our Acuity test this MUST be taken and made up! We also began our next unit of What does it mean to believe. Please fill out the following handout:



Monday August 30th-
Today we started a new activity in the computer lab. Please follow all directions on the handout. Final projects are due on Friday.



Friday August 27th-
Today we took the no excuses pre test and wrote an I am poem. Please see Ms. Matiscik for both assignments.

Thursday August 26th-
Today we took the grammar pre-test please see Ms. Matiscik to complete.

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Today we focused on creating our goals for growth. Please fill out the following handout and half sheet of paper. Hetzel

Tuesday August 24th-
Today was spent in the computer lab finishing up the classroom wikispce wikiquest and creating blogger.com and google.com accounts. Please go to google.com and create an account, and then go to blogger.com and use your google.com login information to create a blogger.com account. Here are the worksheets to help you. Both the wikiquest and blog creation should be finished by Friday August 27th. An SSR book is due tomorrow. Hetzel



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<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Today we were in the SMART Lab in the library learning about wikispaces and Mrs. Hetzel's online classroom wikispace that is located at [|www.hetzelclassroom2010.wikispaces.com].

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