The First Week

We had an interesting first week getting to know each other. Be sure to come to Meet the Teacher Night and see the great Flair Projects in the hall. They look great!

This coming week we will work on annotating skills, using both The Giver and the book you chose from the list. Be sure to bring both books every day (and yes, you will get your Giver book back on Monday).

We will begin working on personal narratives and continue learning to recognize prepositional phrases.

By the end of this weekend, there should be 4 grades in the Skyward gradebook:

1. Annotations of The Giver (major grade)
2. The Giver Quiz and Quick Writes
3. Flair Project
4. Group Practice over Step 1 (Prepositional Phrases)

Oh, and about that second book...

We have almost made it through the first week of school. One more day! We can do it!

By the end of the weekend, I should have 4 grades posted for you on Skyward:
1. Giver Annotations
2. Giver Quiz and Quick Writes
3. Flair Project
4. Group Practice over Step 1 (We're doing this tomorrow.)

It's important, of course, to get off to a good start, but if you don't, there's still time to bring it up. But you are going to have to really work hard.

Please remember that you were supposed to read a 2nd book in addition to The Giver. There was a long list of books from which to choose. You didn't have to annotate it, but you DID have to read it. We will be working a little with those books next week. BRING THAT BOOK TO CLASS EVERY DAY NEXT WEEK!

The Flair Project

The assignment today is called Flair. Flair is just a way to show things that symbolize you. First, pick out 15 things that represent you. Examples: a soccer ball, a picture of you and your grandfather, a chocolate donut, the McDonalds arches, your favorite book, your favorite movie, your favorite video game, your favorite shoes, etc. Once you've come up with 15 (or more), make a flair page. You can cut the images out of a magazine (get permission), or you can cut and paste images from the internet. You can even get crayons or map pencils and draw your images.

Remember, your name should be on the Flair page, too. It should nice and big and bold so it stands out (like Adrian Beltre did on his!).

Make your whole Flair page colorful and bold. Nice and neat. It should be done on copy paper or construction paper. NO NOTEBOOK PAPER!

These will be posted in the hallway outside my room. Meet the teacher night is coming, so EVERYONE will see your Flair. Do your best. They are due at the start of class on Friday.

"Invictus"

What I Promised...

TEST ANSWERS


(See? I told you I would post test answers.Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha)

Christmas Eve Eve

Hello everybody. Resting up? Staying up late and sleeping in? Yes, you know you are.

Just a reminder about the Extra Credit Assignment. Here it is...

Extra Credit Assignment

Mr. Lackey’s classes

December 2014

1. Watch the movie It’s a Wonderful Life (1947) starring James Stewart and Donna Reed. Bonus points if your parent(s) watch it with you. Watch it all the way thru. No cheating. Even more bonus points if it’s in black and white.

2. Have your parent sign a paper saying you watched it. They can add whether or not they watched it with you and whether or not it was in black and white.

3. Do any ONE of the following:

A)    Write a paper comparing and contrasting this movie with the movie The Family Man starring Nicolas Cage. (The Family Man is rated PG-13.) The paper must be hand-written and must be one to two pages long.

B)    Make a Christmas card with a drawing of Bedford Falls or some other image from the movie. Have a message/greeting on the front and on the inside. I will not accept one done on notebook paper. Put some effort into it and make it look like a real Christmas card.

C)    Write another chapter for the movie. What happens next? Your chapter can focus on any of the main characters (including Clarence). It can be humorous or serious, but must be well-written. The paper must be hand-written and must be one to two pages long.

D)    Write a composition about the costs and rewards of sacrifice. Include personal examples of times you made a sacrifice. The paper must be hand-written and must be one to two pages long.

Due date: No later than Tuesday, January 6, 2015. Partial credit will NOT be given. You must watch the movie, bring the parent signature STATING that you watched the movie, and do ONE of the choices above.

 

A word of warning: Cheating, including forging your parent’s signature, will do more than deny you the extra credit. There will be other consequences as well.

Stave One

We will have a quiz over Stave 1 tomorrow (Tuesday). Be sure you have read and understood what happens. As a reward for checking this blog, here are 3 questions you will find on the quiz. Please don't share the questions with others who have not read the blog. Don't reward them for YOUR effort.

What month and year was this book first published?

Two portly gentlemen come to Scrooge and Marley's after the nephew leaves. What do they want?

What does it mean to be "fettered"?