October 23

Classwork

Today many of my classes got a visit from the most amazing librarian - Regina Townsend, from the Forest Park Public Library.  Regina, is an Illinois Library Association Young Adult Librarian of the Year Award Winner.  She shared sooooooo much information about the amazing things going on in the Young Adults Department at the Forest Park Library.  Including (but not limited to) the clubs and events listed below.  Want to know more?  Check out www.teenterritory.org or fppl.org.

• Physics Tutoring and Help every Tuesday and Thursday
• Service Club meets every Tuesday
• Young Women's Council - next meeting on November 13
• Recently Returned (Guys' book club) meets last Monday of each Month
• Writer's Group meets every Wednesday
• Humans vs. Zombies on Halloween, October 31 starting at 6pm

We also took notes on MLA citations for Works Cited pages and created some of our own citations by hand.  We also got another handout with information about how to create citations, called "MLA Citation Style Guide Sheets."  You can also check out today's powerpoint at the bottom of this post!

Homework

1. Complete the "Practice Creating Source Cards for Books and Online Sources" Worksheet. Due tomorrow.
2. Create a HANDWRITTEN works cited page using the sources from the worksheet. Due tomorrow.
3. Study for tomorrow's vocabulary test
4. Visual Aid for presentation due MONDAY
5. Group Works Cited page due MONDAY

Today's Powerpoint Presentation

MLA Citation Style Guide Sheets

Wednesday, October 22

Classwork

Today we worked on our unit 4 vocabulary words and on our presentations.  Today was the last day that we will have the laptops in class to work on our Odyssey Research Project Presentations.

Homework

1. Vocabulary Worksheet due tomorrow 10/23
2. Study for Friday's Unit 4 Vocab Test
3. Work on your Odyssey Research Project
4. Visual Aid for Presentation due Monday, 10/27
5. Works Cited for Group Presentation due Monday 10/27
6. Presentations on 10/28 and 10/29

October 20 Classwork and Homework

Classwork

I was out sick today, so classes did not go to the LRC to work on their projects.  Instead you worked on Unit 4 Antonyms and Completing the Sentence on pgs 57-58 of our Vocabulary Workshop books.  Students were required to turn this work into the sub before class ended.  After working on Unit 4 Vocabulary, students got into their research groups and were told to do the following:

• Share what each of you found out about their topic during your independent research time.
• Begin to plan out their presentation.  
• Make an outline covering the information that will be shared in the presentation as well indicating who is in charge of each part of the presentation.  
• Share their contact information with each other
• Plan out when, where, and how they will continue their work on this project.

Homework

Students were supposed to turn in their Bibliography/Works Cited page and an annotated source today.  Since I was absent, you have an extra day to work on this.  

1. Your Bibliography/Works Cited page and an annotated source are due Tuesday.
2. Study for Friday's Vocabulary Test
3. Work on your Research Project Presentation

Unit 4 Antonyms and Completing the Sentence on pgs 57-58

October 14 Classwork and Homework

Classwork

Today we got our copies of The Odyssey from the book room,  started learning Unit 4 vocabulary words, and took an open homework quiz.  We also learned about a new research project that we are starting tomorrow - The Odyssey Research Project.

Homework

Finish recording the parts of speech and definitions for Unit 4 vocabulary words.  Due tomorrow.  You can use my Quizet Flash Cards to help you out with this homework.

Unit 4 Vocabulary Words Worksheet

The Odyssey Research Project