Scribe 12-6-11

Scribe 12-6-11

In Smiths class on Tuesday, right before our late start (thankfully), we had a substitute teacher, Mr. Rosenberg. We then finished the last of act four, scene two of ‘’Inherit the Wind.’’ For what we know now, Drummond had trapped Brady and turned Brady’s own words against him. Drummond had used a rock to show there is no way to say how long the earth has been around, and also used the sun to point out there was no real way to determine how long creationism really was. Brady was depressed about his loss at the end and basically excepted defeat. Like Will M. said, ‘’Drummond overcame the power of Brady in the court and showed up Brady. Drummond made Brady sad at the end of the court scene.’’ Basically, Drummond stole Brady’s confidence. We then spent the last 15 minutes reading the first part of act three, which took place in the courtroom again. 

Homework- Any redoes do Friday, This means:
Make-up quizzes
Facebook page
Any redoes YOU need to do (no D’s!!!!)
Also be sure to get all pod-casts in by Friday for anyone who has not done it

Scribe 12/2/11

                We Skype Today! We talked to students from a school in Korea and visually chatted about our This I Believe essays. Hw: Get your speech’s ready and study for the vocab quiz: Dismal, Maleficent, Benefactor, Benevolent, Benediction, Malevolent.

Many thanks to Mr. Smith for setting up our day and Jacks Mom for the food.

Scribe 12-1-11

Today in Smith’s English 9 we went over the procedure for tomorrows Skype, (remember this is a HUGE DEAL, Mr. Smith and others worked like crazy for this to happen, you must thank them!!!!)  the procedure is, find your seat, plug in headset, turn computer on, accept terms of use, sign into Skype, and talk away. We then read Act 2 Scene 2 from Inherit the Wind.
  

Homework: WE SKYPE TOMORROW!! Also in preparation, ready your questions for your partner, podcast your TIB essay using Audacity if you’ve not done it yet. Don’t forget to wear Arapahoe apparel for the Skype. We also have a vocab test on Monday so study all your words.

scribe 11-18-11

Today in Smith’s lovely class we talked over about editing our This I believe essay. The following is important to put your TIB essay in Smiths folder. First make sure to export and save it as your name. ex ScottA, you need to save it as a word doc. First click on classes on a library computer, then click on smith, and click on English 2. Finally drop the doc into the drop box. To drop it in you drag the doc into the drop box. She will be able to see if you put the doc into the drop box. Other piece of homework that is not required is to redo Facebooking the Odyssey. Also we did our Pln presentations, so tell your folks at home to watch your great presenting skills. We also wanted to drop our writing piece into the drop box and went to Mr. Fisch’s blog and read “What Should be the Purpose of School” and we clicked on the google form and filled it out.

Scribe 11-17

Today in our fantastic, fun charismatic class we finally got around to reading one of the most fascinating books in the world! In our Superb class we reviewed that our TIB essays are due by the Monday after thanksgiving break. Can I get a wahoo for one week off school? To get full credit on our TIB essay you need to go in for writing lab or either see Smith and proofread to make your essay near-perfect. After we reviewed that we got around to reading, along with acting out, our book, Inherit the Wind. Although some people in our class don’t exactly know their roles yet, we still attempted to act out the scenes as best as we can. Don’t forget to bring your own book tomorrow so that Smith doesn’t have to loan you one of hers. You know that leads to depressing things. Get it…The Great Depression?

Our homework for Smiths class is:

·         PLN presentations

·         TIB essay

·         Face booking Redo’s

·         Any other Redo’s.

               

Scribe 11-10-11

In Smith’s English 9 class on 11-10-11 (tomorrow is 11-11-11, don’t forget) we worked on our final essays. Smith is giving us all of thanksgiving to finish the entire essay. It must be 350-500 words. Be sure to check the rubric for the full details. We also worked on our PLN topics. We all seemed to be slipping,  so lets pick it back up. Every topic sentance needs a WHY!! Our final PLN will be on Friday, so always have that ‘’because’’ in it. Today, we also created a skype account for the soul purpose of talking to Soul. BE SURE TO REMEMBER YOUR SKYPE NAME! We also need to add Smith in our contacts (anneemmaSmtih). 

   
    Homework-
PLN presentations: Will B. Caleb, Adam, Joey
Vocab Card: Benevolent
Last PLN on Friday due monday
Any redos- PLN for this six weeks, facebook page

Scribe 11/9/11

Today we wrote our essays for the This I Believe... Homework is

• Complete your rough draft of This I Believe
• Make sure you follow the guidelines for the essay, http://arapahoe.littletonpublicschools.net/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=_5McpkmfRpA%3d&tabid=1923
• Have a well written copy using imagery, good vocab, and just make it as best as you can
• This essay is going to be apart of the Final So do a Good Job

Then we started to write our essays using the idea of “Show don’t tell” (use imagery). The essay must be in between 350 - 500 words and with such little space make sure you only put in it what pertains to the writing assignment. The rubric for the this i believe essay is here, http://arapahoe.littletonpublicschools.net/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=Hb8WjR3gr9Y%3d&tabid=1923
Then we finished our PLC day by typing our rough draft.