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BRING YOUR
AUTOBIOGRAPHY/MEMOIRS
TO CLASS EVERYDAY!!!
Major Works Data Sheet – due Oct. 3th
Interim due dates:
st
1 2 quotes – Wed., Sept. 21st
2nd 2 quotes – Mon., Sept. 26th
3rd 2 quotes – Fri., Sept. 30th
9/26/11
Do Now: Place “2 Quotes” Assignment in basket by the door.
Go to the Library:
1. What’s the News?
(GET A NEWS ARTICLES)
By the end of the period today:
a. You will hand in your yellow folder containing two (2) news articles and
two (2) Article Analysis worksheets completed. ***
b. Your name must be written on the tab at the top of your folder and on each
of the two articles inside the folder.
2. Where do I get these articles?
a. From Internet Explorer go to Ms. Mckenney’s Teacher Page on the VCHS
website.
b. Click on the News Media link.
c. Here you will find a variety of online news sites. Find an article on any
current news topic of interest to you.
d. When you find an interesting article use the PRINT formatting tools
within the online periodical’s site to print out the article. If you cannot
locate the print format link, please ask for help before you printout.
e. Once you have collected a total of two articles, see me for Article Analysis
worksheets.
***If you collected an article during our last library visit
you need only collect one more today for a total of two.
9/23/11
Do Now: Place personal essay and vocab HW in the basket by the door.
Review vocab: Word Toss
NOTES: grammar section of notebook
Linking Verbs
A linking verb describes an occurrence or a state of mind. It connects parts of a sentence.
The most common linking verb is the verb
to be. Following are some other linking verbs.
appear
smell
grow
taste
seem
feel
stay
remain
become
sound
look
The supports looked fragile.
The actor seemed nervous when the play began.
It sounds like a fire alarm.
I became increasingly certain that he was lying.
The verbs on the list do not always function as linking verbs. To determine whether the word is functioning as a
linking verb or as an action verb, examine its role in the sentence.
Linking
The child grew tired by the end of the evening.
The milk smells sour.
The lemonade tastes too sweet.
Action
My mother grows the best tomatoes I have ever eaten.
Can you smell the roses?
Have you tasted the lemonade?
A predicate nominative (noun, pronoun, or adjective) follows a linking verb and describes or identifies the
subject.
My sister is a pediatrician.
The house is old.
I feel sick.
Is that you?
Since the linking verb serves as an “equals sign,” the words on both sides of it must be in the same case.
Case
Case is the form of a noun or pronoun that shows how it is used and how it relates to other words in a
sentence.
Three Cases in English
Nominative
Objective
Possessive
Then we read our “Books.”
9/22/11
Guidance Visit: college info
9/21/11
Collect “2 Quotes.”
Do Now: Circle the verbs.
Notes: (Grammar section of Notebook)
Verbs
To be – state of being
Present
Past
I
am
was
You
are
were
He, She, It
is
was
We
are
were
You
are
were
They
are
were
Writing About People handout
300-500 word essay about a person of influence
Due Friday
Vocab HW due Friday
2nd “2 Quotes” due Monday, the 26th
9/20
Do Now: Study for Vocab Quiz.
Vocab Quiz
Introduce Vocab List #2
Review “2 quotes” assignment due tomorrow.
9/19
Do Now: Review Vocab List for TUESDAY’S QUIZ.
Read your Autobiography/Memoir
Or read an excerpt from Thurber’s autobiography and answer the questions.
Senior English
Ms. McKenney
Sept. 16, 2011
LIBRARY AGENDA:
3. Activities Sheet
a. Open a NEW WORD document or, if you brought your flash drive with a
copy of your Activities Sheet file, open the document.
b. If you do not have a flash drive with you today, log in to your User Drive
to save copy of your final draft)
i. Make changes to your Activities Sheet.
ii. Check format for consistency and appeal.
c. PRINT OUT Final copy then staple Draft copy to the back of the Final
Copy.
(Final goes on top.)
d. Save copy of Activities Sheet to flash drive or to your student user drive.
e. Double click Internet Explorer Icon and to www.Turnitin.com and set up
an account.
f. Log in with CLASS ID ________________________
g. Password : _____________________
h. Submit your Activities Sheet.
4. What’s the News?
(GET A NEWS ARTICLE)
a. You will peruse a variety of online news sites to find an article on a
current news topic. You may choose an article on any news topic.
b. You will use the links to Media Sites located on my teacher webpage.
c. When you find an article using the PRINT formatting tools within the
online periodical’s site, print out you article and begin reading.
d. You will store your article your folder and return your folder to me at the
end of the period.
9/14
Do Now:
In your journal:
-Describe the “Best Class” you’ve ever had. Give details showing what you liked about
it. (NAMES not required or requested)
Collect Intro Paragraphs.
Complete Autobiography/Memoir Works Cited Sheets
Review Major works Data Sheet assignment – due Oct. 3rd
Interim due dates:
1st 2 quotes – Wed., Sept. 21st
2nd 2 quotes – Mon., Sept. 26th
3rd 2 quotes – Fri., Sept. 30th
HW: VOCAB – Friday
IND. READING – ongoing
Bring Activities Sheet to class and a flashdrive to class on FRIDAY
9/13 Tuesday
Do Now: In your notebook, respond to “Motorcycle Talk:”
1. Did you like or dislike the essay? Why?
2. Do you think the essay would make a good college application essay? Why or
why not?
3. Based on your reading, describe the narrator. What is he like? What do you learn
about him?
INTRODUCTION: presentations
HW: Bring Autobiography to class on WEDNESDAY.
Bring Activities Sheet to class and a flashdrive to class on FRIDAY.
9/12/11 Monday
Do Now: In your notebook:
1. Describe Mr. Somary. (3-5 sentences)
2. What is the author’s attitude toward him?
3. How do you know? (provide text evidence)
Complete Introduction Script.
HW: Read and mark the essay entitled, “Motorcycle Talk.”
Be prepared for a quiz.
9/9
DO NOW:
In your notebook, respond to the following:
1. Describe a significant experience, achievement, risk you have taken or ethical
dilemma you have faced. (4-6 sentences)
2. Evaluate its impact on you.
Independent Reading: Memoir/Autobiography – due Wednesday, Sept. 14th
You must have the selected Memoir/Autobiography in class with you!
Partner Interviews
HW: Write-up your introduction based on the interview you held today. The write-up
should act as a script for your introduction. And, reread the “Mr. Somary” essay and
circle four (4) descriptive passages.
9/8
DO NOW
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Brainstorm a list of people who have influenced you.
Read “Mr. Somary” - pay attention to the descriptive writing. Then:
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Write a list of descriptive details about one of the people on your list.
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Select one story to tell about that person or when that person made a big impact
on you.
9/7
DO NOW: Question Types handout
Possible Interview Questions
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Who has influences you?
What are your plans for the future?
Do you have any hobbies?
What is your favorite kind of music?
What kind of life would you like?
9/6
DO NOW: 3 Questions handout
Types of questions
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Closed Question – can be answered with either a single word or short phrase.
o Closed questions have the following characteristics:
 They give you facts.
 They are easy to answer.
 They are quick to answer.
 They keep control of the conversation with the questioner.
o Yes/No – is a specific type of closed question that can be answered with
only a ‘yes’ or ‘no.’
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Open Question – is likely to receive a long, extended answer.
o Open questions have the following characteristics:
 They ask the respondent to think and reflect.
 They give you opinions and feelings.
 They had control of the conversation to the respondent.
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Follow-up Questioning – a series of questions relating to the same topic in an
attempt to gather in-depth information.
o Follow-up Questioning has the following characteristics:
 The first question begins exploring the topic often using a Yes/No
question.
 Once the first answer is given, the questioner formulates the next
question based on the response to the first question and so on.
HW: Complete an Activities Sheet.