Nov 22, 2013

HUM 8

Please read your novel.

ENG 11

Please read up to the end of Act 4

Nov 20,2013

ENG 11

Please bring in food etc for your groups pot luck banquet on Friday.

Hum 8

Please finish finding the main idea on the Franks sheet. Remember to do the connection at the bottom as well.

Nov 18, 2013

HUM 8

Please fill in the first two rows on the chart. You need to find the main idea about the Franks, how you know and then paraphrase it.
You need to do the same for the Merovingians.

English 11

Please read scenes 1-4 inclusive of Act 3 Macbeth

John Mcrae video

Macbeth video clips

Interview with Lady Macbeth

Macbeth Deliberates

Is this a dagger? Version 1

NOv.1, 2013

HUM 8
Enjoy the weekend.

Eng 11
Read Act 1 of Macbeth

Oct 30,2013

HUM 8

Finish your friendship journey for Friday.(The one assigned last week).
Have a safe Halloween.

Eng 11

Have a safe Halloween.

Oct 28, 2013

HUM 8
Work on the friendship journey due Friday.

                                                     A little info on the Vikings

Eng 11

Think about Macbeth.

Oct 23, 2013

HUM 8
Character journey due next Friday Nov. 1

Eng 11

Your personal essay rewrite is due on Mon. Oct. 28

Oct. 21, 2013

HUM 8

Work on your create a country project due on Wed.

ENg 11
Good copy of personal narrative due on Mon Oct. 28.
Visual summative due Wed . Oct. 23.

Oct 17,2013

HUM 8
Wow! What a great assortment of food you all brought in from around the world. I hope that you all tried the various goodies. Great work on your top ten facts about the countries and thank you for sharing your dishes.  I was pleased to see that many of you had a hand in creating your dishes, way to go.

Please work on your create your own country. You should be working on finishing your province, working on your environmental issue and one other fact as well. It is due next Wed. Oct 23.

Eng 11
Please work on your creative summative project.n this is a synthesis of all the pieces we have looked at so far. More details are on Edmodo.

Oct 15,2013

HUM 8

Your top ten list on your country is due. You are handing in your notes, your references and you are bringing a food dish to share from your country.

Eng 11
 :)

Oct 10,2013

HUM 8

If you did not finish your top ten list on your country, that will due on Thursday Oct. 17 with a food dish to share.

Have a good long weekend.

Eng 11

Enjoy the weekend.

 HUM 8

Begin to think about information on your country. Your country project is due next Thurs. Oct 17. Remember to bring a peanut free dish from your country to share with the class. You do not need to bring enough for 25, just about six people.( A normal serving/recipe). 

ENG 11

Good copy of choice journal due on Thurs. Please explain why you chose that entry and attach all three journals and rubric to your good copy.

Oct 4, 2013

HUM 8

Please finish enlarging your map.
Continue to read your book.

Eng 11

Please finish your third journal for Tues.
Bring all three journals in draft form to class on Tues.

Oct 2, 2013

HUM 8

If you did not finish the setting sheet, please finish that. Write in the summary section how does setting shape/influence your character in your novel.

READ your novel. You should be finished it.

Eng 11

Draft of journal 2 due for Friday. make sure that you are answering an EQ and that you are bringing in quotes to back up what you are saying.

Sept. 30,2013

HUM 8

Please keep reading. Bring post its to class on Wed.

Eng 11

See last days post for details. Draft journal 1 due. (on your first choice short story).

Sept 25,2013

Eng 11

Finish reading your short story.
complete the chart:
with notes, thoughts, quotes to an EQ and some of the questions.
Write a draft(formative) journal/response to what you have read. Please address an Eq in your journal.

HUM 8

Please keep reading your novels.

Sep 23, 2013

HUM 8

Please keep reading your novels.

Eng 11

Please select 1 EQ and respond to it. Make sure you bring in examples from the three poems we have covered. Most of you did the draft. Now you need to do the good copy for Wed Sept. 25.

Eng 11- What is Humanity

ENG 11
Here is clip on Humanity:

Sept 19,2013

HUM 8

Please continue to read your novel.
If you didn't finish your geo grid sheet from last week, please finish it. (Geo Scav. Hunt.)

ENG 11

If you did not finish the two other poems in class, please finish them.
Pick an Eq and answer it. Make sure you connect it to the three poems mentioned in class today.
Find a song or poem that connects to humanity or identity, post it on Edmodo, and in 1 or 2 sentences tell us why you chose the piece.
If you are not on Edomodo, please print the lyrics and bring your song/poem to class on Monday to share.

Sept 17,2013

HUM 8

Binder check with dividers on Thursday.
Post it notes on Thursday,
Continue to read your novel.
Scholastic book order due Thursday.
Geo chart from last week due Monday Sept 23.

Eng 11

Scholastic order due Thurs.

Gradebook Data Gathering

Please complete this form.
Gradebook info
Thanks.

Friday Sept 13, 2013

HUM 8

• Please  read your novel. The amount is up to you.
• If you did not finish the geo. term  scavenger hunt in class, please complete it for homework.
• Remember dividers and post its for next Thurs. Sept. 19
• Scholastic book order due Sept. 19-if you want to buy a book.

Eng 11
Have a good weekend.

Sept 11, 2013

HUM 8

Please finish your collage for Friday Sept 13.

You also need to purchase a 3 ring binder, 5 dividers and 3 sticky note packs for the course.

You can label your binder into the following sections:
Strategies, notes, history, geography, current events, misc(optional). Dividers and binder check is next Thursday Sept. 19

Eng 11

I am presentation

Sept 10, 2013

HUM 8

Please work on your I am poem and collage drawing which is due Friday Sept. 13.

Eng 11
Your 5 I am statements in ppt or imovie, moviemaker format are due on Friday Sept 13.

Student Data Collection

HI,
I have created a brief confidential form to gather student and parent contact information. If you could please take two minutes to complete the form, I would greatly appreciate it. To do so, please click on the link below. Looking forward to meeting you on meet the teacher night.
Danielle Caldwell
Form (click on this)

September 5,2013

English 11

Please complete the chart on keys to success. Write what they mean in your own words.

Hum 8

Finish chart on keys to success.

Welcome Back

Welcome Back!!!!
I am looking forward to a new and exciting year ahead. This blog will post your homework and at times clips and useful links to help you in your journey this year. Welcome back!

June 17, 2013

HUM 8
I have your extra post it notes. If you want to come by Monday or Tuesday and pick them up, please do. Thanks. Mrs. C

June 5,2013

HUM 8

Monologues due on Friday. Please go over the rubric and make sure you have covered all of the criteria.

Eng 11
Find a song or poem and print a hard copy. You can hand write it out also. You need a copy to enter the class.

Monday June 3, 2013

HUM 8

Monologues due Friday June 7

ENG 11

Figurative devices sheet completed for
Wed June 5

May 31,2013

Hum 8
Please work on your monologues. Due Friday June 7.

Eng 11

Work on your  outline to put on educreations.

May 28, 2013

HUM 8
Monologue: You are to prepare a monologue on your character from your novel. Please bring cue cards to work on it on Thursday. It is due FRIDAY JUNE 7.

ENG 11
No homework.

May 24,2013

HUM 8

For those of you who did not finish the review sheets in class, please finish them for Tuesday. Also please keep reading and finish your novel by next week.

Eng 11

Finish your movie sheet.

May 22, 2013

HUM 8
Continue to silent read. Bring your novels to class next day.

Eng 11

We will continue watching the movie. Fill in the movie guide sheet based on what you saw today.

May 10,2013

HUM 8
Please complete the draft about your painting and your person in the Renaissance. Read your novel.

Eng 11
Your essay has been extended until TUESDAY.

May 8,2013

HUM8
Read your novels. If you have not finished researching your person, finish your chart.

ENG 11
 Finish your essay. Now due Tues. READ your novels. Movie on Friday.

May 7, 2013

HUM 8
READ  your novels!

Eng 11

Finish your essays. Read your novels. bring in your field trip forms.

April 30,2013

Humanities 8

Please fill in the chart on Henry VIII

ENG 11

FINISH your outlines. You will be working on your drafts in class on Thursday. Completed drafts are due on Monday. You should also be reading your novel.

HUM 8 Upcoming video clips Reformation and the Renaissance

April 24, 2013

HUM 8

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Continue working on your news project. It will be due April 30.
Continue with ongoing current events.
Read your novel.

Eng 11
Individual novel projects

READ, READ, READ. You have  Fri to research. Read as much of your novel as you can.

Posted by Mrs. C at 2:39 PM

April 22, 2013

HUM 8

Advertisement due on WED April 24.
You will be working on your news project on Wed. It will be due April 30.
Continue with ongoing current events.

Eng 11
Individual novel projects

READ, READ, READ. You have Wed and Fri to research. Read as much of your novel as you can.

April 17,2013

HUM 8
Please work on your Chinese invention advertisement. It will be due on Wed. April 24.
Please bring your textbook to class on Monday.
Later on today, I will attach the worksheets on Edmodo. (Most likely this evening).

Eng 11
Think about an author and time period that you want to research. You may also want to think of a  novel that you would like to read as well.

April 15, 2013

HUM 8
Make sure your group chart is finished for next day. Fun group "quiz" for prizes only.

ENG 11
Detailed outline due. In class essay on your novel. Please bring a memory stick. You have to figure out someway to transfer essay to me in last 10minutes of class. This is a writing on demand essay.

April11, 2013

HUM 8

IF you did not finish predicting what the words meant on the Oracle bones, please finish that.

Eng 11

You should be working on your detailed outline for your essay.
You need to bring a stick for the computer to class on Wed. You can also create a gmail account to use google docs as well.

Apr5, 2013

HUM 8

Please write the good copy of your paragraph on the factors that impact civilizations. You will hand it in on Tuesday with your draft and Venn sheet.

Please bring in your fieldtrip form and money.

Eng 11

Please write your thesis for Tuesday.

April 4, 2013

Hum 8
Using your Venn diagram notes from today, write a well developed paragraph that explains(with evidence), what factors influence civilizations. Due Friday.

Eng 11
Enjoy the day.

march 14,2013

HUM 8 and ENG 11

Enjoy the break. No homework.

March 12, 2013

HUM 8, 2013
Please write the good copy of your essay. Please double space. Hand it in with your draft, your outline, and your peer edit sheet as well. Due Thurs. March 14.

Eng 11
Journal 4 is due on Thursday March 14.

The Samurai

Please complete the activity sheet as you watch this clip. If you want to learn more there is a second part on You Tube.

March 6, 2013

HUM 8
Please write the intro and conclusion to your essay for Tuesday.

ENG 11
1. Finish symbolism sheet for Tuesday, March 12.
2. Journal 4 will be due Thursday, March 14. You should have finished your novels by then as well.
3. For those of you who did not have journal 3 done for today, you should find someone to do the following- have them read your journal and you need to write a response based on their entry. You Need to submit both your reflection and their original. Here are the questions that were on the board:

Your reaction to what they wrote(Reacts )

Agrees/disagrees with

Write what this reminds them of as well(connecting )

Extends/builds on points other 

Develops a so what statements to what they wrote

Any questions you might have...possible answers to the questions.

March 6,2013

HUM 8

Some of you did not finish writing your three body paragraphs from your outlines in class. If you did not, please finish them for Friday.
Your interviews are due as well. Remember to bring a costume for your role.

Eng 11
Your third journal is due. Continue to read your novel. You should be almost finished it by now.

March 4, 2013

HUM 8
Please finish your outline only for your essay for Wed.
Start thinking of what you can pull together for your costume for your interview on Friday.

Eng 11

Please complete the plot sheet and continue to read.

Feb.28, 2013

HUM 8
Please finish your thesis and your question for Monday.

Eng 11
Please continue reading your novels.

Feb 26, 2013

HUM 8

PROJECT DUE ON THURSDAY!!!!!!!!!

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Here are the theses you created in class today. Create your own “high diving board “ones!

The novel Crispin proves that society can transform over time (opinion) because of power trust and loyalty. .(3 justifications)

The novel Girl In The Cage reflects life in the middle ages and how feudalism works (opinion) through power trust and loyalty. (3 justifications)

The  novel Crispin reflects how the monarch and lords abuse their power in the middle ages(opinion) through characters, setting and plot.(3 justifications

The novel Girl In A Cage shows how society was cruel and abused power(opinion)   in middle ages through their characters, place in society and anywhere they lived. .(3 justifications)

ENG 11

Journal 2 is due on Thursday. Please keep reading your novel.

The Plague

Feb. 22,2013

 HUM 8
Please complete your projects for Thursday, Feb. 28.

 ENG 11

YOU HAVE YOUR GOOD COPY OF YOUR ESSAY DUE ON TUESDAY FEB 26.

NOTE ABOUT QUOTES:******* Since there are no line numbers, please write a disclaimer at the end of your essay that you know how to properly quote from a play: (Act, scene, line). Your essay will however be done in the format (Act, page). ( II, 72). You MUST include your BIBLIOGRAPHY!!!!!!!!  You DO NOT have to count lines:)

The Crusades

Feb 18, 2013

Hum 8
Work on your interdependence paragraphs for Wed.
Continue to read. You should be finishing your novels.

Eng 11

Read at least 20pages and complete the visualization sheet for Wed.
Here are the journal due dates:

Journal 1-formative-Friday Feb. 22

•Journal 2-summative- Thursday Feb. 28

•Journal 3- ??? –Friday March 8

•Journal 4-summative-Thursday March 14

Feb 14,2013

HUM 8

Work on the drafts of your Power paragraphs for Monday. One will be explaining how your image connects to your topic and the other will be the connections. make sure you answer the questions on the handout. When you write your paragraph you want to write about how your topic is connected, influenced etc by Power.

Also you should be finishing up your novel. If you are not finished your novel, I suggest you read quite a bit. We will still have time next week to read. My goal is for you to have your novel finished by next Friday.

Eng 11
Please read the first two chapters of your novel for next day,

Feb 12, 2013

HUM 8
Please write your paragraph on your main topic and your image for Thursday.  Make sure that you are answering your questions as you write your paragraph and are not just restating facts that you have found in your research.

Continue to read your silent reading book.

We began to look at the Crusades today. Here is a clip to further help you.

Eng 11
Post it notes on the Crucible will be checked on Thursday.

Feb 6,2013

HUM 8
Work on your notes and images for your project.
Read at least 20 pages in your novel. Find out where your lit group decided to read up to.

Eng 11

Your essay draft is due at the end of class on Tuesday with all the pieces.

Feb 4, 2013

HUM 8

Read at least 10 pages in your novel.
Work on gathering all of your Internet resources and images for the project.
Timeline: Feb 12-all notes and images are due. (You will need to have all your sources by then.)
Feb. 14 Paragraphs (2) on your main topic in draft format are due.
Feb. 18 Paragraphs(2)on Power in draft format are due.
Feb. 20 paragraphs (2) on Interdependence in draft format are due.
Feb. 28 Final product pulled together is due.

Eng 11

YOU NEED TO HAVE YOUR THESIS AND YOUR OUTLINE APPROVED BY ME.THESE ARE HOMEWORK STEPS AND PART OF YOUR WRITING PROCESS. THEY NEED TO BE DONE BEFORE THE ESSAY WILL BE EVALUATED.

Due on Thursday- you should have your first paragraph written by the end of class and a solid start of your essay. Final draft due Feb. 12.

Jan 31, 2013

HUM 8

MANY OF YOU NEED TO RESTOCK YOUR BINDERS WITH PAPER!!!!!!!! Please buy paper over the weekend.
Read a min. of 20 pages in your novels.Mark your texts for egs of PLIT as you read.

ENG 11

You should have a working thesis and outline done for Monday.
You should also have one paragraph done-intro or para. for Monday.

Jan 29,2013

HUM 8

Please make sure you have 5 deep thinking questions for your research project. I have checked some but not all of yours.

Please find one on-line source for your topic and complete point one on the hand out for on line research.

Eng 11

Generate a topic that interests you for the Crucible and generate a working thesis for next day. Please avoid the three point thesis.

HUm 8

English 11 I removal plan

I removal plan




1. Do all homework and stay on top of your work.

2. Catch up on any outstanding work and submit it IMMEDIATELY!

3. All Crucible unit work(except for the current essay) must be completed and submitted by FEB. 6 or it will become dead and no longer accepted. Those learning outcomes will not be met.(Resulting in an I).

Please contact me if you have any questions.

Jan 25,2013

HUM 8

Please continue to read your lit circle novels.

ENG 11
No homework.

Jan 23,2013

HUM 8
Lit circles
Read a minimum of 10 pages for Friday and complete the sheet. Look at setting.
You are also doing a FORMATIVE PRESENTATION for feedback on your character on Friday as well.

Eng 11

Please read the article about writing and complete the self part of the chart for Friday.

jan 21,2013

HUM 8

Please complete the feudalism  obligations and responsibilities sheet for Wed.Jan 23.
For Friday please finish describing your role sheet in medieval society. Remember to write it in the first person as you want to share who you are from your new role and your point of view in this medieval society. This is formative and I will be giving you feedback and you will pick up more facts as we delve into the unit:)

Eng 11

Please complete your Venn diagram on the tragic hero comparing John Proctor to any TH of your choice.
Due Wed jan 23.

jan 17,2013

HUM 8

Please read your novel and complete the activity sheet for Monday. I will put it on Edmodo this weekend.

Eng 11
No homework.

jan 15, 2013

HUM 8

Please rewrite your connection on theBayeux tapestry. Please improve it. Look at teh feedback I gave you and make it your best connection ever. Due Thurs. Jan 17.

Read pg. 45 of TB. Complete chart comparing oaths. on hand out. Due Thurs. Jna 17

ENG 11
Presentations due Thursday jan 17.

Jan 12, 2013

HUM 8
You can share the story of what the Bayeux Tapestry is about.

ENG 11
Work on your presentations due Thurs. Jan. 17

Jan 9.2013

HUM 8
 Bayeux Tapestry Handout
Read pgs. 38-42 from the textbook.
From there  make connections, find unknown words , mark three passages sentences that have to do with Power, Loyalty, Interdependence and Trust(just with  post its), and then make an inference. Most of this was done in class as I noticed most of you were finished before the bell.

Eng 11
Journals Due on Friday.
Work on your presentations due Thurs. Jan 17

Jan 7, 2013

HUM 8
No homework. If you have an IPAd or laptop, please bring them to class on WED.

Here is something that is coming up see above video clip.

Eng 11
We have begun to work on the Crucible project presentations. Please bring in whatever you need ot work on them in class on Wed and Friday. Presentations are due on Thursday Jan 17.

Journals are due on Friday Jan 11.