Dec. 18

Students should review their folders I sent home yesterday in preparing for the EOC. There will be no other English hw this semester. The English 1 EOC will be Tuesday morning. Please make sure your child has had a full night's rest and a healthy breakfast both Monday and Tuesday.

Thanks for a great semester!

Ms. Love

Dec. 16

LC1- Needs to complete their " I Remember" worksheet.

All Tears of a Tiger and My Sister's Keeper Books are due Friday.

Thursday, Dec. 3

LC1- Should be reading in Tears of a Tiger. They have a reading pacing guide, consult with them to see when what readings are due.

LC2-3 Should be reading in My Sister's Keeper. They have a reading pacing guide, consult with them to see when what readings are due.

Tomorrow, we are going on a field trip. Please have your student here by 7:15 am.

Monday, Nov. 30

I hope all the students enjoyed their new home today! I know I am excited to be here! Tonight for hw, all students need to finish their Benchmark Corrections to both test 2 and 3. Also, they need to highlight all the remaining words in their lit term packet with a different color than they have used thus far.

If any student still has not finished their test, they need to come to my room as soon as they get here tomorrow morning so that they may finish it.

Tuesday, Nov. 24

LC1- Student's need to complete Benchmark corrections and begin on the extra credit assignment if they are able to complete it. They must have made an 85 or higher on the vocab test to be eligible to do so. LC1 as a whole has not been turning in their homework. In the past two days, only 2 students have had the homework. Please stay on your child to do the work so that their grade does not suffer.

LC2- Student's need to complete Benchmark corrections. Also, they need to begin on their extra credit assignment if they are eligible to do so. They must have made an 85 or higher on the last vocab test to be able to complete the extra credit. Also, they must read to page 68 in My Sister's Keeper and complete the English and Science handout.

LC3- Student's need to complete the Benchmark corrections. Also, they need to begin their extra credit assignment if they are eligible to do so. They must have made an 90 or higher on the last vocab test to be able to complete the extra credit. Also, they must read to page 68 in My Sister's Keeper and complete the English and Science handout.

Monday, November 23

All student's should be studying for their Love unit test tomorrow. Ways to study include: applying lit terms to new material (pratice locating tone, mood, etc. in short stories you can find on the internet), use your circle maps to review content of the short stories, your cube to reveiw Bloom's Taxonomy, print lyrics off the internet to analyze, and study the universal themes and be able to provide an example of a story we have read to each theme.

Wednesday, November 18

Tonight the students are responsible for finding a song and printing the lyrics. However, the song must have substance and must be able to be analyzed for a deeper meaning. I gave examples today in class of good choices verses choices in which the songs do not mean anything. If student's do not have a printer at home, they may come in during homeroom and print the lyrics.

Monday, November 16

Happy Progress Report Day!!! Studnets will be bringing home progress reports that they need to get signed and an opportunity for extra credit that they should discuss with you. Additionally, all students are working on a total of 6 circle maps that they will turn in on Friday as their short story project. We have work extensively on these maps in school and I expect quality work.

Tomorrow afterschool, I will be holding a review session for students to stay and play review games to help them with their vocab words. They have a vocab test on Wednesday.

Thursday, November 12

Homework for tonight is as follows:
LC1 and LC2-Complete Circle Maps and have all 17 flashcards ready to be checked tomorrow.
LC3- Answer all questions for the Cube and create all flashcards.

Wed. Nov. 11

Happy Veteran's Day!
For Homework- LC2 need to finish the questions from their cube and Read The Scarlett Ibis.
LC1- needs to finish the questions from their cube, Read the Scarlett Ibis, and find the definition to the following words: ambiguity, irony, situational irony, dramatic irony, and verbal irony.
LC3- Read the Scarlett Ibis and find the definition to the same words as above.

Thursday, November 5

All students need to make sure they have completed their two circle maps. LC2 and LC1 need to get their progress report signed.

Monday, Nov. 2

Students do not have any hw tonight.

Update on my trip

Hey guys! Just updating you all on my trip! I arrived at NCCAT, which is a center for the advancement of teaching in the mountains around lunch time today. The weather is amazing and the leaves are even prettier! We had our first session today. It was nice being a student again (you know, besides bus driver training). Tomorrow we start early but I am excited I get to go hiking! Please be good for the sub! I know you will! 

Friday, Oct. 23

The students do not have any homework tonight, except for studying their vocab words.

I will not be at ECHS next week, therefore I will not be posting on my blog daily. I will go ahead and give you all the important upcoming dates:

Wed. Oct. 28th- Vocab Quiz
Thurs. Oct. 29th- Frequently Misused Words Quiz and LC2 Benchmark
Friday Oct. 30th- LC1 and LC3 Benchmark (Halloween Dress up Contest)
Mon. Nov. 2- All globes due


I will be available through e-mail all week, please send an e-mail if you have any questions.
jade.love@cabarrus.k12.nc.us

Thursday, Oct. 22

Today all LC's completed their Love Unit Test. They do not have any homework tonight.

Reminder: Please bring in your field trip forms

Wednesday, Oct. 21

Student's need to study for their test on the Love unit tomorrow. They have all been given a study guide to use. Happy Studying!

Tuesday, October 20

All students need to make flashcards for the 7 new vocab words they received today. Tomorrow I will be grading them on list 1 and 2 flashcards. They need to be color-coded, detailed, and attached to their flashcard ring.

Vocab quiz will be next Wednesday on both sets of words in short answer form.

In addition, all students need to bring in materials to build their globe.

Friday, October 16

Students should collect materials over the weekend to start building their globe project. In addition, they need to make sure they have completed their brain teasers and scaled sketch of their globe.

Monday, October 15

Students worked and finished their sketches of the Globe today with their partner. They started on the brain teasers, they will have 25 min. tomorrow to continue working on them. My suggestion is to call their partner and work on them over the phone tonight to ensure they have enough time to finish them.

In addition, student's "orgin of their name" essay is due tomorrow.

Please remind students that they should wear old clothes and prepare to walk in mud for tommorrow's field trip to the maize.

Need: We need all kinds of supplies to build the globes. Anything from construction paper to sticks. Please send in odds and ends that could be used in making the Globe. Thank you!

Friday, Oct. 9

Student's should be working on their "Name Origin" Essay. We broke the essay down into steps. The first step is for the child to interview their parent about how they got their name. If your child has not asked you, please remind them! These essays are due Friday 16th.

Enjoy the long break!
Please don't forget to bring back your premission slip!

Thursday, Oct. 8

Tonight, students may complete these practice worksheets to help them prepare for tomorrow's semi-colon and colon quiz. They may access them at the following websites:

Colon Practice:
http://www.worksheetplace.com/mf/Colon-Worksheet-1.pdf
http://www.worksheetplace.com/mf/Colon-Worksheet-2.pdf
http://www.worksheetplace.com/mf/Colon-Worksheet-3.pdf

Semi-Colon Practice:
http://www.worksheetplace.com/mf/Semi-Colon-Worksheet-1.pdf
http://www.worksheetplace.com/mf/Semi-Colon-Worksheet-2.pdf
http://www.worksheetplace.com/mf/Semi-Colon-Worksheet-3.pdf

Each worksheet has both practice sentences and the corrections to help the students review.

Tuesday, October 6

LC1 needs to complete grammar page 282. They will have a semi-colon/colon quiz Friday.


All students received a new writing assignment that requires them to complete research to figure out the "origin of their name." We have broken down the steps and they wrote them out on the directions. They are as follows:

1. Interview parents about your name (First and Last) and write down your questions and their answers. For example, if I would have been a boy, what would my name have been? How did you come up with my name? etc.

2. Research the origin of your name. Origin means the place where something begins. Do this with both your first and last name. Print your findings.

3. Brainstorm how you feel about your name. More than I like it or hate it;but, how it has become who you are. For instance, my name Jade Love has given me a lot of attention over the years. I would then go on to explain some of that attention. (They will turn in their brainstorm).

4. Using steps 1-3, students will then write their 400 word essay (MLA format, Times New Roman, Doubled Spaced) including all of the above.

Due Friday, October 16th: interview, research, brainstorm, and final draft of essay.
Students are out of school Mon.-Wed. next week. They should use that time to complete this assignment.

Monday, Oct. 5

LC2 is to complete grammar worksheet. All LC's should prepare for their upcoming quiz on semi-colons and colons by reviewing their grammar rules.

Thursday, October 1

All students need to complete their 6 flashcards with their new literary terms. Also, DO NOT FORGET, your To Kill a Mockingbird project is due tomorrow!!

Wednesday, September 30

Today we discussed the history of the Globe Theater and the background of William Shakespeare. Tomorrow, we will be adding words to their lit. term packet and start reading Act One, Scene 1 of R&J.

Tonight the students do not have homework so that they can focus on their projects. All projects are due Friday! No Exceptions!

Still need TKAMB books from:
Dynashia
Gabby
Caitlin

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Today we began discussing the idea of love as we prepare to read Romeo and Juliet. Tonight, the students are creating a piece of artwork by using illustrating their ballads. The students are in competition with one another to create the best and most creative visual of their ballad. The winning student's artwork will be published in the yearbook.

All TKAMB novels are due back tomorrow so that we can send them to another school.

All TKAMB projects are due Friday. I am available for help daily, so the students should be crystal clear on their project instructions. Also, they have been given a rubric to see how I will grade their project. It also serves the purpose of a checklist, when completing the project.

Monday, September 28th

Tonight, all students need to finish writing their historical ballad. In addition, each student needs to be working on their projects. All projects are due Friday. Remember, if you finish early we can take a look at your project to see what areas need improvement.


**Students must also turn in their TKAMB novels by this Wednesday.

LC2- finish semi-colon worksheet.

Friday, September 25

Today we corrected the mistakes made on both the Benchmark and the TKAMB unit test. Some students did not finish the TKAMB corrections in class and need to finish them over the weekend. All students should be working on their projects. They are due Friday!

Have a great weekend!

Thursday, September 24

The student's completed their unit test today on our "Coming of Age" unit. They do not have any homework tonight other than working on their project.


**Sorry for the type-o in the mass e-mail to parents yesterday. I used their instead of they're. Anyways, we have all the wrappers we need. Thank you for the many donations!

September 23, 2009

FINALLY!! We finished the novel!! All students finished the novel and need to study the following items tonight for their unit test tomorrow:

1. Plot Line of TKAMB
2. Themes within TKAMB
3. Background of Harper Lee (the author)
4. Lit Terms (We began our second set today in class with the addition of symbol. The test will have words from the first list and symbol)


Please ask your student to tell y0u about the book, the author, and themes of the novel as a review. Then use their flashcards and help them review for the literary term portion of the test.

Reminder: Please sign your students project sheet, so that you are aware of the project they chose. The project is due next Friday!

NEED

ECHS Community...
We are in need of coin rollers, esp. pennies, if you have any or could swing by a bank to get any (their free) please do so. I have went, but they only give a few each trip. Plus, I am at work during bank hours, so please help us out if you can!! Thank you!

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Sorry for not posting yesterday, I got carried away after work and it slipped my mind. We are almost finished with our reading. Yesterday, the students were assigned a project that is due Oct. 2 (next Friday). The students had 6 options to choose from. They were to discuss the projects with their parents and decide which one they wanted to complete and have their parent sign their project form. This is to ensure that you are aware of what is going on in class and also to note that their are projects that do not cost any money. Some students did not get the forms signed and need to do so tonight.

The students will have their unit test this week, right after we finish reading the novel. It is a theme/comprehension based test. They need to review the plotline and their literary terms. Lit terms will be on the test!!

Friday, September 18

The students took their comma quiz and turned in their TKAMB questions. We finished acting out the skit and took a 10 question quiz on the plot line of the scene. They do not have homework! Enjoy the weekend!!

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Today we started acting out the trial scene of To Kill a Mockingbird. The student's had a lot of fun acting out the characters. Once we finish the scene, we will have a quiz on the material.

Tomorrow, the students have a comma quiz. The homework tonight is optional, depending if they feel they need more work. If your child does complete the extra practice found at the following website, please send a note in letting me know they chose to do the extra work. There are four worksheets with the answers for the students to practice.

1. http://www.worksheetplace.com/mf/Comma-Worksheet-1.pdf
2. http://www.worksheetplace.com/mf/Comma-Worksheet-2.pdf
3. http://www.worksheetplace.com/mf/Comma-Worksheet-3.pdf
4. http://www.worksheetplace.com/mf/Comma-Worksheet-4.pdf


Also, tomorrow the students question packet is due, this is chapters 12-16, which we finished on Wednesday.

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Today we continued working on comma usage. We discussed the benchmark that they will be taking tomorrow and we discussed some test taking strategies. The students are prepared for tomorrow's benchmark and should get a good nights sleep and breakfast. After the benchmark, the students will read, individually, chapter 16 in To Kill a Mockingbird (TKAMB) and complete the chapter questions. The question packet (ch. 12-16) are due Friday morning.

Tonight's HW: Finish reading chapter 15 and questions.

I will not be posting tomorrow, I will be at a conference. The students homework tomorrow will be to study for their comma quiz on Friday and complete the question packet for TKAMB.

Monday, September 14

In the grammar portion of class, we are reviewing punctuation and comma rules. Student's will have a quiz on end marks and commas this Friday. Each day this week we will do a review activity that will help target the rules each student is having difficulty with. Ask your student to tell you what a comma is and where they are used. This will help them review the rules

We read chapter 14 of To Kill a Mockingbird today and they began their questions, they will need to finish them for homework tonight. Friday, the students will turn in their question packet (chapters 12-16) for a homework grade.

The following students still need to turn in their progress reports: Shaqura, Dazell, Emily,Elizabeth, Chris C., Yesenia, Jake, Michelle, Eden, Angie, Kristi, Brock, Bethany, Sam, and Jena. Please sign progress reports and turn them back in ASAP!

Have a good evening!

IN NEED OF:

Good Morning! I am in need of old photographs. Black and White, Sepia toned photographs of people, places, etc. I have a really fun activity I would like to do with the kids, so I need photographs. I will not be able to return them, so if by chance you have some old photos (the older the better) and they are not meaningful to you, could you please donate them to our class? Thanks!

Friday, September 11, 2009.

Today we worked on reviewing commas. I believe everyone finished thier homework in class except LC2. They need to complete their grammar pages. 265-268.

Starting Monday, we will be reading To Kill a Mockingbird heavily in class so that we may start acting out the trial on Thursday.

**Reminder: Please sign and return your child's progress report!

Thursday, September 10, 2009

I hope you all get to come tonight to the open house. I will be giving out report cards tonight. If you do not make it then I will be sending them home on Friday.

There is no homework tonight!

If you have Sean's video and you can upload it to my blog, let me know! The world needs to see what a great cheerleader he is =)

Wednesday, September 9th

Announcement: I am not sending home progress reports today because the students took an important quiz today in class that I wanted to have averaged in before I sent home the grade. We have open house tomorrow night from 5:30-7, I will give out progress reports to those who come and then I will send them home with those who do not come to open house on Friday.

The students took their lit quiz today and their homework is to read chapter 13 and complete corresponding questions.

Tuesday, September 8th

I hope everyone enjoyed their long weekend! I know I did! Tomorrow is a big day for the students in English class. They have a large quiz that requires them to give the definitions of all 20 of their vocabulary words and give examples of their use. We have been working on these words daily to increase their knowledge and recognition of their meaning. It is imperative that the students study for this quiz due to the fact the next four quizzes build upon these words. I showed the students the quiz today in class, so they know exactly what to expect. There will be NO remediation for this assignment, as they have had plenty of time and resources to prepare.

Each student has created a set of flashcards with each word, please help your child in calling out the terms and have them define them to you.

Thank you!

Thursday, September 3

We will be going on a field trip tomorrow so the information in this post will be for tonight and the weekend.

First, if you choose not to bring your bookbag to school tomorrow, please make sure you have your final paper stapled to your two prior drafts. If you forget, you will lose 10 pts. and 10 pts. each day it is late (not including the weekend).

Second, please finish reading chapters 11-12. Complete chapter questions for 11. Once you have completed 4-11, please staple the packet with the questions to be turned in on Tuesday. Please start your second packet with chapter 12 questions.

Don't forget to be studying for your literary term quiz on Wednesday. Remember it is all short answer, so ask someone to quiz you using your flashcards! Have a great long weekend.

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Good Afternoon,
Today in class we added three comma rules into our notes and worked with sentences using each rule. Also, we completed our first set of literary terms in their packet. Finally, we took a true/false quiz on chapters 6-10 in To Kill a Mockingbird.

For homework, all classes need to make sure they have completed the following:

19 flashcards attached to ring (they should only have about 3 more to make for hw)
Grammar pages: 262,263,264
Completed Questions- Chapters 4-10 ( entire packet due 4-11 due Tuesday)
Final draft of essay, stapled to the two prior drafts (due this Friday)

If you have any questions, please e-mail me!

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Today in English class we began our unit on comma usage. Also, we added more literary terms to our packet.

Upcoming Due Dates:

Friday: Final Draft of Essay's due
Monday: To Kill a Mockingbird questions due ( chapters 4-11)
Wednesday: Literary Term Quiz: Please help your student study these words. We have made flashcards for each word. Flashcards are a great study tool!

Monday, September 1, 2009

Man, I am pooped from today! I had a blast watching the students put up the tents today in English class. Some students were blind folded, some couldn't talk, others could only use their right hand. Whatever the case, each were presented with an obstacle and they had to work together as a team to overcome the challenge. Ask your child, how did today's activity relate to the film, Remember the Titans, which we watched on Friday during seminar.

LC2 needs to make sure they have read and completed chapter 10! There could be a pop quiz in the future (hint, hint).

LC1 and LC3 need to have read through chapter 9 and completed chapter 9 questions.

All learning groups need to make sure they have turned in their first AND second draft of their essay. I will conference with each student with ways to improve their writing so that their final draft will be well written and grammatically correct. Final Drafts will be due Friday in English class. I am available before school if your student needs additional help!

Please view the facebook page for pictures from today's activities! (To be Posted Tomorrow)

Happy Viewing!

2009-2010 Yearbook Staff

Congratulations to the 09-10 Yearbook Staff

Corinne Worrell: Editor in Chief
Victoria Lackey
Emily Pauley
Ariel Duncan
Jake Hooks
DegZong Yang

Business Managers: Molly Reguero and Erin Fogg

Friday, Aug. 28

Good Afternoon! As week three comes to a close, we are making our way through, To Kill a Mockingbird. THis weekend, students are responsible for reading chapter 9 and complete chapter 9 questions.

Today we used our class time to peer edit an essay the students wrote, comparing a poem to their personal lives. For Monday, the students must have completed their second draft.

Have a great weekend!
Note...we will be outside Monday (weather permitting) for English class...your student won't want to miss the fun activity we are going to do that correlates with the movie they are watching in club time today, " Remember the Titans."