DECEMBER+2007

Daily practice for ELPA exam in January Finish Illuminated Texts and/or "I Remember" poems Poems will be displayed/shared on Thursday November/December CyberJournals (must be done by Friday)
 * Tuesday, December 18 - Friday, December 21**

Monday, December 10 - Friday, December 14 We will work on our Illuminated Texts in poetry. Students will use PowerPoint to emphanize the language, word choice and mood of a poem chosen from either the recently completed Poetry Journal or the text book, Crossroads. An alternate assignment is also available based on the poem "And I Remember" by Afua Cooper. That assignment can be found here:

Poem Directions


 * Friday, December 7**
 * Information and permission slips for the **English Language Proficiency Exam** written on January 21 were provided on Thursday in home room classes. Please returned the signed form on Monday.
 * All Poetry Journals should have been handed in
 * Finish in-class poetry assignment
 * Have a great weekend!!


 * Thursday, December 6**
 * All poetry journals should have been handed in.
 * Novels for the second Independent Novel Study should have been chosen by now
 * We will work in class on a poetry assignment on Thursday and Friday.
 * We continue to do short practice exercises for the English Language Proficiency Exam - Reading - which will be on Monday, January 21 in the afternoon.

Monday, December 3

 * practice Reading exercise
 * final in-class time for Poetry Journals - which are due Tuesday


 * //Books chosen for the second Independent Novel Study are due Tuesday.//**