Extra Credit

http://www.thehilltoponline.com/americans_lose_1_million_jobs
Your response should be formatted exactly like current events.

Happy posting!
-Ms. H

Semester Exam

SEMESTER EXAM (100 QUESTIONS):
30 ACT/SAT VOCABULARY
10 CONTEXT CLUES
30 GRAMMAR (SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT, SYNTAX, PRONOUN/ANTECENDANT AGREEMENT, SENTENCE COMBINING)
10 ANIMAL FARM
10 3.5 PERSUASIVE ESSAY
10 DESCRIPTIVE ESSAY

You will also have 1 3.5 persuasive essay to write!

Best of luck and I will see you all in class today so that we can review, review, review!

-Ms. H

More Current Event Articles!!!

Students,
Remember, your responses are due by Monday, December 15th, 2008. Your responses to these articles should be at least 150 words.

When you respond, make sure you indicate which article you are responding to! (example: Article #1 , #2, #3, #4)

You can check your word count by typing your response in Microsoft Word first and then conducting a word count. Afterwards, you can cut and copy your response to the blog.

Article #2
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2008/dec/07/focus-nursing-shortage-in-need-of-caregivers/

Article #3
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-diabetes-08-dec08,0,6388020.story


Article #4
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/aug/28/lawsuit-questions-obamas-eligibility-for-office/

Follow the directions on your ORIGINAL current events sheet, except post your response here!Students, The directions for responding to Current Events are the exact same, except you're responding online. Your response must indicate that you have a full understanding of the article while giving a synthesis (or an opinion with facts from the article that support that opinion) of the article. Summarizing this article is strictly prohibited. Your response to the article is most important. Somewhere in the ballpark of 200 words would be sufficient. The main concept to grasp is that you're not summarizing!

Current Events Reminder!

I've posted ONE current event on this blog. You all need to respond to it ASAP!

-Ms. H

MCS Exhibition - Our Progress

Students,

You all have made painstaking efforts to finish these exhibition projects! Not only am I proud of you all, but I am very pleased with the outcome so far! I took a few candids on Friday as you all presented your reader's theater projects and your models.

Next week, we'll work to finish the narratives that go along with the projects that will be displayed. The details of the narratives will be given to you on Monday.

This weekend, you should probably relax and get recharged, because quite a few of you all are stressed or overwhelmed by the number of projects that you have in all of your classes. My goal is to have you work in class as much as possible on my projects without having to take a lot of it home. Whatever the case is, GET REST! I don't want to see anymore of this ----> :-)

New Information: Honors Blog Address

Honors, your new blog address is here:
http://aristocraticsociety.blogspot.com/

Directives for being added to the listserv will be given in class.

-Ms. H

BARACK H. OBAMA - EXTRA CREDIT RESPONSE

Thanks to everyone who left their sentiments and recollections of how you reacted to the news of our new president-elect. If you did not take advantage of the extra credit, you certainly missed out. Keep your eyes open for the next opportunity.

"It's been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to America." -Barack Obama