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Monday, July 11, 2011
Test Scores - Intensive Reading & AP Classes
I know some of you have heard that AP scores are out. Yes, they are...for some subjects...but not for AP Language. I check several times daily, so as soon as I see something, I will let you all know. As of the time of this post, no hay nada! It's making me crazy!
For those of you curious about FCAT scores, they are out. Check your Student Portal! Remember, you only needed a 300 or more to pass...even if it shows you're a level 2. As long as you're over 300, you're good! Congrats! Most of you passed...some even went up to a level four or five! PROUD OF YOU!
Love and miss you all!
For those of you curious about FCAT scores, they are out. Check your Student Portal! Remember, you only needed a 300 or more to pass...even if it shows you're a level 2. As long as you're over 300, you're good! Congrats! Most of you passed...some even went up to a level four or five! PROUD OF YOU!
Love and miss you all!
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
FCAT WRITES SCORES ARE IN!
Congrats to the DREAM TEAM!
(Both intensive reading and English II)
Here is how you did:
Passing with a 4 or higher = 96%
Passing with a 3 or higher = 100%
Students who earned a 3 = 2
Students who earned a 4 = 19
Students who earned a 5 = 24 (simply amazing)
Students who earned a 6 = 3
What is truly amazing is your mean score
(this is the average score on a scale of 1-6):
Period 3/4 = 4.75
Period 5/6 = 4.42
Overall (periods 3-6) = 4.58
Our school's mean was 4.0,
which means you exceeded it by LOTS!
I AM BEAMING WITH PRIDE...
Passing with a 4 or higher = 96%
Passing with a 3 or higher = 100%
Students who earned a 3 = 2
Students who earned a 4 = 19
Students who earned a 5 = 24 (simply amazing)
Students who earned a 6 = 3
What is truly amazing is your mean score
(this is the average score on a scale of 1-6):
Period 3/4 = 4.75
Period 5/6 = 4.42
Overall (periods 3-6) = 4.58
Our school's mean was 4.0,
which means you exceeded it by LOTS!
I AM BEAMING WITH PRIDE...
AND WE ARE GOING TO CELEBRATE!!!!!!!!
Remember, ice cream social for all with a 4;
$5 for anyone who earned a 5;
and dinner for students earning a 6!
Yes, prizes are cumulative!
$5 for anyone who earned a 5;
and dinner for students earning a 6!
Yes, prizes are cumulative!
Saturday, April 30, 2011
More AP Sessions
I added a few more sessions:
5/3-5/6 (Tues-Fri), 2:30-4:30
5/7 (Sat), 8:30-12:30
5/9, 5/10 (Mon-Tues), 2:30-4:30
SMILE :o)
5/3-5/6 (Tues-Fri), 2:30-4:30
5/7 (Sat), 8:30-12:30
5/9, 5/10 (Mon-Tues), 2:30-4:30
SMILE :o)
Friday, April 29, 2011
Periods 3 & 5
Your poetry portfolios are due May 11th :o) I extended the date as a result of all the FAIR testing, and the other interruptions :o(
Here is the lit tool list...just in case: simile, metaphor, metonymy, meiosis, litotes, hyperbole, kenning, allusion, onomatopoeia, personification, parallelism, anaphora, paradox, oxymoron, connotation (or symbolism), alliteration.
Remember, use as many literary tools as many times as you wish, but remember to identify and use each of the sixteen at least once in your poems.
LOVE YOU :o)
Here is the lit tool list...just in case: simile, metaphor, metonymy, meiosis, litotes, hyperbole, kenning, allusion, onomatopoeia, personification, parallelism, anaphora, paradox, oxymoron, connotation (or symbolism), alliteration.
Remember, use as many literary tools as many times as you wish, but remember to identify and use each of the sixteen at least once in your poems.
LOVE YOU :o)
Saturday, April 23, 2011
AP Review Sessions!
OK, so we're going to have a few review sessions:
Monday, 4/25 - 2:30-5:30
Saturday, 4/30 - 8:30-Noon
Wednesday, May 4 - 2:30-5:30
Saturday, May 7 - 8:30-Noon
Monday, May 9 - 2:30 -5:30
Please post the days you plan to attend,
so I know how many copies I will need to make.
SMILE and LOVE YOU!
Monday, 4/25 - 2:30-5:30
Saturday, 4/30 - 8:30-Noon
Wednesday, May 4 - 2:30-5:30
Saturday, May 7 - 8:30-Noon
Monday, May 9 - 2:30 -5:30
Please post the days you plan to attend,
so I know how many copies I will need to make.
SMILE and LOVE YOU!
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
PROJECT DUE DATES & RUBRICS - UPDATED!
Periods 1 & 2 - Your projects are due on 4/29 (even if I don't have you that day). They must be turned in by 7:25...NO EXCUSES. A late project = 25% reduction.
Click HERE to access the rubrics for the quilt, coffin, scrapbook and zodiac projects. I JUST ADDED THE POETRY AND LYRIC BOOK rubric! They are a little rough (some of the rubrics you created were not as thorough as I'd like, but I am flexible). I will work on the other two rubrics tomorrow (getting sleepy). With this project, I want you to have fun and draw lots of connections (and at the same time, you should really try to pay attention to the details)! CLICK HERE for the other two rubrics (WWID and the Art Anthology)
Periods 3 & 5 - Your poetry portfolios are due on 5/1! Your rubric is posted in the margins of our blog!
SMILE AND LOVE YOU!
Click HERE to access the rubrics for the quilt, coffin, scrapbook and zodiac projects. I JUST ADDED THE POETRY AND LYRIC BOOK rubric! They are a little rough (some of the rubrics you created were not as thorough as I'd like, but I am flexible). I will work on the other two rubrics tomorrow (getting sleepy). With this project, I want you to have fun and draw lots of connections (and at the same time, you should really try to pay attention to the details)! CLICK HERE for the other two rubrics (WWID and the Art Anthology)
Periods 3 & 5 - Your poetry portfolios are due on 5/1! Your rubric is posted in the margins of our blog!
SMILE AND LOVE YOU!
Monday, April 18, 2011
PERIODS 1 & 2 Novel Assignment
You are going to create a brochure for your novel reading! Click HERE to see the template! You can print it out and fill it in as you read
(I will take take a look each class to check your progress)
When it comes time to turn in your final copy, you can use my template and just type in your answers, or you can create your own brochure that POPS!
(I provided a plain one with the basic elements you will need, but you can spruce it up and add color, more graphics, cool fonts, etc.!)
Regardless of the novel you selected, the template applies!
Period 2, I want to see yours started for 4/20! Get on it!
Period 1, I will expect to see yours started by 4/21!
HAVE FUN WITH THIS!
(I provided a plain one with the basic elements you will need, but you can spruce it up and add color, more graphics, cool fonts, etc.!)
Regardless of the novel you selected, the template applies!
Period 2, I want to see yours started for 4/20! Get on it!
Period 1, I will expect to see yours started by 4/21!
HAVE FUN WITH THIS!
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
What's Due?
Periods 1 & 2 - Bring in your Moby Dick books on Monday and Tuesday. You will have your essay exam on those days. You also need to bring in your Like Water for Chocolate OR The Alchemist books on those days. Remember, we are beginning the books this week! Periods 3 & 5 - Your metaphor poems are due on Monday. Look at the "Fear" poem I wrote, or "The River" lyrics by Garth Brooks, or "Woman With Flower"! Remember, a metaphor compares two things that seem unlike but, somehow, are alike! Think of animals, nature, objects, etc. Remember, it has to be a MINIMUM of 12 lines. If you need help, let me know :o) SMILE and LOVE U!
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Uh, oh!!!!
If you got the synthesis essay done by Melissa B, Scarlett M., Carolina M., and Ashley O., the photocopies are not complete. It seems it did not copy double-sided :o0 Click HERE to get the missing pages. Smile, and sorry for the inconvenience!
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Extra Credit & HW
This Thursday from 6 pm to 9 pm, please come and help support the PTSA of Hialeah Gardens Middle School! Havana Grill at 10302 NW 87 Ave in Hialeah Gardens. Look for Mrs. Jimenez, and give her your name. She will pass it on to me (I have Austin's Confirmation rehearsal, so I won't be there).
Periods 1 & 2 - Your synthesis essays are due Friday for period 2, and on Monday for period 1. Remember, limit yourself to one hour ONLY. Do NOT use a dictionary or a thesaurus, or any Internet or published resources. Treat this as if you were taking the test on May 11.
Periods 3-6 - Don't forget Reading Plus!
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Test Corrections
Here is the key for your test corrections (and don't forget to read, too):
Vocab Test 11 Key
Remember, Period 2, yours are due on Wednesday; Period 1, yours will be due Thursday. For every answer you got wrong, write it out 5 times. For Across 1, 2, 13, 1, 26, 32, 34 and Down 2, 9, 12, 17, 19, 24, 28, WRITE THE WORD AND DEFINITION ONLY. You do NOT have to write out the sentence. For all the other questions, you need to write it EXACTLY as it's stated.
Here is Vocab Unit 12, so you can add it to your vocab journals: http://www.quia.com/jg/2238328.html
OK, love you! Have a great day off. Rest up! When we return, it's full throttle until AP testing!
Vocab Test 11 Key
Remember, Period 2, yours are due on Wednesday; Period 1, yours will be due Thursday. For every answer you got wrong, write it out 5 times. For Across 1, 2, 13, 1, 26, 32, 34 and Down 2, 9, 12, 17, 19, 24, 28, WRITE THE WORD AND DEFINITION ONLY. You do NOT have to write out the sentence. For all the other questions, you need to write it EXACTLY as it's stated.
Here is Vocab Unit 12, so you can add it to your vocab journals: http://www.quia.com/jg/2238328.html
OK, love you! Have a great day off. Rest up! When we return, it's full throttle until AP testing!
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Periods 1 & 2 Moby Schedule & Project Ideas
We are near the end of our Moby voyage! Here are your readings for the week:
Period 1 - 3/31, ch. 123-127; 4/5, ch. 128-132; 4/7, ch 133-134
Period 2 - 3/30, ch 116-122; 4/1, ch. 123-130; 4/6, ch 131-134
(We will read the last chapter together, as well as the Epilogue.)
I am still working on project ideas. Here are some I've had so far (with the help of some of my sweeties):
A scrapbook - take on the persona of one character, and create a scrapbook, including momentos, pictures, letters and reflections of the voyage/experiences.
Create a coffin - Remember, Queequeg fashioned his coffin after a canoe. It was symbolic for him, and the items he wanted to place in his coffin/canoe were symbolic, too. You will create yours in a shape/form that is symbolic of another character (3-D). Create several items that would go inside based on their likes, dislikes, personality, beliefs, etc. You will explain what each one means, as well as create a eulogy for the character that discusses the essence of him.
A zodiac calendar - remember when the seamen discussed the cyclical nature of life, the stars and the zodiac? Create a calendar of the signs, the symbolism, as well as the events in the story that fit into that sign. Remember, the novel itself, as well as the plot, was cyclical! You wondered why Melville repeats himself, right? Well, now you know!
"WWID?" or "What Would Ishamel Do?" - You can create a book that would reflect the lesson Ish tried to teach us. State a predicament, an issue, etc., then explain how Ish might handle it. You could do "WWQD?" (Queequeq) or WWSD? (Starbuck), etc.
An Art Anthology - There has been a myriad of art done in relation to MD. Create an art book of various paintings or photographs found in galleries (they're all over the Internet), then explain what the pictures mean in relation to the events of the novel, the views of the characters, or the themes.
Create a lyric and poetry book - Write poetry from the perspective of one character (one haiku, one name poem, one tanka, one narrativepoem, one metaphor poem). They must all have at least one literary tool. You will also include the lyrics of three songs that reflect the character's perspective, beliefs, experiences, etc.
Paper Quilt (or Counterpane)- Remember that Queequeg's body (and his many tattoos) resembles a quilt??? Well, you can create a quilt of 25 squares that represent 25 chapters. Each square will have a symbol, quote and the life lesson for each of the 25 chapters you select. Remember, the colors and pattern should symbolize the chapter, too! Each square should be 6" x 6".
You will get to choose which one to do. There may be more ideas I come up with, but for now, this is it. SMILE :o)
Period 1 - 3/31, ch. 123-127; 4/5, ch. 128-132; 4/7, ch 133-134
Period 2 - 3/30, ch 116-122; 4/1, ch. 123-130; 4/6, ch 131-134
(We will read the last chapter together, as well as the Epilogue.)
I am still working on project ideas. Here are some I've had so far (with the help of some of my sweeties):
A scrapbook - take on the persona of one character, and create a scrapbook, including momentos, pictures, letters and reflections of the voyage/experiences.
Create a coffin - Remember, Queequeg fashioned his coffin after a canoe. It was symbolic for him, and the items he wanted to place in his coffin/canoe were symbolic, too. You will create yours in a shape/form that is symbolic of another character (3-D). Create several items that would go inside based on their likes, dislikes, personality, beliefs, etc. You will explain what each one means, as well as create a eulogy for the character that discusses the essence of him.
A zodiac calendar - remember when the seamen discussed the cyclical nature of life, the stars and the zodiac? Create a calendar of the signs, the symbolism, as well as the events in the story that fit into that sign. Remember, the novel itself, as well as the plot, was cyclical! You wondered why Melville repeats himself, right? Well, now you know!
"WWID?" or "What Would Ishamel Do?" - You can create a book that would reflect the lesson Ish tried to teach us. State a predicament, an issue, etc., then explain how Ish might handle it. You could do "WWQD?" (Queequeq) or WWSD? (Starbuck), etc.
An Art Anthology - There has been a myriad of art done in relation to MD. Create an art book of various paintings or photographs found in galleries (they're all over the Internet), then explain what the pictures mean in relation to the events of the novel, the views of the characters, or the themes.
Create a lyric and poetry book - Write poetry from the perspective of one character (one haiku, one name poem, one tanka, one narrativepoem, one metaphor poem). They must all have at least one literary tool. You will also include the lyrics of three songs that reflect the character's perspective, beliefs, experiences, etc.
Paper Quilt (or Counterpane)- Remember that Queequeg's body (and his many tattoos) resembles a quilt??? Well, you can create a quilt of 25 squares that represent 25 chapters. Each square will have a symbol, quote and the life lesson for each of the 25 chapters you select. Remember, the colors and pattern should symbolize the chapter, too! Each square should be 6" x 6".
You will get to choose which one to do. There may be more ideas I come up with, but for now, this is it. SMILE :o)
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Moby Dick Help and Assignment
OK, so you have to read Chapters 110-115. To the left is a map of the course the Pequod takes in the various chapters. As you know, they are currently off the coast of Japan. Check it out! In addition, CLICK HERE for an annotated version of Moby Dick. We've been talking how you, as a reader, need to look words/names up when you are unsure of their meaning or purpose, and this site has notes of unfamiliar names and words in the margins.Your task for these chapters is to include a quote that inspires you, makes you reflect, or packs a punch, has a cool literary technique, or reflects on one of our vocab words (from any unit). Be sure NOT to include the same information as someone else...and explain why this sentence SPEAKS to you! You may use the same sentence as someone else, as long as you are looking at it, and addressing it, in a different perspective. Post your comments here by Sunday :o) The earlier you post, the better :o)
MUCHO LOVE-O!!!
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Spring Break Work
Hi, guys and gals! Don't forget the work you should be doing over break :o)
Periods 1 & 2
Remember to get your group's synthesis essay packet together. Oh, My friend came up with an idea (with all the problems in Japan right now) - what about a question on nuclear energy? Your statement could be: What are the issues to consider with nuclear energy?
You also have to read chapters 100-104 of Moby Dick. Check back with the blog for discussion questions!
Be sure to visit a bookstore, or do some research on which of our two novels you want to read next. Maybe your group in class can read the same one, or pick the same one as your friend. Creating teams for reading is wonderful - so much discourse can happen! Your choices are The Alchemist, or Like Water for Chocolate.
Periods 3 & 5
Your job this week is to finish reading 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens. I want you to take notes, and be ready for a quiz and discussion when we return. I also want you to apply the 7 habits in your daily lives during break! Make good decisions, please :o)
Start getting your computer ready for your Poetry Portfolio. Get a folder ready, and organize yourselves. This will really help you in maintaining your poetry not just for your project, but also for a lifetime of reflection and writing!
Don't forget your test corrections for your last vocab test!
Periods 4 & 6
Remember, for every Reading Plus session, you receive one A! You can earn up to 15 A's. I am going to update the grades today, and you will see that many of you could use them. Be careful - if you get suspended, it could take me a couple days to reset it. Besides, you need to do quality work. You need a QUIET place for Reading Plus - no TV, people talking, iPod, cellphones, etc.
OK, know that I love and miss you already!
Smile,
C-Rod!
Periods 1 & 2
Remember to get your group's synthesis essay packet together. Oh, My friend came up with an idea (with all the problems in Japan right now) - what about a question on nuclear energy? Your statement could be: What are the issues to consider with nuclear energy?
You also have to read chapters 100-104 of Moby Dick. Check back with the blog for discussion questions!
Be sure to visit a bookstore, or do some research on which of our two novels you want to read next. Maybe your group in class can read the same one, or pick the same one as your friend. Creating teams for reading is wonderful - so much discourse can happen! Your choices are The Alchemist, or Like Water for Chocolate.
Periods 3 & 5
Your job this week is to finish reading 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens. I want you to take notes, and be ready for a quiz and discussion when we return. I also want you to apply the 7 habits in your daily lives during break! Make good decisions, please :o)
Start getting your computer ready for your Poetry Portfolio. Get a folder ready, and organize yourselves. This will really help you in maintaining your poetry not just for your project, but also for a lifetime of reflection and writing!
Don't forget your test corrections for your last vocab test!
Periods 4 & 6
Remember, for every Reading Plus session, you receive one A! You can earn up to 15 A's. I am going to update the grades today, and you will see that many of you could use them. Be careful - if you get suspended, it could take me a couple days to reset it. Besides, you need to do quality work. You need a QUIET place for Reading Plus - no TV, people talking, iPod, cellphones, etc.
OK, know that I love and miss you already!
Smile,
C-Rod!
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