Monthly Archives: October 2007

Today, you guys learned how to subscribe to blog feeds in Bloglines, a feed reader. You can also see my video on how to subscribe using Google Reader. FIRST, make sure you are subscribed to the 7th grade posts on … Continue reading →

We had another pop quiz today — this time on chapter 5. You have to read chapters 6-7 tonight. I gave you class time to read so that I could meet with each of you individually to find out about … Continue reading →

Today, we shared our vocabulary words and definitions. I also copied down everyone’s blog addresses here. Tonight, you should read chapters 14-16.

Today I introduced the concept of the etymology of words. Knowing the etymology of the word not only gives you an idea of a word’s history through time, but it will help you remember and memorize the word and its … Continue reading →

Today we had another pop quiz, this time on the reading for Chapters 3-4. Please make sure you keep up with the reading schedule so these little quizzes don’t hurt your grade. I also passed back a number of assignments, … Continue reading →

Today, you guys learned how to subscribe to blog feeds in Bloglines, a feed reader. You can also see my video on how to subscribe using Google Reader. FIRST, make sure you are subscribed to the 8th grade posts on … Continue reading →

The final draft has been pushed back to WEDNESDAY. I repeat, the final draft is not due MONDAY, but WEDNESDAY.

Today we rehearsed and filmed our OMM skits. No homework over the weekend!

Hope you all did well on the test today. Tomorrow: SKITS!

We finished our review today by looking at the Robert Burns poem “To a Mouse.” Here’s a reading of the poem: We talked about why Steinbeck might have named his book after a line from this poem. We then examined … Continue reading →