Entries from October 2007

October 31, 2007

7th Grade Blog Feeds

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 this blog. Click on the link below for the RSS feed:

http://cubinclass.wordpress.com/category/7th-grade/feed
SECOND, visit and subscribe to your [...]

October 30, 2007

SLOB, In-Class 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 your blog situation. Everyone’s blog addresses can be found here.
Some of you couldn’t stay quiet in [...]

October 30, 2007

Vocabulary, Cont.

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

October 29, 2007

Etymology of words

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 definition.
In addition to your reading assignment for tonight (Ch. 12-13), you are to look up [...]

October 29, 2007

SLOB, Ch. 3-4

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, including your grade for The Alchemist paper.
Finally we discussed a number of things that came [...]

October 26, 2007

8th Grade Blog Feeds

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 this blog. Click on the link below for the RSS feed:

http://cubinclass.wordpress.com/category/8th-grade/feed
SECOND, put your blog address for [...]

October 13, 2007

Attention 8th Graders!: Paper Delayed

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

October 12, 2007

Of Mice and Men Skits

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

October 11, 2007

Of Mice and Men Test

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

October 10, 2007

Of Mice and Men: Poem and Essential Questions

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 the essential questions for the book, which is found on the Of [...]