- Devil's Arithmetic
- Woman at War
- The Pianist
Does anyone else have any other recommendations?
CHAPTER TEN
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Thursday, January 7, 2010
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Ms. Russell's Book Log 2009 - 2010
- Austenland (fiction) by: Shannon Hale
- Children of the Mind (science fiction) by: Orson Scott Card
- Ender's Game (science fiction) by: Orson Scott Card
- First Meetings in Ender's Universe (science fiction/short stories) by: Orson Scott Card
- Hidden Empire (science fiction) by Orson Scott Card
- Horns (horror) by: Joe Hill
- House Corrino: Dune: House Trilogy, Book 3/Science Fiction) by: Brian Herbert & Kevin Anderson
- House Harkonnen (Dune: House Trilogy, Book 2/Science Fiction) by: Brian Herbert & Kevin Anderson
- It 'Aint All About the Cooking (memoir/nonfiction) by: Paula Deen
- Jaws (fiction) by: Peter Benchley
- Kindred (historical science fiction) by: Octavia Butler
- Little Women (fiction/classic) by: Louisa Alcott
- Peeps (science fiction) by: Scott Westerfeld
- Shadow Puppets (science fiction) by: Orson Scott Card
- sTORI sTELLING (autobiography/nonfiction) by: Tori Spelling
- The Age of Innocence (classic/fiction) by: Edith Wharton
- The Art and Craft of Feature Writing (journalism/nonfiction) by: William E. Blundell
- The Countess (historical fiction/gothic romance) by:Catherine Coulter
- The Extras (teen/science fiction) by: Scott Westerfeld
- The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen (historical fiction) by: Syrie James
- The Lost Recipe for Happiness (fiction) by:Barbara O'Neal
- The Pretties (teen/science fiction) by: Scott Westerfeld
- The Secret Diaries of Charlotte Bronte (historical fiction) by: Syrie James
- The Specials (teen/science fiction) by: Scott Westerfeld
- The Uglies (teen/science fiction) by: Scott Westerfeld
- The Winds of Dune (science fiction) by: Brian Herbert & Kevin Anderson
- Twentieth Century Ghost (horror/short stories) by: Joe Hill
MONTHLY READING GOALS
- Due June 4, 2010: 25 annotated bibliographies on looseleaf in your portfolio. Portfolios will be collected and stored as of June 8th.
- Continue to work on reading goal of 25 books
- Due April 2, 2010: Annotated Bibliographies (20 total recorded and placed in portfolio)
- Due March 1, 2010: Annotated Bibliographies (17 total recorded and placed in portfolio)
- Due February 3, 2010: 3 Annotated Bibliographies (14 total recorded and placed in portfolio)
- Due January 5, 2010: 3 Annotated Bibliographies (11 total recorded and placed in portfolio)
- Due December 1, 2009: 2 Annotated Bibliographies (8 total recorded and placed in portfolio)
- Due October 30, 2009: 2 Annotated Bibliographies (6 total recorded and placed in portfolio)
- DUE September 30, 2009: 2 Annotated Bibliographies (4 total recorded and placed in portfolio)
- DUE September 14, 2009: 2 Summer Book Reports
Homework Assignments: Fourth Marking Period
- After 4/23/10, refer to due dates of major assignments listed in class
- 4/19/10 - 4/23/10: Independent reading; update annotated bibliographies; Reading Goal - 25 books read and recorded by May 15th
- 4/12/10 - 4/16/10: Independent Reading; update annotated bibliographies
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HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS - Third Marking Period
- Fri 3/26: Independent Reading + Poetry Vacation HW Packet
- Tues 3/23 - Thurs 3/25: Independent Reading; finish all incomplete classwork
- Fri 3/19: IR; take your draft from today edit & revise and hand in both the draft & final copy on Tuesday 3/23
- Thurs 3/18: IR; beginning bringing in favorite poems
- Wed 3/17: Continue with your independent reading
- Tues 3/16: Continue with your independent reading; extra credit assignments due tomorrow
- Fri 3/12: IR
- Wed 3/10 & Thurs 3/11: Continue to revise and edit your short story; Science Fiction Short Story Final Copy + all Drafts + frames due FRIDAY, MARCH 12TH
- Tues 3/9: Continue to revise and edit your short story; Science Fiction Short Story Final Copy + all Drafts + frames due FRIDAY, MARCH 12TH
- Fri 3/5: Final draft due Tues 3/9
- Tues 2/2 - Thurs 2/4: Continue working on your draft of your short story
- Fri 2/26: SNOW DAY
- Tues 2/23 - Thurs 2/25: IR + Parent Teacher Conferences on Thurs 2/25
- Mon 2/15 - Fri 2/19:Mon 2/15 - Fri 2/19:Vacation essay + IR + late work
- Fri 2/12: IR + extended time for any "late work" + vacation essay
- Thurs 2/11: IR
- Wed 2/10: SNOW DAY
- Tues 2/9:
- Wed 1/27: IR + Annotated Bibliography check on Monday + Choose one (3 - 5 paragraphs) (a) Pretend you are Margot. Write a letter to your classmates after you've returned to Earth (b) Discuss the issue(s) brought up in the short story. (c) Some people say that this story contains elements of irony (a strange twist of fate). Explain your position using examples from the text.
- Tues 1/26: IR
- Mon 1/25: Remember we start midterms this Wednesday
MORNING HOMEWORK CLUB - Period 1
- Tuesday, Dec 22 - Period 1
- Tuesday, Dec 15 - Period 1
- Tuesday, Dec 8 - Period 1
- Tuesday, Dec 1 - Period 1
- Tuesday, Nov 24 - Period 1
- Tuesday, Nov 17 - Period 1
- Tuesday, October 27- Period 1
- Tuesday, October 20 - Period 1
- Tuesday, September 29 - Period 1
- Tuesday, September 22 - Period 1
DETENTION - Wednesdays after school 3:40 - 4:30PM
- February, 24, 2010
- February 3, 2010
- January 27, 2010
- January 20, 2010
BOOK CLUB Session 1 (PEEPS by: Scott Westerfeld - Every Wednesday during Period 1
- January 6, 2010 - last meeting
- October 28, 2009 - first meeting
- OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS IN CLASS 851
- EXTRA CREDIT IS GIVEN FOR ATTENDANCE
Specialized High School Test Preparation Classes
THURSDAYS Period 1
October 15, 2009
October 22, 2009
October 29, 2009
November 5, 2009
EXTRA CREDIT IS GIVEN FOR ATTENDANCE
THIS IS ALSO OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS EVEN THOSE NOT TAKING THE TEST IN NOVEMBER
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HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS - Marking Period 1
- Tues 11/3: SCHOOL IS CLOSED FOR ELECTION DAY
- Mon 11/2: No class
- Fri 10/30: IR + optional extra credit movie review due Wed + Late Progress reports due Wed + CORE TEST will be given sometime next week
- Thurs 10/29: IR (optional extra credit assignment: movie review of "Saving Sarah Cain")
- Wed 10/28: IR
- Tues 10/27: IR + FINAL COPY & ALL DRAFTS and GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS due TOMORROW + all LATE work due TOMORROW
- Fri 10/23: IR + continue editing/revising your article as you were shown in class
- Thurs 10/22: IR + FIRST DRAFT OF ENTIRE FEATURE ARTICLE DUE TOMORROW
- Wed 10/21: IR + finish 1st draft/body of feature article
- Tues 10/20: IR + finish 1st draft/introduction only
- Fri 10/16: IR + Continue researching your topoic for feature article + Achieve3000/2 new assignments chosen from your mailbox due next Friday 10/23
- Thurs 10/15: IR + Achieve3000 (2 assignments) due tomorrow + finish classwork (4 or more questions Jim Dolan may have prepared for the Tom McNulty story)
- Wed 10/14: IR + 3 pieces of research about your feature article due tomorrow (anyone who forgets will be assigned a topic and given research: it then becomes teacher's choice ) + Achieve3000 (2 assignments) due Friday
- Tues 10/13: IR + first draft & final copy of magazine proposal letter due tomorrow + Achieve3000 (2 assignments) due Friday
- Monday 10/12: NO SCHOOL
- Friday 10/9: IR + Finish crossword/word search (CW from Thurs) + Revise & research adding additional detail to your magazine proposal letter: DUE TUES 10/13 + Choose a topic for your feature article. Bring in 3 or more sources from the internet, books, or magazines about your topic: DUE WED 10/14 + TUES is the last time to hand in your 2 edited Annotated Bibliographies + complete any 2 assignments on Achieve3000 from your mailbox DUE FRI Oct 16
- Thurs 10/8: IR + begin thinking about a possible feature article topic & begin to collect information
- Wed 10/7: IR + worksheet w/ personal letter due tomorrow
- Tues 10/6: IR + finish CW (literary letter/reader's notebook) + complete the worksheet (4 multiple choice questions & personal letter done on looseleaf). All work due Thursday.
- Fri 10/2: Complete/add to the "Table of Contents" for your fictional magazine + independent reading
- Thurs 10/1: Independent reading & finish any incomplete classwork
- Wed 9/30: Bring in magazines (optional) + Late Annotated Bibliographies & Progress Reports + Read "Far Side" feature article + deconstruct the article like you did in class but on looseleaf + on looseleaf write 1 - 3 paragraphs commenting on the author's writing style and discuss how effective the article was for you
- Tues 9/29: Independent Reading + progress reports
- Fri 9/25: Independent reading + finish fairy tale/new perspective in your writer's notebook (classwork assignment)
- Thurs 9/24: Independent reading
- Wed 9/23: Independent reading + write a short news paper article using an incidence/occurrance from your independent reading book (looseleaf)
- Tues 9/22: Independent reading
- Mon 9/21: Independent reading
- Fri 9/18: Independent reading
- Thurs 9/17: Independent reading + Rooney Essay due tomorrow + finish Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle in your reader's notebooks (CW)
- Wednesday 9/16: Independent Reading + Read the essay by Andy Rooney. 5 paragraph essay in response to his essay is due on Friday (looseleaf)
- Tuesday 9/15: IR, Finish CW assignment in notebook, Choose another character from your independent reading (IR) book and describe him/her using text evidence, Book Order due Friday
- Fri 9/11: 2 Summer Reading Reports and Supplies due Monday
- Thurs 9/10: 2 Summer Reading Reports and Supplies due Monday
- Wed 9/9: Get "Classroom Expectations" letter signed, bring in 2 summer reading projects/annotated bibliographies, & ELA supplies by Monday Sept 14
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS - 2nd Marking Period
- Thurs 1/21: IR; write 3 - 5 paragraphs about class topic due Tues 1/26; achieve3000 2 more assignments
- Wed 1/20: IR
- Tues 1/19: IR
- Fri 1/15: IR; achieve3000 2 more assignments due Fri 1/22
- Thurs 1/14:IR; continue editing/revising your draft; final copy of essay due Fri 1/15; complete any incomplete cw
- Wed 1/13: IR; continue editing/revising your draft; final copy of essay due Fri 1/15; complete any incomplete cw
- Tues 1/12: IR; continue editing/revising your draft; final copy of essay due Fri 1/15; complete any incomplete cw
- Fri 1/8: IR; completed first draft due Tuesday 1/12; Achieve3000 any two assignments due next Friday 1/15
- Thurs 1/7: IR; finish frame & first draft of "the conclusion" only (begun in class)
- Wed 1/6: IR; finish frame & 1st draft of "the body" only (begun in class)
- Tues 1/5: Annotated Bibliography check tomorrow (11 books); IR; work on graphic organizer for WDM essay
- VACATION HW (due Monday, January 4, 2010): Independent Reading, one choiceboard assignment from the vacation homework packet, finish one WDM lit circle book/Annotated Bibliography of that book on looseleaf, Annotated Bibliography check (11 books:goal)
- Mon 12/21 - Tues 12/22: Finish at least 1/2 of the WDM Lit Circle Book, IR/reading log, finish incomplete CW
- Fri 12/18: IR/reading logs, finish incomplete CW
- Tues 12/15 - Thurs 12/17: IR only
- Mon 12/14 - Begin Reading Logs for those who were assigned + Get PROGRESS REPORTS signed HW Detention tomorrow 8AM
- Fri 12/11 - IR + Get PROGRESS REPORTS signed + HW Detention Tues Dec 15th 8AM
- Thurs 12/10 - IR
- Wed 12/9 - IR + Final Copy of Report due tomorrow
- Tues 12/ 8 - 1st draft of report due Thursday+ Reading Comprehension Test Tomorrow
- Fri 12/4 - IR + final copy of "Friendship" essay/narrative due Tues + 2 or 3 on/offline articles about the topic you will be writing about on your report which links with your literature circle book due Tues + 2 more Achieve3000 due Fri
- Thurs 12/3 - IR + first draft of "Friendship" essay/narrative due tomorrow
- Wed 12/2- IR + finish CW
- Tues 12/1 - IR + finish CW + late work
- Thanksgiving Homework Assignments: (1) IR (2) Annotated Bibliography check Tues Dec 1 (3) drafts if not in notebook + final copy of essay or narrative due Tues + Achieve3000 2 more assignments due Fri Dec 4th
- Tues 11/24: IR + 1st draft of writing piece due tomorrow for editing/revision in class
- Mon 11/23: IR + 1st draft of writing piece due tomorrow (looseleaf or in the writer's notebook)
- Fri 11/20: IR + finish CW in writer's notebook (write 3 - 5 paragraphs about 1 of the two topics) + decided which short piece of writing you worked on Thurs or Fri of this week. Have a first draft ready by Tuesday + 2 more Achieve3000 assignments due Friday
- Thurs 11/19: Finish CW in writer's notebook (write 3 - 5 paragraphs about a time you had a streak of good or bad luck "The Steak") + IR + in reader's notebook read like a reverberator (make connections) using your IR book + remember Achieve3000
- Wed 11/18: IR
- Tues 11/17: Achieve3000 (2 more assignments) due Friday + Bring in LATE short stories by tomorrow + IR
- Fri 11/13: Idiom Short Story due Tuesday 11/17
- Thurs 11/12: IR
- Wed 11/11: NO SCHOOL
- Tues 11/10: IR
- Fri 11/7: IR
- Thurs 11/6: IR + Achieve3000 work
- Wed 11/5 - IR
- Tues 11/4 - IR + Remember to hand in late work & progress reports + 2 more assignments for Achieve3000 due Fri
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"The Extras" by: Scott Westerfeld
(teen/science fiction)
I started this book with a little tepridation since I was a little surprised to see that Westerfeld changed his main character from the first 3 books ("The Uglies", "The Pretties", & "The Specials") from Tally Youngblood to Aya, a want-a-be kicker, a total different kind of character. Even though it's been three years since Tally's story, all people in Aya's city are connected to the city feed (sort of like Twitter) where their whole lives are "online" and people are judged on their "face ranks". "Kickers" are people who "kick" or launch important stories of interest. If their stories are good, their "face rank" moves up and they become famous. Famous people are followed by "hover cams", mechanical Paparazzi and are invited to the best parties and live the high life.
Has anyone else read this series or read books like this?
(teen/science fiction)
I started this book with a little tepridation since I was a little surprised to see that Westerfeld changed his main character from the first 3 books ("The Uglies", "The Pretties", & "The Specials") from Tally Youngblood to Aya, a want-a-be kicker, a total different kind of character. Even though it's been three years since Tally's story, all people in Aya's city are connected to the city feed (sort of like Twitter) where their whole lives are "online" and people are judged on their "face ranks". "Kickers" are people who "kick" or launch important stories of interest. If their stories are good, their "face rank" moves up and they become famous. Famous people are followed by "hover cams", mechanical Paparazzi and are invited to the best parties and live the high life.
Has anyone else read this series or read books like this?
8th GRADE NEWS
High School Night at IS 145: Wednesday, October 28, 2009
End of Marking Period #1: Friday, November 6, 2009
Specialized High School Test: November 2009
Parent/Teacher Conference #1: Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Dance - Friday, December 18th afterschool
End of Marking Period #1: Friday, November 6, 2009
Specialized High School Test: November 2009
Parent/Teacher Conference #1: Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Dance - Friday, December 18th afterschool
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