Thursday, September 18, 2014

Thursday, September 18 and Friday, September 19

Utah 35, Michigan 21. I'm 2/2, so let's hope that continues...

Freshmen: Today we did a number of things. First and foremost, we talked about email etiquette. You are to send me, or another teacher, an email that shows you understand the five elements of email etiquette we discussed: Have a salutation; frame any request politely; use standard spelling, capitalization, and punctuation; adopt a formal tone of voice; and, have a clear and kind closing. We then discussed the impact of one's schema on reading, and then had a seminar regarding the First Marking Period of Speak. You should complete the Second and Third Marking Period of Speak by Monday, September 29; you should have five notes for each of the Marking Periods, for a total of 10. Complete your 20 minutes of vocabulary study on Membean this weekend as well.

Sophomores: Today our focus was on the concept of symbol. We had a seminar on the material up through Chapter 60 of Life of Pi. Finish everything through Chapter 90 for next Friday with half-a-dozen notes for the seminar on that date. Complete your 20 minutes of vocabulary study on Membean this weekend as well.

Honors Sophomores: Today we completed Part III from Life of Pi. We will have a seminar on it on Monday and begin The Power of One next week as well.

CNF: Today we had several interesting discussions on some of the topics from Chapter 4 of Blink. Nice work today.

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