Bellwork #1 1/23/13 Write two sentences using the correct there, their, or they’re in each.

Class work Bellwork (30 points) Eldorado (20 points) – Read – Do questions 1,2,3,5&6 and write one paragraph explaining what your eldorado is. Literary terms (30 points) Vocabulary puzzle (10 points) Vocabulary sentences with context clues (10 points) Winter Cartoon bellwork (20 points)

Bellwork # 2 Write a paragraph about the problems with being a teenager. Turn this in when you are done. Excruciating

Bellwork # 31/25/13

After your test Turn in your test to the box Get out your yellow vocabulary workbook out. Open to page 9 and begin matching the words to their definition. When you finish page 9, do page 10!

Bellwork 1. In two complete sentences, describe what the mood is in this picture. 2. In one complete sentence, explain how you think this relates to the story we are reading.

Bellwork Write one paragraph explaining how you feel about the torture that our narrator is going through in The Pit and The Pendulum. Open your textbook to page 287.

Bellwork Write a sentence with each word below – Despicable – Misanthrope

Classwork Pg. 293 Answer questions 1, 3, & 5 on loose leaf Start or finish event sheet – Get a sheet of white paper from me – Fold your sheet of paper into four sections. – Draw 4 events from the story and color each picture. Finish vocabulary pages 9 & 10 Crossword puzzle Write a sentence with each vocabulary word from page 9

Bellwork2/1/13 Rewrite the ending of the story. Explain the new ending of The Pit and the Pendulum in at least one paragraph.

Bellwork 2/4/13 Write a sentence each of the following words. Conjecture Terse

Bellwork2/6/13 Write a short poem about nature.

This week Read Thanatopis, page 191 The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls, page 196 The Cross of Snow, Page 198 Questions: Page 193 #’s 1,2, 6 Page 201 #’s 5,6, 7 Page 202 #’s 2 and 4 Write a poem

Bellwork 2/7/13 – “Thanatopis” – Explain the meaning of the poem we read this poem yesterday. Write two sentences. – Explain how you view death. Write two sentences.

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bellwork Happy valentine’s day and Mardi Gras! Write one paragraph about your plans for next week.

Bellwork 2/18/13 Write one paragraph using at least three of the following words: Misanthrope Vernacular Provocative Accentuate Ambiguous

Today’s assignments

Bellwork 2/20/13 Write 5 things you remember from The Pit and the Pendulum, Eldorado, or William Cullen Bryant’s Poem Thanatopis. Study guide Corrections #3 is on page 279 #4 should say “what two things…”

Bellwork2/21/13 Write one paragraph explaining why teachers should give tests or why they shouldn’t give tests. You must support your answer.

Bellwork2/22/13 Did you study for the test? If so, explain how you studied. If not, explain why. Answer in 3 complete sentences.

Bellwork 2/26/13 Write one paragraph using at least three of the following words: Evoke Evasive Perpetuate Foreshadowing Infer

Today Sentences: underline the context clue in each sentence. If you do not have context clues rewrite your sentences. Sentences cannot be a definition. For example: Incorrect: Foreshadowing is when a story hints to an action later in the story. Correct: The dark and stormy weather foreshadowed a scary event later in the story.

Bellwork2/27/13 On a sheet of loose leaf paper Choose one of the following topics and write at least a half of a page. – Describe a place you have always wanted to go. – What is the best thing about being a teenager? The worst thing? – What do you do to help let go of stressful things?

Bellwork2/28/13 Write a sentence with each of the following words. Epithet Lucid Scrutinize

Bellwork3/1/13 On a sheet of loose leaf paper Choose one of the following topics and write one paragraph. – If you had to put something in a time capsule, what would you put? – If you won a shopping spree, what would you buy? – What are your plans for the weekend?

Bellwork 3/4/13 Write one paragraph using at least three of the following words: laudable Lucid Perpetuate Scrutinize symposium

Nature/Self-Reliance Do # 1 and pick one other question from “Nature” Do 1-3 from “Self-Reliance”

Emerson’s life timeline  Create a timeline that has all the events we discussed in your notes.  Starting with his birth.  Some events do not have a date but an age. You have to put those on the timeline as well.  Add three new facts from page  Decorate your timeline.  Each fact is worth 5 points for a total of 55 points.  10 points for color and decoration

Bellwork 3/8/13 Write a short poem about money.

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Test directions. Write on the top of your test For #’s 1-25 Underline key words Cross out wrong answers Each question is worth 2 points. 1 point for the correct answer and 1 for using unraavel. On ID A do not do # 8 On ID B do not do # 9 Yes, I know there are two # 17s.

Literature textbook read the poems on pages Pg. 395 – The soul selects her own society #’s 1, 4, 5, & 6 Read Read poems on pages by Emily Dickinson. On page 400, answer the following questions – Tell all the Truth but tell it slant #’s 1, 2, & 4 – Apparently with no surprise #’s 1, 2, 4, & 5 – Success is counted sweetest #’s 1, 2, 4, &5

Literature textbook read the poems on pages Pg. 395 – The soul selects her own society #’s 1, 4, 5, & 6 – If you were coming in the fall #’s 1, 2, 4, & 7 Each question must be answered in complete sentences. If it’s not completed—it becomes homework.

Bellwork 3/4 to 3/22 (10 days of bellwork) – Make up for only 60% of the grade (That’s 3 of the 5 points possible.) Compare and contrast Whitman and Dickinson – Venn diagram or a double bubble map use pages Music with poetic devices – Worksheet Unraavel Whitman questions – Pg. 366 pick 4 questions Bellwork 2/26-3/1 (4 days of bellwork) Make up for only 60% of the grade (That’s 3 of the 5 points possible.) Vocabulary lesson 3 crossword puzzle – worksheet Vocabulary lesson 3 sentences – Write a sentence with each word.

Bellwork 3/4 to 3/22 (10 days of bellwork) – Make up for only 60% of the grade (That’s 3 of the 5 points possible.) Compare and contrast Whitman and Dickinson – Venn diagram or a double bubble map Emerson timeline – 8 events in his life from the notes and 3 from the textbook pg – Must be decorated. Music with poetic devices – Worksheet Unraavel Whitman questions – Pg. 366 pick 4 questions Bellwork 2/26-3/1 (4 days of bellwork) Make up for only 60% of the grade (That’s 3 of the 5 points possible.) Vocabulary lesson 3 crossword puzzle – worksheet Vocabulary lesson 3 sentences – Write a sentence with each word.

Bellwork 3/4 to 3/22 (10 days of bellwork) – Make up for only 60% of the grade (That’s 3 of the 5 points possible.) Compare and contrast Whitman and Dickinson – Venn diagram or a double bubble map use pages Music with poetic devices – Worksheet Unraavel Whitman questions – Pg. 366 pick 4 questions Bellwork 2/26-3/1 (4 days of bellwork) Make up for only 60% of the grade (That’s 3 of the 5 points possible.) Vocabulary lesson 3 crossword puzzle – worksheet Vocabulary lesson 3 sentences – Write a sentence with each word.

Bellwork 3/4 to 3/22 (10 days of bellwork) – Make up for only 60% of the grade (That’s 3 of the 5 points possible.) Compare and contrast Whitman and Dickinson – Venn diagram or a double bubble map use pages Emerson timeline – 8 events in his life from the notes and 3 from the textbook pg – Must be decorated. Music with poetic devices – Worksheet Unraavel Whitman questions – Pg. 366 pick 4 questions Bellwork 2/26-3/1 (4 days of bellwork) Make up for only 60% of the grade (That’s 3 of the 5 points possible.) Vocabulary lesson 3 crossword puzzle – worksheet Vocabulary lesson 3 sentences – Write a sentence with each word.

Bellwork 3/4 to 3/22 (10 days of bellwork) – Make up for only 60% of the grade (That’s 3 of the 5 points possible.) Compare and contrast Whitman and Dickinson – Venn diagram or a double bubble map use pages Emerson timeline – 8 events in his life from the notes and 3 from the textbook pg – Must be decorated. Music with poetic devices – Worksheet Unraavel Whitman questions – Pg. 366 pick 4 questions Bellwork 2/26-3/1 (4 days of bellwork) Make up for only 60% of the grade (That’s 3 of the 5 points possible.) Vocabulary lesson 3 crossword puzzle – worksheet Vocabulary lesson 3 sentences – Write a sentence with each word.

Bellwork 3/4 to 3/22 (10 days of bellwork) – Make up for only 60% of the grade (That’s 3 of the 5 points possible.) Emerson timeline – 8 events in his life from the notes and 3 from the textbook pg – Must be decorated. Music with poetic devices – Worksheet Unraavel Whitman questions – Pg. 366 pick 4 questions Bellwork 2/26-3/1 (4 days of bellwork) Make up for only 60% of the grade (That’s 3 of the 5 points possible.) Vocabulary lesson 3 crossword puzzle – worksheet Vocabulary lesson 3 sentences – Write a sentence with each word.

4/2 Tuesday: library Day 4/3 Wednesday: Open notes test (Whitman, Emerson, and Poetry notes) 4/5 Friday: Poetry Project and any make up work due 4/9 Tuesday: Poetry Test (Whitman, Dickinson, and literary terms) 4/10 Wednesday: Start the novel To Kill a mockingbird