Bellwork Bellwork 3 sentence minimum Describe your favorite

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Bellwork 3 sentence minimum! -Describe your favorite memory from this summer.

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Bellwork- 7/31/14 If you could have any super power, what would it be? Why?

Bellwork 8/1/14 Would you rather live in Antarctica or in the Amazon Rain Forest? Why?

Bellwork 8/4/14 If you were an animal, what do you think you would be? Why?

Order of Tabs 1. Vocabulary a) 2. Literature a) b) c) 3. DOL Writing a) 5. Notes on the Hunger Games Books I Read This Semester Genres in Literature Grammar a) 4. SAT Packet None yet Other Important Papers a) Front page of blue Letter to Parents

Bellwork 8/5/14

Bellwork 8/6/14 Recap: Do you think Queenie is innocent or guilty? Why?

Bellwork 8/6/14 Over 80% of you said that you wanted this class to be less chatty in your Classroom Goals. How do you think you can make accomplish that this year?

Bellwork 8/7/14 Write a story that includes three of our SAT words (lethargic, unanimous, vilify, usurp, bumptious, or eccentric).

Bellwork 8/8/14 What’s your favorite thing to do on the weekends? Why?

Bellwork 8/11/14 Freewrite

Good Afternoon! SSR Time!

Bellwork 8/12 Describe what happened in “The Lottery” yesterday.

Bellwork 8/12 Honors Describe 3 elements of a short story.

Bellwork 8/13 What is one thing you couldn’t live without? Why?

Good Afternoon! Time for SSR!

Bellwork Describe the best movie you’ve ever seen. Why is it your favorite?

Good Afternoon! Please take out your bellwork. We are going to do SSR at the end of the hour today. Did you study for your quizzes today? For how long? Why or why not?

Quizzes After you are done with your quizzes, please bring them up to me. You should SSR once you are finished.

Bellwork 8/18 Freewrite

Bellwork 8/19/14 Do you agree or disagree, all schools should make students wear uniforms. Why?

Bellwork 8/20/14 Describe “The Hero’s Journey”. Why do you think it’s used in so many stories?

No Bellwork! Please pass up JUST your three paragraphs from the POV homework. Next, take out your character bag instructions.

Good Morning We have SRI for 1 st period. Please take your seat and we will go down together after I have taken attendance.

Bellwork In your opinion, what’s the best day you could ever have? Why?

Bellwork 8/22 Use all three SAT words in ONE sentence (pretentious, morose, and conundrum).

Bellwork 8/25 Recap what we read in “A Rose for Emily” on Friday.

Bellwork 8/26 Write an alternative ending for “A Rose for Emily”.

Bellwork 8/26 In your opinion, are these new developments in technology we started talking about yesterday good or bad? Why?

Bellwork 8/27 Describe how it feels to be hungry. How does it affect the way you act?

Bellwork 8/27 What might Miss. Emily symbolize? What evidence do you have of that- in other words, how?

No Bellwork 8/28/14 Please split a half piece of paper with your partner. Put your name, date, and hour on top for your reading quiz on chapter 3.

¾ Block In one to two sentences, explain what the following phrase means in chapter 3 to Katniss. The Train.

½ Block In one to two sentences, explain what the following word means in chapter 3 to Katniss. Madge.

Bellwork 8/28/14 In your opinion, what does Emily’s house symbolize (think about the description given of it in the second paragraph- reread this if you need to)?

Bellwork 8/29/14 What character do you like or dislike so far in The Hunger Games? Why?

After your quiz… Please bring your DOL quiz up to the front and then you may SSR.

Bellwork 8/28/14 In the end, do you feel bad for Miss. Emily? Why or why not?

Bellwork 9/2 Freewrite

Bellwork 9/3 Do you think Prim would have been able to survive the Hunger Games? Why or why not?

Bellwork 9/3 How were the 1950 s different than today? Give three examples.

Bellwork 9/4 How would you describe Katniss? Do you like her? Why or why not?

Bellwork 9/4 What is different about the Happylife House in “The Veldt” from our houses today?

Bellwork 9/5 Would you rather, live in District 12 or the Capitol? Why?

Bellwork 9/5 Would you rather be Emily from “A Rose for Emily” or the Father from “The Veldt”? Why?

Bellwork 9/9 What does each letter stand for in AECTECC? What should you include in each letter?

Bellwork 9/9 How is the family distorted or different from a normal family in “The Veldt”?

Bellwork 9/10 Would you rather have Katniss for a friend or Peeta? Why?

Bellwork! Who is your least favorite character in “The Veldt”? Why?

Bellwork 9/11 Why is appearance so important in the Hunger Games?

Bellwork 9/11 Which story had a creepier mood? A Rose for Emily or The Veldt?

Bellwork 9/15 Freewrite

Bellwork 9/16 Do you think Cinna designed a good opening ceremony costume for Katniss? Why?

Bellwork 9/16 Make a prediction about what you think our last short story, “Split Cherry Tree”, will be about.

Bellwork 9/17 List two character traits for Peeta and give examples from the book to support your ideas.

Bellwork Who is an old fashioned character in “Split Cherry Tree”? Give an example how he is old fashioned.

Bellwork 9/18 What piece of technology do you find interesting in The Hunger Games? Why?

Bellwork 9/18 List two character traits for Pa or Dave and give evidence to support.

Bellwork 9/19 Summarize what we have read so far from The Hunger Games in three sentences.

Bellwork 9/19 What lesson does Pa learn at the end of “Split Cherry Tree”?

Bellwork 9/22 Freewrite

Bellwork 9/23 Write a short story about your day at school yesterday with at least 6 prepositions. Underline the prepositions.

Bellwork 9/23 Write a short story about your day today using at least three, out of the 27, SAT vocab words.

Bellwork 9/24 Write a short story about your favorite food using three SAT words.

Bellwork 9/24 Using the topic of your friends, write three examples of similes or metaphors.

No Bellwork 9/25 Please take out half a piece of paper for your reading quiz. I will read a phrase and you must explain what is important about it in 1 to 2 sentences.

Instructions 9/25 On your desk, you have a copy of “The Last Fight”. You have the ENTIRE 90 minutes to read, annotate, and make as many notes as possible. You may NOT put any definitions on your story. You are going to be turning in your story with your test tomorrow.

To Do: 1. 2. 3. 4. Read annotate “The Last Fight” Complete Literary Terms Assessment SAT Review (if time) SSR (if time)

Bellwork 9/26 Describe how the Capitol people react to the Hunger Games. Why is this strange?

Bellwork 9/29 How do you think Peeta feels about being thrown into the Hunger Games?

Good Afternoon Please take a seat in your seat and wait for instructions.

Bellwork 9/29 List three things you like or dislike about poetry.

Bellwork 10/1 What was your first impression of the actual Hunger Games? Why?

Bellwork 10/1 Write an opening to a poem about a bird that has a dark and scary mood.

Bellwork 10/2 Do you think Peeta has been lying to Katniss the whole time and planning to go along with the Careers?

Bellwork 10/2 What is the mood in “The Raven”? How do you know?

Bellwork 10/3 What’s your favorite part of the Hunger Games so far?

Bellwork 10/3 What’s happening in your SSR book?

Bellwork 10/6 What are your plans for Fall Break?

Bellwork 10/9 Why do you think Rue would want to help Katniss?

Bellwork 10/9 What was your first impression of “Ozymandias”?

Bellwork 10/10 In the terms of grammar, what is a “part of speech”?

Bellwork 10/10 In your own words, what is a preposition?

Bellwork 10/27 How was your break? What did you do?

Bellwork 10/28 What was the most important thing that happened in chapter 15 of The Hunger Games? Why?

Bellwork 10/28 List three things you learned about WWII or the Holocaust yesterday.

Bellwork 10/29 Name and describe three types of conflict.

Bellwork 10/29 List two things you thought were interesting in your stations yesterday.

Bellwork 10/30 How do you feel when you read The Hunger Games? Why?

Bellwork 10/30 Diagram the following sentence. We went to Hawaii and Australia in the fall.

Bellwork 10/30 Do you want to learn more about the Holocaust? Why or why not?

3/4 Please take out your books and turn to page 212.

Bellwork 10/31 Freewrite (if you can’t think of anything- what are your Halloween plans? )

Bellwork 11/3 Please give a quick book talk and explain what is happening in your SSR book.

Homeroom Please check the seating chart on the board.

Bellwork 11/4 What is the purpose of an introduction in an essay?

Bellwork 11/4 List three interesting facts you learned about WWII or the Holocaust in your stations.

Quiet Day In order to prepare for reading “Anne Frank” we are going to have a quiet day. If you talk or make noise, you will lose your 10 participation points for the day.