Wednesday, March 4, 2015

English

3-4-15 – Eng. I – Harris
Note:  J is absent again.  I talked with her mom yesterday; she is taking her to the doctor. I told this to Ms. Harris when she asked.
Note:  On board:  EXTRA CREDIT:  rm. E201 = Tues./Th.= 2:30 – 3:30 / 20 HWPTS.
Note:  M turned in a paper that noticeably had crumbled edges.  Ms. Harris noted this.  M read from his note cards.  It was obvious he had not practiced trying to commit most of what he wrote to memory.  He did have a prop, however, a basketball uniform top.  Yeah!
Note:  M, whenever you have an important paper to turn in be sure you keep it in a folder or some kind of protective place so that the edges won’t get bent and the pages don’t get dirty.
(Mrs. Ferrell, FYI:  I don’t believe—from what I saw—M understood what is the purpose of and advantage to using note cards and how you do more of an outline, then a word-by-word account.  Also, his handwriting being so small and his never skipping lines, caused him to hold his cards closer to his eyes than what would normally be necessary, creating a problem with his being able to project his voice).
  1. Do Now:  In one word, Yesterday’s speeches were mostly___________________.
  2. Continuation of speeches:
  1. Lilianna (“Lilly”) = speech on eating healthy foods and its benefits
  2. Ramon = topic on why marijuana should be evil
  3. Angel = topic on suicide and tips to prevent it
  4. Mario = topic on the advantages of playing basketball
  5. ?                = topic on dangers of drinking and driving
  6. Corea  = topic on how to save money by sewing your own clothes & advantages to it
  7. L = topic on charging stations and the need for more
  8. David = topic—interesting—being aware of your surroundings
  9. Demario = topic on dangers of stealing
Note to all:  Check with parent connect or whatever as grades are changing.  If you have an 80 on a speech and a 90 on an essay, it’s not helping you much.  The essay and speech may well be merged and you will get one grade.  If we are here Friday we will still take the 13 Reasons Why TEST.  If you turned in a poster for extra pts., you got points.  One student went from a 71 to a 79.  When I give you extra credit opportunities you need to take advantage of that.  Be sure everyone has taken the True/False quiz; be sure you’ve turned in your composition books.
Note to all:  Be sure you log into parent connect and check out your grades and see if there is any reason you need to submit work or see Ms. Harris.
Regarding speeches, Ms. Harris mentioned that she didn’t know how most of them were persuasive as assigned, as many students just gave a report on the topic, more than attempting to persuade the audience to do or to change.

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