Friday, August 15, 2008

Week 1

Welcome everyone to Mr. Petermann's English/Literature class website. Students, remember to have your parents email me so I can add them to my contact list. (My email is petermannm@usd320.com) I'm really glad to be here and hope we can have a lot of fun and learn a ton on the way! I will do my best to post weekly assignments and topics no later than Sunday of the week before. I find that posting too much too soon can get a bit confusing, so we'll keep it simple.

Here is a rundown of our first week:

Monday

Classroom Procedures

Students complete “how we use language activity” vocabulary

Students will map out their own discourse community


Tuesday

Flowrider research and writing prompt

Context Clues Practice

Start Chapters 3-4 of Treasure Island

Identify unfamiliar words and used context clues to create their own definition of the word

Wednesday

How I became a pirate and accompanying writing activity—focus on ideas and content

Chapters 5-6 Treasure Island

Continue using Context Clues.

Thursday

Loaded words activity

Word Wheel

Chapters 1-6 worksheets

Root Words

Friday

Assessment

Appointment times (grouping and pairing norms)

Root Word Quiz

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