This week

To Build a Fire video link: TBAF
Your peer edited final draft is due Thursday, 2/27.
Paper template: Comparative essay template

Friday, List #3 group will present their vocabulary to the class. We will have a short grammar rotation.

Homework for the weekend: Read 30 minutes a night (including Friday).

February 17th - February 21st

You were each assigned a short list of vocabulary words from "To Build a Fire" as well as a list of associated tasks to perform for each word. On Friday, you will teach your peers your list of words. Do a good job so that they have good study material!

If you need templates, click here: vocab template.
Here are the vocabulary words used in sentences from the story: "To Build a Fire" vocabulary in context

Did you lose your list? Here are the lists: vocab lists

Monday
Classwork: Take comprehension quiz for "To Build a Fire." Begin draft essay for "To Build a Fire" constructed response question regarding knowledge vs. instinct.

Homework: Read IR book for 30 minutes and work on vocabulary.

Tuesday:
Classwork: Complete essay for constructed response question.
Homework: Read for 30 minutes and work on vocabulary.

Wednesday;
Classwork: Partner read Scholastic Scope article "Buried Alive." List character traits of survivors. Compare to the man in "TBAF."
Homework: Read for 30 minutes and work on vocabulary.

Thursday:
Classwork: Small group read excerpt from "Hatchet". Complete comparison chart of character traits and survival techniques.
Homework: Read for 30 minutes and finish vocabulary.

Friday:
Classwork: Group share vocabulary definitions and meanings. Synonym/Antonym practice.
Homework: Read for 30 minutes.

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Survival activity: supply list


Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday we will be finishing up our technology research paper. Remember to set up the paper in MLA format. Your only homework this week is to read your independent reading novel for 30 minutes each night.

If you want a chance at going to Wrestlemania, check out this reading challenge: http://wwereadingsuperstar.com.

Here is how to format the Frontline videos we watched in class: 

"Title of episode or segment (if applicable)." Title of program or series. Director or writer. Name of network or station. Broadcast date. Web. Date of access (day month year).

"Digital Nation: Life on the Virtual Frontier." Frontline. Dir. Rachel Dretzin. PBS. 2 Feb. 2010.  

      Web. 5 Jan. 2014.

How to Cite a Newspaper/Magazine Online in MLA

Format:
Last, First M. "Article Title." Newspaper Title Date Month Year Published: Page(s). Website Title.Web. Date Month Year Accessed. 

How to Cite a Website in MLA

Structure: Last name, First name. "Article Title." Website Title. Publisher of Website, Day Month Year article was published. Web. Day Month Year article was accessed. <URL>.

*only include the URL if the source cannot be easily found.

*If you need additional help creating your citations, check out Easy Bib or Son of Citation.

*Remember to set up your paper in MLA format: Double spaced, 12 point font, Times New Roman. Look at example below for other formatting guidelines:

MLA Format example