"A" Day - Monday, August 31, 2015

Today in ELA: 

Objective: 

• Students will remember how to correctly use the homophones there, their, they’re
• Students will practice their vocab from “Lemon Brown”
• Students will finish reading the short story “Lemon Brown” and will complete the study questions in their Reader Handbook

Agenda: 

• Warm Up: Homophones
• Vocabulary Study Sheet
• Conflict Review – Main/Sub-types
• Finish reading “Treasure of Lemon Brown” pg. 10-15
• Complete all questions in blue margins on pg. 10-15
• Complete chart on pg. 16
• Complete Vocab Development/Conflict chart on pg. 17 

Homework: 

Study Vocabulary Words using Tri-fold Study Sheet

Slides: 

"C" Day - Friday, August 28, 2015

Today in Honors ELA:                                         

Objective: 

• Become familiar with Warm Ups
• Label Hand-Back Files
• Learn to Popcorn read

Agenda: 

• Warm Up: Quote & Response
• Create Labels for Files
• "Academic Vocabulary" 
• Read "Treasure of Lemon Brown" pg. 4-9 in Reader
• "Lemon Brown" Vocabulary Pg. 3

Homework: 
Have a great weekend!

Slides from Today: 

Today in Drama:                              

Objective: 

• Learn why human emotions are essential to Drama

Agenda: 

• The Silent Emotions Game

Homework: 

Have a great weekend! 

"A" Day - Thursday, August 27, 2015

What we did in ELA:

Objective: 

• Become familiar with Warm Ups
• Label Hand Back Files
• Learn to Popcorn Read

Agenda: 

• Warm Up: Quote & Response 
• Create Labels for Hand Back Files
• Read "The Treasure of Lemon Brown" in our Reader Handbook
• Copy down "Lemon Brown" Vocab into our Journals

Homework: 
None! Have a great weekend!

Slides from today:

Click this link to navigate to a Google Doc with ELA Vocabulary.

First "C" Day of School - Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Today in ELA: 

Objective: 

• Know expectations
• Complete Labeling Journals/Handbooks
• Label Hand-Back File (did not do)

Agenda: 

• Finish Journal Indexing
• Label Handbooks
• Create labels for hand back files (did not do)

Homework: 
Write a 3 to 5 paragraph Introduction letter to me. Tell me about what you like to do, what you're good at, your favorite activities, family life, etc. This should be written on a separate sheet of lined paper and turned into the Inbox by Thursday, August 27, "A" day. 


Today in Honors ELA:

Objective: 

• Know expectations
• Complete Labeling Journals/Handbooks
• Label Hand-Back File (did not do)

Agenda: 

• Finish Journal Indexing
• Label Handbooks
• Create labels for hand back files (did not do)

Homework: 
Write a 3 to 5 paragraph Introduction letter to me. Tell me about what you like to do, what you're good at, your favorite activities, family life, etc. This should be written on a separate sheet of lined paper and turned into the Inbox by Friday, August 28, "B" day. 

Slide from both ELA & Honors ELA: 

Today in Drama: 

Objective: 

• Get to know the class
• Get in touch with our feelings

Agenda: 

• Complete T2 L1
• Set up for Silent Emotions Game (for Friday)

Homework: 
Write a 3 to 5 paragraph Introduction letter to me. Tell me about what you like to do, what you're good at, your favorite activities, family life, who your favorite actress/actor is, why you want to be in drama, etc. This should be written on a separate sheet of lined paper and turned into the Inbox by Friday, August 28, "B" day. 

First "B" Day of School - August 25, 2015

Today in Honors ELA we completed the following:

- Wrote down the Objective, Agenda, and Homework in our Planners

Objective:

• Get to Know Mrs. Colella & Class 
• Become Familiar with Syllabus 
• Own a Journal 

Agenda:

• Introductions 
• Class Tour 
• Journals 
• Class Syllabus 
• Handbooks (did not get to this) 

Homework: 
3-5 paragraph Introduction Letter
Students will write a letter to me about where they are from, what they like to do, what their family is like, what subjects they enjoy, etc. The letter should be written on a separate sheet of lined paper with the proper school heading (Fist and last name, date, subject, period.).
Due: "B" Day: Friday, August 28

- Watched an introduction slide show about Mrs. Colella
- Went over part of the Class Syllabus
Please read over and become familiar with the Class Syllabus (see hyperlink to the right of this post).
- Introduced everyone in the class by drawing a picture about what each of us likes (food, activities, sports teams) on and Index card, switching cards, and interpreting the picture. '
- Received Honors ELA Journals, which will stay in the classroom, and began to number and index the Journals.



Today in Drama we completed the following:

- Wrote down the Objective, Agenda, and Homework in our Planners

Objective: 

• Get to know Mrs. Colella & Class
• Know Expectations 
• Own a Journal 

Agenda: 

• Introductions
• Journals
• 2 x 3 Expectations
• 3 x 5 T2 L1(Two Truths & a Lie)

Homework:
3-5 paragraph Introduction Letter
Students will write a letter to me about where they are from, what they like to do, why they wanted to join drama, have they been in a drama class before, if so, what was it like, etc. The letter should be written on a separate sheet of lined paper with the proper school heading (Fist and last name, date, subject, period.).
Due:  "B" Day: Friday, August 28

- Then we played a game called Two Truths and a Lie where students had to write two truths and one lie (in a mixed order) on an index card, read those things out loud to their classmates, and see if they could fool the class. It was a great way for students to begin feeling comfortable with talking in front of large groups of peers. 

Note:
Students are expected to have their Planner out and ready at the beginning of each class period.

First "A" Day of School - August 24, 2015

Today in ELA we completed the following: 

- Wrote down the Objective, Agenda, and Homework in our Planners:

Objective: 

• Get to Know Mrs. Colella & Class 
• Become Familiar with Syllabus 
• Own a Journal 

Agenda: 

• Introductions 
• Class Tour 
• Journals 
• Class Syllabus 
• Label Handbooks 

Homework: 
3-5 paragraph Introduction Letter
Students will write a letter to me about where they are from, what they like to do, what their family is like, what subjects they enjoy, etc. The letter should be written on a separate sheet of lined paper with the proper school heading (Fist and last name, date, subject, period.).
Due: "A" Day: Thursday, August 27

- Watched an introduction slide show about Mrs. Colella
- Went over part of the Class Syllabus
  Please read over and become familiar with the Class Syllabus (see hyperlink to the right of this post). 
- Introduced everyone in the class by drawing a picture about what each of us likes (food, activities, sports teams) on and Index card, switching cards, and interpreting the picture. '
- Received ELA Journals, which will stay in the classroom, and began to number and index the Journals.


Note: 
Students are expected to have their Planner out and ready at the beginning of each class period.

Welcome!

Welcome to Rm. 20 where I, Mrs. Colella, teach 8th grade Language Arts, 8th grade Honor Language Arts, and Drama.

I will be posting notes from the Smart board and other useful information here on this site. I will try to post notes each and every day.
Notes for different classes will be labeled, as regular Language Arts and Honors Language Arts may have different notes.

If you did not write down your homework in  your agenda, there will be reminders of due dates on this blog as well. You may always check the Class Calendars (in the classroom) for upcoming due dates as well.

Thank you for checking out the class blog!

- Mrs. Catherine Colella
Rm. 20