Thursday, June 21, 2012

Grades

Hi Class,

I am doing grades now. I will have them done in a few hours. I'll post again when I've submitted them. I'm in the office today if anyone wants to come get their journals or vocabulary cards. I have checked them all.

Trey

Friday, June 15, 2012

List of Journal Topics

Here are all the DEAW topics you should have in your journal for full credit:


  1. Where do you want to travel and why?
  2. The best or worst day of your life
  3. Unit 1 quiz
  4. If you had a superpower, what would it be and why?
  5. If you had to choose between love and money, which would you choose and why?
  6. If you could make 3 wishes, what would they be and why?
  7. What are your favorite and least favorite ways to learn English?
  8. Descriptive paragraph about an amusement park
  9. Comparison paragraph (page 63)
  10. A reflection of your semester 
  11. A reaction to the video about girls and the media
  12. Free Topic  
  13. Summary of "The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore". What is it about? What is the theme?

Reminders

Hello Class,

Well, we only have one final class remaining. It is a very hectic and bittersweet time.

First, know that I appreciate all your hard work this semester.

Also, I'm enjoying reading your impressive magazines!

Reminders:

  • Last day for Moodle quiz is Sunday, June 17th at midnight (the site says the 15th, but you have until the 17th).
  • Wednesday = vocabulary cards and journals collected (if you want them back, you can pick them up from me sometime....even next semester - just send me an email or Kakao or stop by my office)
  • Wednesday = final exam = completing an outline for an essay - I will give you an essay and you should identify the main parts, which we have been discussing for weeks now. Review the PPT on essays if you are not clear on the parts of an essay (hook, thesis, etc.). There will also be a some mistakes for you to correct, but not many. Mistakes will include common mistakes I have corrected in your writing. You can study the rules on the pages listed in our textbook for each type of mistake: capitalization (pg 192), commas (pages 196-197), and formatting compound and complex sentences (pages 203-204, 210).  I plan to make the exam as quick, painless, and easy as possible. You have worked hard enough this semester!
This post is long enough. I will post the list of journal topics separately in a new post soon. 

Trey


Sunday, June 10, 2012

A Phrase a Week

I just came across this website that some of you might find useful: The Phrase Finder

It's free!

Magazine Project - Friday's class

Here is the PPT from Friday's class: June 8 - Magazine Project

I've been reading your essays, and they are quite good! I hope to return them to you on Wednesday.

I hope you had a good weekend despite the end of the semester being busy.

Remember to bring your journals to give to me.

Saturday, June 2, 2012

Moodle

I deleted your failed Moodle quizzes, so you can retake them if you want.

Just so you know, you only need 45% to pass, which is a low and generous passing score. So only quizzes below 45% fail.