http://ballentinea.rchsteachers.org Just another RCHS TeacherNet weblog Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:21:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en All makeup work must be completed by the end of the day, Friday, September 19. The only exception will be makeups for Friday's vocabulary tests. These must be completed by 12:45 on Tuesday, September 23. http://ballentinea.rchsteachers.org/2008/09/16/make-up-work-deadline/ Deadline for all AR testing is Friday, September 19. ANY tests taken after must apply to second six weeks. http://ballentinea.rchsteachers.org/2008/09/16/accelerated-reader%c2%ae-deadline/ Reviewed the Thomas Jefferson reading assignment. Edited Final Essay is due tomorrow. http://ballentinea.rchsteachers.org/2008/09/16/91608/ Read pages 97-105, Thomas Jefferson, from Autobiography. Remember, final edited essays are due on Wednesday, and unit test is on Thursday. Vocabulary words for Friday: abrogate, blasphemy, credible, enigma, harbingers, labyrinthine, nuzzle, plaudit, reprehensible, tardy http://ballentinea.rchsteachers.org/2008/09/15/for-tuesday-916/ Our Junior and Senior English students have the opportunity to go with our de-partment on Thursday, October 2, to Bryan College to see the Hilltop Players production of Our Town. Thornton Wilder’s clas-sic play deals with life in an American small town with all of its ups and downs, ... http://ballentinea.rchsteachers.org/2008/09/15/our-town/ We have made our "Getting Started" booklets and will be using those for the next few activities. We also found our quadrant partners for discussion and response. We conducted interviews in class and prepared introductions of our partners to the class. http://ballentinea.rchsteachers.org/2008/08/12/august-11-and-12-2/ We have made our "Getting Started" booklets and found quadrant partners for our next few activities. We listened to a reading from The Grapes of Wrath and brainstormed the characteristics of good writing found in it. http://ballentinea.rchsteachers.org/2008/08/12/august-11-and-12/ The beginning of this year is one of big changes for you and for me. You are starting new classes and meeting new teachers. I am meeting new students AND moving to a different classroom. Have patience with me. I may still be looking for things ... http://ballentinea.rchsteachers.org/2008/08/12/welcome-back/