Online Inquiry: Descriptive writing (DUE BEFORE CLASS ON FRIDAY)

From your 8 subjects assigned on Monday, you will need to revise and clean up your BEST descriptive sentence from ONE of the subjects.  This is the one representative sentence, which will be for an ASSESSMENT grade! Yep, this ONE sentence. It must demonstrate your proficiency in handling the skills you have been learning the last week. SHOW DON'T TELL!

You will need to sign in... Use your gmail address from the school. Then hit REPLY to this post.
You will then write your name and class period.
Then write your sentence. Do NOT label what you are describing.
This will look like:

Lara Schulenberg- 1st Hour Honors Teacher
Her voice, deep, wise and involved, infuses a comfort and security into a complex existence.

Due: Friday, August 30th

1. Post online in response to "Online inquiry" your BEST revised ONE SENTENCE description. You will need to create an account and sign in before you post. Make sure you sign your name.

2. Write 5 questions for the presentations on Friday.

3. FOR TUESDAY: Read pages 246-251.  I will have copies in my room for those who have the copies, not the book. Pick up before you leave on Friday afternoon!

Annotate the text for WRITING TECHNIQUES and USAGE.. not the content of the reading. When you are done, answer the questions for discussion... Bullet point answers.. does not need to be in formal sentence responses. Put into notes and be ready to discuss on Tuesday.

Due: Tuesday, August 27th

For class on Tuesday you will need to write a 1-2 sentence description for each of the following words. Remember: you are attempting a vivid visual portrait.
After you have completed your description, you will need to cite the skill or technique that you consulted or that is addressed in the reading.

For example:
ANGER-
Hot tears ran down her face that was blanched with frustration with an incapability to realize the power to change her circumstance.
"Using effective verbs" (Buscemi 234)
"Rely on your five senses" (Buscemi 231)

Your words:
Mondays, Tailgating, Disappointment, Love, Mother, High School, Water, Best Friend

Due: Monday, August 26th

Narrative and Descriptive writing:
Read, annotate, and put findings in Cornell notes: Pages 229-243.

Keep in mind that the annotation and note taking is going to slow you down for a while. You will be reading much more in depth and will be expected to perform with this information. Diligently learn the practices of annotation and Cornell notes.. life will be easier in the long run.

Here are the plans for class on Wednesday and Thursday. Bottom is LEFT side of board. Top is RIGHT side. Note the time on the clock, btw.

Due: Friday, August 22nd

Wow... Not sure if you remember me.. but I am Mrs. Schulenberg, your English teacher. Seriously, it has been quite a week with my sick three year-olds. I am SO hoping that I will be back in class tomorrow. I have really worked to keep you all moving forward and at the same momentum. I hope this week has been successful and productive even in my absence.

Due on Friday:
1. Annotation of the article on questioning. You have instructions, examples, etc. on how to annotate. You should be able to execute this task.
2. Once you are done annotating the article, you need to report your findings and the ideas of the text into your notes using the Cornell note method. You need to complete ALL THREE steps of Cornell notes.
3. You will have a quiz on: Types of questions, Bloom's Taxonomy, importance of questioning and purpose of questioning, annotation, Cornell notes, AND the content of the article on Friday. Be ready.

If you have questions, or ever have questions, please be sure to email me if it is after the school day.
lara.schulenberg-smith@leesummit.k12.mo.us

Due: August 19th

Homework for Monday!
1. Read through the "Blooms" side of questioning. Bloom's Taxonomy is a classification system developed by educators for educators in order to address the levels of cognition in students. You have a list of the different levels of questioning- low to high. Pay special attention to the key verbs in each section. These are the words that are often used in assessment.
2. Pretend you are teaching a class on LSN. Using your 20 questions as a jump off point, construct a "test" with a question from EACH level of Bloom's Taxonomy. Pay attention to what you are asking and if it applies to the different level of cognition. This test will have 6 questions. Again, you do not need the answer. You will need to consider if the questions you are writing are Factual-Evaluative.
3. Write a reflection of week one and the content you have learned. How are you handling it? Where do you see it being used in this class, or in life?

Quiz Monday? Hmmmmm? We shall see! I would be ready :)

Homework for Friday, August 16th

1. Read through the first page of the "Types of Questions" handout. Really process the four types of questions. The definitions are dense, but thorough. Put into your own words, make notes, etc.
2. When you feel you have a handle on the types, write 20 questions on Lee's Summit North. Write 5 questions per type.