Careers

August 9, 2009

During our first week of Careers Management we will focus on interviewing and employment terms. Our vocabulary quiz will be on Thursday.

Our guest speaker this week is Dr. John Neiland.

Welcome Back!!!!

LANGUAGE ARTS
We will start the 2009-10 year by reviewing the 8 parts of speech, and then reading the short stories "User Friendly" and "After 20 Years". Next week we start a 2-week long unit on fables, culminating with a visual project and our first paper, an original fable.
This year we are replacing weekly spelling quizzes with weekly vocabulary quizzes. Spelling still "counts", but we will focus more on vocabulary building. Quizzes in my class will be every Thursday, and vocabulary homework will be due every Wednesday.
Parents- More details will be available Curriculum Night. In the meantime, please check your child's agenda nightly, and contact me with any questions: Fowlersa@fultonschools.org

Here is this week's vocabulary list:

1. Predicate
NOUN the part of the sentence containing the verb, or a synonym for verb
VERB to state, proclaim, or affirm
2. Subject
the part of a sentence that is doing the action
theme, topic, motif, or person
3. Adjective
a word used to describe or modify nouns
4. Preposition
a word or phrase placed typically before a noun, indicating the relationship of that noun to
a verb, an adjective, or another noun, as at, by, with, from, and in between
5. Conjunction
a word that connects, nouns, verbs, or clauses
a combination of events or circumstances
6. Declaration
NOUN A formal statement; proclamation
7. Inquisitive
ADJ inclined to investigate; eager for knowledge;
curious
8. Exclamatory
NOUN a sentence expressing excitement, anger, or fear
ADJ strong, sudden, emphatic
9. Interrogate
VERB to question or seek answers
10. suspenseful
ADJ full of uncertainty or excitement, with a degree of anticipation or anxiety

April 28

On Monday we began reading The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster. Our vocabulary words for the next four week will be taken from this classic novel.

In the remaining 18 days we will have 3 vocabulary quizzes (plus homework), one in-class writing assignment, a test on the novel, and 4 classwork grades. With so few grades left, it is imperative that everything is turned in on time.

Here are this week's words:
1) Surmise- verb
To guess, deduce, infer, conclude

2) Monotonous- adj
Lacking in variety. Dull, repetitive, boring

3) Misapprehension- noun
Misunderstanding, the wrong idea

4) Loiter- verb
To waste time or dawdle. To linger aimlessly. Hang around

5) Tumult- noun
disturbance of a crowd or mob; uproar, riot, commotion

6) lethargic- noun
drowsy and dull, unenergetic

7) disdain-verb
despise, to think unworthy of notice, consider beneath oneself.

8) quagmire- noun
sticky situation, dilemma, predicament

9) balderdash- noun
nonsense, rubbish

10) proclamation-
a public and official announcement. Something that is proclaimed or declared

CRCT Help

Mrs. Saren and I are again offering a CRCT help class for Reading and Language Arts. The two classes will be after school on Tuesday, April 14, and Wednesday, April 15, from 3:45-4:45. Students will take the Reading CRCT on Thursday and LA on Friday.

If you are interested in have your child attend these classes, please contact Mr. Fowler or Mrs. Saren via email. Depending on the number of students, we will add more teachers and classes, so it is very important that you let as know if your child will attend.

In the past two years, 99% of General Ed. students have passed the LA portion of the CRCT, so we believe these classes to be very beneficial.

Thanks!

Spring Break Extra Credit

Extra Credit

For 25 points added to your most recent test or project grade:
Read one of the following books. List 8 characters and a two –line description about each. Next, write a 200 word detailed summary of the story. Due 4/15

Tangerine
Hatchet
Westing Game
Whatever Happened to Janie?
The Tiger Rising
Year of Impossible Goodbyes
Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad
Z for Zachariah
Lupita Manana
Let the Circle Be Unbroken

Fourth Quarter

Here are this week's (Mar 16) VOCABULARY WORDS:

1) fragment
2) infrastructure
3) utilize
4) horizontal
5) vertical
6) equipment
7) accelerate
8) judicial
9) undoubtedly
10) compromise

• The research paper we have been working on since February 9th is due this Wednesday, March 18
• Our next test will be Friday, March 27, and will cover clauses and types of sentences.

Vocabulary This week (WE 3/6) and Next

3/2- 3/6
research
sources
bibliography
investigate
illustrate
negate
thesis
partition
paraphrase
plagiarism


3/9-3/13

physical
hygiene
muscle
exercise
occur
process
convert
positive
prohibit
religious

Research project is due MARCH 17th !!!!!!!!!!!!!