8/24 Practice Bellringer/Journal Good Afternoon!

Please get your name plate and put it on your desk.

Next, get a student survey from the journal table and textbook (ENG III = orange, ENG IV = green)

Write your name in the box on the inside cover of your textbook.

I will come around and record the numbers.

ENG III Practice Journal: Thursday, 8/25/11

On a piece of paper, rewrite the following paragraph, correcting the grammar errors:

Ellis Island, an immigration station in New York harbor, opens for the first time on January 1, 1892. During its' busyest days, thousands of immigrants entered the United States there. More then 100 million Americans can trace there roots to an ancestor who past through Ellis Island. Today, Ellis island is a Museum. Museum visitors can lern what it was like for 12 million immigrants who arrived in America at the turn of the century.

Corrected version:

Ellis Island, an immigration station in New York Harbor, opened for the first time on January 1, 1892. During its busiest days, thousands of immigrants entered the United States there. More than 100 million Americans can trace their roots to an ancestor who passed through Ellis Island. Today, Ellis Island is a museum. Museum visitors can learn what it was like for 12 million immigrants who arrived in America at the turn of the century.

ENG III Practice Journal 8/26/11* Have your supplies out so that I can come by and check them for a daily

grade.

1. Get a learning style inventory handout from the journal desk.

2. Follow the directions to find out what type of learner you are.

3. If you brought a journal, write down what type of learner you are in your journal.

4. Turn in to the box at the end of class (don’t forget to write your name on it).

ENG III Journal #1: Monday, 8/29/11

Getting reading to journal…

1. If you haven’t already, write your name and period number on the front of your journal using a pen or sharpie.

2. Write down the following: Make sure that each journal entry is numbered, dated, and

written in complete sentences unless otherwise instructed. You can write more than one entry on a page.

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ENG III Journal #2: 8/30/11

List all the Native American tribes you can think of (a list is not a complete sentence ).

ENG III Journal #3: Wednesday, 8/31/11

Define “origin myth” in your own words.

Which origin myth from yesterday’s reading was your favorite?

Explain.

*Write at least 2 complete sentences.

ENG III Journal #4: Thursday, 9/1/11

The following paragraph contains 8 errors. Rewrite it correctly.

On a stormy journey in the North Pacific ocean, thousands of rubber ducks and other bathtub toys were lost when a container was sweeped off a ship. Free to rid the ocean waves since January 1992, many of those ducks have found their way to Alaskas shores others still remain at see. Scientists continue too search for lost ducks as a weigh to study ocean currents. Lucky finder's of one of the ducks may claim a $100 reward!

Corrected VersionOn a stormy journey in the North Pacific Ocean, thousands of rubber ducks and other bathtub toys were lost when a container was swept off a ship. Free to ride the ocean waves since January 1992, many of those ducks have found their way to Alaska's shores. Others still remain at sea. Scientists continue to search for lost ducks as a way to study ocean currents. Lucky finders of one of the ducks may claim a $100 reward!

ENG III Journal #5: Friday, 9/2/11

*Describe how you feel today and why using a tone word from the Tone Word List found on the journal table. Write at least 2 sentences.

*You can find them in the yellow folder on the journal table-Please do not write on them!

ENG III Journal #6: Tuesday, 9/6/11

What is a cultural trait?

What are some of your cultural traits?

Think about how you talk, what you wear, what you eat, where you live, what you drive, what music you listen to, what holidays you celebrate, what social groups you associate with…

Write > 3 sentences, 10+ words each.

ENG III Bellringer: Wednesday, 9.7.11

Prepare for today’s test by having the following on your desk:

#2 pencil

piece of notebook paperscantron (on the journal desk)a textbook.

The Native American origin myths begin on page 18.

ENG III Journal #7: Thursday, 9/8/11

Get out your moose and answer the following in 1-2 complete sentences:

If you were to write an origin myth and your moose drawing had to be either the protagonist or the antagonist, which one would it be?

ENG III Journal #8: 9/9/11

Describe how you feel today using vivid imagery (appeal to the reader’s 5 senses).

Write one sentence with at least 10 words.

ENG III Journal #9: 9/12/11

Explain the conflict that leads up to the climax in your origin myth.

Write 1-2 sentences, 10+ words each.

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ENG III Bellringer: Tuesday, 9/13/11

Use your Creation Story / Origin Myth Rubric to answer the following:

What’s the highest grade you can make if you leave out the literary devices, details / imagery, and WOW words?

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ENG III Journal #10: 9/13/11

List a WOW word you used in your story and define it.

ENG III Journal #11: Friday, 9/16/11

Write about a song that makes you happy.

Tell me the title, who sings it, what it’s about, and why it makes you feel good.

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ENG III Journal #12: Monday, 9/19/11

What does the word charity mean to you?

Define it in your own words and give me an example of a charitable act.

ENG III Journal #13: Tuesday, 9/20/11

Define nerd in your own words.

ENG III Bellringer: Wednesday, 9/21/11

Get out your notes / list of things you learned from yesterday’s video. You may use them on today’s quiz.

Have something to write with on your desk, too.

ENG III Journal #14: Friday, 9/23/11

Explain how Phoenix can be considered a hero. Make sure to include an adjective that explains a heroic characteristic.

HAPPY HOMECOMING!!! GO TIGERS!!!

ENG III Journal #15: Monday, 9/26/11

Journal is on the journal bin desk. It’s a class set, so please don’t write on it!

Journal Check tomorrow!If you don’t have all the journals, find the on my website: www.mrsamandahall.weebly.com

ENG III JOURNAL CHECK: Tuesday, 9/27/11

1. Tear out your journals #1-15.2. Write your complete heading in the

top left-hand corner of the page.3. Double check to make sure that your

entries are NUMBERED and DATED.4. Staple them together and turn in to

the box.