English 10 - 3/5/12 Do you like brainstorming? Why

or why not?

What do you call a cow with no legs?

Bird feed – Transmission (feed) from an earth-orbiting satellite (bird).

Goals – Introduce vocabulary #24. Work on brainstorming and strategies for persuasive prompts. Conventions Subject verb agreement.

Homework – Don’t forget to study for vocab. quiz #24.

English 10 - 3/6/12 The school board has suggested that

cell phones should be banned from school. Choose one of the following positions and support it: a) Ban them! b) No restrictions c) Some guidelines.

What were Mr. O’Connor’s three hardest years?

Annie Oakley – Free pass to the theatre.

Goals – Examine persuasive strategies; subject/verb agreement; sentence fragments; concessions part of the essay.

Homework – Complete whatever was not finished in class.

English 10 - 3/7/12 You have been asked to be on a

committee to review your high school’s rules. Choose one rule that needs to be revised, added, or eliminated. Free write or brainstorm.

Why did the clown dump a bucket of water on the class?

Camerature – a distorted photograph; a photographic caricature.

Goals – Work with the layering and transitions. The house that jack built. Active and passive voice.

Homework – None.

English 10 - 3/8/12 Get a responder and read the

handout, “North Mountain State Park Hiking Tips.”

I intend to live forever… so far so good!

Spermologer – one who gathers seeds.

Goals – North Mountain State Park Hiking tips.”Practice answering sample questions. Show lyric slide shows.

Homework – None.

English 10 - 3/9/12 Five minutes to study for

vocabulary quiz #24.

If you are what you eat, I’m dead meat.

Quadragenarian – a person in their forties.

Goals – Complete Vocab. #24. “Mystery Flight.” Review strategies for taking Multiple choice tests. Practice answering sample questions.

Homework – None.