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Owen Everett Daily
In Classroom on November 28, 2011 at 8:44 AMREMINDER
In Classroom on November 23, 2011 at 8:00 AMI am on medical leave. If you need to get hold of me, then you can email me at tdaily@ewsc.k12.in.us or TXT/Voicemail at (502) 509-1628.
-11+22=11
In Classroom on November 22, 2011 at 8:08 AMENGLISH 11
- Grading Journals 61-69
- Info. for while I am gone.
THEMES
- Media day
- Info. for while I am gone.
AP LITERATURE
- STOP. DON’T TOUCH THE FOOD!
- We need to check Hamlet study guide.
- Info. for while I am gone.
- THEN, team building exercise.
11.21.11
In Classroom on November 21, 2011 at 7:52 AMENGLISH 11
- Get lots of work done day.
- If you did not complete last Monday’s grammar book work on pages 72-73, then you need to finish it and turn it in today.
- If you did not turn in your Creative Writing #2 on Friday, then you need to finish it and turn it in today.
- If you are not caught up on Journals, then get journals 61-69 ready to be graded tomorrow.
- IF YOU ARE MISSING ANYTHING, GET IT FINISHED BEFORE TOMORROW!
THEMES
- I do not have very many vocabulary 1-5 sheets turned in….
- Frame Story is DUE TODAY.
- IF YOU ARE MISSING ANYTHING, GET IT FINISHED BEFORE TOMORROW!
AP LITERATURE
- Grading Hamlet study guide.
- Poetry Response due tomorrow.
FYI
In Classroom on November 17, 2011 at 11:51 AMI am very disappointed; therefore, anyone who gets their name written down by a sub for behavior will automatically get ISS — no questions or excuses.
There is ZERO need for you to be behind my desk or in my classroom outside of your own class period.
Nov. 17, 2011
In Classroom on November 17, 2011 at 8:24 AMENGLISH 11
- Journal #66 — (Changed) What was the most special Christmas gift you ever received? (or other gift) Which would you rather do give gifts or receive them? Explain your answers.
- Journal #67 — Write a scene from the point of view of a character being left by another character. If possible, avoid all cliches of soap operas, TV shows, and badly written books and movies. Try to use action and character gestures to show instead of telling.
- CREATIVE WRITING #2 — YOUR CHOICE — DUE TOMORROW
THEMES
- Frame story — Due Monday <- last BIG grade.
- Today is a work day for period 2.
- Media day for period 5.
AP LITERATURE
- Finishing Hamlet? If we don’t finish it in class, then you will need to finish it on your own.
- Act III questions due today. Review Packet graded on Monday.
- Book talks in HR — Monday and Tuesday.
- Creative writing, 1984, memorize “To be or not to be” — these are all on you to complete!
Nov. 16, 2011
In Classroom on November 16, 2011 at 7:55 AMENGLISH 11
- Journal #66 — (Changed) What was the most special Christmas gift you ever received? (or other gift) Which would you rather do give gifts or receive them? Explain your answers.
- Today is a work day on Creative Writing #2 (CW2) — I am considering it due tomorrow if no one is working on it in class today.
THEMES
- PERIOD 2 — Media Day (FRAME STORY workday tomorrow)
- PERIOD 5 — Workday on FRAME STORY (Media day tomorrow)
AP LITERATURE
- I am at our last (hopefully) Baby Daily appointment, which I forgot to tell you about.
- We will get in any book talks during Thursday, Monday, and Tuesday during HR.
- Read Act V, Scene 1 for tomorrow and we will try to finish Hamlet in class. You can fill in the review packet up to where you are — don’t cheat — it is for your benefit and completion points.
- Act III questions are due tomorrow also.
- You have 1984 and a creative writing assignment to consider too.
Nov. 15, 2011
In Classroom on November 15, 2011 at 8:06 AMENGLISH 11
- Journal #64 — you can do the topic in your syllabus or free write.
- Journal #65 — Write about someone who is pretending to be someone or something that he or she is not.
- NOVEL READING DAY
- FILL OUT READING LOG — Next Tuesday will be the last day for the log. I will convert it into a lot of points.
- Zombie Notes
- Frame Story — You need to have this finished for Monday. (Next week we will read Monday and have media day Tuesday.)
- Hamlet, Act IV (page 213)
- Email your poetry response before the day is up
Nov. 14, 2011
In Classroom on November 14, 2011 at 7:44 AMENGLISH 11
- Journal #63 — Use the following words in a new writing: sylph, rabble, fizzy, styptic, and freckled.
- GRAMMAR BOOK — Pages 72-73 (17 total questions) — turn in today.
- I need to finish checking journals 51-60.
- All late work has to be in before Thanksgiving Break.
THEMES
- NOVEL READING DAY
- Fill out reading log
- You can read and/or work on novel vocabulary.
- All late work has to be in before Thanksgiving Break.
- If you did not turn in a revised second draft or comic, then you probably are not passing!
AP LITERATURE
- Reminder: Email poetry responses for tomorrow!
- Hamlet Act IV (pg 187)
- Act III questions are due Thursday.
- All late work has to be in before Thanksgiving Break.
11.11.11
In Classroom on November 11, 2011 at 8:07 AMENGLISH 11
- Journal #62 — Write about someone who receives a disturbing note on their car window.
- Grading Journals 51-60 TODAY!
- Finish character sheet — then read and work on vocabulary 1-5.
- Creative Writing #2 — DUE WEDNESDAY (No more in-class work days on it)
- Vocabulary sheet 1-5 DUE.
- Journals 11-15 DUE. If you don’t have them, then you can turn them in by the end of the day. Remember journals are worth 10% of your 9 weeks grade — write twice as much as you think you should
- Hamlet Act I questions — Turn them in to the box.
- Don’t forget to read 1984 — it is the exam.
- Hamlet Act III questions
- iPhone/iPod apps you might find useful (all are free) — PlainText, Dropbox, POETRY from the Poetry Foundation, Merriam-Webster Dictionary, Scatterbrain, Pandora, HangmanFree, and Words with Friends.

