New blog site

Due to CAK blog policies in relation to blogger.com, I have moved the blog for this class to Gaggle. I apologize for the inconvenience of moving to a new site, but continuing with blogger was going to become even more inconvenient. Click on the link below to get to the new site and then save the new site in your favorites for easy access. Do notice that the new site includes all my classes, so make sure you look at the posts for your class so you don't accidentally do the work for 12 AP! :)

http://www.gaggle.net/blog/bakerenglish

Friday, August 17, 2007

Today in class we will--

• turn in summer reading list and summer reading report, following the required format for submitting written work
  
• Continue working on the group project from yesterday
  
• prepare to present your group findings
• if time allows, begin presenting
  
• Homework for Monday--read the article about students studying under airport lights and write a journal entry about the value of your education to your life. Remember to follow the instructions for your journal that you received Wednesday and remember to have a 3-ring binder to put it in.
  

Thursday, August 16, 2007

Today in class we will--

• have instructions on roles and actions in small groups
• divide into small groups
• do the first half of the group activity related to learning behaviors and teacher actions that enhance learning
• Homework for tomorrow: turn in the summer reading report and signed list
• Homework for Monday: read the article about students studying under airport lights and write a journal entry discussing the value of your education, both current and future, to your life
  

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Today in English, we will--

• find out about this class
• hand out literature books
• fill out an information card giving me your first and last name, the name you usually go by, a phone number where I can reach a parent or guardian (and the name of the parent or guardian I will reach if I call that number)
  
• write two things about yourself: Three sentences that you think someone else would use to describe you to someone else in a conversation and three sentences that you would use to describe yourself to someone else who had never met you. Be prepared for me to read these aloud.
  
• Homework for Friday: Have your summer reading signed list and reports for Friday. Also have your notebook with dividers (properly labeled) and notebook paper for Friday.
• Homework for Monday: Read the article about the students studying under the airport lights and do a journal entry discussing in what way(s) you see your education--both current and future--as being valuable to you in life.
  

Welcome to the class blog

This is the blog for English 11 Advanced. Students will see it up on the screen during class most days, but they can also see it from anywhere they have internet access. It is for students in the class and their parents so that they can

• check to make sure they know what the assignment is
• see what we did on a day the student was absent
• check the vocabulary list for the week

I recommend adding the blog to your favorites so that you don't have to remember the URL when you want to check it out. Let this be your FIRST resort when you need to know something about the class.