Today we wrote about the following: Siddhartha learned that when he became content with himself, his choices and actions, and the world he was able to live up to his full potential and find true happiness. How can you live up to your full potential and find true happiness? (This was our punctual piece)
You had the rest of the day to work on assignments: Read for your book report, peer review, finish your Hero's Journey and Connection charts, or do any missing/late assignments.
Remember I will not accept any missing or late assignments after October 15th! So get those to me!
For Wednesday:
1. Turn in Any missing/late assignments!
2. You must come prepared to work, or you will lose points: bring your draft to type in the computer lab, bring your book to read, bring other assignments to work on!!
Monday, October 13, 2008
Friday, October 10, 2008
10-10-08: Siddhartha Ch. 12; Peer Review (A Days)
Today we started class by writing about 3 things we have learned about Buddhist/Hindu culture, life, or ourselves from reading Siddhartha.
We also turned in our Writer's Journals, so get those to me if you weren't in class!!
Then we read Siddhartha Chapter 12--the last chapter. Yay! Aren't you glad to be done? Things are wrapping up this term.
Finally we used the rest of the class period to peer review each others' drafts, using the peer review process we practiced last class with my paper.
For Tuesday:
1. Read Siddhartha Chapter 12, if you weren't in class.
2. Peer Review will be tricky for those of you who weren't in class. You will need to find a classmate who also was not in class to switch papers with. I will help you with this if you come and talk to me!
3. Start preparing your Hero's Journey chart and Connections chart. You should be finishing those up and getting them ready to turn in--we will be handing those in on Monday!
4. Bring your outside reading book!!!
We also turned in our Writer's Journals, so get those to me if you weren't in class!!
Then we read Siddhartha Chapter 12--the last chapter. Yay! Aren't you glad to be done? Things are wrapping up this term.
Finally we used the rest of the class period to peer review each others' drafts, using the peer review process we practiced last class with my paper.
For Tuesday:
1. Read Siddhartha Chapter 12, if you weren't in class.
2. Peer Review will be tricky for those of you who weren't in class. You will need to find a classmate who also was not in class to switch papers with. I will help you with this if you come and talk to me!
3. Start preparing your Hero's Journey chart and Connections chart. You should be finishing those up and getting them ready to turn in--we will be handing those in on Monday!
4. Bring your outside reading book!!!
Thursday, October 9, 2008
10-9-08: Siddhartha Ch. 12; Peer Review (B Days)
Today we started class by writing about 3 things we have learned about Buddhist/Hindu culture, life, or ourselves from reading Siddhartha.
We also turned in our Writer's Journals, so get those to me if you weren't in class!!
Then we read Siddhartha Chapter 12--the last chapter. Yay! Aren't you glad to be done? Things are wrapping up this term.
Finally we used the rest of the class period to peer review each others' drafts, using the peer review process we practiced last class with my paper.
For Monday:
1. Read Siddhartha Chapter 12, if you weren't in class.
2. Peer Review will be tricky for those of you who weren't in class. You will need to find a classmate who also was not in class to switch papers with. I will help you with this if you come and talk to me!
3. Start preparing your Hero's Journey chart and Connections chart. You should be finishing those up and getting them ready to turn in--we will be handing those in on Monday!
4. Get your outside reading book #2!
We also turned in our Writer's Journals, so get those to me if you weren't in class!!
Then we read Siddhartha Chapter 12--the last chapter. Yay! Aren't you glad to be done? Things are wrapping up this term.
Finally we used the rest of the class period to peer review each others' drafts, using the peer review process we practiced last class with my paper.
For Monday:
1. Read Siddhartha Chapter 12, if you weren't in class.
2. Peer Review will be tricky for those of you who weren't in class. You will need to find a classmate who also was not in class to switch papers with. I will help you with this if you come and talk to me!
3. Start preparing your Hero's Journey chart and Connections chart. You should be finishing those up and getting them ready to turn in--we will be handing those in on Monday!
4. Get your outside reading book #2!
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
10-8-08: Siddhartha Ch. 10-11; Peer Review Intro. (A Days)
Today we reflected on using the Hero's Journey Graphic Organizer to write our stories. Did this strategy help you organize your ideas? Did it help you develop or expand your ideas? If so, why? If not, why not? (This was our punctual piece).
Then we read Siddhartha Chapter 10 and Chapter 11. We are almost done! Can you believe it??
We read in groups and continued to fill in our Hero's Journey Charts for Victory and Achievement and our Connection Charts.
Finally we looked at my Hero's Story DRAFT! (Emphasis on draft, because it is far from being ready to turn in!). As we looked at my draft we practiced the peer review process that you will practice next time when you peer review each others' drafts.
So, for Friday:
1. Read Siddhartha Chapter 10 and Chapter 11, if you weren't in class and work on your Hero's Journey Chart.
2. Bring your 27 writer's journal entries! Make sure 5 of them are the Reading Like a Writer kind (if you need examples, see my Writer's Journal Blog: Scribbles & Specks
3. Make sure you have your Hero's Journey Story Graphic Organizer and Draft of your Hero's Story IN CLASS! Remember you get points for just having these items in class! Get those easy points.
Then we read Siddhartha Chapter 10 and Chapter 11. We are almost done! Can you believe it??
We read in groups and continued to fill in our Hero's Journey Charts for Victory and Achievement and our Connection Charts.
Finally we looked at my Hero's Story DRAFT! (Emphasis on draft, because it is far from being ready to turn in!). As we looked at my draft we practiced the peer review process that you will practice next time when you peer review each others' drafts.
So, for Friday:
1. Read Siddhartha Chapter 10 and Chapter 11, if you weren't in class and work on your Hero's Journey Chart.
2. Bring your 27 writer's journal entries! Make sure 5 of them are the Reading Like a Writer kind (if you need examples, see my Writer's Journal Blog: Scribbles & Specks
3. Make sure you have your Hero's Journey Story Graphic Organizer and Draft of your Hero's Story IN CLASS! Remember you get points for just having these items in class! Get those easy points.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
10-7-08: Siddhartha Ch. 10-11; Peer Review Intro. (B Days)
Today we reflected on using the Hero's Journey Graphic Organizer to write our stories. Did this strategy help you organize your ideas? Did it help you develop or expand your ideas? If so, why? If not, why not? (This was our punctual piece).
Then we read Siddhartha Chapter 10 and Chapter 11. We are almost done! Can you believe it??
We read in groups and continued to fill in our Hero's Journey Charts for Victory and Achievement and our Connection Charts.
Finally we looked at my Hero's Story DRAFT! (Emphasis on draft, because it is far from being ready to turn in!). As we looked at my draft we practiced the peer review process that you will practice next time when you peer review each others' drafts.
So, for Thursday:
1. Read Siddhartha Chapter 10 and Chapter 11, if you weren't in class and work on your Hero's Journey Chart.
2. Bring your 27 writer's journal entries! Make sure 5 of them are the Reading Like a Writer kind (if you need examples, see my Writer's Journal Blog: Scribbles & Specks
3. Make sure you have your Hero's Journey Story Graphic Organizer and Draft of your Hero's Story IN CLASS! Remember you get points for just having these items in class! Get those easy points.
Then we read Siddhartha Chapter 10 and Chapter 11. We are almost done! Can you believe it??
We read in groups and continued to fill in our Hero's Journey Charts for Victory and Achievement and our Connection Charts.
Finally we looked at my Hero's Story DRAFT! (Emphasis on draft, because it is far from being ready to turn in!). As we looked at my draft we practiced the peer review process that you will practice next time when you peer review each others' drafts.
So, for Thursday:
1. Read Siddhartha Chapter 10 and Chapter 11, if you weren't in class and work on your Hero's Journey Chart.
2. Bring your 27 writer's journal entries! Make sure 5 of them are the Reading Like a Writer kind (if you need examples, see my Writer's Journal Blog: Scribbles & Specks
3. Make sure you have your Hero's Journey Story Graphic Organizer and Draft of your Hero's Story IN CLASS! Remember you get points for just having these items in class! Get those easy points.
Monday, October 6, 2008
10-6-08: Siddhartha Ch. 9 (A Days)
Today we read Siddhartha Ch. 9. Continued to work on our Connections Charts and Hero's Journey Charts.
Then the rest of the period was yours to work on drafting your Hero's Tale. Hopefully the graphic organizer you used helped you to lay out all of the major events of your story.
For Wednesday:
1. Read Siddhartha Ch. 9 if you weren't in class.
2. Make sure you have a draft of your Hero's Tale Assignment IN CLASS! This is worth 20 points!
3. Bring your second outside reading book with you to class!
4. Keep up your Writer's Journal.
Then the rest of the period was yours to work on drafting your Hero's Tale. Hopefully the graphic organizer you used helped you to lay out all of the major events of your story.
For Wednesday:
1. Read Siddhartha Ch. 9 if you weren't in class.
2. Make sure you have a draft of your Hero's Tale Assignment IN CLASS! This is worth 20 points!
3. Bring your second outside reading book with you to class!
4. Keep up your Writer's Journal.
Saturday, October 4, 2008
10-3-08: Siddhartha Ch. 9 (B Days)
I missed all of you today. I hope you were able to get a lot accomplished!
Today we read Siddhartha Ch. 9. Continued to work on our Connections Charts and Hero's Journey Charts.
Then the rest of the period was yours to work on drafting your Hero's Tale. Hopefully the graphic organizer you used helped you to lay out all of the major events of your story.
For Tuesday:
1. Read Siddhartha Ch. 9 if you weren't in class.
2. Make sure you have a draft of your Hero's Tale Assignment IN CLASS! This is worth 20 points!
3. Bring your second outside reading book with you to class!
4. Keep up your Writer's Journal.
Today we read Siddhartha Ch. 9. Continued to work on our Connections Charts and Hero's Journey Charts.
Then the rest of the period was yours to work on drafting your Hero's Tale. Hopefully the graphic organizer you used helped you to lay out all of the major events of your story.
For Tuesday:
1. Read Siddhartha Ch. 9 if you weren't in class.
2. Make sure you have a draft of your Hero's Tale Assignment IN CLASS! This is worth 20 points!
3. Bring your second outside reading book with you to class!
4. Keep up your Writer's Journal.
Thursday, October 2, 2008
10-2-08: Right Mindfulness, Right Concentration; Siddhartha Ch. 8 (A Days)
Today we had two final great group presentations: Right Mindfulness and Right Concentration. We turned in our Group Presentation Note page too!
Next we read Siddhartha Ch. 8 and continued to work on our Hero's Journey Chart and Connections Chart.
Finally, we talked about the last assignment of the term--at least that you don't know about yet! Yay! This assignment will be for you to write a story about your life that follows the Hero's Journey. Write about an event that you accomplished in which you went through the Hero's Journey. I realize that not every stage will match up perfectly. But remember this is a story--every detail doesn't have to be completely accurate. Be creative and fill in the details, just base the story around something you have accomplished!
For Monday:
1. If you missed class, read Siddhartha Ch. 8
2. Complete the Hero's Journey Graphic Organizer for YOU and your story. We will be drafting your story in class, so make sure you get this done!
3. Get your 2nd Book and read, read, read!
4. Write in your Writer's Journal.
Next we read Siddhartha Ch. 8 and continued to work on our Hero's Journey Chart and Connections Chart.
Finally, we talked about the last assignment of the term--at least that you don't know about yet! Yay! This assignment will be for you to write a story about your life that follows the Hero's Journey. Write about an event that you accomplished in which you went through the Hero's Journey. I realize that not every stage will match up perfectly. But remember this is a story--every detail doesn't have to be completely accurate. Be creative and fill in the details, just base the story around something you have accomplished!
For Monday:
1. If you missed class, read Siddhartha Ch. 8
2. Complete the Hero's Journey Graphic Organizer for YOU and your story. We will be drafting your story in class, so make sure you get this done!
3. Get your 2nd Book and read, read, read!
4. Write in your Writer's Journal.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
10-1-08: Right Mindfulness, Right Concentration; Siddhartha Ch. 8 (B Days)
White Rabbit!
Today we had two final great group presentations: Right Mindfulness and Right Concentration. We turned in our Group Presentation Note page too!
Next we read Siddhartha Ch. 8 and continued to work on our Hero's Journey Chart and Connections Chart.
Finally, we talked about the last assignment of the term--at least that you don't know about yet! Yay! This assignment will be for you to write a story about your life that follows the Hero's Journey. Write about an event that you accomplished in which you went through the Hero's Journey. I realize that not every stage will match up perfectly. But remember this is a story--every detail doesn't have to be completely accurate. Be creative and fill in the details, just base the story around something you have accomplished!
For Friday:
1. If you missed class, read Siddhartha Ch. 8
2. Complete the Hero's Journey Graphic Organizer for YOU and your story. We will be drafting your story in class, so make sure you get this done!
3. Get your 2nd Book and read, read, read!
4. Write in your Writer's Journal.
Today we had two final great group presentations: Right Mindfulness and Right Concentration. We turned in our Group Presentation Note page too!
Next we read Siddhartha Ch. 8 and continued to work on our Hero's Journey Chart and Connections Chart.
Finally, we talked about the last assignment of the term--at least that you don't know about yet! Yay! This assignment will be for you to write a story about your life that follows the Hero's Journey. Write about an event that you accomplished in which you went through the Hero's Journey. I realize that not every stage will match up perfectly. But remember this is a story--every detail doesn't have to be completely accurate. Be creative and fill in the details, just base the story around something you have accomplished!
For Friday:
1. If you missed class, read Siddhartha Ch. 8
2. Complete the Hero's Journey Graphic Organizer for YOU and your story. We will be drafting your story in class, so make sure you get this done!
3. Get your 2nd Book and read, read, read!
4. Write in your Writer's Journal.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
9-30-08: Right Action, Right Livelihood, Right Effort; Siddhartha Ch. 7 (A Days)
Today we had some great presentations on the next three steps in the eightfold path: Right Action, Right Livelihood, and Right Effort. Way to go to all those who presented today!
Then we read Siddhartha Chapter 7 in class. This chapter focused on the Temptation portion of the Hero's Journey Chart. The chapter was loaded with great examples.
For Thursday:
1. Read Siddhartha Chapter 7 if you weren't in class!
2. Group Presentations: Right Mindfulness and Right Concentration
3. Remember to get your outside reading book #2
4. Remember to write in your writer's journal
Then we read Siddhartha Chapter 7 in class. This chapter focused on the Temptation portion of the Hero's Journey Chart. The chapter was loaded with great examples.
For Thursday:
1. Read Siddhartha Chapter 7 if you weren't in class!
2. Group Presentations: Right Mindfulness and Right Concentration
3. Remember to get your outside reading book #2
4. Remember to write in your writer's journal
Monday, September 29, 2008
9-29-08: Right Action, Right Livelihood, Right Effort; Siddhartha Ch. 7 (B Days)
Today we had some great presentations on the next three steps in the eightfold path: Right Action, Right Livelihood, and Right Effort. Way to go to all those who presented today!
Then we read Siddhartha Chapter 7 in class. This chapter focused on the Temptation portion of the Hero's Journey Chart. The chapter was loaded with great examples.
For Wednesday:
1. Read Siddhartha Chapter 7 if you weren't in class!
2. Group Presentations: Right Mindfulness and Right Concentration
3. Remember to get your outside reading book #2
4. Remember to write in your writer's journal
Then we read Siddhartha Chapter 7 in class. This chapter focused on the Temptation portion of the Hero's Journey Chart. The chapter was loaded with great examples.
For Wednesday:
1. Read Siddhartha Chapter 7 if you weren't in class!
2. Group Presentations: Right Mindfulness and Right Concentration
3. Remember to get your outside reading book #2
4. Remember to write in your writer's journal
Friday, September 26, 2008
9-26-08: Right View, Right Intentions, Right Speech (A Days)
Today our punctual piece was to write about a time when you learned something on your own. What did you learn? How did you learn it?
Then we had three group presentations on the first three steps of the Eightfold Path: Right View, Right Intentions, and Right Speech. All of them were excellent. Way to go!
Either before or after group presentations we had a few minutes of catch up time. I hope you have used this time wisely.
Then for the last few minutes of class we went to the library to get a book for the next book report. Make sure you get your book and bring it with you to class for next Wednesday!
For Tuesday:
1. Group Presentations: Right Action, Right Livelihood, and Right Effort.
2. Get your book and start reading!
3. Remember to write in your writer's journal!
Then we had three group presentations on the first three steps of the Eightfold Path: Right View, Right Intentions, and Right Speech. All of them were excellent. Way to go!
Either before or after group presentations we had a few minutes of catch up time. I hope you have used this time wisely.
Then for the last few minutes of class we went to the library to get a book for the next book report. Make sure you get your book and bring it with you to class for next Wednesday!
For Tuesday:
1. Group Presentations: Right Action, Right Livelihood, and Right Effort.
2. Get your book and start reading!
3. Remember to write in your writer's journal!
Thursday, September 25, 2008
9-25-08: Right View, Right Intentions, Right Speech (B Days)
Today our punctual piece was to write about a time when you learned something on your own. What did you learn? How did you learn it?
Then we had three group presentations on the first three steps of the Eightfold Path: Right View, Right Intentions, and Right Speech. All of them were excellent. Way to go!
Either before or after group presentations we had a few minutes of catch up time. I hope you have used this time wisely.
Then for the last few minutes of class we went to the library to get a book for the next book report. Make sure you get your book and bring it with you to class for next Wednesday!
For Tuesday:
1. Group Presentations: Right Action, Right Livelihood, and Right Effort.
2. Get your book and start reading!
3. Remember to write in your writer's journal!
Then we had three group presentations on the first three steps of the Eightfold Path: Right View, Right Intentions, and Right Speech. All of them were excellent. Way to go!
Either before or after group presentations we had a few minutes of catch up time. I hope you have used this time wisely.
Then for the last few minutes of class we went to the library to get a book for the next book report. Make sure you get your book and bring it with you to class for next Wednesday!
For Tuesday:
1. Group Presentations: Right Action, Right Livelihood, and Right Effort.
2. Get your book and start reading!
3. Remember to write in your writer's journal!
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
9-24-08: SSR Book Report #1 (A Days)
Today we wrote our punctual piece about whether or not we liked the book we read for our outside reading assignment.
Next we divided up into groups of three to share our Symbolic Story Representation (SSR) for our first outside reading book this term. If you did not do this, you have until Friday to make it up. You must come see me during lunch or after school on Thursday or Friday to make it up. Thursday during lunch I will be in Room 113. Friday during lunch I will be in Room 112. And Thursday and Friday after school I will be in Room 112. Make sure you make this up! It is worth 250 points, so get it done, please!
After that the rest of class time was given to you to work on your group presentations, Hero's Journey Chart, Connections Chart, Writer's Journal, or any other missing/late assignments.
If you were not here, you will need to set up a time to do your SSR with me!
For Friday:
1. Group Presentations: Right View, Right Intentions, and Right Speech be ready to go at the beginning of class.
2. Get your 2nd book and start reading.
3. Remember to write in your writer's journal.
Next we divided up into groups of three to share our Symbolic Story Representation (SSR) for our first outside reading book this term. If you did not do this, you have until Friday to make it up. You must come see me during lunch or after school on Thursday or Friday to make it up. Thursday during lunch I will be in Room 113. Friday during lunch I will be in Room 112. And Thursday and Friday after school I will be in Room 112. Make sure you make this up! It is worth 250 points, so get it done, please!
After that the rest of class time was given to you to work on your group presentations, Hero's Journey Chart, Connections Chart, Writer's Journal, or any other missing/late assignments.
If you were not here, you will need to set up a time to do your SSR with me!
For Friday:
1. Group Presentations: Right View, Right Intentions, and Right Speech be ready to go at the beginning of class.
2. Get your 2nd book and start reading.
3. Remember to write in your writer's journal.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
9-23-08: SSR #1 (B Days)
Today we wrote our punctual piece about whether or not we liked the book we read for our outside reading assignment.
Next we divided up into groups of three to share our Symbolic Story Representation (SSR) for our first outside reading book this term. If you did not do this, you have until Friday to make it up. You must come see me during lunch or after school on Thursday or Friday to make it up. Thursday during lunch I will be in Room 113. Friday during lunch I will be in Room 112. And Thursday and Friday after school I will be in Room 112. Make sure you make this up! It is worth 250 points, so get it done, please!
After that the rest of class time was given to you to work on your group presentations, Hero's Journey Chart, Connections Chart, Writer's Journal, or any other missing/late assignments.
If you were not here, you will need to set up a time to do your SSR with me!
For Thursday:
1. Group Presentations: Right View, Right Intentions, and Right Speech be ready to go at the beginning of class.
2. Get your 2nd book and start reading.
3. Remember to write in your writer's journal.
Next we divided up into groups of three to share our Symbolic Story Representation (SSR) for our first outside reading book this term. If you did not do this, you have until Friday to make it up. You must come see me during lunch or after school on Thursday or Friday to make it up. Thursday during lunch I will be in Room 113. Friday during lunch I will be in Room 112. And Thursday and Friday after school I will be in Room 112. Make sure you make this up! It is worth 250 points, so get it done, please!
After that the rest of class time was given to you to work on your group presentations, Hero's Journey Chart, Connections Chart, Writer's Journal, or any other missing/late assignments.
If you were not here, you will need to set up a time to do your SSR with me!
For Thursday:
1. Group Presentations: Right View, Right Intentions, and Right Speech be ready to go at the beginning of class.
2. Get your 2nd book and start reading.
3. Remember to write in your writer's journal.
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