Tuesday, 11/27/12

So yesterday:
-Super Silent Reading
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Our homework was to go on dailyoped and pick an article we like/found interesting. During class we discussed them with our groups and then as class.

Ortega gave us an article called Grover is Over, we read it and took a few notes in our notebook. After reviewing what the article meant we had time to work our our timed writing pieces.

All notebooks go graded.

Homework: bring research and whatever else you need for your speech.

Also, keep looking at dailyoped ...daily.

Monday, 11/26/12

Hey you guys this is going to be awful because it's like Wednesday and Monday was so long ago.

-SSR
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After reading, we wrote in our notebooks, Ortega asked a bunch of people for the first sentence of their articles, and we chose our favorites. From there Ortega gave a lecture about attention grabbing sentences. The last few minutes of class we practiced writing sentences for our timing writing speeches.

Also we got our timed writing speeches back.

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Ortega also started to check some peoples notebooks, but she didn't get to every one. Since I'm super late on this I know that she definitely checks them on Tuesday.

And at 9:26 we left to Ogden's.

Monday, November 19th

Sup Dudes and duddetes, Nick here, scribing for the day of Monday, November 19th. Here was our schedule for those of you who missed it:

• We started the day off with SSR for twenty minutes.
• We then proceeded to work on our newly assigned quick-writes. The topic was our bill for Model Assembly. You had to write about the problem your bill solved, how it did it, and you had to appeal to delegates to motivate them to vote for you. 

Anywho, that was our schedule for the day. It would have been better if I didn't miss all those people who weren't there, but I made it through the day. This has been Nick, and I'll see you guys later.

Wednesday, November 14th

Hey guys! Me again. Lucky you! ;)
So, it was totally weird to have our first rotation class today, but hey, we did it! In case you forgot, class went a little something like this:

• SSR
• We talked about our Thanksgiving party, and how our grand plans may be somewhat diminished
• We went over the Obama the Dealmaker  article. (Here it is again. You're welcome.)
• Then we got a few more handouts, including our grades.

Guys! Don't forget to organize your notebooks! She's going to collect them next week.

Cool! Emma, out!

Tuesday, November 13th

Hey guys! Emma here. It's Tuesday! Woooo!...or something. Well, here's a breakdown of what we did in class today!

• SSR
• Current events quickwrite, with a discussion to follow! (the question was something along the lines of "Now that the election is over, what is going on in politics? How does your knowledge or lack thereof affect the country?"
• Read an article from the NY Times about the fiscal cliff, and discussed pros and cons from the point of view of the author. (here it is!)

...and for homework? Go here and find an editorial article. Print it out and bring it to class tomorrow.

Alright guys, do your homework.

Emma, out!

Thursday, November 8th, 2012

Hey, guys! This week is ALMOST over, yay! But before any of you start planning for the weekend, here's a breakdown of what happened today.

• Literature Circle Presentations
• Which everyone did great on. Good job, guys. c: 

And that's pretty much it. Be sure to bring in two articles for Model Assembly research check tomorrow. See ya later, alligators!

Tuesday, November 6th, 2012

Hey, guys. Here's what we did today!

• SSR
• Work on literature circle presentations 

It was a simple day to say the least. Presentations are for sure on Thursday so get busy, little bees! 

Monday, November 5th, 2012

Hola, North House! I, Marissa Marie, will be your scribe for the week. ^___^ So! Let's get down to business.

• SSR
• Worked on final Literature Circle Presentations 

If you have any book orders, make sure to bring your money and talk to Ortega tomorrow. 

Due to recent unfortunate events happening on Cal Poly, you should make sure you have the Cal Poly Police number in your phone. If you don't already: (909) 869-3070.

Final lit circle presentations are this Thursday!

We are in dire need of tissue! If you want some extra credit, bring in some tissue boxes. (: 

Friday Schedule 11/1

So, basically:

• SSR
• Today was the last day to report to Madestra Ortega books to be counted for October book comp.
• LC Presentations 
• Ortega actually passed out the presentation contract
• We have first rotation monday to work on presentation 
• Rotation 2 is presentation day 

Enjoy your weekend! And by the way... North will prevail!

Book Competition results

• E: 41 books
• S: 39 books 
• N: 37 books 
• W: 25 books