Acuity

If you were not here yesterday, scroll down to yesterday's entry and click on the STAR Reading link to take that test.

Everyone else, you need to take the Acuity exam for the 2nd 9 weeks today. Your username is your student number; your password is the first letter of your first name and the first four letters of your last name.

Acuity Test <= click here for Acuity. Complete the reading test. 

If you already took the test with Mrs. Engnes, continue working on your essay. Follow the guidelines from Monday to format your essay. I will be very picky about this!

When you have finished typing your essay, copy and paste the essay into Essay Check in WV Writes. Essay Check is a prompt I opened up for you. To copy and paste the essay, highlight your essay and push Ctrl + C, then click on the text box in WV Writes and push CTRl + V. Push OK if necessary.
Submit the essay and revise your essay based on the suggestions that WV Writes makes. If you have anything less than a 4, you need to keep working.

When you have finished all of that, work on another prompt for WV Writes. The goal is all fours!

STAR Reading

You have to take the STAR Reading test by January 31 (which is tomorrow). Click on the link and complete the reading test.

Username: School Number (probably starting with 9600)
Password: The first letter of your first name and the first letter of your last name (for me, it would be js)
If you are asked to input the monitor password, it is admin.

STAR Reading Test

Bell-ringer and Instructions 1/27/2014

Bell-ringer:

 Directions: Write the following sentences and then define the underlined words using context clues.

 1. The facetious video you showed us made my family die from laughter.

 2. That puzzle was so facile that even my baby sister could solve it.

 3.  We only have a facsimile of the Mona Lisa, not the real one.

 4. My father is too fastidious; nothing I do is ever good enough for him.

 5. The fealty of the soldier’s dog was inspiring; it even stayed beside his coffin. 

 Instructions:

 1. After you have finished the bell-ringer, begin typing the essay your wrote in class the last time we were in class. 

 2. Your essay should be written with a 12-point font, Arial, Times New Roman, or Calibri. 

 3. Your essay should be double-spaced without an extra space between the paragraphs. If you do not know how to format your essay correctly, then you need to ask Mr. Spivy for help.

 4. In the top left-hand corner, you need to head your paper with your name, your teacher's name, the class (Reading/Language Arts) and the finish date.

 5. The title of the essay (which should be an original title) will be centered at the top after the heading.  

 6. After you have finished typing your essay, you need to copy and paste it into WV Writes. I have opened up the prompt called "Essay Check" for this purpose. After submitting your essay, make any edits that you deem necessary after reviewing the suggestions from WV Writes.

 

Bell-ringer and Directions

Bell-ringer: Solve the problem below without the use of a calculator. You must show your work. 

Brian is a professional video-game tester. He is paid $20 each hour that he works. He also receives a 20% bonus of what he has earned during the pay period if he discovers a glitch in the program. Bryan is paid every other Friday. If Bryan worked 30 hours both weeks and discovered one glitch how much money will Bryan be paid (before taxes, of course)? 

Directions: 

You must finish your presentation today. Once you have checked the guidelines and made sure that your presentation meets all guidelines, ask Mr. Spivy to grade your presentation. You cannot receive a grade if he does not check your work. 

Once you are finished, you may work on an assignment for another teacher, read independently (from a book), or go to one of the following websites: 

1.) freerice.com

2.) typingweb.com --you do not need to create an account 

3.)Grammar Blast -- do the 8th grade level

Bell-Ringer and Directions

Bell-ringer: Write the following quote and answer any questions that may follow.

“A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.” John Maxwell

Complete sentences!

   1.      Of the three things (admitting mistakes, profiting from it, or correcting it) which do you believe is the most difficult to do? Why?

   2.      How can one profit from a mistake that has been committed? 

   Continue working on your presentation. If you finish today, you need to show your presentation to Mr. Spivy for a grade. 

   Tomorrow is your last day to work on  this. 

   Block: do these two exercises first--Comma Splices and Fused Sentences  and Fragments

Bell-ringer and Directions

December 11, 2013
Rewrite the following sentences and make any necessary corrections.

1.       Me and Ms. Smith have has alot of trouble, with the printer.

2.       It gived us many problems even tho it sayed it was alright.

3.       My dirty dishs has sit on the counter for too days.

4.       The fact that your goin and im not makes me angry.

5.       Two often, students put there items wear they dont belong. 

Continue working on your presentation. Follow the directions and guidelines from yesterday. 

    Block students: You must do the following grammar exercises before you may work on your presentation.

    Fragments

    Comma Splices and Fused Sentences

Bell-ringer and Instructions

 December 10, 2013
Bell-ringer: Write and original sentence for each of the words below. The sentences should be at least ten words long.

1. Detest- verb to hate

2. Detrimental- adj. destructive in nature

3. Devilry- noun hateful mischief 

4. Diaphanous- adj. almost completely translucent 

5. Dissever- verb to separate into pieces

Today you will be working on our first tech step. Follow the guidelines below to create this techs step. You do not need to log-on to the Tech Step website to do this. 

Tech Steps—Digital Storytelling

You will be creating a digital story using Microsoft PowerPoint. Your presentation will tell a complete story (beginning, middle, and end) using text and images. We will be working in the computer lab the rest of this week; your digital story will be due on Friday.

Guidelines:

1.      The presentation must include at least ten story slides and a title slide.

2.      Each slide must have some text and an image that corresponds with the text. The images you select should enhance your story, not distract from your story.

3.      Each slide must be attractively designed. The color scheme of your presentation should not be black and white.

4.      There must be transitional animation from one slide to the next.

5.      There must be animation in each slide.

6.      Your presentation should include the components of a story (plot, characters, setting).

7.      You may use a story that you have already created as your basis for this project. However, you cannot rip off another author or a filmmaker.