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Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Monday, December 13, 2010
Books for the Classroom
Dear parents,
Three things:
1. There are two tests this week – one on plurals and one on verb conjugation.
2. The Free Read project is due Friday, Jan. 7. I encourage all students to have it done by this Friday so that it does not hang over their head over Christmas break.
3. Recently I asked you for help and many of you responded. Thank you! Because of this, I will now have 20 new books for my classroom. This was so successful, that I thought I would try once more in the Yahoo for Homepages contest. This time we are going for 11 graphic novels. The more high interest materials I have in my classroom, the more our students will develop better reading skills. This will cost you NO MONEY – only two minutes of your time. I did this a few weeks ago and have gotten no spam or e-mails except one follow up e-mail thanking me for supporting a project in Donors Choose. You can do this as many times as you have an e-mail and it must be done by FRIDAY. If all of us did it once, it would help tremendously. If we all did it two or three times, we’d win again.
All you need to do:
Go to http://www.yahoo.homepagesforhomerooms.com/
Click FIND A PROJECT TO SUPPORT.
Click PROJECT ID (this is found in the middle of the page)
Enter 484817 into the project id box
Click Support This Project.
In the new window, look at the first thing – Change Your Homepage to Yahoo – click the link that says click here
Then choose the last option – Add this webpage to your home page tabs
Enter your e-mail address twice, click the box, and enter the security words.
That’s it! Total time – 2 minutes. Thanks!
If you don’t want it there anymore, just click TOOLS on your internet browser, scroll to the bottom of the menu and choose INTERNET OPTIONS. There you can just delete the Yahoo.com on your homepages. Easy!
If you really like me, you can do it again and again for every e-mail you have (just refresh the screen) and you could pass this along to all of your friends and family.
Mark Alford
English I
www.lordalford.com
Swimming
www.ohsswim.blogspot.com
Monday, December 6, 2010
6 Dec. 2010
Study for test tomorrow – go to www.lordalford.com then click 9th grade, then click Odyssey
Monster project tomorrow
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
23 Nov. 2010
Eat Turkey
Get progress reports signed.
Monster Project due Thursday, Dec. 2
Plurals Test - Thursday, Dec. 2
Odyssey Test - Friday, Dec. 3
Free Read Project - Jan. 7
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
17 Nov. 2010
There is a homophone test tomorrow. Study for it. It should take you all of 10 minutes to look these over a few times.
Also, the flag in my room is Blackbeard’s flag.
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Nov. 10, 2010
No homework for the rest of this week. However, you’ll be super smart to look over your homophones. It will take you about 3 minutes. Also, look up, “Mars, Bringer of War,” and see what you find. It may help you out on Friday.
Monday, November 1, 2010
1 Nov. 2010
No homework, but we will have a quiz tomorrow. Here are the terms that will be asked:
Metaphor
Dramatic irony
Antagonist
Pun
Rhyme scheme
Tone
I may reorder them for the quiz.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Monday, October 25, 2010
25 Oct. 2010
Finish Little Mermaid Context Clues sheet. If you are missing yours, you can get another copy off our web page in the vocabulary section.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
6 Oct. 2010
Study for the Arabian Nights test. How? By reading the "Fisherman and the Genie" and practicing with "The Fifth Voyage of Sinbad." You can find these on our web site (www.lordalford.com).
Here are the answers to "The Fifth Voyage of Sinbad":
1. a. is incorrect as it really doesn't teach us a lesson (which is what teaches us a moral means).
b. is correct, since it is only meant for us to enjoy
c. and d. are both incorrect since the story doesn't really address either of these
2. a. is correct - the guys had just started to roast the birds, so it makes since that they would make a meal out of them.
b. not too bad of an answer, but doesn't fit the roasting comment made in the sentence above it
c. nowhere does it give us a hint that they might take a nap.
d. they are doing horrible things, so good deeds is completely wrong
3. This is pure plot level. You could go back to paragraph two and find the answer, which is, of course, d.
4. a. is correct. Each answer after that gets more and more ridiculous.
5. a. is incorrect. It is a metaphor, but it uses like to make the comparison, so it is not a metaphor.
b. is incorrect - there is no reference being made to another story.
c. is incorrect - there is no play on words here.
d. is correct. It is a comparison using the word like.
6. d. is correct. Anytime you see a piece of writing in paragraph form, it will be prose.
7. We want to keep all verb tense the same, so b. is the correct answer.
8. Since Sinbad has gotten shipwrecked every time he went out, we can predict that he will get shipwrecked again in the next two stories. The correct answer is a.
9. d. is correct.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Monday, September 20, 2010
20 Sept. 2010
Get Short Story test signed.
Tomorrow's quiz - the extra credit will be Spider-Man. Also, one of the questions will be about an unreliable narrator.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
15 Sept. 2010
Finish all work not finished in class and STUDY FOR THE TEST TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!!!
I'd study these literary terms:
protagonist, antagonist, imagery, 3rd person omniscient, flat, conflict, situational irony, parts of the plot line, setting, theme.
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
14 Sept. 2010
Get progress report signed.
Study for the short story test on Thursday by: reading "Marionettes, Inc." found on our web site, knowing the six parts to the plot line, and reviewing your literary terms. By the way, the extra credit question on the test will be, "What is seppuku?"
Monday, September 13, 2010
13 Sept. 2010
Finish your Spider-English sheet for homework, if you did not do so already in class today.
Short Story test is Thursday. Look at our web site for some helpful advice.
Quiz tomorrow -
I will ask imagery, theme, round character, 2nd person point of view, verbal irony, and metaphor. Not in that order, but if you know these six terms, you will make a 100.
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Thursday, September 2, 2010
2 Sept. 2010
Finish the Conflict Chart by September 10th. There is a chart located on our web page - www.lordalford.com
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Friday, April 23, 2010
23 Apr. 2010
Work on Career Research Paper – next deadline – Wednesday! What is due? 1 page of your rough draft if it is typed (double spaced either 12 point Times New Roman font or 11 point Calibri font) OR 3 pages handwritten. One side of the page counts as a page.
THIS IS WORTH 2 GRADES!!!!!!!!!!
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
21 Apr. 2010
Subject Verb Agreement worksheet.
Work on your paper. Next deadline is the 28th – 1 page typed or 3 pages hand written of your rough draft.
Thursday, April 8, 2010
8 April 2010
If you did not go to the library today, you need to have 50 blank note cards. If you did, then you can continue to work on your paper by checking out http://www.orange.k12.nc.us/OHS/media/links.html.
Next deadline is Monday by the end of the period – 10 filled out note cards. I would really rather be at 25 by then, but 10 will get you the 100.
Any questions - http://www.lordalford.com/career/paper.htm
Friday, March 26, 2010
26 Mar. 2010
No new homework. If you did not finish yesterday’s homework, you have until Monday to turn it in for a late grade.
By the way, IT’S A GIRL!!!!!
Thursday, March 25, 2010
25 Mar. 2010
There is an EOC mini-test tomorrow. Nothing to study for, though.
Use your chart to label these sentences:
1. Odysseus had an adventure.
2. The monster with snakes for hair turned men into stone.
3. Carefully Theseus entered the twisty maze.
4. Hercules was being a really annoying guy at the funeral.
HINT - I believe every part of speech except IO is used.
HINT – Adventure is NOT a PN
Thursday, March 18, 2010
18 Mar. 2010
Get Odyssey test signed.
Get letter to parents signed.
Why do bees hum?
Because they don’t know the words! Ha! Ha!
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
16 Mar. 2010
Study for the Odyssey test tomorrow. Review your notes, the web page, the gods and goddesses.
For checking out the blog, I’ll give you this little tid bit:
The extra credit is – the dog’s name is Argos.
Also, I will show you a picture of Athena and Aphrodite.
Look over your epic convention sheet well.
Friday, March 12, 2010
12 Mar. 2010
Get the following signed:
1. Progress Report
2. Homophone Test
3. HTFE Test
Don’t forget that the Odyssey test is Wednesday
Thursday, March 11, 2010
11 Mar. 2010
Finish Monster Project. If you forgot what it is, check http://www.lordalford.com/9grade/odyssey/ody.htm for more information.
Talk to parents about your career choice.
Don’t forget that the Odyssey test is Wednesday.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
9 Mar. 2010
Read Stop 10, 11, and 12. There will be a quiz tomorrow. If you forgot your reading handout, you can find it on the Odyssey page of www.lordalford.com.
You know, just for fun, I might just ask these questions tomorrow:
- How long did they stay on the island?
- What mistake did Odysseus's men make?
- What god complained?
- What god sank their boat?
- What monster spit Odysseus toward Calypso's island?
- How long did he stay on Calypso's island?
*extra credit* How do they always refer to Circe (Hint - look at the epithet section to the right on the web page)?
Monster Project Due Friday
Odyssey Test moved to Tuesday.
O.K. Juan, I’ll attempt to update this daily, just for you.
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