For Lane

Lane, I don't know how you are on sources, but I ran across this article from the Star News. Maybe you can use it...

http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20100227/ARTICLES/100229715/1004?Title=Social-networking-sites-create-new-realm-of-personal-safety-concerns

Hi from Boston

Hi everyone!

Just checking in on how today went!

Don't forget your 4 pages on Monday and your 2 log checks!

Have a great weekend!

Have a great weekend!

So, tomorrow you are:

1. taking vocab quiz

2. working on a Works Cited assignment

3. doing something creative with B-wolf

Hand in your mentor forms!

Be good for the sub! I don't know who the sub is yet, because everyone I'm trying to get can't sub tomorrow!

People who need me to change their grades--remind me on Monday. I can't get into the grade system (it's down or something) so I'll have to fix things on Monday (and you know I'll forget).

Have a great weekend! See you on Monday!

2 pages tomorrow! (and other stuff)

Your 2 pages are due tomorrow! They must be printed in MLA format! Please remember my rules on printing...

Keep looking for a mentor!

Do you all want to go to the library for a bit during class tomorrow? Or would going to the computer lab be more beneficial?

Let me know!

Vocab Homework

Ok freaking out. I was not there yesterday so I definitely do not know what the vocab homework is, so if anyone can tell me what it was I would appreciate it.

im sure you've gone over this before but is it okay if i only printed out the pages in needed from sources?

Mentor?

Mrs. Moon, I've been looking for a mentor, and i've contacted people but none of them have responded. I have emailed some and left messages over the phone but no reply, and im starting to freak out. There is a certified nurse at my moms school that would most likely be able to be my mentor. she's not an AIDS expert, but i havent been able to find many of those, and those that i've found i have already contacted with no success. Would it be alright if she was my mentor even though shes not an "expert"?

I feel like I'm forgetting something. I have my notecards, interview questions, revised intro, and vocab assignment - is there anything else I need to turn in tomorrow, having missed the last three days?

Write those outlines

Good job today. Once you all finally got on track and stopped talking about Teen Mom, we finally got some work done! ;)

So, for tomorrow, get those formal outlines done! Just try your hardest. I know that it can be difficult, but you can do it!!

Also, remember to have your 10 interview questions tomorrow.

More work time in class tomorrow after we read some Beowulf!

Have a great weekend!

Over the weekend, don't forget to work on your 75 note cards!

Trust me, you will want to come to class with your 75 cards on Monday. I know that some of you are giving blood; however, that is not an excuse for you to not complete them. I need to see those cards!

We will begin formally structuring your paper on Monday--you don't want to miss it!

Let me know if I can help you in any way via the blog over the weekend...

Don't forget

1. Vocab quiz tomorrow

2. Work on those note cards! (75 due Monday)

3. Find a mentor!

4. Work on your Anglo-Saxon riddle (but it's not due for a while)

5. Write 10 interview questions

Did I miss anything?

Good class today! I laughed numerous times! I feel bad for people who don't get to laugh every day in their profession...

Gymnastics Bloopers

Here is a great gymnastics bloopers video, hope you like it!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ7cThD85Js

For Thursday

Here's the latest...

Your vocabulary writing is due tomorrow!

Any paper changes are due tomorrow!

Finish your British history guided notes from the book.

Be prepared to read Beowulf. (Sorry Burton gave so much away. But don't worry, he didn't mention anything about the elves, goblins, and shape-shifters!)

Have a great night!

What we have going on...

40 note cards due at the beginning of class tomorrow

Work on your vocab homework

Find a mentor

The answer to the Anglo-Saxon riddle:
mead (alcohol)

**Good job, Laurens!**

Anything else?

I just want to apologize for my outburst about Bonnaroo today. It's just very hard for me to think about any of my students as anything but perfect, wonderful people. I want to see each and every one of you with the promise that you have.

OK, that's the LAST time it will be mentioned!

If you go to this website, look at the right hand side and play the game called "DIG IT UP" , and tell me your final outcome, you can win a prize tomorrow...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/anglo_saxons/

Something You Don't See In Wilmington

I can't believe it. Hope everyone had a good snow day.

SNOW!

Finally!

Happy Long Weekend

Hope you have a great long weekend... Don't forget:

1. Advisor log check on Tuesday

2. 30 note cards due at the beginning of class

3. Intro and thesis due Tuesday

Anything else?

We will be going back to the computer lab on Tuesday, too, unless no one really needs to go. You can find sources or work on note cards in there.

We will review what we know about Old English and Beowulf then finally start to read on Wednesday!!

Laney Basketball

Congrats to the boys B-Ball team for placing second in the conference. At least one Laney sport will see the post season!

For Friday

Here's the plan for tomorrow:

Vocabulary quiz 2

We are going to the library to take notes/find a book source

Everyone must meet with me tomorrow about your outline

Info on thesis sentences...due Tuesday

See you at open house!

Great Song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI2eO_mNM88

Thought you guys might like to hear some of the music jay and i listen to.

For Thursday 2/11

Good job in the computer lab today! Here is what we have going on...

1. Keep finding sources for your paper. You will need to find some outside of class!

2. Bring your outline tomorrow. You will all conference with me about it!

3. Vocabulary images due tomorrow.

4. Keep bringing in any forms for me.

5. GO HEELS! BEAT DUKE!

For Wednesday the 10th

Good job today! You all worked very diligently in the computer lab! If everyone keeps up that kind of effort, we'll have no problems come research paper time!

Tomorrow, we will finish our presentations! Also, I want to help people who need it on their outlines, and I really want to see everyone's outline. We need to be sure you are on the right track.

We are also back in the lab for 40 minutes to find 2 more sources and make 2 more bib cards!

Are you going to the basketball game tonight? If so, I'll see you there!

This will be the extent of my posting on this blog...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aemXgP-2xyg

For Tuesday the 9th

Good class today! Don't you feel like you are getting to know your classmates?

For tomorrow, don't forget your outline. I know that they may change, but just try to get 3 points down about what you will write about.

FYI--the grammar quiz is cancelled! Is that OK with everyone? Or should we keep it?

Want to win a prize tomorrow? Come in tomorrow and tell me a fact you learned about a classmate during the presentations today and you will win a prize!

Super Bowl fun facts

Are you watching the game tonight? I am, but mainly for the commercials and to eat yummy finger foods! Here are some fun facts:

151.6 million: Number of people who will watch at least part of the game.

34: Number of languages the game is broadcast in.

1: Number of languages in which the word "football" doesn't mean "soccer."

53.5 million: Pounds of avocados consumed on Super Bowl Sunday

1 billion: Number of chicken wings consumed on Super Bowl Sunday.

7 million: Number of employees who will not show up to work Monday. (Hmmm...I wonder if any teachers will be absent!)

22,000: Number of parking spaces at the stadium

$5.6 billion: Amount consumers will spend on Super Bowl related items

$2.8 million: Cost for a 30-second advertisement slot during the game

2.9 million: Number of HD TVs bought for the Super Bowl in 2009.

20 million: Number of Americans attending a Super Bowl party

25%: Percent of women who watch the game and enjoy it.

10 million: Number of man-hours spent preparing food for the Super Bowl party.

10 million: Number of man-hours spent making the movie Avatar.

What do you think? Have any fun facts of your own to add? If you can tell me one of these fun facts on Monday, you win a prize!

Letters of Intent

I have your letters of intent!! I got them back just a few minutes ago!!

Do you think I owe the class donuts??

First to post

The thing that is special about my day is that I am the first to blog on Mrs Moon's blog, and that it is the first time I have ever blogged.

You made it!

OK, so you've found the blog and have become a member! Good for you!

So, for your first assignment (which is a grade), you need to add a comment to this post (click on the comments button below) telling the class something that was special/unique/exciting about your day today.

Remember: school appropriate only, no text speak/slang, be kind, use correct grammar!

Due date for this assignment is Monday, February 8 by 8:00 pm.

Good luck!