Wednesday, Dec. 13th Lesson Plan:
FIRST, there are several things to catch up on as a class:
1. There are 4 students who still do not have their Romeo and Juliet FC (final copy) posted on their blog: Michele, Micaela, Sophia T. and Magenta. This must be done and ready to be checked by me Thursday the 14th.
2. Only 5 people had the Novel 6 Rough Draft done on paper on Monday: Alessandra, Manfredi, Francesca, Matteo and Magenta. The other 14 students MUST have this to show me on Thursday the 14th (tomorrow) when we have class in B2.
3. There are 8 students who still have to leave a comment on my Dec. 4th blog entry: Stefania, Claudia, Michele, Patrizio, Giulio, Pietro, Elena, France. (I deleted 2 comments this morning, as they had errors in them!). This must be done TODAY in class. I will check this tonight.
4. Magenta- see me tomorrow about the Spanish Blog you have. Remind me to talk about the rules for linking blogs (and writing other blogs) in class in B2 tomorrow.

Today you are going to practice the posting of a comment on 4 other student sites. Link in from Mr. P's site, which is on the desktop of all the computers in the lab. You are to go in ALPHABETICAL order, and leave a 20-30 word posted comment on the next four student's entries for their "Romeo and Juliet" character analysis. You are to go to the four student's sites, READ carefully their commentary, and leave your comment. The comment must be an academic comment- you must state the good things done in the blog entry that you just read, and you must proofread your comment carefully.
You will be graded by the student owner of the blog where you left your comment for grammar, spelling and completeness- and to see if you followed the directions (20-30 total words).

For example, Sofia A. will post a comment on the sites of Stefania A., Alessandra B., Claudia C., and Michele C. The four students (Stefi, Ale, Claudia and Mike) will check Sofia A.'s comment for:
-Grammar- complete sentences, capitalization, etc.
-"rules" (20-30 words)
-spelling
-only "positive" AND academic comment content

I expect to find all the above work done when I log into my site this evening at home, and read your blogs from the links on my site.

Have a good lesson, and see you Thursday.

PS: Oh yeah, I almost forgot...if you do not get the work above done... you will get a progress (actually, LACK of "progress") report Friday. Not a threat...a promise!

Monday, December 4th, 2006
Today I will continue to look at the same work as Friday (R+J RC's; Novel 6 choice; bookmarking everyone's blog on the class blog; etc.).
You will all be in putting into your blogs the R+J blog entry today.

Addition: I also want everyone to have the "comment" area open for posting of comments on the "Romeo and Juliet" character analysis. Therefore, several students in the class (Stefano, Michele, etc) will help the others go into their "template" area and show you all how to activate the comments area.
I will also start leaving comments too!

Homework for Monday, Dec. 11th:
1. Finish Novel 6.
2. Write a "synopsis" RC of the Novel 6 on paper. It must be 150 (140-160) words, and be done for class on Monday.
3. Be ready to post comments on 4-5 other peoples R+J Blog entries. I will assign you the persons to comment. You will go to the class site first and then click on the link for the other students from there.

Lesson Plan: Friday, December 1st, 2006

Today we have to do the following:
1. Mr. Pastore will check each student's RC of the "R+J" Character analysis.
2. Mr. Pastore and each student will bookmark each student's site on this site.
3. Mr. Pastore will check that each student has a ""novel 6" to start this quarter. This novel should be finished by Monday, December 11th.
4. All students should have given their signed "Focus area" note to Mr. S. After he has them all, I will check the signatures, and give them back to you to take home to attach to your quarter 1 report card.

Today you will also read Novel 6, and have time to go to the library to get another book if you need one.

Next week we only have LA8 one time, since Wednesday the Arts Block show rehearsal is after lunch, and Thursday the Arts Block show takes the whole afternoon, and Friday is a national holiday, so there is no school.