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Enjoy.
See you Monday.
Yours truly,
M. Kittner
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"Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers." ~Charles W. Eliot
Personal Narratives
_Live Wire_ by Harlan Coben
_Comfort_ by Joyce Moyer Hostetter
_A Heartbeat Away_ by Michael Palmer
Higher Order Thinking Skills
This diagram shows Maslow's hierarchy of needs, represented as a pyramid with the more basic needs at the bottom.
It's not all about your "book" smarts! Click to take the test!
Read Irresponsibly!
"Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers." ~Charles W. Eliot
Vocabulary Practice Tests
Reminders:
Content Links
Current Classroom Focus:
Personal Narratives
Author's Purpose
Figurative Language
Four Types of Conflicts:
Mr. Kittner has just finished . . .
_Live Wire_ by Harlan Coben
Next on my someday book list . . .
_Comfort_ by Joyce Moyer Hostetter
Mrs. Kittner is currently reading ...
_A Heartbeat Away_ by Michael Palmer
Look who's reading your posts!
Interactive Study Guides
Lists 14 & 15
Lists 12 & 13
Lists 10 & 11
Lists 8 & 9
Lists 6 & 7
Lists 4 & 5
Lists 2 & 3
Lists Practice & 1
2009-2010 Bookmarks:
Sentence Patterns:
(S V = a complete sentence, also known as an independent clause)
Appositive (inside commas, renames the noun, e.g., Mr. Kittner, my English teacher, loves Wake Forest.)
SP 0: S V , conjunction S V.
SP 1: S V ; S V.
SP 1a: S V ; connector , S V.
SP 3: S V : S V. (general : specific)
SP 10: S V: one word or a list.
SP 4: A , B , C (series without a conjunction)
SP 4a: A and B and C (series with conjunctions)
SP 5: A and B , C and D , E and F (balanced pairs)
SP 6: Appositive, appositive, appositive -- summay word S V. (summary words: such, all, those, this, many, each, which, what, these, something, someone)
(S V = a complete sentence, also known as an independent clause)
Appositive (inside commas, renames the noun, e.g., Mr. Kittner, my English teacher, loves Wake Forest.)
SP 0: S V , conjunction S V.
SP 1: S V ; S V.
SP 1a: S V ; connector , S V.
SP 3: S V : S V. (general : specific)
SP 10: S V: one word or a list.
SP 4: A , B , C (series without a conjunction)
SP 4a: A and B and C (series with conjunctions)
SP 5: A and B , C and D , E and F (balanced pairs)
SP 6: Appositive, appositive, appositive -- summay word S V. (summary words: such, all, those, this, many, each, which, what, these, something, someone)
2009-2010 Classroom Reading:
- _Hidden Talents_ -David Lubar
- _Nothing But the Truth_ -Avi
- "The Trouble with Television" -Robert MacNeil
- _The Giver_ -Lois Lowry
- from _I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings_ -Maya Angelou
- from _Sharing in the American Dream_ -Colin Powell
- "A Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr." -Alice Walker
- "The American Dream" -Martin Luther King, Jr.
- "Harriet Tubman: Guide to Freedom" -Ann Petry
- _Montmorency: Thief, Liar, Gentleman?_ -Eleanor Updale
- "The Selfish Giant" -O. Wilde
- "The Last Leaf" -O. Henry
- "One Thousand Dollars" -O. Henry
- "After Twenty Years" -O. Henry
- "The Gift of the Magi" -O. Henry
- "A Retrieved Reformation" -O. Henry
- "The Happy Prince" -Oscar Wilde
- _The Pearl_ -John Steinbeck
- "The Tell-Tale Heart" -Edgar Allen Poe
- "The Monkey's Paw" -W. W. Jacobs
- "Flowers for Algernon" -Daniel Keyes
- "Thank You, M'am" -Langston Hughes
- "My Hero" -Bob Sizoo
- "A New Understanding" -Bob Sizoo
- "The Gift" -Mark Farrington
- "Hands of Love" -Stacey Navarre
- "Sweet" -John Triska
What people say about books:
"When you sell a man a book, you don't sell him 12 ounces of paper and ink and glue -- you sell him a whole new life." -Christopher Morley
"When I get a little money, I buy books; if any is left, I buy food and clothes." -Erasmus
"The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them." -Mark Twain
"People only learn through two things. One is reading and the other is association with smarter people." -Will Rogers
"When I get a little money, I buy books; if any is left, I buy food and clothes." -Erasmus
"The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them." -Mark Twain
"People only learn through two things. One is reading and the other is association with smarter people." -Will Rogers
AR tests Mr. Kittner has taken during the '10-'11 School Year:
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Caught by Harlan Coben
Box Out by John Coy
Cryptic Hunters by Roland Smith
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger
Diary of a Wimpy Kid V: The Ugly Truth by Jeff Kinney
Blue by Joyce Moyer Hostetter
I.Q: Independence Hall by Roland Smith
Sabotaged by Margaret Peterson Haddix
The Rivalry: Mystery at the Army/Navy Game by John Feinstein
Tentacles by Roland Smith
Med Head by James Patterson
Caught by Harlan Coben
Box Out by John Coy
Cryptic Hunters by Roland Smith
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger
Diary of a Wimpy Kid V: The Ugly Truth by Jeff Kinney
Blue by Joyce Moyer Hostetter
I.Q: Independence Hall by Roland Smith
Sabotaged by Margaret Peterson Haddix
The Rivalry: Mystery at the Army/Navy Game by John Feinstein
Tentacles by Roland Smith
Med Head by James Patterson
Mr. Kittner's AR Points:
2010-2011: ???
2009-2010: 272.3
2008-2009: 387.2
2007-2008: 212.4
2009-2010: 272.3
2008-2009: 387.2
2007-2008: 212.4
Videos 2009-2010
Congratulations to the AR Top Ten for 2009-2010
1. B. Porter (465.9)
2. K. Yonkofski (389.6)
3. D. Woody (379.1)
4. Joa. Jones (269.1)
5. T. Strassburg (268.9)
6. M. Lybarker (267.8)
7. J. Russell (259.2)
8. J. Bowman (248.2)
9. S. Wright (244.8)
10. C. Hughes (241.3)
2. K. Yonkofski (389.6)
3. D. Woody (379.1)
4. Joa. Jones (269.1)
5. T. Strassburg (268.9)
6. M. Lybarker (267.8)
7. J. Russell (259.2)
8. J. Bowman (248.2)
9. S. Wright (244.8)
10. C. Hughes (241.3)
Congratulations! to the AR Top Ten for 2008-2009:
1. C. Surface (468.6)
2. Z. Hawkins (421.6)
3. S. Ashley (395.4)
4. Z. Hill (361.1)
5. A. Wade (360.2)
6. H. Freeman (343.8)
7. S. Schuster (336.0)
8. J. Holcomb (300.5)
9. A. Sanchez (280.2)
10. C. Gray (261.6)
*Mr. Kittner (387.2)
2. Z. Hawkins (421.6)
3. S. Ashley (395.4)
4. Z. Hill (361.1)
5. A. Wade (360.2)
6. H. Freeman (343.8)
7. S. Schuster (336.0)
8. J. Holcomb (300.5)
9. A. Sanchez (280.2)
10. C. Gray (261.6)
*Mr. Kittner (387.2)
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Did You Know?
Bloom's Taxonomy Verb Wheel
Higher Order Thinking Skills
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
This diagram shows Maslow's hierarchy of needs, represented as a pyramid with the more basic needs at the bottom.
Howard Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences
It's not all about your "book" smarts! Click to take the test!
Grading Scale
- 100-93 A
- 92-85 B
- 84-77 C
- 76-70 D
- <70 F
Why have students blog?
Fun and Useful Links!
- Choose Precise Verbs -- A List
- Wordle Word Clouds
- The 500 Most Common Errors in English -- is it y'all or ya'll?
- The Writing Center -- All the writing help you'll ever need!
- The Blue Book -- Online grammar and punctuation book
- Multiple Intelligences Test -- How do you learn?
- Merriam-Webster Dictionary/Thesaurus
- Rhyming Dictionary
- Reverse Dictionary -- Describe a concept and get back a list of related words
- AR Quiz Request Form
- vozMe -- Text to speech
- Fuzzmail -- records the act of writing and lets you send it as an email
- Visuwords -- Online Graphical Dictionay & Thesaurus (This is SO cool!)
- My Walkertown Middle School website -- vocabulary lists, class notes, reading logs, and more . . .
- Braingle.com -- Brain Teasers, Riddles, Trivia, Brain Exercises, Games, & more
- Quizlet -- Eats flashcards for breakfast!
- Online Tetris
- Online Apples to Apples (board game)
- Online Two-Player Connect Four
- Online Two-Player Checkers
- Online Solitaire
2 comments:
Mr.K, I have forgot if you told me or not, but did you ever read the sequel to Richard Peck's book "A Long Way From Chicago"? Also did you read "The Teachers Funeral" and "Here Lies The Librarian"?
L.Carico
L. Carico, forgotten have I not about the Peck novels. I've gotten caught up in a few series of novels (_Montmorency_, _Twilight_, and _Percy Jackson_).
Nonetheless, I have all three of the Peck novels you speak of on my personal book shelf; after cracking up through _A Long Way from Chicago_, I'm eager to resume his homespun humorous stories.
Thanks for the inquiry!
M. Kittner
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