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A2 Comprehensive Language Arts

In this first semester of Comprehensive Language Arts students will learn and practice a writing process in various contexts. They will read and respond to a variety of literature including Farenheit 451. Finally, they will complete a research project on a topic of their choosing.

9th and 10th Grade Language Arts Syllabus

What’s New In Comprehensive Language Arts

January 30 - February 10 - February 1, 2012 - Ms. Cushing
Lesson Plans

Lesson plans are now more interactive. Links to documents and websites will be included within the plans.
January 17-25 - January 17, 2012 - Ms. Cushing
Lesson Plans
January 3 - 13 - January 4, 2012 - Ms. Cushing
Lesson Plans
December 12-22 - December 12, 2011 - Ms. Cushing
Lesson Plans
November 28 - December 9 - December 6, 2011 - Ms. Cushing
Lesson Plans

This week students began reading the second section of Fahrenheit 451 – “The Sieve and the Sand”.
Please contact me for missing work as there are multiple versions of the reading guide depending on accommodations and specific goals.
November 14 - 22 - November 14, 2011 - Ms. Cushing
Lesson Plans
October 17 - 28 - October 19, 2011 - Ms. Cushing
Lesson Plans

Students are starting to read Fahrenheit 451 and complete the reading guide for the first section.

They are also continuing to write their Censorship and Free Speech Essays

Dear Parent/Guardian Letter

Hi all,

Here is a copy of the parent/guardian letter that will be going home with the students on their first day of Spanish class…

Dear Parents/Guardians,

Hello! My name is Ryan Simenson and I will be the Spanish teacher here at Lionsgate Academy. It was nice meeting you at the Open House, and I look forward to a fun, full year here at Lionsgate.

Learning another language can be fun, but at times can frustrating. I will do my best to provide the students various ways of reviewing the curriculum. For example, I will try to have regular video blogs of key parts of lessons, so if the students would like to review the material online, they will have the opportunity to do so. I will try to link the information that will be on the next test with the video lessons. Also I will post some of the Powerpoint lessons that I use in class on the website as well. To access this material, visit www.lionsgateacademy.org then under the LGA families section, click Classes, then on Spanish. If you don’t know which Spanish class your child is enrolled in, just click on any course, as they are all Spanish 1 and will have the video posts. For those students who would like a faster pace of the course, there will be outlets for that in class as well on the website.

I have attached a syllabus for the Spanish I class, it is also up on the website as well if needed.

My contact information is as follows…

rsimenson@lionsgateacademy.org

763-486-5359 ext 323

Thanks! I look forward to a successful and fun year of Spanish here at Lionsgate.

Ryan

Open House Night

Hello all,

It was very nice meeting everyone over the past two nights at the Open House here at Lionsgate. I enjoyed meeting the new students and I am very excited to begin the school year as the new Spanish teacher. Just a quick note that my extension here is 323. So if you need to call me here just call 763-486-5359 and ask for ext 323.

Thanks!

Mr. Simenson

September 7th/8th Grade Lesson Plans

Word of the month: Identify

September 6^th

Introduction/Syllabus

HW: Find a book for 1st quarter book report. Titles are due next Tuesday 9/13

HW: Signature on syllabus. Due Friday 9/9

September 7^th

Same

September 8^th

Sustained Silent Reading (SSR-The start of every class)

Writing Warm Up: How much do you like writing? How good do you believe you are at writing?

Introduction to first writing assignment (5 paragraph essay)

Discuss writing goals the students have

Make signs of the goals to hang up

Introduce IBOW–Identify Topic/Audience, Brainstorm ideas, Organize thoughts, Write and say more

HW: Find a book for 1^st quarter book report, due September 12^th/13th

*Reminder: Turn in signed syllabus, some students have not done this

September 9^th

Same

September 12^th

Go through prewriting process

Review structure of an essay (Intro, thesis, body paragraphs, conclusion)

Review structure of a paragraph (Topic sentence, detail sentences, conclusion)

September 13^th

Same

September 14^th

Review structure of 5 paragraph essay

Writing Prompt: How confident are you using the IBOW?

Start Writing the Paper

September 15^th

Reading Inventory

September 16^th

Reading Inventory

September 19^th

Each student writes a paragraph

Create IBOW cards

Review guidelines for essay

Brainstorm ideas

Start writing

September 20^th

Continue writing essay

September 21^st

Same

September 22^nd

Continue Writing

September 23^rd

Same

September 26^th

Review Editing/Revising

Correct another students paper

September 27^th

Same

September 28^th

Work on Editing

September 29^th

Make Up day

September 30th

Make Up Day

September 11 Grade

September 11^th Grade Lesson Plans

Word of the Month: Identify

September 6^th

Introduction/Syllabus

HW: Find book for 1st quarter book report. Titles are due next Tuesday 9/13.

HW: Parent/Guardian signature on syllabus. Due Friday 9/9

September 7^th

Same

September 8^th

Sustained Silent Reading (SSR-Class starts with this everyday)

Writing Warm Up: How much do you like writing? How good do you believe you are at writing?

Introduction to first writing assignment (5 paragraph essay )

Discuss writing goals the students have

Make signs of the goals to hang up

Introduce IBOW–Identify Topic/Audience, Brainstorm ideas, Organize thoughts, Write and say more

HW: Find book for 1^st quarter book report, due Sept. 12/13th

September 9^th

Same

September 12^th

Go over IBOW-Identify Topic/Audience, Brainstorm ideas, Organize thoughts, Write and say more

Go through the prewriting process

Review structure of an essay (Intro, thesis, body paragraphs, conclusion)

Review structure of a paragraph (Topic sentence, detail sentences, conclusion)

Each student writes a paragraph

Create IBOW cards

HW: If students did not complete in class, complete paragraph, due 14^th/15th

September 13^th

Same

September 14^th

Writing Prompt: How confident are you using the IBOW?

Start Writing the Paper

September 15^th

Reading Inventory

September 16^th

Reading Inventory

September 19^th

Same

September 20^th

Pick topic

Start writing

September 21^st

Same

September 22^nd

Continue writing

September 23^rd

Same

September 26^th-28th

Revising/Editing process

Write final draft

September 29-30th

Make Up Day

September 7 and 8

September 7^th/8th Grade Lesson Plans

Word of the month: Identify

September 6^th

Introduction/Syllabus

September 7^th

Same

September 8^th

Sustained Silent Reading (SSR-The start of every class)

Writing Warm Up: How much do you like writing? How good do you believe you are at writing?

Introduction to first writing assignment (5 paragraph essay)

Discuss writing goals the students have

Make signs of the goals to hang up

Introduce IBOW–Identify Topic/Audience, Brainstorm ideas, Organize thoughts, Write and say more

HW: Find a book for 1^st quarter book report, due September 12^th/13th

September 9^th

Same

September 12^th

Go through prewriting process

Review structure of an essay (Intro, thesis, body paragraphs, conclusion)

Review structure of a paragraph (Topic sentence, detail sentences, conclusion)

Each student writes a paragraph

Create IBOW cards

HW: If not completed in class, complete paragraph, due 14^th/15th

September 13^th

Same

September 14^th

Review structure of 5 paragraph essay

Writing Prompt: How confident are you using the IBOW?

Start Writing the Paper

September 15^th

Same

September 16^th

Peer Edit

September 19^th

Same

September 20^th

Publish/Make final copy

September 21^st

Same

September 22^nd

Introduction to Outsiders

Discuss Cliques vs. Gangs

Tree Map of characters and plot

September 23^rd

Same

September 26^th

Vocabulary worksheet using Context Clues

Read Outsiders

HW: Complete worksheet, due 28^th/29th

September 27^th

Same

September 28^th

Discuss Summarizing

Practice summarizing

Continue Reading The Outsiders

September 29^th

Same

September 30th

Tic-Tac-Toe Activity

Students will choose an activity from the Tic-Tac-Toe chart and create a project to go along with The Outsiders

Course description

This course is an introduction to the basic elements of the Spanish language and culture. Students will perform the most basic functions of the language, and become familiar with some elements of the various Spanish speaking cultures. Students will develop the four basic skills of speaking, listening, writing and reading, along with a general introduction to the culture (e.g. food, art, music,).

I will use various language teaching methods, primarily Total Physical Response and the Natural Method. Total Physical Response is a kinesthetic approach to language acquisition, it gets the students physically engaged in the language learning process and has been very effective in my past experience.

Art Room Under Construction

Wear your hardhat — Watch out for falling art supplies!

We look forward to a new and exciting year of ART classes! You can look forward to a new teacher (Ms. Kitzman), a new EA (Ms. Nygaard), a newly organized room, and a bunch of new class options! See you soon!

Classes underway

Welcome to a NEW course called Work Based Learning. Students in the AIM program (ages 18-21) have started this class and you can check a separate page for updates. For High School Students: This course will be available to you starting second quarter.

B4 Middle School Physical Education

There will be two parts to this course. Part one will be based on the instruction of a variety of physical activities, both group/team and individual. These activities may include: low organized games, soccer, frisbee golf, flag football, orienteering, volleyball, and badminton.

Part two will be the fitness based section of the class where students will have the opportunity to participate in the Olivet Fitness Center. Throughout the semester, the students will learn the major muscle groups of the body and a variety of exercises for those muscles. The F.I.T.T. principle will be taught and employed to ensure that students are engaging in appropriate levels of personal fitness based exercise.

Physical Education Syllabus

What’s New In Physical Education

Basketball - February 15, 2012 - bgran
We are midway through our basketball unit. We are currently focusing on theory and positioning on the court, both offensively and defensively.

A link to the current lesson plans is below:

https://docs.google.com/a/lgamn.org/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AqGGA6YD1Pt5dG03V1FiX2JRZmhtN1ItcVgyaFZhTGc#gid=0
Badminton - January 4, 2012 - bgran
New Year, new unit of study! Badminton will be approached much as we did volleyball. We will introduce skills and basic rules and then add in more official rules as students skills allow.

A link to the unit lesson plan is included below:

https://docs.google.com/a/lgamn.org/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AqGGA6YD1Pt5dGdWd0xFeHBDMEJIY1NPQzhOM2loblE&hl=en_US#gid=0
Volleyball - November 30, 2011 - bgran
Our Volleyball unit has begun. We are introducing and reviewing skills. Many of our games are significantly modified from official rules to better facilitate participation. As our skills progress, we will begin adding in more official rules, hopefully eliminating all modifications by the end of the unit.

A link to our unit lesson plans is below:

https://docs.google.com/a/lgamn.org/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AqGGA6YD1Pt5dHdjSzZFd2ZVN3BEdkJaSFNkRUYtRmc&hl=en_US#gid=0
Soccer Quiz - September 26, 2011 - bgran
All PE classes will have their soccer quizzes this Thursday and Friday, September 29th and 30th. Study materials have been handed out to students and are also available here: Soccer Notetaker Soccer out of bounds graphic organizer Soccer Study Guide

A2 Comprehensive Language Arts

What’s New In Comprehensive Language Arts

Dear Parent/Guardian Letter

Open House Night

September 7th/8th Grade Lesson Plans

September 11 Grade

September 7 and 8

Course description

Art Room Under Construction

Classes underway

B4 Middle School Physical Education

What’s New In Physical Education

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