Wednesday, August 30, 2006

August 30

Well, I was not in school yesterday because my daughter was sick. Oh well. What can you do? The students worked on the diagnostic grammar test.

Today the first period class had an assembly. The rest of the classes did the following. I collected the rest of the vocab money. I still need it from many students. We discussed MrBoZ.com, and I gave the a tour of my web page. Then we discussed the first piece of writing.

The homework for tonight is to get the internet form filled out. I would like the paper signed and returned. I would also like each student and parent to send me an e-mail. Last year I had many errors after entering the e-mails because handwriting is hard to read. I will just copy and paste the addresses from the e-mails. I will count it as a small grade. Unless there is not e-mail access, I expect an e-mail.

We started the first writing assignment. You can find the assignment and requirements on the main page of MrBoZ.com. It is listed under the current assignment on the right. I like to pick topics that make us think about ourselves and our place in the world. The topic is also part of the first theme for Language Arts: Human beings learn about life by making connections to themselves, others, and the world around them.