Important Information for All

The Superstar Scramble was a success!  Thank you all for your participation, cooperation, and diligence!  We love you all, and we especially enjoy seeing our stars shining brightly.  ☺
 
Having said that, here is an important update:  ALL CLASSES MUST COMPLETE 4 SESSIONS OF READING PLUS BY TUESDAY, 4/16.  You can all thank those who participated in the Superstar Scramble for our leniency, because most classes were told to complete 8--some as many as 12!  While some of you may be rolling your eyes, sucking your teeth, or even pounding your fists, there is no need.  Take a deep breath and be thankful.  If either of us has to threaten any class with additional sessions of Reading Plus after today, the consequences will be far worse!  Don't make us have to fulfill that promise. 

• Periods 2 and 6 need to finish Act IV of Richard III; Period 5 needs to read Act V, scenes i and ii.
• Periods 3 and 4 will be taking the FCAT Reading on Wednesday AND Thursday during last block (it's a two-session test). Make sure you buy some healthy lunch items this weekend for those days.

Again, we love you.  Remember: we have mountains to climb and we need your cooperation and hard work...at all times.

Early Help

If any of our juniors can get to school early to help with the Superstar Scramble, that would be great!  I will be there by 6:45 a.m.  Show security this post, as I will be getting rooms ready and won't be able to escort anyone upstairs. Thanks! Love you all!

Richard III, Act IV, scenes i and ii quiz

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1F2WjXXrNpqfJwuWt7bHq-BzMOugsrdcKUNsbfpfM57I/viewform

Homework reminder for 5th period EL students:

To those students who attended the dual enrollment presentation: don't worry about coming to 2nd or 6th period tomorrow (unless you will miss class on Wednesday, that is).  Our Great Gatsby and Richard III discussions lasted the remainder of the period, so we will work with the short story next class.

Everyone:

Read and annotate the short story and complete the chart.

Read and annotate Act IV, scenes i-ii of Richard III as well.

We will work with both pieces in class Wednesday. See you then! :o)

CONGRATULATIONS!

Let's celebrate!  Members of OUR RoGo family won photography awards at this year's Miami-Dade County Youth Fair.  (These students are part of the AICE Photography class here at the Garden!)  As a school,  we had nine First Place with Special Awards, 14 First Place Awards, and six Second Place Awards.   HGHS also received a trophy for the 2013 Photography Department Outstanding High School. AMAZING!  Here are our students who won awards:

Elene Afre - 1st Place with Special Awards
Elianys Perez - 1st Place
Dianna Menendez - 1st Place
Cynthia Montero - 1st Place
Ashley Algaze - 2nd Place

We are VERY proud of you!  If you are interested in taking AICE Photography next year, see Ms. Fernandez or any of the aforementioned students!  AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR MANY TALENTED STUDENTS!

English Language students, here's your homework:

Periods 2 & 6: Carefully read scenes iv-vi of Act III by tomorrow, Friday, 4/5. :0)  See you in a few hours!

Period 5:  Read the remainder of Act III (scenes iv-vii).  I'm sorry for being a Hastings at the end of class today and making you wait on the news of your homework assignment. ;0) Don't be a slug of a reader!

Enjoy your weekend.

Greetings RoGo Racers! 

We hope you are enjoying your Spring Break.  As always, you are on our minds and in our hearts! 

Here are a few reminders:

ALL students must complete 6 sessions of Reading Plus by Tuesday, April 2nd.  (We will run the report from March 12th to April 2nd; as long as 6 sessions were done within that time period, you're good!) 

English Language students:
Read the rest of Act I and all of Act II.  Be prepared for a quiz--as usual.  :o)

Enjoy the rest of your break!  We will hit the ground running once we return.  The finish line is in sight!  

XOXO

We love you all!  

Period 3

As you know, we are going to do a 1984  "Harlem Shake."   If you want to be a part of it, leave a comment about what you plan to be or the prop you plan to bring with you to class.  Remember, you do not have to participate! 

LOVE YOU ALL~

Periods 2, 5, and 6

Go to our website to print a copy of the character chart for Richard III.  It's under the English Language tab.

LOVE YOU ALL!

Periods 3, 4, and 6

PERIODS 3 & 4:  EXTRA CREDIT!

This Saturday is  FCAT Camp for Reading and the math EOCs. It will be for all 9th, 10th, and Retake students.
The schedule will be as follows:  8:00  -  8:15 Breakfast;  8:30 - 10:00 Session 1; 10:00 -10:15 Break; 10:15 -11:45 Session 2; and 11:45 -12:00 Lunch.  Students should report to the picnic tables in front of the cafeteria and will be guided from there.
In addition to our set schedule, students will be offered the opportunity of taking part in an array of activities planned by Ms. Nadel and the 21st Century program. This will allow you to receive community service hours in addition to the food and extra credit you will already be receiving.

ALL PERIODS:   Do a requirement check for Reading Plus.  There have been many updates for Java, Microsoft, Apple, and Reading Plus, which is having an effect on your sessions.  Please do this TODAY!  You can run the system check when you get to the log-in screen.
PERIOD 6: Check teamrogo.com under English Language for your HW.  The slideshow you need to copy is there.
PERIOD 5: The PPT from class is at teamrogo.com.  It's the "Riii" one.  Copy the slides you missed.  If you were absent, copy the whole PPT.
PERIOD 4:  Click on the image below to see the format for your FCAT Writes review.  If you had already written it for HW (remember, I gave you the green check mark) then you don't have to do it.

LOVE YOU ALL!! 

2nd and 5th Period English Language Students

Here is your homework assignment: 

Properly punctuate the sentences below.  

1)  MY GRANDMOTHER ALWAYS SAYS BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR

2)  MY MOTHERS FAVORITE POEM STATES THIS ABOVE ALL TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE

3)  I DONT CARE SHE SAID WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT IT

4)  WHY DID MRS RODRIGUEZ SHOUT WHERE DID THAT COME FROM

5)  OH WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MORNING JEFFREY SAID TO HIMSELF

6)  WHAT DO YOU MEAN WHAT DO I MEAN ALBERT SNIFFED

7)  HAVE IT YOUR WAY KARINA RETORTED IF THATS HOW YOU FEEL

8) DIDNT HE ASK WHAT DID WE DO QUERIED JOHN

9-10)  Create 2 more of YOUR OWN sentences that reflect proper punctuation of quotations as per our review in class.  

Period 2, see you Thursday!  Period 5, see you Friday!  ☺

Attention "Sixcessful" FCAT Writers!

Several of you passed by and shared your testing experiences with us; thank you for that!  And thank you for giving it your all today--we are certain you knocked out that F-CAT!  ☺  

While your creative juices are flowing and your vivid writing is still fresh in your minds, we want you to rewrite your essay to the best of your memory for homework tonight.  We will use your essays in class tomorrow, scoring and providing feedback to predict your scores.  Once the results are released, we will compare the state's scores to our own.  

Remember, we will print Reading Plus reports by 7 a.m. tomorrow.  Make sure your required sessions are completed before then.  

We love you and look forward to seeing you tomorrow! 

FCAT Camp & Reading Plus

Thank you to our juniors who came out to help our sophomores at FCAT Camp!  We are thankful for your contribution.  Great job!  We were also glad to see several of our 10th graders come out to camp.  It takes a TRUE CHAMPION to be there on a Saturday!  WE ARE PROUD OF YOU ALL!!!!!

Please note that we're doing a little something different with Reading Plus this week: we will track both your sessions and your time.  Be prepared for a quiz on your Reading Plus passages as well.   Period 2 has three sessions to complete by Tuesday MORNING.    Period 3 has three sessions, but yours are not due until Wednesday morning at 7 a.m. (to give you extra rest tonight for FCAT tomorrow).  Period 4 only has two sessions this week, which is due on Wednesday at 7 a.m. (to give you extra rest tonight for FCAT tomorrow).  Periods 5 & 6 have the same two due Tuesday :)

We love you!  

Periods 2-5-6

Remember, sweetie pies, there is a big vocab test Thursday and Friday. If you need the Unit 5 list, it is under the Eng Lang page on our site: teamrogo.com

Study, study, study! 

I'm happy to host a tutoring session at lunch on Thursday. Pack a lunch and be there no later than 11:30. No admittance after that time!

Love you all!

FT List for Periods 2, 5, and 6

The most current list of eligible students for our Zora field trip is HERE.  It's by period, so look to see if you qualify.  The first 50 students on that list to bring their $22 will  attend.  This will pay for your food and tip for the bus driver.  You may want to bring extra cash for t-shirts, arts and craft items, or more food (if you have that kind of appetite).  When you turn in your money, you will get a field trip form.  If you are on the list and cannot pay for any reason, please email us ASAP.

The trip is on Friday, 2/1.  There is no school that day :)  We will leave here at 6:45 a.m. and return by 11 p.m. that same day.  There will also be a digital scrapbook assignment that you will present to our classes when you return on Monday and Tuesday!

Smile and love you!

Julius Caesar and TEWWG Celebrations

Periods 3 & 4 - We are doing our CAESAR CELEBRATION/TOGA PARTY this Monday (3rd period) and Tuesday (4th period)!  This is your final reminder.  If you signed up to bring in $3 for Caesar's Zealous Ziti, give it to me before you leave tomorrow.  If not, you can bring it the day of your period's party. 

Periods 2, 5, and 6 - We're going to have a celebration to bring TEWWG to a close.  Let's go with Southern-style food.  Refer to the novel for some ideas.  We will have our Zora celebration on Wednesday and Thursday next week.  We will have sign ups in class this week and next!

IMPORTATNT: Your Readings for Tues/Wed.

All Periods: Remember your Reading Plus.  Please do two your sessions by Tuesday.  On Feb 5th, we will also be grading you on "BEING CAUGHT UP."  By then, you should have 34 sessions.

In addition, based on your grades for the last two nine weeks, your absences, and your number of Reading Plus sessions, we submitted a list yesterday to administration for students to be removed from our class.  We don't want to let you go, but we have to at this point.  Understand that many of you, based on similar criteria, are going on contract.  If you fail to meet the requirements of this contract, you will also be removed from our class WITHOUT HESITATION.  Understand that once you are out, it is HIGHLY unlikely that you will be readmitted into the English portion of the Cambridge program.  (This is NOT a joke or to stir emotion; this is, unfortunately, very real.)

Periods 2, 5, 6:  Check our new site (TEAMROGO.COM)  for the assignment for your readings this week.  DO THIS TODAY!  Remember to click on the ENGLISH LANG tab at the top to access your class page.

Periods 3 & 4:  Remember that you are reading Part One, Chapters I and II.  Please annotate your novels in the margins or on Post-It notes.  You also need to leave a comment on our new site: TEAMROGO.COM.  Once you go to the site, look for the GEN PAPER tab, then click on it.  This is your page!

We love you all very, very much!  Looking forward to a wonderful week of learning and a semester of SUCCESS!

<3

Weekend Details!

Periods 2 and 6:  For next class, read chapters 8-11. You will all be caught up with the reading calendar by Tuesday!  Yay!  As someone pointed out today, MoGo and I have read this novel several times and know the many detailed points of it. As a result, some of our questions are equally detailed, and many of you struggle.  Please understand it's hard not to be so detailed when Spark supplies you with so much information.  Be sure to make QUALITY ANNOTATIONS in your novel for these chapters, and that will help!  Sorry if I failed you as a teacher today.  :(

Period 5: You are reading Chapters 5-7 for Monday.  It's a fairly large amount of pages, so do not wait until the last minute.  Be sure to make QUALITY ANNOTATIONS in your novel for these chapters, and that will help!  You will read 8-11 for Wednesday and will also be caught up! :)

Period 3: As you probably read already, we selected 1984 by George Orwell as our next novel!  You  have the option to bring us money to order your copy ($10), buy your own copy, or you can check one out from a library by searching destiny.dadeschools.net.   You need the novel by Friday, Jan. 18th, as the first quiz will be on Tuesday, Jan. 22nd.   We will collect money Monday ONLY. Again, if you exhaust all of the aforementioned options, and you cannot afford a book, know that we have your back, just let us know!  In addition, bring in your revised news stories printed out and on a USB (in case more changes need to be made).

Period 4: Look in the General Paper (or GP) column to the right of the blog.  Scroll down to the vocab section and there is your new list of words (Unit 6)!  With those words, create a chart, and fill it in accordingly (CLICK HERE TO SEE THE CHART).   In addition, bring in your revised news stories printed out and on a USB (in case more changes need to be made).

As always, know we love you!

HW - All classes

All Classes:  Remember, you need to have 28 sessions of Reading Plus by Tuesday, Jan. 15th!  There is no activity for Word of the Week this week, though we have a big one coming up next week!  Be ready!  MAKE SURE ALL OF YOUR WORDS ARE IN YOUR VOCAB JOURNALS!  Don't be surprised if we don't check journals VERY SOON! 

Periods 2, 5, and 6:  Read chapters 5-7 of Their Eyes Were Watching God for next class.  We will attempt to get caught up with the reading calendar by Monday.  Remember that you need to do well on your tests to go on the Zora! field trip Feb 1st to Eatonville, FL (details about the trip will follow soon).  Some of you already failed the first quiz, so get on the ball.  You will need to have an average of 80% on all our assessments if you want to attend.  If you need to see the reading calendar, click HERE.  In addition, Natalie V. in second period found THIS GLOSSARY to help her understand some of the colloquialisms in the novel.  It is organized by chapter and is fairly thorough.  Thank you, Natalie V., for sharing it with us! 

Periods 3 & 4:  You need to finish your personal news story essays AND sign up for our Julius Caesar celebration a few posts below this one.  In addition, we selected 1984 by George Orwell as our next novel, so you need to bring in $10 for your copy if you need us to order it for you. You also have the option to buy your own copy, or you can check one out from a library by searching destiny.dadeschools.net.   You need the novel by Friday, Jan. 18th, as the first quiz will be on Tuesday, Jan. 22nd.   We will collect money until Monday next week. Again, if you exhaust all of the aforementioned options, and you cannot afford a book, know that we have your back, just let us know!

REMINDER....

Happy New Year!  Check the post below this one about Reading Plus.  I checked it today, and many of you are STILL NOT on track for the 26 sessions for 1/8/13!

ALL JUNIORS - If you DID NOT buy your copy of Their Eyes Were Watching God from us, you will need to have your copy come Monday (or Tuesday for 5th period).  Bring it to class, as we will be starting it then. 

MISS YOU SOOOOOOOOOO MUCH! 

Love,
C-Rod and MoGo