This week:
Reading Logs due Friday
Continue reading "The Clay Marble"
Finish SBA Practice Test
Students should be reading a book at home. This quarter's book project will be a book talk the week of April 20th. Details coming soon.
Monday, March 30, 2009
Monday, March 23, 2009
Week of March 23-27
Reading logs due Friday! All students must have a book they are reading at home. Students should have shown Ms. Sween their book. Students need to finish reading a book in order to do a book talk the week of April 20th. The book talk will be this quarter's project.
This week in literature:
We will complete the practice SBA (standards-based assessment) test.
We will begin reading the book The Clay Marble by Minfong Ho. This book will be read in class. It is about a young girl living in a Cambodian refugee camp in 1985.
This week in literature:
We will complete the practice SBA (standards-based assessment) test.
We will begin reading the book The Clay Marble by Minfong Ho. This book will be read in class. It is about a young girl living in a Cambodian refugee camp in 1985.
Monday, March 16, 2009
Week of March 16-20
This week in literature we will finish reading the play "Twelve Angry Men" and then watch the 1950s movie version of the play.
No reading logs required this week. However, students need to be finding a book to read this quarter. They will be given time in the library. All students must check out a book from the library or bring one from home and show me by Friday.
There will be a book project this quarter on a book of their choice - any genre. Details coming next week.
No reading logs required this week. However, students need to be finding a book to read this quarter. They will be given time in the library. All students must check out a book from the library or bring one from home and show me by Friday.
There will be a book project this quarter on a book of their choice - any genre. Details coming next week.
Monday, March 2, 2009
Week of March 2-6
Wednesday all students need to be prepared to recite "The Road Not Taken" by memory.
Also this week we will be reading and discussing the play "Twelve Angry Men" aloud in class.
Students who did not turn in their book project last Friday can still turn them in this week. They will lose 10% of points each day late. This is a 100 point project.
Reading logs are not required this week. Students can turn in a reading log for 20 extra credit points.
Also this week we will be reading and discussing the play "Twelve Angry Men" aloud in class.
Students who did not turn in their book project last Friday can still turn them in this week. They will lose 10% of points each day late. This is a 100 point project.
Reading logs are not required this week. Students can turn in a reading log for 20 extra credit points.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Week of February 23-27
Reading logs due Friday
One page in journal due Friday
Final Draft of book project is due Friday
Yes, Friday is an important day.
Do you know "The Road Not Taken?" Should be mostly memorized at this point. Be ready to recite this poem next week by memory!!! Practice, practice, practice.
Also this week students will complete outlines for reading comprehension practice and read a poem by Edgar Allen Poe.
One page in journal due Friday
Final Draft of book project is due Friday
Yes, Friday is an important day.
Do you know "The Road Not Taken?" Should be mostly memorized at this point. Be ready to recite this poem next week by memory!!! Practice, practice, practice.
Also this week students will complete outlines for reading comprehension practice and read a poem by Edgar Allen Poe.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Week of February 17-20
No journals this week.
Rough draft of book project due Thursday.
Reading logs due Friday.
This week in literature we are finishing patchwork poems in the library; working on book projects, and practicing the poetry terms. Students should be prepared for a quiz on these poetry terms Friday: simile; metaphor; personification; stanza; alliteration; onomatopoeia; imagery.
Students should be memorizing "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost. Be prepared to recite this poem by memory week of March 2nd.
Rough draft of book project due Thursday.
Reading logs due Friday.
This week in literature we are finishing patchwork poems in the library; working on book projects, and practicing the poetry terms. Students should be prepared for a quiz on these poetry terms Friday: simile; metaphor; personification; stanza; alliteration; onomatopoeia; imagery.
Students should be memorizing "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost. Be prepared to recite this poem by memory week of March 2nd.
Monday, February 9, 2009
Week of February 9-13
This Week:
Reading logs due Thursday
One page in journal due Thursday
Students should be memorizing the poem, "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost. They should be ready to recite it by memory the week of March 2nd.
Students should be finishing their historical fiction books this week and working on book projects.
Rough Draft of book project is due Thursday, Feb. 19th. Final draft is due Friday, Feb. 27th.
No school Friday, Feb. 13th, or Monday, Feb. 16th, due to parent/teacher conferences.
Reading logs due Thursday
One page in journal due Thursday
Students should be memorizing the poem, "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost. They should be ready to recite it by memory the week of March 2nd.
Students should be finishing their historical fiction books this week and working on book projects.
Rough Draft of book project is due Thursday, Feb. 19th. Final draft is due Friday, Feb. 27th.
No school Friday, Feb. 13th, or Monday, Feb. 16th, due to parent/teacher conferences.
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