Monday
Tales #42
hey gnarly are you going too go? queried harold when he heard the news
Vocab: queried
Tales #43
yes i think i will well how about you harold asked gnarly in a supplicating voice
Vocab: supplicating
We continued with our unit on poetry. Students took notes on the Handout Poets to Know and composed a Snapshot Poem after the model of William Carlos Williams.
Homework:
Snapshot poems are due Wednesday, 12/21.
Monday, December 19, 2011
Monday, December 12, 2011
Week of Dec. 12
Friday
P3 and P5: Students wrote letters to their French pen pals and were to e-mail them to me.
P4: Students blogged a greeting to their Collaborative Project buddies.
Homework:
Send any pen pal letters you haven't forwarded to me.
Thursday
Students developed Thinking Maps using information from the handout Learning About Poetry.
Directions:
1. Read Learning About Poetry.
2. Complete tasks 1-8.
3. You will complete two thinking maps using the information on the sheet.
5. The handout is to be put into your Poetic Devices notebook.
Homework:
Homework:
Read and study vocab and stems.
Tuesday
Tales #38
one day a rumor circulated around mrs noisomes classroom and everyone couldnt wait for their class to be over
Vocab: rumor, circulated
Tales #39
when class is finally over the popular students converged in the hallway
Vocab: converged
Students turned in the final Wired! packets and the Paul Revere packet w/ questions from the textbook.
P4 and 5 took the Parts of Speech mid-point quiz. We graded and turned it in.
P3 read The Inn of Lost Time, completed the Before You Read and began work on questions 1-8 on p. 244 after the story.
Homework:
P3 - Finish the story and complete questions 1-4. The link to the story and the questions is here.
P5 (P4?) - Simile and Metaphors w/s
Tuesday
Students turned in the Wired! homework from Friday.
They worked on the Paul Revere's Ride packet and answered questions on p. 542 of the textbook, #1, 2, 4, 5, 7 and the Reading Check in complete sentences.
Homework:
Finished packet and questions.
P3 and P5: Students wrote letters to their French pen pals and were to e-mail them to me.
P4: Students blogged a greeting to their Collaborative Project buddies.
Homework:
Send any pen pal letters you haven't forwarded to me.
Students developed Thinking Maps using information from the handout Learning About Poetry.
Directions:
1. Read Learning About Poetry.
2. Complete tasks 1-8.
3. You will complete two thinking maps using the information on the sheet.
- a. No circle map, no bubble maps
- b. Brace maps or tree maps work best
- c. Use the back of the handout as a rough draft
i. One thinking map is on the first paragraph, titled Types of Poetry.
ii. The other thinking map is on the final three paragraphs and should be titled Figurative Language.
- d. Use the two blank sheets for the thinking maps: one thinking map per sheet, not back to back.
5. The handout is to be put into your Poetic Devices notebook.
Homework:
Read and study vocab and stems.
Tuesday
Tales #38
one day a rumor circulated around mrs noisomes classroom and everyone couldnt wait for their class to be over
Vocab: rumor, circulated
Tales #39
when class is finally over the popular students converged in the hallway
Vocab: converged
Students turned in the final Wired! packets and the Paul Revere packet w/ questions from the textbook.
P4 and 5 took the Parts of Speech mid-point quiz. We graded and turned it in.
P3 read The Inn of Lost Time, completed the Before You Read and began work on questions 1-8 on p. 244 after the story.
Homework:
P3 - Finish the story and complete questions 1-4. The link to the story and the questions is here.
P5 (P4?) - Simile and Metaphors w/s
Tuesday
Students turned in the Wired! homework from Friday.
They worked on the Paul Revere's Ride packet and answered questions on p. 542 of the textbook, #1, 2, 4, 5, 7 and the Reading Check in complete sentences.
Homework:
Finished packet and questions.
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