Week of Jan. 16

Friday
Students practiced literary figures of speech.
Featured Figures of Speech w/s Part 1 and Part 2 (graded and collected).
Homework:
Study vocab, lit terms, and read

Thursday
Lexile testing in the lab.
Students typed up their pen pal letters and e-mailed them to me.
Homework:
Study vocab and read


Wednesday
Students wrote a final draft of their paragraphs and turned everything in (brainstorming on the bottom, rough draft next, final draft on top, all stapled together.
Homework:
Study vocab and read


Monday
No School - Martin Luther King, Jr., Day

Week of Jan. 9

Wednesday
I collected the "We Cool" poems.
We reviewed poetic devices (Carl Sandburg to Haiku).
Handout: Blue handout on Poetic Devices and examples from poems.
Student began work on it in class. We will continue on Friday.
Homework:
Spelling Test on Tales #26-46 on Friday.
Bring a book to read each day


Tuesday
I collected the Reading Logs.
Tales #46
Vocab:capitulated
ok ill go gnarly capitulated hapless corpulent harold
Tales #47
Vocab:apprehension
the next saturday however gnarly and harold are filled with apprehension as they get dressed for the party
Handed back first packet on Writing Poetry.
Handout: New packet on Writing Poetry (Gwendolyn Brooks, etc.)
We worked again on poetic devices.
Students wrote a rough draft poem based on the style of "We Cool"
Homework:
Write the poem on a lined sheet of paper (to be turned in).
Have a book to read with you every day.



Monday
Welcome back!
Students respoded to one of two writing prompts in their journals (kept in the classroom).
Then they worked on word exercises (Brain Daily Wordplay).
Handout: Monday Week 1 Language Practice (two-sided w/s).
Homework:
Finish Monday Week 1 Language Practice (two-sided w/s).
Study Tales Vocab (spelling and definition) #26-46
Spelling Test on Friday
Bring a book to read each day
Reading Log (pink sheet) due tomorrow