Monday, September 30, 2013

English: Students started a review of nouns.  The unit will take two weeks.

Reading: Students continued to practice the identification of various story elements.  Listened to the short story, "Tenner Shoes", and filled in a chart.

       Book report is due October 24th!!!!!


MEAP testing begins next week.

Friday, September 27, 2013

English:  completed unit on sentence structures

Reading:  Assigned the book Summer of the Swans. Students have a comprehension worksheet and the rubric for the book report. All of the assignments are due at the beginning of the hour on October 24th.

     Have a happy weekend!!

Thursday. September 26, 2013

  Reading:  Students started reading the short story "Old Ben" yesterday.  They worked on creating a chart of the story elements we have discussed this week and need to fill in examples from the story to go with each element.  In addition, we started learning how to answer questions completely.  They are also working on answering questions # 2,3,4, and  on pg. 158. These are due tomorrow.
        HW: Selection test 39 including essay question #21.

  English:  Continued our review of sentences.
         HW: sentence worksheet #11-run ons and fragments
                  "Enrichment" section is extra credit.



Tomorrow during 8th hour, students may bring their electronics as well as a snack.
Student who have not yet returned their fund raiser materials need to do so as soon as possible.

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Reading: Students added a variety of definitions to their vocabulary journals.
      No homework tonight.

Writing: Students continued to work on their "Embarrassing Moments" essay.  The final draft is due tomorrow.  Students will have to turn in their brainstorming sheet, illustration, rough draft, and final draft.
      HW: finish essay/illustration

Monday, September 23, 2013

Writing:  Students have been working on a four paragraph essay, "My Most Embarrassing Moment". We started it last week, in class, and it is due on Wednesday.

English: Students began to study complex sentences and using a variety of sentence structures when writing.

Reading: Large group activity to strengthen reading comprehension skills.

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Reading: reviewed the story elements found in "The Pigman & Me."

English: Began working on identifying run-on sentences and sentence fragments.  

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Reading: Read an excerpt from The Pigman and Me by Paul Zindel.  Students could read with a partner or individually.
                 Homework: Vocabulary/Internal conflict worksheet- due Wed.

English: Reviewed and practiced conjunctions.
                 Homework: Simple subject/ sentence types worksheet- due Wed.