Tuesday Homework: Read p. 692-694 There will be no comprehension quiz. Wednesday Homework: : Review 692-694 DRAMA GOLD TEST on Thursday Homework: Vocab words:From the Drama Unit Song trend, unique, custom, diverse, reaction, reflect, respond: Write a sentence about yourself using each of the vocab words. Each sentence should have a noun that is modified by a clause, phrase, or adjective
Posts from January 2016
Week beginning 1-22
On Friday, we will be in the media center completing our research slides and argument paragraphs. On Monday, we begin our Drama unit. Homework Tuesday: Closely read 788 to 798. Students are urged to read and re-read. Wednesday: Write one sentence for each vocab word. Each sentence must contain 2 or more clauses. Sentences may […]
revised 1-15 info added
In class readings for the week: “Why the Tortoise’s Shell Is Not Smooth”,’ “Greyling”‘, “The Old Woman Who Lived With the Wolves”, “The Old Grandfather and his Grandson”, “The Whale Rider” Reading not found in text at home: “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” We are focusing on sentence revision and variety using different sentence structures […]
Week of 1/15
In class readings for the week: “Why the Tortoise’s Shell Is Not Smooth”,’ “Greyling”‘, “The Old Woman Who Lived With the Wolves”, “The Old Grandfather and his Grandson”, “The Whale Rider” Reading not found in text at home: “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” We are focusing on sentence revision and variety using different sentence structures […]
Welcome back 1-5 thru 1-15
4 5 In class: 1. Setting goals 2. Introduction to “Roots” vocab / student teacher tango 3.Intro to folktales, oral tradition ,tall tales two handouts given in class Homework: none 6 In class 1.word invention using comm,gen and con using noun forming suffixes 2 sing “Roots”.3.discussion of cultural context and Tall Tales 4.preview […]