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Friday, September 3, 2010

Posted Fri, 2010-09-03 11:02

LA: Today we did a little creative writing in class. Each period picked a person, a setting, and an object out of an envelope and then began writing a story. Because of our shortened schedule, we only had time to begin our stories. We will continue work on them next Friday. Homework: None.

Advanced LA: Today we completed pages 12-15 of the Write Traits book. Homework: Rough draft of "Horrible Day" essay due Wednesday (10 min. x 3 nights)

Advanced Reading: Today we heard a few more book talks. Homework: Short Essay Assignment due Thursday. (10 min. x 3 nights)

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Thursday, September 2, 2010

Posted Thu, 2010-09-02 14:37

LA: Today we took our first grammar quiz and then we began work on the simple predicates section. Homework: None.

Advanced LA: Today we completed pp. 7-9 in the Write Traits book. Then we added some more to the brainstorming of our ideas for the "Horrible Day" essay. See attachments below for the essay description and rubric. Homework: Rough draft of "Horrible Day" essay due Wednesday.

Advanced Reading: Today we heard more book talks. Homework: Short Essay for Children of the Lamp due Thursday.

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Posted Wed, 2010-09-01 12:02

LA: Today we worked on identifying fragments and run-ons. Homework: Study for tomorrow's grammar quiz. You can use the optional review packet if you would like. (10 min.)

Advanced LA: Today we read the picture book Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. Then we started brainstorming ideas for our own "Horrible Day" essays. Homework: Rough draft due Wednesday. (10 min x 3 nights)

Advanced Reading: Today we heard more book talks and added more to our Deception in COTL chart. Homework: Finish book talk, if necessary.

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Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Posted Tue, 2010-08-31 11:51

LA: Today we worked on subjects and predicates and completed #7-12 from page 343. Homework: Study for Thursday's quiz (10 min.)

Advanced LA: Today we corrected the grammar survey from Friday. Homework: None.

Advanced Reading: Today we heard a few book talks and we began discussing the summaries from The Children of the Lamp. In our notebooks, we are keeping track of examples of deception from the book. Homework: Finish your book talk if necessary.

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Monday, August 30, 2010

Posted Mon, 2010-08-30 13:26

LA: Today we corrected the pre-tests and completed the lesson on "What Is a Sentence?" (pages 340-341). Homework: Spend 5-10 minutes reviewing your grammar notes from today.

Advanced LA: Because of Picture Day, all we had time for was reviewing the Multiple Intelligence Survey. Homework: None

Advanced Reading: Today we got into our groups to write summaries based on the bullet points we wrote on Friday. Homework: Final revisions for book talk (10 min).