Today we Peer Edited our Character Analysis Essays and began revising/editing them. Students will be given class time tomorrow and Thursday to finish their final copies. They must be typed and printed out before class on Friday.

“The Prince and the Pauper” Play – click here

Homework:

• Character Analysis Final Copy due FRIDAY APRIL 13TH – Must be printed BEFORE class!

• MobyMax Language Lessons – only if they are late

• ReadTheory (5 passed by April 13th)

• Silent Read Good Fit Book (20 minutes every night!) – One pager #7 coming tomorrow!

We took our Grammar quiz today. The retake was built into the quiz so students were given multiple chances to fix their mistakes.   The end of the card marking is today and grades are due. Any late or missing work past this point is a zero in the grade book. Don’t forget, the “Prince and the Pauper” character analysis essay is due the day we return so we can begin peer editing!

Have a wonderful Spring Break!

“The Prince and the Pauper” Play – click here

Other Homework:

• Character Analysis Rough Draft packet due in class April 9th (must be finished when you get to class!)

• MobyMax Language Lessons – due by midnight April 8th

• ReadTheory (5 passed by April 8th)

• Article of the Week – Quiz and written response due by April 8th

We finished our rough drafts today after going over introductions and conclusions again. Students will get some time in class tomorrow to finish their writing if they did not finish in class. Below are the sentence starters provided in class as well as the example I wrote to model a body, introduction, and conclusion paragraph. Please do not copy my examples but use them to help you follow the correct format!

Grammar quiz TOMORROW! – complete the Practice Test to help you! Grammar Practice Test – we went over the answers to this today in class. Please use this and your ISN notes to help you study! There will not be a retake on this.

“The Prince and the Pauper” Play – click here

DUE TOMORROW– One-Pagers #5 & #6;  “The Prince and the Pauper” Play Brochure Project; ANYTHING ELSE THAT IS LATE!!!

(MobyMax, Personal Narratives, Compare and Contrast Essays are big grades!)

Other Homework:

• MobyMax Language Lessons – due by midnight April 8th
• ReadTheory (5 passed by April 8th)
• Article of the Week – Quiz and written response due by April 8th

We continued writing our Character Analysis Essay by expanding on our topic sentences to create body paragraphs. Students will get some time in class tomorrow to continue writing these but I encourage you to finish this for homework since you have so much due in two days. Below are the sentence starters provided in class as well as the example I wrote to model a body paragraph. Please do not copy my example but use it as a guide! We also went to the library and learned about the Greek and Latin root “Meter”.

Grammar quiz Thursday! – complete the Practice Test to help you!Grammar Practice Test

“The Prince and the Pauper” Play – click here

Due IN TWO DAYS – One-Pagers #5 & #6;  “The Prince and the Pauper” Play Brochure Project; ANYTHING ELSE THAT IS LATE!!!

(MobyMax, Personal Narratives, Compare and Contrast Essays are big grades!)

Other Homework:

• MobyMax Language Lessons – due by midnight April 8th
• ReadTheory (5 passed by April 8th)
• Article of the Week – Quiz and written response due by April 8th

We began our Character Analysis Essay by writing our thesis statement and creating topic sentences for our body paragraphs. We will complete these body paragraphs tomorrow after going to the library. We also went over our quotation marks practice page.

Library tomorrow!

Grammar quiz Thursday! – will give study guide out tomorrow (capitals, commas, apostrophes, quotation marks)

“The Prince and the Pauper” Play – click here

Due by Thursday (3/29) – One-Pagers #5 & #6;  “The Prince and the Pauper” Play Brochure Project; ANYTHING ELSE THAT IS LATE!!!

(MobyMax, Personal Narratives, Compare and Contrast Essays are big grades!)

Other Homework:

• MobyMax Language Lessons – due by midnight April 8th
• ReadTheory (5 passed by April 8th)
• Article of the Week – Quiz and written response due by April 8th

We did an activity with the theme of “The Prince and the Pauper” today where we brainstormed possible themes with our table groups then passed our poster to the the next table and found evidence and reasoning to support other groups theme choices. It was challenging but we persevered! We also took notes on the rules of using quotation marks.

“The Prince and the Pauper” Play – click here

Due by next Thursday (3/29) – One-Pagers #5 & #6;  “The Prince and the Pauper” Play Brochure Project; ANYTHING ELSE THAT IS LATE!!!

(MobyMax, Personal Narratives, Compare and Contrast Essays are big grades!)

Other Homework:

• MobyMax Language Lessons – due after Spring break

We finished acting out the play “The Prince and the Pauper” by Mark Twain and completed our Characterization chart. We went over our Apostrophe practice page and were introduced to our “The Prince and the Pauper” Brochure Project. This is due by next Thursday.

“The Prince and the Pauper” Play – click here

Due tomorrow – Article of the Week Response and Quiz;  ReadTheory quizzes (3 passed)

Due by next Thursday (3/29) – One-Pagers #5 & #6;  “The Prince and the Pauper” Play Brochure Project; anything else that is late!!!

(MobyMax, Personal Narratives, Compare and Contrast Essays are big grades!)

Other Homework:

• MobyMax Language Lessons – due after Spring break

We continued acting out the play “The Prince and the Pauper” by Mark Twain and continued filling out our notes with the character traits. We then chose a character we would like to focus on for an in-depth analysis and made our claim about them.  We also took notes about the rules of apostrophes.

Homework

• Compare and Contrast Essay Final Copy – turn in ASAP if you didn’t (10% late deduction)  Get this to me by March 29th or it’s a zero! (36 summative points)
• Personal Narrative – this was due weeks ago and I am still missing several! Get this to me by March 29th or it’s a zero! (36 summative points)
• 60 minutes reading chapter book (over the course of the week!)
• One-Pager #5 & #6– due March 29th
• MobyMax Language Lessons – due after Spring break

We also continued acting out the play “The Prince and the Pauper” by Mark Twain and began filling out our notes with the character traits the major and minor characters are displaying so far.  We also took notes about the rules of commas and practiced with them.

Unit 4 Test Retake:   TOMORROW ONLY @ 7:20 am and 3:00pm

To be eligible for this retake you MUST:

• Have a 79% overall grade or LOWER
• Have parent signature on original test  – parent signature on anything else will not be accepted
• only retake ONE portion of the test (iLearn or paper and pencil, not both)
• understand that your original score and retake score will be AVERAGED

There will be no exceptions to these requirements. This was an open book test.

Homework

• Compare and Contrast Essay Final Copy – turn in ASAP if you didn’t (10% late deduction)  Get this to me by March 29th or it’s a zero! (36 summative points)
• Personal Narrative – this was due weeks ago and I am still missing several! Get this to me by March 29th or it’s a zero! (36 summative points)
• 60 minutes reading chapter book (over the course of the week!)
• One-Pager #5 & #6– due March 29th
• MobyMax Language Lessons – due after Spring break

We reviewed Characterization and how to identify character traits. We also continued acting out the play “The Prince and the Pauper” by Mark Twain. All students will get the opportunity to play a part at some point during this unit.

Unit 4 Test Retake:   Wednesday March 21st @ 7:20 am and 3:00pm

To be eligible for this retake you MUST:

• Have a 79% overall grade or LOWER
• Have parent signature on original test
• only retake ONE portion of the test (iLearn or paper and pencil, not both)
• understand that your original score and retake score will be AVERAGED

There will be no exceptions to these requirements. This was an open book test.

Homework

• Compare and Contrast Essay Final Copy – turn in ASAP if you didn’t (10% late deduction)  Get this to me by March 29th or it’s a zero! (36 summative points)
• Personal Narrative – this was due weeks ago and I am still missing several! Get this to me by March 29th or it’s a zero! (36 summative points)
• 60 minutes reading chapter book (over the course of the week!)
• One-Pager #5 & #6– due March 29th
• MobyMax Language Lessons – due after Spring break

We continued acting out the play “The Prince and the Pauper” by Mark Twain. All students will get the opportunity to play a part at some point during this unit. This is being performed during class over the course of the next 4-5 school days. We also practiced with the Rules of Capitalization and were assigned MobyMax lessons to practice.

Unit 4 Test Retake:   Wednesday March 21st @ 7:20 am and 3:00pm

You MUST:

• Have a 79% overall grade or LOWER
• Have parent signature on original test
• only retake ONE portion of the test (iLearn or paper and pencil, not both)
• understand that your original score and retake score will be AVERAGED

There will be no exceptions to these requirements. This was an open book test.

Homework

• Compare and Contrast Essay Final Copy – Due Today – turn in ASAP if you didn’t (10% late deduction)
• Personal Narrative – this was due weeks ago and I am still missing several! Get this to me by March 29th or it’s a zero! (36 summative points)
• 60 minutes reading chapter book (over the course of the week!)
• One-Pager #5 & #6– due March 29th
• MobyMax Language Lessons – due after Spring break

We began class with some Word Work to explore the challenging vocabulary students will need to understand the events in our play. Then, we began acting out the play “The Prince and the Pauper” by Mark Twain. All students will get the opportunity to play a part at some point during this unit. This is being performed during class over the course of the next 5-6 school days.

Students were given more time to type up their final copies for their Compare and Contrast essays and some even went to the library to print theirs. This is now homework due tomorrow. If you are not able to print at home you MUST print in the library BEFORE my class begins (before school, advisory time, lunchtime – just ask your teacher or me to write you a pass!).

Homework

• Compare and Contrast Essay Final Copy – Due TOMORROW (Typed AND printed out ready to turn in!)
• Personal Narrative – this was due weeks ago and I am still missing several! Get this to me by March 29th or it’s a zero! (36 summative points)
• 60 minutes reading chapter book (over the course of the week!)
• One-Pager #5 & #6– due March 29th

Today we were introduced to the American author Mark Twain and discussed interesting facts we learned from our Newsela article. We also were introduced to “The Prince and the Pauper” drama we will begin acting out tomorrow. At the end of class we learned the Greek/Latin roots “Geo” and “Graph” and wrote our notes in our notebook.

Students were given over 30 minutes to type up their final copies for their Compare and Contrast essays. They will get some time tomorrow but not as much as today. Please make sure you finish this at home and print it out in time for class Friday!

Homework

• Compare and Contrast Essay Final Copy – Due Friday, March 16th (Typed AND printed out ready to turn in!)
• Personal Narrative – this was due weeks ago and I am still missing several! Get this to me by March 29th or it’s a zero! (36 summative points)
• 60 minutes reading chapter book (over the course of the week!)
• One-Pager #5 & #6– due March 29th

We went to the library and then Peer Edited our Compare and Contrast Essays.  Essays are due this Friday (March 16th). They must be typed and printed out either at home or in the library.

We also began talking about the Elements of Drama vocabulary for our new unit of study.

Homework

• Compare and Contrast Essay Final Copy – Due Friday, March 16th (Typed AND printed out ready to turn in!)
• Personal Narrative – this was due weeks ago and I am still missing several! Get this to me by March 29th or it’s a zero! (36 summative points)
• 60 minutes reading chapter book (over the course of the week!)
• One-Pager #5 & #6– due March 29th

We took our open book Unit 4 Comprehension Test today which took majority of class. Any time that was left was Daily 5 time.

Homework

• Compare and Contrast Essay Rough draft BRING TO CLASS TOMORROW COMPLETED AND READY TO BE PEER EDITED!
• Personal Narrative – this was due weeks ago and I am still missing several! Get this to me by March 29th or it’s a zero! (36 summative points)
• 60 minutes reading chapter book (over the course of the week!)
• One-Pager #5 & #6– due March 29th

Introduction:

1. Introduce the topic of theme in an interesting way
2. Give background information about your story AND your chosen poem
3. Make your claim

Conclusion:

1. Restate your claim in a new way
2. Remind the reader about the similar theme and the different themes you talked about
3. Explain why these themes are important to learn

In case you lost your rough draft planning page: Compare and Contrast Rough Draft Planning Sheet

The stories were posted on Monday’s blog post in case you need them. Here are the poem choices: Compare and Contrast Essay Poems