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December 10, 2013

Celebrities of the Day!!! Students read and listened to a reading of a poem by Maya Angelou entitled, “Life Doesn’t Frighten Me At All”. The purpose of the poem is again to bring to light the challenges and obstacles that come with establishing an identity while growing older. The students engaged in a gallery […]

December 9, 2013

Celebrities of the Week!!! Today the students finished writing about Growing Up as they were instructed to begin on Friday. All students shared what they wrote with each other and some shared with the entire class. After, the students read a poem by Billy Collins entitled, “On Turning Ten”. Students used the R.A.T.E. method […]

December 6, 2013

Celebrities of the Day!!! Students took a quiz on Point of View and the story “Eleven” that they read from their literature book. They also started a lesson on the theme Growing up which they will continue to work toward on Monday. Students that have been well-behaved these last two card markings were given […]

December 5, 2013

Celebrities of the Day!!! Today the students read the story “Eleven” from their Literature textbooks. They read in their reading groups and summarized portions of the text and made connections on the reading journal worksheet they were given as they read along . After they read we listened to a reading of the story as […]

December 4, 2013

Celebrities of the Day!!! Today the students expanded on the four different methods of characterization found in Literature. They applied their knowledge to four different excerpts to further understand the different methods of characterization. The students then watched a trailer for the story they will be reading called “Eleven” and received vocabulary from the […]

December 3, 2013

Celebrities of the Day!!! Today the students practiced applying what they learned about point of view while reading a passage. They focused on the different indications that prove whether a story is first-person point of view or third-person point of view. The students were also introduced to the four different methods of characterization presented […]

December 2, 2013

Celebrities of the Day!!! Welcome back from break! Today the students were introduced to “Point of View” when reading Literature. They took notes and applied the two most commonly used forms in Literature; first-person point of view and second-person point of view. Homework: Students received new reading logs. Read for 20 minutes. Enjoy the […]

November 25, 2013

Celebrities of the Day!!! Today the students began reading a story from their literature books entitled, “All Summer in a Day”. The students read this together in their reading groups and stopped when indicated in the book to check for understanding. The story prompts them to focus on setting and how it effects the development […]

November 22, 2013

Celebrities of the Day!!! Today students worked on making the final edits to their rough draft and then completed their Final Copy of the argumentative essay in class. Students worked on this independently for the class session. They turned in their rough draft, peer edit checklist, final paper, and rubric stapled together at the […]

November 21, 2013

Celebrities of the Day! Today students did a Peer Edit of the rough draft of their argumentative essays. Students were given a checklist of things to look for in their partners essay and assist them in working on if it was needed. Some of the students felt they needed to rewrite some of their […]