In Language Arts today the students continued to practice organizing an essay. This time, they were given five strips of paper. Each one was a paragraph. They had to put the essay in order from beginning to end.
The also analyzed the short story, “Ant and Grasshopper” for the theme. They were asked to provide two pieces of textual evidence and write about it in their writing notebooks. If they did not finish in class, this was assigned as homework.
I sent a Remind yesterday stating that I was moving the poetry quiz from today to Monday due to the snow days. Students should be studying for the quiz over the weekend. Remember, you need to know the 6 vocabulary terms, the 8 types of poetry, and how to identify the amount of verses, stanzas, and refrains within a poem. Additionally, you should know how to identify the rhyming pattern. All of this can be found in your interactive notebook. There is rhyming pattern practice on IXL that was due today. However, many students did not complete it. Not only should you make this up for late work if you did not complete the assignment, but it will help you study for the quiz.
At this point, grades are completely updated based on what I have received. I will be sending progress reports home next week.
Have a great weekend!
Homework:
- Read for 20 minutes
- Study for your Poetry Quiz
- Finish your theme response on “Ant and Grasshopper” if you didn’t finish in class
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