In Language Arts the students worked on a compare and contrast assignment for “All Summer in a Day”. We had shortened classes today due to the PBIS movie and the students spent their time in class watching the movie version of “All Summer in a  Day”. Afterwards, we discussed similarities and differences between the book and the movie.

At this point, all grades have been updated to reflect everything I have been given thus far.

I am overwhelmed by the amount of thoughtful gifts I received this year and I am so thankful to have such great families to work with and wonderful students.  I hope everyone enjoys this break and gets to spend time with family and friends!

See you in 2019!

Homework:

1. Read for 200 minutes
2. 10 Read Theory Quizzes
3. One-Pagers Three and Four due Friday, January 11th
4. All Late Work due Friday, January 11th

• Today’s blog post is a combined post for today and yesterday. Yesterday, I was in a morning meeting so my classes ended up being in different places and I evened them out today.

Over the past two days, the students have been working with vocabulary from the story “All Summer in a Day”. They created a frayer model with a partner and presented that model to their classmates.

They also practiced working with interjections by inserting various ones into sentences.  Their grammar quiz is tomorrow.  It covers common and proper nouns, concrete and abstract nouns, possessive nouns, singular and plural nouns, verb participles, irregular plural verbs, and interjections. Make sure you spend time studying!

Lastly, the students spent time reading and discussing the story, “All Summer in a Day”. We will continue to look at story elements for this text tomorrow in class.

Have a wonderful Wednesday!

Homework:

1. Read for 20 minutes
2. Study for your Grammar Quiz
3. Moby Max: Verbs and Interjections due Friday
4. Read Theory due Friday
5. One-Pagers 3 and 4 due Friday, January 11th

In Language Arts today the students were given time to go to the library and select new good fit books to read over break.

The students also finished their vocabulary activity for the story we will be reading this week, “All Summer in a Day”.

In terms of essay grading, I am currently working on grading Block One’s essays.  When I have finished, I will go back and grade all of the essays that were turned in late.

Have a great evening!

Homework:

1. Read for 20 minutes
2. Grammar Quiz on Nouns, Verbs, and Interjections on Thursday
3. Moby Max: Interjections and Verbs due Friday
4. Read Theory due Friday
5. One-Pagers 3 and 4 due Friday, January 11th

In Language Arts today the students worked in stations.  They were given the opportunity to do the following:

• Read Theory
• Moby Max
• One-Pagers Three and Four
• Argumentative Essay Writing
• Study for the Grammar Test on Quizlet
• Late Work

I will be working on grading the essays over the weekend and next week.  I will try my best to have the grades posted before we go on break but it may happen some time during the break.  Essay grading is a lengthy process!

Have a great weekend!

Homework:

1. Read for 20 minutes
2. Study for the Grammar Test (Use your ISN, Quizlet, and Moby Max to help you!)
3. Moby Max: Verbs and Interjections due Friday
4. One-Pagers Three and Four due Friday, January 11th

In Language Arts today the students continued to learn about mood and tone.  They practiced inferring the moods of various facial expressions and determining the tone based on the inferred mood. They were also shown another mood and tone practice video which I have added to this blog post.

The class also spent time learning about interjections. We discussed how they are used and looked at examples of them.

Lastly, the students were given more time to type the final draft of their essay.  It is due tomorrow so if they did not finish in class, it was assigned as homework.

Have a great evening!

Homework:

1. Read for 20 minutes
2. Read Theory due Tomorrow
3. Argumentative Essay Final Draft due Tomorrow
4. Moby Max: Verbs and Interjections due NEXT Friday
5. Nouns, Verbs, and Interjections Quiz NEXT Thursday
6. One Pagers Three and Four due Friday, January 11th

Today in Language Arts the students participated in an activity where they determined the genre of short stories. They were also given the directions to One-Pager Number Four which asks about the genre of the good fit book as part of the CER response.

We also started learning about the mood and tone of a story.  We did this by looking at well-known movies that have been given a horror twist. We discussed how a change in sound, word choice, and image can completely change the feeling given by an author to a reader while viewing and reading. I have attached the links to the clips for those who would like to watch at home.

Lastly, the students were given time to select their Scholastic Book for the month of December.

Have a wonderful Wednesday!

Homework:

1. Read for 20 minutes
2. Read Theory due Friday
3. Argumentative Essay due Friday
4. Moby Max: Verbs and Interjections NEXT Friday
5. One-Pagers Three and Four due Friday, January 11th

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In Language Arts today the students finished peer editing their rough drafts.  Final drafts will be due on Friday. When I collect the final draft, I will also be collecting the rough draft, planning page, and peer editing sheet. The essay is to be typed on the computer.  It should be in 12 point Times New Roman OR 11 point Arial (the fonts automatically set by Word and Google Docs). The essay needs to be double spaced. At the top of the paper, the students should include their first and last name, their block number, and the date.  They should also create their own title before they type.  It is alright to make the title bolded and increase the font size to 14 or 16. I will be giving about fifteen minutes in class tomorrow to set this up and start typing.

The students also continued to learn about genres today by reviewing subgenres of non-fiction. This will be the focus of the CER response on One-Pager Number Four. I will pass out the directions for this assignment tomorrow during class and post the directions to the blog too.

Lastly, the students practiced identifying helping, linking, and action verbs in sentences.  They will be having a grammar quiz next Thursday, December 20th. Here are the topics the quiz will cover:

• Nouns
  • Common and Proper
  • Concrete and Abstract
  • Possessives
  • Singular and Plural
• Verbs
  • Action, Linking, and Helping
  • Infinitives, Past, Present Participles, and Past Participles
• Interjections

Have a great evening and don’t forget tomorrow is a late start day!

Homework:

1. Read for 20 minutes
2. Read Theory due Friday
3. Argumentative Essay Final Draft due Friday
4. Nouns, Verbs, and Interjections Quiz NEXT Thursday
5. Moby Max: Verbs and Interjections due NEXT Friday
6. One-Pagers Three and Four due Friday, January 11th

In Language Arts today the students learned about specific ways to classify fiction.

They also spent time peer editing for the ideas and organization of a classmates’ paper.  We will continue to peer edit tomorrow in class.

Have a great evening!

Homework:

1. Read for 20 minutes
2. Read Theory due Friday
3. Moby Max: Verbs due Friday, December 21st

The students rotated in stations during Language Arts today.  They were given the opportunity to…

• Continue working on their plan from yesterday
• Write their Argumentative Writing Rough Draft
• Work on Moby Max: Verbs
• Work on One Pager Number Three
• Work on Read Theory

I continued to meet with students to plan out their writing.  If rough drafts were not completed by the end of class, it is homework.  We will be peer editing on Monday so everyone needs to come to class ready to edit!

Have a great weekend!

Homework:

1. Read for 20 minutes
2. Argumentative Essay Rough Draft due Monday
3. Moby Max: Verbs due Friday, December 21st

In Language Arts today the students continued to practice with argumentative writing by creating a second plan on a second topic.  They were given an hour and a half to work on this in class.  If they did not finish, it was assigned as homework.  The students are not expected to turn this into a rough draft, we simply needed additional practice with planning out an essay.

We also spent time in class introducing genres by talking about the difference between fiction and non-fiction.

Have a great evening!

Homework:

1. Read for 20 minutes
2. Read Theory due Tomorrow
3. Argumentative Essay Planning Page due Tomorrow
4. Moby Max: Verbs due Friday, December 21st