During Language Arts today the students were given time to go to the library and select new good fit books.
The students also turned in their papers and took their quiz on the parts of speech.
Have a Happy Thanksgiving!
Homework:
In Language Arts today the students finished peer editing their argumentative essays. The final draft of this essay is due tomorrow.
The students also took a practice quiz for the parts of speech quiz they will be taking tomorrow. I have attached the practice quiz to this blog post.
One week from this Friday is the end of the 2nd marking period. Since tomorrow is our last day in the week, all late work will be due tomorrow. No late work will be accepted on Monday, November 28th since the students have been notified about this in class for a week and there are two extra days on this marking period. This means the students were given two extra days to turn in late work. I have also included an extra copy of the reading log to this blog post for those who have been asking.
Don’t forget, tomorrow is our library day!
Have a great evening!
Homework:
In Language Arts today the students began revising their rough drafts. They focused on the ideas and organization within their papers. Tomorrow they will be focusing on word choice and fluency.
The students were also given time to start typing their final drafts on both days.
Lastly, the students continued to learn about conjunctions. We will be having a quiz on parts of speech, conjunctions, and interjections on Tuesday.
I will be at states for swimming tomorrow which is why this is a double blog post.
Have a great evening!
Homework:
AOTW Question: Should athletes be allowed to protest the national anthem before sporting events?
Athletes should/should not be allowed to protest the national anthem. They should/should not be allowed to do this because explain why this should/should not be allowed. The text specifically states, “give a direct quote to support your thinking.” (pg. #) This evidence supports my claim because explain how your evidence supports your claim by being specific about what your evidence states and how it supports your claim.
In Language Arts today the students finished their rough drafts by writing their conclusion. Tomorrow we will begin the revising process and the final draft for the paper will be due on Tuesday, November 22nd. In this class, essays are summative which means they are treated as a test score. It is crucial that the students submit this assignment because it will heavily impact their grade for the marking if it is marked as missing.
The students also continued to learn about conjunctions by identifying the conjunctions in example sentences.
Have a great evening!
Homework:
In Language Arts today the students continued to work on their argumentative essays by focusing on the body. Many students finished this in class but if they were unable to do so, the assignment became homework.
The students also continued to learn about conjunctions and they read their article of the week.
Have a great evening!
Homework:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPoBE-E8VOc
In Language Arts today the students began writing the rough draft for their argumentative essays. Today we focused on how to write a strong introduction.
The students also continued to learn about conjunctions.
Lastly, we spent time analyzing the text features for our article of the week.
Have a great evening!
Homework:
In Language Arts today the students continued to work on their thinking maps for their argumentative essays. Today they spent time explaining how the textual evidence they gathered yesterday supports their claim. At this point, the thinking maps should be done. We will begin writing our rough drafts on Monday.
The students also spent time learning about conjunctions within a sentence.
Have a fantastic weekend!
Homework:
In Language Arts today the students continued to gather information for their argumentative essays. Today we focused on finding examples of textual evidence. Tomorrow, we will focus on how this evidence supports our claim. At that point, the pre-writing will be done and we will be moving on to constructing paragraphs with the information we have gathered.
The students also continued to learn about interjections by creating sentences with their own interjections in them.
Have a great evening!
Homework:
Article of the Week Anchor Chart:
Essential Question: Are self-driving cars beneficial to society?
Self-driving cars are/are not beneficial to society. Self-driving cars are/are not beneficial because they explain why you think they are/are not helpful. The text specifically states, “give a direct quote to support your thinking.” (pg. #) This evidence supports my claim because explain how your evidence supports your claim by being specific about what your evidence states and how it supports your claim.
In Language Arts today the students read their article of the week. Since this is a pro/con article, the students were asked to identify evidence that supports both sides of the argument. We used the text features to determine which side of the argument was being focused on at various points throughout the article.
The students were also given time to select a topic for their argumentative writing piece. We will be working on this writing assignment gradually over the course of the next two weeks. For those of you who attended conferences, this is the paper I was referring to.
Our class writes six papers throughout the course of the school year and this one is the first. In this class, essays are graded as summative scores and I make sure to give the students a significant amount of time in class to work on the assignment as well as seek support from myself and peers. The final draft of these papers will be due on Monday, November 28th.
Lastly, the students continued to practice identifying interjections within sample sentences.
Have a great evening!
Homework:
Today in Language Arts the students went to the library since we do not have school tomorrow and that is our regularly scheduled library day.
The students also analyzed and read the text features for their article of the week. They then made and shared predictions about what the article was going to be about.
During Daily 5, the students were given time to finish their CER Response (due today) and their article of the week response (due at the end of class). For students who were already done, other activities were provided.
Lastly, the students participated in a philosophical circle where they used their CER response and t-chart to debate whether video games are too violent or are considered educational. Participating the debate in a respectful way was a 5 point summative grade. If a student was absent today, you may notice that their score has been dropped. They are excused from the assignment since it was in class and it cannot negatively or positively impact their grade.
Have a great evening and enjoy the day off!
Homework: