Parent-Teacher Conferences are Tuesday, March 4, and Thursday, March 6, from 4-7. Mrs. Belden will only be at conferences on Tuesday.
1. MUG Shot Sentence #18 (12 corrections):
In his book "things fall apart." Chinua achebe relates the story of a beautiful fascination african culture that has all but dissapeared. (WI 581)
2. Vocabulary Words for Week 6: We'll draw pictures and write definitions
cognomen, agnostic, doctrinaire, indoctrinate, incognito, orthodox, paradox, docile, doctrine, diagnose
3. Reading Workshop: Work on your reading and reading logs.
4. Author Books: We'll go to the PC lab and you and your partner can start putting the information from your Author Profile into your book. In the PC lab, we'll look first at Microsoft Publisher and how to use it (remember, there are directions on the back of your blue instruction sheet). After that, you'll have the rest of the hour to work. Your books must be printed in color and handed in by the end of the day Thursday.
ASSIGNMENT: Flashcards for vocabulary words for Week 6
Friday, February 29, 2008
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Friday, February 29
HAPPY LEAP YEAR!!
These plans are subject to change if school is delayed!
1. MUG Shot Sentence # 17 (9 corrections)
The first five books of the hebrew bible or the torah. Contane the laws of judaism and the early history of the jewish people.
2. Vocabulary - review Week 5; 7/8th Hours: correct worksheet & review; Quiz over Week 5 words.
3. Reading Workshop - Silent reading time, time to work on reading logs
4. Author Books - We'll spend the rest of today looking for information about your author in the
electronic data bases and looking for web sites with information. You will have to turn in a written evaluation (CARRDSS) of any web site you decide to use. At the end of the hour, your Author Profile should be completed and turned in, along with your list of sources, and your web site evaluations. Today we'll be using the mobile laptop lab in the library, and Mrs. Loughren will go over with you the guidelines for using these computers. You and your book partner will need just one laptop.
These plans are subject to change if school is delayed!
1. MUG Shot Sentence # 17 (9 corrections)
The first five books of the hebrew bible or the torah. Contane the laws of judaism and the early history of the jewish people.
2. Vocabulary - review Week 5; 7/8th Hours: correct worksheet & review; Quiz over Week 5 words.
3. Reading Workshop - Silent reading time, time to work on reading logs
4. Author Books - We'll spend the rest of today looking for information about your author in the
electronic data bases and looking for web sites with information. You will have to turn in a written evaluation (CARRDSS) of any web site you decide to use. At the end of the hour, your Author Profile should be completed and turned in, along with your list of sources, and your web site evaluations. Today we'll be using the mobile laptop lab in the library, and Mrs. Loughren will go over with you the guidelines for using these computers. You and your book partner will need just one laptop.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Thursday, February 28
1. MUG Shot - We'll go over the quiz you took yesterday and then do sentence #16.
2. Vocabulary -Correct the worksheet that's due today and put some of your sentences on the board. 7/8th Hours - We'll go over the stories behind the other half of the words.
3. Reading Workshop
4. 1/2 Hours - First, we'll review CARRDSS, and then we'll go to the PC lab and look at some web sites and evaluate them according to the criteria you learned. 7/8th Hours - You'll take notes on evaluating web sites using CARRDSS. We'll do this in the classroom.
ASSIGNMENT: Vocabulary Quiz 5; Tomorrow will be a work day on your author books. We'll work in the library, where we'll go over the procedures for using the mobile laptop lab, and then you and your partner will research your author using the data bases and web sites. You will have to justify the reliability of any web site you use for information.
2. Vocabulary -Correct the worksheet that's due today and put some of your sentences on the board. 7/8th Hours - We'll go over the stories behind the other half of the words.
3. Reading Workshop
4. 1/2 Hours - First, we'll review CARRDSS, and then we'll go to the PC lab and look at some web sites and evaluate them according to the criteria you learned. 7/8th Hours - You'll take notes on evaluating web sites using CARRDSS. We'll do this in the classroom.
ASSIGNMENT: Vocabulary Quiz 5; Tomorrow will be a work day on your author books. We'll work in the library, where we'll go over the procedures for using the mobile laptop lab, and then you and your partner will research your author using the data bases and web sites. You will have to justify the reliability of any web site you use for information.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Wednesday, February 27
Subject to change if school is delayed!!
1. 1/2 Hours - MUG Shot Quiz #3; 7/8 Hours - First we'll do MUG Shot sentence #15, and then we'll take the quiz.
2. Reading Workshop - Silent reading time until quizzes are all handed in.
3. Vocabulary Week 5 - Check flashcards and review words. 7/8 Hours - we'll go over the first five words in more detail.
4. Both sections - review yesterday's notes (1/2 - evaluating web sites; 7/8 electronic data bases).
5. PC Lab - Complete a scavenger hunt using the data bases: EBSCO, World Book Online, Accuweather, AP Archives. You will find several specific items in each data base and have me initial your sheet when you find it.
ASSIGNMENT: Vocabulary Worksheet Week 5
EXTRA CREDIT: Make a poster illustrating/explaining on of the following: the ten categories of the Dewey Decimal System, any of the electronic data bases, the criteria for evaluating web sites (CARRDSS). This should be done neatly and according to the standards you learned in science last semester. It must be in color. See me if you need drawing paper - this must be bigger than a sheet of printer paper!! These are due March 5, one week from today.
1. 1/2 Hours - MUG Shot Quiz #3; 7/8 Hours - First we'll do MUG Shot sentence #15, and then we'll take the quiz.
2. Reading Workshop - Silent reading time until quizzes are all handed in.
3. Vocabulary Week 5 - Check flashcards and review words. 7/8 Hours - we'll go over the first five words in more detail.
4. Both sections - review yesterday's notes (1/2 - evaluating web sites; 7/8 electronic data bases).
5. PC Lab - Complete a scavenger hunt using the data bases: EBSCO, World Book Online, Accuweather, AP Archives. You will find several specific items in each data base and have me initial your sheet when you find it.
ASSIGNMENT: Vocabulary Worksheet Week 5
EXTRA CREDIT: Make a poster illustrating/explaining on of the following: the ten categories of the Dewey Decimal System, any of the electronic data bases, the criteria for evaluating web sites (CARRDSS). This should be done neatly and according to the standards you learned in science last semester. It must be in color. See me if you need drawing paper - this must be bigger than a sheet of printer paper!! These are due March 5, one week from today.
Monday, February 25, 2008
Tuesday, February 26
7th/8th Hour Block will follow lesson plans for yesterday, February 25.
1. MUG Shot Quiz #3 - Remember, if you had an A on the last quiz, you don't have to take this one!
2. Reading Workshop
3. Vocabulary - We'll check the spelling of the words on your flashcards and review with a partner.
4. Electronic Data Bases - Review of the notes you took yesterday; compare your notes to mine.
5. Notes - We'll go to the library where Mrs. Loughren will go over criteria for evaluating web sites for reliability.
1. MUG Shot Quiz #3 - Remember, if you had an A on the last quiz, you don't have to take this one!
2. Reading Workshop
3. Vocabulary - We'll check the spelling of the words on your flashcards and review with a partner.
4. Electronic Data Bases - Review of the notes you took yesterday; compare your notes to mine.
5. Notes - We'll go to the library where Mrs. Loughren will go over criteria for evaluating web sites for reliability.
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Monday, February 25
1. MUG Shot Sentence #15 (5 corrections) -
Holistic medicine which includes treatments such as acupunture and aromatherapy focuses on treating the whole person -- body and mind -- rather then just the effected part. (586,692)
2. Vocabulary Week 5 - We'll draw pictures on the board and write definitions for these words (they all come from a name): herculean, maverick, boycott, procrustean, nemesis, bedlam, mentor, mesmerize, quixotic, maudlin.
3. Reading Workshop - Spend some time reading and working on CRLs.
4. Data Bases - Mrs. Loughren will go over with you the electronic data bases we have access to through the AEA Online Resources - EBSCO, AP Multimedia Archive, Accuweather, World Book Online, and, of course, you've already used the Clip Art data base. There will be a sheet handed out for you to take notes on.
ASSIGNMENT: MUG Shot Quiz on Tuesday, make flashcards for Week 4 vocabulary words
Holistic medicine which includes treatments such as acupunture and aromatherapy focuses on treating the whole person -- body and mind -- rather then just the effected part. (586,692)
2. Vocabulary Week 5 - We'll draw pictures on the board and write definitions for these words (they all come from a name): herculean, maverick, boycott, procrustean, nemesis, bedlam, mentor, mesmerize, quixotic, maudlin.
3. Reading Workshop - Spend some time reading and working on CRLs.
4. Data Bases - Mrs. Loughren will go over with you the electronic data bases we have access to through the AEA Online Resources - EBSCO, AP Multimedia Archive, Accuweather, World Book Online, and, of course, you've already used the Clip Art data base. There will be a sheet handed out for you to take notes on.
ASSIGNMENT: MUG Shot Quiz on Tuesday, make flashcards for Week 4 vocabulary words
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Friday, February 22
1. MUG Shot Sentence #14 (5 corrections) -
-It was Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter who wrote the song Here Comes Sunshine but it was my friends and I who heard it preformed on July 2 1995. (579, 625, 587)
2. Vocabulary Quiz over Week 4 (and some of 1, 2, and 3) - Remember you can use three cards from all four of the lists. If you have them chosen ahead of time and show them to me as soon as you come to class, I will add 2 points to your quiz score. 7th/8th hours: We'll go over your worksheets before we take the quiz.
3. Reading Workshop - As soon as you hand your quiz, use the time to work on your books or CRLs.
4. Author Books - We'll go to the library for second hour and you and your partner can begin looking for information about your author. Today you're limited to using nonfiction and reference books. All you may use on the computer is Alexandria. Record the sources of information you use on the source sheet you'll get in class, and record your information on your Author Profile, which will also be handed out in class.
ASSIGNMENT: Work on your reading. Midterm for the second quarter will be here before you know it!
-It was Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter who wrote the song Here Comes Sunshine but it was my friends and I who heard it preformed on July 2 1995. (579, 625, 587)
2. Vocabulary Quiz over Week 4 (and some of 1, 2, and 3) - Remember you can use three cards from all four of the lists. If you have them chosen ahead of time and show them to me as soon as you come to class, I will add 2 points to your quiz score. 7th/8th hours: We'll go over your worksheets before we take the quiz.
3. Reading Workshop - As soon as you hand your quiz, use the time to work on your books or CRLs.
4. Author Books - We'll go to the library for second hour and you and your partner can begin looking for information about your author. Today you're limited to using nonfiction and reference books. All you may use on the computer is Alexandria. Record the sources of information you use on the source sheet you'll get in class, and record your information on your Author Profile, which will also be handed out in class.
ASSIGNMENT: Work on your reading. Midterm for the second quarter will be here before you know it!
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Thursday, February 21
1. MUG Shot Sentence #13 (6 corrections) -
The lungfish an unusual animal has both lungs and gills therefore it can breath eather underwater or on land. (595, 583)
2. Vocabulary - We'll go over the sentences you wrote on your worksheet. Several of you will put yours on the board.
3. Reading Workshop - Everything handed in beginning today counts toward the 2nd Quarter.
4. Reference/Nonfiction Books
-First, we'll go over your predictions on the list of reference books you were given yesterday.
-After that, we'll play Jeopardy using that list of reference books. Under the dollar amounts on the board are questions; rather than answering the question, you will answer with which reference book you'd be most likely to find the answer. We'll divide into teams to play, and the prizes will be extra credit points.
If by the end of the period Thursday, you and a partner have not signed up for your choice for the Author Books project, I will assign partners and authors as needed.
ASSIGNMENT: Vocabulary Quiz over Week 4 (with words from 1, 2, and 3 also included)
The lungfish an unusual animal has both lungs and gills therefore it can breath eather underwater or on land. (595, 583)
2. Vocabulary - We'll go over the sentences you wrote on your worksheet. Several of you will put yours on the board.
3. Reading Workshop - Everything handed in beginning today counts toward the 2nd Quarter.
4. Reference/Nonfiction Books
-First, we'll go over your predictions on the list of reference books you were given yesterday.
-After that, we'll play Jeopardy using that list of reference books. Under the dollar amounts on the board are questions; rather than answering the question, you will answer with which reference book you'd be most likely to find the answer. We'll divide into teams to play, and the prizes will be extra credit points.
If by the end of the period Thursday, you and a partner have not signed up for your choice for the Author Books project, I will assign partners and authors as needed.
ASSIGNMENT: Vocabulary Quiz over Week 4 (with words from 1, 2, and 3 also included)
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Wednesday, February 20
Your library floor plans are due today!!!!!
1. MUG Shot - First, we'll go over your quizzes from last week and then we'll do Sentence #12 (15 corrections):
Hey Elena said Steven Baron Sr as we unpacked did you forget the grapes. You forgot the T shirts, to? Oh brother! (606, 590, 593, 588, 619, 627, 700)
2. Vocabulary - Today will be a review day for the Week 4 words. The worksheet over these words will be due tomorrow, February 21.
3. Reading Workshop - Don't forget that today is the deadline for reading to count for the 1st quarter.
4. Nonfiction vs Reference Books - First, you'll view a PowerPoint presentation on the two types of books and take some notes in the "notes" section of your class notebook. After that, you will be given a list of book titles that represent a cross-section (25-30 on all topics) of reference books found in our library. You'll divide into small groups and make some educated guesses about the book titles on the list: Which Dewey category does each fall into? What type of information do you think the book probably contains? When do you think you might have to use it? We'll go over the list at the end of the hour. It's important you pay close attention when we go over what the books are actually about; it will help you tomorrow!
ASSIGNMENT: Vocabulary Worksheet over Week 4 is due Thursday, February 21.
EXTRA CREDIT: Choose a comic strip from the newspaper, being sure to choose one that is at least four frames long. Rewrite the conversation in the strip using correct dialogue format and adding any narrative that's necessary. Use looseleaf paper and write them in ink, please -- or type them. These are due by Friday, February 22.
1. MUG Shot - First, we'll go over your quizzes from last week and then we'll do Sentence #12 (15 corrections):
Hey Elena said Steven Baron Sr as we unpacked did you forget the grapes. You forgot the T shirts, to? Oh brother! (606, 590, 593, 588, 619, 627, 700)
2. Vocabulary - Today will be a review day for the Week 4 words. The worksheet over these words will be due tomorrow, February 21.
3. Reading Workshop - Don't forget that today is the deadline for reading to count for the 1st quarter.
4. Nonfiction vs Reference Books - First, you'll view a PowerPoint presentation on the two types of books and take some notes in the "notes" section of your class notebook. After that, you will be given a list of book titles that represent a cross-section (25-30 on all topics) of reference books found in our library. You'll divide into small groups and make some educated guesses about the book titles on the list: Which Dewey category does each fall into? What type of information do you think the book probably contains? When do you think you might have to use it? We'll go over the list at the end of the hour. It's important you pay close attention when we go over what the books are actually about; it will help you tomorrow!
ASSIGNMENT: Vocabulary Worksheet over Week 4 is due Thursday, February 21.
EXTRA CREDIT: Choose a comic strip from the newspaper, being sure to choose one that is at least four frames long. Rewrite the conversation in the strip using correct dialogue format and adding any narrative that's necessary. Use looseleaf paper and write them in ink, please -- or type them. These are due by Friday, February 22.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Friday, February 15
1. MUG Shot Sentence #11 (7 corrections) -
She closed the book and looked at the clock she had finished reading The Elder Brothers at exactly 1204 pm (632, 600, 595, 681)
2. Vocabulary - We'll double check the spelling on this week's flashcards and then spend a few minutes reviewing.
3. Reading Workshop - Remember the 20th!
4. Dewey Decimal System - You will go to the library and find books whose call numbers fit in each section of the Dewey Decimal System, including a biography and a collection of short stories. On the worksheet, you'll write the title, the name of the author, and the exact call number of each book. This is due today.
5. Author Books - While we do our library unit, you will be completing a research project using each of the resources we discuss in class. At the end of the unit, you will produce a booklet about one of the authors whose work we'll be reading in class this semester. Today we're going to go over the list of authors (slide show) and the details about the assignment (2 handouts). You will be working on this with a partner of your own choosing (subject to my approval - if I think you won't work efficiently together, I won't let you work together), so you and your partner will need to sign up for the author you wish research. These choices must be made by next Wednesday.
6. If there's any extra time, you may use it to work on your floor plans. Remember, they're due when we come back after the long week-end.
ASSIGNMENTS TO REMEMBER: Floor plans due Wed., Feb. 20, partner choices and author sign-up by Wed., Feb. 20
Extra Credit: Design a new cover for the book you're currently reading. It must be done in color and can be done on 8 1/2 x 11 white paper. Include an explanation of your design and why you chose it. The explanation should either be written neatly in ink on looseleaf paper or typed and be 6-10 sentences in length. This is due by Friday, February 22. (Up to 15 pts.)
She closed the book and looked at the clock she had finished reading The Elder Brothers at exactly 1204 pm (632, 600, 595, 681)
2. Vocabulary - We'll double check the spelling on this week's flashcards and then spend a few minutes reviewing.
3. Reading Workshop - Remember the 20th!
4. Dewey Decimal System - You will go to the library and find books whose call numbers fit in each section of the Dewey Decimal System, including a biography and a collection of short stories. On the worksheet, you'll write the title, the name of the author, and the exact call number of each book. This is due today.
5. Author Books - While we do our library unit, you will be completing a research project using each of the resources we discuss in class. At the end of the unit, you will produce a booklet about one of the authors whose work we'll be reading in class this semester. Today we're going to go over the list of authors (slide show) and the details about the assignment (2 handouts). You will be working on this with a partner of your own choosing (subject to my approval - if I think you won't work efficiently together, I won't let you work together), so you and your partner will need to sign up for the author you wish research. These choices must be made by next Wednesday.
6. If there's any extra time, you may use it to work on your floor plans. Remember, they're due when we come back after the long week-end.
ASSIGNMENTS TO REMEMBER: Floor plans due Wed., Feb. 20, partner choices and author sign-up by Wed., Feb. 20
Extra Credit: Design a new cover for the book you're currently reading. It must be done in color and can be done on 8 1/2 x 11 white paper. Include an explanation of your design and why you chose it. The explanation should either be written neatly in ink on looseleaf paper or typed and be 6-10 sentences in length. This is due by Friday, February 22. (Up to 15 pts.)
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Thursday, February 14
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!
IF YOU HAVEN'T HANDED IN YOUR POEM ABOUT YOUR PARTNER YET, IT'S LATE!
1. MUG Shot - First we're going to review nonrestrictive & restrictive phrases and appositives. Then we'll take the MUG Shot Quiz. If you got an A on the last one, remember you don't have to take this one -- but I won't remind you!
2. After you finish your quiz, spend some time working on your reading. Remember, the deadline is only a week away!
3. Vocabulary - Draw pictures and write definitions for Week 4. The words are: cherish, omen, charity, perish, gaunt, emerge, subside, shroud, malice, solemnity. Your flashcards for this list are due Friday, February 15.
4. Review of Mrs. Loughren's presentation of the Dewey Decimal System. Remember the alien story! We'll do an activity that involves you going to the library for a few minutes.
5. If there's time today, we're going to go over an Author Book project that you will work on as we complete our library unit. If we run out of time, we'll look at it first thing tomorrow.
ASSIGNMENT: Since you made such good use of the class time I gave you to work on your floor plans, I'll move the due date to next Wednesday (February 20). But I expect great things since you get so much extra time!!
IF YOU HAVEN'T HANDED IN YOUR POEM ABOUT YOUR PARTNER YET, IT'S LATE!
1. MUG Shot - First we're going to review nonrestrictive & restrictive phrases and appositives. Then we'll take the MUG Shot Quiz. If you got an A on the last one, remember you don't have to take this one -- but I won't remind you!
2. After you finish your quiz, spend some time working on your reading. Remember, the deadline is only a week away!
3. Vocabulary - Draw pictures and write definitions for Week 4. The words are: cherish, omen, charity, perish, gaunt, emerge, subside, shroud, malice, solemnity. Your flashcards for this list are due Friday, February 15.
4. Review of Mrs. Loughren's presentation of the Dewey Decimal System. Remember the alien story! We'll do an activity that involves you going to the library for a few minutes.
5. If there's time today, we're going to go over an Author Book project that you will work on as we complete our library unit. If we run out of time, we'll look at it first thing tomorrow.
ASSIGNMENT: Since you made such good use of the class time I gave you to work on your floor plans, I'll move the due date to next Wednesday (February 20). But I expect great things since you get so much extra time!!
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Wednesday, February 13
1. All of the first class period will be work time for you to work on your floor plans/maps of the library. THESE ARE DUE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15!!
2. During the second class period, Mrs. Loughren will be here. She will have you do a sorting activity with pop cans and then take some notes on her presentation on the Dewey Decimal System.
ASSIGNMENT: review worksheet over nonrestrictive & restrictive p hrases; MUG Shot Quiz on Thursday.
2. During the second class period, Mrs. Loughren will be here. She will have you do a sorting activity with pop cans and then take some notes on her presentation on the Dewey Decimal System.
ASSIGNMENT: review worksheet over nonrestrictive & restrictive p hrases; MUG Shot Quiz on Thursday.
Monday, February 11, 2008
Tuesday, February 12
(You'll notice some repeats from yesterday due to the late start and shortened periods we had on Monday.)
1. MUG Shot Sentence #10 (5 corrections)
The Minoan civilizashun which lasted for 2000 year on the island of Crete developed a rich and propsperous culture beginning around 6000 BC. (586, 678)
2. Vocabulary - First, we'll double check your crossword puzzles, and then we'll take the test. For the test you may use three of your flashcards from each list and your parts of speech card. You will need a pencil for the test - no pens!
3. Reading - Work on your reading after you finish your test.
4. Spanish Sea Captain's Map - We'll look at this today since we didn't get to yesterday.
5. Library Floor Plan Assignment - We'll review the directions sheet you got yesterday, go over the evaluation sheet, and then will spend the day in class working on your floor plans. THESE ARE DUE ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15.
1. MUG Shot Sentence #10 (5 corrections)
The Minoan civilizashun which lasted for 2000 year on the island of Crete developed a rich and propsperous culture beginning around 6000 BC. (586, 678)
2. Vocabulary - First, we'll double check your crossword puzzles, and then we'll take the test. For the test you may use three of your flashcards from each list and your parts of speech card. You will need a pencil for the test - no pens!
3. Reading - Work on your reading after you finish your test.
4. Spanish Sea Captain's Map - We'll look at this today since we didn't get to yesterday.
5. Library Floor Plan Assignment - We'll review the directions sheet you got yesterday, go over the evaluation sheet, and then will spend the day in class working on your floor plans. THESE ARE DUE ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15.
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Monday, February 11
1. MUG Shot Sentence #9 - 8 corrections
If someone took away all of your senses sight touch hearing smell taste what do you imagine would be left. (635, 636, 619, 585)
2. Vocabulary - We're going to correct the objective part of the worksheet you got on Friday (8th hour won't get this until Monday) and hand in the sentences for grading. We will have a vocabulary test over lists 1, 2, and 3 on Tuesday, February 12.
3. Reading Workshop - Keep working on your books and your Reading Logs. Remember all is due Feb. 21.
4. Antique Spanish Sea Captain's Map - We're going to look at a transparency reproduction of a Spanish Sea Captain's Map from the late 1700's. You're going to be asked to list all the ways it is different from a map we'd use today.
5. Library Tour - Mrs. Loughren is going to give you a specially guided tour of the library, pointing out several of the reference tools and study aids you will be using for the next 3 1/2 years. While she's doing this, you'll be making a rough diagram of the library in your class notebook, which you will use in completing...
6. Floor Plan Assignment - Back in the room, we'll go over your assignment: drawing a floor plan of the library listing all of the references/study aids/miscellaneous items found on the list you're given (remember, you have your notes from the tour to refer to). Your floor plan will be done in the style of the old Spanish map we looked at, rather than like a modern map. These floor plans are due Friday, February 15. Refer to the grading criteria on the back of your instruction sheet.
If someone took away all of your senses sight touch hearing smell taste what do you imagine would be left. (635, 636, 619, 585)
2. Vocabulary - We're going to correct the objective part of the worksheet you got on Friday (8th hour won't get this until Monday) and hand in the sentences for grading. We will have a vocabulary test over lists 1, 2, and 3 on Tuesday, February 12.
3. Reading Workshop - Keep working on your books and your Reading Logs. Remember all is due Feb. 21.
4. Antique Spanish Sea Captain's Map - We're going to look at a transparency reproduction of a Spanish Sea Captain's Map from the late 1700's. You're going to be asked to list all the ways it is different from a map we'd use today.
5. Library Tour - Mrs. Loughren is going to give you a specially guided tour of the library, pointing out several of the reference tools and study aids you will be using for the next 3 1/2 years. While she's doing this, you'll be making a rough diagram of the library in your class notebook, which you will use in completing...
6. Floor Plan Assignment - Back in the room, we'll go over your assignment: drawing a floor plan of the library listing all of the references/study aids/miscellaneous items found on the list you're given (remember, you have your notes from the tour to refer to). Your floor plan will be done in the style of the old Spanish map we looked at, rather than like a modern map. These floor plans are due Friday, February 15. Refer to the grading criteria on the back of your instruction sheet.
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Friday, February 8
1. MUG Shot Sentence #8 (4 corrections)
On our camping trip their were fireworks going off all night dogs barking all morning and music playing all day. (WI: 580, 700, 585)
2. Vocabulary - I want to check your flashcards for spelling, and then we'll review our words.
3. Reading Workshop - Just a reminder that all reading will be due February 20.
4. Poems - Spend a few minutes with your bio partner going over the poems you've written about each other. See if there's something you want your partner to be sure to include in his/her poem. We'll spend a few minutes looking at the layout of the model poem.
5. PC Lab - We'll go to the PC Lab (sorry, you'll have assigned seats) and type your poems according to the following directions:
a. Center the title at the top
b. Center your name and the word "By" under the title
c. Choose a different font for each stanza/category. Choose a font that reflects the topic.
d. Import at least three clip art images to illustrate your poem.
e. Save your poem to your server account. If you have a flash drive, save it there, too.
f. Print a black and white copy of your poem and double check it.
g. You will need to print a color copy. If you have a flash drive and can print it at home, that's fine; otherwise, you'll need to print it from the color printer in my room. The deadline for doing this is Wednesday, February 13. Hand in the color copy.
EXTRA CREDIT: Write five original sentences using vocabulary words from the first three vocabulary lists. Each sentence must contain a words from Week 1, a word from Week 2, and a word from Week 3. Remember the "forbidden verbs." These must be handed in by Tuesday, February 12.
On our camping trip their were fireworks going off all night dogs barking all morning and music playing all day. (WI: 580, 700, 585)
2. Vocabulary - I want to check your flashcards for spelling, and then we'll review our words.
3. Reading Workshop - Just a reminder that all reading will be due February 20.
4. Poems - Spend a few minutes with your bio partner going over the poems you've written about each other. See if there's something you want your partner to be sure to include in his/her poem. We'll spend a few minutes looking at the layout of the model poem.
5. PC Lab - We'll go to the PC Lab (sorry, you'll have assigned seats) and type your poems according to the following directions:
a. Center the title at the top
b. Center your name and the word "By" under the title
c. Choose a different font for each stanza/category. Choose a font that reflects the topic.
d. Import at least three clip art images to illustrate your poem.
e. Save your poem to your server account. If you have a flash drive, save it there, too.
f. Print a black and white copy of your poem and double check it.
g. You will need to print a color copy. If you have a flash drive and can print it at home, that's fine; otherwise, you'll need to print it from the color printer in my room. The deadline for doing this is Wednesday, February 13. Hand in the color copy.
EXTRA CREDIT: Write five original sentences using vocabulary words from the first three vocabulary lists. Each sentence must contain a words from Week 1, a word from Week 2, and a word from Week 3. Remember the "forbidden verbs." These must be handed in by Tuesday, February 12.
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