Today in class . . .
We played Transition Uno. Students review transition words by playing a modified version of the classic Uno game.
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Today in class . . .
We had our final discussion about our class novel. Students who were absent will need to write a half-page book review for the book. The review needs to have a claim, three reasons, evidence, and elaboration. Today in class . . .
We finished and did a peer review of our theme common assessment. The assignment is worth 20 points and is due tomorrow. The assignment sheet is attached to yesterday's post. Today in class . . . We took notes on how to identify a theme in a book, movie, or poem. Afterwards, we filled out a house that identified a them in our class novel. The assignment is attached below.
Today in class . . . We finished writing our informational essay comparing Scott's and Shackleton's expeditions to Antarctica. These assignments can be finished as homework and turned in for full credit on Tuesday. The assignment that guides you though part of the process is attached below. You will need to write your reason paragraphs on a lined piece of paper and stable them to this assignment.
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We finished writing our introductions and did a peer reivew on them. Then we continued working on our essays. They will be finished in class on Monday and due for full credit on Tuesday. Today in class . . .
We talked about four essential things to include in an introduction. Students drafted their introductions. An introduction needs to present these things in this order: 1. The topic. 2. The subtopic. 3. The claim or main idea. 4 . The reasons or supporting details (in the order you will cover them). Today in class . . .
We talked about four essential things to include in an introduction. Students drafted their introductions. An introduction needs to present these things in this order: 1. The topic. 2. The subtopic. 3. The claim or main idea. 4 . The reasons or supporting details (in the order you will cover them). Today in class . . . We learned how to quickly read and understand an essay prompt. Students practiced the TAP strategy using the assignment attached below. Afterwards, students wrote an expository essay prompt according to the directions below.
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We talked about homonyms, homophones, and homographs. Students chose a word pair from our 25 commonly confused words on our reading log and made a flash card. Finally, students quizzed each other using their flash cards. Today in class . . . We identified text structures as we read in our book. We copied what we found on a paper with 6 equal sections. One section for each text structure. The students filled in the graphic organizer and identified 2-3 signal words for each structure. The text structure guided notes are included below again for reference.
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We finished our Video Game essay by choosing two paragraphs to write. We also started on tomorrow's assignment. Today in class . . .
We planned our Video Game essay. The assignments and articles are attached to last Wednesday's post. Today in class . . .
We were in the writing lab taking the reading and language arts portion of the SAGE interim test. Today in class . . .
We were in the writing lab taking the writing portion of the SAGE interim test. Today in class . . .
We practiced elaborating on evidence and planning a well-written essay. We completed the worksheet from yesterday, but we will write the essay from that plan before we turn it in. Today in class . . . We started researching for an essay about video games. The articles, and assignment sheet are attached below.
Today in class . . . We reviewed tag phrases using the handout attached below. Afterwards, we read from our class novel and practiced creating quotes, paraphrases and summaries. Students turned in the evidence they created at the end of class.
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