Friday, October 28, 2011

Week of October 31- November 4

Advanced LA
Some spooky stories will be shared in class on Monday!  Remember it is black and orange day - sorry no costumes allowed!
Tuesday - Pass backs - Wow - I have a lot to get back to you!  Let's seriously consider doing a rewrite for compare/contrast essays.  So many of you are on the right track and really  need to work on improving your writing in terms of elaborating your ideas further.  Take your writing to the next level advanced students!
Wednesday - Friday - Unit 3 - Verbs.  This unit will continue into next week.

Advanced Reading - Period 4
Monday - Chapter 6 discussion using the "quote finder" worksheet and continuing with chapter 7.  Stalin - what do you know about him?  Bring in three facts to share with the class on Tuesday and you could earn more than just a Spartan Star!
Tuesday - Ch 7 journal and Chapter 8 read aloud.  There is an interesting point for discussion on page 177.
Wednesday - Chapter 9 - main details worksheet - similar to what you have done in science.
Thursday - not sure if we will be following this exact schedule this week.  We may be moving on to chapter 10 if we stay on schedule.
Friday - book report work time

Advanced Reading - Period 6
Monday - Chapter 6/7 discussion worksheet - I'm sure you will bring some interesting thoughts and discussion to offer to your groups!
Tuesday - Are you keeping up with your vocab?  In class we will discuss chapter 8 and move on to Chapter 9 with a main details worksheet.
Wednesday - Chapter 10 and a character journal.  Ch. 6-10 vocab. is due tomorrow!
Thursday - Chapter 11
Friday - Book report time/ silent reading - AR book!

LA 7
This week's focus will be Unit 2 - Nouns!  Many students think, "this is easy" or "do we have to?"  Nouns are important in regards to writing and especially showing possession!  Students struggle with possessive nouns as well as identifying when an idea is a noun (beauty, time, etc.).  A graded picture prompt will be given on Friday for students to demonstrate their knowledge about noun usage.

Reading 8
Still reading our classroom novel, Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie.  Students will work through chapters 11-14 this week.  We read independently, in groups, with partners or I read a chapter allowed.  We will also be checking out our final book report book for the trimester.  This is an accelerated reader book report.  Students will select a free-choice fiction book in the genre they enjoy  most, science fiction, mystery, adventure, horror, realistic fiction and so on.  Before the end of the trimester, students will need to take an AR test in my room and turn it in for their final book report.  If they are unhappy about their grade they can
1.  choose to read another book and replace the grade
2.  discuss an alternative book report to turn in showing comprehension/understanding of the book.

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