Advanced LA
This week we will focus on Nouns! Pre-test was given in classes where 3 students tested out of the noun unit! Congratulations to those students! Parents were e-mailed if their son or daughter tested out. There will be a test on Friday.
Advanced Reading
Students are working this week to write a compare/contrast essay. Students were given the assignment on Monday to compare and contrast, The Third Wish and The Monkey's Paw. They need to show 2 examples of how the stories compare and 2 examples of how they contrast. We discussed in detail about the difference between strong and weak examples and how our evidence should be extended and justified by our own explanations. The assignment is shown below.
Third Wish - Monkey Paw Compare-contrast
Language Arts - period 7
Students received their Buckle Down workbooks this week. This is an ISAT prep. workbook that we use in both LA and Reading classes. The workbook doesn't just prepare students for ISAT it also focuses on important elements of literature and poetry. These elements will be important for students to remember for both high school and college. This weeks focus in on story elements. The students are reading a humorous adaptation from the short story "The Ransom of Red Chief" by O. Henry.
Reading - period 8
Finally, it's here - Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick! Students found out on Monday what "Dangerous Pie" finally is! Did they tell you? Did you guess correctly? Poor Steven, or I should say, his drumsticks! His prized possession, autographed drumsticks, were used by his 4 year-old brother Jeffrey, to mix a concoction of eggs, coffee grinds, coca-cola and matchbox cars to make "dangerous pie"!!! Can you imagine how old this 13 year-old boy was to see his brother using his prized possession sticks? The students love this book already! By the end of the week we will have made our way through the first 4 chapters.
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