Mega Monday!

Block A: Top 10s are still ongoing! People are working on script writing and movie making. Keep up the good work!

Block B: Great work on making inferences today! Homework for tonight is to complete the nouns worksheet - we'll take up the answers together tomorrow.

Block D: Very interesting and engaging cinquain characters! Homework tonight is to finish your 2 cinquain poems and choose your best one to put on the index card provided. The front of your card will feature your best cinquain (in pen) decorations are optional. The back of the card will have your name. I'll collect tomorrow! If you missed the instructions - here they are:

That's it for Thursday!

Block A: We're making progress on our Top 10s project!!! Keep up the good work! Enjoy your three day weekend!!!

Block B: Great work with making inferences today! We will continue on Monday - no homework this weekend!!!

Block D: By now you should have finished reading "The Necklace" and completed the story map. We debriefed the story map together in class today. We then started to look closer at how the author creates characters through direct and indirect presentation. Check out your yellow handout if you need a refresher. The homework for the weekend is to finish the front side of the characterization chart for Mme. Loisel. We will finish the backside of the handout for M. Loisel on Monday. Here is a copy of the Characterization Chart if you need one!

Wonderful Wednesday:

Block A: We will keep working on our Top 10 projects tomorrow - the goal is to have everyone on the iPads and starting to find their images.

Block B: Homework tonight is the double-spaced good copy (typed or in pen) of your zoo paragraph. Tomorrow you will hand in the good copy, rough draft, green peer editing sheet and the graphic organizer.

Block D: There is no homework tonight - we will finish the story map for "The Necklace" in class tomorrow.

Talking About Tuesday:

Block A: We will keep working on our Top 10s tomorrow. Hopefully, everybody will be ready to get started on the iPads!

Block B: The double-spaced rough draft of your zoo paragraph is due tomorrow for peer editing. The nouns worksheet is NOT homework!

Block D: Please complete the good copy of your advice letter to John Sr. I will also be collecting the rough draft.

Make the Most of your Monday!

Block A: Wow. You guys are making awesome progress on your Top 10s projects! We'll continue working tomorrow - finding images is the next priority.

Block B: Please finish the graphic organizer of your Zoo expository paragraph - I'll be checking it over tomorrow.

Block D: Finish the rough draft of your advice letter to John Purcell from "The Father" for tomorrow. Here are the slides from class:

Fun-times Friday!

Block A: Awesome start to your own Top 10 Project today!!! In class you had the opportunity to work on a proposal and start planning criteria and start choosing the items on your list. We will start putting together our images with the iPad cart on Monday!

Block B: If you did not finish the practice section #3 of the paragraph worksheet, please do so for Monday. Choose one of the topic sentences and three of the supporting details to write your paragraph, adding transition words and a concluding sentence.

Block D: The double-spaced good copy (in pen or typed) of your "Wish You Were Here" creative task is due on Monday. There will be time in class on Monday to finish the story map for "The Father" it is not homework this weekend.

Think about Thursday:

Block A: Great job on the Top 10 Fast Food restaurants today! We'll try another list tomorrow.

Block B: We'll continue tomorrow working on the parts of a paragraph! No homework tonight :)

Block D: Please finish the creative response to "Wish You Were Here." The rough draft is due tomorrow for peer review/editing.