Students have various times to work on assignments or receive help at school: sometimes during class, during morning resource (M/W/F 8:30-9:00am), or after school - if arranged with Ms. Barnes. We welcome Ms. Wyatt as our UO student teacher for 4th period.
Reading
All of Ms. Barnes' students have checked out a copy of A Soldier's Heart from the school library. We are continuing to read approximately one chapter per day.
Reading Schedule
Read Ch. 9 on Monday, May 2nd
Read Ch. 10 together in class Tuesday, May 3rd
Soldier's Heart blue booklet study guide due Friday, May 6th
Writing
Autobiography - complete draft due Friday, May 6th
Plenty of time was given in class for this writing assignment, but if behind, students should've continued writing at home. Skip lines, keep your copy in your binder, and bring to class everyday.
Paragraph 1: intro paragraph - state thesis w/a "hook"
Paragraph 2: 1st body paragraph - describe your past w/an anecdote
Paragraph 3: 2nd body paragraph - describe your current life w/one memorable middle school event
Paragraph 4: 3rd body paragraph - describe your future w/plans, goals, hopes
Paragraph 5: conclusion paragraph - summary of highlights, conclude w/quotation or your personal "motto"
BioPoem - due Monday, May 9th
A direction and sample sheet was provided for this assignment and we started this project in class Thursday, May 5th.
Punctuation Practice
We are practicing identifying independent clauses, coordinating conjunctions, and accompanying punctuation.