Classwork/Homework

Please attend M/W/F morning resource if you need writing assistance or if you have incomplete work to finish.

NO SCHOOL
Mon., Jan. 21st - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 
Fri., Jan. 25th - Progress Report/Grading Day 

Reading/Writing

Students are reading a choice science-fiction, fantasy or mystery novel for their next book project: "Read Like a Writer." Each student should be finished reading her/his choice book by February 5th.

Due dates:
Parent signature - Jan. 16
1/3 book read - Jan. 22
Flap book notes (Lit Devices) - ongoing
2/3 book read - Jan. 29
Basic sentence sheet - Jan. 23 (homework) 
Book reading completed - Feb. 5 

Literary Devices
We are learning about, and identifying, literary devices such as: alliteration, allusion, assonance, dialect, exaggeration, flashback, foreshadowing, hyperbole, imagery, irony (dramatic, situational, verbal), metaphor, mood, onomatopoeia, personification, rhyme, rhyme scheme, simile, and theme.

Grammar

We are continuing with parts of speech (nouns and verbs), and we continue exploring strong sentences, powerful paragraphs and excellent essays. We are also studying basic sentence diagramming. 

Please attend M/W/F morning resource if you need writing assistance or if you have incomplete work to finish.

Reading/Writing

We are continuing with parts of speech (nouns and verbs), and we continue exploring strong sentences, powerful paragraphs and excellent essays. Students are writing a powerful paragraph about their winter vacation, using the smiley-face trick of "full-circle ending," at lest one compound sentence, and six supporting sentences.

Students will soon be asked to select a science-fiction, fantasy or mystery novel for their next book project: "Read Like a Writer." Our school library has over 1,000 items in these genre.

Students who did not finish the Multicultural Book Project on time will not receive a grade for it but they must still finish the project. They have been assigned to work in Ms. Barnes' room each day during part of their lunch time until they finish the project. If they do not show up as assigned, they will be given additional lunch detention.