Monday, March 4, 2013

Classwork/Homework


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

NO SCHOOL FRIDAY, MARCH 8th
END OF 2nd TRIMESTER GRADING DAY 

Reading/Writing 
Students have been working on Personal Narratives as a writing assessment. They are to be at least three paragraphs long, approximately one and one-half pages or longer. The due date is March 4th.

"Read Like a Writer" flap book projects, character paragraphs and theme paragraphs are now overdue.

"The Outsiders" - Approximately one chapter per day will be assigned for student to read independently. The movie will be shown the last two days before Spring Break.
Chapter One - Due March 5th
Quiz - March 5th

Grammar 
Students continue to study parts of speech (nouns, verbs, adjectives). They will work on adverbs this week. They are also working on using strong sentences, powerful paragraphs and excellent essays.