May 16th, 2013

THE HANDWRITING COMPETITION RESULTS WILL BE OUT TOMORROW!

THANKS FOR SO MUCH SUPPORT FOR OUR SCHOOL PLAY.  IT WAS FABULOUS.

This morning we reviewed all the parts of speech we have learned this year in a class butcher paper activity.  We learned the idiom: Out of the Frying Pan, into the Fire.  Next, we used the school iPads to review SAT words.  Finally, we added another paragraph to our Danny Critical Analysis. 

HOMEWORK TONIGHT FOR MY LANGUAGE ARTS STUDENTS IS TO FINISH HANDWRITING THEIR DANNY PAPERS.  We will be conferencing and editing with them tomorrow.  AFTER THE PAPERS HAVE BEEN PEER EDITED TOMORROW, STUDENTS WILL TYPE THEIR ESSAYS TO BE DUE MONDAY.

The Danny papers are to be formatted for Monday in double-spaced 12 font like this:

Title (centered)

by Name of Student (centered)

     First paragraph is indented.  First sentence contains Danny, the Champion of the World (underlined, because it is the title of a book) and the name of Roald Dahl, who wrote it.  The next section of this paragraph is a brief summary of the book.  It can be a few sentences.  The third section of this paragraph is the Analytical Thesis Statement (or ATS).  It reads like:  Five things I will be discussing....or Interesting points I reflected upon are.... or something of that nature.

     Second paragraph is indented.  The first sentence mentions the first point of the ATS above.  A minimum of 4-5 sentences should be used for each sentence.  Vary sentence lengths.  Give details, connections, etc.

     Third paragraph is indented.  The first sentence mentions the second point of the ATS above.  And so forth.

     Fourth...

     Fifth...

     Sixth...

     The seventh paragraph is indented. The first section of this paragraph mentions all five points of the original ATS in a different way.  The next section includes a favorite or interesting part of the book.  The last part is a recommendation for who should read this book and the reason why.  It should also include a grabber, so the reader wants to read the book.

We completed Math Test 10B.  Students left for the German field trip and those who stayed learned about fractals online.

After lunch was Foreign Language.  We then worked on poetry, went to art, and learned about time in Science.

Music was spent practicing songs for Graduation ceremonies on Tuesday.