Activity for Week of October 29, 2018

Monday:  Collections -  The Mixer
                 Page 74 -  How does an 
                                  anxious/restlessness dog
                                  act?

Tuesday:  Collections - Mixer
                Page 77 - What is the policeman trying
                                 to say to the Shy Man?

Wednesday:  Scary Stories

Thursday:  Chapter Book

Friday: Correcting
             Verb Worksheet: Exercise #1&#9
                        Pronoun Packet: 
                            (1) Diagnostic Review
                            (2) Exercise #1 on page 178
            Quiz:  Revisiting Verb Quiz (Nov 9)
            HW: Pronoun Pkt Ex#2 on page 178
            

Activity for Week of October 22, 2018

Monday: District Writing Test (part 1-2)

Tuesday: District Writing Test (part 3)

Wednesday:  District Writing Test

Thursday: Chapter Book

Friday:  Grammar
              Verb Revisited
              HW:  Verb Worksheet: Exercise #1&#9
                        Pronoun Packet: 
                            (1) Diagnostic Review
                            (2) Exercise #1 on page 178
                       Due: Friday (November 2)

Personal Narrative #3 (PN #3)

1. Current draft: hook and conversation

2. Circle all your verbs:  Can I use a more interesting
verb?

3. Editor?  Look for images that are created
in your head.
4. Editor must sign name onto the notebook.

5. Write final draft and call it PN#3
on binder paper or type it.

      PN#3 = PN#2 + enhanced verbs

Activity for Week of October 15, 2018

Monday:  Collections - Fear & Phobias
                         Page 44

Tuesday:  Important Ideas Page 44 Lines 76-106
                 Conclusion:  The main ideas can be
                                      found in the topic  
                                      sentence.  The topic 
                                      sentence is not always 
                                      the first sentence.

Wednesday :  Personal Narrative #3 (PN#3)
                       Due:  Oct 24
                      
                       Verbs in Personal Narratives
                        1) no repeat verbs
                        2) verbs create images
                        3) source:  dictionary or thesaurus

Thursday:  Chapter Book

  

Activity for Week of October 8, 2018

Monday:  Collections:  poem by Maya Angelou

Tuesday:  Substitute
                 Closed Reader in class
                 HW: CR (page 9-12)

Wednesday:  Draft #1
                      Rewrite with 
                                  hook and conversation.
                      Due: Draft #2 
                               Next Wednesday (10/17)
                      Note: Draft #1 Complete story
                                     


Thursday: Chapter Book

Friday:  Quiz on verbs
              Verb packets collected

Activity for Week of October 1, 2018

Monday:  Reading Comprehension -
                 Notes on "The Jumping Tree"                
                 HW: Closed Reader page 1-8 (complete all questions)
                          Bonus Points for definitions in margins
                         Due: Tuesday

Tuesday: Discussion Closed Reader
               HW:  One more night to complete Closed Reader

Wednesday:  Discuss final question in Closed Reader
                     Workbook will be collected
                     Writing
                      Closed Reader collected
                      HW:  Personal Narrative #2
                                Draft #1  (Due next Wednesday 10/10)

Thursday:  Chapter Book

Friday:  Finish correcting Verb Packet
              Ended on page 53 #12
              HW:  Self correct Verb Packet for next Friday