November 30/December 1, 2009
1. We went to the computer lab where students had the opportunity to revise and edit and complete (if needed) their letters to the author. The deadline has been extended to December 3.
2. Students worked on making a "Magical Study Guide" for practicing their 7th grade core prefixes and suffixes.
Parent-Teacher Conference December 3.
Last chance to edit and revise your October Letter About Literature. Do it by Thursday, December 3.
Do as much revision and editing as you wish, but make sure you
-- right align your name and the school address at the top of the page.
-- edit for complete sentences, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation (check for teacher comments, suggestions).
No spelling test today.
Test next time (December 2/3) will be on the il- words:
1. illegal
2. illiterate
3. illegible
4. illogical
Extra credit for knowing what these word parts mean:
1) "leg" as in legal -- lēgālis -- the law
2) "litera" as in literate -- litterātus -- learned, scholarly from "letter"
3) "leg" as in legible -- leg(ere) -- to read
4) "logo" as in logical -- Gk logikós -- of speech or reason
Notice that all your prefixes and suffixes, word parts, meaning, and spelling words are on your chart of prefixes and suffixes.
