Thursday, December 12, 2013

Thursday, December 12, 2013




Announcements and Reminders:

Do not forget to write Santa Letters!  

 Do not forget that the LAST day to hand in late and 

 revised work for this term is December 20. 

Do not forget to complete and submit your theme letter for the November Book Assessment.  Turn in your packet to let me know you are ready for it to be graded. You already received a grading sheet twice.  If you still need one, please print this: November Bk of Mon Directions.doc

Do not forget to get your Effects of TV score up! We will be in the computer lab to finish that essay on Monday. 
Full points will be for a score of 4.5 or above. It should use essay organization, present effective reasoning, and be carefully revised and edited. We will be in the computer lab again on December 16. You will have two days after that to complete it, if needed. Your final score will be the score earned by MyAccess by December 18.
We will be in Computer Lab 201 for Cave Time  today --Thursday.

Are you working on your Letter About Literature letter for the December Book Assessment -- due January 7? 

Samples for Letters About Literature/ December Book Assignment

    • It is not a summary.  The author already knows the story.
    • Correspond, don’t compliment! Your letter should inform rather than flatter the author. All FAN letters will be eliminated!
    • See the tab above for required reading if you've lost your  pink packet. 

If you finish your science fiction or fantasy book, you may use the time for rereading the book you plan to use for your Letter About Literature.

Book orders are due by December 20.  They will come AFTER Christmas Break -- of course. 




1. Reading your book and fill out log
2. Theme Test
3.  More practice for Coordinate Adjectives --  The Coordinate Adjectives test will be given next time.
(The Fact and Opinion test will also be given next week.)




For next time: 
TV Essay -- Reminders  for next time:  Have you done this? Is your score up to at least a 3.2?
Here is the outline for your essay on The Effects of TV:   Essay Outline for Effects of TV.doc  

Argument Essay: Is Television Helpful or Harmful?

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The articles you were given:  




If you were absent:
1. See me about a time to take the theme test.
2. Study coordinate adjective.

More Coordinate and Cumulative Adjectives


3. If you haven't done it yet,
TV Essay -- Reminders  for next time:  Have you done this? Is your score up to at least a 3.2 (C)?
Here is the outline for your essay on The Effects of TV:   Essay Outline for Effects of TV.doc  

Argument Essay: Is Television Helpful or Harmful?

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The articles you were given:  
B1
B2
B3
B4
Adjective Practice – Order Worksheet
not
partially -- need more time/homework 
partially -- need more time
partially  -- need more time
Stand-Up Sentence
x  2
not
x 
x all





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