Friday, January 17, 2014

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Announcements and Reminders: JANUARY BOOK ASSESSMENT Genre for your January book assessment: Historical or Multicultural Fiction (Novels) Pick up the goldenrod handout if you were absent last time. You can also download and print it hereJANUARY BOOK OF THE MONTH PROJECT H.doc Due dates for your January book assessment: Sign up by January 17 for full points. Sign up for your new Edmodo group by the end of class on January 24. (Before is better.) You will have some time to work on your project in class on January 24. Your completed assignment must be posted and complete on Edmodo by January 30. IMPORTANT:   Do NOT use Wikipedia Your source should not be a list of sources. Do not use answer.com or a similar site as a source. Do not use random blogs.    ESSENTIAL SPELLING WORDS You are still responsible to spell them correctly. The last day to hand in late or revised work and extra credit for Term 3 is March 14.

Today's Agenda:  1. Individual reading of your historical fiction or multicultural fiction novel. 2. New Appointment Clocks   Appointment Clocks 3. Walking Word Sort   Prefix: il-, im-, in-, ir- Word Sort Activity Begin a page in your composition book for          Prefixes, Suffixes, and Word Roots So far you should have: Prefixes and meanings Word Roots and Meanings Suffixes and Meanings re-  means  again or back il-, im-, in-, ir- means not in-, im-   means in or into. mit  = send  port  =  carry form =  mold loc =  place cycle =  circle,  wheel  act =   drive,  move -ing is a verb ending that creates the present participle -ion, -tion,  -ation, -ition     means  act or process and changed the word into a noun For an explanation of the present participle and other verb forms: http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/participle.htm 4. Creating Practically Perfect Paragraphs           Deconstructing/Understanding a Writing Prompt                    PowerPoint: Notes on RAFT, Pair Shares,                     Pair Shares  DeconstructingAPrompt.ppt          Creating or Recognizing an effective Topic Sentence                           (Your Central Idea)

If you were absent:  See above.

When writing a paragraph in your composition book, follow these directions: 
1.  Make sure the title and today's date is at the head of this entry.
2. Skip a line.   
3. Indent the next line and begin with your topic sentence.
4. Create another sentence that supports the topic sentence.
5. Create another sentence that supports the topic sentence.

6. Create another sentence that supports the topic sentence.
7. Add your closing/concluding sentence.  This sentence leaves the reader feeling that the piece has been wrapped up/finished.  

If extra time: 10 year olds

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyUsL2PfclY

Some people say burned girl should have been allowed to die --

Prompt:  In a complete paragraph state your opinion about whether the burned girl should have been allowed to die.  Support your opinion with at least three reasons.