Thursday, May 1, 2014

Announcements and Reminders:  Behaving well for the substitute will earn extra credit.  I will send in book orders this Friday, May 2, then again May 9. Order online or bring the order form and a check.        If you order online, use the Class Activation Code: GKLJW

Today’s Agenda: 1. Independent Reading (for about 20 minutes) 2. Sentence Imitating  Complex Sentence:  "Because of plagues, poxes, and every other unimaginable nightmare that doctors didn't know how to cure, people dropped like flies." p. 60 How They Croaked by Georgia Bragg  A Complex Sentence to Imitate: "If I hadn't gone outside, I don't know if I would have heard the scream." Maggie Stiefvater, Shiver, p. 38 Imititations: If I hadn't eaten the cake, I wouldn't have found the saw inside it. -- Ms. Dorsey If I hadn't read that book, I wouldn't have understood what my students were talking about. -- Ms. Dorsey Follow this pattern:  If I hadn't _________________, I wouldn't have _________________. Dependent clause, Independent clause. [This is a complex sentence.] One Independent Clause Two or More Independent Clauses No dependent clause Simple Sentence Compound Sentence One or more dependent clauses Complex Sentence Compound-Complex Sentence 3. Practice with Prefixes and suffixes. 4. Listen to and Read along with The Giver. B1 page 60 B2 page 56 B3 page 51 B4 page 63

If you were absent:  See above.

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Announcements and Reminders:  1. SAGE TESTING To prepare for the SAGE Testing in May (May 7 and 9), be ready to bring your own headphones.  You will receive extra credit for bringing them. To prepare for the SAGE Testing in May (May 7 and 9), you can go to http://sageportal.org/training-tests/ and go over the practice test. 2. If you have not presented your March Book Assessment, come to Cave Time to do it.  3. This week Cave Time will be held only on Tuesday for Ms. Dorsey's classes. 4. I will send in book orders this Friday, May 2, then again May 9. Order online or bring the order form and a check.        If you order online, use the Class Activation Code: GKLJW 5. Our own drama department will be presenting The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, the Broadway Musical, beginning April 30!

Today’s Agenda: 1. Individual Reading and "Assignments" 2. Sample Book Assessment:  Symbolic Story Representation 3. Review -- compound sentences -- Phrases and Clauses One Independent Clause Two or More Independent Clauses No dependent clause Simple Sentence Compound Sentence One or more dependent clauses Complex Sentence Compound-Complex Sentence  4.   What happens when you add an  AAAWWUBBIS to the beginning of a sentence? Student Name:  ___________________________________________Period _____  Date _____________ Score _____/10 Rule: When an AAAWWUBBIS is placed at the beginning of a sentence, it causes a comma -- as in this sentence:              “When the class was quiet, Gooney Bird began her Monday story.” -- Lois Lowry, Gooney Bird Greene (2002) Instructions: 1. Read through all of the complete sentences below (without the AAAWWuBBIS’s).  Notice that each is an independent clause and a simple sentence.   2.  Now read each sentence with the AAAWWUBBIS on the front of it (see the example at the end of this chart) and finish the sentence with an independent clause that you make up.    Fix capitalization and punctuation. AAAWW UBBIS’s Complete Sentences Although         I really wanted to see that movie. After          The movie was over. As          We walked to the restaurant. When           A black shadow suddenly sprang out at us from an alleyway. While          My friend was calling 911 on his cell phone. Until          The police arrived. Before           We rode home in the police car.  Because            I had gone without my parents’ permission. If            I have to go to court for being out after curfew. Since            I’ve never been in trouble with the police before.        Example: Although Although            My mother said I could go to the movie. Change it to :    m My mother said I could go to the movie, my father told me I couldn’t go.  Answers for 4-29-14 5.  Prefixes Prefix Practice Fill in the blanks under meaning with the correct meaning for each of these prefixes. Try it first without your study guide or chart, then check and correct (if needed ) your answers. Word Part (prefixes) Meaning Sample Words 1. un- unbelieving,  unhealthy 2.  anti- antifreeze,  antibody 3.  in-, im-, il-, ir- inexpensive, immoral, illegible, irreverent 4.  pre- prevent,   preschool 5.  dis- disconnect, distrust                                                                                           Word Bank to use to fill in the blanks    between against not    before not, opposite of not 6.  The Giver

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Friday, April 25, 2014

Announcements and Reminders:  1. SAGE TESTING To prepare for the SAGE Testing in May (May 7 and 9), be ready to bring your own headphones.  You will receive extra credit for bringing them. To prepare for the SAGE Testing in May (May 7 and 9), you can go to http://sageportal.org/training-tests/ and go over the practice test.  2. If you have not presented your March Book Assessment, come to Cave Time to do it.  3. I will send in book orders next Friday, May 2, then again May 9. Order online or bring the order form and a check.         If you order online, use the Class Activation Code: GKLJW 4. Our own drama department will be presenting The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, the Broadway Musical, beginning April 30! 1938 movie:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUDuRvQGw3k Text from the book for the whitewash scene:  http://www.pbs.org/marktwain/learnmore/writings_tom.html

Today’s Agenda: 1.  Individual Reading 2.  Using Phrases and Clauses to Build Sentences  Simple Sentences: A simple sentence is a single independent clause. Some students like to study in the mornings. Juan and Arturo play football every afternoon. Alicia goes to the library and studies every day. Jeri rode to school in her mom's yellow Ford Mustang convertible with the top down and smiled all the way. Compound Sentences: A compound sentence is made up of two or more independent clauses hooked together with a comma and a coordinating conjunction.  I tried to speak Spanish, and my friend tried to speak English. Alejandro played football, so Maria went shopping. Alejandro played football, for Maria went shopping. FANBOYS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPoBE-E8VOc This is your model sentence:   There was only about a block to go before our bus stop, but I couldn't stand Stephen's whining another second. -- Andrew Clements, The Report Card (2004) This is an imitation by Jeff Anderson:   It was only a mile until we reached the rest stop, but I couldn't hold it another second.  Another imitation:   It was only a day before the competition, but I couldn't concentrate on the game anymore.  In your composition book, label this entry "Compound Sentence" and add today's date.  The write a sentence (imitating the sentences above) following this pattern: It or There or He or She or [Name]  was only _____(complete the thought to create an independent clause)______, but ___(complete the thought to create an independent clause)___. IC, + Coordinating Conjunction + IC.  Building the Compound Sentence Pattern Sentence,  IC FAN BOYS Conjunction (Coordinating Conjunction) for and nor but or yet so Sentence. IC Nick had plenty of good ideas, and he knew what to do with them. He tried to stare into her fiery gaze,  but he couldn't stop looking at the purple vein bulging in her forehead.  A game for recognizing sentence patterns: http://www.quia.com/rr/126726.htm And a quiz: http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/language_arts/sentence_types/quiz1848.html Coming Next Time -- Complex Sentences: When he handed in his homework, he forgot to give the teacher the last page. The teacher returned the homework after she noticed the error. The students are studying because they have a test tomorrow. After they finished studying, Juan and Maria went to the movies Juan and Maria went to the movies after they finished studying. http://eslbee.com/sentences.htm      Thanks to Jeff Anderson in Everyday Editing http://learningediting.pbworks.com/w/page/15839781/Compound%20Sentences Types of Sentences (Compared with Families) The Compound Sentence Phrases and Clauses 3. Suffixes  (Use this handout: Suffix Practice 2 and family sentences.docx.) Suffix Practice Fill in the blanks under meaning with the correct meaning for each of these suffixes. Try it first without your study guide or chart, then check and correct (if needed ) your answers. Word Part (suffixes) Meaning Sample Words Write at least two. 1.  present participle (verb) 2.  past tense (verb) 3.  act or process (noun) 4.   action or process (noun) 5.  more than one (noun) Word Bank to use to fill in the blanks in the first column: -s, -es -ion, -tion, -ation, -ition -ing -en -ed -ment Suffix Practice #2 for B8 Suffix Practice #2 for B7 Suffix Practice #2 -- Answer Key Suffix Practice #2 B6 5. Symbolism  -- Take notes pale eyes in The Giver (notice that it does not say "blue," just pale) What would a bicycle represent -- especially for a child just getting one? Jonas and the newchild Gabriel have "lighter" eyes.  If time: Codes-Symbols -- Take notes in your composition book. http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-key-to-media-s-hidden-codes  (6 minutes) B5 to 4:16  camera angles B6 just copying code chart B7 to copying code chart: 2:38 B8 finished. Your notes should include the two things that must be so of symbolic codes, and the family tree of technical codes.   Do you know about the symbolism of the red shirts on Star Trek? Watch for symbolism in The Giver.  Watch for symbolism in your own book of the month.  Think about what colors and other symbols you could use to represent the characters and setting in the scene you choose from your book. Symbolism of color:  http://www.incredibleart.org/lessons/middle/color2.htm

If you were absent:  See above. Complete the suffix assignment on this handout: Suffix Practice 2 and family sentences.docx Read through the information and examples about simple and compound sentences, studying the chart on the back of the same handout:  Suffix Practice 2 and family sentences.docx  Watch Conjunction Junction for a review on Conjunctions. Print or pick up and  keep these handouts:    A WHITE BUS half sheet list of Subordinate Conjunctions.doc COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS2.docx  Today we used coordinating (FAN BOYS) conjunctions.  Watch and take notes on the Ted Talk Lesson:  http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-key-to-media-s-hidden-codes (6 minutes) When you return, catch up on reading The Giver.   Today B5 and B6 got to the top of page 52. Today B7 got to the top of page 47. Today B8 got to the last paragraph of page 55.