Thursday/Friday, October 9/10, 2014

Announcements and Reminders: 

Notice that you have new seating. 

Your book projects (on contemporary realistic fiction) 
are due next week -- 

October 13/14. 

• Spelling test October 13/14
• Composition Book Check next week -- October 13/14.  Be ready.  Have your composition book in class.  
• The last day to hand in late work, revised work, and extra credit is 
                    October 15. 
• Retake on Text Structure October 22/23
• Spelling test on all the words we've done so far on October 22/23.
• If you did not finish the SRI (Reading Test on the computer), go to Cave Time in Lab 223 and ask Mrs. John to set it up for you. 
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  So you know what's next:
  October/November:  Read Nonfiction
  Either literary nonfiction (real things told as a story),
  or biography or autobiography.
  Sign up by November 3/4.
  Turn in your project by November 21/24.

1. iRead -- Individual Reading Time (10-15- 20 minutes)  

This month's book assignment is based on Contemporary Realistic Fiction. 
Realistic fiction books are gathered in the front of the classroom.  

Your book projects are due next week -- 

October 13/14. 

Our Next Spelling Test is on October 13/14. 2. Spelling:   are/our We are happy. Our mother is happy. I believe that children are our future, and that terrifies me. Definition 1 Are 2nd person singular and 1st, 2nd and 3rd person plural of the verb: be Examples The Smiths are very wealthy people. 2 Our Of or belonging to us Examples Our house is over there from http://www.gingersoftware.com/english-online/spelling-book/confusing-words/are-our

3. Sparkle? 

4.  Paragraphs and Text Structure  [If you are absent today, write a paragraph for problem and solution, one for compare/contrast, and one for description.  Highlight or underline the central idea/topic sentence with green.  Circle the signal words with yellow.]

• problem and solution  -- Write about a problem at our school, and propose one or more solutions.

• Problem/Solution Structure

• compare/contrast -- Compare and/or contrast two different places you eat.

• Compare and/or Contrast Structure

• description/definition --Describe either your bedroom or your backyard.

• Description

B7 needs to highlight. 

• sequence -- What are you an expert at?  Explain how to do some small part of it: executing a skateboard trick or a dance or gymnastics move, cooking something fairly simple, even making a bed or mowing a lawn. 
• Sequence Paragraph

• chronological --  You had a day that was really great!  Tell about what happened in order.  

• cause and effect -- What are the effects of bullying?  or What are the effects of showing kindness to others? 

Don't forget to have a central idea (also called a topic sentence) at the beginning of your paragraph.

Text Structure and Pizza!

Name That Structure!