Monday, February 9, 2015

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Announcements and Reminders:
If you have not finished the SAGE Test, 
see me about time to finish it. 
  Lab 211 will be available during Cavetime.
We will probably be able to test again next Tuesday the 17th.

         P/T Conference is this Thursday, February 12, 3:30-7:30 pm.  Parents can visit teachers in their classrooms.
        7th Grade Students will receive 8th Grade Registration Information in their                                  English Classes on February 26 and 27th.    
                        One possibility for an elective is to work as a student aide to a teacher.  
                         I do not yet have one for next year. 
         Your January/February book assessment is due next time.  
                       http://cavemanenglish.blogspot.com/p/required-reading-2014-2015.html
                       Scroll down to January/February: Historical Fiction
                    You could also notice the February/March assignment.
               See samples on the bulletin board.
         If you are on track with the 40-Book Challenge (you've read 20 or more books since the beginning of the school year), contact me.  I'll make sure you get invited to the party next week, and that you receive a prize.

Today:  

 1. Individual Reading Time and/or work on your January/February book assessment.


2. Conventions in Sentences Investigation 
Title it: Unscrambling to Imitate      February 10, 2015

Directions:  Unscramble the sentence parts to imitate the model.  Then write your own sentence that imitates the model.  Correctly capitalize and punctuate your imitation. 

1. Copy the MODEL: When I awoke, there were snowflakes on my eyes.

2. Unscramble these parts to match the model.  Write the sentence.
a. in the sky
b. there was a rainbow
c. after the rain stopped

3. Create your own sentence, imitating the model.
Ms. Dorsey's sentence: (Do not copy it. Create your own to imitate the model.)
Before school started, there was a meeting in my classroom.


B6 -- Many of the students were able to finish their SAGE writing tests.  The students who stayed behind worked with analogies.

3. Read from The Outsiders  
B5, Page 42 ". . . you got it wrong" to page   --Point of View
         In composition book:  Are you a Soc or a Greaser?  Why? Write 4 or 5 sentences.
         To page 60 "He half-dragged me. . . "
B6, Page 41 "Cherry started walking . . . " to page -- setting to page 44 "Well, they've spotted us."
B7, Page 40 "You're not so smart at ten." to page 51  halfway

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