Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Wednesday/Thursday, March 15/16, 2017



Announcements and Reminders:
          
Happy Ides of March, and Job Shadowing Day! 
                
 B5,  I see that most of you didn't hand in your yellow name sheets. Bring them on Thursday. 

For any who has an  F,  I'm still asking you to please see me. 

The 16th is the LAST day of the TERM.  

The composition books that were in the drawer are at the front of the room.


Targets for Today:

I can review some of the Elements of Literature.


Today’s  Agenda:

The composition books that were in the drawer are at the front of the room.

For B-Day Classes
1. Reading/Working Time 
Hand in yellow interview sheets, unused hall passes. 
If needed, work on  "Long Walk to Water" packet. 

Find your composition book --
Make sure it is set up with these sections: 
  • CSI (Conventions in Sentences Investigations) 
  • Writing Prompts
  • Notes
We will re-file them.  If you were absent, check whether or not your book/file number changed. 
  

Review Elements of Literature with  video -- 
Figures of Speech --
  • simile, 
  • metaphor, 
  • idiom
theme

Characters: 
antagonist,
protagonist

Setting:  

plot --  plot line/story map/
conflict


Author's purpose? 
Genre?  



If You Were Absent:

See above. 


Vocabulary: