Friday, March 9, 2012

Self-Starter:

Editing exercise: Tape this into your composition book,

and carefully edit it.  This is from an “About the Book” by a seventh grade student.  I have added errors to some that were already there.

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is about this little boy named  Bruno.   His father is the head commander of Auschwitz Camp.   His family moves to  house called "Out-With"   Anyway he meet a little boy named Shmuel.  Shmuel is at Auschwitz Camp.  Bruno meet  Schmuel while he is exploring.  Schmuel is on the other side of the barbed wire fence. Schmuels  family members was sent to this camp because they is Jews.  Bruno and Schmuel  becomes really great friends.  Bruno start coming to the fence everyday to talk to Schmuel.  One day when Bruno come to visit Schmuel he find out that Schmuels father has gone missing!

What are the two most frequent editing problems in this passage?

_________________________and _________________________

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Another Apostrophe Review

Answer "Key"

2.  Spelling Test on "-ly" words    This suffix is sometimes called "the sign of the adverb."
You frequently turn an adjective into an adverb by adding "-ly" as in frequent to frequently.

3. External Text Features, Day 3

4.   More Ice Story and External Text Features
 A1:  Read from  almost end of Chapter 2, through page 11 to page 16. 
Video from 1:16:26 to 1:37

A2:   Read from almost end of Chapter 2, through page 11 to   page 16.
Video from  1:09:42 to end of first disk

A3:  Read from    almost end of Chapter 2, through page 11 to  page 15.
Video from 1:19 to end of first disk

A4:  Read from  almost end of Chapter 2, through page 11 to page 14. 
No video last time.  This time to 1:33:42, sighting of open water.  
 

You can read most of the book at http://books.google.com/books?id=CnSxQ9evsJ8C&pg=PA1&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=4#v=onepage&q&f=false 

 Book of the Month Assignment for March
We talked about the Book-of-the-Month Assignment for March.  Create an external text feature  (one) for your individual book -- one your book doesn't already have.   See the rubrics available in the classroom and also available to download and print here.

Bk of Mnth Rubrics 2 for External Text Features.doc

See more information under the tab above for Book of the Month. 

Next Spelling test:

Vocabulary/Spelling #15           Test March 15

 Prefix to study:   pre -  which means   before  
Extra credit is underlined.

1.      preposition  - noun -- The word part that "position" comes from means "to place."   Preposition  means “to place before.”  A preposition is placed in front of other words that it is joining to a sentence.  It shows the relationship of those words to the rest of the sentence.  No extra credit. 

2.      preview --  noun or verb -- The word part "view" means  "to see." To preview is "to see before." No extra credit.

3.      predict  -- noun  -- extra credit:  The word part "dict" means  " to say."  To predict is "to say before."

4.      precede -- verb  -- extra credit:   The word part "cede" means  "to go or move.”  To precede is “to go before.” 


Important:  You should have signed up for your nonfiction book.  See the tab above for Book of the Month for the assignment.  Rubrics for the external text features are also available in the classroom.


http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/barkentine

Apostrophes   and Subject-Verb Agreement 

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Self-Starter on Apostrophe
In your composition book under "Editing," complete this practice:

Apostrophe Practice -- Copy the following sentences, selecting the best answer(s) for each. 

1.  In the school parking lot I saw the 

(a. Long’s, b.  Longs’, c.  Longs’s) car, 

the (a. Phillip’s , b. Phillips’,  c. Phillips’s) van, 

and the  (a. Batemen’s, b. Bateman’s, c. Batemans’ )  pickup.

  

[Notes:  The family names above are Long, Phillips, and Bateman. Consider each vehicle as if it belongs to the whole family.]

2.  My (a. uncles, b. uncle’s, c. uncles’) car is a Hummer.   (I have only one uncle.)

3.  My  (a. uncles, b. uncle’s, c. uncles’) car is a Hummer.   (I have two uncles who share the Hummer.)

4.   All of my (a. uncles, b. uncle’s, c. uncles’)  own great cars.  (I have several uncles.) 

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Extra credit opportunity:  Find apostrophes uses correctly in published text -- newspapers, magazines, etc. circle the words, and bring me the original or a copy. 

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2. " -ly" Words Activity

In the Manner of the Adverb

Grammar Rock: http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=159876

 

3.  ETF of the Day: Table of Contents and Index

External Text Features, Day 2

4. More Ice Story and External Text Features
A1:   prologue and chapter 1 to almost end of Chapter 2, through page 11.  Video to 1:16:26
A2:  prologue and just into chapter 1, read first paragraph to  almost end of Chapter 2, through page 11.  Video to 1:09:42
A3: prologue and chapter 1 to  almost end of Chapter 2, through page 11. Video to 1:19
A4:  prologue and began Chapter 1-- just into chapter 1, read first paragraph?  to  almost end of Chapter 2, through page 11.  No video.




You can read most of the book at http://books.google.com/books?id=CnSxQ9evsJ8C&pg=PA1&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=4#v=onepage&q&f=false 


 

Spelling Test Next Time   -ly  (Often the "sign of the adverb")

Important:  You should have signed up for your nonfiction book.  See the tab above for Book of the Month for the assignment.  Rubrics for the external text features are also available in the classroom.

Apostrophes   and Subject-Verb Agreement

Monday, March 5, 2012

Announcements:  No Cave Time on Tuesday.  Ms. Dorsey will be at the District Office.  If you need to work in the computer lab, see Mrs. John in Lab 223 or check whether Mrs. Sparks has Lab 211 open. 

 

 

Penny Warz this week!  Bring your contributions.  Remember to put only pennies in the seventh grade's container, and larger denominations in the eighth or ninth grades' containers.   (Notice how I used apostrophes!)

If you didn't pick up your next spelling list last time, pick one up  today, or just copy it from here:  

Vocabulary/Spelling #14           Test on March 9

 Suffix to study:   -ly which means in the manner of (adverb)

1.      sincerely       extra credit: < L sincerus pure, clean, untainted

2.      usually

3.      finally

4.      carefully

5.      immediately  

_____________ Today

Self-Starter: Apostrophes   (If you are absent, copy as directed, and create your own sentence on a piece of lined paper to be taped into your composition book.)

To Imitate:  Label  in your compostion book, “To Imitate.”  Add today's date.   Copy and imitate this sentence:

Tally's eyes searched desperately for any sign of iron or steel in the cliff. 

-- Scott Westerfield, Uglies (2005)

Ms. Dorsey wrote: 
Dally's muscles strained painfully to lift the heavy roof timber so he could pull Johnny from the burning church. 

Suzie's ears strained to hear the sound of the approaching train.  

sample imitations from Jeff Anderson: 

Ellen's eyes darted back and forth as she desperately hoped I'd drop some of my popcorn on the floor.

 Andrew's eyes searched the cafeteria for his girlfriend.  Back and forth went his brown eyes. She had disappeared. 

-- Anderson's student Miranda

Use this pattern: 

__(Pronoun or noun)__'s  ____(noun)___ ____(verb) ____ etc.

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2. External Text Feature of the Day: Captions!   Captions
(If you were absent, examine the captions shown, and see if you can come up with the caption for extra credit.  What would you have to do to win the contest for best true caption?) 


3. Snow Flakes!   http://www.sounddogs.com/results.asp?CategoryID=1060&SubcategoryID=17&Type=1


4. Begin Reading and Viewing Ice Story
A1:  Through prologue and chapter 1
A2: Through prologue and just into chapter 1, read first paragraph
A3:Through prologue and chapter 1
A4: Through prologue and began Chapter 1-- just into chapter 1, read first paragraph?


http://www.antarcticconnection.com/antarctic/weather/snow-ice.shtml


Sign up for your Book-of-the-Month!  Suggestions from the Media Center:

Books Mrs. Jones Recommended

 

External Text Features

and

Captions

with an opportunity for extra credit -- See the last photograph.   

 

 Extra credit:  Memorize stanza 1, 2, 4, or 5.   http://othervoicespoetry.org/vol26/beynon/index.html

http://www.antarctic-circle.org/poetry.htm

Extra credit: Memorize the limerick at the top of the page.  http://sites.google.com/site/peternobletalks/polar-poetry-songs

 

Editing SV, Ap, Cm

Self-Starter:   Tape in under “Editing.”   Edit the following passage, watching for places where there should be commas and apostrophes, and where there might be a problem with subject-verb agreement.

Sixteen year old Katniss Everdeen volunteer in her younger sisters 

place to enter the Hunger Games, and are forced to rely upon her sharp instincts the mentorship of drunken former victor Haymitch Abernathy and her archery skills when shes pitted against highly-trained tributes who has prepared for these games their entire lives. If shes ever to return home to District 12, in the arena Katniss must make impossible choices  that weighs survival against humanity and life against love.

Source

Places in Ice Story

Cape Wild:  The second and "permanent" camping spot for Shackleton's men on Elephant Island.
Frank Wild had found this location after they realized their first landing place would with high tide be entirely covered with water.    (Ice Story)

Elephant Island:  A mountainous  island about 29 miles long and 17 miles wide off the coast of Antarcica, about 800 miles from South Georgia Island.    (Ice Story and Wikipedia)

Shackleton's Crew Photos

Orde-Lee

McIlroy

McNeish

Bakewell

Shackleton

Blackborrow

Wild

Worsley

Cheetham

Clark

Crean

Green

Hudson

Hurley

Hussey

Macklin

Marston

Books Mrs. Jones Recommended

Recommended 2016:
With a Little Luck  (about inventions -- scientific discovery)
Trapped (about the Chilean coal miners who were trapped in a mine)
Humans of New York
Hope and Tears: Ellis Island Voices
Can I See Your I.D.?  (People who changed their identities)
Candy Bomber 
Unbroken (especially the young adult version)
Pure Grit  (American WWII nurses in prison camps)
The Boys Who Challenged Hitler 
Sniffer Dogs
A Woman in the House and Senate
Almost Astronauts
Left for Dead 


Recommended 2014:
The Finest Hours

The President Has Been Shot by James L. Swanson


Otzi the Iceman by Amanda Lanser

The Finest Hours Tougias and Sherman

The Whitehouse is Burning by Sutcliffe

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How to find literary nonfiction in the media center:
Go to: 

1. Alexandria (On school website find Resources, find Alexandria on the drop-down menu.)
2. Look at the right for a drop-down labeled "Simple."
3. Change Simple to Advanced.
4. Click on Bibliography. 
5. Then type in Literary Nonfiction.

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Prior Recommendations:
Kyle Maynard: No Excuses   -- This was the man born with  arms that end at the elbows and without legs who became a wrestler.   http://www.kyle-maynard.com/pages/about_kyle

Details|Add to List|Place Reservation|Place Hold|Link

BIO MAY

No excuses

IN

the true story of a congenital amputee who beca...

Maynard, Kyle, 1986

book   (c2005.)

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The Candy Bomber  -- He was a pilot who delivered food -- and candy -- to children in Germany after World War II.  

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/airlift/sfeature/candy_06.html
Flop Fly Ball  -- Facts about baseball

Good Brother/Bad Brother   -- The Booth Brothers

The Worst Hard Time -- About the Dust Bowl


The Ledge: An Adventure Story of Friendship and Survival on Mount Rainier 

Iceberg Right Ahead -- about the Titanic

Gifted Hands -- neurosurgeon, separating Siamese twins

Left for Dead -- U.S.S. Indianapolis

Trapped --  This is about the 33 miners who were trapped in Chile


Heroes of the Holocaust -- teen heroes -- those who helped rescue others

I Am Pei -- a Chinese American architect who is often called a master of modern architecture


The Real Alice in Wonderland -- the true story behind the fantasy

Tom Thumb --   a very small man who did great things

Elephant Talk --  Elephants have effective ways of communicating with each other -- with at least 70 vocalizations they can make

Music Was It -- Leonard Bernstien




Ms. Dorsey added these:

Toys!  Amazing Stories Behind Some Great Inventions


The Great and Only Barnum  This is about the Barnum of the Barnum and Bailey Circus.


The Perilous Journey of the Donner  Party

Blizzard by Jim Murphy  about the 1888 blizzard along the East Coast of the United States

Two Miserable Presidents -- Yes, this is about presidents of the United States


The Pluto Files -- How did Pluto go from being a planet to not?

Apollo 13  (look in 629)

Desert Exile: the Uprooting of a Japanese-American Family  (940.54 UCH)

The Trouble Begins at Eight  (about Mark Twain)

Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919

by Stephen Puleo