Monday/Tuesday, August 28/29, 2017

Announcements and Reminders:     for Monday/Tuesday, August 28/29, 2017                    School Pictures will be taken during math classes on Thursday and Friday, August 31 and September 1. You should have received your picture packets.  If not, check with the main office, or Mrs. Dorsey.  Cavetime will begin on Tuesday, September 5.  Scholastic Book Orders:  Use our class code when you order online:  GKLJW.   We will be working in the computer lab on August 30/31. Please make sure your parents have given you permission (on Skyward) to use computers and the Internet at school.   Don't forget to be studying for your spelling test on September 6/7.   This list may be helpful in gathering your spelling information: Teacher List.docx

Targets for Today: I can read an informative article, think about it,  and answer questions about it.  I can show what I know about central idea and about writing argument. I can listen to and enjoy a short story.

Today’s  Agenda: Hand in your disclosure document signatures (with the VIP form on the back filled out) and your composition book (with your name and period on the front -- no spiral bound notebooks, please), if you have brought them today. 1. Pick up the article about bullies and popular kids.  Read it, answer the questions, and after the last question, write an answer to this question:        Did this article surprise you?  Why or why not?  Please explain.   2.    Take pretests about central idea and about writing argument.    3.   Read a short story.            A1:  Seventh Grade by Gary Soto (Will  need to finish.)            A2, B5, B7:  Priscilla and the Wimps by Richard Peck                 Richard Peck and Ms. Dorsey!

If You Were Absent: See above. Arrange a time with Ms. Dorsey to  take the central idea and argument writing vocabulary pretests. Cavetimes will be available. Use this document to list your spelling words for our first test:  Personal Spelling Quiz List.doc Here are some suggestions for studying:  Procedure for Studying Spelling Words.doc This list may be helpful in gathering your spelling information: Teacher List.docx

Vocabulary: Central Idea:   A central idea is a main point that the author is making (also called a main idea or a key idea). In other words, a central idea is what the piece of writing (usually referring to nonfiction) is mostly about. --    https://cdn-scope.scholastic.com/sites/default/files/SCOPE-090114-CoreSkillReference-CentralIdeas_0.pdf  It will be stated as a complete sentence.  If the author does not state it as a complete sentence, then the reader will infer what it is based on evidence from the text, and will put that thought into a complete sentence.