6. Paragraph -- A Highlight of My Christmas Vacation

What's wrong with this paragraph? 

            A day at the California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park may seem expensive, but it is worth the price.  For the thirty-dollar adult admission, there is much to see and learn.   For instance, once you are in, you can attend planetarium shows about planets and stars, earthquakes, weather, or other topics without further charge.  Other exhibits about earthquakes include a shaking house that simulates the movement of three different magnitudes of earthquakes.  On that tour visitors learn about the San Francisco earthquake, the causes of earthquakes, where fault lines run, and about how to be prepared for an earthquake.  In addition, the academy has an extensive and beautifully designed aquarium that could by itself provide hours of viewing and learning.   Another great aquarium is  the Monterey Bay Aquarium.  Of course, we have our Living Planet Aquarium in Utah, but it's not nearly as large.  Once I got to see baby sharks there that had been born that day.  There is also the African hall with a variety of dioramas, some with mounted animals, and others with live animals, including an entire colony of African penguins.   One of the most outstanding features is the largest spherical rain forest exhibit in the world with a spiraling walkway going up four stories from the underbrush to the canopy.  Above the entire building is a living roof, carpeted with plants native to California, with walkways accessible to visitors.   At the working science labs you can learn about a variety of topics from the experts.   Considering all that is available at the California Academy of Sciences, the cost of a day’s admission  is a worthwhile bargain.  

Claudia and Jennica Dorsey at the Monterey Bay Aquarium           -- photo by a complete stranger, but on Ms. Dorsey's camera

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January 3/4, 2013 -- Thursday/Friday

Monday/Tuesday, December 10/11, 2012

Reminders:  

• Have you presented your Symbolic Story Representation? --Past due
• Handouts in case you lose your own:  Print both to make up the packet. 
  Basic 8 3 Symbolic Story Rep.doc
  Symbolic Story Grading 8-3.doc

•  If you haven't yet received the assignment for the Book #4 project, pick one up from  the handout file at the back of the room. (blue)
• Have you handed in your Giver Argument Essay?  --Past due
• Have you signed up for your next book?  Basic 8, Book 4?  -- Sign-up is due by this Thursday.  Project is due Jan. 7-8. 
• Fantasy and Science Fiction Novels
• Defining Fantasy and Science Fiction
• Books Not Allowed for the Outside Reading Assignment
• The movie of The Hobbit comes out THIS WEEK.
• We have only three or four more classes before Christmas vacation.
• Charity Basketball games will be on the 18th and 19th.  Save some dollars to bring! 
• The semester ends January 14. 

iRead -- Quietly read and fill out your reading log.

iWriteRight: Reminder about -ate

Daleks Help with a Seventh Grade Suffix

iWrite -- Holidays-- Prewriting   December 10 or 11 
Create a chart comparing two different holidays.  What do they have in common, and what is different?  Your chart will look something like this.  Give yourself plenty of room.

A. Collect Holidays 
Create a list of all the holidays you can think of.

Hanukkah  
Veterans' Day
Christmas
4th of July
New Years
Groundhog Day
Buddy the Elf What's Your Favorite Color Day
Halloween
Presidents' Day
Memorial Day
Remembrance Day -- Pearl Harbor Day


 


B. Create your comparison/contrast chart.

Holiday #1 is __________ Unique to Holiday #1	Both #1 and #2 Share	Holiday #2 is _________ Unique to Holiday #2

Sample: 

Holiday #1 is  St. Patrick's Day Unique to Holiday #1	Both #1 and #2 Share	Holiday #2 is  Valentine's Day Unique to Holiday #2
Leprechauns shamrocks wear green or be pinched There aren't usually treats at school. People seldom exchange cards or gifts. Eat Irish food at home Some cities have parades. shamrocks	Both are  holidays. We don't get out of school for either one. Neither is a banking  (or post office) holiday. Both provide stores with opportunities to earn money. We celebrate both at our home.	Cupid hearts you don't have to wear red or pink, but many people do. Eat chocolate and other candies There may be treats and parties at school. People exchange Valentine cards or gifts. Sometimes those who are dating or married provide a special meal for their loved one roses and other flowers

The Giver -- The teacher summarized up to chapter 18 
Listen/Read from there on.  

In-Class Reading of The Giver
Date Dec.   10/11	A1  A1 to page 143 -- Last paragraph	A3 to page152	A4 to page 142 halfway down	B7 to page 149 halfway down Track 3, 5:46	B8 to page  155 to page break Track 5, 5:33
Dec. 12/13

Extra Credit:  See Ms. Dorsey to pass off any of the poems.
Find errors in published work. Show Ms. Dorsey or Ms. Bills. Also: Extra Credit	Extra Credit Poems	Extra Credit: Nothing in Heaven Functions As It Ought

Daleks Help with a Seventh Grade Suffix

One of our seventh grade suffixes is "-ate" which means cause, make, apply, operate upon

 and usually indicates a verb form (action).  

Normally the Daleks would say "Exterminate, exterminate!"  However, they could use -ate as a suffix in other verbs!

And then there's the Easter Dalek: 

And for Christmas --

And come New Years, we have --

One of our seventh grade suffixes is "-ate" which means cause, make, apply, operate upon

 and usually indicates a verb form (action).  

December 6/7, 2012

Friday December 7 is Pearl Harbor Day.

Today is Pearl Harbor Day -- a good day to remember how others have preserved our freedom -- and to be grateful!

1. iRead     (Have you presented your SSR?)

iWrite Right: Prefixes/Suffixes in Context 12/6 or 12/7

Today while you’re reading, both from The Giver and from your novel, look for words with prefixes and suffixes we’ve covered. Make a list in your composition book with the word and page number it’s from. Take out your suffix charts or bookmarks to help you remember what to look for.

2.    iWrite: Picnic Pants 12/6 or 12/7

You might enjoy picnics, and probably wear pants often, but would you wear “Pic Nic Pants?”

What do you think? What would you do if your friends or family wore them to a barbecue or picnic with you?

http://www.ksl.com/?sid=19832930&nid=711&title=italian-pic-nic-pants-come-with-built-in-table&s_cid=featured-3

3. The Giver 

4.  Publication party and prize drawing
  

Important Notices: 

If you want to participate in the Great Behavior Drawing, make sure your final draft is done and turned in by Thursday or Friday. 
If you did not finish the final draft of your Giver Argument paper  in the lab last time, it is homework, to finish at home or during Cave Time. 

On Thursday and Friday we will have a Publication Party for those who have turned in their Argument Essay Final Draft. 

On Thursday and Friday we will also have the Great Behavior Drawing.

For Basic 8, Book 4, see Required Reading: Two Books Per Term

From Ms. Dorsey: 
If you haven't, you really ought to read Tuesdays at the Castle (and the Dragon Slippers series, and anything by Jessica Day George!
Jessica Day George's very magical, very exclusive HOLIDAYS AT THE CASTLE: A TUESDAYS AT THE CASTLE SHORT STORY, is available FREE. Just click, and the story will download ... a bit like magic, no? http://bit.ly/V6NBV8


Ms. Dorsey will be sending in a book order this week.  Hurry if you'd like to buy books.  You can either bring a check or order online using group code GKLJW at
https://clubs2.scholastic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/LogonForm 



The Giver:

In-Class Reading of The Giver
Date	A1	A3	A4	B7	B8
Nov. 28/29	page	page	page	page	page
Dec. 4/5		93.5	74	97	113
Dec. 6/7	99	105	82	104	122

Extra Credit:  See Ms. Dorsey to pass off any of the poems.
Find errors in published work. Show Ms. Dorsey or Ms. Bills. Also: Extra Credit	Extra Credit Poems	Extra Credit: Nothing in Heaven Functions As It Ought

Answers for More Phrases and Clauses

1.  under the desk  (phrase)

2. the brown squirrel with the bushy tail  (phrase)

3. foxes are becoming rarer in our area   (independent clause)

3b. since foxes are becoming rarer in our area   (dependent clause)

4.  Susan went to the orthodontist yesterday   (independent clause)

4b.  Although Susan went to the orthodontist yesterday   (dependent clause)

5. running through the halls (phrase)

6. slippery brown eels in the aquarium   (phrase)

7. books rock   (independent clause)
7b. even though books rock  (dependent clause)

8. when pigs fly onto our rooftops    (dependent clause)

8b.  pigs fly onto our rooftops    (independent clause)

9. to laugh at the kids who fall  (phrase)

10. flowers bloom   (independent clause)

11. snow falls   (independent clause)

12. if snow falls   (dependent clause)


13. unless the principal allows hats   (dependent clause)

13b. the principal allows hats    (independent clause)

14. that girl is trying to get all A's     (independent clause)

14b.  because  that girl is trying to get all A's     (dependent clause)

December 4/5, 2012 Tuesday/Wednesday

1. iRead/Presentations of SSR:

2. iWrite:  Fill out the Student Teacher Evaluation 

3. The Giver 

4. Computer Lab:
Type up your argument essay.  Bring your rough draft.
If you have extra time, take the Edmodo quizzes.  

Important Notices: 

If you want to participate in the Great Behavior Drawing, make sure your final draft is done and turned in by Thursday or Friday. 

On Thursday and Friday we will have a Publication Party for those who have turned in their Argument Essay Final Draft. 

On Thursday and Friday we will also have the Great Behavior Drawing.

For Basic 8, Book 4, see Required Reading: Two Books Per Term

From Ms. Dorsey: 
If you haven't, you really ought to read Tuesdays at the Castle (and the Dragon Slippers series, and anything by Jessica Day George!
Jessica Day George's very magical, very exclusive HOLIDAYS AT THE CASTLE: A TUESDAYS AT THE CASTLE SHORT STORY, is available FREE. Just click, and the story will download ... a bit like magic, no? http://bit.ly/V6NBV8


Ms. Dorsey will be sending in a book order this week.  Hurry if you'd like to buy books.  You can either bring a check or order online using group code GKLJW at
https://clubs2.scholastic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/LogonForm 



The Giver:

Extra Credit:  See Ms. Dorsey to pass off any of the poems.
Find errors in published work. Show Ms. Dorsey or Ms. Bills. Also: Extra Credit	Extra Credit Poems	Extra Credit: Nothing in Heaven Functions As It Ought

To Go Along with our Just-Completed L.I.V.E. Week