Tuesday/Wednesday, January 24/25, 2017

Announcements and Reminders:                 Study your sentence diagramming guide if you haven't yet mastered the sentences on the quizzes we have been taking.         Use your magical study guide to help you learn the word parts you will be tested on.  If you have not finished your magical study guide or had it checked off,  quietly complete the assignment during reading time.  Book of the Month:  Historical Fiction or Multicultural Fiction                                        Sign-Ups due January 26/27 -- this week.                                        Your assessment is due by February 9/10. The last day to hand in late work, revised work, or extra credit for Term 3 will be March 10.

Targets for Today: I can read a variety of materials, developing reading stamina. I can recognize and use verbs. I can show my understanding of sentences by diagramming them. I know word parts that can help me unlock the meanings of many words.

Today’s  Agenda: Pick up your composition book and sit at your assigned seats.  1.  Individual Reading Time:  The best idea would be to read an historical or multicultural fiction book.   Sign up for your book of the month if you haven't yet.  2. Complete or Correct these sentences:  Write this in your composition book under "C.S.I."  Label this assignment "C.S.I. 3-4" with today's date:    (Correctly labeling this assignment earns points!) An indirect object refers to someone or something that is affected by the action of a transitive verb (typically as a recipient), but is not the primary object (e.g., him in give him the book ).  John gives his mother a present. More Examples: Could you bake me a cake? The bookstore sent me the wrong book.  In your composition book, diagram these sentences: Someone gave Mr. Gillis a microphone. Mr. Gillis handed Ms. Dorsey earplugs. Will Mr. Anderson send your parents an email?  3.   More about Verbs:  Recognizing Verbs -- This is a link to a post on this blog.   Watch the PowerPoint: Verb Tense Play Twenty Questions Verb Edition Teams  Send a representative up --    by how your birthdays fall in the year. Keep track of points. Keep track of number of questions. Yes/No answers only Helpful questions:   (Remember to start with more general questions and move to more specific questions.)  Is it an action or a state of being verb?  Does this verb take a direct object?  (Do you do it to something or someone?) If it is a verb that takes a direct object, you may ask      Name one thing you would commonly do it to. Do you do it alone?  Do you do it at home? (or ask about another place) Do you do it more at a certain time of year (or day)? Can you do it to a ____________? Is it a type of movement? Do you do it more with your legs (or arms)  than with other parts of your body?  Do you do it in a certain school class?  Is it usually considered a bad thing to do? Would your mother/teacher want you to do it?  4. Sentence Diagramming Quiz -- Class A2 did not take the quiz. 5. Word Parts

If You Were Absent: Students have already received or viewed these:  Jan Feb BookoftheMonth 2017.docx Jan Feb BookoftheMonth 2017 Sample.docx

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Vocabulary:

Teacher Materials:   http://www.reachtoteachrecruiting.com/blog/fun-activities-teaching-verbs

More on diagramming:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSK6qvWE0pQ

Friday/Monday, January 20/23, 2017

Announcements and Reminders:                            Today, January 20 -- whether it is a great day or not-so-great depends on how you view it,  but we live in a wonderful land with so many freedoms and opportunities,  and we can work out our differences with  civility and a desire to find truth.

Targets for Today: We can read a variety of materials successfully. We can compare a fictional version of a topic with a nonfiction version. We can learn word parts that will help us understand a wide range of words. We can recognize and effectively use verbs in sentences.

Today’s  Agenda: Pick up your composition book and sit at your assigned seats.  1.  Individual Reading Time:  The best idea would be to read an historical or multicultural fiction book.  (A1/A2:  If you have not finished your magical study guide, finish it now.) 2. Receive the Book of the Month Assignment. (A1/A2)           B5/B6 -- More about the Book of the Month Assignment. Jan Feb BookoftheMonth 2017.docx Jan Feb BookoftheMonth 2017 Sample.docx 3. Quick Quiz #3   and/or make-up quizzes.  [B5/B6 Finish Magical Study Guide] B5 got to here. They did not do the CSI or verb instruction. B6 did the same. 4.   Conventions in Sentences Investigation --          Diagramming Sentences Today we are learning about VERBS.  Video:  Schoolhouse Rock Recognizing Verbs -- This is a link to a post on this blog.   Watch the PowerPoint: Verb Tense Write this in your composition book under "C.S.I."  Label this assignment "C.S.I. 3-4" with today's date:    (Correctly labeling this assignment earns points!) An indirect object refers to someone or something that is affected by the action of a transitive verb (typically as a recipient), but is not the primary object (e.g., him in give him the book ).  John gives his mother a present. More Examples: Could you bake me a cake? The bookstore sent me the wrong book. In your composition book, diagram these sentences: Someone gave Mr. Gillis a microphone. Mr. Gillis handed Ms. Dorsey earplugs. Will Mr. Anderson send your parents an email? Word Parts

If You Were Absent: See above for what we did.  Make sure you get the book of the month assignment and understand it. Complete the CSI assignment and put it into your composition book. Complete your magical study guide if you haven't.

Vocabulary: verb: tense: indirect object:

Extra Credit Opportunity:   Up to 12 points. 

Memorize the Helping Verbs  for 

You could use one of these songs to help you:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77WEV55NNbU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-1NWeEECDA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F2JWKY63K0

Quotes from Martin Luther King Jr.

Wednesday/Thursday, January 18/19, 2017

Announcements and Reminders: Pick up your composition book and find your assigned seats.                            Do not forget that you need a composition book to leave in the classroom for English 7. From your last semester, save the last two paragraphs you wrote:  Description of a place: Describe a scene of your choice. It needs to be real or based on reality. You will NOT tell a story, only describe a place. Comparing or Contrasting Your Christmas Celebration with Your New Years Celebration

Targets for Today: Learn more about sentence parts and patterns by diagramming. Receive and understand your book of the month assignment.  Learn more about  Greek and Latin word parts.  Recognize them, know the meanings, and be able to figure out word meanings using the word parts within them.

Today’s  Agenda: Pick up your composition book and find your assigned seats.  1.  Individual Reading Time   (The best idea would be to read an historical or multicultural fiction book.) (B-Day Classes Receive the Book of the Month Assignment.) 2. Quick Quiz #2  (Quiz 3 for B5) 3.   Conventions in Sentences Investigation --          Diagramming Sentences Write this in your composition book under "C.S.I."  Label this assignment "C.S.I. 3-3" with today's date:    (Correctly labeling this assignment earns points!) We use sentence diagramming to create visual representations of sentences to help us understand the parts and patterns of sentences.  Use your sentence diagramming guide.  Study  the fourth example -- the one with a direct object.  Definition: A direct object is a noun or a pronoun that the verb in the sentence does something to.  Example sentences:  Example: Jimmy  kissed  Sally.  Example: My sister ate the last cookie. Example: Is Larry loudly threatening the late students?   In your composition book, diagram these sentences: 1. Sally quickly slapped Jimmy. 2. I absolutely love chocolate cake. 3. Was your brother burning his old homework?  Class editors will check your work.   If you haven't already, tape the diagram into your composition book.   Listen and watch for directions. sentence_diagramming_guide.pdf 5. Finish your Magical Study Guide for your Greek and Latin word parts. B5 and B6 still need to finish.  6. If time: About Writing Paragraphs:  Fishbowl Paragraphs   View PowerPoint and take notes

If You Were Absent: See above. If you were absent, see Ms. Dorsey to take the quiz. Come to the classroom to finish your study guide. Study the word parts! Complete the CSI diagramming assignment. Pick up the book of the month assignment.

Vocabulary: A direct object is a noun or a pronoun that the verb in the sentence does something to.

Coming:  Begin reading an historical/multicultural book as a class.