Homework & Daily Work

May 11

Virtual Learning Lesson - Poetry Review PPT

Don't forget to join us for our Virtual Lesson Tuesdays 10:30 - 11:00 for 2nd, 4th, & 5th periods

http://www.cobblearning.net/bowden/2020/05/01/poetry-ppt/
https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/types-of-poetry/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln0CrDMt8Hc&feature=youtu.be

Graded assignment:   https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44885/annabel-lee
https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=-x3OL5-ROEmquMR_D8kYLYVgYpIeCe1HvLVIA9ZRnbZUMEJXUURQS1VNTzhVNFBVNFVCQTE5RTM1Uy4u

April 28

Reading Classes 2nd, 4th & 5th
Update:  If you had trouble getting in to today's lesson or you were late and unable to get in, join us tomorrow from 10:30 to 11:00.  I will be teaching about 'theme' again.  Or, you can follow the instructions below and work through the lesson assignments.


1. Below is the link to the Theme PPT.  Please read through and practice with some of the stories to find the theme.  You don't have to read all of the stories.  But, do review the information for theme.


2. Read the following story and then go to the forms link to answer the questions:


AC Classes 1st and 3rd
This is the link to the Theme PPT for Wednesdays lesson.  We will go through it together during our lesson.  I am posting it here for your use during our lesson or if you want to refer to it afterwards.
Finding Themes in Literature

You will read the King Midas story above and then click on the accompanying link to complete the forms assessment.






For those students who have not completed the Flocabulary assignments, the codes are listed below.
Flocabulary Codes:  
1st - TGH7T3
2nd - 38SPWN
3rd - SKP4YJ
4th - VGKFVP
5th - 2RSHMR



Daily Work:  We will take our Non-fiction signposts quiz Tuesday, the 12th.  Then, we will begin our lessons on Author's Purpose:  to persuade, to inform, to entertain.  We will have a quiz on Friday on Author's Purpose.

Next week, Wednesday, Nov. 20, we will have our Unit Test over non-fiction signposts, author's purpose, non-fiction text, main idea and summary.

Reading Counts test due on November 15, this Friday!

Homework:  Extra Credit Opportunity: Main Idea passages (What is the main idea and supporting details? What would be a good title for the passage?) 

October 28-November 1, 2019
Daily Work:  We are learning about how to determine the main idea of a text and how to summarize a text.  We are also continuing to learn the non-fiction signposts.  AC Reading is starting our first novel, Bad Boy:  A Memoir by Walter Dean Myers.

Homework:  IXL Reading Strategies:  Main Idea - due Friday

 October 21-25, 2019
Daily Work:  We are learning about the 5 organizational structures of non-fiction: cause/effect, problem/solution, chronological order, compare/contrast and description. Wednesday, we are in the lab practicing problem/solution texts on IXL.  Please allow students to continue to work on this assignment at home.

We are learning about the 5 signpost for non-fiction text.  The 3 we will focus on this week are Compare/Contrast, Extreme or Absolute Language, and Number and Statistics. Learning these signposts help us to understand our text better.

 Homework:  The Crossword Puzzle is due on Monday, Oct. 28.  Students, remember, not all of the clues will require you to write in the name of a text structure.  There are some answers you will need to guess.  Make sure the number of letters fit in the squares and that any word that crosses another word fits, as well.  On the back of the puzzle is a study guide for our quiz on non-fiction text structures.  The quiz will be on Monday.
October 14-18, 2019

Daily Work:  We are continuing our unit on Non-fiction text.


Homework for this week:  Be sure you have your Reading Counts book checked out from the library or chosen from home, the book fair, etc.  Read for 20 minutes a night.  Write a summary of what you have read this week.  Don't forget to include a topic sentence, at least 3-5 important events, and a concluding sentence.  Use transition words!  Due Friday, Oct. 18.

October 7-11, 2019

Weekly Work:  Monday and Tuesday, we will review for our Unit 2 Test:  Figurative Language and Mood and Tone.  I will give students a study guide on Monday.  Test will be Wednesday. 

 Thursday & Friday:  Group 1 - Intro to Non-fiction text
                                  Group 2 - Non-fiction Article-a-Day,                                                     Vocabulary, Independent Reading

 Homework:  Study guide for Unit 2 Test:  Figurative Language and Mood and Tone
September 9-13, 2019

Weekly Work:  Finding the theme and central idea in a story and being able to determine the difference between theme and central idea.

Unit Study Guide for Unit Assessment on Theme and Elements of Plot due Thursday.  Bring to class so we can review and make any corrections.

Unit Assessment on Theme and Elements of Plot on Friday!

 New deadline for Reading Counts - we have decided to move the deadline for the Reading Counts quiz to Friday, October 4.  If you have already taken a Reading Counts tests, you will earn PBIS points.  If you haven taken the test, but want to try to make a higher grade, you may retake it, or read another book and take a new test.  Students only have to take one test the 1st 9 weeks, instead of the two originally planned.  However, next quarter, the requirement goes back to two per quarter.

Remember to read 20 minutes a night.
September 3-6, 2019

 Weekly Work:  Finding the elements of plot in a short story, week 2; this week, we will begin working in small groups.

 Don't forget - Reading Counts test #1 is due Friday, Sept. 6.  We will go to the library Thursday and Friday to take our first tests.  Those who have finished taking test get to play Jeopardy Plot Elements Game on Friday!

 Homework: Stranded in Wyoming, due Monday, Sept. 9
August 26-30, 2019

Homework:  Read the story Goal from the handout. Answer the comprehension questions 1-5.  On the backside, fill in the definitions for elements of plot and how the elements relate to the story.
Due 8/30 for all classes, except 2nd period.  2nd period due Sept. 3 (They go theirs late.)
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