Read Chapters 7 And 8 and Write Four Questions And Answers For Both.

Vocabulary up to page 144 due on Wednesday, May 2, 2012.

Penny Books Due Friday, May 4th.

Hope You Are Enjoying The Sunshine!

No Homework.

I was very proud of my period 2 class today. Great Job! Thank you for taking the drill so seriously during ELA. It was definitely a testimony to your maturity and good sense. Thanks!

Supplies need to be brought in on Monday and Tuesday.

Penny Book due Friday, May 4th.

Read Chapters 5 And 6. Write 3 Questions And Answers For Each.

Be sure to have your homework done well for class tomorrow. SCHOOL IS NOT OVER!!!!!!!!!

Complete the vocabulary sheet up to page 75. The word means " at random, by chance" and begins with the letter  h.

Can you bring in  pot pourri and tacky glue? Make sure to label what you bring in for your group.

How are the Penny Books coming along?

Read Chapter Four And Write Five Questions And Five Answers!

Today we continued reading Touching Spirit Bear and discussed Chapters 2 and 3. Tonight we will read chapter 4 and come up with 5 questions and 5 answers to share with the class. Try to make some connections with other books and characters we have read this year.

Continue reading the book if you would like to.....

Today we did a lesson in anti-bullying. Hopefully, you will remember this class for a long time.

Tonight complete the vocabulary words for Touching Spirit Bear up to p. 33.

Finish the quarter notes for chapter 2 completely!

Be sure to read chapter 3.

Work on Penny Book.

See you tomorrow!

Welcome Back!

We started Touching Spirit Bear today. We discussed the similarities between Cole Matthews and other characters we read about this year. We have Chapter 1 and we need to complete quarter notes for homework.

HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEK!

Enjoy the week and begin reading the new book if you get the chance. Have a wonderful, fun, safe, relaxing week.

Penny Book due May 4th.


I might miss you a little bit.


Literary Terms Test TBD. (To Be Determined).

Open Response Due Tomorrow, April 13th Typed, Double-Spaced

Today we had a workshop where we worked on our Penny Book and/or our open response. The captions look pretty good. Please make sure they are retyped "making corrections" before putting them inside the book.

Typed open response is due tomorrow. Please make sure the question is typed after your name and date on the top of the page.

Double-spaced
Well-written
No spelling mistakes
INDENT

Follow the rubric! No answer length should be less than TWO paragraphs containing quotations.

Completed Penny Book Due, May 4, 2012.
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Continue Working On Open Response.

Remember open response is due on Friday, unless you are going to be absent on Thursday and Friday. If you are going to be absent, the open response is due on the Monday following April vacation. If you will be absent on Friday, the open response is due tomorrow.

Open Response

Typed, double-spaced with the question typed at the top of the page after your name and date.

Continue to work on your Penny Book.

"Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry" Final Tomorrow.

We reviewed literary terms today and we also talked about the book in preparation for the test tomorrow.

Continue to work on your Penny Book.

Bring in typed captions tomorrow to be edited while you take your final.

Nine Typed Captions Due Tomorrow.

Make sure you bring captions, books, pennies, pictures and/or anything you have to begin assembling your Penny Book tomorrow.

We will review for the ROT,HMC final.

We will also revisit literary terms for a test after vacation.

No Homework. Enjoy The Beautiful Weather And Holiday!

We do not have official homework. You should still, however, be writing and typing captions for your Penny Book. The sooner they're completed, the sooner they get edited. ON MONDAY, BRING IN SUPPLIES, CAPTIONS, PICTURES FOR YOUR PENNY BOOK TO WORK ON AFTER THE TEST.

Vocabulary Test, Section 3 on Monday, April 6th.

ROT,HMC final on Wednesday, April 11th.

Penny Books due May 4th.

Enjoy your family and friends!!!!!!! Hopefully you'll have a visitor hop to your house with some goodies!!!!!


HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MR O"BRIEN!!!!!!!

Finish Book And "What Do You Know?"

Please finish the book and "What Do You Know?" and refer to important Dates to Remember on yesterday's blog!

"What Do You Know?" Due Friday, April 6th.

Today we read Chapter 10 and reviewed our vocabulary. Thank you to the three students who emailed the link to Quizlet!

Dates to Remember:

"What Do You Know?" Due on Friday, April 6th.

Vocabulary Test on Section 3 on Monday, April 9th

Final on Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry on Wednesday, April 11th.

Penny Book due May 4th.


HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR. O'BRIEN ON EASTER SUNDAY, APRIL 8th!!!!

Finish Book By Friday, April 6th.

Complete "What Do You Know?" for Friday, April 6th.

Finish reading the book.

Define all Section 3 Vocabulary words tonight.

Complete "Dealing With People Who Want To Do You Harm."

Today we read Chapter 9 and proofread some of the captions for the Penny Book. DO NOT PUT PICTURES IN A BOOK UNTIL YOUR CAPTIONS HAVE BEEN EDITED!

Tonight you are responsible for completing "Dealing With People Who Want To Do You Harm." Some of the words are hard to read so I will tell you what the questions are asking. Questions 1 and 2 seem pretty clear. Answer the questions and we will get into groups tomorrow to compare answers. :)

3. Discuss how Cassie is wise enough to understand her "opponent" so well that she knows Lillian Jean will not tell anybody about what Cassie did.

4. Is Cassie's plan of retaliation successful? (Here you must discuss the way Lillian Jean reacts to the "game" is over.)

5. Although Cassie is stronger than Lillian Jean, the white girl acts like a bully in Strawberry because she knows the black girl probably will not hurt her. Discuss different ways a bully will "pick" on someone "weaker."

6. Many psychologists say that a bully acts the way he does because he feels bad about himself. and a bully picks on others when there is something going on in his own life that he dislikes but cannot do anything about. Does your group think this is true about bullies? Discuss.

7. It doesn't matter why bullies act the way they do when it is you they are picking on. A bully can make a person's life miserable especially when the victim cannot think of how to make the situation better. Discuss in your group what can be done to make a bully stop pestering a person.


Answer thoughtfully in complete sentences.


Bring your captions to class to be proofread. Make sure you continue to print your captions. Penny Book will be due, May 4th.

Finish reading the book by Friday, April 6th.

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