Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Don't Forget Pictures,Words, and Letters

Remember to bring in pictures, words and/or letters to spell out the words which construct your "Preposition Poems" for the bulletin board. We voted for the character sketches today which most resemble the members of the pact.

******Quarter notes for Chapter 14 due on Friday, October 16th*******

TRY THE PREPOSITION GAME!!!

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

GREAT WORKSHOP TODAY

Hopefully, today was a productive day in Mrs. Jaggers ELA and MCAS classes. I am looking forward to reading your transition essays. I will be talking to you about some new strategies I learned today that should help you to successfully prepare for the ELA MCAS and future testing.

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Chapter 13 Quarter Notes Due Tuesday, October 13th

The book gets better and better. Keep reading and see if you can piece together any clues which help you to identify the stalker.

Work hard on Tuesday. I will be attending an MCAS workshop and look forward to reading your transition essays.

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Torso Due Tomorrow

We began working on the TORSO today in order to successfully outline our "transitions" essay. We discussed the brainstorming we completed in our notebooks last night and modeled good topic sentences. In addition, we identified three school changes and listed examples of how all three changes have taken place since fourth grade. Tonight, we are to expected to thoughtfully complete the TORSO up to but not including the fifth paragraph. Tomorrow, we will begin constructing our fifth paragraph and establishing the FCA's for this and future long compositions.

40% 2-3 specific, interesting mini-stories from real life experiences
40% organized outline using order of importance and correct transitions
20% conventions and proofreading, refer to check off list

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Brainstorming In Vocabulary Notebook For Homework

Today we received a writing prompt regarding "transitions" since the fourth grade. In addition to checking over our chapter 12 quarter notes and completing out bookmark, we need to brainstorm transitions in our vocabulary notebook.

FIVE PARAGRAPH ESSAYS, HERE WE COME!!!!!!!!!

Monday, October 5, 2009

Tomorrow Test for Chapters 1-11 and Bookmark For Chapter 12 And Quarter Notes

Today, we completed Chapter 11. Great job for those of you who completed great quarter notes for chapter 11! Tomorrow you will have a test on these 11 chapters and be required to write an open response which you were assigned to complete at home.Be sure to complete your bookmark and chapter 12 quarter notes, also.

DON'T FORGET TOMORROW IS CRAZY HAIR DAY!!!

Thursday, October 1, 2009

Subject/Verb Test Tomorrow

Hopefully everyone seems more comfortable with subjects and predicates after our ELA class today. Remember to study your handouts and your grammar notes.

Read Chapter 11 over the weekend and do Quarter Notes for Monday, October 5th. The book gets better and better!

Remember, if you have finished the book you have the option to write a closing chapter and illustrate each page. See Mrs. Jaggers for more details.