Unusual Order

Today we worked on "Kinds of Sentences" in ELA. We learned about Subjects and Predicates and how to identify each in a sentence. We learned about "Unusual Order" and how sentences are constructed. Our homework is to rewrite sentences tonight for homework on the "Unusual Order" sheet.

Other Homework tonight includes:

1. Study metaphors, similes, personification, alliteration, and hyperboles. Test on Friday, September 17th.

2. Keep reading the book IKWYDLS.

3. Pictures for the character contest.

4. Have tests signed.

5. Check out links on the blog.

Chapter 5 is very interesting.

Today we read chapter 4 and discussed the importance of "flashbacks" in the novel. We have been able to put together some pieces of the puzzle regarding exactly what happened on the night of the accident. Who? What? Where? When? How?

Homework tonight:

1. Read chapter 5 and do quarter notes.

2. Finish the questions for the study guide questions 1-5. You had class time to do this yesterday in class.

3. Kinds of Sentences sheet from class. JUST the left side.

4. Have parents sign the Small Steps test you received today or yesterday.

5. We need more pictures for the character contest. They look GREAT!!!!!

Good Morning All You Lucky Kids

Hope you had a great weekend. Quarter notes for chapter 4 are due tomorrow and chapter 5 are due Wednesday, September 15th. Are you doing all your work? Try the games on the figurative langauge link. They just might help you learn what we worked on in class last Friday.

See you soon!!!!!

Homework for the Weekend.

Since we did not have homework last evening, please remember to use the weekend to study for your vocabulary test. Be sure you study the definitions, the spellings and the part of speech. I am tentatively scheduling the test for Monday, September 13th. If we do not complete our chapter 3 quarter notes and figurative language lesson, we might have the test on Tuesday, September 14th. Either way, study is essential.

Please read chapter 4 and complete quarter notes for Tuesday, September 14th.

Please be prepared to answer your study guide questions on the back of the vocabulary list.

Are you artistic? Perhaps you would like to draw a picture of one of the four teenagers; Ray, July, Helen or Barry. More details to follow.

Questions for Chapter 2

In some classes we discussed the questions for chapter 2 of "I Know What You Did Last Summer" while in others we worked in groups and answered them together. We wil construct a set of quarter notes for chapter 2 and you will complete your own set of notes for chapter 3. Are you getting a clear picture of the characters and what they look like? We'll have a contest next week. Anybody artistic?

Test Today, September 7, 2010

Today we passed in our books "Small Steps" and took our test. We talked about the importance of using graphic organizers.

Our Team Name will be announced tomorrow. Stay Tuned!!!!!

Definitions Due Tomorrow

We went over new vocabulary today to define for tomorrow. Chapters 1-3 are due on Tuesday, September 7th. We'll begin I Know What You Did Last Summer by Lois Duncan tomorrow.


Reading/Writing will continue working on the Vietnam War.