Great Job Team 7-2

The room smells delightful and each corner of the classroom holds valuable treasure I hope your " you-know-who" will love. We will resume our decorating next week.

The Penny Books look great! Boy, am I going to be a busy teacher!!!!!

Two poems due typed on Monday May 3rd. No photos are necessary on this day.

Poems written on template due tomorrow, Penny Book due Friday, April 30th

Today we began our personal poems in class. We also began reading "Touching Spirit Bear" in most classes. Please make sure to have your Penny Book on Friday, April 30th. We have worked on these in class and at home so there is "no excuse" for not having it done.

Project in class on Friday. April 30th. Is your group ready?

Final Tomorrow

We went over many of the terms and questions which will appear on the final tomorrow. We had the netbooks in class today to answer the open response questions and work on captions for the Penny Book which is due on Friday, April 30th.

If You Get The Chance, Check Out The Link For "Touching Spirit Bear."

If you feel extra energetic (or bored) click on the "take a look" and check it out!

Have a Great Vacation!

Have a wonderful vacation. I hope you enjoyed the movie today. The book, of course, is more exciting! Remember important assignments due on the following dates.

April 26th Open Responses Typed
April 27th Final
April 30th The Penny Book Due

Anyone going to The Boston Marathon?

We'll be starting "Touching Spirit Bear" when we return.

Check yesterday's blog for open response questions and FCA's.

Quiz Time Chapters 20-23 Due Tomorrow, April16th

We finished the book today and received a set of three open response questions. We are to select two of the three questions to answer in no less than two paragraphs per question. The questions are;

1. Compare Jonas's qualities to another character from a book or movie you are familiar with. Be sure to include titles and specific examples as evidence that supports your opinion.

2. Describe the two main reasons that motivated Jonas to escape the community. In your description be sure to explain the risk and whether it was worth it or not. Support your answer with specific examples that prove your point.

3. What did you learn about the balance of freedom (choice) and security (safety) through this novel? Use examples from the novel and your own life to express yourself.

Pick any two of the three questions to answer.

These should be answered in a minimum of two paragraphs per answer.

Please type answers on two separate sheets of paper

FCA's are 40 points Strong introduction and restate the question clearly.

40 points Clear details with well-organized examples to support your answer.

20 points Conventions (spelling ,punctuation, capitalization) strong closing sentence.

IMPORTANT DATES!!!!!!!

April 26th Open responses due TYPED.

April 27th Final on The Giver

April 30th Penny Book due

Almost Done "The Giver"

We have about twenty pages left until we finish the book. We will have the final on the Tuesday after we return from April vacation. You will receive an open response question to answer over the vacation. The FCA's are always: 40 points for strong topic sentence and clearly restating the question, 40 points for clear details and examples to support your answer, 20 points for conventions (spelling, punctuation and capitalization).

Quiz Time 16-19 due tomorrow, April 15th.

Quiz Time 20-23 due Friday, April 16th.

We will resume working on The Penny Books after the vacation. You can be putting your pages together next week and putting the finishing touches on your book after the April break. The final project is due April 30, 2010.