5/30/12

Today's Activities:

1.  Write a letter to yourself.  It will be given back to you in a year!
2.  Finish your Olympic WS from Friday.

Homework:

Get ready for your speech!  Speeches start tomorrow!

5/29/12

Today's Activities:

1.  Meet in the computer lab to fill out speech worksheet.
2.  Work on speech.

Homework:

Speeches start Thursday.

Use this Tuesday to plan your speech!

Click here to access the planning sheet for your speech.

5/25/12

Today's Activities:

1.  Turn in your persuasive paragraphs (time capsule).
2. Olympic Day writing activity :)

Homework:

Have a great weekend!  Presentations start Thursday.

5/24/12

Today's Activities:

1.  Review presentation requirements.
2.  Put together writing folders.
3.  Peer edit.

Homework:

1.  Bring two final copies of your Time Capsule essay tomorrow.

5/22/12

Today's Activities:

1.  Daily sentence correction.
2.  Check brainstorming for persuasive paragraph.
2.  Write rough draft.

Homework:

1.  Finish your rough draft.

5/21/12

Today's Activities:

1.  Daily sentence correction.
2.  Review essay prompt:  Choose an item you feel should be in a time capsule of the early 2000s.
3.  Brainstorming ws.

Homework:

1.  Finish brainstorming.

5/18/12

Today's Activities:

1.  Persuasive writing journal.
2.  Review Supporting Your Opinion WS.
3.  Brainstorm time capsule ideas.

Homework:

Have a great weekend!

5/17/12

Today's Activities:

1.  Answer journal prompt on the board: Would you rather...?
2.  Discuss persuasive writing.
3.  Supporting Your Opinion WS.

Homework:

1.  Finish Supporting Your Opinion WS.
2.  Brainstorm an item you think should be placed in a time capsule of the
     2000s.

5/16/12

Today's Activities:

1.  Daily sentence correction.
2.  Check homework (metaphor ws).
3.  Work on rough draft of concrete poem.

Homework:

Final copy of concrete poem.

5/15/12

Today's Activities:

1. Daily sentence correction.
2.  Review and turn in song worksheet.
3.  Read examples of concrete poems from Blue Lipstick and brainstorm a metaphor or simile to create a concrete poem about.

Homework:

1.  Metaphor worksheet.

5/14/12

Today's Activities:

1.  Daily sentence correction.
2.  Turn in final copy of letter.
3.  Review metaphors.

Homework:

1.  Finish worksheet (only one out of the three songs).

5/11/12

Today's Activities:

1.  Daily sentence correction.
2.  Use your brainstorming to write a rough draft of your letter to next year's 7th   graders.
3.  Write a final copy of your letter in ink.

Homework:

1.  Finish final copy of letter.

5/10/12

Today's Activities:

1.  Daily sentence correction.
2.  Share and turn in poems.
3.  Brainstorm ideas for you letter to next year's 7th graders.

Homework:

1.  Finish brainstorming.

5/09/12

Today's Activities:

1.  Daily sentence correction.
2.  Pass back letters of advice.
3.  Write rough draft of poem.

Homework:

1.  Final copy of poem.  Use your letter of advice as inspiration for a poem.  Your poem must:

     -Be 8 lines minimum.
   -Have a labeled rhyme scheme and include at least two lines that rhyme.
   -Include one simile that is underlined.

5/08/12

Today's Activities:

1.  Daily sentence correction.
2.  Turn in My Interpretation WS.
3.  Present poems.

Homework:

None :)  Tomorrow we will use our success letters to write a poem.

5/07/12

Today's Activities:

1.  Read poems.
2.  Work in groups to discuss poems.

Homework:

1.  My Interpretation WS.

5/04/12

Today's Activities:

1.  Daily sentence correction.
2.  Turn in descriptive essays.
3.  Begin poetry.

Homework:

Have a great weekend!

5/03/12

Today's Activities:

1.  Daily sentence correction.
2.  Review essay rubric.
3.  Peer edit.

Homework:

1.  Two final copies of your descriptive essay due Friday (1 copy for your folder and 1 for me to grade).

5/02/12

Today's Activities:

1.  Daily sentence correction.
2.  Review essay requirements.
3.  Peer edit.

Homework:

Final copy of essay due Friday.