April 15, 2011

Today we took the sentence quiz and then read silently for the remainder of the period.  I saw some great books being read!  Read on!

Homework:

Have a great weekend!

April 13, 2011

Today we completed practice exercises in the Write Source book on subject/verb agreement, fragments and run-ons in preparation for the quiz on Friday.

Homework:

Review packet

Try a practice Fragment Quiz

April 11, 2011

Today we went over the answers to in-class worksheets completed on Friday.  We reviewed complete sentences, similes, metaphors and hyperboles.  We also defined narrative poem and personification in class.

Homework:

There will be a quiz over complete sentences (run-ons, fragments and subject/verb agreement) on Friday.

Bring your Write Source to class all week :)

April 7, 2011

Today we reviewed the answers to the Sentence Fragment and Run-ons Worksheet.  Overall, everyone could use some more practice.  We also defined hyperbole and reviewed literary elements (simile, hyperbole and narrative poem) of "The Cremation of Sam McGee" (page 708 of the lit. book).

Homework:

Complete the Hyperbole/ Subject Predicate WS.

April 6, 2011

Today we listened to the song "Life's a Dance" and discussed metaphors.  We also created our own life metaphors.

Homework:

Metaphor/Simile WS (both sides)
Finish your life metaphor if you did not finish in class

April 5, 2011

Today we reviewed similes and read "The Cremation of Sam McGee" in the literature book on page 708.

Homework:

Complete Sam McGee WS in complete sentences

April 4, 2011

Today we defined sentences, fragments and run-ons.  We also began our poetry unit we will be working on in conjunction with POLA.

Homework:

Sentence WS, both sides