Cooper+Language+Arts+Archive+Trimester+3,+2014

__**April 18 (day 2)/ April 28 (day1)**__ [| B2 interesting sentences] C2 interesting sentences B1 interesting sentences C1 interesting sentences
 * We finished our discussion of our interesting sentences, read aloud from the Princess Bride, and reviewed Greek and Latin root words. Bon Voyage C2 and B2, Welcome Back C1 and B1! **
 * Homework: **
 * 1) **Read at least 45+ minutes every night** from the __mystery__ or __biography__ book you checked out from the library. Be sure to **bring your AR book** to class each day.
 * 2) **__Look for words__** in your independent reading that use prefixes we have studied in class. Does this word follow the rule, or is it an imposter? What does it mean? How can it be used?

__**April 16 (day 2)/ April 17 (day1)**__ [| B2 interesting sentences] C2 interesting sentences B1 interesting sentences C1 interesting sentences
 * We posted and discussed our interesting sentences, played the adverb game, and emailed our parent about our reading progress. **


 * Send this to both your parent(s) and Mr. Cooper*

Dear Mom and Dad,

I have been making -- progress towards my Accelerated Reader goal this trimester. My current progress towards my goal is ---%. The reason for this is -. In order -- my progress, I will. I know I should achieve 100% of my goal by May 30. Can we talk about this at home tonight? Please email Mr. Cooper back to let him know you received this.

---,

My Name and Period




 * Homework: **


 * 1) **Read at least 45+ minutes every night** from the __mystery__ or __biography__ book you checked out from the library. Be sure to **bring your AR book** to class each day.
 * 2) **__Look for words__** in your independent reading that use prefixes we have studied in class. Does this word follow the rule, or is it an imposter? What does it mean? How can it be used?
 * 3) **Complete your Unit One packet for Greek and Latin Roots.**
 * 4) **Fix your interesting sentences...**

__**April 14 (day 2)/ April 15 (day1)**__

[| B2 interesting sentences] C2 interesting sentences B1 interesting sentences C1 interesting sentences
 * We read aloud, discussed and reviewed sentences, and had an opportunity to take an AR quiz. **


 * Homework: **
 * 1) **Read at least 45+ minutes every night** from the __mystery__ or __biography__ book you checked out from the library. Be sure to **bring your AR book** to class each day.
 * 2) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">**__Look for words__** in your independent reading that use prefixes we have studied in class. Does this word follow the rule, or is it an imposter? What does it mean? How can it be used?
 * 3) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">**__Show your parents__** your wiki page and show them how to l**__eave a comment__** for you.
 * 4) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">**Perfect your 9 interesting sentences** based on your Sentence Pattern worksheet.[[file:Sentence Patterns.docx]]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">__**April 10 (day 2)/ April 11 (day1)**__


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">We changed seats, discussed and reviewed sentences, and read aloud. **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px;">Homework: **


 * 1) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">**Read at least 45+ minutes every night** from the __mystery__ or __biography__ book you checked out from the library. Be sure to **bring your AR book** to class each day.
 * 2) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">**__Look for words__** in your independent reading that use prefixes we have studied in class. Does this word follow the rule, or is it an imposter? What does it mean? How can it be used?
 * 3) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">**__Show your parents__** your wiki page and show them how to l**__eave a comment__** for you.
 * 4) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">**Write 9 interesting sentences** based on your Sentence Pattern worksheet.[[file:Sentence Patterns.docx]]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">__**April 8 (day 2)/ April 9 (day1)**__


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">We commented on each others' wikis (comment on every persons' in your table group), made final changes on our wikis based on the comments, discussed our AR goals for trimester 3 and went to the library. **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px;">Homework: **


 * 1) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">**Read at least 45+ minutes every night** from the __mystery__ or __biography__ book you checked out from the library. Be sure to **bring your AR book** to class each day.
 * 2) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">**__Look for words__** in your independent reading that use prefixes we have studied in class. Does this word follow the rule, or is it an imposter? What does it mean? How can it be used?
 * 3) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">**__Show your parents__** your wiki page and show them how to l**__eave a comment__** for you.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">__**April 2 (day 2)/ April 3 (day1)**__


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">We commented on each others' wikis (comment on every persons' in your table group), made final changes on our wikis based on the comments, completed (finally) our Freak the Mighty vocabulary test, took AR quizzes and used our time for reading our mysteries and biographies. **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px;">Homework: **


 * 1) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">**Read at least 45+ minutes every night** from the mystery or biography book you checked out from the library. Be sure to **bring your AR book** to class each day.
 * 2) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">Look for words in your independent reading that use prefixes we have studied in class. Does this word follow the rule, or is it an imposter? What does it mean? How can it be used?
 * 3) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">Show your parents your wiki page and show them how to leave a comment for you.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">__**March 31 (day 2)/ April 1 (day1)**__
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">We took our trimester 3 STAR Reading Assessment, and wrote 1-2 pages in a new Word document (14 point Palatino double-spaced), We also continued updating our wiki pages and used our time for reading our mysteries and biographies. **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">Writing prompt: **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">What choices did the director/screen writer of **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">//The Mighty// **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;"> make that improved the movie or made the movie worse than __Freak the Mighty__? Be sure to use specific examples from your movie notes, your __FTM__ notebook and the novel. Think about how many examples you need to prove your point. **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">This must be handed in by the end of class to Mr. C's inbox __AND__ uploaded to [|turnitin.com]. **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px;">Homework: **
 * 1) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">**Read at least 35+ minutes every night** from the mystery or biography book you checked out from the library. Be sure to **bring your AR book** to class each day.
 * 2) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">Look for words in your independent reading that use prefixes we have studied in class (anti- and con-). Does this word follow the rule, or is it an imposter? What does it mean? How can it be used?
 * 3) **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">Test over the 25 Freak the Mighty words next class! **
 * 4) **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">Wiki page assessment next class! **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">__**March 20 (day 2)/ March 21 (day1)**__
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">We finished watching the Mighty, finished our book/movie notes and went to the library to find biographies and mysteries to read for the holiday. **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px;">Homework: **
 * 1) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">**Read at least 35+ minutes every night** from the mystery or biography book you checked out from the library. Be sure to **bring your AR book** to class each day.
 * 2) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">Update your wiki page to include your project and presentation - due after the holiday.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">__**March 18(day 2)/ March 19(day1)**__
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">We updated and printed our SLP's for Trimester 2, watched The Mighty and began updating our wiki pages. **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px;">Homework: **
 * 1) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">**Read at least 35+ minutes every night** from the action adventure or poetry book you checked out from the library. Be sure to **bring your AR book** to class each day.
 * 2) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">Look for words in your independent reading that use prefixes we have studied in class (anti- and con-). Does this word follow the rule, or is it an imposter? What does it mean? How can it be used?
 * 3) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">Update your wiki page to include your project and presentation.