Cooper+Language+Arts+Archive+Trimester+3,+2012

   SAMS SUMMER READING LIST 2012! -

 __**June 4 and June 5**__  **Students completed their final VFA test, presented their poetry and we discussed our celebration for next class. **Poetry presentations continue next class.
 * Homework: **
 * 1) Practice both of your poems for the poetry presentation next class.
 * 2) Language Arts celebration next class! Bring a book to swap next last day of Language Arts, June 6 or 7. Remember, these are USED books that you enjoyed, GIFT WRAPPED, and NOT LABELLED.
 * 3) Bring a snack to share for next class (4 servings).

__**May 31 and June 1**__

 **Students had fun reviewing for the final VFA test next class and handed in their poetry. **Poetry presentations begin next class.

 B2 Poetry Types and Scoring Standards

C2 Poetry Types and Scoring Standards

B1 Poetry Types and Scoring Standards

C1 Poetry Types and Scoring Standards

 **Homework: **


 * 1) Review for the final VFA test on June 4 (period 2) & 5 (period 1).
 * 2) Practice both of your poem for the poetry presentation next class.
 * 3) NO READING LOG - UNLESS you have not yet handed yours in... final attempt due June 4 (NO REMINDERS) - EMAIL directly to Mr. C ( the "firstname.lastname@saschina.org" account with your period in the subject).
 * 4) Think about which book you will bring to swap on the last day of Language Arts, June 7 or 8. Remember, these are USED books that you enjoyed, GIFT WRAPPED, and NOT LABELLED.

__**May 29 and 30**__

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">Students had a long work time today to finish their poetry before next class, updated and handed in their SLP reflection and scored VFA lesson #20. **

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;"> B2 Poetry Types and Scoring Standards
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">By next class students should have 6 final draft poems, two of these beautifully published. **

C2 Poetry Types and Scoring Standards

B1 Poetry Types and Scoring Standards

C1 Poetry Types and Scoring Standards

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px;">Homework: **

> **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">online rhyming dictionaries: ** > rhymezonerhymebrainwikirhymerb-rhymes
 * 1) Review for the final VFA test on June 4 (period 2) & 5 (period 1).
 * 2) ALL poems due next class - Thursday 5/31 (Day 2) or Friday 6/1(Day 1). SIX PRINTED final draft poems stapled together __AND__ TWO poems in final published form. Presentations the following week.
 * 3) NO READING LOG - UNLESS you have not yet handed yours in... final attempt due June 4 (NO REMINDERS) - EMAIL directly to Mr. C ( the "@saschina.org" account with your period in the subject).
 * 4) Think about which book you will bring to swap on the last day of Language Arts, June 7 or 8. Remember, these are USED books that you enjoyed, GIFT WRAPPED, and NOT LABELLED.

<span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">__**May 24 and 25**__ <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">Today some students showed off their "Yesterday, Today and <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 28px;">Tomorrow" <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;"> poems and read them to the class, scored VFA lesson #19 and started lesson #20, and started writing our last poem. **

rhymezone rhymebrain wikirhymer b-rhymes <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">@B2 Poetry Types and Scoring Standards @C2 Poetry Types and Scoring Standards @B1 Poetry Types and Scoring Standards @C1 Poetry Types and Scoring Standards
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">By next class students should have 6 poems in some some stage of writing (pre-writing, conferencing, editing, or final copy). **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">online rhyming dictionaries: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px;">Homework: **
 * 1) VFA #20 final test on June 4 (period 2) & 5 (period 1).
 * 2) 6 Poems in class (including published YTT)
 * 3) Think about which book you will bring to swap on the last day of Language Arts, June 7 or 8. Remember, these are USED books that you enjoyed, GIFT WRAPPED, and NOT LABELLED.
 * 4) ALL poems due Thursday 5/31 or Friday 6/1. Six printed final draft poems stapled together AND TWO poems in final published form. Presentations the following week.
 * 5) NO READING LOG - UNLESS you have not yet handed yours in... final attempt due June 4 (NO REMINDERS) - EMAIL directly to Mr. C ( the "@saschina.org" account with period number in the subject).

<span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">__**May 22 and 23**__ <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">Today we continued to work on final published drafts our "Yesterday, Today and <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 28px;">Tomorrow" <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;"> poems, started VFA lesson #19, and edited our newest poems. **

rhymezone rhymebrain wikirhymer b-rhymes <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">@B2 Poetry Types and Scoring Standards @C2 Poetry Types and Scoring Standards @B1 Poetry Types and Scoring Standards @C1 Poetry Types and Scoring Standards
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">By next class students should have 5 poems in some some stage of writing (pre-writing, conferencing, editing, or final copy). **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">online rhyming dictionaries: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px;">Homework: **
 * 1) VFA #19
 * 2) 5 Poems in class (including published YTT)
 * 3) Think about which book you will bring to swap on the last day of Language Arts, June 7 or 8. Remember, these are USED books that you enjoyed, GIFT WRAPPED, and NOT LABELLED.
 * 4) Download and share the summer reading list with your parents

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> __** Something special for the last day **__

<span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">__**May 18 and 21**__

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">Today we scored VFA lesson #18, stretched our brains with Plexers, handed in our reading logs, continued to work on final published drafts our "Yesterday, Today and <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 28px;">Tomorrow" <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;"> poems, and edited our new poems. **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">By next class students should have 4 poems in some some stage of writing (pre-writing, conferencing, editing, or final copy). **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">@B2 Poetry Types and Scoring Standards **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">@C2 Poetry Types and Scoring Standards **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">@B1 Poetry Types and Scoring Standards **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">@C1 Poetry Types and Scoring Standards **

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13px;"> ** Homework: **


 * 1) __** No homework by PRINCIPAL PROCLAMATION. **__

<span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">__**May 16 and 17**__

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">Today we took VFA test #6 and started lesson #18, worked on final published drafts our "Yesterday, Today and <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 28px;">Tomorrow" <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;"> poems, studied further into other forms of poetry and poets, and edited our new poems. **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">@B2 Poetry Types and Scoring Standards **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">@C2 Poetry Types and Scoring Standards **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">@B1 Poetry Types and Scoring Standards **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">@C1 Poetry Types and Scoring Standards **

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13px;"> ** Homework: **


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px;">**Keep reading non-fiction, teen poetry or** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">** children's poetry for 45 minutes a day, and collect examples of literary devices in your new reading log. Due NEXT CLASS. **
 * 2) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">**VFA #18 next class**
 * 3) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">**Come with your published draft of your "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" poem ready to display within the next two classes.**
 * 4) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">**You have a new brainstorm for your new poem due.**
 * 5) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">**Come prepared with a Second DRAFT of your second poem.**

<span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">__**May 14 and 15**__ <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">Today we reviewed VFA lessons #15-17, shared our "Yesterday, Today and <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 28px;">Tomorrow" <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;"> poems, studied further into other forms of poetry and poets, and wrote new poems from our brainstorms ****<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">: ** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13px;"> ** Homework: ** > types of poetry 2 > types of poetry for kids 1 > types of poetry for kids 2
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">@B2 Poetry Types and Scoring Standards **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">@C2 Poetry Types and Scoring Standards **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">@B1 Poetry Types and Scoring Standards **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">@C1 Poetry Types and Scoring Standards **
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px;">**Keep reading non-fiction, teen poetry or** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">** children's poetry for 45 minutes a day, and collect examples of literary devices in your new reading log. Due Friday 5/18 and Monday 5/21 **
 * 2) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">**VFA test next class.**
 * 3) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">**Come with your SECOND DRAFT "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" poem. Be sure to share this draft with one friend and one family member before next class. C1/B1 - your beautiful final draft is due.[[file:yesterday, today tomorrow poem.doc]]**
 * 4) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">**Come prepared with a FIRST DRAFT of your next poem of your choice. You should know what your next poem form will be.**
 * 5) **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">Poetry form websites: **
 * 6) types of poetry 1

<span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">__**May 10 and 11**__ <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">Today we scored VFA lesson #17, discussed scoring our "Yesterday, Today and <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 28px;">Tomorrow" <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;"> poems and studied further into other forms of poetry ****<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">@B2 Poetry Types and Scoring Standards **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">@C2 Poetry Types and Scoring Standards **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">@B1 Poetry Types and Scoring Standards **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">@C1 Poetry Types and Scoring Standards **

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 22px;"> types of poetry 1 types of poetry 2 types of poetry for kids 1 types of poetry for kids 2 <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13px;"> ** Homework: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">Poetry form websites: **
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px;">**Keep reading non-fiction, teen poetry or** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">** children's poetry for 45 minutes a day, and collect examples of literary devices in your new reading log. Due Friday 5/18 and Monday 5/21 **
 * 2) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">**VFA test next week (Wed. 16 and Th. 17). Be prepared by reviewing now.**
 * 3) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">**Come with your SECOND DRAFT "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" poem.[[file:yesterday, today tomorrow poem.doc]]**
 * 4) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">**Come prepared with a brainstorm ready to WRITE your next poem of your choice.**

<span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">__**May 8 and 9**__ <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">Today we scored VFA lesson #16 and worked in lesson #17, wrote our "Yesterday, Today and <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 28px;">Tomorrow" <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;"> poems and had a look at other forms of poetry at the following web sites: ** <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 21.8182px;"> types of poetry 1 types of poetry 2 types of poetry for kids 1 types of poetry for kids 2 <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13px;"> ** Homework: **
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px;">**Keep reading non-fiction, teen poetry or** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">** children's poetry for 45 minutes a day, and collect examples of literary devices in your new reading log. Due Friday 5/18 and Monday 5/21 **
 * 2) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">**VFA lesson 17 due next class, test next week (Wed. 16 and Th. 17).**
 * 3) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">**Come with your completed "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" poem first draft.[[file:yesterday, today tomorrow poem.doc]]**
 * 4) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">**Come prepared to share one type of poetry. Be prepared with one or two strong examples and/or a clear description or formula for the type.**

<span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">__**Friday/Monday May 4 and 7**__ <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">Today we finally revisited organization in our paragraph writing, scored VFA lesson #15 and introduced lesson #16, introduced the "Yesterday, Today and <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 28px;">Tomorrow" <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;"> poem and had an opportunity to polish our Literary Devices Dictionaries. For those students who scored below 72% on our VFA test before China Alive, we re-attempted the test Friday at lunch time. ** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13px;"> ** Homework: **
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px;">**Keep reading non-fiction, teen poetry or** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">** children's poetry for 45 minutes a day, and collect examples of literary devices in your new reading log. **
 * 2) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">**VFA lesson 16 due next class.**
 * 3) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">**Come with your "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" brainstorm completed.[[file:yesterday, today tomorrow poem.doc]]**

<span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">__**May 2 and 3**__

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;"> **Today we went to the library to select non-fiction and poetry books, looked at some LDDs to think about how our own could be improved, and introduced our new VFA lesson - #15. For those students who scored below 72% on our VFA test before China Alive, the review session is on Thursday, and the re-test Friday - both during lunch time.**

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13px;"> ** Homework: **


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px;">**Keep reading non-fiction, teen poetry or** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">** children's poetry for 45 minutes a day, and collect examples of literary devices in your new reading log. **
 * 2) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">**VFA lesson 15 due next class. Review and re-test are on Thursday and Friday at lunch times.**
 * 3) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">**Bring in your signed progress report by friday.**
 * 4) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 26px;">**Come prepared to improve your LDD next class.**

<span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 36px;">__**April 18 and 19**__

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 27px;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">We are wrapping up our Figurative Language Projects today (download your updated copy here - ), discussed selecting books and discussed poetry. **

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">Homework: **


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">**Final LITERARY DEVICES DICTIONARY is due FRIDAY . Cameron suggested this site for Figurative Language Examples to help you - [|YourDictionary.com]**
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">**Remember, we are collecting reading logs on** **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">FRIDAY **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">. **Read teen poetry or** **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;"> children's poetry for 45 minutes, select a poem to share next class, and log your reading time -[[file:reading log for electronic submission current trimester 3.docx]]. Next reading log check is on April 19 or 20. **
 * 3) <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 26px;">**VFA Test Friday over lessons 13 and 14.**

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 26px;"> **For those of you looking for a good book, this pageat our library web site will direct you to several web sites designed to help you in your quest.**

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26.3636px;"> SAS Puxi Secondary library recommendation page

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">__<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 36px;">**April 16 and 17** __

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 27px;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">We continued sharing and working on our Figurative Language Projects today (download your updated copy here - ). ****<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">We also continued //Vocabulary For Achievement//, checking lesson #14. **

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;"> **Homework:**


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">**7 pages of your LITERARY DEVICES DICTIONARY are due next class to check.**
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">**Continue reading your challenging independent reading book for 45 minutes (at least five times per week) and log your reading time -[[file:reading log for electronic submission current trimester 3.docx]]. The expectation is that you are reading in a genre that is different than your usual book selection. Next check Friday April 20.**
 * 3) <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 26.363636016845703px;">**VFA Test Friday over lessons 13 and 14.**

<span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 36px;">__**April 11, 2012**__

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 27px;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">All classes met today for a four-core schedule. We completed SLP self assessments to share at Parent-Teacher conferences, scored VFA #13 and continued our discussion of Figurative Language and Literary Devices. The Literacy Devices Dictionary (download the instructions here - ) first page was checked in class. **

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;"> **Homework:**


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">**The First Four (4) Pages of your LITERARY DEVICES DICTIONARY are due next class.**
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">**Read teen poetry or** **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;"> children's poetry for 45 minutes, select a poem to share next class, and log your reading time -[[file:reading log for electronic submission current trimester 3.docx]]. Next reading log check is on April 19 or 20. **
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">**VFA #14 - due next class**

<span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 36px;">__**April 9 and 10**__ <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26.3636px;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Today we discussed our new project as we begin our poetry unit, the Literacy Devices Dictionary (download your copy here - ). ****<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">We also continued //Vocabulary For Achievement//, introducing lesson #13, and finished today with by completing the pre-test for the next grammar topic - compound sentences. **

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;"> **Homework:**
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">**The First Page of your LITERARY DEVICES DICTIONARY is due next class to check.**
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">**Read your challenging independent reading book for 45 minutes (at least five times per week) and log your reading time -[[file:reading log for electronic submission current trimester 3.docx]]. The expectation is that you are reading in a genre that is different than your usual book selection. Next check April 19/20.**
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">**VFA #13 - due next class - Wednesday**
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">OPTIONAL - Take a look at what is going on at Mr.Tafel's microcampus project.

<span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 36px;">__**March 27 and 28**__

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Today we spent time pre-testing some more grammar ideas (sentence rules and identifying verbs and nouns within a sentence), final testing for noun cat ****<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">egories and auxilairy verbs and ****<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">we ** **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">completed the vocab test #4 (lessons 10-12). We also finished ****<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">reading and responding to the final chapter of Nightjohn. Finally, we checked reading logs and shared ideas about how we connect to the school mission statement. **

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;"> **Homework:**

<span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 36px;">__**March 22, 23 and 26**__ <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;"> **Today we spent time pre-testing some grammar ideas and worked on the concept of collective nouns; we** **reviewed for next week's vocab test (Tues and Wednesday over lessons 10-12)** **and** **read and responded to the next chapter of Nightjohn.**
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">**HAVE A GREAT HOLIDAY!!!, NO REQUIRED HOMEWORK**
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">**OPTIONAL - Read your challenging independent reading book for 45 minutes (at least five times per week) and log your reading time -[[file:reading log for electronic submission current trimester 3.docx]]. The expectation is that you are reading in a genre that is different than your usual book selection.**
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">OPTIONAL - Take a look at what is going on at Mr.Tafel's microcampus project.
 * Homework:**
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">**READING LOG CHECK NEXT CLASS (6+ENTRIES and 9-12 PALETTE words) Read your challenging independent reading book for 45 minutes (at least five times per week) and log your reading time -[[file:reading log for electronic submission current trimester 3.docx]]. The expectation is that you are reading in a genre that is different than your usual book selection.**
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">**Optional VFA TEST REVIEW crosswords will be checked next class.**** B1/C1 -** <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">Vocab test next Wednesday <span style="background-color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">B2/C2 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">- <span style="background-color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">vocabulary test next Tuesday <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">OPTIONAL - Take a look at what is going on at Mr.Tafel's microcampus project.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">OPTIONAL - Buy your tickets and bring your family to __**Robin Hood**__ at the PAC Thursday @ 7:00PM or Friday @ 3:30PM or 7:00PM.

<span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 36px;">__**March 20 and 21**__

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 * C1/B1 scored VFA lesson #11 and introduced lesson #12 (test** **Wed. 3/28) and reviewed for next week's test (Tues. 3/27). We** **also studied concrete and abstract nouns, practiced identifying verbs in context, and** **read the next chapter of Nightjohn.**


 * Homework:**


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">**Read your challenging independent reading book for 45 minutes (at least five times per week) and log your reading time -[[file:reading log for electronic submission current trimester 3.docx]]. The expectation is that you are reading in a genre that is different than your usual book selection.**
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">**VFA lesson #12 due next class.**** B1/C1 -** <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">Vocab test next Wednesday <span style="background-color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">B2/C2 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">- <span style="background-color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">vocabulary test next Tuesday <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">Take a look at what is going on at Mr.Tafel's microcampus project.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">Buy your tickets and bring your family to __**Robin Hood**__ at the PAC Thursday @ 7:00PM or Friday @ 3:30PM or 7:00PM.

<span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 36px;">__**March 16 and 19**__

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;"> **We played charades to review what we know about nouns, scored VFA lesson #11, introduced lesson #12, read chapter three of __Nightjohn__, and distributed the new reading log for Trimester 3.**


 * Homework:**


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">**Read your challenging independent reading book for 45 minutes (at least five times per week) and log your reading time -[[file:reading log for electronic submission current trimester 3.docx]]. The expectation is that you are reading in a genre that is different than your usual book selection.**
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">**B1/C1 - VFA lesson #11 due next class.**
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">B2/C2 - Work on VFA Lesson #12.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">take a look at what is going on at Mr.Tafel's microcampus project.

<span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 36px;">__**March 15 B2/C2**__ <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;"> **We wrote expository paragraphs for our final paragraph comparing the novel Freak the Mighty with the movie "The Mighty." We also worked on reviewing the words for our most recent VFA lesson #10, introduced VFA lesson #11 and distributed the new reading log for Trimester 3.**


 * Homework:**
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">**Read your challenging independent reading book for 45 minutes (at least five times per week) and log your reading time -[[file:reading log for electronic submission current trimester 3.docx]]. The expectation is that you are reading in a genre that is different than your usual book selection.**
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">**VFA lesson #11 due next class.**

<span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 36px;">__**March 14**__ <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">**Grade six took advantage of the sunny weather again to take more outdoor measurements! We visited all four of the core classes again today. In Language Arts we scored our Vocabulary Lesson #10, talked about keeping score for "Duck Words"-vocabulary we have already studied that we see in our reading- and read aloud from Nightjohn, by Gary Paulsen. We listened for evidence of the authors VOICE in the writing** **.**

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;"> **Homework:**
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">**Read your library book for 45 minutes - Bring in DUCK WORDS for the competition.**
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">**VFA lesson** **#11 due soon.**

<span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 36px;">__**March 13**__

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">**Grade six took advantage of the sunny weather to take some outdoor measurements! We visited all four of the core classes today. In Language Arts we researched books using lexile.comto help us find an interesting book right at our reading levels and then took time to go to the library, check them out and read aloud from __Nightjohn__, by Gary Paulsen. We listened for evidence of the authors VOICE in the writing ** **.**

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;"> **Homework:**


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">**Read your library book for 45 minutes.**
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">**VFA lesson** **#10 due Wednesday for all classes.**

<span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 36px;">__**March 12 B1/C1**__ <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;"> **We wrote expository paragraphs for our final paragraph comparing the novel Freak the Mighty with the movie "The Mighty." We also worked on reviewing the words for our most recent VFA lesson #10, and read aloud from a Gary Paulsen novel, NightJohn, listening to the VOICE in the writing. **


 * Homework:**


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">**Read a book of your choice for 45 minutes. If you do not have a current book, I would recommend checking out one of**** Kathryn Lasky's books from our library. You may also click here to go to lexile.com to help find an interesting book right at your reading level.**
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">**VFA lesson #10 due next class.**

<span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 36px;">__**March 8 and 9**__

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;"> **We discussed the presentation by our author visiting Kathryn Lasky, discussed examples from our second paragraph writing, introduced VFA lesson 10, and made some choices about redoing some of our __FtM__ work.**
 * We also held a review session at lunch Thursday for students who will redo their tests on Friday.**
 * Homework:**
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">**Students made choices about redoing either their project work or notebooks to demonstrate their understanding of the elements of the novel, Freak the Mighty - due Friday.**
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">**VFA lesson #10 due next class.**
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">[[image:Laske_and_Caroline_reduced.jpg align="left"]]

<span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 36px;"> __**March 6 and 7**__

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;">**We attended a presentation by our author visiting author (www.kathrynlasky.com), asked her good questions and she signed our books. In the classroom we changed our classroom seating arrangements. We will begin our Vocabulary for Achievement program again next class remember to bring your work book .**

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<span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 36px;">__**March 2 and 5**__ <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;"> **We discussed the work of our visiting author (Kathryn Laske will be here 3/6 and 3/7), changed our classroom seating arrangements, and handed in our Student Learner Profile for Language Arts Trimester 2. We watched __Guardians of Ga'Hoole__.**


 * Homework:**
 * If you have not yet read the Hawksmaid Passages[[file:Hawksmaid passages.doc]], do so before next class when we will meet the author.**

<span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;"> **Student who earned less than 80% on their FtM vocabulary test will review on Thursday 3/8 LUNCH TIME, retest on Friday 3/9 LUNCH TIME.**

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> B1 movie-book comparison notes 2012 @C1 movie-book comparison notes 2012 @C2 movie-book comparison notes 2012 @B2 movie-book comparison notes 2012

<span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;"> **C1** <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Dr. Spivak was replaced by a different character. No dictionary but it is replaced with Kevin being Max's tutor and the line about Words, sentences and painting a picture with your imagination. Gwen says that Kevin is a dictionary. We missed the boiler room location - it was scarier. Stronger language in the book as well as stronger images. The relationship between Max and Kevin develops differently in the move than in the novel. (5$)
 * What the movie left out:**

<span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;"> **What the movie improved:** <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> We like that action of Kevin searching for Max (sled scene). More dramatic - maybe when Kane comes for Max, Max running to the laundry service, breaking the door leaving iggy and loretta, the fight with Tony and the gang retrieving the purse and the purse had money emphasizing their honesty.

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">__<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 36px;">**March 1** __ <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px;"> **All students watched __The Mighty__ today.**

<span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 39.0909px;"> RESOURCES FOR HOME: <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> __ **Book title search engines using Lexile scores. :** __ Go to lexile.com and use the Lexile score from youMAP test results to build a custom reading list on the subjects genres that interest you the most.

<span style="background-color: #00ff00; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 24px; text-align: center;"> __**Not all titles are available in the PUXI Secondary Library;**__ __**search the library site to check if the book is there.**__ <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 19.0909px;"> Cooper Language Arts Archive Trimester 1, 2011

Cooper Language Arts Archive Trimester 2, 2012

Cooper Language Arts Archive Trimester 3, 2012

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<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 19.0909px;"> Collective nouns PAGE word games online:

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