Cooper+Language+Arts+Archive+Trimester+1,+2013

  __**November 14/15**__     
 * We discussed characters, wrote down character traits, answered questions about capitalization, completed a book review, received our trimester two reading goals and checked out short story collections from the library. **
 * Homework: **
 * 1) **Read at least 35+ minutes every night** from the **short story** books you checked out from the library. Be sure to **bring your AR book** to class each day.
 * 2) Fill in **one character sheet** for one of the short stories you read.
 * 3) Finish your capitalization on **No Red Ink  **and bring your progress up to 80+ percent. **Test next class.**

 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">__**November 12/13**__ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">We discussed capitalization in No Red Ink and discussed the characters and reported on them in short stories we read in class. **
 * <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 30+ minutes every night** from the books 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;">Complete your character diagram for your short story. Be prepared to share this next class.
 * 3) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">Finish your capitalization on NoRedInk and bring your progress up to 80+ percent.
 * 4) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">Prepare for your subject/verb agreement retake next **Wednesday (B1/C1)** or **Thursday** **(B2/C2)** at lunch. You are prepared when **all sections of Subject/Verb agreement are Blue.**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">__**November 7/11**__ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">**Grammar Questions B1/C1:** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">**What is a pronoun? A pronoun is a word that replaces a noun:** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">**What are prepositions?** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">**How do I find the subject and predicate?** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">We played grammar games, answered grammar questions (pronouns) and discussed the characters in The Princess Bride. **
 * <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 30+ minutes every night** from the books 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;">Prepare for your subject/verb agreement retake next **Wednesday (B1/C1)** or **Thursday** **(B2/C2)** at lunch. You are prepared when **all sections of Subject/Verb agreement are Blue.**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">__**November 5/6**__ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">We took a quiz on linking and helping verbs and subject/verb agreement. We also read and reviewed books. **
 * <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 30+ minutes every night** from the books 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;">Prepare for your subject/verb agreement retake next Wednesday (B1/C1) or Thursday (B2/C2) at lunch.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">__**November 1/4**__ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> gallupstudentpoll <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">We listened to a scary story, reviewed books, went to the library to check out science fiction books, discussed our upcoming No Red Inktest, and completed a STAR test. **
 * <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 30+ minutes every night** from the books your science fiction 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;">**Practice your helping/linking verbs - next class**
 * 3) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">**Prepare for your Subject/Verb agreement test - next class**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">__**October 30 and October 31**__ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> Writing Prompt: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> Write a <span class="wiki_link_ext" style="font-size: 35.2px;">recipe for "How to Make/Lose a Friend". <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> media type="custom" key="24232076" <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">We played grammar games again.We also updated our writer's eye section and collected notebooks, recited our helping verbs, returned poems and worked some more on our grammar learning with No Red Ink. **
 * <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 30+ minutes every night** from the books 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;">Memorize the Helping/Linking verbs for next class.
 * 3) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">Redo/retry the <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 32px;">No Red Ink  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">lesson, Subject/Verb Agreement, until all sections are green or blue.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">__**October 28 and October 29**__ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 32px; text-align: center;">No Red Link <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">We reviewed our helping/linking verb progress **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px; text-decoration: line-through;">and collected notebooks **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">.We also evaluated ourselves in our Learning Behavior Profile document for trimester 1 and were introduced to No Red Ink, a grammar building website. **
 * Class Name ||> No Red Ink Class Code ||
 * SAS Language Arts 6 B1 2013-14 ||> 4f467dc8 ||
 * SAS Language Arts 6 B2 2013-14 ||> b1e440d2 ||
 * SAS Language Arts 6 C1 2013-14 ||> ee7892cc ||
 * SAS Language Arts 6 C2 2013-14 ||> 05d198e1 ||
 * <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 30+ minutes every night** from the books 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 AR reading log** - it should include all of the books you have read so far this year.
 * 3) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">Complete the <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 32px;">No Red Ink  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">lesson - Subject/Verb agreement.
 * 4) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">Finish up your wiki page.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">__**October 24 and October 25**__ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">media type="custom" key="24170520" <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> The helping and linking verbs (the verbs that are NOT action words: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> is <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> am <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> are <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> was <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> were <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> has <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> have <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> had <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> do <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> does <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> did <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> be <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> being <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> been <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> shall <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> will <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> should <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> would <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> may <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> might <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> must <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> can <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> could <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">We wrapped up our poetry unit today by finishing presentations and posting our poems to our Wall of Fame. We also dug deeper into verbs, how to use them to show, not tell. **
 * is || has || be || should || can ||
 * am || have || being || would || could ||
 * are || had || been ||  ||   ||
 * was || do || shall || may ||  ||
 * were || does || will || might ||  ||
 * || did ||  || must ||   ||
 * || did ||  || must ||   ||
 * <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 30+ minutes every night** from the books 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 AR reading log** - it should include all of the books you have read so far this year.
 * 3) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">**Memorize** the linking and helping Verbs
 * 4) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">**Finish updating** your wiki page.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">__**October 22 and October 23**__ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> Poetry Project scoring guide <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">Poetry presentations! **
 * <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 30+ minutes every night** from the books 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 AR reading log** - it should include all of the books you have read so far this year.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">__**October 18 and October 21**__ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> Poetry Project scoring guide <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">We shared DUCK POINTS, shared some poetry presentations, printed poems as well as highlighting and peer reviewing them for figurative language. We also 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 30+ minutes every night** from the books 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 AR reading log** - it should include all of the books you have read so far this year.
 * 3) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">**Print your 2 best poetry forms -** Remember to give each an original title, include the name and period of the author,and <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">highlight the Figurative Language <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;"> in your poems.
 * 4) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;"> Be ready to **present** your 2 best poems.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">__**October 16 and October 17**__ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> Poetry Project scoring guide <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">We shared DUCK POINTS, read aloud from "The Wall", and continued to share poems and finished revising our 4 poems and discussed sentences. **
 * <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;">Describe the scariest story you have every read. Why was it so scary? What did the author do to make you believe the story? **
 * <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 30+ minutes every night** from the books 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 AR reading log** - it should include all of the books you have read so far this year.
 * 3) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">**Revise your poems** to print and present next week.
 * 4) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">Bring your **overdue books** and **ID** card for next class.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">__**October 14 and October 15**__ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> Poetry Project scoring guide <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">We shared DUCK POINTS, collected notebooks and continued to share and revise poems. We discussed sentences and introduced the Write Source writing companion in our class. **
 * <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;">In your Grammar Section Write... **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">1) What is the shortest sentence that you can think of? **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">2) Every sentence must have... **
 * <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 30+ minutes every night from an interesting challenging book**. 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;">Choose **one more form of poetry** (total of 4 poems) you have not used before and write your own poem in this style [at least 8 lines]. Be prepared to share it on your computer.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">__**October 10 and October 11**__ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> Poetry Project scoring guide <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">We reviewed our palette words for DUCK POINTS, shared and revised poems and read aloud and wrote about "Pulling up Stakes"by David Lubar. **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">Writing Prompt: Have you ever let someone believe something about you that wasn't true? What was it? Why did you let them believe it? How did it help you and how did it help them? **
 * <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 30+ minutes every night** from the books you checked out from the library. Be sure to **bring your AR book** to class each day. Add at least **three more palette words** to your notebook (total of at least 30).
 * 2) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">Look for **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;"> palette words **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">, write them down on a post-it with the **word**, **book title** and **page number** on the front. Your **name** and **period** on the back.
 * 3) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">**Update your AR reading log** - it should include all of the books you have read so far this year.
 * 4) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">Choose **one more form of poetry** (total of 3 poems) you have not used before and write your own poem in this style [at least 8 lines]. Be prepared to share it on your computer.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">__**October 8 (day 1) and October 9 (day 2)**__ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">We shared our palette words and poems, and went to the Book Fair ****<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">. **
 * <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 30+ minutes every night** from the books you checked out from the library. Be sure to **bring your AR book** to class each day. Add at least **three more palette words** to your notebook (total of at least 27). Keep your AR log up to date in your notebook.
 * 2) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">Choose **one form of poetry** (total of 2 poems) you have not used before and write your own poem in this style [at least 8 lines]. Be prepared to hand in a **digital** copy.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">__**September 26/27**__
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">We wrote about Action/Adventure books and added them to our Book Reviews ****<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">, shared some of our poems and discussed and checked out horror stories and biographies in the library. **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">Writing Prompt: What makes a story an adventure story? How was the book you checked out from the library an adventure story? Would you recommend it? Why? When you are done writing, take a look at our shared reading recommendation list and then add your book. **


 * <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 30+ minutes every night** from your scary and/or biography books you checked out from the library today. Be sure to **bring your AR book** to class each day. Keep your AR log up to date in your notebook.
 * 2) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">Bring MONEY for the book fair.
 * 3) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">Have a Great Holiday!

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">__**September 24/25**__
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">We reviewed the prefix "con-" ****<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;"> took AR quizzes, shared poetry forms, and started our Learning Behavior Profile. **

Poetry form websites: types of poetry 1types of poetrytypes of poetry for kidstypes of poetry for kids
 * <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 30+ minutes every night** from the books you checked out from the library. Be sure to **bring your AR book** to class each day. Add at least **three more palette words** to your notebook (total of 24). Remember, this is the last week for our focus on **Action/Adventure Books**. Keep your AR log up to date in your notebook.
 * 2) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">**Select the form of poetry** you wrote your poster about and write your own example poem in this style[at least 8 lines]. Be prepared to hand in a **digital** copy.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">__**September 20/23**__
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">We checked **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">Power Prefix #2: Con- **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">, ****<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;"> took AR quizzes, **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px; text-decoration: line-through;">started our Learning Behavior Profile **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">, shared poems and ****<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">continued ****<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">investigating types of poetry that we would like to know more about. We also read the SAS microcampus blog. **

Poetry form websites: types of poetry 1types of poetrytypes of poetry for kidstypes of poetry for kids
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">C2 - Poetry is.... **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">Another way to express one's feelings and ideas **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">Stimulation for the mind **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">Uses Figurative Language **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">Life in an imaginative way **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">describes people, scenes and many other things **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">Evokes an emotional response in the reader **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">A figurative type of writing (not literal) **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">allows us to see through the author's eyes **


 * <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 30+ minutes every night** from the books you checked out from the library. Be sure to **bring your AR book** to class each day. Add at least **three more palette words** to your notebook (total of 21). Remember, this is the last week for our focus on **Action/Adventure Books**. Keep your AR log up to date in your notebook.
 * 2) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">Choose **one form of poetry** you have not used before, write down a **description** and an **example** and be prepared to share this next class.


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">B1 Poetry is.... **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">a way a writer can express themselves **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">an expression of feelings **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">funny subjects with plays on words - enjoyable **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">feelings on paper **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;"> uses different punctuation rules **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">another form of writing (not prose) **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">good use of figurative language **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">C1 Poetry is.... **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">A type of writing (not prose) **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">It shrinks the main idea **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">Formatted in phrases and sentences, not sentences and paragraphs **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">A way to show, not tell your feelings **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">There are different rules than in prose **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">A good way to express your feelings **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">Often tells a little story **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">Relies heavily on Figurative Language **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">Can be about anything **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">It can make writing (and reading) more fun **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">Often does not take a long time **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">B2 Poetry is.... **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">Type of writing that is describing something **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">It has rhythm and often rhymes **


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


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


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


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


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


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


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">Made to be read aloud **


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


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">NOT prose **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">__**September 17/18**__ Poetry form websites: types of poetry 1types of poetrytypes of poetry for kidstypes of poetry for kids <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">Writing prompt: <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">Why do people write poetry? What makes poetry "good" to you? What questions do you have about poetry?
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">We handed in ****<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;"> our figurative language dictionaries, collected notebooks, took AR quizzes, and we wrote about and investigated types of poetry that we would like to know more about. **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px;">Homework: **
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">Power Prefix #2: Con-  **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;"> 100% complete for next class. **
 * 2) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">**Read at least 30+ minutes every night** from the books you checked out from the library. Be sure to **bring your AR book** to class each day. Add at least **three more palette words** to your notebook (total of 18).
 * 3) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">Bring in one poem to share

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">__**September 13/16**__
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">We read aloud, evaluated ****<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;"> our figurative language dictionaries, took AR quizzes, started **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">Power Prefix #2: Con- **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">and introduced our writing companion, Write Source: Writing and Grammar. **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px;">Homework: **
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">**Redo and improve your** Figurative Language Dictionary based on your self-assessment.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">Power Prefix #2: Con-  **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">50% complete for next class. **
 * 3) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">**Read at least 30+ minutes every night** from the books you checked out from the library. Be sure to **bring your AR book** to class each day. Add at least **three more palette words** to your notebook (total of 15).
 * 4) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">Give your parents the parent login letter for AR.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">__**September 11/12**__

go to figurative language site 1 or figurative language site 2 or this literary devices site to select another type of figurative language you are not familiar with
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">We continued work on ****<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;"> our figurative language dictionaries, started **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px; text-decoration: line-through;">Power Prefix #2: Con- **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">took AR quizzes, and read our books. [MAP testing day] **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px;">Homework: **
 * 1) Power Prefix #2: Con-  50% complete for next class.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">**2 more final pages** of your Figurative Language Dictionary (**total of 8 pages**). Final Figurative Language Dictionary due next class.
 * 3) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">**Read at least 25+ minutes every night** from the books you checked out from the library. Be sure to **bring your AR book** to class each day. Add at least **three more palette words** to your notebook (total of 12).

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">__**September 9/10**__ go to figurative language site 1 or figurative language site 2 or this literary devices site to select another type of figurative language you are not familiar with
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">We continued work on ****<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;"> our figurative language dictionaries, took AR quizzes and reviewed the Anti- words. [MAP testing day] **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px;">Homework: **
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">**3 more final pages** of your Figurative Language Dictionary (**total of 6 pages**).
 * 2) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">**Read at least 25+ minutes every night** from the books you checked out from the library. Be sure to **bring your AR book** to class each day. Add at least **three more palette words** to your notebook (total of 9).

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">__**September 5/6**__
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">We checked palette words, continued work on ****<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;"> our figurative language dictionaries, completed AR quizzes and went to the library to check out Poetry and Adventure books. **

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 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px;">Homework: **
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">**2 more final pages** of your Figurative Language Dictionary (**total of 3 pages**).
 * 2) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">**Read at least 25+ minutes every night** from the books you checked out from the library. Be sure to **bring your AR book** to class each day.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">__**September 3/4**__
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">We made sure we had all handed in the VIA survey and web posts and made sure we all had our AR Book Level and Point goals for AR. W ****<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">e also checked Power Prefix #1: Anti- ****<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">, made our figurative language booklets and had time to investigate new types of figurative language, and **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px; text-decoration: line-through;"> introduced our writing companion, Write Source: Writing and Grammar.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">Writing Prompt: <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">Look over your VIA survey results from last class and write about them, focusing on the top and bottom four. Focus on results that surprised you and those you disagree with. Then focus on those that fit you well.


 * <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;">Add at least **three more palette words** to your notebook.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">**1 final page** of your Figurative Language Dictionary [FLD].
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">Complete the ANTI- **crossword puzzle.**
 * 4) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">**Read at least 25+ minutes every night** from the book you checked out from the library. Be sure to **bring your AR book** to class each day.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">__**August 30 and September 2**__


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">We completed the Via Character Survey. ****<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">We checked Power Prefix #1: Anti- ****<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;"> and palette words, had time to investigate types of figurative language, and introduced our writing companion, Write Source: Writing and Grammar. **


 * <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: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">Power Prefix #1: Anti- **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26.3667px;">100% complete next class
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">**1 rough page (only)** of your Figurative Language Dictionary.
 * 3) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">**Read 25+ minutes every night** from the book you checked out from the library. Be sure to **bring your AR book** to class each day.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">__**August 28 and 29**__
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">We prepared the room for "back to school night" by adding our illustrations to our displayed poems and started our Figurative Language Dictionary. We signed up for Wikispaces.com accounts so we can post to Mr. Cooper's wiki and also introduced some of the Language Arts games available in our classroom. Finally we were introduced to palette words and Power Prefix #1: Anti- on Vocabulary.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: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">Power Prefix #1: Anti- **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26.3667px;">50% complete next class
 * 2) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">**Read 25+ minutes** per night from the book you checked out from the library. Be sure to **bring your AR book** to class each day.
 * 3) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">Add **three palette** words to your notebook.
 * 4) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">Finish **posting to your page on the wiki**.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">__**August 26 and 27**__ **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">We collected, shared and displayed our YTT poems, started our illustrations and began an extended conversation about Figurative Language. Mr. Cooper continued meeting with students to talk about themselves as a reader. **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px; text-decoration: line-through;">We also completed the Via Character Survey. **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;"> Students were also introduced to their class Wiki page. **

__ Writing Prompt: __ Complete a list of types of figurative language that you already know, what they are and write an example or two for each. When you finish, go to figurative language site 1 or figurative language site 2 or this literary devices site to select another type of figurative language you are not familiar with and write an example of this type in your own words.


 * <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: 26.3667px;">Illustrate your poem on the blank side of your card. Fill all of the space and make it colorful.
 * 2) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26.3667px;">**Finish your writing** about Figurative Language.
 * 3) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">Read 25+ minutes per night from the book you checked out from the library. Be sure to **bring your book to class** each day.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">__**August 22 (B1/C1) and 23 (B2/C2)**__ **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">We were introduced to the MS library today and discussed which books are "just right" for us and discussed Accelerated Reader. We continued our YTT poem by including similes, hyperbole and other forms of figurative language. Also, some students met with Mr. Cooper to talk about themselves as a reader. **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px;">Homework: **


 * 1) <span style="background-color: #ff0000; color: #ffff00; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 23.6333px;">Your published "Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow Poem" is due next class. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26.3667px;">The published copy should be written in ink or printed. Remember to focus on strong descriptive words: descriptive "sense" words (imagery), use the correct word for what you mean, and beautiful words from books you have read. Do not use these, or any other, "cow- words": good, nice, bad, big, small, sad, very, or <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-size: 26.3667px; text-decoration: line-through;">THING <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26.3667px;">. Feel free to include figurative language.
 * 2) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26.3667px;">**Share your STAR report** with your parent(s).
 * 3) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26.3667px;">Have your **Parents sign the "This signature page will be place in your student file"** page in your agenda and give the signed page to your homebase teacher.
 * 4) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">Read 25+ minutes per night from the book you checked out from the library. Be sure to **bring your book** to class each day.

__<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">**August 20 (B1/C1) and 21 (B2/C2)** __
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">Students were introduced to Vocabulary.com where they started "The Challenge", we completed the STAR reading assessment and continued our YTT poem by checking poems for proper verb tenses and cow-words with table groups ****<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">. Some students met with Mr. Cooper to talk about themselves as a reader. **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px; text-decoration: line-through;">run **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;"> -> ran ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px; text-decoration: line-through;">like **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">->liked ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px; text-decoration: line-through;">am **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">->was **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">past tense "yesterday": **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px; text-decoration: line-through;">ran **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">->run ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px; text-decoration: line-through;">will arrive **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">->arrive ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px; text-decoration: line-through;">ate **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">->eat **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">present tense "today": **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px; text-decoration: line-through;">eat **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">->will eat ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px; text-decoration: line-through;">hate **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">->will hate ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px; text-decoration: line-through;">feel **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">-> will feel **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">future tense"tomorrow": **

When we conference with our peers about our writing we ** will ** : <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">Stay positive <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">Give specific feedback (look at the scoring guide for help) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">Ask clarifying questions <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">Give advice with a reason. When we conference with our peers about our writing we ** will not ** : <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26.3667px;">Put people down <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26.3667px;">Stop the conversation


 * <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: 26.3667px;">Complete your next draft of your " <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow" poem **replacing "Cow-words"** with great descriptive words and made sure that each stanza was in **the correct tense**.
 * 2) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">Read 25+ minutes per night from a book that you are interested in at your reading level. **Bring your book.**
 * 3) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">Create a [|Vocabulary.com] account with your school username and your strong password.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">__**August 16 (B2/C2) and 19 (B1/C1)**__


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">We set new passwords for our laptops, distributed our Language Arts digital notebook, completed a writing prompt, read aloud from "Expel Me", and <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px; text-decoration: line-through;"> shared some of our reading books <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">. Students worked on rough drafts of their "Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow" poem ****<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">. We also collected "Me As A Reader." **

__ Writing Prompt: __ What are your first impressions of Middle School? Think about what seems easier than you expected. What seems harder? Is it difficult to get places on time and stay organized for class? Is it easy? Why? What do you already miss about elementary school? What is cool about middle school? Feel free to answer these questions in any order, or just tell me about your middle school experience so far.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">You can check the strength of your password at PasswordMeter. http://www.passwordmeter.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: 26.3667px;">Bring your first, or second, **draft of your "** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">**Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow" poem**. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26.3667px;">The published copy of the poem is due 8/26-27 in ink or printed.
 * 2) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26.3667px;">Complete the **writing prompt** in the Writer's Eye section of you notebook (1/2 to 1 full page).
 * 3) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26.3667px;">Share your new **password** with your parents.
 * 4) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">**Read 25+ minutes** per night from a book that you are interested in at your reading level. **Bring your book** next class.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">__**August 14 (B1/C1) and 15 (B2/C2)**__
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">We shared LA expectations, read aloud from __Bedhead__ and students were introduced to the "Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow Poem" ****<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">form ****<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">. We were also introduced to "Me As A Reader." **


 * <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: 26.3667px;">Complete your **brainstorm** for your **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow Poem (YTT). **
 * 2) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">Read 25+ minutes per night from a book that you are interested in at your reading level. Bring the book next class.
 * 3) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">**Me as a Reader** ready to hand in.
 * 4) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26px;">Bookmark this wiki site on your laptop and home computer, and share this site with your parents.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">__**August 13**__ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 27.2px;">Homework **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-decoration: line-through;">: **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">Students learned about the Red team schedule, had a photo taken ****<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">and were introduced to the red team wiki page. **