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__**November 17 and 18** __

**Today we reviewed Vocabulary for Achievement Lesson #6 and discussed the Unit Test over lessons 4-6 on Monday 11/28 and Tuesday 11/29. We updated and added reading levels to our shared reading list, and added additional titles. We also updated our Student Learner Profiles for Language Arts.** **Homework:** **-Review for the Vocabulary for Achievement test on lessons #4-6 on 11/28 and 11/29** **-Reading Log #6, 2 entries and 12 vocabulary words for next class** **-Bring two books, one for silent reading and one to recommend to your classmates.**

__**November 15 and 16** __

**Today we reviewed and collected our reading logs (#5), discussed our recommended book red team book list, and read aloud some of our Harris Burdick stories.**

**Homework:** **-Vocabulary for Achievement lesson #6 (test on lessons #4-6 on 11/28-11/29)** **-Reading Log #6, 1 entry and 6 vocabulary words for next class** **-Bring two books, one for silent reading and one to recommend to your classmates.**

Here is the first draft of our student generated book recommendation list. It includes high interest fiction, non-fiction, classics, and books of particular interest to our young men and women. Feel free to use this list to help guide your reading. Remember, change genres often.

Looking for a new copy of the Reading Log? Look no further:

__**November 10 and 11** __

**Today we scored Vocabulary For Achievement lesson 5 and discussed our reading log entries. For homework, be sure to complete the following:** **1. Highlight and repair your reading log to hand in next class.** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**2. Discuss the Giving Tree gift bag program with your family to see if they may be interested in helping out.** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**3. Complete your book recommendation on our shared Google Doc. Complete it in a word processor at home so you can cut and paste at school.** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**4. Complete Lesson 6 in Vocabulary for Achievement for next week (Wednesday 11/16 or Thursday 11/17)**

__<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**November 7 and 8** __

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Today we all handed in our highlighted Harris Burdick Stories and checklist, started a list of book recomendation and scored Vocabulary For Achievement #4 (VFA).**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Homework:** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Complete VFA #5, "Amounts, Large and Small" - due Friday 11/11 or Monday 11/14**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Reading Log - due Friday 11/11 or Monday 11/14**

__<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**November 3 and 4** __
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Parent Conferences **

__<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**November 1 and 2** __ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**We completed our Vocabulary Test #1 today, began VFA lesson #4 (due November 7 or 8, Monday/Tuesday), and handed in our Harris Burdick Stories. If you did not hand in your story yet, be prepared to share it next class.**

__<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**October 26, 27** __ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**This week we have completed our Harris Burdick stories, completed our helping verb and sentence rule test, and handed in reading logs.** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**On __Friday__ we will share some of our stories, discuss our next reading logs, and discussing our SLP guides for next week's parent conferences.** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**On __Monday and Tuesday__ next week we will complete a test on our Vocabulary for Acheivement, the first 30 words.**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Remember this list for your test; these are verbs that do not show action, but must be recognized as verbs anyway. This list is already in your notebook.** __ **The Helping Verbs** __ <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 24px; text-align: center;">**Is Am Are Was Were****Has Have Had****Do Does Did****Be Being Been****Shall Will Should Would****May Might Must****Can Could**

__<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**October 18 and 19** __ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Here's what we have been working on:**


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**We are completing our __<span style="background-color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Vocabulary for Achievement: Lesson 2 __ assignment <span style="background-color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">at home for scoring on <span style="background-color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Thursday (10/20) and Friday (10/21) **
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**We have studied the rules for a sentence and applied them to our partners' writing**
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**We are preparing for a <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">test over the sentence rules, applying the sentence rules and memorizing all 23 Helping Verbs [<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">October 24 and October 25 ]**
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**We are completing our next <span style="background-color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">reading log for scoring [<span style="background-color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">October 24 and 25 ]**
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**We completed a discussion of literary terms for discussing stories and filled in a study guide for the terms and started applying these terms to our pre-writing for our __Harris Burdick__ <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">stories [due October 28 (B1/C1) or October 31 (B2/C2)] **

__<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**October 14 and 17** __

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Here's what we have accomplished recently:**


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**We handed in the final draft of our writing**
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**We completed and scored our first VFA assignment (__Vocabulary for Achievement:" Lesson 1__)**
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;"> **We read the __Mysteries of Harris Burdick__ and selected our next writing topic from it**
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**We have memorized the "helping verbs" for a test coming up soon**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**This is Prezi and an image with terminology we use to talk about a story.**

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**To redo your theme project, follow these directions:**

Select a new idiom from the list

Find an image or images that match a new common theme. Look for shared images on Flickr or other site that uses the Creative Commons license (you should also check your school email for additional sites). This means that the images are free to use for your own purpose except to sell. Be sure to include a caption that tells where the image is from. Do not include any other text. Feel free to modify the pictures to sut your purpose. The idea is to express the idiom in images, not words.

Place your images in a Word, Pages, PowerPoint, Keynote document and give your document a unique title and send/transfer it to your teacher. Be sure to title the file with __**your**__ block, name and “themeproject” (B1_ecooper_themeproject.doc) and place it into Mr. Cooper’s electronic inbox at school.

An apple never falls far from the tree / You can't unscramble eggs / Talk is cheap / Chance favors the prepared mind/ The early bird catches the worm/ He who laughs last, laughs loudest / The darkest hour is just before the dawn / Patience is its own reward /Let sleeping dogs lie / Many hands make light work / Too many cooks spoil the broth / Easy come, easy go / A penny saved is a penny earned /Haste makes waste / Out of sight out of mind /Absence makes the heart grow fonder / A watched pot never boils / He who hesitates is lost / Opportunity knocks but once / You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs / A Bird In The Hand Is Worth Two In The Bush /You can’t judge a book by its cover /A Blessing in Disguise / A leopard cannot change his spots / Don’t count your chickens before they hatch The grass is always greener on the other side /You can’t judge a book by its cover / Every cloud has a silver lining

For the redo you will be scored on selecting photos that tell a story with this new theme and citing your sources properly.

This is **Due Wednesday October 12**.

-Mr. Cooper Yale Digital Collection Britannica Image Quest

__<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**October 10 and 11** __ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Welcome back!** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Remember today we:**
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Collected your signed progress report**
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Moved your great vocabulary onto your palettes page.**
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Edited your writing to include great vocabulary, <span style="background-color: #ff0000; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">final draft due next class. **
 * 4) 1 1/2 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> to 2 pages
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Double-spaced
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Please bring a printed copy
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Began our vocabulary workbook (VFA) <span style="background-color: #ff0000; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">lesson 1 due Friday (10/14) or Monday (10/17) **
 * 8) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Reading log 1 entry/6 words <span style="background-color: #ff0000; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;"> - due next class **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**To take a quiz on the VFA Lesson 1, click here.** __<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**September 27/28** __

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Great job presenting today! Before next class, be sure to:**


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;"> **Update your reading goal on your new log and respond once more to your short stories before the holiday.**
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Type your writing from your notebook into a document for final editing. We will be handing final drafts in on Wednesday and Thursday of the week we return.**

__<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**September 23/26** __

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Be prepared for class:**


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**<span style="background-color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">READ, READ, READ ** **SHORT STORIES. A vocabulary column has been added to your Reading Log and filled with at least response entries and<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;"> 30 vocabulary words for Wednesday/Thursday** **as well as at le****ast <span style="background-color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Five response entries writing about the characters and themes of your stories. These will be collected next class.**
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">**Come prepared to present your image(s) and idioms next class.**
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">We will continue our writing on Friday and when we return from break. Writing assignment final draft will be due Wednesday and Thursday when we return in October.



__<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**September 21/22** __

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Here is a copy of a note that has been sent to your student email (sasstudent.org), the passwords are in the email in your inbox:**

Hi Red Team grade 6 students,

Remember to come prepared next class having put the finishing touches on your idiom/theme and image presentation, prepared your reading log to hand in next week, and ready to revise and edit your short writing assignment (2 1/2-3 pages, double spaced, on a topic of your choice with a focus on theme and word choice).

The following links will take to two sites that the school has subscribed to. You may use any images found there, but be sure to cite the source.

Yale Digital Collection

Britannica Image Quest

Please do not share the passwords to these sites:

usename: *

pasword: *

Have a great weekend!

-Mr. C

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**<span style="background-color: #ff0000; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">B2 and C2 - Be sure you bring in your __list of helping verbs__ written in your notebook's Grammar Section.**

Download the this document to view the scoring guide for next week's presentation:

Download the this document to print the updated reading log:

__<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**September 19 and 20** __

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**We discussed idiom and slang and how these are figurative language where the words mean something different than what they say (abstract concepts). Story themes are abstract ideas that are often described in common idioms, such as "every cloud has a silver lining" or "the darkest hour is just before the dawn."**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Each of the students was assigned a thematic phrase to learn about and then collect one or more images to help them to explain or tell the theme without words. They will display and discuss their images this Friday and next Monday for one minute. Students will be scored on how well they demonstrate their understanding of the meaning of the phrase in images, their ability to describe the connections between their images and their phrase during their short presentation, and correctly citing the sources of their images.**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Be prepared for class:**


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**<span style="background-color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">READ, READ, READ ** **SHORT STORIES. A vocabulary column has been added to your Reading Log and filled with at least response entries and<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;"> 18 vocabulary words for Wednesday/Thursday** **as well as at le****ast <span style="background-color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">THREE response entries writing about the characters and themes of your stories.**
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">Come prepared with a clear <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">understanding of your phrase <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;"> and your <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">images ready <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;"> to share in small groups. Be sure to properly cite the source of your photos. This project will count as a project score.

__<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Eleventh Day of class 9/16 (all classes)** __

__<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Founders' Day** __

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Today we competed in a traditional spelling bee during our class, much like one that would have been held 100 years ago.**


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Reading Log with responses including: <span style="background-color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">READ, READ, READ ** **SHORT STORIES. A vocabulary column has been added to your Reading Log and filled with at least response entries and<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;"> 12 vocabulary words for Monday/Tuesday** **as well as at least two response entries writing about the characters and themes of your stories.**
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Bring your <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Short Story book **
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**<span style="background-color: #000080; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 36px;">Add definitions to your pallets page in your notebook**

__<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Tenth Day of class 9/15 (all classes)** __

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Today we learned about how to use and navigate the Write Source 2000 writing handbooks in our classroom.**


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Reading Log with responses including: <span style="background-color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">READ, READ, READ ** **SHORT STORIES. A vocabulary column has been added to your Reading Log and filled with at least response entries and<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;"> 12 vocabulary words for Monday/Tuesday** **as well as at least two response entries writing about the characters and themes of your stories.**
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Bring your <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Short Story book **
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**<span style="background-color: #000080; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 36px;">Add definitions to your pallets page in your notebook**

__<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Ninth Day of class 9/13-9/14 (all classes)** __

Today we discussed students writing in their reading logs, emphasizing **vocabulary**, **character** and **theme** in our reading logs.

We talked in class about HOW we write about **characrters**, specifically:

What does the character say?

What does the character do?

What do other characters say about the character?

What do other character do with and about the character?

Students should also be writing down the **themes** (the lessons to be learned) from their short stories in order to start making connections between common themes.

Finally, students should also be adding their **best guesses for definitions of new words** from their reading. If they don't feel confident about their guess, they may use a dictionary to help.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Homework:**


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Reading Log with responses including: <span style="background-color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">READ, READ, READ ** **SHORT STORIES. A vocabulary column has been added to your Reading Log and filled with at least response entries and<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;"> 12 vocabulary words for Monday/Tuesday** **as well as at least two response entries writing about the characters and themes of your stories.**
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Bring your <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Short Story book **
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**<span style="background-color: #000080; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Add definitions to your pallets page in your notebook**

__<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Eighth Day of class 9/8-9/9 (all classes)** __

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Homework:**


 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Reading Log with responses including: Read, Read, Read** **SHORT STORIES. A vocabulary column has been added to your Reading Log and filled with at least<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;"> 18 vocabulary words for next class** **as well as responding to the characters and themes of your stories.**
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Bring your <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Short Story book **

__<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Seventh Day of class 9/6-9/7 (all classes)** __ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Homework:**
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**In class writing topic for next class: Think about an event or a time in your life that, at first, seemed bad but as you think back on it had some good result. Write and essay (or story) that explains what took place and how you decided that something good resulted.**
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">What was the event?
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Describe the event in detail.
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">What good came of it? How did this occur to you later?
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">What did you learn? How did this event change you?
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Reading Log with responses including: Read, Read, Read** **SHORT STORIES. A vocabulary column has been added to your Reading Log and filled with at least<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;"> 6 vocabulary words for next class** **as well as responding to the characters and themes of your stories.**
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Bring your <span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Short Story book **

__<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Sixth Day of class 9/2-9/5 (all classes)** __ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Good work today building the Mission Statement and completing your reading pre-assessments!**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Homework:**
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Reading Log with responses including: Read, Read, Read** **SHORT STORIES. A vocabulary column has been added to your Reading Log and filled with at least 6 vocabulary words for next class** **as well as responding to the characters and themes of your stories.**
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Bring your Short Story book**

__<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Fifth Day of class 8/31-9/1 (all classes)** __

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Reading Log with responses including: character, theme and vocabulary examples** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Bring in your Favorite/Short Story Book** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Bring your laptop**

__<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Fourth Day of class 8/29-30 (all classes)** __

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Final draft of Bio-poem and illustration - if you are printing yours, hand in a handwritten copy also** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Reading Log ready to hand in (looking for 5 excellent entries)** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Bring your laptop**

__<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Third Day of class 8/25-26 (all classes)** __ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Complete editing Bio-poem - (ready to copy to your final draft page when you arrive)**


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Bring a black pen for your final draft **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Short story reading -Reading log (read enough to meet your goal and respond in your reading log) **

__<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**Second Day of class (all classes)** __ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**notebook** **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;"> -bio poem draft - find someone to share with to get more ideas and add details (a parent or sibling) **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">short story book -Reading log (read enough to meet your goal and respond in your reading log) **

__**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">First Day of class (all classes) **__ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**notebook** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**wordstorm - word matrix from last class completed** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">**short story book - read one story or 25+ pages** Use the following to help you understand the "juicy word" page. Bio poem example:

** Earl **

** Middle school drop-out, an atypical 64-year old, a friend to Jascha Heifetz and Ned Croyle **

** Father of Larry and Bob **

** Fascinated by blowing soap bubbles, sending Facebook invitations to unknown people, and playing lacrosse with its inventors **

** Feels peace on long walks to Walden Pond, happiness when walking in the rain **

** Needs Cheetohs, sunny days, and violin concertos **

** Gives Larry and Bob near heart attacks when crossing Hong Qiao Lu blind folded, **

** Fears a bare cupboard, people who point, and sneezing with his mouth full **

** Would like to control Norway, Finland, and Sweden, have blueberry pie every day, balance a bowling pin on his nose **

** Shares his hidden reserves of blueberries with no one **

** Creative, intelligent, fun, responsible, self-disciplined, and enthusiastic **

** Morris **