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Accelerated Reader Parent Guide: Is that book you are already reading an AR book? Check here: Accelerated Reader Book Finder Ready to take a a quiz? Check with Mr.C and then Enter Renaissance Place.

__ **February 28** ____**and** **March 1**__

** We wrote about and **** discussed __ FTM ____. __ Those students who have finished their first AR book had an opportunity today to take their first quiz. **

Writing Prompt: A)Has anyone ever made a mean name or song about you? How, or imagine how, this make you feel about yourself?

B)Has anyone ever said something nice about you? How, or imagine how, this make you feel about yourself?


 * Homework: **


 * 1) Finish updating your __FtM__ Notebook through chapter ?. Focus on the Characters, Themes and Quotes sections.
 * 2) Write down 1 complex and 1 compound sentence from Freak the Mighty for our activity next class.
 * 3) Read your non-fiction or AR book for at least one hour.

__ **February 26** ____**and** **February 27** __ ** We continued our discussion of compound sentences ****, discussed __FTM__ projects and peer assessed our writing from before break. ** __Compound sentence examples:__ " We're working our way through the crowd and we're almost to the food carts when Freak tugs on my hair ." (p.34)

" If I don't think about [left and right] I know, but if I have to think about it quick my mind goes blank. " (p.35)

" I'm pretty sure we're getting away until this punk comes out of nowhere, he's one of Blade's gang and he's got this big ugly grin. " (p.35)
 * Homework: **
 * 1) Finish updating your __FtM__ Notebook through chapter ?. Focus on the Characters, Themes and Quotes sections.
 * 2) Use track changes in your writing and highlight the Cow-Word changes in y ellow and the Palette words you have included in green.
 * 3) Read your non-fiction or AR book for at least one hour.

" We're working our way through the crowd and we're almost to the food carts when Freak tugs on my hair ." (p.34)

independent clause - A complete thought that can stand as a sentence.

dependent clause - A clause that cannot stand on its own and needs another to complete the thought.

__ Compound sentence - Two or more independent clauses connected in one sentence using conjunctions or punctuation. __


 * Complex sentence - When at least one independent and one dependent clause are combined into one sentence. **

__ **February 22** ____**and** **February 25** __

__ **February 22** ____**and** **February 25** __

** We had a __Freak the Mighty__ notebook check ****, and went to the library to check out books for Accelerated Reader or non-fiction reading materials. **


 * Homework: **


 * 1) Update your __FtM__ Notebook through chapter ?. Focus on the Characters, Themes and Quotes sections.
 * 2) Read your non-fiction or AR book for at least one hour.

__ **February 20** ____**and** **February 21** __

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">** __Freak the Mighty__ notebook check ****, share __FTM__ project ideas, revisited chivalry and investigated sentences in __FTM__. **

__COPY AND PASTE THESE THREE SENTENCES INTO THE GRAMMAR SECTION OF YOUR L.A. NOTEBOOK:__ "We're working our way through the crowd and we're almost to the food carts when Freak tugs on my hair." (p.34)

"If I don't think about it I know, but if I have to think about it quick my mind goes blank." (p.35)

"I'm pretty sure we're getting away until this punk comes out of nowhere, he's one of Blade's gang and he's got this big ugly grin." (p.35)

What do all of these sentences have in common? They are all COMPOUND SENTENCES - Compound sentences two or more independent clauses (sentences) linked together with commas or conjunctions. Think about how they are organized and put together.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px;">Homework: **


 * 1) Update your __FtM__ Notebook through chapter 9.
 * 2) Read your non-fiction book for at least one hour.
 * 3) Bring your overdue books and library card.
 * 4) __FtM__ vocabulary review __**Thursday**__ at lunch; re-test __**Friday**__ at lunch.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">__ **February 18** ____**and** **February 19** __

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">** Reintroduction to Language Arts Class, **** __Freak the Mighty__ in class ****, and we wrote. **

Today's Writing Prompt:

Would you want Kevin or Maxwell as your friend? Would you invite them to your home? Would you trust them with your secrets? How would you treat them? Give reasons for your behavior towards them in your writing.


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px;">Homework: **
 * 1) Finish your FtM Notebook, make it up to date with your reading through chapter 7.
 * 2) Read your non-fiction book for at least one hour.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">__ **February 7** ____**and** **February 8** __ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">** We completed our Freak the Mighty vocabulary test (12 words), handed in our writing to Turnitin.com, completed SLP reports for Trimester 2 and **** continued reading __Freak the Mighty__ in class (chapters 5/6) ****. **

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 27px;">BE SURE TO INCLUDE YOUR FOCUS IN THE "SUBMISSION TITLE" FIELD. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 27px;">Turnitin Class ID - <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">** B1: ** 6074053 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">** B2: ** 6074054 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">** C1: ** 6074055 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">** C2: ** 6074056
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px;">Homework: **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px;">-Read a book or two for fun and relaxation! 8^) **

<span style="background-color: #ff7400; color: #000000; display: block; font-size: 48px; text-align: center;">Have a great holiday!

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">__ **February 5** ____**and** **February 6** __

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">** We finished working with our writing groups, shared our library books and **** continued reading __Freak the Mighty__ in class (chapters 3/4) ****. **


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


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px;">1) Finish work on editing your final draft, due Thursday/Friday. **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px;">2) __Freak the Mighty__ - answer questions in the notebook about chapter 3 and 4. **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px;">3) Vocabulary test next class - Complete the crossword puzzle for review. **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px;">4) Read your library book - at least 3 hours per week. **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">__ **February 1** ____**and** **February 4** __ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">** We continued working with our writing groups, **** continued reading __Freak the Mighty__ in class (chapter 2), scored our vocabulary assignments, **** and went to the library to check out independent reading non-fiction books. ** challenge reading list Download a fresh copy of the __Freak the Mighty__ digital notebook here:




 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px;">Homework: **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px;">1) Writing - Finish work on editing your second draft, final due this Thursday/Friday - Have a parent read it aloud to you. **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px;">2) __Freak the Mighty__ - Answer questions in the notebook about chapter 2. **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px;">3) Vocabulary test this Thursday and Friday **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px;">4) Read your library book and be prepared to share your first impressions next class. Remember to read at least 3 hours a week. **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">__ **January 30** ____**and January 31**__ ** We got into mixed interest groups in order to work on our writing, shared and commented on our wikis, and started reading __Freak the Mighty__ in class. **

cowWORDS - Weak, overused, uninteresting:
 * Sad-happy**
 * Run-walk**
 * Bad-good**
 * Thing/stuff**
 * Talk-said**
 * Stop-go**
 * Fast-slow**
 * Nice**
 * Really**
 * Very**
 * A lot**

Download the __Freak the Mighty__ digital notebook here:


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px;">Homework: **
 * 1) **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px;">Turn on "Track Changes" for your writing, get rid of COW words (overused uninteresting) and add in palette words (at least 8). **
 * 2) **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px;">__Freak the Mighty__ - Complete your ****<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px;">chapter 1 questions in ****<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px;">__FtM__ notebook: Significant events, Quotable passages, Question **
 * 3) **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px;">FtM vocabulary practice #2. **
 * 4) **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px;">Bring your LIBRARY CARD next class. Check you target reading level in PowerSchool. **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">__ **January 28** ____**and January 29**__ ** We answered questions about updating wikis, started work on improving our free writing, and started our __Freak the Mighty__ unit. **

Weak, overused, uninteresting words:
 * Sad-happy**
 * Run-walk**
 * Bad-good**
 * Thing/stuff**
 * Talk-said**
 * Stop-go**
 * Fast-slow**
 * Nice**
 * Really**
 * Very**
 * A lot**

Wiki POST instructions: <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 27px;">Be sure to include a brief description of the project and brief summary of what you learned through creating the project on your wiki page.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">** To display your video on the wiki page there are two methods: **

<span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 27px;">1)Upload your file by clicking the picture icon in the toolbar (<10Mb) Remember that you can use QuickTime to compress your file by using "File: Export: Save for Web" or iSquint.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 27px;">2) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 27px; text-decoration: line-through;">At School or using VPN only - Upload your large file to YouTube <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 27px;">, Upload your video to ClipBucket (new school media server). Your username is NAME 01PX2019 - PWD = ID Card (the same as printer access).

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 27px;">Then use the Widget button <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 27px;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 27px;"> from the toolbar to "EMBED" the video onto your page.


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

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px;">
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px;">1) Start your writing improvement by copying your writing into a new Word document, save it with your "period_last_first_title" file name, turn on "Track Changes", get rid of COW words (overused uninteresting) and add in palette words (at least 8). **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px;">2) Complete your __FtM__ vocabulary. **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px;">3) Finish your wiki and get a comment. **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">__ **January 24** ____**and January 25**__ ** We completed VFA test #5 (lessons 13 and 14) and mid-year STAR reading assessment(school login name, PS password, TAKE A TEST), reviewed the surveys and quizzes for chivalry, handed in our project scoring guides and posted our digital projects on our wikis. ** Wiki POST instructions: <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 27px;">Be sure to include a brief description of the project and brief summary of what you learned through creating the project on your wiki page. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">** To display your video on the wiki page there are two methods: ** <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 27px;">1)Upload your file by clicking the picture icon in the toolbar (<10Mb) Remember that you can use QuickTime to compress your file by using "File: Export: Save for Web". <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 27px;">2) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 27px; text-decoration: line-through;">At School or using VPN only - Upload your large file to YouTube <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 27px;">, Upload your video to ClipBucket (new school media server). Your username is NAME 01PX2019 - PWD = ID Card (the same as printer access). <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 27px;">Then use the Widget button <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 27px;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 27px;"> from the toolbar to "EMBED" the video onto your page.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px;">
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px;">Homework: **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px;">1) Read through your notebook and select one writing prompt that you will improve. Think about what improvements you may need to make and be prepared to share these ideas next class. **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px;">2)Finish posting your project on your wiki page and share with your parents. Have them comment on your page (help them if they do not know how).[[image:Screen shot 2013-01-24 at 9.27.52 AM.png align="left" caption="Comment using this button"]] **

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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">__ **January 22** ____**and January 23**__ ** We presented Chivalry today, completed each others' quizzes and posted our digital projects on our wikis. **


 * 1) VFA test #5 (lessons 13 and 14 only) this Thursday/Friday
 * 2) Bring your completed Chivalry Scoring Guide
 * 3) make sure you have exported your Keynote into a .mov file.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">__ **January 21** __ ** We attended a workshop hosted by our visiting author, Jeff Stone, author of __The Ancestors__ series. **

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<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #000000; display: block; font-size: 27px; text-align: center;">More pictures and videos from Jeff Stone's can be found by clicking here.


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px;">Homework: **
 * 1) __**Be ready to present Tuesday/Wednesday next class**__. Remember to export your iMovie or Keynote after you include your bibliography information at the end (title card or slide).[[file:Chivalry Presentation_Evaluation 2012-13.docx]]
 * 2) Send the link to your survey/quiz to Mr. Cooper by the end of the day Monday so he can post it for you.
 * 3) VFA test #5 (lessons 13 and 14 only) next Thursday/Friday

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">__ **January 17** ____**and January 18**__ ** We put the finishing touches on our Chivalry presentations, wrote in our notebooks ** **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">, and scored VFA #14. **

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 39.0833px; text-align: center;">Today's writing prompt: "Would you want to have been alive during Medieval times? Why or why not?"
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px;">Homework: **


 * 1) __**Be ready to present Next class**__. Remember to export your iMovie or Keynote after you include your bibliography information at the end (title card or slide).[[file:Chivalry Presentation_Evaluation 2012-13.docx]]
 * 2) Send the link to your survey/quiz to Mr. Cooper by the end of the day Monday so he can post it for you.
 * 3) VFA test #5 (lessons 13 and 14 only) next Thursday/Friday

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">__ **January 15** ____**and January 16**__ We wrote in our notebooks **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">, completed our bibliographies and chivalry quiz writing, and finished up our presentations/movies for next week. **

Want to know more about feudalism? Try this BrainPop video The Middle Ages? Try here

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 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px;">Homework: **
 * 1) __**Be ready to present Tuesday/Wednesday next week**__. Remember to export your iMovie or Keynote after you include your bibliography information at the end (title card or slide).[[file:Chivalry Presentation_Evaluation 2012-13.docx]]
 * 2) VFA lesson #14 due next class

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">__ **January 11** ____**and January 14**__ ** We ** **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">scored VFA #13, ****<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;"> learned a little about <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27.200000762939453px;">feudalism from a BrainPop video, <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;"> checked project progress and continued working on our projects during class. **

Where can we see chivalry today? Here is a good example: Boy Scout Oath and Law

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Son of Citation Machine for correct formatting of one bibliography entry

Want to know more about feudalism? Try this BrainPop video

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Have you already started your bibliography and Google Survey?
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px;">Homework: **
 * 1) Continue to read and research your Chivalry topic as needed, rehearsing your script, or creating slides - keep bibliography information on your sources.[[file:Chivalry Team Assignment worksheet.docx]][[file:Presentation_Evaluation 2012-13.docx]]
 * 2) VFA lesson #14
 * 3) Movie Makers! it would be a good idea to bring a video camera to film during class next time.
 * 4) Have you decided what students should learn from you project? Does you Google Form reflect this?

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">__ **January 9** ____**and January 10**__ ** We ** **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 190%;">completed 20 minutes of writing **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">**, ** **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">heard what old english sounds like, ****<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">discussed bibliographies, ****<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;"> checked project notes and continued research in the library. **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">** What we already know: ** Knights Camelot Riddle Chivalry has to do with how we behave Women want power over men <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">** What we want to know: ** Where was chivalry? What is chivalry? Where can we see chivalry today? (here is a good example: Boy Scout Oath and Law)

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Need to borrow props or costumes? See Ms. Mac before the end of the day on Friday.

Have you already started your bibliography and Google Survey?

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 39.0833px; text-align: center;">Today's writing prompt:

" Describe your perfect vacation. "
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px;">Homework: **
 * 1) Continue to read and research your Chivalry topic, work on a script, or start creating slides - keep bibliography information on your sources.
 * 2) VFA lesson #13 due next class
 * 3) Vocab test redo Thursday, after review during lunch on Wednesday or Tuesday after school.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">__ **January 7** ____**and January 8**__ ** We started VFA lesson #13, ** completed 20 minutes of writing <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">**, **** and **** discussed our holiday reading. We also **** went to the library again to begin answering our questions about Chivalry (KWL) for our projects and take notes. **

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

Knights

Camelot

Riddle

Chivalry has to do with how we behave

Women want power over men

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

Where was chivalry?

What is chivalry?

Where can we see chivalry today?

Bibliography help is here: Son of Citation Machine

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<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 39.0833px; text-align: center;">Today's writing prompt:

" Describe your perfect vacation. "


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


 * 1) Read about and research your Chivalry topic - take notes
 * 2) VFA lesson #13
 * 3) VFA test redo Thursday, after review during lunch on Wednesday or Tuesday after school.

__<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36.3636360168457px;">**December 12** ____<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">**and December 13** __ **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">We completed VFA test #4 (10-12), completed 20 minutes of writing, ****<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">and **** discussed reading over the holidays. We discussed our vocabulary from last class and **** went to the library again to answer our questions about Chivalry (KWL) for our projects. **

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 39.0833px; text-align: center;">Today's writing prompt:

"What do you hope for in the new year. Think about yourself your family, your friends, your city, your country and/or your planet."
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px;">Homework: **


 * 1) Bring a snack to share on Friday
 * 2) Think about your Chivalry topic over the holiday.

__<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36.3636360168457px;">**December 10** __<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">__**and December 11**__ **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">We changed seats, announced Duck winners, scored VFA Lesson 12, completed 20 minutes of writing, ****<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">and ** **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">collected reading logs. We also ** **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;"> went to the library to answer <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27.27272605895996px;">questions <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;"> about Chivalry (KWL) ** **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">. **

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 39.0833px; text-align: center;">Today's writing prompt:

"Which quality do you most dislike about yourself--laziness, selfishness,childishness, another? Why?"
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px;">Homework: **
 * 1) Your Group's Chivalry Definitions
 * 2) VFA Test next class
 * 3) Bring a snack to share on Friday

__<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36.3636360168457px;">**December 6** __<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">__**and December 7**__ **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">Mrs. Hansen was in for Mr. Cooper today. We answered questions about VFA Lesson 12, completed 20 minutes of writing, ****<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">and ** **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">checked each others' theme statements in our reading logs for next week's reading log and palette check. We also ** **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;"> discussed Chivalry with Mr. Kittower's class ** **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">. **

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 39.0833px; text-align: center;">Today's writing prompt:

"W <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 45px; text-align: center;">hat do you think the world needs now? "


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


 * 1) Be ready to hand in your KWL to Mr. Cooper next week.
 * 2) Bring your short story book!
 * 3) VFA #12 due next class.
 * 4) Reading log collection next class





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 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">Brain Pop Videos we all need to watch (or re-watch). Take notes in the Grammar section of your notebook ****<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">: **

Grammar:

subject and predicate

subject verb agreement

tenses

verbs and their objects

strengthening sentences

semicolons

run on sentences

Vocabulary:

roots prefixes and suffixes

__<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36.3636360168457px;">**December 4** __<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">__**and December 5**__ **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">Mrs. Hansen was in for Mr. Cooper today. We ****<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">scored VFA Lesson 11 and introduced VFA Lesson 12, completed 20 minutes of writing, ** **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">highlighted and checked the verbs in our __Thief Lord__ excerpt, and ** **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">r ** **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">eviewed lessons 10 and 11 with Ms. Hoeman. **

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 39.0833px; text-align: center;">Today's writing prompt:

" <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 44.45px; text-align: center;">You have an extra $100,000 to give away; you cannot spend it on

<span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 44.45px; text-align: center;">yourself. What would you do with the money? "

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 30px;">Writing prompt Scoring Guide:

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 30px;">10 = >3/4 page 14 point font

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 30px;">9 = 3/4 page 14 point font

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 30px;">8 = 1/2 page 14 point font

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 30px;">7 = 1/4 page 14 point font

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 30px;">6 = <1/4page 14 point font

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 30px;">5 = Date written


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


 * 1) __<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 30px;">Finish labeling and checking your verb __<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 30px;">__highlighting.__
 * 2) __<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 30px;">Bring your short story book! __
 * 3) __<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 30px;">Complete VFA #12 - Test over 10-12 next Wednesday and Thursday. __
 * 4) __<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 30px;">Read 35+ minutes per night, five times per week. Date and complete your reading log, writing several sentences to describe the **THEME** of **each story** you finish, along with supporting evidence. Include the title of each short story you complete reading. Collect ten palette words per week, be sure to define them in your own words and will be checked Dec10 and 11. __





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 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">Brain Pop Videos we all need to watch (or re-watch). Take notes in the Grammar section of your notebook ****<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">: **

Grammar:

subject and predicate

subject verb agreement

tenses

verbs and their objects

strengthening sentences

semicolons

run on sentences

Vocabulary:

roots prefixes and suffixes

__**November 30 and December 3**__ We reviewed VFA Lessons 10 and 11, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">** completed 20 minutes of writing after reading a short story together, and continued our quest for proper grammar. **

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 39.0833px; text-align: center;">Today's writing prompt:

"Describe the theme from today's read aloud. Feel free to make others' ideas your own. Be sure to support this with details from the story 'Beauty'."


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


 * 1) __<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 30px;">What is a "Collective Noun"? __
 * 2) __<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 30px;">Complete noun __<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 30px; line-height: 40.909088134765625px;">__labeling__
 * 3) __<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 30px;">Bring your short story book! __
 * 4) __<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 30px;">VFA #11 Due next class. __
 * 5) __<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 30px;">Read 35+ minutes per night, five times per week. Date and complete your reading log, writing several sentences to describe the **THEME** of **each story** you finish, along with supporting evidence. Include the title of each short story you complete reading. Collect ten palette words per week, be sure to define them in your own words and will be checked Dec10 and 11. __





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 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">Brain Pop Videos we all need to watch (or re-watch). Take notes in the Grammar section of your notebook ****<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">: **

Grammar:

subject and predicate

subject verb agreement

tenses

verbs and their objects

strengthening sentences

semicolons

run on sentences

Vocabulary:

roots prefixes and suffixes

__**November 28 and 29**__ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">** We completed 20 minutes of writing, scored VFA lesson #10, completed our discussion of labeling sentences, and completed our sentence ID test. **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 39.0833px; text-align: center;">Today's writing prompt:

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-size: 45.45px; text-align: center;">"The important lessons I have learned from my favorite story or stories are... and this is why..."
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 24px;">Homework: **
 * 1) __<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 30px;">Bring your short story book! __
 * 2) __<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 30px;">VFA #11 Due next week. __
 * 3) __<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 30px;">Read 35+ minutes per night, five times per week. Date and complete your reading log, writing several sentences to describe the **THEME** of **each story** you finish, along with supporting evidence. Include the title of each short story you complete reading. Collect ten palette words per week, be sure to define them in your own words and will be checked Dec10 and 11. __





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 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">Brain Pop Videos we all need to watch (or re-watch). Take notes in the Grammar section of your notebook ****<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">: **

Grammar:

subject and predicate

subject verb agreement

tenses

verbs and their objects

strengthening sentences

semicolons

run on sentences

Vocabulary:

roots prefixes and suffixes

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">__**November 26 and 27**__ ** We completed 20 minutes writing (our daily tradition) after discussing how to discover the themes in stories. Remember, you need to be able to provide details from the story to support your theme. Click on this link to see the website we discussed in class about themes and symbols22. We also answered questions about VFA lesson #10, completed our helping/linking verb memorization test, and discussed the parts of a sentence using Brain Pop. **

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 39.0833px; text-align: center;">Today's writing prompts: "In 20 years I will be..." <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 30px;">Writing prompt Scoring Guide: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 30px;">10 = >3/4 page 14 point font <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 30px;">9 = 3/4 page 14 point font <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 30px;">8 = 1/2 page 14 point font <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 30px;">7 = 1/4 page 14 point font <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 30px;">6 = <1/4page 14 point font <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 30px;">5 = Date written


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


 * 1) __ Finish re-labeling your sentences (Google Doc) . __
 * 2) __<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 30px;">Bring your short story book! __
 * 3) __<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 30px;">VFA #10 Due next class. __
 * 4) __<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 30px;">Read 35+ minutes per night, five times per week. Date and complete your reading log, writing several sentences to describe the **THEME** of **each story** you finish, along with supporting evidence. Include the title of each short story you complete reading. Collect ten palette words per week, be sure to define them in your own words. __


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">Click here for the link the Helping and Linking verbs song (Thanks Christina H.). **





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 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">Brain Pop Videos we all need to watch (or re-watch). Take notes in the Grammar section of your notebook ****<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">: **

Grammar:

subject and predicate

subject verb agreement

tenses

verbs and their objects

strengthening sentences

semicolons

run on sentences

Vocabulary: roots prefixes and suffixe

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">__**November 20 and 21**__ **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">We completed 20 minutes writing (a new daily tradition), started VFA lesson #10, showed off our helping/linking verb skills, added a new column to our reading logs, and shared more of our story analysis. **

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 48px; text-align: center;">Today's writing prompt: "If I were the teacher, I would..." <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 30px;">Writing prompt Scoring Guide: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 30px;">10 = >3/4 page 14 point font <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 30px;">9 = 3/4 page 14 point font <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 30px;">8 = 1/2 page 14 point font <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 30px;">7 = 1/4 page 14 point font 6 = <1/4page 14 point font <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 30px;">5 = Date written


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


 * 1) __<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 30px;">Bring your new short story book! __
 * 2) __<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 30px;">VFA #10 Due next week. __
 * 3) __<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 30px;">Read 35+ minutes per night, five times per week. Date and complete your reading log, writing several sentences to describe the **THEME** of **each story** you finish. Include the title of each short story you complete reading. Collect ten palette words per week, be sure to define them in your own words. __
 * 4) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26.399999618530273px;">Practice the helping and linking verbs (23). Read them, write them, say them. This will be required for your test identifying sentences and verbs on November 26 and 27.


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">Click here for the link the Helping and Linking verbs song (Thanks Christina H.). **





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 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">Brain Pop Videos we all need to watch (or re-watch). Take notes in the Grammar section of your notebook ****<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">: **


 * Grammar:**

subject and predicate

subject verb agreement

tenses

verbs and their objects

strengthening sentences

semicolons

run on sentences


 * Vocabulary:**

roots prefixes and suffixes

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 36px;">__**November 16 and 19**__ **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">We c <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27.27272605895996px;">ontinued <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;"> discussing the elements of the short stories we have been reading, practiced diagraming sentences, and reviewed the helping/linking verbs. We also checked our reading levels again using STAR and made a visit to the library to check out short story books and non-fiction. **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 27px;">Click here for the link the Helping and Linking verbs song (Thanks Christina H.). **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 30px;">Story analysis - Go to the Elements of a Story, copy and paste them into your notebook in the reading response section, and write a sentence next to each point describing one of the short stories you have read independently.


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


 * 1) __<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 30px;">Bring your new short story book! __
 * 2) __<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 30px;">Finish your subject, verb and predicate identification sheet __
 * 3) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 26.399999618530273px;">Practice the helping and linking verbs (23). This will be required for your test identifying sentences and verbs on November 26 and 27.