Language Arts Section 3

Homework for Monday, April 7:

• Research, Noodle Tools Bibliography, and 3 required journal entries (on Google Doc shared with Ms. Ridenour) due April 18
• Quiz over Homophones Tuesday, April 15 (review Ms. Shahani's blog video underneath FANBOYS video)

Quiz over Ch. 9-18 FRIDAY 2/21

Homework for Monday, Jan. 27:

STUDY! Due to the snow day, your quiz is STILL on WEDNESDAY, Jan. 29

Homework for Wednesday, Jan. 22:

• Vocab Word Map
• Write about Reading Response

Date: 1/22/14
Skill: Identifying Plot
Prompt: Identify an internal and external conflict (problem) a character is experiencing in Tuck Everlasting.

*Note: Your examples of internal and external conflict do not have to be from the same character. You could choose one character to describe an internal conflict they are facing, and a different character to describe an external conflict. These conflicts can be anywhere in the book that we've read so far.

Try your best to explain the examples of conflict. Remember, your notebook is practice and you will not be penalized for being incorrect. You will only be penalized if you do not try. If you cannot find an example of either internal or external conflict, then explain that you could not find an example and provide the definition for the term you could not find an example for (for example, if I could not find any examples of external conflict in Tuck then I would say "I looked and cannot find an example of external conflict. However I know external conflict is…. *definition of external conflict*").
Thursday, January 16, 2014:

• Chapter 1-4 Review Sheet

• in your Write About Reading section of your notebook:

Date: 1/16/14
Skill: Making Connections and Personification
Book: Tuck Everlasting
Skill: Making Connections
Good readers will make connections to what they are reading to their own lives. In this story, a young girl named Winnie is frustrated because her family won’t leave her alone. She feels like she is being looked at all the time. Do you or have you ever felt this way? Explain your connection to Winnie.
Skill: Personification
Identify one example of personification on pg. 14 or 21 and describe how the use of personification in that example helps the reader visualize.This is practice, so as long as you try, you won't lose points. If you honestly cannot find any examples, write in your notebook, "I have looked and cannot find any examples but I know that personification is…" and explain personification. The only way to lose points on this assignment is if you do not respond to the question at all.

Homework for 
Thursday, January 16, 2014:

• Chapter 1-4 Review Sheet

• in your Write About Reading section of your notebook:

Date: 1/16/14
Skill: Making Connections and Personification
Book: Tuck Everlasting
Skill: Making Connections
Good readers will make connections to what they are reading to their own lives. In this story, a young girl named Winnie is frustrated because her family won’t leave her alone. She feels like she is being looked at all the time. Do you or have you ever felt this way? Explain your connection to Winnie. If you have an opposite connection to Winnie, you can explain that instead.
Skill: Personification
Identify one example of personification on pg. 14 or 21 and describe how the use of personification in that example helps the reader visualize. This is practice, so as long as you try, you won't lose points. If you honestly cannot find any examples, write in your notebook, "I have looked and cannot find any examples but I know that personification is…" and explain personification. The only way to lose points on this assignment is if you do not respond to the question at all.


Monday, January 13:
Finish illustration

Homework for Friday, January 10, 2014:

• finish predicting the meaning of vocabulary words (do not need to complete actual meaning or synonyms)
• parent signature on Energy Project Rubric (green sheet)

Homework for:
Tuesday, Dec. 3 and the rest of the quarter:

• Newbery Project and Presentation

Monday, Dec. 2:

• Quiz Signed
• Newbery Project

Wednesday Nov. 13:
Grammar Test 11/15


Monday, Nov. 11:

• clouds of colorful words (just the first 4 words)
• Test Friday!

Monday, Nov. 4:

• Multiple Intelligences due Monday 11/11
• verb practice worksheet due Wednesday

Grammar Test over Nouns, Verbs, and Adjectives on 11/15

Wednesday, Nov. 5:

• Multiple Intelligences due Monday 11/11

Grammar Test over Nouns, Verbs, and Adjectives on 11/15
Thursday, Nov. 7:

• Multiple Intelligences due Monday 11/11

Grammar Test over Nouns, Verbs, and Adjectives on 11/15


 Homework for:
Due Tuesday Oct. 29

• finish reflection if not completed in class
• Vocab pg. 33-35

Reflection:

Write a one-paragraph reflection in which you share your thoughts on what you think the author’s had to go through in order to write a book that receives a Newbery Award. Connect to the author visit we had, Jarrett Krosoczka, and the experiences he shared with trying to get a book published.

Gone 10/24 and 10/25 for Henry Ford Trip
Tuesday Oct. 29:

• vocab Unit 3 notecards- include parts of speech! Due Wednesday

Wednesday Oct. 30:

• Write one paragraph summary with topic sentence, detail sentences, and conclusion (think Hamburger Model) using vivid verbs to describe your trip to The Henry Ford Museum. Due Friday
• Vivid Verb 3 Worksheet. Due Friday

Friday Nov. 1:

• Vocab Unit 3 Quiz Monday

Mon. Oct. 21:

• Noun practice- pg. 5
• Vocabulary Unit 3 pg. 32

Tues. Oct. 22:

• Finish reflection if not completed in class
• Vocab pg. 33- 35

Reflection:

Write a one-paragraph reflection in which you share your thoughts on what you think the author’s had to go through in order to write a book that receives a Newbery Award. Connect to the author visit we had, Jarrett Krosoczka, and the experiences he shared with trying to get a book published. 

Wed. Oct. 16:

• Finish write about reading in notebook if not completed in class
• Vocabulary Unit 3 pg. 30

Thurs. Oct. 17:

• Noun practice- pg. 3 and Precise Nouns 2
• Vocabulary Unit 3 pg. 31

For the week of Oct. 7:

1. Booktalk presentations- be prepared to present on the day of your presentation
2. Vocab Quiz Monday 
3. Main Idea and Summarizing Quiz Thursday

Homework for Monday, September 30:

• Booktalk Project- come with questions tomorrow
• Read for 15 minutes
• VOCAB UNIT 2 QUIZ TUESDAY OCT. 8

Homework for Tuesday, Sept. 24:

• Main Idea Practice and Canine Careers
• Vocabulary Unit 2: Match the Meaning and Synonyms pg. 20-21

Homework for Wednesday, Sept. 25:

• Summary practice- Canine Careers
• Vocabulary Unit 2: Antonyms and Complete the Sentence pg. 21-22

Homework for Friday, Sept. 27:

• Vocabulary Unit 2: Word Association and Practice pg. 23-25
• Read for 15 minutes

BOOKTALK PROJECT PRESENTATION DATES:



Homework for Monday September 16:
STUDY FOR VOCABULARY QUIZ TUESDAY


Homework for Thursday, Sept. 12:

• Read for 15 minutes
• Finish Building Background Knowledge Strategy

              Using the topic you chose, write down what background knowledge you ALREADY know on the topic. Then read the article and on three post-it notes, write down three new things you learned. Put the post it notes underneath where you wrote what you already know in your spiral. Underneath the post it notes, write what you think is the main idea of the article.
If you need a refresher from what we did in class, scroll down and find the "reading strategy- Building Background Information Notes" on Moodle. This is what we did in class and can help you model what you should do.

Vocab Quiz Tuesday

Homework for Wednesday, Sept. 11:

• Read for 15 minutes
• Finish Vocabulary Unit 1 Flashcards
• Vocabulary Unit 1 pg. 13-15
• Vocabulary Unit 1 Quiz Tuesday, September 17

Homework for Tuesday, Sept. 10:

• Antonyms pg. 11
• Completing the Sentence pg. 12
• Vocab Quiz Unit 1 Tues 9/17/2013

Homework for Tuesday, Sept. 3:

• Open Mind Portrait due Friday

Homework for Wednesday, Sept. 4:

• Open Mind Portrait due Friday

Homework for Friday, Sept. 6:

• Vocabulary Unit 1: Definitions (pg. 8/9), Match the Meaning (pg. 10) and Synonyms (pg. 11) due MONDAY

Assigned Fri. August 30:
Bring Independent Book to class


Assigned Mon. August 26:
letter due Thursday
Independent reading book by Tuesday
blog post


Assigned Fri. August 23:
What's easy/hard due Monday 8/26
Course description due Monday

Assigned Wed. August 21:
"Who Am I?" due Friday, August 23
Course Description due Monday August 26