Periods 1/3 and 5/7:
1. Circle poems
2. Share parable projects!
HW: none
(Stay after school for any catch up on projects!!)
Period 4:
HW: none
Monday, December 21, 2009
Today in Class...12/21
Period 1/3:
1. The Giving Tree...closure/ What is free verse?
2. More poetry...
3. Library/lab (Free reading books and finishing touches on projects?)
Period 5/7:
1. The Giving Tree...free verse
2. Library/computers (books and last minute project fixes)
HW: Giving Tree journal #2
1. The Giving Tree...closure/ What is free verse?
2. More poetry...
3. Library/lab (Free reading books and finishing touches on projects?)
Period 5/7:
1. The Giving Tree...free verse
2. Library/computers (books and last minute project fixes)
HW: Giving Tree journal #2
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Today in Class...12/17
Periods 1/3 and 5/7:
1. Finish Man vs. Wild...Alaska survival
2. Poetry workshop:
-alliteration
-childhood poems
3. Lab- photostories (Sharing in class next Tuesday and Wednesday!)
HW: Finish childhood poem
Period 4:
HW: Purple skills book pages 411 & 412
1. Finish Man vs. Wild...Alaska survival
2. Poetry workshop:
-alliteration
-childhood poems
3. Lab- photostories (Sharing in class next Tuesday and Wednesday!)
HW: Finish childhood poem
Period 4:
HW: Purple skills book pages 411 & 412
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Today in Class...12/16
Periods 1/3 & 5/7:
1. Share poems
2. Hypothermia article
3. Intro to "Survival Unit": Video...How to survive extreme conditions in Alaska
HW: Finish video sheet
Period 4:
1. Lab (finish research and picture collecting)
2. Posters
1. Share poems
2. Hypothermia article
3. Intro to "Survival Unit": Video...How to survive extreme conditions in Alaska
HW: Finish video sheet
Period 4:
1. Lab (finish research and picture collecting)
2. Posters
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Today in Class...12/15
Periods 1/3 and 5/7:
1. Poetry Workshop:
-Finish simile and metaphor work and go over
(5 sense poems)
-More original metaphor poems: Childhood and Family/Friends poems
2. Lab- photostory project con.
*Make sure you use your grading sheet to check that everything is done correctly!
*Finished?...Extra credit photstory opportunity
HW: Finish Childhood and Family poems
1. Poetry Workshop:
-Finish simile and metaphor work and go over
(5 sense poems)
-More original metaphor poems: Childhood and Family/Friends poems
2. Lab- photostory project con.
*Make sure you use your grading sheet to check that everything is done correctly!
*Finished?...Extra credit photstory opportunity
HW: Finish Childhood and Family poems
Friday, December 11, 2009
Today in Class...12/11
*It's the last day of Marking Period 2! Lunch today is your last chance for any make up/back work!
Period 1/3 and 5/7:
1. "Clean up" time....
2. Poetry workshop: similes and metaphors
3. Lab- parable projects
HW: Finish literature circle book and role
Period 1/3 and 5/7:
1. "Clean up" time....
2. Poetry workshop: similes and metaphors
3. Lab- parable projects
HW: Finish literature circle book and role
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Today in Class...12/10
Periods 1/3 and 5/7:
1. Go over 3 Little Pigs
2. Poetry workshop: Similes and Metaphors (part I)
3. Lab: Photostory project
Importing and arranging pictures
Adding text to story
HW: Period 1/3: Finish free reading book! Groups meeting briefly on Monday, powerball/pearl essay turned in tomorrow
Period 5/7: Make sure powerball/pearl essay is in by tomorrow!
Period 4 HW: None
1. Go over 3 Little Pigs
2. Poetry workshop: Similes and Metaphors (part I)
3. Lab: Photostory project
Importing and arranging pictures
Adding text to story
HW: Period 1/3: Finish free reading book! Groups meeting briefly on Monday, powerball/pearl essay turned in tomorrow
Period 5/7: Make sure powerball/pearl essay is in by tomorrow!
Period 4 HW: None
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