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April 21

Stranded Project


 * Wednesday 3-26-14**

Wrote an argumentative essay. It may be satirical.


 * Tuesday 3-25-14**

Completed another Indirect Object worksheet.


 * Monday 3-24-14**

Completed an Indirect Object worksheet.


 * Friday 3-21-14**

Go to the poetry link. Follow the directions on the poetry page and have fun!


 * Thursday 3-20-14**

Go to the poetry link. Follow the directions on the poetry page and have fun!


 * Wednesday 3-19-14**

Go to the poetry link. Follow the directions on the poetry page and have fun!


 * Thursday 3-13-14**

Go to the poetry link. Follow the directions on the poetry page and have fun!


 * Wednesday 3-12-14**

Completed a subject compliment worksheet. Worked on poems.


 * Tuesday 3-11-14**

Finished the poem and illustration.


 * Monday 3-10-14**

Write a 10 line poem and illustrate it. The poem has to have a rhyming pattern.


 * Thursday and Friday 3-6-14**

Go to the poetry link. Follow the directions on the poetry page and have fun!


 * Wednesday 3-5-14**

Go to the poetry link. Follow the directions on the poetry page and have fun!


 * Tuesday 3-4-14**

Simple, Compound and Complex sentence worksheet. Write a paragraph that includes a simple, compound and complex sentence.


 * Monday 3-3-14**

Wrote a simple, compound and complex sentence. Students then walked around the room and label each others sentences.


 * Thursday and Friday**

Finish twist ending stories.


 * Wednesday 2-26-14**

Typing twist ending story focusing on details for each rising action.


 * Tuesday 2-25-14**

Typing twist ending stories focusing on character descriptions.


 * Monday 2-24-14**

Finish plot line and start typing stories focusing on character descriptions.


 * Friday 2-21-14**

Finished reading a story with a twist ending. Start making a plot line for your very own story with a twist ending.


 * Thursday 2-20-14**

Completed a worksheet labeling each word. I read a story to them with a twist ending.


 * Wednesday 2-19-14**

Completed a worksheet labeling each word. I read a story to them with a twist ending.


 * Tuesday 2-18-14**

Completed a worksheet labeling each word. I read a story to them with a twist ending.


 * Monday 2-17-14**

Turned in poster project and paper. Wrote sentences and identified parts of speech.


 * Friday 2-14-14**

Poster project and two page paper are due Monday.


 * Thursday 2-13-14**

Continue to work on the poster project.


 * Wednesday 2-12-14**

Continue to work on the poster project.


 * Tuesday 2-11-14**

Snow Day papers are due. Start the poster project.


 * Poster Project**

1. You are going to make a poster in color. I would encourage you to use colored pencil. You are going to select a thing or product. It may be something or an idea that already exist or you may make up your own.

2. You need to use all the persuasive techniques to persuade us to buy, use or act a certain way. Bandwagon, Glittering Generality, Citing Statistics, Emotional Appeal, Reasoning, and Testimonial. Write an example of each on your poster and label it. Persuasive Techniques

3. You will also use figurative language to make your idea or product sound more appealing. Metaphor, Simile, Onomatopoeia, Personification, Hyperbole, Idiom, and Analogy. Write an example of each on your poster and label it correctly. Figurative Language

4. When you are done with your poster, you need to write a story about how your product or idea has changed the life of someone!


 * Monday 2-10-14**

Write the final copy with a partner using the white board to show me each sentence.


 * Thursday 2-6-14**

Wrote 5 paragraphs about how wonderful or how dreadful you holiday was.


 * Tuesday and Wednesday were snow days**


 * Monday 2-3-14**

Presented one of the following to class: lyrics, persuasive presentation, persuasive paper, or grammar presentation.


 * Friday 1-31-14**

Presented one of the following to class: lyrics, persuasive presentation, persuasive paper, or grammar presentation.


 * Thursday 1-30-14**

Finished up all assignments. Will present one of the following tomorrow: lyrics, persuasive presentation, persuasive paper, or grammar presentation.


 * Wednesday 1-29-14**

Took a short quiz over nouns, action verbs, linking verbs, prepositional phrases, adjectives, adverbs, and infinitives. Worked on the grammar presentation and added Direct Objects, Indirect Objects, Simple, Compound, Complex, and Compoud/Complex Sentences


 * Tuesday 1-28-14**

Graded rough draft of persuasive paper. Work on grammar presentation.


 * Monday 1-27-14**

Finish persuasive paper.

Start making a grammar presentation. Start with the following: nouns, action, linking, being and helping verbs, adjective, adverb, prepositions, infinitive.


 * Friday 1-24-14**

Finish first draft of persuasive paper. Remember it has to have 5 paragraphs: Introduction, 1st point, 2nd point, 3rd point, and conclusion.


 * Thursday 1-23**

Work on the persuasive paper.


 * Wednesday 1-22-14**

Download the power point. It will download to your desktop, so look for it there!

Read through the power point then go back and write a persuasive paper. Use buhlerdocs and write an awesome persuasive paper!!!

Your paper is going to be at least 5 paragraphs. You will need 3 supporting points. Uses examples, evidence and a persuasive technique for each point.


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 * Tuesday 1-21-14**

Focused on adjectives and adverbs in sentences. Need to be ready to share a good sentence with the class tomorrow.


 * Friday 1-17-14**

Finished persuasive techniques presentation on buhlerdocs.


 * Thursday 1-16-14**

Make a presentation on buhlerdocs. You will make a slide for each persuasive technique. Find an advertisement for each and explain how it uses the desired technique.

Persuade people to do or believe something by letting them know others are all doing it. Example: All kids are wearing Lucky jeans. (Everybody’s doing it, and if you don’t, you’ll be left out.) * appeals to feelings of loyalty, nationalism (red, white, and blue), and the winning side * trying to convince viewers/readers that a product is good because everyone is buying it.
 * __ Bandwagon __**

A writer may list statistics to lend importance or credibility to his/her argument. Example: Three out of five dentists recommend. ..
 * __ Citing Statistics __**

Words or images that appeal to the audience’s emotions are used such as fear, anger, joy, desire for success, etc. Example: What would you do if all your possessions were lost in a fire? Get the **Save-All** fireproof safe and protect your valuables.
 * __ Emotional Appeal __**

Information that is so general that it sounds like a fact, but it isn’t. (feel good’s but no guarantees) Example: Many people believe. . . (The question to ask is – How many people?) * Statements are vague but have positive connotations * Statements exaggerate the merits of a product using unsupported and often meaningless statements
 * __ Glittering Generalities __**

By using the plain folks rhetoric, speakers attempt to convince their audience that they, and their ideas, are “of the people.” The device is used by advertisers and politicians alike. They go to great lengths to present themselves as ordinary citizens. Example: Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin was heard to say, “As a hockey mom, I understand the concerns of many parents.”
 * __ Plain Folks __**

The reader is lured by listening to or having someone explain reasons or an idea. Example: One **Puffs** advanced can do the job of two other tissues because it is twice as strong.
 * __ Reasoning __**

Use of famous people or someone you respect or like to testify that something is good, to advertise, or to promote a product or an idea because they tried it, and it worked, etc. Example: Professional football player, Marcus Browning, “I use Wash Out window cleaner.” Ty Pennington, “Right now every Alltel customer can share the love this Valentine’s Day with unlimited video and picture messaging FREE. How sweet is that?”
 * __ Testimonial __**


 * Wednesday 1-15-14**

Finish the figurative language assignment.


 * Tuesday 1-14-14**

Wrote 3 sentences: simple, compound, and complex. Worked on figurative language assignment.


 * Monday 1-13-14**

Wrote 4 sentences.

1. S, AV, DO, ADJ, ADV, Preposition Phrases 2. S, LV, Subject Compliment, Prepositional Phrases 3. Write a sentence with an independent clause and a dependent clause that starts with, who. 4. Write a sentence with an independent clause and a dependent clause that starts with, which.


 * Friday 1-10-14**

First finish your Guess Who paragraphs.

Make a presentation. Make a slide for each of the following figurative language. Each slide will have song lyrics that are an example of the figurative language, and you need to explain what the lyrics mean. Make sure and write the title of the song and the person or band who sang them.

Analogy - a comparison made between two things to show how they are alike. (extended simile or metaphor)

Alliteration – the repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words. Example: Shelly sees scrapbooking as a sensational source of pictures.

Hyperbole – an extreme exaggeration (I’m so hungry that I could eat a horse.)

Idiom – a phrase that conveys a meaning different from the exact definition of the words used in it. (You’re driving me up a wall!)

Irony - a contrast between what is expected and what actually occurs. Irony Photos

Metaphor – a figure of speech that compares two things which are basically unlike. (example: Justin is a real bear in the morning.)

Onomatopoeia – the use of words whose sounds imitate or suggest their meaning. (buzz, boom, tick tock)

Personification – giving human qualities to nonhuman objects or beings.

Simile – a comparison of two unlike things using “like” or “as”


 * Thursday 1-9-14**

Type your Guess Who paragraphs.


 * Wednesday 1-8-14**

Finish rough drafts, make sure that I read them and correct them, and start typing them in buhlerdocs.


 * Tuesday 1-7-14**

Students are writing 5-7 clauses about 5 different people who have had a positive influence on their lives. It is a game of Guess Who? Today they worked on the rough drafts.


 * Monday 1-6-14**

Spelling test for the spelling bee. Wrote about the break. Made a list of people who have had an impact on their lives.


 * Wednesday 12-18-13**

Writing a story using a picture for inspiration.


 * Tuesday 12-17-13**

Completed the worksheet and took a quiz over predicate nouns, pronouns and adjectives. It was a subject compliment worksheet.


 * Monday 12-16-13**

Started a worksheet over predicate nouns, pronouns and adjectives.


 * Friday 12-13-13**

Reviewed linking and action verbs.


 * Thursday 12-12-13**

Finished a linking and action verb worksheet.


 * Wednesday 12-11-13**

Some students worked on missing assignments while others worked on vocab.com


 * Tuesday 12-10-13**

Wrote 6 simple sentences and one compound.

1. Compound sunjects 2. Compound verbs 3. Compound objects of the prepositions 4. Compound direct objects 5. Compound adjectives 6. Compound Predicate adjectives 7. Compound sentence


 * Monday 12-9-13**

Wrote sentences and identified predicate adjectives, predicate nouns, and direct objects.


 * Friday 12-6-13**

Finish the monster writing assignment, finish the picture of your monster, and review simple, compound and complex sentences.


 * Thursday 12-5-13**

Went over review worksheet then worked on the monster writing assignment.


 * Wednesday 12-4-13**

Finished worksheets and started the monster paper.


 * Tuesday 12-3-13**

Completed a worksheet over prepositions, subjects, verbs, direct objects, predicate nouns, predicate adjectives, and helping verbs.


 * Monday 12-2-13**

Students wrote about the break. Students wrote sentences with direct objects, intransitive sentences, and sentences with linking verbs.


 * Monday and Tuesday 11-25 and 11-26-13**

Took notes and wrote examples of linking verbs and identified predicate adjectives and nouns. We also covered helping verbs.


 * Friday 11-22-13**

Wrote sentences and identified action verbs, transitive verbs, intransitive verbs, and direct objects.


 * Thursday 11-21-13**

Reviewed prepositions, kinds of sentences and sentence structure.


 * Wednesday 11-20-13**

Looked at each others figurative language poems, rated them and wrote done anything that they were missing. Started writing a story and passed the paper around in a small group.


 * Tuesday 11-19-13**

Worked on a prepositional phrase and sentence structure worksheet.


 * Monday 11-18-13**

Finished figurative language poem.


 * Friday 11-15-13**

Went to the musical and watched a movie.


 * Thursday 11-14-13**

Figurative Language Poem. It will be due Tuesday.


 * Wednesday 11-13-13**

Continue to work on the figurative language poem.


 * Tuesday 11-12-13**

Reviewed all the figurative language and started a figurative language poem.


 * Monday 11-11-13**

Last day to work on the computers and finish everything up on the folktale assignments.


 * Friday 11-8-13**

Worked on folktale project and sentence structure.


 * Thursday 11-7-13**

Worked on sentence structure and folktale presentation.


 * Wednesday 11-6-13**

Typed folktales and wrote the first 10 sentences on notebook paper, and I graded them for grammar.


 * Tuesday 11-5-13**

Typed folktales


 * Monday 11-4-13**

Typed folktales


 * Thursday 10-31-13**

Worked on and finished the first draft of the folktale. We will start typing them Monday.


 * Wednesday 10-30-13**

Worked on folktale. I will grade all the prewriting today!


 * Tuesday 10-29-13**

Write 5 sentences and identify the preposition and object of the preposition. Finish writing ideas for a folktale, the conflict, climax, resolution, setting and 150 words about their characters.


 * Monday 10-28-13**

Students took a quiz over prepositional phrases. Wrote down ideas for a folktale. Started writing the conflict, climax, resolution, setting and 150 words about their characters.


 * Friday 10-24-13**

Identified prepositional phrases and labeled the preposition and object of the preposition in old literature books.


 * Thursday 10-23-13**

Identified prepositional phrases and labeled the preposition and object of the preposition in old literature books.


 * Wednesday 10-23-13**

Practiced writing sentences and identifying prepositional phrases in the sentences. Wrote 4 sentences and identified the preposition and object of the preposition.


 * Tuesday 10-22-13**

Wrote sentences and identified subjects, verbs, prepositional phrases, adjectives, and adverbs.


 * Monday 10-21-13**

Students read or handed in their papers with and without pronouns. We wrote two word sentences then added prepositional phrases.


 * Friday 10-18-13**

Students finished their half page story and identified all the pronouns. On Monday students will turn in the half page story and replace all the pronouns with the antecedent.


 * Thursday 10-17-13**

Identified subjects, verbs, prepositional phrases, and pronouns in their 5 sentences. Wrote a half page story!


 * Wednesday 10-16-13**

Finished noun and pronoun cheat sheets and wrote 5 sentences with at least one pronoun in each.


 * Tuesday 10-15-13**

Made a poster or cheat sheet for nouns and pronouns.


 * Monday 10-14-13**

Review prepositional phrases. Introduced nouns and pronouns.


 * Thursday 10-10-13**

Practice writing sentences with prepositional phrases and identify them.


 * Wednesday 10-9-13**

Finished and handed in prepositional posters. Students wrote and identified prepositional phrases in their sentences.


 * Tuesday 10-8-13**

On a piece of computer paper draw a picture. Write ten sentences with at least ten different prepositional phrases. You will have 20 minutes to work on them tomorrow.


 * Monday 10-7-13**

Last day to work on computers and stories!


 * Friday 10-4-13**

Worked on our stories. They are due on Tuesday.


 * Thursday 10-3-13**

Worked on our stories. They are due on Tuesday.


 * Wednesday 10-2-13**

Worked on our stories!


 * Tuesday 10-1-13**

Finish plot lines. They are due Wednesday. If you are done with your narrative plot line, start typing your paper.


 * Monday 9-30-13**

Work on narrative plot lines. Plot lines need to be done by class time Wednesday.


 * Friday 9-27-13, Thursday 9-26-13 and Wednesday 9-25-13**

I want you to start your very own fiction or narrative story.

First I want you to complete the outline below.

Explain each of the following in order:

Setting Characters Character descriptions (Describe each character by using 150 words for the main characters 50 words describing minor characters.) Conflict Rising action (Include either foreshadowing or a flashback.) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Climax Falling action 1. 2. Resolution


 * Tuesday 9-24-14**

Finish up your elements of plot assignment. When your assignment is completed, upload it to buhlerdocs!


 * Monday 9-23-13**

Today we will be working on Pages. Please log into your student folder, so you can save it!!! You are going to create a blank pages document. The first thing that you need to do is change it to legal size! Use all the elements of plot from below. For each you will include 4 items. 1. The element of plot. 2. The definition of the element of plot. 3. An example that you make up. 4. A picture. You will need to be creative and work hard to get everything on the one page. You can do it!
 * Everything will be on the one page!!!**


 * Elements of Plot for a Narrative Story**

Character – a person or an animal in a story, play, or other literary work

Climax – the point in the story that causes the greatest suspense or interest

Conflict – a struggle between opposing forces or characters

Falling action – events occurring after the climax

Flashback – interruption in the present action of a plot to show events that happened at an earlier time

Foreshadowing – the use of clues or hints to suggest events that will occur late in the plot

Resolution – the outcome or the end result

Rising action – the events in the story that occur before the climax

Setting – the time and place that a story occurs

Theme – the general idea or insight about life that a work of literature or writing reveals


 * Friday 9-20-13**

Work on and presented figurative language presentation.


 * Thursday 9-19-13**

Work on and presented figurative language presentation.

Wednesday 9-18-13

Work on and presented figurative language presentation.

Tuesday 9-17-13

Continue to work on the figurative language assignment. We will start presenting them to the class tomorrow!

Use the figurative language link for definitions and examples. The following figurative language will be in the presentation: metaphor, simile, analogy, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, idiom, personification, and irony. Alliteration will be your last one!

Example:

A metaphor is an example of figurative language because a metaphor compares two things that are basically unalike. For example Justin is a real bear in the morning. Another example, Brian was a wall. Therefor Justin in extremely grumpy in the mornings, and Brian bounces every ball back over the net.

Monday 9-16-13

Continue to work on figurative language assignment.

Friday 9-13-13

Continued working on the figurative language presentation using buhlerdocs.

Thursday 9-12-13

Students started figurative language presentations. Use the figurative language link for definitions and examples. The following figurative language will be in the presentation: metaphor, simile, analogy, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, idiom, personification, and irony.

Example:

A metaphor is an example of figurative language because a metaphor compares two things that are basically unalike. For example Justin is a real bear in the morning. Another example, Brian was a wall. Therefor Justin in extremely grumpy in the mornings, and Brian bounces every ball back over the net.

Wednesday 9-11-13

Students finished their interviews, and presented them to the class.

Tuesday 9-10-13

Students worked on their interviews.

Monday 9-9-13

Worked on computers. Made folders for buhlerdocs, checked out this or my website, and all the other computer stuff!