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 * Thursday 11-19-15**

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The latest:

http://www.kwch.com/news/national/paris-attacks-thursday-developments/36537840

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/16/world/middleeast/beirut-lebanon-attacks-paris.html?_r=0


 * Thursday 11-5-15**

You are a monster. You have been hunted, chased and shot. You are in books, movies, and television. People are fascinated and terrified of you. Tell your story to your psychologist. You are on the couch. Life has been hard. Use vivid, interesting verbs and awesome adjectives to tell your tale of your miserable monster life!

Please find 10 prepositional phrases.

Draw a picture of your monster in action or on the couch.


 * Thursday 10-29-15**

Misplaced Modifiers


 * Wednesday 10-21-15**

Label the sentences that all the students wrote yesterday.


 * Tuesday 10-20-15**

https://docs.google.com/a/usd313.org/forms/d/109v3VPyov-xr3dqKppAyXBNnyTzP7Ia6kDWLoFKQyys/viewform?usp=send_form


 * Monday 10-19-15**

Completed a worksheet identifying S, V, P, OP, ADJ, ADV, and art.


 * Friday 10-16-15**

Wrote sentences and identified S, V, P, OP, ADJ, ADV, and art.


 * Thursday 10-15-15**

No class today!


 * Wednesday 10-14-15**

Wrote sentences focusing on adjectives and adverbs.


 * Tuesday 10-13-15**

Presented and many were awesome!!! Finish IXL A.1-A.5


 * Monday 10-12-15**

Presented and many were awesome!!! Finish IXL A.1-A.5


 * Friday 10-9-15**

IXL all the A's. A.1-A.5


 * Thursday 10-8-15**

Finish your paper and start turning it into a presentation to share by Monday.


 * Wednesday 10-7-15**

Finish your paper and start turning it into a presentation to share by Monday.


 * Tuesday 10-6-15**

Finish your paper and start turning it into a presentation to share by Wednesday.


 * Monday 10-5-15**

Finish your paper and start turning it into a presentation to share by Wednesday.


 * Friday 10-2-15**

Write 3 sentences. 1. SN, AV, P, ADJ, OP 2. SN, AV, P, ADJ, OP, INF Phrase 3. SN, ADV, AV

Write your paper!


 * Thursday 10-1-15**

Write 250 words about your antagonist.


 * Wednesday 9-30-15**

Write 250 words about your main character, 100 words describing the character's mother, and 100 words describing the character's father.


 * Tuesday 9-29-15**

Go over the worksheets from Friday.

Write 250 worlds about the setting of your story.


 * Monday 9-28-15**

Complete the following:

Prepositions

Label each preposition with a (P) and label each object of the preposition with and (OP) and put parentheses around the entire prepositional phrase. There are also 3 infinitives. Label them with (inf). p op inf p op Examples: My dog had fleas (on his belly). We are going to play football (in Ulysses) today.

Write 5 sentences of your own. You need to have at least one prepositional phrase in each sentence. Put parenthesis around the phrase and label the preposition and object of the preposition. 1 2  3  4  5  Write two sentences with infinitives in them. Label the infinitive for me, please. 6 7  We are going to practice writing sentences. Write an interrogative sentence. That is simply a question. 1 Write an exclamatory sentence. This sentence ends with an exclamation mark! 2 Write an imperative sentence. This is a command or request. It is understood that the subject is YOU. Example: Pass the potatoes. 3 Write a declarative sentence. This is the most common. This sentence makes a statement, just a regular sentence. 4 Write a 2 word sentence. Subject and action verb 5 Write a sentence with a subject, action verb and prepositional phrase. 6 Write a sentence with a subject, action verb, prepositional phrase and an adjective. 7 Write a sentence with a subject, action verb, prepositional phrase, adjective, adverb and an infinitive phrase. 8 Write a simple sentence. 9 Write a compound sentence. Combine 2 simple sentences with a comma and a conjunction: and, but, or, so, yet. 10 Write a complex sentence using the conjunctions on page 441. Start with the independent clause, so you will not have a comma. 11 Write a complex sentence using the conjunctions on page 441. Start with the dependent clause, so you will have a comma. 12
 * 1) I was writing about a frog.
 * 2) I sat above my parents at the Buhler game.
 * 3) I walked across the isle in the movie theater.
 * 4) I put the frosting on the cake.
 * 5) I leaned against the cold wall after our big football game.
 * 6) I ran my fingers along the fence.
 * 7) I sat among the football players.
 * 8) My friends sat around me at the movies.
 * 9) At the mall, I ate a pretzel.
 * 10) I walked my dog before school.
 * 11) I ran behind the house.
 * 12) I sat below the bridge.
 * 13) I went beneath our house to look for snakes under it.
 * 14) At the basketball game, I sat beside Lebron James.
 * 15) At the concessions stand I had to choose between a hot dog or pretzel.
 * 16) I ran through the finish line.
 * 17) We drove by McDonald’s on our way home from school.
 * 18) I slid down the slide.
 * 19) During the game, I ate nachos.
 * 20) Everyone in my family had blonde hair except for me.
 * 21) I bought my mom chocolate for Valentines Day.
 * 22) At 4:00, I got home from school.
 * 23) I went in my room to take a nap on my new bed.


 * Friday 9-25-15**

Use the S-E-E-D Writing Model below to write about a news article.

I read the article about xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx beacause xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. For example xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. Another example xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. As a result I learned xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.


 * Thursday 9-24-15**

Wrote simple and compound sentences.


 * Wednesday 9-23-15**

IXL N.1, N.2, N.3


 * Tuesday 9-22-15**

Identified prepositions, subjects, verbs, adverbs and adjectives in sentences.


 * Monday 9-21-15**

Identified prepositions, subjects and verbs in sentences.


 * Friday 9-18-15**

Write a 300 word paper. Finish IXL Q.2


 * Thursday 9-17-15**

Finish Q.2 and AA.1 on IXL


 * Wednesday 9-16-15**

IXL Q.2


 * Tuesday 9-15-15**

Wrote sentences and identified the subject, verbs and prepositional phrases.


 * Monday 9-14-15**

Wrote sentences with action verbs, linking verbs and helping verbs.


 * Friday 9-11-15**

Read a library book and write down 2 sentences from the book with pronouns and prepositional phrases in them. Please put parenthesis around the prepositional phrases and underline the pronouns.


 * Thursday 9-10-15**

Wrote a paper with no pronouns!


 * Wednesday 9-9-15**

Finished note over nouns and pronouns. Wrote three quarters of a page about a fun time with friends or family.


 * Tuesday 9-8-15**

Write the prepositional phrases from each sentence in the PDF


 * Friday 9-4-15**

Wrote sentences and identified the prepositional phrases.


 * Thursday 9-3-15**

Wrote sentences on the board and identified the prepositional phrases in each!


 * Wednesday 9-2-15**

Finish and hand in prepositional phrase poster. Make and share a folder on Drive with me, jwilliams@usd313.org

When naming the folder: Last, First hour reading