This Friday students will be participating in an "Coffee Shop/Open Mike" activity in language arts. They will be sharing poetry related to recent classroom topics, and we will have hot chocolate. I have asked them to bring in their own packet of hot chocolate, and I will provide the hot water. If they don't like hot chocolate, they may bring juice, chocolate milk, water or tea. They will be in the spotlight!
P. 1,4: Today students continued with their Argument Paper, specifically the body paragraph. Please remember to check and make sure your evidence and explanation support your claim. We will go to the computer lab tomorrow to start typing.
H/W: Find a poem related to a topic from Rules or FTM. It can be from the internet or a book. Please print it out and bring it in! Some ideas would be poems about disabilities, siblings, family, friends...
P. 5: Students went to computer lab to research Poe's life and find connections to "Tell Tale Heart." We also reviewed the novel study questions to Ties that Bind which have students explore how the cultural changes in China are relevant to our society today.
H/W: Novel questions about culture (green paper) due Thurs. Please do on googledocs if possible.
P. 2, 6 We reviewed Poe's life story to Tell Tale Heart to figure out his purpose in writing the short suspense! In groups students worked together to determine the specific word choice and symbols used to create the feeling they give the reader. This was shared large group.
P. 2: H/W: Novel questions about culture (green paper) due Thurs. Please do on googledocs if possible.
P. 5: Red Glass chpts. 18,19
See you tomorrow!
