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Archive for January, 2009


Friday, Jan.30

1;  Computer Lab-poetry project

2.  HW- English workbook pp 37-38

Jan. 29, Thursday

Today, students went to the Laptop Lab to work on Poetry Projects.

No Homework.

Jan. 28, Wednesday

SNOW DAY-SCHOOL CLOSED

HW-Be sure you have your neatly written poem (with your group names on sheet) and your background music on a   flashdrive.  If you do not want to use music of your own, you may use the music/sounds from the laptop lab computers.

Jan. 27, Tuesday

1.  GUM  sentence corrections

2.  Group work on poetry projects

3.  Eng book- p 365, ex 3 and 4

4. Preposition Quiz

HW- find background music and bring copy of your poem.  We will go to the computer lab to produce our

II-movies.

Jan. 26, Monday

1.  GUM  (sentence corrections)

2.  Poetry Project guidelines explained

3.  Students worked in groups of two to find a poem with their poetic device

4.  Copied poems,

5.  HW- find music to accompany your poem (its mood)

Jan. 23, Friday

1.  Daily Comp

2.  Test on “After Twenty Years”

3. Check homework on point of view p 367 in reader

4.  English book  p. 361, Ex A-D.

Tuesday, Jan. 20

1; Daily Comp

2. Completed Wordly Wise , p 25, part 4-A

3. Story Vocb for “After Twenty Years” in workbook on p 121.

4. HW- 5 word maps on ‘A’fter Twenty Years?

ALERT: VOCAB/COMPREHENSION TEST ON “After Twenty years”

Friday, Jan. 16

1.  GUM -sentence corrections

2.  Checked English HW on pp 31-34 n workbook.

3.  Discussed story “Miss Awful” and took story TEST.

4.  Read Library books and had Think Link makeup for absent students.

HAVE A GREAT MLK HOLIDAY AND BE SURE TO READ!

Thur. Jan 15

1. GUM sentence corrections

2. Vcab Wordly Wise p. 20. C and D

3. Finish reading “Miss Awful” p. 305. We will discuss comparison/contrast features of “Charles ” and

“Miss Awful’ before test.

4. HW- English workbook pp. 31-34 on adverbs

Friday, Jan. 9

1. Daily Comp “theme” of a fairy tale

2.  Checked homework p 117 in Readng workbook.  Took a HW  grade.

3.  TEST  on ‘Echo and Narcissus”

4.  Turned in expository essays

5.  HAPPY WEEKEND!  READ YOUR A.R. BOOK