Monday, October 3, 2016

October 3 - October 7

English
Periods 1, 4, 6, & 8

This week, we will continue working on our daily paragraph editing.  We are on week 5.  To view daily paragraph editing, click on the following link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B--I9A7NEPugek5Za1hIMW5IZ1E/view?usp=sharing

Monday is the last day of CDT testing.  We will be wrapping up in the library.

On Tuesday, students will be working in various stations (text-based evidence, adverbs, and/or point of view) depending on their individual needs.  Teacher will provide one-on-one instruction to help students master the area in which they need more practice

Adverbs Station: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1flY1rzJaK8SDJcu8ehF2VwoNDaKKxx-4QuiFgE7zPEM/edit?usp=sharing

Point of View Station: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ikqbGrWQDwODRjPa7l4zibz0Xsx-xyKttU0U14jnpbs/edit?usp=sharing


We will be moving on to the last narrative model, an excerpt from "An Invisible Thread."

Some of the skills that we will be working on in conjunction with the narrative are adjectives and narrative point of view.  Follow the links below for worksheets dealing with these topics.

Adjectives additional practice: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HCFUyhfqs9u2rJ1nL95RYwJtsuPRxt4Er8JUKTb_NjU/edit?usp=sharing

Adjectives:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PpIvu7f9qO7rQ07QSZVlJixYNxS7gIksnFkfFVbohpk/edit?usp=sharing

Narrative Point of View additional practice: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cswriuyBvsKXQgLqRyMR36kTXCRcGbvqDEwxAzncMts/edit?usp=sharing

Narrative Point of View:   https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Zii3vPCBdf0LOEk2cBW42D120NWZXmAKSM3T6N3rFbM/edit?usp=sharing

*Please note that we will be having a grammar quiz on Friday.

There will be no homework this week except to study for the grammar quiz unless a student fails to complete his/her work in class.

PSSA SSR
Period 2

Students are to read independently from bell to bell.  As students finish books, they are to write book recommendations to be displayed on the bulletin board.

Career Exploration
Periods 3 & 7

Students will be wrapping up their shark tank entrepreneurship unit this week.  Students will finish the packets and present their inventions.