Sunday, November 9, 2008

LANGUAGE ARTS SYLLABUS - WEEK OF 11/10


Announcements:

  • The Mathemagic field trip is this Friday. Don’t forget money for lunch, or you may bring a sack lunch.
  • No study session this week.
  • Walk Two Moons vocabulary quiz retake is this Thursday after school. Meet me in the Commons by 3:35 P.M. Only students who completed the required vocabulary assignment may retake. The highest score possible on a retake is a B.
  • Used Coat Drive ends on 11/14.
  • Graded literary analysis essays will be returned by Wednesday. Keep essay and rubric in yellow in-class writing folder. OPTIONAL: If you wish to raise your grade, resubmit your original draft and your rubric with your new and improved draft. Revisions are due by TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18TH.

Monday

  • Mini-lesson: Parodies
  • Writing Workshop

Tuesday – No School -Happy Veterans’ Day!

Wednesday

  • Punctuation Pre-Test (Rules to know can be found in your grammar book on the following pages: 253-255, 262-263, 264, 266, 268.)
  • In-class: Build-A-Sentence creative exercise

Thursday:

  • Explain details for 1st trimester Writing Workshop final assignment. Handout will give specific details, but in short, you will be able to use one or more self-selected pieces from your writing notebook to revise and finalize. Due Date: BY MONDAY, 11/24

Friday: Field Trip

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