Students have been doing work on apostrophe use, and are well on their way to a quizzlet! (See me for sheets)
We spent Thursday/Friday working our way through vocabulary for TADR, and today we juuuuuust began working with the play.
Anyone who needs a copy of the play or any of our most recent sheets should swing by to sign one out/pick them up.
Homework: Just the notes possible on the front side of today’s sheet (very minimal - include page numbers)
Today students read and worked on their group vocabulary - tomorrow, they will have 30 minutes more work time on the group pieces (which will be presented on Friday) before we begin play work.
Students have no homework outside of anything they assigned themselves through their groups.
Today students read their personal novels, before having a thorough (for many a second) look at feedback on their formal paragraph work.
We then began to look at some of the vocabulary needed to understand the upcoming play work for Toronto at Dreamer's Rock
Tomorrow, we will begin work with apostrophes, and continue vocabulary building to clarify the context of the play etc.
Yesterday, students completed the terms section of their short story test - Today, we worked through the comprehension and paragraph sections.
Work was punctuated by an earthquake drill, but there should have been enough time to complete the task at hand (some writing was rushed, and this will be taken into consideration).
Today we did review - tomorrow we test short story terms (Thursday students will have a story to work with on the second part of the test)
Students read their novels - we did a check in afterwards, and it is clear that students are really really tired.
We talked about introduction/exposition, setting, and symbol for the story.
Students have no specific homework, but were directed to review their short story terms package, as they have a test coming up later in the week.
Timeline:
Students wrote, then marked a comma quiz
They briefly read their personal novels.
We talked about the theme statements we started working with last class.
We read part of "Penny in the Dust" - to be completed on Monday
Students did a final comma sheet, and read their personal novels - COMMA QUIZ TOMORROW
We looked at the questions folks worked on for "The Sea Devil," and students worked away at trying to write solid theme statements - the struggle was real - we have work to do.
There is going to be a short story quiz sometime next week - Tuesday or later - and students should start reviewing their short story packages.
NO HOMEWORK
Students did a second comma worksheet (review tomorrow - quizzlet on Friday)
In groups, students looked at "The Sea Devil," which we read yesterday. They answered questions 4 & 5 (on the last page of the story) and then worked through the brainstorming for, and creation of, a theme statement.
NO HOMEWORK
Students who missed, or did not finish, the in-class paragraph writing came to tutorial this morning.
Students began class with reading their personal novels.
We did a brief check in, before beginning work with "The Sea Devil," which we will continue tomorrow.
FINAL DRAFT DAY!
Anyone who missed today's writing should be here first thing on Tuesday.
Anyone who did not complete the definitions and sentences for yesterday's vocab list should have them ready for Tuesday.
Have a wonderful weekend!!!
Students finished peer edits, and began final drafts, which we will complete tomorrow.
HOMEWORK:
Students need to find definitions and then write sentences for the following vocabulary:
“Sea Devil” Vocab
· Ebb
· Sullen
· Arching
· Weltering
· Skiff
· Elemental
· Sinewy
· Serviceable
· Pliant
· Causeway
· Phosphorescence
· Exhilaration
· Atavistic
· Teeming
· Skittering
· Etched
Students got to finished/close-to finished rough drafts, before beginning the peer-editing process.
Students will complete their peer edit at the start of tomorrow's class, before embarking on their final draft work.
Students are at various stages of drafting their "Veldt" paragraphs - All work, without exception, is to to be done at school - those with IEP's are welcome to make use to tech adaptations etc. and encouraged to come in for tutorials, and ask to work in LC as needed.
Anyone who needs more than about 30-35 minutes to complete their rough draft should come in to tutorial tomorrow morning.
We will finish rough drafts tomorrow, as well as a peer edit, before moving on to final drafts on Thursday/Friday.
