Begin Lesson 15 on page 103 by following The Assignment steps on the bottom of that page. Write a Rough Draft of the first 2 paragraphs. Make sure to notice the structural and style elements found in the Checklists on pages 105 (Level B) and 106 (Level A) before you begin writing.
The step by step process for creating a quality story is listed on page 97: please use these instructions to learn how the curriculum is guiding the writing process. The students should be learning the process as well as the elements to include in writing.
The pictures and the given title provide parameters for the story, although the student is free to change the title's wording.
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Three Paragraph Stories
Using the textbook pages 97-102, complete this creative writing assignment in Final Draft form for this Friday.
AND for fun, prizes will be bestowed upon each person who meets the following categories:
A) Best used vocabulary overall.
B) Best use of sensory descriptions.
C) Best story!
AND for fun, prizes will be bestowed upon each person who meets the following categories:
A) Best used vocabulary overall.
B) Best use of sensory descriptions.
C) Best story!
Friday, December 9, 2011
Mini Research Paper Final Drafts
Your Final Drafts are due on Tuesday with the appropriate level Checklist attached, please. The elements should be marked and abbreviated in the margin of the paper. Remember to attach the Bibliography page, having been written according to the model entries found in the textbook.
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Practice, Rough Draft Work, Bibliography, and Planning
Do Practice Exercises on Page 90 of the textbook.
Complete your Bibliography page that will accompany the Final Draft of the Knights mini research paper. The guide for this is on page 89, and the sources from the book were completed in class.
Read Page 93. Then, look at the box on the bottom of Page 88 and begin thinking and planning for the research report that will be the next project. Choose at least two sources for your topic and bring them to class on Friday.
The students who received back their Knights Rough Draft need to mark the elements and notate them in the margin of the paper using the Rough Draft Checklists on page 75, 78, 80, and 86. The three students whose copies I still possess do not have this to do because they already did so: Jacob, Allie, and Elijah.
Level A students should remember that they are not required to do Introductory or Conclusion Paragraphs, but merely Introductory and Conclusion Sentences. Neither do Level A students have to find additional information for the three topics from outside sources.
Complete your Bibliography page that will accompany the Final Draft of the Knights mini research paper. The guide for this is on page 89, and the sources from the book were completed in class.
Read Page 93. Then, look at the box on the bottom of Page 88 and begin thinking and planning for the research report that will be the next project. Choose at least two sources for your topic and bring them to class on Friday.
The students who received back their Knights Rough Draft need to mark the elements and notate them in the margin of the paper using the Rough Draft Checklists on page 75, 78, 80, and 86. The three students whose copies I still possess do not have this to do because they already did so: Jacob, Allie, and Elijah.
Level A students should remember that they are not required to do Introductory or Conclusion Paragraphs, but merely Introductory and Conclusion Sentences. Neither do Level A students have to find additional information for the three topics from outside sources.
Monday, December 5, 2011
Correction to Last Assignment
The second set of 5 sentences following the SRN Grammar Rule 2a on page 60 are sentences following that rule, not the same pattern of sentences using the #2 Sentence Opener.
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Prepositional Openers
Read and be able to recognize prepositions from page 6 of the SRN. Read page 87 in the text, and then write 5 random sentences using a #2 Sentence Opener for practice.
Read and study Grammar Rule 2a on page 60 of the SRN. Write 5 sentences using the #2 Sentence Opener with 5 different prepositions.
Write quality sentences for these practice exercises and be prepared to share some in class on Tuesday.
Those who have not completed the Rough Draft of the Mini Research Paper should have that for me on Tuesday. Please note that Level A students are not required to write Introductory or Conclusion PARAGRAPHS, but they instead should have Introductory and Conclusion SENTENCES.
The text adequately details what is expected for both the process and the requirements of the project, but please do contact me if you need clarification.
Read and study Grammar Rule 2a on page 60 of the SRN. Write 5 sentences using the #2 Sentence Opener with 5 different prepositions.
Write quality sentences for these practice exercises and be prepared to share some in class on Tuesday.
Those who have not completed the Rough Draft of the Mini Research Paper should have that for me on Tuesday. Please note that Level A students are not required to write Introductory or Conclusion PARAGRAPHS, but they instead should have Introductory and Conclusion SENTENCES.
The text adequately details what is expected for both the process and the requirements of the project, but please do contact me if you need clarification.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Mini Research Paper Rough Draft
All students should, by Friday, complete the whole body of the mini research paper as a Rough Draft. Each part of the body of the paper should be created from the fused outlines that have already been completed from pages 75, 78, and 80.
Please note that the page 80 fused outline could not have yet been completed IF the student did not research Topic C from another source outside of the textbook. Therefore, they should do this FIRST if it has not been done.
Level A students should note the instructions for Topic B in the text: this lightens the load for you.
Finally, the last part of the Rough Draft should be the writing of an Introductory Paragraph and a Concluding Paragraph as explained in Lesson 12 of the text. Refer to this teaching if more review is needed. Use page 85 to help you write these additional paragraphs. Also, use the Rough Checklists on page 86 to ensure these paragraphs contain the needed elements.
Use the process: the writing should flow freely from the outlines already completed, and the information has been reviewed repeatedly, making it very familiar, so enjoy the journey of writing.
No additional vocabulary will be pursued at this point; we may pick that up on Friday as the writing should occupy your attention this week.
Please note that the page 80 fused outline could not have yet been completed IF the student did not research Topic C from another source outside of the textbook. Therefore, they should do this FIRST if it has not been done.
Level A students should note the instructions for Topic B in the text: this lightens the load for you.
Finally, the last part of the Rough Draft should be the writing of an Introductory Paragraph and a Concluding Paragraph as explained in Lesson 12 of the text. Refer to this teaching if more review is needed. Use page 85 to help you write these additional paragraphs. Also, use the Rough Checklists on page 86 to ensure these paragraphs contain the needed elements.
Use the process: the writing should flow freely from the outlines already completed, and the information has been reviewed repeatedly, making it very familiar, so enjoy the journey of writing.
No additional vocabulary will be pursued at this point; we may pick that up on Friday as the writing should occupy your attention this week.
Friday, November 18, 2011
Those Vikings!
Polish your Vikings papers! For those of you who received an "Incomplete" on you Final Draft, then you obviously have to re-write the Final Draft and have it critiqued and graded first, so you will not be able to do the Polished Copy yet.
I look forward to seeing this work when we reconvene on Tuesday, November 29th!
I look forward to seeing this work when we reconvene on Tuesday, November 29th!
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Mini Research Paper Progress
By Friday, everyone should have handed into me the Rough Draft for Topic A of the mini research paper on Knights.
The new assignment is to proceed through the same process for topic B and for level B students, topic C also (pages 77-80), completing all the OUTLINING. I did not want anyone to proceed with those rough draft paragraphs for topics B and C until I have returned the rough drafts of the first paragraph - giving you an extra critique opportunity without grading.
Study all your vocabulary. Level B students should use a thesaurus to find an additional 3 synonyms for the vocabulary words. Write them on the backs of the cards and study.
The new assignment is to proceed through the same process for topic B and for level B students, topic C also (pages 77-80), completing all the OUTLINING. I did not want anyone to proceed with those rough draft paragraphs for topics B and C until I have returned the rough drafts of the first paragraph - giving you an extra critique opportunity without grading.
Study all your vocabulary. Level B students should use a thesaurus to find an additional 3 synonyms for the vocabulary words. Write them on the backs of the cards and study.
Friday, November 11, 2011
Polished Hastings, Vocab., & Outlines
Polish your Final Drafts of The Battle of Hastings paper, be careful to make needed changes based on your teacher critique and Final Draft Checklist.
Cut out and study the vocabulary cards for Lesson 11. Level B students should look up additional synonyms to write on the back of the cards.
Complete the OUTLINES on pages 74 and 75. Level B students should find a 3rd source for their first topic about which they are writing on these pages. Level A students are not required to have a 3rd source.
Cut out and study the vocabulary cards for Lesson 11. Level B students should look up additional synonyms to write on the back of the cards.
Complete the OUTLINES on pages 74 and 75. Level B students should find a 3rd source for their first topic about which they are writing on these pages. Level A students are not required to have a 3rd source.
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Finalizing and Polishing
Using the Final Checklists (Level A, page 61 and Level B, page 62), create your Final Draft of your Vikings paper. Remember the critiquing and discussion from class as you turn your Rough Draft into the Final Draft.
Take your Final Drafts of your Charlemagne paper and make it wonderful using the written critiques and checklist page to create your Polished Copy!
Take your Final Drafts of your Charlemagne paper and make it wonderful using the written critiques and checklist page to create your Polished Copy!
Friday, November 4, 2011
The Vikings!
Level B - Write the 3rd paragraph from the outline you created on page 60. This is only the Rough Draft, so use the Rough Draft Checklist on the bottom of page 60. Also, be sure that your first two paragraphs contain the needed elements according to their Rough Draft checklists on pages 57 and 59.
Level A - Use the Rough Draft checklists on pages 57 and 59 to comb through your Rough Drafts of paragraphs A and B, being sure you have those elements. You may make changes as you see ways to improve what you have already written, but this paper is still in the Rough Draft phase of writing.
Thank you for your patience as you wait for me to catch up on all the technical grading of papers, calculating averages, and creating report cards. I did have technical difficulties this week that delayed my progress in this subject. Have a wonderful weekend!
Level A - Use the Rough Draft checklists on pages 57 and 59 to comb through your Rough Drafts of paragraphs A and B, being sure you have those elements. You may make changes as you see ways to improve what you have already written, but this paper is still in the Rough Draft phase of writing.
Thank you for your patience as you wait for me to catch up on all the technical grading of papers, calculating averages, and creating report cards. I did have technical difficulties this week that delayed my progress in this subject. Have a wonderful weekend!
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Battle of Hastings Final Draft
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A) Students (parents this is a great place to lend your aid!) should read back through their paragraph, notating on their Rough Draft where changes for improvement could be made. (It is often after letting a written work rest that we have new eyes to see how it can be further improved. Class time was spent today modeling how to put ideas together to write good sentences in logical order from the key word outlines.)
B) Then, write the Final Draft, using the Final Checklist, page 67, as a guide.
C) Attach a copy of page 67 to the copy of the Final Draft upon completion to turn in this Friday.
II. Study all vocabulary words through Lesson 9. Level B students are required to also know the similar words, and that is optional for Level A students. We will have a vocabulary quiz in class on Friday that will in the same format as the prior quiz.
III. Lastly, Level B students should locate a source for a third topic about the Vikings. They should pick a topic about which they wish to write for the third paragraph on the Vikings, page 60. They should then proceed to write their OUTLINE for this paragraph, using the same procedure which they followed in the book for the first two paragraphs.
A) Students (parents this is a great place to lend your aid!) should read back through their paragraph, notating on their Rough Draft where changes for improvement could be made. (It is often after letting a written work rest that we have new eyes to see how it can be further improved. Class time was spent today modeling how to put ideas together to write good sentences in logical order from the key word outlines.)
B) Then, write the Final Draft, using the Final Checklist, page 67, as a guide.
C) Attach a copy of page 67 to the copy of the Final Draft upon completion to turn in this Friday.
II. Study all vocabulary words through Lesson 9. Level B students are required to also know the similar words, and that is optional for Level A students. We will have a vocabulary quiz in class on Friday that will in the same format as the prior quiz.
III. Lastly, Level B students should locate a source for a third topic about the Vikings. They should pick a topic about which they wish to write for the third paragraph on the Vikings, page 60. They should then proceed to write their OUTLINE for this paragraph, using the same procedure which they followed in the book for the first two paragraphs.
Friday, October 28, 2011
Battle of Hastings
All students should complete the Fused Outline on page 65, following it with writing the Rough Draft paragraph for The Battle of Hastings. All needed instructions are included in the lesson and were explained in class today.
Remember, the Rough Draft does not get the Checklist attached, but students still should use it as a guide to include the needed elements in the paragraph. Also, students should notate in the right margin of the paper the abbreviations for the elements at the end of the line which includes them, while also underlining the particular element.
All drafts of written work should be appropriately spaced for corrections to be easily notated within the paper.
All students should bring their small binder of Polished Copies to class this Tuesday for a GRADE. It should contain 3 Polished Copied: The Hagia Sophia, Augustine, and Mohammed.
Remember, the Rough Draft does not get the Checklist attached, but students still should use it as a guide to include the needed elements in the paragraph. Also, students should notate in the right margin of the paper the abbreviations for the elements at the end of the line which includes them, while also underlining the particular element.
All drafts of written work should be appropriately spaced for corrections to be easily notated within the paper.
All students should bring their small binder of Polished Copies to class this Tuesday for a GRADE. It should contain 3 Polished Copied: The Hagia Sophia, Augustine, and Mohammed.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Charlegmagne Final Draft
Students should now take their Rough Drafts from the paragraphs done on Charlemagne in Lessons 6 and 7 to create the Final Draft paper. Level A students are not required to do the 2nd paragraph, but Level B students are to include all 3 paragraphs.
Be sure you have included all the elements on the checklist, followed the instructions on the checklist, and attached a copy of the Final Checklist from on page 51. This is due this Friday.
Additionally, any students who did not complete the homework that was due today from the last blog post should also have that assignment to show me on Friday.
Be sure you have included all the elements on the checklist, followed the instructions on the checklist, and attached a copy of the Final Checklist from on page 51. This is due this Friday.
Additionally, any students who did not complete the homework that was due today from the last blog post should also have that assignment to show me on Friday.
Monday, October 24, 2011
For Tuesday, October 25
Attn: Class and Parents - The following assignment was mis-posted Friday under the Algebra blog - definitely my bad. However, this very assignment was also written on the board in class on Friday and clearly verbally communicated as well. Thank you to the Heape family for calling me this afternoon to let me know of the posting error. I look forward to seeing you all tomorrow!
Lesson 8
Everyone should complete their rough draft of paragraph A for the Vikings, pages 56-57, if you did not already do that. This was classwork and is not part of your official homework assignment, so this applies to only those who did not finish it in class!
Your homework is to do the paragraph B for the Vikings, pages 58-59. Follow the exact same procedure we used in class for paragraph A, and the instructions are at the beginning of the lesson if you need reminding what to do!
Remember to incorporate the 2 different structures of sentences learned for this lesson, found on page 54.
Use the rough draft checklists on the text pages to be sure you have included the needed elements in your paragraphs; follow the checklist instructions.
Lesson 8
Everyone should complete their rough draft of paragraph A for the Vikings, pages 56-57, if you did not already do that. This was classwork and is not part of your official homework assignment, so this applies to only those who did not finish it in class!
Your homework is to do the paragraph B for the Vikings, pages 58-59. Follow the exact same procedure we used in class for paragraph A, and the instructions are at the beginning of the lesson if you need reminding what to do!
Remember to incorporate the 2 different structures of sentences learned for this lesson, found on page 54.
Use the rough draft checklists on the text pages to be sure you have included the needed elements in your paragraphs; follow the checklist instructions.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Mohammed Polished Copies
Some of you have yet to return a Final Draft for the Mohammed paper. You may email them to me on Wednesday for quick turn around so you may do the Polished Copy for turn-in on Friday.
Everyone else should certainly have the Mohammed Polished Copies Friday - that is this week's assignment!
Study your vocabulary cards through the 7th Lesson's words.
Everyone else should certainly have the Mohammed Polished Copies Friday - that is this week's assignment!
Study your vocabulary cards through the 7th Lesson's words.
Friday, October 14, 2011
Play Catch Up
If you have not completed any previously posted assignment, now is the time to get that done. There are no new assignments for the weekend.
Have a beautiful weekend!
Have a beautiful weekend!
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Lesson 6
All level B students should have completed part 2 of lesson 6 in class today. If you did not complete the rough draft of this part of the report, finish it before moving to report part 3 on pages 46-47.
All students should complete the outline and the rough draft of pages 46-47. Remember to use the checklists at the end of each outline to be sure you have included the required elements. Underline the elements and notate them in the right hand margin across from the line in which the element appears. (Likewise, level A students should have already completed to the same degree the part 1 of this lesson found on pages 42-43. If they have not, then that would come first.)
Everyone should cut out and study their lesson 3 vocabulary cards as well if you have not yet done that.
Take your time and be thoughtful about your choices of words. Your writing will only be as good as the amount of care and effort you put into thinking about what you wish to communicate and with what words you want to say it! Have fun with it; others will enjoy reading what you have to share about what you are learning from the history of the Middle Ages!
All students should complete the outline and the rough draft of pages 46-47. Remember to use the checklists at the end of each outline to be sure you have included the required elements. Underline the elements and notate them in the right hand margin across from the line in which the element appears. (Likewise, level A students should have already completed to the same degree the part 1 of this lesson found on pages 42-43. If they have not, then that would come first.)
Everyone should cut out and study their lesson 3 vocabulary cards as well if you have not yet done that.
Take your time and be thoughtful about your choices of words. Your writing will only be as good as the amount of care and effort you put into thinking about what you wish to communicate and with what words you want to say it! Have fun with it; others will enjoy reading what you have to share about what you are learning from the history of the Middle Ages!
Friday, October 7, 2011
Polish the Augustine Paper
Polish your paper about Augustine, the Archbishop of Canterbury! Place it in your small collection binder.
Remember, this copy will have no additional notes or marking or checklists attached. It's a clean, polished copy.
These copies will be taken up in your small binder at the end of the quarter for a separate grade. If at that point you have missing papers from this binder, your grade will be affected.
Make sure that all your ongoing work returns with you to class in your normal binders next week.
Remember, this copy will have no additional notes or marking or checklists attached. It's a clean, polished copy.
These copies will be taken up in your small binder at the end of the quarter for a separate grade. If at that point you have missing papers from this binder, your grade will be affected.
Make sure that all your ongoing work returns with you to class in your normal binders next week.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Vocab. Test and Mohammed Drafts
Complete your vocabulary test and bring to class on Friday.
Level A - Have you finished the Rough Drafts of paragraphs I and III? If yes, then write your Final Drafts. If no, then complete your Rough Drafts of them to turn in on Friday.
Level B - Have you finished all 3 paragraphs on Mohammed as a Rough Draft? If no, then complete these Rough Drafts. If yes, then move forward writing your Final Drafts of these paragraphs.
If anyone happened to complete or nearly complete their Rough Drafts today, but I was unable to critique them in class for you due to lack of time, PARENTS ARE ALLOWED AND MOST LIKELY ADEQUATE TO DO SO. If you prefer me to provide that critique, you may opt to email me the Rough Draft for me to go ahead and critique tomorrow, allowing students to then proceed to the Final Draft writing on Thursday. It is difficult to provide adequate critique to each and every student in the span of 1 hour of class time.
Everyone remember that your Final Drafts should have the Final Checklist attached to the back, but Final Drafts do NOT have the various word elements highlighted and notated in the margin of the paper like the Rough Draft should.
Level A - Have you finished the Rough Drafts of paragraphs I and III? If yes, then write your Final Drafts. If no, then complete your Rough Drafts of them to turn in on Friday.
Level B - Have you finished all 3 paragraphs on Mohammed as a Rough Draft? If no, then complete these Rough Drafts. If yes, then move forward writing your Final Drafts of these paragraphs.
If anyone happened to complete or nearly complete their Rough Drafts today, but I was unable to critique them in class for you due to lack of time, PARENTS ARE ALLOWED AND MOST LIKELY ADEQUATE TO DO SO. If you prefer me to provide that critique, you may opt to email me the Rough Draft for me to go ahead and critique tomorrow, allowing students to then proceed to the Final Draft writing on Thursday. It is difficult to provide adequate critique to each and every student in the span of 1 hour of class time.
Everyone remember that your Final Drafts should have the Final Checklist attached to the back, but Final Drafts do NOT have the various word elements highlighted and notated in the margin of the paper like the Rough Draft should.
Friday, September 30, 2011
Rough Draft and Lesson 5
All students should write a complete rough draft using paragraph 1 on page 32. Incorporate the brainstorming words and phrases from the class activity on page 36. Remember, your completed OUTLINE is your springboard for writing the paragraph.
Level B should also brainstorm using page 37. This is in preparation for the other paragraphs that are NOT being written at this point.
On Tuesday, I will send home a vocabulary test to be returned next Friday. A few students have been studiously studying their vocabulary; in fact, our youngest student clearly outshone EVERYONE present in class today ... Congratulations, Jacob! You are reaping a reward of diligent study. I include this information knowing that weekends do not normally provide as much work time as the middle of the week, but I am giving a heads up to the fact that some students may have been thus far neglecting their vocabulary study and may want to get an earlier start preparing for next week's test.
Level B should also brainstorm using page 37. This is in preparation for the other paragraphs that are NOT being written at this point.
On Tuesday, I will send home a vocabulary test to be returned next Friday. A few students have been studiously studying their vocabulary; in fact, our youngest student clearly outshone EVERYONE present in class today ... Congratulations, Jacob! You are reaping a reward of diligent study. I include this information knowing that weekends do not normally provide as much work time as the middle of the week, but I am giving a heads up to the fact that some students may have been thus far neglecting their vocabulary study and may want to get an earlier start preparing for next week's test.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Final Drafts of Lesson 3
Very simply - make the Final Drafts of the completed paper from Lesson 3. The students received the rough drafts back from me today with corrections and remarks in red ink.
Remember to use the Final Checklists (page 29 for Level A) (page 30 for Level B), but do not write on them. Attach them to back of the paper. They are for my grading use.
Please note that a few of the Level A students may have an erroneous marking on your paper making reference to a missing paragraph I...THIS IS MY MISTAKE, as Level A was not asked to do the first paragraph in this lesson.
Remember to use the Final Checklists (page 29 for Level A) (page 30 for Level B), but do not write on them. Attach them to back of the paper. They are for my grading use.
Please note that a few of the Level A students may have an erroneous marking on your paper making reference to a missing paragraph I...THIS IS MY MISTAKE, as Level A was not asked to do the first paragraph in this lesson.
Friday, September 23, 2011
Strong Emotion Words
Re-read lesson 4 paragraphs, circling the banned words as you read.
Cut out lesson 4 vocabulary words and study all 4 vocabulary lessons. Level B students should also be learning the similar words on the back of the cards. Of course knowing how to spell them correctly is important for everyone. This will also help with the students' reading skills.
Outline the required paragraphs. Level A is required to do paragraph 1 on page 32, but they are welcome to do the second and/or third paragraphs if they are ambitious. Level B is required to OUTLINE all 3 paragraphs. This work is due on Tuesday, September 27th.
It is very important that anyone with incomplete assignments have them caught up by this Tuesday. Our lessons are beginning to overlap, and incomplete work is just going to cause further hardship. Let's make the sacrifice needed to do what is needed over this weekend, please.
Cut out lesson 4 vocabulary words and study all 4 vocabulary lessons. Level B students should also be learning the similar words on the back of the cards. Of course knowing how to spell them correctly is important for everyone. This will also help with the students' reading skills.
Outline the required paragraphs. Level A is required to do paragraph 1 on page 32, but they are welcome to do the second and/or third paragraphs if they are ambitious. Level B is required to OUTLINE all 3 paragraphs. This work is due on Tuesday, September 27th.
It is very important that anyone with incomplete assignments have them caught up by this Tuesday. Our lessons are beginning to overlap, and incomplete work is just going to cause further hardship. Let's make the sacrifice needed to do what is needed over this weekend, please.
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Lesson 3 Rough Draft Paragraphs
Students should now be ready to re-write the paragraphs for lesson 3.
Level A students do paragraphs II and III for lesson 3.
Level B students do all 3 paragraphs found in lesson 3.
Everyone should use the "rough checklist" on the right hand side of the "key word outlines" as they write each paragraph. This draft will not use the grading "final checklist" as this is not the "final draft."
Leave a blank space where a title would appear at the top of the whole paper, as we will cover that in class on Tuesday. Remember that the multiple paragraphs are not alienated from each other but together form a whole.
If you have any problems or questions, please do not hesitate to email or call me at home at 379-5880.
Level A students do paragraphs II and III for lesson 3.
Level B students do all 3 paragraphs found in lesson 3.
Everyone should use the "rough checklist" on the right hand side of the "key word outlines" as they write each paragraph. This draft will not use the grading "final checklist" as this is not the "final draft."
Leave a blank space where a title would appear at the top of the whole paper, as we will cover that in class on Tuesday. Remember that the multiple paragraphs are not alienated from each other but together form a whole.
If you have any problems or questions, please do not hesitate to email or call me at home at 379-5880.
Friday, September 16, 2011
Writing Dialogues for Paragraphs
First of all, some students do not have the SRN pages used for reference that should have been printed and placed in their ring-binders. Please look back through each blog post and print the needed SRN pages.
The banned words for Lesson 3 are: said, went, go, mean, and nice.
Level A - Write 2 pieces of dialogue, one for paragraph II on page 26 and one for paragraph III on page 27. Read the idea prompts on page 28 before you begin along with the original paragraphs themselves.
Level B - Write 3 pieces of dialogue, one for each of the three paragraphs on pages 24, 26, and 27. Read "Adding Dialogue" at the bottom of page 25 before you begin along with the original paragraphs themselves.
Extra Credit Points can be earned by any student who does some research on Anglo-Saxons of the 6th century and includes information they learned within their dialogue constructs.
Be sure to use the punctuation rules for writing dialogue found on SRN, page 67.
The quality of this assignment is important to the overall quality of the whole piece, so please be diligent so as not to have to do this over, which is too costly in time. This homework will be graded based on following the punctuation rules, creativity, and quality of content and fittedness for the paragraph.
The banned words for Lesson 3 are: said, went, go, mean, and nice.
Level A - Write 2 pieces of dialogue, one for paragraph II on page 26 and one for paragraph III on page 27. Read the idea prompts on page 28 before you begin along with the original paragraphs themselves.
Level B - Write 3 pieces of dialogue, one for each of the three paragraphs on pages 24, 26, and 27. Read "Adding Dialogue" at the bottom of page 25 before you begin along with the original paragraphs themselves.
Extra Credit Points can be earned by any student who does some research on Anglo-Saxons of the 6th century and includes information they learned within their dialogue constructs.
Be sure to use the punctuation rules for writing dialogue found on SRN, page 67.
The quality of this assignment is important to the overall quality of the whole piece, so please be diligent so as not to have to do this over, which is too costly in time. This homework will be graded based on following the punctuation rules, creativity, and quality of content and fittedness for the paragraph.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Polished Byzantine Paragraphs and Sensory Words
It is important for students to complete lesson 2 by "polishing" the final paragraphs. Review the returned critiqued paragraphs and make all needed changes and improvements.
Be sure to follow the MLA format found on student text page 18. The polished draft should NOT have underlining or the marking notes used for the final paragraphs. No checklist is needed for the polished copy either.
Level B students should have 2 paragraphs that form 1 piece of written work.
The polished copy should be accompanied by a copied or printed picture of the Hagia Sophia. Both the paper and the picture should be fined in the 1/2 binder inside a plastic cover with the picture on the front and the paper facing outward behind it.
Once you have completed this whole process, you will then have the procedure down for the future pieces of writing. We have begun work on lesson 3 in class; if your student did not finish their "brainstorming elements of style" portion, please have them complete just that part of lesson 3. Level A and Level B students have different pages for this and should already be at least partially completed.
Be sure to follow the MLA format found on student text page 18. The polished draft should NOT have underlining or the marking notes used for the final paragraphs. No checklist is needed for the polished copy either.
Level B students should have 2 paragraphs that form 1 piece of written work.
The polished copy should be accompanied by a copied or printed picture of the Hagia Sophia. Both the paper and the picture should be fined in the 1/2 binder inside a plastic cover with the picture on the front and the paper facing outward behind it.
Once you have completed this whole process, you will then have the procedure down for the future pieces of writing. We have begun work on lesson 3 in class; if your student did not finish their "brainstorming elements of style" portion, please have them complete just that part of lesson 3. Level A and Level B students have different pages for this and should already be at least partially completed.
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Completing Lesson 2
Students who did not complete the paragraphs in class on Friday should have those to turn in at the beginning of class on Tuesday. I need everyone to get caught up to be at the same place for us to proceed strongly on Tuesday.
Level A students should have completed pages 14 -15, which helps them to re-write the paragraph on page 14. That final paragraph must be done for Tuesday.
Level B students should have completed the same as level A along with an additional paragraph - which they accomplish through pages 16-17.
All Students should use the MLA format found found on page 18 when writing final and polished paragraphs.
All students should have the following elements in their paragraphs:
No banned words, listed in the text on pages 8 and 11.
They should seek to avoid state of being verbs, replacing these verbs with strong verbs. Suggestions for strong verbs can be found on the SRN pages 20-22 which you should print from that online resource, hole-punch, and put in your notebook.
They should seek to use strong adjectives. Suggestions for use can be found on pages 29-34 of the online SRN, also to print and have for reference in student notebooks.
They should use an -ly word. Suggestions for these are found on pages 25-26 of the online SRN.
They should seek to use vocabulary words.
They should look at the example clip of a paragraph on page 13 to follow the same notation guide - placing in the right hand margin of their page the abbrev. to point out each included element at the end of the line in which it occurs, and underline that featured element in their final paragraph.
Finally, the checklist on page 19 should be attached to Level A students' final paragraphs. The student should use the checklist to make sure they have used the above stated elements in their paragraph. The checklist on page 20 should be attached to the Level B students' final paragraphs. Level B are the 7th and 8th graders.
As a note, these paragraphs will not be permanently graded, but I will grade them only for the benefit of everyone learning how future grading will happen. When these final paragraphs are returned, please take note of how the checklist can be used as the standard to measure that the student is including the required elements for their written work. The list of elements will grow and change as we proceed through the book.,
Additionally, everyone find and copy or print a picture of the Hagia Sophia, to which these paragraphs are referring. When the students polish their paragraphs after receiving them back from me, the polished paragraph along with the picture should be placed in their slipcovers in the separate binder which will collect their polished papers throughout the year. I will take these up for review before the end of each grading period.
Students who already turned in their paragraphs may study their vocabulary words, the banned words, and the grammar rules. They may also go ahead and cut out the vocabulary words for lesson 3.
It would probably be most convenient for the whole SRN manual to be printed and placed in the student's ring-binder for reference. Besides the pages mentioned in this post, the other pages especially needed in the binder right now are pages 56, 67, and 92-93.
Level A students should have completed pages 14 -15, which helps them to re-write the paragraph on page 14. That final paragraph must be done for Tuesday.
Level B students should have completed the same as level A along with an additional paragraph - which they accomplish through pages 16-17.
All Students should use the MLA format found found on page 18 when writing final and polished paragraphs.
All students should have the following elements in their paragraphs:
No banned words, listed in the text on pages 8 and 11.
They should seek to avoid state of being verbs, replacing these verbs with strong verbs. Suggestions for strong verbs can be found on the SRN pages 20-22 which you should print from that online resource, hole-punch, and put in your notebook.
They should seek to use strong adjectives. Suggestions for use can be found on pages 29-34 of the online SRN, also to print and have for reference in student notebooks.
They should use an -ly word. Suggestions for these are found on pages 25-26 of the online SRN.
They should seek to use vocabulary words.
They should look at the example clip of a paragraph on page 13 to follow the same notation guide - placing in the right hand margin of their page the abbrev. to point out each included element at the end of the line in which it occurs, and underline that featured element in their final paragraph.
Finally, the checklist on page 19 should be attached to Level A students' final paragraphs. The student should use the checklist to make sure they have used the above stated elements in their paragraph. The checklist on page 20 should be attached to the Level B students' final paragraphs. Level B are the 7th and 8th graders.
As a note, these paragraphs will not be permanently graded, but I will grade them only for the benefit of everyone learning how future grading will happen. When these final paragraphs are returned, please take note of how the checklist can be used as the standard to measure that the student is including the required elements for their written work. The list of elements will grow and change as we proceed through the book.,
Additionally, everyone find and copy or print a picture of the Hagia Sophia, to which these paragraphs are referring. When the students polish their paragraphs after receiving them back from me, the polished paragraph along with the picture should be placed in their slipcovers in the separate binder which will collect their polished papers throughout the year. I will take these up for review before the end of each grading period.
Students who already turned in their paragraphs may study their vocabulary words, the banned words, and the grammar rules. They may also go ahead and cut out the vocabulary words for lesson 3.
It would probably be most convenient for the whole SRN manual to be printed and placed in the student's ring-binder for reference. Besides the pages mentioned in this post, the other pages especially needed in the binder right now are pages 56, 67, and 92-93.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Strong Verbs and -LY Words
Text Page 11 - Follow the instructions at the bottom of the page on -LY words. Print the list and do number 2.
Study the vocabulary words from lesson 1. Level B students also use the backs of those cards.
Read the text on page 12 and do the assignments listed on page 13, 1-4 and Level B students must also do 5. This work will take you through the same process we used in class today, and then you will also use these as helps to write your own paragraph. Level B students will write 2 paragraphs using pages 16-17 additionally.
Your paragraphs should be on a separate piece of paper, but they will not be the final draft.
Study the vocabulary words from lesson 1. Level B students also use the backs of those cards.
Read the text on page 12 and do the assignments listed on page 13, 1-4 and Level B students must also do 5. This work will take you through the same process we used in class today, and then you will also use these as helps to write your own paragraph. Level B students will write 2 paragraphs using pages 16-17 additionally.
Your paragraphs should be on a separate piece of paper, but they will not be the final draft.
Thursday, September 1, 2011
For the First Day !
The supplies needed are as follows:
1 ring-binder (about a 2" should be adequate for the year), with loose leaf notebook paper.
1 half-inch ring-binder, with clear sheet protectors (for final drafts of compositions).
a pen and a pencil
a tool to hold the 3x5" vocabulary cards: your choice of a large metal ring clip, a 3x5 card box, or those convenient ring binders made to hold 3x5 cards. It looks like this:
These will accompany the Student Book of Medieval History-Based Writing Lessons, of IEW.
1 ring-binder (about a 2" should be adequate for the year), with loose leaf notebook paper.
1 half-inch ring-binder, with clear sheet protectors (for final drafts of compositions).
a pen and a pencil
a tool to hold the 3x5" vocabulary cards: your choice of a large metal ring clip, a 3x5 card box, or those convenient ring binders made to hold 3x5 cards. It looks like this:
These will accompany the Student Book of Medieval History-Based Writing Lessons, of IEW.
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