Mrs. Beals 2007-05-30T02:00:30Z tag:mabryonline.org,2007:/blogs/beals/5 Movable Type Copyright (c) 2007, Beals Summer Fun! 2007-05-30T02:00:30Z 2007-05-30T01:53:22Z tag:mabryonline.org,2007:/blogs/beals/5.15059 2007-05-30T01:53:22Z Enjoy your summer, but don't forget to "Journal" and play around with grammar. Both of the web sites below have great information and suggestions for practice. While you are reading, notice how your favorite authors write. What are they... Beals Karolyn.Beals@cobbk12.org 7th Grade Language Arts Enjoy your summer, but don't forget to "Journal" and play around with grammar. Both of the web sites below have great information and suggestions for practice. While you are reading, notice how your favorite authors write. What are they doing to keep you interested? How do they create a "picture" for you to see?
Check out these web sites:

Great web site with examples and guidelines for the different types of essays.


Grammar terms, examples, and practice web site

]]> Write away during the last week of school! 2007-05-23T02:18:00Z 2007-05-22T14:11:50Z tag:mabryonline.org,2007:/blogs/beals/5.15019 2007-05-22T14:11:50Z Students will continue to work on their "Image Grammar" projects and refine their paragraph writing. Ask your daughter/son about the 'magic 3'. Summer reading list has been handed out to students. All rising 8th graders must read the Pearl... Beals Karolyn.Beals@cobbk12.org 7th Grade Language Arts Students will continue to work on their "Image Grammar" projects and refine their paragraph writing. Ask your daughter/son about the 'magic 3'.

Summer reading list has been handed out to students. All rising 8th graders must read the Pearl this summer, and at least two additional books from the list.

Have a wonderful summer.

HOMEWORK:
Read, read, and read

]]> Fabulous Friday! 2007-05-18T18:31:31Z 2007-05-18T18:31:04Z tag:mabryonline.org,2007:/blogs/beals/5.14976 2007-05-18T18:31:04Z We discovered the Magic 3 in writing today and used it in our own sentence creation. Students continued to work on their Image Grammar projects. SKILLS: Identifying parts of speech in real world writing Selecting descriptive examples of the... Beals Karolyn.Beals@cobbk12.org 7th Grade Language Arts We discovered the Magic 3 in writing today and used it in our own sentence creation.
Students continued to work on their Image Grammar projects.

SKILLS:
Identifying parts of speech in real world writing
Selecting descriptive examples of the eight parts of speech
Developing spatial design to present examples
Expanding descriptive vocabulary

HOMEWORK:
Read

]]> Thursday write away! 2007-05-17T21:16:56Z 2007-05-17T21:16:25Z tag:mabryonline.org,2007:/blogs/beals/5.14972 2007-05-17T21:16:25Z Continued to work on daily paragraph writing and the project will continue to fill our time. SKILLS: Identifying parts of speech in real world writing Selecting descriptive examples of the eight parts of speech Developing spatial design to present... Beals Karolyn.Beals@cobbk12.org 7th Grade Language Arts Continued to work on daily paragraph writing and the project will continue to fill our time.

SKILLS:
Identifying parts of speech in real world writing
Selecting descriptive examples of the eight parts of speech
Developing spatial design to present examples
Expanding descriptive vocabulary

HOMEWORK:
Read

]]> Thursday write away! 2007-05-17T21:17:07Z 2007-05-17T21:16:25Z tag:mabryonline.org,2007:/blogs/beals/5.14973 2007-05-17T21:16:25Z Continued to work on daily paragraph writing and the project will continue to fill our time. SKILLS: Identifying parts of speech in real world writing Selecting descriptive examples of the eight parts of speech Developing spatial design to present... Beals Karolyn.Beals@cobbk12.org 7th Grade Language Arts Continued to work on daily paragraph writing and the project will continue to fill our time.

SKILLS:
Identifying parts of speech in real world writing
Selecting descriptive examples of the eight parts of speech
Developing spatial design to present examples
Expanding descriptive vocabulary

HOMEWORK:
Read

]]> Write Time Tuesday! 2007-05-15T15:55:11Z 2007-05-15T15:54:40Z tag:mabryonline.org,2007:/blogs/beals/5.14922 2007-05-15T15:54:40Z Field Day tomorrow! Have a great day! HOMEWORK: Read... Beals Karolyn.Beals@cobbk12.org 7th Grade Language Arts Field Day tomorrow! Have a great day!

HOMEWORK:
Read

]]> Monday's Write Place 2007-05-14T20:09:42Z 2007-05-14T20:09:26Z tag:mabryonline.org,2007:/blogs/beals/5.14905 2007-05-14T20:09:26Z Since I attended an inservice all day Friday in preparation for next year, our substitute teacher helped students use their Writing & Grammar Workbook to review prepositions for their "Image Grammar" project. Students are transitioning from the last corrections... Beals Karolyn.Beals@cobbk12.org 7th Grade Language Arts Since I attended an inservice all day Friday in preparation for next year, our substitute teacher helped students use their Writing & Grammar Workbook to review prepositions for their "Image Grammar" project.
Students are transitioning from the last corrections on their expository process essays to collecting examples for their final project. Daily paragraph writing and the project will continue to fill our time these last two weeks of school.

SKILLS:
Identifying parts of speech in real world writing
Selecting descriptive examples of the eight parts of speech
Developing spatial design to present examples
Expanding descriptive vocabulary

HOMEWORK:
Read

]]> Thursday's Write Connection 2007-05-10T22:30:57Z 2007-05-10T22:30:44Z tag:mabryonline.org,2007:/blogs/beals/5.14872 2007-05-10T22:30:44Z A few students are finishing their last corrections to their essays. Students who have completed their last set of corrections have started working on the "Image Grammar" project. This is a creative opportunity to review the parts of speech,... Beals Karolyn.Beals@cobbk12.org 7th Grade Language Arts A few students are finishing their last corrections to their essays. Students who have completed their last set of corrections have started working on the "Image Grammar" project. This is a creative opportunity to review the parts of speech, increase descriptive vocabulary and improve written expression. Since we still have a great deal of writing to practice, improve, and explore, we will be very busy (up to the very last minute of school). Write-On!

HOMEWORK:
Read

]]> Write Track Tuesday 2007-05-08T20:58:36Z 2007-05-08T20:57:49Z tag:mabryonline.org,2007:/blogs/beals/5.14804 2007-05-08T20:57:49Z The presentations have helped students notice rough spots in their essays; therefore, students will continue to finish their final revising/editing tomorrow. Today we finished most presentations and enjoyed DEAR time. HOMEWORK: Read Bring in THROW-AWAY gardening, cooking, sport, and... Beals Karolyn.Beals@cobbk12.org 7th Grade Language Arts The presentations have helped students notice rough spots in their essays; therefore, students will continue to finish their final revising/editing tomorrow. Today we finished most presentations and enjoyed DEAR time.

HOMEWORK:
Read
Bring in THROW-AWAY gardening, cooking, sport, and outdoor magazines for the project - Thank you!

]]> Monday's Write Place 2007-05-07T22:22:40Z 2007-05-07T22:20:32Z tag:mabryonline.org,2007:/blogs/beals/5.14792 2007-05-07T22:20:32Z Students began presenting their essays. As students read their essays, another student followed the directions to accomplish the task or skill. Most presentations went very well, and third period especially enjoyed the popcorn. Students marked parts in their essays... Beals Karolyn.Beals@cobbk12.org 7th Grade Language Arts Students began presenting their essays. As students read their essays, another student followed the directions to accomplish the task or skill. Most presentations went very well, and third period especially enjoyed the popcorn.
Students marked parts in their essays that needed clarification, and most will continue to revise and edit their essays for another day or two.
We will be starting an "Image Grammar" projects and be working on paragraph organization until the end of the year.

SKILLS:
Researching facts for introductory paragraph
Writing steps to teach a process
Developing graphic organizer - web
Writing thesis statement
Writing middle paragraphs of rough draft
Adding transition words to steps
Writing introductory and concluding paragraphs of rough draft
Adding topic sentences
Adding clincher sentences
Revise/edit/revise/edit

HOMEWORK:
Read
If you did not present today - bring materials needed to teach your lesson tomorrow.
Bring in THROW-AWAY sport and outdoor magazines for the project - Thank you!

]]> Fabulous Friday 2007-05-04T21:09:32Z 2007-05-04T21:09:20Z tag:mabryonline.org,2007:/blogs/beals/5.14761 2007-05-04T21:09:20Z Several students continued writing or revising their rough drafts; some have turned in their copies for editing/grading. SKILLS: Researching facts for introductory paragraph Writing steps to teach a process Developing graphic organizer - web Writing thesis statement Writing middle... Beals Karolyn.Beals@cobbk12.org 7th Grade Language Arts Several students continued writing or revising their rough drafts; some have turned in their copies for editing/grading.

SKILLS:
Researching facts for introductory paragraph
Writing steps to teach a process
Developing graphic organizer - web
Writing thesis statement
Writing middle paragraphs of rough draft
Adding transition words to steps
Writing introductory and concluding paragraphs of rough draft
Adding topic sentences
Adding clincher sentences

HOMEWORK:
Read
We start presentations on Monday - bring materials needed to teach your lesson. It should be great fun!

]]> Thursday - Write Away! 2007-05-03T23:11:16Z 2007-05-03T23:11:07Z tag:mabryonline.org,2007:/blogs/beals/5.14743 2007-05-03T23:11:07Z Students continued writing or revising their rough drafts, focusing on topic and clincher sentences for each paragraph. Introductory and concluding paragraphs also received extra attention. SKILLS: Researching facts for introductory paragraph Writing steps to teach a process Developing graphic... Beals Karolyn.Beals@cobbk12.org 7th Grade Language Arts Students continued writing or revising their rough drafts, focusing on topic and clincher sentences for each paragraph. Introductory and concluding paragraphs also received extra attention.

SKILLS:
Researching facts for introductory paragraph
Writing steps to teach a process
Developing graphic organizer - web
Writing thesis statement
Writing middle paragraphs of rough draft
Adding transition words to steps
Writing introductory and concluding paragraphs of rough draft
Adding topic sentences
Adding clincher sentences

HOMEWORK:
Read
Revise rough draft - topic and clincher sentences for each paragraph.

]]> Wednesday's Write Place 2007-05-02T18:08:16Z 2007-05-02T18:08:06Z tag:mabryonline.org,2007:/blogs/beals/5.14702 2007-05-02T18:08:06Z As students finished writing their rough drafts they began to focus on topic and clincher sentences for each paragraph. Introductory and concluding paragraphs also received extra attention. SKILLS: Researching facts for introductory paragraph Writing steps to teach a process... Beals Karolyn.Beals@cobbk12.org 7th Grade Language Arts As students finished writing their rough drafts they began to focus on topic and clincher sentences for each paragraph. Introductory and concluding paragraphs also received extra attention.

SKILLS:
Researching facts for introductory paragraph
Writing steps to teach a process
Developing graphic organizer - web
Writing thesis statement
Writing middle paragraphs of rough draft
Adding transition words to steps
Writing introductory and concluding paragraphs of rough draft
Adding topic sentences
Adding clincher sentences

HOMEWORK:
Read
Finish your rough draft and begin revising.

]]> Tuesday's "Write Stuff Publishing" 2007-05-01T17:02:42Z 2007-05-01T17:29:42Z tag:mabryonline.org,2007:/blogs/beals/5.14667 2007-05-01T17:29:42Z Second period: Students who began their middle paragraphs last night for homework continued to write the middle paragraphs. Those who finished their homework last night began their introductory and concluding paragraphs of their rough drafts. Third period: Students finished... Beals Karolyn.Beals@cobbk12.org 7th Grade Language Arts Second period: Students who began their middle paragraphs last night for homework continued to write the middle paragraphs. Those who finished their homework last night began their introductory and concluding paragraphs of their rough drafts.

Third period: Students finished their pre-writing activities, graphic organizer/web and thesis statement. Several students began their middle paragraphs last night for homework and were able to continue writing the middle paragraphs of their rough drafts. Those who did not complete their homework assignment started their middle paragraphs in class and will need to write all of their rough draft tonight.

SKILLS:
Researching facts for introductory paragraph
Writing steps to teach a process
Developing graphic organizer - web
Writing thesis statement
Writing middle paragraphs of rough draft
Writing introductory and concluding paragraphs of rough draft
Adding topic sentences

HOMEWORK:
Read
Finish all paragraphs (4-5) of your rough draft.

]]> Monday's Write Source 2007-04-30T22:02:14Z 2007-04-30T22:00:19Z tag:mabryonline.org,2007:/blogs/beals/5.14657 2007-04-30T22:00:19Z Today some students worked on finishing their pre-writing activities (each student is working at a different point in completing and checking off the pre-writing steps) while others were able to begin the middle paragraphs of their rough drafts. SKILLS:... Beals Karolyn.Beals@cobbk12.org 7th Grade Language Arts Today some students worked on finishing their pre-writing activities (each student is working at a different point in completing and checking off the pre-writing steps) while others were able to begin the middle paragraphs of their rough drafts.

SKILLS:
Researching facts for introductory paragraph
Writing steps to teach process
Developing graphic organizer - web
Writing thesis statement
Writing middle paragraphs of rough draft

HOMEWORK:
Read
Write "materials and equipment" paragraph and "steps" paragraph(s) DOUBLE SPACE and use your web and sticky notes.

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