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November 13, 2006

Welcome to the Write~Spot!

Thank you for visiting your language arts blog!

This week we will be taking a close look at poetry and will begin by enjoying the selection of poems in our literature text. On Monday we will kick-off our study by gathering important vocabulary that goes with the study of poetry, as well as, look closely at "word imagery."

You will write an "I Am" poem that may be turned in any time this week.

Our writing focus will be descriptive writing this week and for warm-up writings you will be using a variety of sentence patterns. The Write Source Book will be handy on your desk. This is also available at Mabry’s store.

We continue the following:

(1) Daily Oral Language; (2) Spelling Workbook Lesson (Combined 8 & 9 for this week); (3) WOW Words of the Week;(4) Journal Night~Writes; (5) Prentice Hall Grammar Workbook reviews; (6) DEAR Reading & Expository~Article reading; (7) Shared~Reading: 101 Secrets a Good Dad Knows.

There will be an agenda check several times this week. You should be recording for all of your classes and you should have a detailed account of what you are doing for both class work and homework.

We will be viewing personal organization skills this week. Is your locker neat and organized and debris free? What about your backpack? There should be no loose papers; ALL papers should be attached to your binder or tucked neatly in a pocket folder. Part of being organized is getting rid of paper clutter. This can be tricky because you do not want to throw away items that you are still referring to. When in doubt ~ ASK your teachers.

To be on the safe side ~ take the papers you think you no longer need and place them in a HOLDING FILE kept at home in a safe place (Using a box under bed may be a good spot). If you have taken a paper out of your binder that you need after all, then you have not thrown it away.

For this week, you will have a Daily Oral Language Test, a spelling quiz, an "I Am" poem project,a Night~Write entry, and selected assignments in your grammar textbook having to do with prepositions; and grammar workbook pages to complete and study (Test with date recorded in your agenda).

IMPORTANT REMINDER:

YOUR ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR RECORDING ALL ASSIGNMENTS AND DATES IN YOUR AGENDA!

Last week, you checked a nonfiction, bottom-shelf book out of the media center. Bring this to class Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. We will be using this book to practice writing MLA citations the correct way. This is a skill you will need in all of your classes as you give credit to authors when you use their ideas to support your own research.

Take care and WRITE~ON the RIGHT way!

Mrs. Worthington

Chief in Charge of Classy Work!

Posted by Worthington at 07:40 AM