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Ideas
Anchors Aweigh!
UPDATE 2/19/2013 – Look at the “Essay Writing” tab above to find your new essay prompt. Greetings everybody! Today we are going to start refining our essays. Most of you seem to grasp the concept of the essay itself, but we need to work on adding things like sentence variety FIRE details transitions strong intro … Continue reading
Calling for submissions!
Edit: 2/11/2013 – Today I need to see your submissions on the Essay Smart site. You will have some time to finish up and submit your work. Do not leave the Scoring Page until I have recorded your grade. Hello students! Today we are going to continue with our Digital Learning Experience. We have the … Continue reading
Let’s go digital…
Ok, well we already are pretty digital, but this is neat! Today is Digital Learning Day (digitallearningday.org) so we are going to show off some of our digital muscle: Daily Grammar Assignment – Lesson 48 – http://dailygrammar.com/Lesson-48-Adverbs.htm Post your Reply – Click right up there where it says “Leave a Comment” – Discuss Digital Learning … Continue reading
Let’s Compare…
Good day, students! Today we will be honing some of our essay writing skills by comparing and contrasting. You will be using a Venn Diagram like the one pictured, or you may use a variation of that, like three columns or boxes instead of circles. Your assignment: In your Composition Book, make a Venn Diagram comparing … Continue reading
Mid-Year Essay Project Continued
We will continue on this same project for January 14. We need to get our work published (or turned in) today! This week we will be working on our mid-year essay writing. First, please see the tab above called “Essay Writing” for specific instructions and prompts. Then we will complete the following: When you have … Continue reading
What’s the buzz about?
Students, today we will be taking a spelling bee pre-test! I know you’re excited! We will also work on some essay writing pointers for our mid-year essay prompts later this week!
Wrap up all the things
Students, today we will try to get caught up with everything. We had a rough week since I was out for three days, so we need to get caught up with grading and everything. Plus, some of you are convinced the world is going to end this Friday, so we had better get busy! Check … Continue reading
And I Quote…
What do you see in the picture above? What on earth does this have to do with our novel? You need to be able to relate seemingly unrelated things. As you will write later, this book has several themes. One of the themes is illustrated above. Can you guess what that theme is? Students, today … Continue reading
Give a Hoot Reboot
Good day, students! Today we will get back into our mystery story featuring Roy and Beatrice. Daily Grammar assignment #38 Reading Hoot Chapter 11 Discuss It question for the day + PEER EDITING
Time to show off!
Students, today we will be working on “portfolios”. I need some examples of your work to show the principal, and we will put your examples in your class folder. You will need the following: Cover page – Portfolio #1 – Name, Mr. Hays Language Arts, Per. # Peer-editing from your Composition Book. Must be edited … Continue reading
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