Niccolò Ubalducci via Compfight Essential Questions: How do writers create suspense in works of nonfiction? How do natural disasters affect communities? Why is community important in times of tragedy? Learning Objective: Students will be able to craft an informative essay on… Continue Reading
Today is Blog Action Day 2015. (Post copied from studentchallenge.edublogs.org) Every year the students and classes taking part in the blogging challenge also take part in #BAD2015 Blog Action Day is one day each year when thousands of bloggers write a post on… Continue Reading
We almost met our SRI goal of 82% of students increasing their reading score for the year! Period % of Students Who Increased 1 76% 2 82% 3 93% 5 73% 7 87% Total 81% Read the directions carefully for each… Continue Reading
Great job on the relay races yesterday! Here is an updated chart that shows which teams achieved the most points last week in our language arts competition. Your point totals are based on how much each team member accomplished throughout the… Continue Reading
We had an EXCELLENT week of stations last week! I was very impressed by how well each group worked at each station, the amount of work that everyone accomplished, and the way each group transitioned between stations. Great job!! Today, we… Continue Reading
“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” – Seneca Learning Objective: Students will be able to analyze a novel using Notice and Note strategies Featured Skill: Character and plot development Other Key Skills: Key ideas and supporting details, author’s craft, sentence diagramming Essential Questions: How… Continue Reading
“That’s all it took to solve problems – just sense.” ― Gary Paulsen, Hatchet Learning Objective: Students will be able to analyze a novel using Notice and Note strategies Featured Skill: Character and plot development Other Key Skills: Key ideas and supporting details, author’s craft, sentence… Continue Reading
“It is not the man who has little, but he who desires more that is poor.” – Seneca Learning Objective: Students will be able to identify and analyze a common theme in two texts of different genres. Featured Skill: Theme Other Key Skills: inference, interpreting… Continue Reading
Individual commitment to a group effort – that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work. – Vince Lombardi Learning Objective: Students will be able to synthesize information from fiction and nonfiction texts Key… Continue Reading
Week 2 Introduction: Check to see if you have a mentor assigned to you. Remember to check your comments and reply to any left by your mentor. Their first comment will probably be on your first post or your about me… Continue Reading