Today we:
Unjournal: What advice would a DOG give about life if it could talk? Write that advice.
Quiz: We had a short spelling and folklore quiz.
Fable Poster: You had some time to finish your posters. These are DUE on Friday.
The Big Fish: We watched the last 30 minutes of the movie. We answered questions that are due on Friday: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16606516/The%20Big%20Fish%20questions.docx
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Tuesday April 29, 2014
Today we:
Unjournal: Whine, Complain, Bellyache, Criticize, Moan. Write a short dialogue using a form of all of these words.
Grammar: You will have a short spelling quiz tomorrow on the "spelling rules" worksheet.
Folklore: We did some group work on identifying the different genres of folklore. There will be a short quiz tomorrow.
Unjournal: Whine, Complain, Bellyache, Criticize, Moan. Write a short dialogue using a form of all of these words.
Grammar: You will have a short spelling quiz tomorrow on the "spelling rules" worksheet.
Folklore: We did some group work on identifying the different genres of folklore. There will be a short quiz tomorrow.
Monday, April 28, 2014
Monday April 28, 2014
Today we:
Unjournal: King Kong stomped along the street. he crushed cars with his toes. He ripped people from their cars. In four sentences what else did he do? Use descriptive verbs.
Grammar: Capitalization worksheet
Work Period: Fable Posters - due on Friday.
Unjournal: King Kong stomped along the street. he crushed cars with his toes. He ripped people from their cars. In four sentences what else did he do? Use descriptive verbs.
Grammar: Capitalization worksheet
Work Period: Fable Posters - due on Friday.
Friday, April 25, 2014
Friday April 25, 2014
Today we:
Had an assembly during block 3.
Your "Life as a Slave" paragraphs were DUE today, and we did a journal check for this week.
Have a great weekend!
Had an assembly during block 3.
Your "Life as a Slave" paragraphs were DUE today, and we did a journal check for this week.
Have a great weekend!
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Wednesday April 23, 2014
Today we:
Unjournal: Write an incredibly awesome paragraph about your absolute favourite actor/singer/celebrity, using the most outstanding, excellent hyperbole in the whole entire universe. Hyperbole is extravagant exaggeration.
Grammar: Spelling worksheet.
Work Period: You worked on your "Life as a Slave" paragraph which is due on Friday. You worked on your Fable poster which you will have more time on next week.
Big Fish: We discussed some of the folktales/tall tales/ urban legends in the movie so far and continued to watch the middle section of the film.
Unjournal: Write an incredibly awesome paragraph about your absolute favourite actor/singer/celebrity, using the most outstanding, excellent hyperbole in the whole entire universe. Hyperbole is extravagant exaggeration.
Grammar: Spelling worksheet.
Work Period: You worked on your "Life as a Slave" paragraph which is due on Friday. You worked on your Fable poster which you will have more time on next week.
Big Fish: We discussed some of the folktales/tall tales/ urban legends in the movie so far and continued to watch the middle section of the film.
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Today we:
Unjournal: Create a much more interesting version of this sentence: The dog barked.
Use as many descriptive words as possible.
Grammar: Spelling worksheet
The Moth and the Star: We read this fable from our textbook page 222. Questions will be due tomorrow. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16606516/The%20Moth%20and%20the%20Star%20quest.docx
We began to create a poster for your own fable which we will continue to work on tomorrow.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16606516/Create%20Your%20own%20Fable%20Poster.docx
* Tomorrow you will need to have finished your rough copy of your "Life as a Slave" paragraph. You will be completing your good copy in class.
Unjournal: Create a much more interesting version of this sentence: The dog barked.
Use as many descriptive words as possible.
Grammar: Spelling worksheet
The Moth and the Star: We read this fable from our textbook page 222. Questions will be due tomorrow. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16606516/The%20Moth%20and%20the%20Star%20quest.docx
We began to create a poster for your own fable which we will continue to work on tomorrow.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16606516/Create%20Your%20own%20Fable%20Poster.docx
* Tomorrow you will need to have finished your rough copy of your "Life as a Slave" paragraph. You will be completing your good copy in class.
Thursday, April 17, 2014
Thursday, April 17, 2014
Today we:
Unjournal: Tell a fish story. Use as many fishy words as possible without actually writing about fish.
Some examples are: scales, shrimp, whale of a time, clam up, net, etc.
Grammar: Spelling worksheet
Life as a Slave Paragraph: You completed your rough drafts and had a peer edit these.
Folklore: We looked at "Urban Legends," "Fables," and"Fairy Tales" today.
Big Fish: We began our Folklore film and discussed genres of folklore present in this movie.
Unjournal: Tell a fish story. Use as many fishy words as possible without actually writing about fish.
Some examples are: scales, shrimp, whale of a time, clam up, net, etc.
Grammar: Spelling worksheet
Life as a Slave Paragraph: You completed your rough drafts and had a peer edit these.
Folklore: We looked at "Urban Legends," "Fables," and"Fairy Tales" today.
Big Fish: We began our Folklore film and discussed genres of folklore present in this movie.
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Tuesday April 15, 2014
Today we:
Unjournal : Some people say, "If we can send a man to the moon, surely we can figure out how to..."
Complete this sentence in 5 different ways.
Grammar: Making Inferences worksheet.
Life as a Slave: You worked on your paragraph planner for the next assignment: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16606516/Life%20for%20a%20Slave%20Paragraph%20Assignment.docx
Folklore: We discussed an example of a "MYTH."
Unjournal : Some people say, "If we can send a man to the moon, surely we can figure out how to..."
Complete this sentence in 5 different ways.
Grammar: Making Inferences worksheet.
Life as a Slave: You worked on your paragraph planner for the next assignment: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16606516/Life%20for%20a%20Slave%20Paragraph%20Assignment.docx
Folklore: We discussed an example of a "MYTH."
Monday, April 14, 2014
Monday April 14, 2014
Today we:
Unjournal: Write 3 different sentences using the word "crumpled."
Grammar: We practiced rewriting a paragraph by adding more descriptive words and improving the flow of sentences.
Folk Tale: We revisited the definition of a folk tale. We read p. 157 "Carry the Running-Aways"
and answered questions: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16606516/Carrying%20the%20Running%20questions.docx
Unjournal: Write 3 different sentences using the word "crumpled."
Grammar: We practiced rewriting a paragraph by adding more descriptive words and improving the flow of sentences.
Folk Tale: We revisited the definition of a folk tale. We read p. 157 "Carry the Running-Aways"
and answered questions: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16606516/Carrying%20the%20Running%20questions.docx
Friday, April 11, 2014
Friday April 11, 2014
Today we:
Unjournal: Why would Yankee Doodle stick a feather in his cap and call it "macaroni"? Come up with a creative explanation.
Grammar: We looked at "Etymology" and the origin of some words.
Folklore: You were introduced to the folklore unit. We looked at some examples for Folk Tales and Tall Tales so far.
Unjournal: Why would Yankee Doodle stick a feather in his cap and call it "macaroni"? Come up with a creative explanation.
Grammar: We looked at "Etymology" and the origin of some words.
Folklore: You were introduced to the folklore unit. We looked at some examples for Folk Tales and Tall Tales so far.
Thursday April 10, 2014
Today we:
Unjournal: You see smoke! When you go to investigate you are surprised by what you find. Describe what you find.
Grammar: We reviewed prefixes and suffixes.
Short Story Unit Test: You wrote your unit test.
Inferences: We discussed what making an inference is.
Ambush: We read the story "Ambush" from our text, made inferences and answered questions.
Unjournal: You see smoke! When you go to investigate you are surprised by what you find. Describe what you find.
Grammar: We reviewed prefixes and suffixes.
Short Story Unit Test: You wrote your unit test.
Inferences: We discussed what making an inference is.
Ambush: We read the story "Ambush" from our text, made inferences and answered questions.
Thursday, April 10, 2014
Tuesday April 8, 2014
Today we:
Unjournal: What helps you to study? How do you remember information best?
Grammar: We went over formal and informal writing. Words that teachers dislike: stuff, bad, thing, etc.
Short Story Review: We played a jeopardy review in preparation for our test on Thursday.
Unjournal: What helps you to study? How do you remember information best?
Grammar: We went over formal and informal writing. Words that teachers dislike: stuff, bad, thing, etc.
Short Story Review: We played a jeopardy review in preparation for our test on Thursday.
Friday, April 4, 2014
Friday April 4, 2014
Today we:
Unjournal https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16606516/Here%E2%80%99s%20the%20last%20part%20of%20a%20newspaper%20story.docx
Grammar: We reviewed your quiz from last day.
The Hockey Sweater: We watched an NFB version of the story and you answered questions.
Unit Test: We went over what you need to know for your short story unit test next Wednesday.
Unjournal https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16606516/Here%E2%80%99s%20the%20last%20part%20of%20a%20newspaper%20story.docx
Grammar: We reviewed your quiz from last day.
The Hockey Sweater: We watched an NFB version of the story and you answered questions.
Unit Test: We went over what you need to know for your short story unit test next Wednesday.
Thursday, April 3, 2014
Wednesday April 2, 2014
Today we:
Unjournal: See link (page 2) https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16606516/unjournalcolours.docx
Grammar: We had a quiz on literary devices.
The Monkey's Paw: We watched the Simpson's version and discussed it.
8 Short Story Cliches: We discussed horror movie cliches and you came up with your own "8 rules to survive short stories" (you will have a few minutes to complete this on Friday).
The Hockey Sweater: We read this short story from our textbook. We discussed the story together and searched for prefixes and suffixes within the text.
Unjournal: See link (page 2) https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16606516/unjournalcolours.docx
Grammar: We had a quiz on literary devices.
The Monkey's Paw: We watched the Simpson's version and discussed it.
8 Short Story Cliches: We discussed horror movie cliches and you came up with your own "8 rules to survive short stories" (you will have a few minutes to complete this on Friday).
The Hockey Sweater: We read this short story from our textbook. We discussed the story together and searched for prefixes and suffixes within the text.
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Tuesday April 1st, 2014
Today we:
Unjournal: If you were granted 3 wishes, what would you wish for?
Grammar: We looked at cliches and proverbs. We also reviewed literary devices from the past 2 weeks. There will be a short quiz tomorrow morning.
Foreshadowing: We completed another worksheet on foreshadowing and you looked for examples in "The Monkey's Paw"
Unjournal: If you were granted 3 wishes, what would you wish for?
Grammar: We looked at cliches and proverbs. We also reviewed literary devices from the past 2 weeks. There will be a short quiz tomorrow morning.
Foreshadowing: We completed another worksheet on foreshadowing and you looked for examples in "The Monkey's Paw"
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