3rd Trimester Book Project

Extra Extra Read All About It!!!!!  This marking period, students will be reporting out the information in their non-fiction novels inside of a newsletter!  All students have received a handout explaining the directions, due date and more!  In class, students were able to see what template they are being asked to use and how to get started.  I am scheduling some computer lab work time, but it might not be enough time to produce quality work.  I am suggesting that everyone start on their own!  This will be a neat project!!!!  The DUE DATE is May 16th.

Caught Ya March 4-8

Caught Ya

Monday 3-4-13

Jesse jocose entitled the poem no mirth.  Sam sagacious speculated that it be the superlative vocabulary that produced the added affect

                    numbers and homework

                    fill his mind that seems devoid

                    of mirth and vision.

VOCABULARY:  MIRTH  SPECULATED   SUPERLATIVE   DEVOID

                            VISION

Tuesday 3-5-13

Sam also noted further that ms amicable artist had no reaction accept a sweet exasperated smile for Williams poem that was entitled brush magic

                   her brush strokes paper

                   and colorful images

                   appear like magic

Mr. Melodious music didn’t react to the haiku either except to comment on there content.  I wonder mused sam

VOCABULARY:  exasperated          muse

Wednesday 3-6-13

          Surprisingly the new history teacher Mr scintillating social studies didn’t react to the poems either.  Usually he would simply disregard them as he went on with his lesson as if no poem had been uttered

VOCABULARY:               disregarded     uttered

Thursday 3-7-13

This is becoming more and more curious noted sam too William.  Since the students have even more homework 8^th grade proved more arduous than 7^th grade

VOCABULARY:  arduous

Friday 3-8-13

Orson odious was again up to his usual malicious tricks and this year the picked mainly on three victims isabelle ingenuous shy beth

VOCABULARY:  malicious bibliophilic

CAUGHT YA for week of 2-18-13

Monday:  no school
Tuesday (2/19)
  its probably just another horrible despicable boring automaton moaned pauline who always saw only the negative.  oh no that nice english teacher we had last year ms witty writing wizard stayed in 7th grade complained olivia
VOCABULARY:  despicable    automaton   witty

Wednesday (2/20)

We have ms grammar grouch again and theirs ms stern science on the eighth grade list too Olivia griped further.  its going to probably be a arduous year

VOCABULARY:  griped      arduous

 

Persuasive Writing Reference

http://lakewoodcityschools.org/UserFiles/file/Harding%20Library%20Documents/MLA%20Style%20Guide%20for%20Middle%20Schools--Guidelines%20for%20Making%20a%20Bibliography%20and%20Documenting%20Sources-DRAFT.pdf

MLA FORMAT
Students, use the above link to understand how to write your paper in MLA format including the works cited page.  Great examples are given and you are expected to follow this format.  You must read the page on plagiarism.

1st page example Example of 1st page for persuasive essay MLA formatting.

1st essay page example and directions below:

First Page

Research essays should not include a separate title page. Instead, insert a "header" that includes both your last name and the page number, flush with the right-hand margin, 1/2 inch (1.25 cm) below the top of the page. Approximately 1/2 inch (1.25 cm) below this (i.e., one inch (2.54 cm) below the top of the page), type the following, flush with the left margin, and each item double-spaced, and below the previous item:

1) Your full name.
2) Your instructors name.
3) Course title and number.
4) Date of submission.

Double-spaced below the date of submission, centre the title of your essay; each line of this is also double-spaced. Double-spaced below the last line of the title, begin the first paragraph of your essay.

1-25-13 Escape Clause

Here is the "replacement" book activity for students who did not turn in their independent reading for November, December or both.

Replacement Book Report

(to replace the points lost from November and or December independent reading due to incompletion)

Due: by February 28^th  

Directions:  you must read a novel (not the one you are currently using for trimester 2 marking period) and complete one of the following projects.  Full points will be determined based on completeness and creativity and quality.  In addition, I must be able to tell that you have read the book!

1.       Design an advertising campaign to promote the sale of the book you read.  Include each of the following:  a poster, radio commercial, a magazine ad, a bumper sticker and a button.

2.       Design a poster to advertise your book.  It must be 3D and Moveable.

3.       Draw and color a comic book to summarize your book.  Minimum of 10 pages.

4.       Write a diary that one of the story’s main characters might have kept before, during or after the book’s events.  Remember that the character’s thoughts and feelings are very important in a diary.

12-4-12 You've been caught!

During our caught ya grammar session today, students learned the difference between then and than, the often confused breathe and breath, when and why to use a hyphen and continued learning and practice with commas and compounds sentences.  They are soooo getting the hang of this and the story we are using is so much fun!

Pre-testing:  2nd trimester pretesting has begun.

Reminder:  tomorrow is media center time so bring an I.D.

Mindset Makeover 12-3-12

Today was an absolute JOY during our Mindset Makeover Session.  Unfortunately with the fog delay, I didn't get through the entire presentation at this time.  I've shared with students how they have the POWER to make difference in their intelligence and in their life.  How the mindset affect everything.  We've taken a look at the brain research that shows you forever, can grow your intelligence (dendrites) through a multitude of pathways.  We've begun to discuss the pathways and experience them too.  Students can now explain to you the difference between a fixed mindset and a GROWTH mindset.  They've also identified to themselves, the connections they've made with both.  I'm hoping to impress upon them change...always growing!

Ask them about the Homer Simpson Brain and about Learned Helplessness (Stuck on the Escalator)!