Good Morning!

For today's journal, please write a paragraph about what you have learned about Anne Frank and her family over the past few days in the computer lab. Please complete this assignment on a separate sheet of paper set up in MLA format.

Good Morning!

Please complete today's journal on a blank piece of paper set up in MLA format.

Imagine you are being forced to leave your home. You are allowed to bring 20 pounds of your most precious possessions. What would you take? What would you be forced to leave behind? How would this make you feel?

4/26 to 4/29

Tuesday 4/26:
1. Journal Responses to Preview Anne Frank
2. How big was the Secret Annex?
3. Website Preview
HW: Finish your writing about the Secret Annex.

Wednesday 4/27:
COMPUTER LAB
1. Blog Comment
2. Research Anne Frank

Thursday 4/28:
COMPUTER LAB
1. Blog Comment
2. Research Anne Frank

Friday 4/29:
1. Research write-ups
2. Anne Frank Vocabulary
HW: Getting Packed Assignment (DUE MONDAY)!!!

4/18 to 4/21

Monday 4/18:
1. Journals
2. Intros and Thesis Statements

Tuesday 4/19:
1. Journals
2. Finish Poetry Presentations
3. Intros and Thesis Statements

Wednesday 4/20:
1. Journals
2. Intros and Thesis Statements
3. Rewrite "F4A" Intros

Thursday 4/21:
STAR Schedule . . . no English!

Friday 4/22:
NO SCHOOL! Have a great four-day weekend and a fabulous Easter! See you TUESDAY, APRIL 26!!!

4/11 to 4/15

All this week:
STAR Testing
Finish Poetry

NO HW!

Good Morning! For your journal today, write to me about what the high points and the low points of your weekend were.

Poetry Groups!

Get into your groups. Make sure you open your textbooks to your assigned poem. We will start presenting in about 5 minutes.

For today's journal, please write to me about how STAR testing went this morning. Did you eat breakfast this morning? Did you try to get a little extra sleep?

Get out your poetry notes! We have a lot to do today! :)

In your journals, please make guesses about what the following words mean:

TONE and MOOD.

For today's journal, write down as many examples of ONOMATOPOEIA as you can. When you can't think of any more, write down words that are ALLITERATIVE with the following words:

1. Cougar
2. Chico
3. English
4. Tree
5. Spirit
6. School

Good Morning!

For today's journal, please write a few sentences explaining what RHYME and RHYTHM are. Then I want you to make a guess at what the word ONOMATOPOEIA could mean.

4/4 to 4/8

Monday 4/4:
1. Journals
2. Poetry
HW: If you HAVEN'T ALREADY, bring in a copy of your favorite poem or song lyrics.

Tuesday 4/5:
1. Poetry
2. STAR Test Practice
HW: Study your poetry vocab.

Wednesday 4/6:
1. Poetry
2. STAR Test Practice
HW: Study your poetry vocab.

Thursday 4/7:
1. Poetry
2. STAR Test Practice
HW: Study your poetry vocab.

Friday 4/8:
1. Poetry TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST
2. STAR Test Practice

Get out your copy of Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout. In your journal, write down all the words that rhyme in the poem. For instance, just from the first four lines:

STOUT/OUT
PANS/YAMS