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To culminate our study of complex sentences, and as a follow-up to yesterday's acivity, today we will take the complex sentence post-test.
For the remainder of this week and the week we return from spring break we will review for CRCT's. Today we will begin with a review of adjectives. Group and independent work. Workbook pages 25-28
For homework, finish the pages not completed in class.
All 3A worksheets should be completed. The following students need to turn in 3A: Michael, Shyron, Jenna, Jared. Turn in all seating choice homework. Students will be divided into groups. These groups are: 3B independent workers-CJ, Giovanni, Caleb, Christopher; 3B assistance-Jacob, Leon; Fun Brain-Parker
DEAR: 30 minutes silent reading.
Warm up: WAG workbook pages 177, 178 Capitals for names of people and places.
More work with complex sentences: 2B, C, D
Students who scored less than 29/30 on 2B will need to do the next worksheet in the sequence. Students who scored 29 or 30/30 can move on to writing the entire complex sentence on their own.
Homework: Be thinking about where you would like to sit for the remainder of the year. Tomorrow be prepared to tell me your choice in writing and explain why you are making this choice.
CRCT practice warm up: Capitals for sentences and the word I. Pages 175.176 in WAG workbook.
More practice with writing complex sentences.
Students will complete Complex Sentence worksheet 1B as they participate in a group activity.
Homework worksheet 1C.
Today we introduce a new Essential Question: What makes a sentence complex?
We will take the complex sentence pre-test.
Now is the time to determine how we are progressing towards our 100,000,000 words standard. We will organize portfolios and add books to our "bookcase" list.
Compound Sent worksheet 2C
Workbook: possessive pronouns
Lit Scene Investigation: Visual Imagery "Flashing Before Your Eyes"
Review formulas for compound sentences.
As a group, complete compound sentences with a second independent clause.
Homework: Compound sentence worksheet 2 B
...we have been working on a compare and contrast essay. Students were provided with a framed paragraph for an expository essay and a Venn diagram with three comparisons. The essay was to be written as a compare and contrast between elementary school and middle school. As a class, we completed the first comparison: storage of supplies. Students brainstormed other ideas that could be compared between these two levels of school. They then decided which ideas they wanted to use for their second and third comparisons. The next step was to complete the framed paragraph. Now that students have completed these steps, they are using word processing software to prepare a final draft of their composition.
Review subjects and predicates...How NOT to do it! Finding subjects and predicates is EASY if you will follow a few simple steps.
1. Find the verb first.
2. Ask, "Who or What did or is the action of state of being?"
3. Dont forget to look for helping verbs.
4. Form a simple sentence with those words only. If you cannot visualize a picture, you have not identified correctly.
Check homework.
Finish triple venn diagram to begin to make notes
comparing elementary school and middle school.
HOMEWORK: Side B of the subject and predicate worksheet
