Language Arts for November 15-22,2010/LaBarbera

Language Arts for November 15-22,2010/LaBarbera

Homework:
Nightly reading is a requirement. Students must read books from the cart in the classroom ( at grade level or slightly above.) Books for responses must not be books that were read one or two years ago.
Due November 22--Complete the Independent Reading Guide sheet as it applies to your novel reading this week. The sheet is numbered 178-179.
Students who have not completed reading the novel, HOOT,must complete it in school and at home.
Students who have submitted work late through the first trimester will have some reading work assigned through the five day break. A reading response will be due Monday , Nov. 29 . I will inform students individually.
Travel Brochure----( Other forms of writing, Illinois Goal). The student will create a travel brochure, per the template provided. The brochure should cover an adventure trip. Share the geography, equipment, supplies, itinerary(schedule), forms of transportation, communication, and include pictures. First draft due December 8. Final typed draft is due December 13. Use the project rubric for evaluation.

Flash Drive--Bring your flash drive to class on Monday, November 22. We are going to use the computers in the media center . We will save our work.

Vocabulary Review--Before the trimester ends , we will review all prefixes and suffixes that were covered since September.

Short Story--- We have been reading our Literature text for vocabulary, sentence fluency, comprehension, and accuracy. A rubric for short story evaluation has been used to revise a sample writing piece and bring it to a higher scoring level. Several graphic organizers will be used to construct a short adventure story as our next writing project. Students will read, hear, and write short stories. This work will begin at the end of the first trimester; the first written drafts will be counted in the second trimester.
Persuasive Writing---As the second trimester begins, we will be working on preliminary activities for persuasive writing. Grammar and parts of speech will be incorporated in all of the writing projects. I have placed some assignments in pearsonsuccess.net.