Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Class info Feb 18 (contains specifics for language arts assignments). .

Math

Worked on adding fractions by creating area models

Do Study Link 8.5 and 8.6 for further reinforcement if you'd like

Language Arts

proofreading personal narratives today

Assignments due Friday Feb 27 so far:

1.   Completed personal narrative

Criteria for a successful personal narrative:

a.   use the five senses as imagery
b.   the writer learns something in the narrative
c.   strong opening sentence that grabs the reader's attention



2.   Opinion piece on Nick Maney's On Respect: What I Learned From Carl

The first sentence has to reference the text and the author.  For example, you could write: In Nick Maney's essay On Respect: What I Learned From Carl, the author believes that...

Elsewhere in the paragraph, Maney's text MUST be quoted.  Here's an example : Nick Maney states that "I think that the world would be a much better place that we could share together, as humans.

This is due Friday Feb 27.  Like before, there's no length requirement, but I can't imagine students being too successful detailing and explaining their opinion in less than half a page.  Font size 12 or 14, with a professional style.  Final copy should be stapled on top of the rough copy and an excerpt.



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