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Announcements:
Parents, If you missed Back to School Night, here is a link to my English presentation. Let me know if you have any questions.
Due dates, Dear Logs, Homework etc:
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
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Syllabus review. CEE writing intro. |
"Breaking Up with Summer" non-fiction text and graded writing sample. |
Grammar currency- intro. Media center orientation. District Writing Benchmark.
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| | Labor Day Holiday | 5 Sept
Illuminate 6th grade standards test and CVMS CFA writing assessment.
HW: binder check next class |
| 7 Sept
Intro to punctuation. DEAR book "speed dating" and group formation. Binder check.
HW: NAME trees due Monday. Computer paper is fine. Name on trunk & info on branches. Color and background required. Recall the examples shown in class. | | 11
Spiral #1: "After 20 Years". Collect name trees. | 12
Punctuation notes handout & a few dots practice.
Spiral #1 continued: irony defined. "Here Comes the Cat" video with notes. Timed mini essay explaining the irony in the video. |
| 14
Comma Clinic.
DEAR + log #1.
Spiral #2: Plot & Basic Element Notes. See short story page for details.
HW: comma practice due Tuesday. There is a typo on #2. It should say "comma before because." Print and cut the "Princess and the Bowling Ball" strips & paste them in to spiral #2, in the correct order, and label each strip with the correct plot point. |
| | 2-4-6 day-- flipped week-- no single periods this week | 19
Dashes & hyphens. Spiral #3: Point of View (notes and practice). See Mrs. Nelson for make ups if absent.
HW: review plot and p.o.v. notes for quiz next class
Back to School Night for Parents | | 21
Punctuation review.
DEAR + log #2.
Plot & POV quiz.
Group Hero Story.
HW: begin reviewing all punctuation uses for Tuesday's quiz | 22
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