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February 29, 2012
Assessments 19 and 20 due FRIDAY.
Keep reading!
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February 28, 2012
ISN pages 131-135 due Wednesday.
Ode #2 due Wednesday.
Talk to your family about poetry. Find out if anyone in your family has ever memorized poems. Which ones?
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February 27, 2012
ISN pages 131-135 due WEDNESDAY.
Write an ode at home. Due WEDNESDAY.
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February 24, 2012
READ! Keep up with your Outside Reading Notebook.
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February 23, 2012
Personification poem draft due Friday.
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February 22, 2012
Make a list of FIVE FICTION BOOKS you recommend. The books need to have at least one young adult protagonist (main character). Due Thursday.
Write a draft of a poem using PERSONIFICATION, like "Loo-Wit" by Wendy Rose. Choose something that is NOT a person and turn it into a person through your writing. Due Friday.
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February 21, 2012
Your retelling of the Pearl is due Wednesday. It needs to be typed, double-spaced, and proofread.
Please keep up with your outside reading notebook.
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February 17, 2012
Read!! Bring your outside reading book and your outside reading notebook on Tuesday.
Your Pearl retelling is due Wednesday. Please bring your Pearl book that day.
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February 16, 2012
Descriptive revision due Friday. You must bring your first draft as well as your revision.
Tomorrow is the last day we will work on our retellings of The Pearl. Please come with a flash drive OR ready to email your story home for further work. Your final retelling will be due next Wednesday.
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February 14, 2012
Happy Valentine's Day!
Assessment 18 due Wednesday.
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February 13, 2012
Pearl mini-poster due Tuesday. Be sure to follow all instructions! Use your
project sheet to make sure you are not missing anything.
Assessment 18 due Wednesday.
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February 10, 2012
Pearl Mini-poster due Tuesday
Assessment 18 due Wednesday
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February 09, 2012
Assessment 17 due Friday 2/10
Starred pages of your Pearl packet due Friday 2/10
Symbol mini-poster due Tuesday 2/14
Assessment 18 due Wednesday 2/15
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February 08, 2012
Descriptive draft due Thursday.
Starred Pearl pages due Friday.
Assessment 17 due Friday.
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February 07, 2012
Begin your Outside Reading! 1,000 pages due 4/5/12.
Descriptive draft due Thursday.
All starred pages of your Pearl Packet due Friday.
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February 06, 2012
Complete whichever descriptive writing assignment you did NOT do in the compter lab. This draft is due Thursday.
Many of the Steinbeck nature drawings and labels were incomplete. If you have chosen to try again, your redo is due on Wednesday.
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February 02, 2012
Observational nature writing due tomorrow--at least one page.
Steinbeck drawing with labels due tomorrow.
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February 01, 2012
Steinbeck is a great observer of the natural world. We need to practice doing this too. Sit outside, observe, and describe for at least 15 minutes.
Finish drawing and labeling your Steinbeck passage.
Both assignments are due Friday.
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