Mrs. Murray's Words

We reviewed parts of speech very hard today.  We went over a worksheet as a group and then we got into the pairs to complete a similar one. 

We then went over the worksheet answers for a class work grade.

B1 also completed their prepositions quiz.

B3 and B5 took notes on sentence parts.

We discussed our narrative essays and I collected them from B1.  After looking at the numerous formatting errors, I decided not to collect them from B3 and B5.  They have until Thursday to correct their errors and get these turned back in. 

I will return the ungraded papers for B1 on Thursday and give you until Monday to revise.  If you would like to pick your essay up early, please see me.  Also, I had a number of students in B1 who did not have this TEST ESSAY!  I noted in Parent Connection if you did not have turn it in.  I am not going to take off points UNLESS I do not see evidence of an essay on THURSDAY!  You can thank me then!

HOMEWORK:

Complete essay.

Review for parts of speech test.

Do pages 27 and 28 in the grammar workbook–this will help you to review!

On Monday, we focused mostly on grammar. We finished up the unit on parts of speech.

We held a competition to see who knew the most prepositions. The top 3 grammar gods earned 100 calorie snack packs (per the wellness policy).

Blocks 4 and 6 completed the quiz.

All blocks worked on identifying adverbs with 2 class work grades.

We concluded by discussing the narrative essay and how to complete it.

I checked for the outlines as a homework grade.

Homework:

Everyone: complete the narrative essay. More instructions are in an earlier post.

Good luck! I am looking forward to reading about your future! Remember to be specific and detailed.

On Monday, we worked on the following:

1. We studied for our prepositions quiz and then competed to see who could list the most prepositions within 3 minutes.  Prizes were won!

2. We completed the “real” quiz for prepositions.

3. We worked on our fiction analysis essays– the prewrite.

4. We discussed the “When I am ?” essays and I handed out the prewriting outline sheet.

Homework: Complete the outline.

If you have lost your outline, here is another copy:

When I am 28 Prewrite

When I am 28 Prewrite in Windows 97