January 22

Homework

• Writing Minutes
• Improve the following paragraph by adding and marking your dress-ups (strong verb and quality adjective) and openers (subject and preposition).
• The Lego Movie is a good movie.  It is about Lego characters who are going to be glued.  Emmet tries to keep that from happening.  It ends with the dad saying he won’t glue the Legos.
• 2nd draft of “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” OR “Rikki-tikki-tavi” OR “The Rescue of Maid Marian”
• Complete your outline of Ancient Rome that you began in class.

I.  Religion

1.

2.

3.

4.

(5).

(6).

II.  Lifestyle

1.

2.

3.

4.

(5).

(6).

III.  Building

1.

2.

3.

4.

(5).

(6).

January 15

 

Homework

• Writing Minutes
• Add (or find) one strong verb and one quality adjective in each sentence.  (You may have completed this in class.)
  • The worm crawled.
  • A tall building fell.
  • A fish went through the water
• Use your outline to finish (we wrote the first paragraph in class!) writing your three paragraphs about Ancient Greece. (Our class outline is below just in case you lost yours, couldn’t finish it in class, or can’t read it!)  Notice that we added Entertainment to the Sports section, so that we would have enough information for a paragraph.

I.  Military

1.  occasionally/city-states/rivalry/warfare

2.  defense/city/port Piraeus

3.  Mercenaries/ recruited/ army

4.  Long Walls/ not cut off/ port

(5). strongest/ survive/ weak/ die

(6).  boys/ 7/ leave/ home/ army

II.  Sports & Entertainment

1.  Olympic games

2. Pentathlon/discus/jumping/wrestling/sprinting

3. heroic/ battles/ Olympic/ games

4. theatre/ open /air/ popular

(5). parts/ played/ men/ masks/ costumes

(6).

III.  Building

1.  $/ building/flourished

2.  wealthy/ helped/finance/ buildings

3. built/ theatres/ gymnasiums

4.  stone / buildings/ marble

(5). temples /acropolis/ center/ city-state

(6).

 

We composed our first paragraph in class.  Notice that we changed the order of our facts.  You are not required to do that right now, but you certainly may if you want too!

     Ancient city-states occasionally had rivalry and warfare.  (2)At age seven boys would leave home and join the army.  (1)Mercenaries were recruited to the army.  It was important for the city to defend the port of Piraeus.  The Long Walls kept the port from being cut off.  Only the strong would survive; the weak would die.

Don’t forget to mark your openers (subject and prepositional) and dress-ups (strong verb and quality adjective) just like we did in the first paragraph above!

January 8

Homework

• Writing Minutes
• Make sure the following paragraph has all its dress-ups (strong verb) and openers (subject and preposition).  Add them if necessary and mark them appropriately:
  • Marco Polo was an explorer.  He went to China.  He served the emperor.  He returned to Europe a rich man.  His travels began trade between Europe and China.
• Using the source you were given in class, finish taking notes on Ancient Greece.  We have chosen our subject and our topics now we need to use our source to find information and put it in the correct section on our outline. You may have more information on a topic then will fit in the outline.  That’s ok.  You don’t have to include everything.  Notice that we place the topic on the line with the Roman Numeral.
  • Here’s out outline so far!

I.  Military

1.  occasionally/city-states/rivalry/warfare

2.  defense/city/port Piraeus

3.  Mercenaries/ recruited/ army

4.  Long Walls/ not cut off/ port

(5).

(6)

II.  Sports

1.  Olympic games

2. Pentathlon/discus/jumping/wrestling/sprinting

3. 

4.

(5).

(6).

III.  Building

1.  $/ building/flourished

2.  wealthy/ helped/finance/ buildings

3. built/ theatres/ gymnasiums

4.  stone / buildings/ marble

(5). temples /acropolis/ center/ city-state

(6).

December 18

Homework

• Writing Minutes
• Each of your received a personalized list of assignments to work on over the break. 
• If your paper was blank, you get to choose what you want to write about.  (If you’re stuck and need some ideas, let me know, and I’ll point you in a direction!) 

December 11

 

Homework

• Writing Minutes
• Outline for “The Rescue of Maid Marian”
• Summarize “The Rescue of Maid Marian”
• 2nd or 3rd draft of Richard (if necessary)
• Outline and Summary of “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” (if necessary)

December 4

 

Homework

• Writing Minutes
• Richard Final Draft (if it’s not already finished)
• “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” Outline and Summary (if they are not already finished)
• Place the events in “The Rescue of Maid Marian” on the plot diagram
• Freewriting

There was no new information presented in class.  Look below for examples and helps if you need them!

November 20

 

Homework

This week everyone’s homework is slightly different depending on where you are in the writing process.  If an assignment is listed that you have completed or you are waiting for it to be returned, that is not an assignment you are responsible for this week!

• Writing minutes
• Richard (2nd or 3rd draft)
• “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” Summary.  Look at the examples in previous blog entries if you need a reminder or examples.  (Remember to mark your dress-ups and openers!  Use the guide and checklist below to help you.)

 

_____ Is my name on my paper?

_____ Is the date on my paper?

_____ Is my paper double-spaced?

_____ Did I put a title on my paper?

_____ Did I underline my dress-up? (strong verb)

_____ Did I put a 1 beside my subject opener (see below) and a 2 beside my prepositional opener (see below) in each paragraph?

Paragraph I

_____ strong verb (action word)

_____ subject opener (The person or thing the sentence is about is one of the first words in the sentence.  If your sentence begins with the words A, An, The, I, We, You, He, She, It, They, or a name, then you most likely have a sentence that begins with a subject opener!)

_____  prepositional opener (The sentence begins with one of the words on your proposition list.  Sometimes you may have to rewrite a sentence to begin with a preposition.)

 

Paragraph II 

_____ strong verb (action word)

_____ subject opener (The person or thing the sentence is about is one of the first words in the sentence.  If your sentence begins with the words A, An, The, I, We, You, He, She, It, They, or a name, then you most likely have a sentence that begins with a subject opener!)

_____  prepositional opener (The sentence begins with one of the words on your proposition list.  Sometimes you may have to rewrite a sentence to begin with a preposition.)

 

Paragraph III

_____ strong verb (action word)

_____ subject opener (The person or thing the sentence is about is one of the first words in the sentence.  If your sentence begins with the words A, An, The, I, We, You, He, She, It, They, or a name, then you most likely have a sentence that begins with a subject opener!)

_____  prepositional opener (The sentence begins with one of the words on your proposition list.  Sometimes you may have to rewrite a sentence to begin with a preposition.)

 

Here’s a checklist you can save and print off for yourself!