Today in class- I returned article sharing 1. Overall, everyone did a good job on this. For future article sharing write-ups, remember to include the titles of the article and the newspaper/magazine you got the article from.
- I also returned paragraph 1 1st drafts. We talked about revising your first draft.
- Journal entry 2: What was the best thing you ever read? What made it the best? and/or What is the best thing you ever wrote? What was it about and what made it so good?
- Article sharing 2: Good discussion today. If you were absent or didn't have an article to share, there is always Article Sharing 3 and beyond. Join in. It's not so bad.
- We did practice sentences on the board to determine who well you could ID subjects and verbs in sentences.
- Begin in Kanar. We talked about the need to have a positive attitude about reading to be effective readers. We also talked about long and short term memory and how we need to take action to commit something we read to our long term memory.
HW for 1/31 Thurs- Article sharing 3: Remember that your summary has to be at least 75 words and your reaction at least 50.
- Paragraph 1, 2nd drafts. Make sure your first sentence states the topic and opinion (your point). Make sure to emphasize your point in your details by repeating key words and using synonyms.
- Kanar: Do exercises 1.2 and 1.3
- Langan: Do Review Tests 1 & 2 on pp 97-98.
- Vocab Quiz 1: Study words from page 4 in Kanar.
Reminder: We will not have class on Tuesday 1/29. Mr Turner will be on the Big Island.
