Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Week of February 18-21

Hello!  This week we will begin with literature and poetry, and then we will move on to note-taking focusing on quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing.

Homework:
All students should be reading their own self-selected reading books and recording their pages on their reading logs.  Logs are distributed and collected on Tuesdays. (A minimum of 90 minutes of reading per week outside of English class is expected.)

Tues--decide on LAD Fair project and get started.  (Projects are due on Thursday, Feb. 27th.)
Wed--final copy of poem in ink or typed due tomorrow
Thurs--read at home
Fri--read at home

READING EXPLORATORY
 This week we will work on subject/verb agreement in grammar, and we will focus on making predictions with support while reading.  There will be homework (worksheets) on Thursday and Friday.