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WIN Nov 27th:
comma quiz 1  ( 2 pts)
Softschool quiz...on commas
read INTO/ in to , then answer the  three questions on it.
EXIT TIX- 4 things you learned, helped someone with, or know about Comma.s
Logic:   Mr. Donato has a wolf, a chicken and a sack of grain. He must cross a lake with only one of them at a time in his boat. If he leaves the wolf with the chicken he will eat it; if he leaves the chicken with the grain the chicken will eat it. How can he get all three across safely?

WIN  Nov 7th

Click here for 1st theme activity!   Short quotes
Click here for the 2nd theme activity, paragraphs!
Click here to discern the author's purpose...

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Video: 5 tips to improve your writing 

1.  Look at the painting above by Sandro Botticelli, which is entitled Primavera.  What is the tone and theme of the painting?    Google it to see it enlarged if need be.  Provide a few sentences on your reasons .
2.  Look at the images below.  For 2 or 3, state the tone and themes.  Please give a sentence or two for each.  Which words key off your understanding?   How do the photos aid in your understanding
   
    

  










May 9th
comma quiz 1  ( 2 pts)
Softschool quiz...on commas
read INTO/ in to , then answer the  three questions on it.
EXIT TIX- 4 things you learned, helped someone with, or know about Comma.s
Logic:   Mr. Donato has a wolf, a chicken and a sack of grain. He must cross a lake with only one of them at a time in his boat. If he leaves the wolf with the chicken he will eat it; if he leaves the chicken with the grain the chicken will eat it. How can he get all three across safely?





Brain teaser-1
context clues - do activity 3
Cities/ missing letters 1?
Cities missing letters 2 
Wed/Thurs
comma quiz 2 
Read Riding??? .
Brain teaser 3 
Grammar class? 
Can I do a poem too?
Fri/ Monday
cities 3 
cities 4 

1. Sequencing 

        2. Context Clues Millionaire - who can get the most...
3. context clues - only do activity 1 
4.  Work on "Ordeal By Cheque"- piece together the story..
Fri March 2nd

1. Context clues mystery....

2. context clues Quia one..
3.  Context clues- only do activity 2 
4. Sequencing -
5.  Work on "Ordeal By Cheque"- piece together the story..
Next day

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Work on MLK "I Have A Dream" speech questions/ rhetorical devices ( who can tell me what rhetorical means? ).
Work here: context clues   do activity one, then two, then 3....
1 . review with top example
2. Start with the handouts -main idea, supporting detail
3. - Then here -visual great depression main idea
4. paragraphs with supporting detail