January 31, 2008

1. Complete vocab p. 96 – highlight context clues

2. Complete sections 4 & 5 on the plot jot. Choose the 5 best questions in each section and answer those. Post changes to the wiki.

January 30, 2008

1. Complete p. 95 in vocabulary workbooks

2. Complete section 3 of the Plot Jot and make updates on your wiki story.

January 29, 2008

Be sure to check your assignment pad for tonight’s homework and upcoming test dates!

January 24, 2008

Check your assignment pad for homework and upcoming test dates. ( vocab tomorrow!)

January 22, 2008

1. Complete worksheet p. 57

2. Type falling action on the wiki.

January 17, 2008

1. Revise and edit your climax. Be sure to post changes to the wiki. Bring in the sloppy copy and the revised copy tomorrow.

2. Complete p. 89 in your vocabulary workbook. Remember to highlight the context clues.

January 16, 2008

1. Type the climax of your story on the wiki. Bring a printed copy to class tomorrow for editing. Remember that the climax of your story must involve a change within the main character. This is the turning point of your story.

2. Complete “Using Colons” worksheet.

January 15, 2008

1. Revise and edit the rising action. Use the Editor’s Challenge page and the checklist page that are in your binder. Print a copy of the revisions, and bring it with the sloppy copy tomorrow. Post your revisions to the wiki.

2. Vocab workbooks p. 87-88, completing the sentence. Highlight the context clues!

January 9, 2008

1. Complete “Apostrophe Review” worksheet.

2. Revise and edit section 1 of your story. Use the editor’s challenge paper AND your checklist. Be sure that your first section contains dialogue, a simile, a hyperbole, sensory descriptions, an internal conflict, and an external conflict. You are writing a story, so your first section should be setting the scene. It should read like a story NOT like an essay! When you have finished revising and editing in word, print a new copy and bring it to school with the sloppy copy tomorrow. Lastly, copy and paste what you have written to the wiki – it has been fixed, all user names and passwords have been checked, and you should not have any troubles posting tonight. Cross your fingers anyway!

January 8, 2008

Type Section 1 of your parallel story on the Wiki. Be sure to follow the steps as they were given in class. Print out a copy only if you are concerned that it did not post. I will get an e-mail whenever you post to the Wiki.

Vocab test Friday!