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School Wide Write

4/16/2021

 
If you were absent today, be sure to check MS Teams for the handouts for next week's SWW. Your brainstorm plans should be completed for before class on Monday. Laptops will be provided.

​*If you did not attend Student Led Conferences, please remember to have your chats at home and return your completed yellow sheets.

Book Fair Presentations

4/7/2021

 
Be ready to present your book talk! We'll take volunteers, but when we run out of volunteers, there will be a lottery to choose presenters.

*Reading Responses #1 and #2 are now overdue. Both should be submitted through MS Teams.

Book Fair projects all week...

3/29/2021

 
Submit at least one Reading Response today through MS Teams, and finish and submit the second one ASAP (this week!) if you'd like feedback. This week during class you will have time to work on your responses, decorate your bags, and start preparing for presentations on Wednesday, April 7th.

Happy Reading over March Break!

3/12/2021

 
Spread out your reading over the break to ensure that you complete your novel before we return to school.

Feel free to work on Reading Responses and send them to Ms. Clarke through MS Teams if you'd like feedback.

Enjoy your holiday! :-)

Book Fair

3/8/2021

 
Make sure you bring your chosen Book Fair Project novel to read in class. 

Revised (late) Persuasive Paragraphs need to be submitted no later than by Tuesday, March 9th at 3:30 PM so that I have time to print them out for class use. 

*All overdue assignments need to be submitted before Spring Break or they will be given a grade of zero.


Persuasive Paragraph

3/2/2021

 
*Ensure that you have your topic chosen and your 3 arguments + 1 counterargument by Thursday's class so that you are ready to draft your paragraphs in class.

Peer-edited, revised, and edited polished paragraphs are due in MS Teams by midnight on Friday, March 5th.

You can find a digital copy of the assignment here: Persuasive Paragraph
You can find a planning template here: Persuasive Paragraph Prewriting

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Here's the booklet on Persuasive Writing: Persuasive samples
The full assignment: Digital copy
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Retreat Day Tomorrow!

3/2/2021

 
Come dressed to run around and do community-building activities in the Gym, and bring outdoor clothing to play in the snow in the afternoon. :-)

Paragraphs: Descriptive

2/25/2021

 
Circle the nouns and underline the adjectives in the paragraph from Anne of Green Gables.
Complete #1 (definitions) for Monday.

Paragraphs: Coherence

2/23/2021

 
Finish the green "Coherence" booklet for tomorrow. *Be ready to display your AMND Summative Projects

Tomorrow's PLC dismissal requirements: 
  • Historical Diary
  • Shakespeare In the Classroom
  • AMND Acts 1-5 booklets
  • AMND Summative Project

AMND Test & Summative Assignment

2/11/2021

 
Use your class notes and this website to help you to prepare for your test next week: Cliffs Notes
HUM 903 test is on Monday, February 15th
HUM 901 test is on Tuesday, February 16th
Test = matching characters + multiple choice of basic info on the play, Shakespeare, and the theatre + essay

Acts 1-5 booklets are due on the test day

*Summative projects are due Friday, February 19th

Visual review: AMND cartoon
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    Course Outline
    
    Weird Al's "Word Crimes"


    ​Links

    Shakespeare
    Act I booklet
    Act II booklet

    Act III booklet
    Act IV booklet
    Act V booklet


    Cliffs Notes for A Midsummer Night's Dream 

    Writing Tips
    Topic Sentence
    ​Topic Sentence
    Transitions & Concluding Sentences
    Concluding Sentences

    The Modern Age Site
    English Civil War Site

    French Rev Webquest

    French Rev Adventure
    French Rev Game 2
    French Rev Game 3
    ​Industrial Revolution Quizlet
    French Revolution Quizlet
    Napoleon Quizlet

    ​Literary Terms
    
    Lit Terms Quizlet
    Figurative Language Quizlet
    Figurative Language game
    ​Literary Terms Quizlet

    ​Parts of Speech
    ​Nouns game
    Grammar games
    Nouns and Pronouns game

    Pronouns games
    Verb Games #1
    ​Active & Passive Verbs

    Active vs Passive quiz
    ​Verb Game #2
    Verb Game #3
    ​Verb Game #4

    Adverb Game #1
    Adverb Game #2
    Adverb Game #3
    Adverbs Activities
    Adjectives & Adverbs
    ​

    ​Prepositions 
    Conjunctions
    ​Interjections
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    Grammaropolis.com
    Grammar Monster

    Punctuation Games

    Paintball
    More Punctuation Games!
    Semi-Colons War
    Punctuation Wars!
    ​Various Punctuation Games
    Punctuation Speed Check
    Punctuation Self-test

    ​Study Guide/Reference website
    The Oatmeal: Semicolon
    The Oatmeal: Apostrophe

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