THE FOLLOWING PAGE IS DEDICATED TO ALL OF MY CURRENT STUDENTS (AND THEIR PARENTS). ANYTHING THAT I DISTRIBUTE TO THE KIDS WILL BE UPLOADED HERE. IF I TYPE IT, IT WILL GO UP IMMEDIATELY. THINGS THAT NEED TO BE SCANNED MAY TAKE A LITTLE LONGER (UNLESS ONE OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DONATE A SCANNER... JUST KIDDING). IF THERE IS A HANDOUT THAT YOU KNOW OF OR WANT TO INQUIRE ABOUT, PLEASE CONTACT ME. I HOPE THIS IS HELPFUL... |  |
DEAR PARENTS... This is an article I was forwarded by a fellow PGCPS teacher.
I thought it was very interesting and decided to make it available to you...
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| This is the make-up test for Informational Textss. Anyone who scored below 70% on this test is REQUIRED to print this out, retake it, and turn it in to me on or before Monday, March 8th. Anyone who scored 70% or better is allowed to take it to increase his or her grade, but it is not mandatory. This assignment will not be collected after March 8th. |
| This presentations is designed to teach and review |
WRITE TWO ORIGINAL INFORMATIONAL PARAGRAPHS, 5-8 SENTENCES EACH, ABOUT A TOPIC OF YOUR CHOICE. IT WILL BE THE JOB OF YOUR CLASSMATES TO LISTEN AND PICK OUT THE ORGANZIATIONAL PATTERN, THE TOPIC, THE MAIN IDEA, AND TWO SUPPORTING DETAILS.
THEREFORE, YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE RECOGNIZABLE. YOUR PARAGRAPHS MUST HAVE TWO DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONAL PATTERNS.
ON THE FRONT OF YOUR PAGE, WRITE THE PARAGRAPH ON THE TOP, AND THEN THE ANSWERS ON THE BOTTOM. DO THE SAME THING ON THE BACK FOR THE SECOND PARAGRAPH.
| This is the presentation on organizational patterns that we began in class on Monday, February 1, 2010. It is the third of four installments from this unit of breaking down informational texts. The first was main idea and supporting details. The second was text features. The fourth will be author's purpose. |
| This is the homework assignment (bcr) for the night of January 28, 2010. |
| Parents, please be aware: There is a new home reading log being used for the 3rd and 4th quarters of the school year. It is due on the first class day of every week, and it is worth 100 points. It will still hold them accountable for reading a minimum of four days per week. The first one is due on Monday, February 1, 2010. It will not be accepted more than one day late for any reason other than absence. New sheets will only be given to those students who turn in the one they were given the previous week. Otherwise, it will be their responsibility to print one out. |
| This is a scaled down dlightly version of the ppt show that we used in class to discuss text features. All of the notes and assignments came from this ppt show. |
Click on the picture of
Walter Dean Myers
for help with your project... 
| These are generic questions that you can use to have your child review with any narrative they read. These questions will apply to any writing as long as it is a narrative (a story). |
EXTRA CREDIT ASSIGNMENT
FOR PEOPLE WHO DID POORLY
ON THE PERSONAL NARRATIVE PROJECT
You will need to buy a small notebook (composition or spiral) to complete this assignment (or create one in a folder, however, I would suggest the first option). The assignment takes twenty days. On one day, the student would write a diary entry that is at least one page long (3 or more paragraphs). On the next day, the student should edit, revise and finalize the entry from the previous day. SO, if I flip through your book, I should see something like the following:
- Day One - edited
- Day One - finalized
- Day Three - edited
- Day Three - finalized
- Day Five - edited
- Day Five - finalized
- etc etc etc
When you finish, there should be at least 10 edited pages and at least 10 finalized pages. I will be paying attention STRONGLY to the job you've done editing your entries... These will NOT be accepted after Friday, January 8, 2010...
| This is the work from December 4th. It is a powerpoint presentation about elements of writers' styles, and the classwork and homework that accompanied it. First mod was not assigned the last page. Fourth mod did the assignment on Thursday. And second mod was forced to turn in the homework during class after the majority of the class wasted their time. |
| This is the classwork and homework for the honor's class for 12-4-09 |
| This assignment was given to all students on Wednesday, December 2. It is a short story with SEVERAL questions relatd to all of the skills we have been practicing in class lately. There is also a BCR attached at the end. |
| Something different from the usual... We watched an episode of Family Ties in order to discuss internal/external conflict and theme. The episode can be found by clicking here: WATCH SHOW AGAIN To the left, you will find the powerpoint presentation used on theme and the assignment given on November 24th about the story. |
| This is a generic book completion form. One of these needs to be filled out for every book you read. If a book is more than 250 pages, you need to write the page count on the form... Thank you Mirna Bonilla for scanning this for me and your classmates. |
EVERYTHING BELOW IS FROM THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE 2009-2010 SCHOOL YEAR. SOME THINGS HAVE BEEN REMOVED TO CREATE SPACE FOR THINGS THAT ARE NEW. IF THERE IS SOMETHING YOU KNOW YOU MAY NEED IN THE FUTURE, PLEASE SAVE IT TO YOUR OWN COMPUTER (THINGS LIKE CHARTS, LOGS, ETC).
| This chart shows all of the things that we are covering in Unit One, which we are attempting to finish on Friday of next week (9-25-2009). |
| These are tips for students who are new to writing poetry. Specifically, these are tips for writing free-verse poetry. |
| This is the Home Reading Log. The first one was due on September 21. The next one is due two weeks later, on October 5th, and every other Monday for the rest of the year. If there is no school on a Monday, they are due on the first following school day. |
| This chart can be used to help children summarize non-fictional texts. It also has a space provided on the same page to write the answer in BCR form, based on the information provided in the chart. |
| This chart can be used to help children summarize fictional texts properly.
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| This chart shows all of the things that we are covering in Unit Two, which we are starting on Tuesday, October 6th, 2009). |
| generic 5W Chart |
| generic Character Trait Chart, used to break down what we think or feel about a character, what the writer said to make us feel that way, and how our inferences were drawn. |
| Blank BCR Sheet, can be used with any question on any text. |
| Use this sensory chart to break down how a writer taps into a reader's five senses (see, smell, hear, touch, and taste). |
EXTRA CREDIT ASSIGNMENT...
FIRST QUARTER, FALL 2009...
ALL STUDENTS, ALL PERIODS...
CHOOSE AN ADULT EMPLOYEE OF CHARLES CARROLL MIDDLE SCHOOL. WRITE TEN WELL THOUGHT-OUT QUESTIONS THAT YOU COULD ASK HIM/HER DURING AN INTERVIEW. YOUR QUESTIONS SHOULD FORCE THE PERSON BEING INTERVIEWED TO DISCUSS HIS/HER LIFE, JOB, CHILDHOOD, FUTURE PLANS, ETC.
SCHEDULE A TIME WHEN YOU CAN SIT DOWN WITH THIS PERSON AND ASK THEM THE QUESTIONS YOU'VE PREPARED. TAKE DETAILED NOTES ON ALL OF THEIR ANSWERS. (IF THAT'S DIFFICULT, ASK IF YOU CAN EMAIL THE QUESTIONS AND GET THE ANSWERS EMAILED BACK TO YOU.)
USE YOUR NOTES TO COMPOSE A NEWS ARTICLE ABOUT THE PERSON YOU INTERVIEWED. WHEN YOU TURN IN YOUR FINISHED ASSIGNMENT, YOU SHOULD GIVE ME...
- YOUR QUESTIONS
- YOUR NOTES/ANSWERS
- YOUR ROUGH DRAFT (WITH OBVIOUS PROOF OF EDITING AND REVISION)
- YOUR FINAL DRAFT (NOT ACCEPTED IN PENCIL)
SEE ME IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS ASSIGNMENT...
