Archive for December, 2007
Story Time
Just a reminder that we will be picking up our short stories on Wednesday. We will review the Five Facts of Fiction and I will post some handouts on here to help you along the way! This will be a two week project and your stories will be due on January 18, 2008 […]
Multi-Media Project
We are going to begin our next big project! This will take a few weeks to prepare and put together. Presentations will begin the first week of quarter three.
Here are some of the highlights and links that you might find useful.
This is a copy of the handouts given in class.
Here are some good […]Extra Credit!!
Sorry this was not up yesterday as intended, but with that last day and all - things were hectic!
I am offering two forms of extra credit - one is for writing (language arts), the other for reading.
1. For reading, if you read over break and write one dialectical journal (if you forgot the format […]Short Stories!!!!
Make sure to come back in January with your what ifs sheet ready to go!! We will be working on our short stories then!!!!!
Only 3 Days!!!
With only three days this week - we will be wrapping up on projects and not really beginning anything new. I will be posting an extra credit assignment on here if anyone in interested. It will post on Wednesday and will be due the day we come back from break!
Binders - MUG for 7/8
Your mug section should be set up in the following manner:
Grammar Handouts
1. Punctuation
2. Rules for writing Numbers
Subjects and Predicates1. Sentence Review 8.1-8.10
2. Sub/Pred Quiz
Nouns
1. Nouns 9.1-9.6
2. Nouns Lesson 9
3. Nouns Review Exercise 1-5
4. Noun Quiz
Verbs1. Transitive and Intransitive / Direct and Indirect Handout
2. 10.2 sheet
3. […]Grammar - in general
Here is a really cool link to help review some of those grammar terms you may be unfamiliar with. This site has activities and handouts that you can either review by yourself - or at home with a parent!
Participles
Here is a great link to look at and help to figure out the participle.
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What is Poetry?
What is Poetry?
A poem may appear to mean very different things
to different readers, and all of these meanings
may be different from what the author thought he
meant. For instance, the author may have been
writing some peculiar personal […]