November 19, 2009

***I gave grade slips to students.  Because of poor performance on the sentence structure quiz/and or not doing all homework, too many students have low grades so far.  Please ask your child how he/she is doing, or check the Home Access Center. ***

Homework:
Completing the Sentence Unit 5
There will be a quiz on unit 5 on Tuesday.

Today:
Students entered their choosing the right word on the responders for a 20 point grade.
I reviewed context clues for the completing the sentence.
I discussed the requirements for the debate a little more.
We started watching The Ant Bully and completing a worksheet which discusses themes from the movie. We discussed prejudice and the literary term foreshadowing.

Students must discuss the book, the movie, and other sources in their debates.  They must specifically say, "In the movie..."