Obviously, I am no longer your teacher, so this is "homework" only in the sense that it is something you will do at home, if you do it all.
I am updating this HW Blog on Thursday evening after our last class together. It has become such a habit for me to update that I thought it might equally have become a habit for you to check it, and so some of you might just head here to see if anything had been posted.
Thank you for your respectful attitudes, hard work, and great writing this year. I had so much fun helping you learn to write better, and I was blessed by the wonderfully creative things you came up with.
Homework?
* Well, I gave you a set of summer reading logs. Don't ever stop reading! It truly is one of the easiest and most sure-fire ways to increase your vocabulary and understanding of the English language, plus its fun! 30 minutes a day, especially in summer--what's the big deal?! ;)
* Keep writing in your journal! Use first person. Learn to cultivate a conversational prayer journal with God. It will enrich your prayer life and your writing skills.
* Consult the list of verse references you copied into your writer's notebook/journal. Keep reviewing the one you've already memorized. Pick which one you'd like to memorize next. Get started on it! See if you can have them all memorized by the end of summer.
Verses to choose from:
+ Psalm 103:8-14
+ Philippians 4:4-8
+ Titus 2:11-14
+ I Chronicles 29:11-13
+ Colossians 3:12-17
+ Philippians 2:12b-16
+ Ephesians 4:29-32
+ I Peter 5:6-11
+ Proverbs 2:1-6
Well, there it is... some of my hopes and dreams for your summer and beyond. Don't forget to come see me next year! I want to keep up with how you're doing!
I'm available on Facebook and via email as well. Do keep in touch...
With admiration and affection,
Mrs. Sitterding
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
HW from 5/24/11
Due on 5/26/11:
* Bring the illustrated copy of your story. (2 pictures within the text... 1 large picture as a cover page) The text should be double-spaced in a 12-pt. legible font.
* Reading for Reading Log: 30 minutes daily.
* Write in your journal at least once per day. Use first person. If you address an audience at all, it should be God.
* Be prepared to recite your verse for the class. Be sure you have copied the following list of verse references into your writer's notebook/journal. Bring the card you made with the verse and reference written on it.
Verses to choose from:
+ Psalm 103:8-14
+ Philippians 4:4-8
+ Titus 2:11-14
+ I Chronicles 29:11-13
+ Colossians 3:12-17
+ Philippians 2:12b-16
+ Ephesians 4:29-32
+ I Peter 5:6-11
+ Proverbs 2:1-6
**** I have calculated your average without the recited verse and story. I will write your grade on your report card tomorrow in class as calculated, provided you do both of the above things. If you don't have either of them, I will adjust your grade accordingly. Please come prepared!!
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OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):
For this Tu: Please be prepared, should I call on you.
For this Th:
For next Tu:
For next Th:
* Bring the illustrated copy of your story. (2 pictures within the text... 1 large picture as a cover page) The text should be double-spaced in a 12-pt. legible font.
* Reading for Reading Log: 30 minutes daily.
* Write in your journal at least once per day. Use first person. If you address an audience at all, it should be God.
* Be prepared to recite your verse for the class. Be sure you have copied the following list of verse references into your writer's notebook/journal. Bring the card you made with the verse and reference written on it.
Verses to choose from:
+ Psalm 103:8-14
+ Philippians 4:4-8
+ Titus 2:11-14
+ I Chronicles 29:11-13
+ Colossians 3:12-17
+ Philippians 2:12b-16
+ Ephesians 4:29-32
+ I Peter 5:6-11
+ Proverbs 2:1-6
**** I have calculated your average without the recited verse and story. I will write your grade on your report card tomorrow in class as calculated, provided you do both of the above things. If you don't have either of them, I will adjust your grade accordingly. Please come prepared!!
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OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):
For this Tu: Please be prepared, should I call on you.
For this Th:
For next Tu:
For next Th:
Saturday, May 21, 2011
HE from 5/19
Due on 5/24/11:
* Reading for Reading Log: 30 minutes daily. TURN IN YOUR SIGNED READING LOG TUESDAY!
* We will have our year-end party on Tuesday instead of Thursday. Bring your treats to share on Tuesday.
* Memorize your poem(s) for recitation, if you have not already done so.
* Write in your journal at least once per day. Use first person. If you address an audience at all, it should be God.
* Be prepared to recite your verse for the class beginning on Tuesday. Be sure you have copied the following list of verse references into your writer's notebook/journal. Bring the card you made with the verse and reference written on it.
Verses to choose from:
+ Psalm 103:8-14
+ Philippians 4:4-8
+ Titus 2:11-14
+ I Chronicles 29:11-13
+ Colossians 3:12-17
+ Philippians 2:12b-16
+ Ephesians 4:29-32
+ I Peter 5:6-11
+ Proverbs 2:1-6
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OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):
For this Tu: Please be prepared, should I call on you.
For this Th:
For next Tu:
For next Th:
* Reading for Reading Log: 30 minutes daily. TURN IN YOUR SIGNED READING LOG TUESDAY!
* We will have our year-end party on Tuesday instead of Thursday. Bring your treats to share on Tuesday.
* Memorize your poem(s) for recitation, if you have not already done so.
* Write in your journal at least once per day. Use first person. If you address an audience at all, it should be God.
* Be prepared to recite your verse for the class beginning on Tuesday. Be sure you have copied the following list of verse references into your writer's notebook/journal. Bring the card you made with the verse and reference written on it.
Verses to choose from:
+ Psalm 103:8-14
+ Philippians 4:4-8
+ Titus 2:11-14
+ I Chronicles 29:11-13
+ Colossians 3:12-17
+ Philippians 2:12b-16
+ Ephesians 4:29-32
+ I Peter 5:6-11
+ Proverbs 2:1-6
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OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):
For this Tu: Please be prepared, should I call on you.
For this Th:
For next Tu:
For next Th:
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
HW from 5/17/11
Due on 5/19/11:
* Reading for Reading Log: 30 minutes daily.
* Memorize your poem(s) for recitation, if you have not already done so.
* Write in your journal at least once per day. Use first person. If you address an audience at all, it should be God.
* Copy the following list of verse references into your writer's notebook/journal. Choose which one you want to memorize this week. Make a card with the verse and reference written on it, and begin your memorization. Bring the verse card to class on Thursday.
Verses to choose from:
+ Psalm 103:8-14
+ Philippians 4:4-8
+ Titus 2:11-14
+ I Chronicles 29:11-13
+ Colossians 3:12-17
+ Philippians 2:12b-16
+ Ephesians 4:29-32
+ I Peter 5:6-11
+ Proverbs 2:1-6
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OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):
For this Tu: Josh
For this Th: Ethan
For next Tu:
For next Th:
* Reading for Reading Log: 30 minutes daily.
* Memorize your poem(s) for recitation, if you have not already done so.
* Write in your journal at least once per day. Use first person. If you address an audience at all, it should be God.
* Copy the following list of verse references into your writer's notebook/journal. Choose which one you want to memorize this week. Make a card with the verse and reference written on it, and begin your memorization. Bring the verse card to class on Thursday.
Verses to choose from:
+ Psalm 103:8-14
+ Philippians 4:4-8
+ Titus 2:11-14
+ I Chronicles 29:11-13
+ Colossians 3:12-17
+ Philippians 2:12b-16
+ Ephesians 4:29-32
+ I Peter 5:6-11
+ Proverbs 2:1-6
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OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):
For this Tu: Josh
For this Th: Ethan
For next Tu:
For next Th:
HW from 5/12/11
Due on 5/17/11:
* Reading for Reading Log: 30 minutes daily.
* Memorize your poem(s) for recitation, if you have not already done so.
* Write in your journal at least once per day. Use first person. If you address an audience at all, it should be God.
* Write your animal story. Type it and email it to me. Make it double-spaced, 12 point font (Arial).
Remember the criteria:
+ animal story (not human; real animals)
+ a main character and supporting character(s)
+ plot - rising action, climax (1 main event), conclusion
+ length - required to be between 300 and 450 words, no less and no more.
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OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):
For this Tu:
For this Th: Rachel
For next Tu: Josh
For next Th: Ethan
* Reading for Reading Log: 30 minutes daily.
* Memorize your poem(s) for recitation, if you have not already done so.
* Write in your journal at least once per day. Use first person. If you address an audience at all, it should be God.
* Write your animal story. Type it and email it to me. Make it double-spaced, 12 point font (Arial).
Remember the criteria:
+ animal story (not human; real animals)
+ a main character and supporting character(s)
+ plot - rising action, climax (1 main event), conclusion
+ length - required to be between 300 and 450 words, no less and no more.
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OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):
For this Tu:
For this Th: Rachel
For next Tu: Josh
For next Th: Ethan
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
HW from 5/10/11
Due on 5/12/11:
* Reading for Reading Log: 30 minutes daily.
* Memorize your poem(s) for recitation, if you have not already done so.
* Write in your journal at least once per day. Use first person. If you address an audience at all, it should be God.
* Finish/repair your ballad. Remember to incorporate the theme for your age group and to use the following (see handout for more explanation):
+ Ballads are narrative. They tell a story.
+ Use either ABCB or ABAB rhyme scheme.
+ Use quatrain (four-line stanzas).
+ Lines 1 and 3 are iambic tetrameter (four iambs: S-L rhythmic feet).
+ Lines 2 and 4 are iambic trimeter (three iambs: S-L rhythmic feet).
* Be reviewing for your poetry re-test.
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OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):
For this Tu:
For this Th: Rachel
For next Tu: Josh
For next Th: Ethan
* Reading for Reading Log: 30 minutes daily.
* Memorize your poem(s) for recitation, if you have not already done so.
* Write in your journal at least once per day. Use first person. If you address an audience at all, it should be God.
* Finish/repair your ballad. Remember to incorporate the theme for your age group and to use the following (see handout for more explanation):
+ Ballads are narrative. They tell a story.
+ Use either ABCB or ABAB rhyme scheme.
+ Use quatrain (four-line stanzas).
+ Lines 1 and 3 are iambic tetrameter (four iambs: S-L rhythmic feet).
+ Lines 2 and 4 are iambic trimeter (three iambs: S-L rhythmic feet).
* Be reviewing for your poetry re-test.
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OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):
For this Tu:
For this Th: Rachel
For next Tu: Josh
For next Th: Ethan
Thursday, May 5, 2011
HW from 5/5/11
Due on 5/10/11:
* Reading for Reading Log: 30 minutes daily.
* Re-scan any of the poems that you scanned incorrectly in the poem packet I gave you. Attempt to correctly identify the rhythmic foot for each of the poems listed below.
TOGETHER WE DID:
+ A Baby's Feet - p.38 (iambic)
+ Little - p.38 (dactylic)
+ Slippery - p.39 (iambic)
+ Two in Bed - p.40 (trochaic)
+ Our Silly Little Sister - p.40 (anapestic)
+ The Quarrel - p.41 (iambic)
FOR HOMEWORK, YOU SHOULD DO:
+ In Go-Cart So Tiny - p. 38
+ Sisters - p.39
+ Big Brother - p.41
+ The Cupboard - p.42
+ Afternoon with Grandmother - p.42
+ Animal Crackers - p.43
+ Setting the Table - p.44
+ Manners - p.44
+ I've Got A New Book... - p.45
+ A Child's Grace - p.45
+ A Pop Corn Song - p.45
+ When Young Melissa Sweeps - p.46
+ I Like Housecleaning - p.47
+ Mumps - p.47
+ The Land of Counterpane - p.48
+ Mr. Nobody - p.49
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DO:
+ Little Brother's Secret - p.49
NOTE: There is only ONE poem in this list that is free verse. All others are either primarily iambic, trochaic, anapestic, or dactylic.
* Memorize your poem(s) for recitation, if you have not already done so.
* Write in your journal at least once per day. Use first person. If you address an audience at all, it should be God.
* Finish your ballad. Remember to incorporate the theme for your age group and to use the following (see handout for more explanation):
+ Ballads are narrative. They tell a story.
+ Use either ABCB or ABAB rhyme scheme.
+ Use quatrain (four-line stanzas).
+ Lines 1 and 3 are iambic tetrameter (four S-L rhythmic feet).
+ Lines 2 and 4 are iambic trimeter (three S-L rhythmic feet).
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OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):
For this Tu: Rachel
For this Th: Maddy
For next Tu: Josh
For next Th: Ethan
* Reading for Reading Log: 30 minutes daily.
* Re-scan any of the poems that you scanned incorrectly in the poem packet I gave you. Attempt to correctly identify the rhythmic foot for each of the poems listed below.
TOGETHER WE DID:
+ A Baby's Feet - p.38 (iambic)
+ Little - p.38 (dactylic)
+ Slippery - p.39 (iambic)
+ Two in Bed - p.40 (trochaic)
+ Our Silly Little Sister - p.40 (anapestic)
+ The Quarrel - p.41 (iambic)
FOR HOMEWORK, YOU SHOULD DO:
+ In Go-Cart So Tiny - p. 38
+ Sisters - p.39
+ Big Brother - p.41
+ The Cupboard - p.42
+ Afternoon with Grandmother - p.42
+ Animal Crackers - p.43
+ Setting the Table - p.44
+ Manners - p.44
+ I've Got A New Book... - p.45
+ A Child's Grace - p.45
+ A Pop Corn Song - p.45
+ When Young Melissa Sweeps - p.46
+ I Like Housecleaning - p.47
+ Mumps - p.47
+ The Land of Counterpane - p.48
+ Mr. Nobody - p.49
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DO:
+ Little Brother's Secret - p.49
NOTE: There is only ONE poem in this list that is free verse. All others are either primarily iambic, trochaic, anapestic, or dactylic.
* Memorize your poem(s) for recitation, if you have not already done so.
* Write in your journal at least once per day. Use first person. If you address an audience at all, it should be God.
* Finish your ballad. Remember to incorporate the theme for your age group and to use the following (see handout for more explanation):
+ Ballads are narrative. They tell a story.
+ Use either ABCB or ABAB rhyme scheme.
+ Use quatrain (four-line stanzas).
+ Lines 1 and 3 are iambic tetrameter (four S-L rhythmic feet).
+ Lines 2 and 4 are iambic trimeter (three S-L rhythmic feet).
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OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):
For this Tu: Rachel
For this Th: Maddy
For next Tu: Josh
For next Th: Ethan
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
HW from 5/3/11
Due on 5/5/11:
* Reading for Reading Log: 30 minutes daily.
* Scan the poem packet I gave you. Attempt to correctly identify the rhythmic foot for each of the poems listed below.
TOGETHER WE DID:
+ A Baby's Feet - p.38 (iambic)
+ Little - p.38 (dactylic)
+ Slippery - p.39 (iambic)
+ Two in Bed - p.40 (trochaic)
+ Our Silly Little Sister - p.40 (anapestic)
+ The Quarrel - p.41 (iambic)
FOR HOMEWORK, YOU SHOULD DO:
+ In Go-Cart So Tiny - p. 38
+ Sisters - p.39
+ Big Brother - p.41
+ The Cupboard - p.42
+ Afternoon with Grandmother - p.42
+ Animal Crackers - p.43
+ Setting the Table - p.44
+ Manners - p.44
+ I've Got A New Book... - p.45
+ A Child's Grace - p.45
+ A Pop Corn Song - p.45
+ When Young Melissa Sweeps - p.46
+ I Like Housecleaning - p.47
+ Mumps - p.47
+ The Land of Counterpane - p.48
+ Mr. Nobody - p.49
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DO:
+ Little Brother's Secret - p.49
NOTE: There is only ONE poem in this list that is free verse. All others are either primarily iambic, trochaic, anapestic, or dactylic.
* Memorize your poem(s) for recitation, if you have not already done so.
* Write in your journal at least once per day. Use first person. If you address an audience at all, it should be God.
* Write at least one stanza of your ballad. Remember to incorporate the theme for your age group and to use the following (see handout for more explanation):
+ Ballads are narrative. They tell a story.
+ Use either ABCB or ABAB rhyme scheme.
+ Use quatrain (four-line stanzas).
+ Lines 1 & 3 are iambic tetrameter (four S-L rhythmic feet).
+ Lines 2 & 4 are iambic trimeter (three S-L rhythmic feet).
* Sarah, your copy of your paper is now overdue. Please do a final edit and bring a printed copy to class, along with all previous drafts and notes.
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OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):
For this Tu:Philip
For this Th: Sam
For next Tu: Rachel
For next Th: Maddy
* Reading for Reading Log: 30 minutes daily.
* Scan the poem packet I gave you. Attempt to correctly identify the rhythmic foot for each of the poems listed below.
TOGETHER WE DID:
+ A Baby's Feet - p.38 (iambic)
+ Little - p.38 (dactylic)
+ Slippery - p.39 (iambic)
+ Two in Bed - p.40 (trochaic)
+ Our Silly Little Sister - p.40 (anapestic)
+ The Quarrel - p.41 (iambic)
FOR HOMEWORK, YOU SHOULD DO:
+ In Go-Cart So Tiny - p. 38
+ Sisters - p.39
+ Big Brother - p.41
+ The Cupboard - p.42
+ Afternoon with Grandmother - p.42
+ Animal Crackers - p.43
+ Setting the Table - p.44
+ Manners - p.44
+ I've Got A New Book... - p.45
+ A Child's Grace - p.45
+ A Pop Corn Song - p.45
+ When Young Melissa Sweeps - p.46
+ I Like Housecleaning - p.47
+ Mumps - p.47
+ The Land of Counterpane - p.48
+ Mr. Nobody - p.49
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DO:
+ Little Brother's Secret - p.49
NOTE: There is only ONE poem in this list that is free verse. All others are either primarily iambic, trochaic, anapestic, or dactylic.
* Memorize your poem(s) for recitation, if you have not already done so.
* Write in your journal at least once per day. Use first person. If you address an audience at all, it should be God.
* Write at least one stanza of your ballad. Remember to incorporate the theme for your age group and to use the following (see handout for more explanation):
+ Ballads are narrative. They tell a story.
+ Use either ABCB or ABAB rhyme scheme.
+ Use quatrain (four-line stanzas).
+ Lines 1 & 3 are iambic tetrameter (four S-L rhythmic feet).
+ Lines 2 & 4 are iambic trimeter (three S-L rhythmic feet).
* Sarah, your copy of your paper is now overdue. Please do a final edit and bring a printed copy to class, along with all previous drafts and notes.
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OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):
For this Tu:Philip
For this Th: Sam
For next Tu: Rachel
For next Th: Maddy
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