Due on Thursday, 4/13/17
1) Be sure I have your corrected poems (printed and turned in and also emailed) and your signed report card. See previous blog posts for details.
2) Complete the handout entitled "Theme Story Planning," which I have just emailed to you. Print it out and handwrite your answers to each of the questions. Planning is essential to a good writing experience! Give all these things some real thought, and write down the details of what you're planning to do in your story. REMEMBER: Your theme does not have to be listed on that handout I gave you. Those are just some theme ideas to get you started thinking. Choose whatever theme you would like to illustrate in your final story. The one you write on this handout and turn in on Thursday will be the one I will look for in your story.
3) Finalize your decision about the next poem you want to memorize for recitation. Print a good copy of the poem—complete with title, author, and poem itself—to turn in on Thursday. You may begin to memorize the poem as soon as you've settled on it.
4) You should be ready to recite any of the three verses you've memorized at any time.
Below appear three videos I made during class today. The first two are of CWA and contain the entire lesson on "theme" and the two conventional ways of starting a story. The third one is of part of CWB (before I ran out of memory part-way through the lessons). It does contain, however, the grammar lesson that is missing from the two CWA videos, since in that class we did the grammar lesson earlier in the class, after the opening. If you missed class today, please make sure you watch all three.
CWA Part 1
CWA Part 2
CWB
Below appear three videos I made during class today. The first two are of CWA and contain the entire lesson on "theme" and the two conventional ways of starting a story. The third one is of part of CWB (before I ran out of memory part-way through the lessons). It does contain, however, the grammar lesson that is missing from the two CWA videos, since in that class we did the grammar lesson earlier in the class, after the opening. If you missed class today, please make sure you watch all three.
CWA Part 1
CWA Part 2
CWB
Also, daily:
+ Read your (approved) reading log book for pleasure, aiming for at least 30 minutes daily. Mark the number of minutes on your Reading Log calendar (in multiples of five, rounded down) as you go along.
+ Write in your gratitude journal daily, aiming for three things but listing at least one thing you are thankful for each day. When you have done so, place a small check mark in the top corner of your Reading Log calendar for that day.
+ Read your (approved) reading log book for pleasure, aiming for at least 30 minutes daily. Mark the number of minutes on your Reading Log calendar (in multiples of five, rounded down) as you go along.
+ Write in your gratitude journal daily, aiming for three things but listing at least one thing you are thankful for each day. When you have done so, place a small check mark in the top corner of your Reading Log calendar for that day.
+ Review one of your Scripture memory verses each day, such that you keep all of them fresh in your memory at all times and each verse gets reviewed at least once per week. You should be ready to recite any of the three verses you've memorized at any time.
NOTE: The April Reading Log will be due, signed by a parent, on Thursday, 4/27/17.
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