HW from Tuesday, 10/30/18

Due on Thursday, 11/1/18

1) Make all corrections to your descriptive setting paper, which I returned to you today in class. If you cannot read any of the marks I made and need to talk to me about it, either scan the paper and email it to me or take a picture of it and text it to me before you call me about it, so I can look at it when you ask the question. Feel free to call!

2) Still call this D2, Descriptive Setting

3) You will turn in all copies, with the new beautiful copy on top.

4) Your October Reading Log is due Thursday as well.

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Also, daily:

+ Read your (approved) book for pleasure, aiming for 30 minutes daily. Mark the number of minutes on your Reading Log as you go along—in multiples of five, rounded down—and have a parent initial it in the box each day. The October Reading log is due on Thursday, November 1.

+ Continue to print out each homework blog entry, check off each assignment as you complete it, and have your parent sign the completed, printed sheet. Bring it to class each day.

OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):

For Tu, 10/30: Silas (CWA); Hunter (CWB)

For Th, 11/1: Ethan (CWA); Elisa (CWB)

For Tu, 11/6: Alan (CWA); Ross (CWB)

For Th, 11/8: Stephen (CWA); Sophia (CWB)

For Tu, 11/13: Josh (CWA); Ian (CWB)

For Th, 11/15: Hudson (CWA); Kaitlyn (CWB)

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

No KEYS on 11/20 & 11/22

For Tu, 11/27: Kristopher (CWA); Albie (CWB)

For Th, 11/29: Aylene (CWA); Nathaniel (CWB)

For Tu, 12/4: Natalie (CWA); Hunter (CWB)

For Th, 12/6: Wyatt (CWA); Elisa(CWB)

For Tu, 12/11: Allie (CWA); Ross (CWB)

For Th, 12/13: Silas (CWA); Sophia (CWB)

For Tu, 12/18: Ethan (CWA); Ian (CWB)

For Th, 12/20: Alan (CWA); Kaitlyn (CWB)

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

No KEYS on 12/25, 12/27, 1/1 & 1/3

CWA: Stephen, Josh, Hudson, Kristopher, Aylene, Natalie, Wyatt, Allie, Silas, Ethan, Alan

CWB: Albie, Nathaniel, Hunter, Elisa, Ross, Sophia, Ian, Kaitlyn

HW from Thursday, 10/25/18

Due on Tuesday, 10/30/18

My headache is better! It started to improve about halfway through the CWB class, and has continued to get better throughout the afternoon. Thank you for your prayers!

1) If you did not complete it for today, choose the verse you will share for your opening. Write it down, along with a few points you plan to share as to why it is meaningful to you. File it in your notebook and don’t forget to show me on Tuesday to erase your zero.

2) Write your season essay using the following parameters:

* Thoroughly complete your Essay Planning Worksheet beforeyou begin writing your essay. (You will be required to turn it in—along with your brainstorming sheet, where you figured out your three categories, and the following items—for full credit.)

* Revisit the three aspects of the season that you chose for your three paragraph topics, and plan out the descriptive phrases you might like to use to enhance the images you will be creating of this season. Plan for the adjectives and adverbs and exciting verbs and nouns. What sensory details will you include? Write these in the margins of your Essay Planning Worksheet.

* Figure out at least one instance of figurative language (simile, metaphor, or personification) that you can put into your paper. Plan it out ahead of time! You will be required to have at least one in your essay. Write this at the top of your Essay Planning Worksheet.

* Although you may use first person pronouns (“I,” “me,” “my,” “mine,” “we,” “us,” “our,” and/or “ours”), please do not tell me a story about something that happened to you or something you did, but rather give me a good description of the season itself, using sensory details and all the other ways we’ve learned to make your writing descriptive.  (And do not give me a “weather report,” either!)

* You do not have to handwrite any part of the essay itself if you do not want to. If your Essay Planning Worksheet is complete, you may sit down at the computer and use the Essay Planning Worksheet to write your essay from scratch directly on the computer if you would like to.

* Follow the Guidelines for Typed Compositions listed on the right-hand side of the blog. Your completed essay should work out to be around 200 words.

NOTE: On Tuesday, you will turn in the following items, stapled in order from bottom to top. 

1) Your brainstorming sheet, from which you gleaned your three topics for your three paragraphs

2) Your completed Essay Planning Worksheet

3) Your D1 (first draft), in which you’ve highlighted your figurative language example and which you have proofread yourself, then had proofread and signed by a parent and one other person

4) Your D2 (second draft), in which you corrected your D1 based on the suggestions of your two proofreaders

Your beautiful, corrected draft will be on top. Do not fold your stack of papers. 

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Also, daily:

+ Read your (approved) book for pleasure, aiming for 30 minutes daily. Mark the number of minutes on your Reading Log as you go along—in multiples of five, rounded down—and have a parent initial it in the box each day. The October Reading log is due on Thursday, November 1.

+ Continue to print out each homework blog entry, check off each assignment as you complete it, and have your parent sign the completed, printed sheet. Bring it to class each day.

OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):

For Tu, 10/30: Silas (CWA); Hunter (CWB)

For Th, 11/1: Ethan (CWA); Elisa (CWB)

For Tu, 11/6: Alan (CWA); Ross (CWB)

For Th, 11/8: Stephen (CWA); Sophia (CWB)

For Tu, 11/13: Josh (CWA); Ian (CWB)

For Th, 11/15: Hudson (CWA); Kaitlyn (CWB)

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

No KEYS on 11/20 & 11/22

For Tu, 11/27: Kristopher (CWA); Albie (CWB)

For Th, 11/29: Aylene (CWA); Nathaniel (CWB)

For Tu, 12/4: Natalie (CWA); Hunter (CWB)

For Th, 12/6: Wyatt (CWA); Elisa(CWB)

For Tu, 12/11: Allie (CWA); Ross (CWB)

For Th, 12/13: Silas (CWA); Sophia (CWB)

For Tu, 12/18: Ethan (CWA); Ian (CWB)

For Th, 12/20: Alan (CWA); Kaitlyn (CWB)

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

No KEYS on 12/25, 12/27, 1/1 & 1/3

CWA: Stephen, Josh, Hudson, Kristopher, Aylene, Natalie, Wyatt, Allie, Silas, Ethan, Alan

CWB: Albie, Nathaniel, Hunter, Elisa, Ross, Sophia, Ian, Kaitlyn

HW from Tuesday, 10/23/18

Due on Thursday, 10/25/18

1) Choose the verse you will share for your opening. Write it down, along with a few points you plan to share as to why it is meaningful to you. File it in your notebook.

2) Brainstorm a list of things you like about your chosen favorite season (besides fall)—as many as you can think of, but at least 20.

3) Once you’re done, study the list to ascertain what “categories” of things emerge. Highlight or circle them in different colors like we did in class. Write down the different categories.

4) Choose the three categories that you’d like to use as the three points for your favorite season essay. Write them on your Essay Planning Worksheet, and fill in the four numbered spaces underneath each point, using things from your brainstormed list. Use the sample I gave you on the back of the Essay Planning Worksheet to guide you.

5) You do not need to write the introductory sentences yet, but your Essay Planning Worksheet should otherwise be completely filled out.

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Also, daily:

+ Read your (approved) book for pleasure, aiming for 30 minutes daily. Mark the number of minutes on your Reading Log as you go along—in multiples of five, rounded down—and have a parent initial it in the box each day. The October Reading log is due on Thursday, November 1.

+ Continue to print out each homework blog entry, check off each assignment as you complete it, and have your parent sign the completed, printed sheet. Bring it to class each day.

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OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):

For Th, 10/25: Natalie (CWA); Hunter. (CWB)
For Tu, 10/30: Silas (CWA); Hunter (CWB)
For Th, 11/1: Ethan (CWA); Elisa (CWB)
For Tu, 11/6: Alan (CWA); Ross (CWB)
For Th, 11/8: Stephen (CWA); Sophia (CWB)
For Tu, 11/13: Josh (CWA); Ian (CWB)
For Th, 11/15: Hudson (CWA); Kaitlyn (CWB)

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
No KEYS on 11/20 & 11/22

For Tu, 11/27: Kristopher (CWA); Albie (CWB)
For Th, 11/29: Aylene (CWA); Nathaniel (CWB)
For Tu, 12/4: Natalie (CWA); Hunter (CWB)
For Th, 12/6: Wyatt (CWA); Elisa(CWB)
For Tu, 12/11: Allie (CWA); Ross (CWB)
For Th, 12/13: Silas (CWA); Sophia (CWB)
For Tu, 12/18: Ethan (CWA); Ian (CWB)
For Th, 12/20: Alan (CWA); Kaitlyn (CWB)

MERRY CHRISTMAS!
No KEYS on 12/25, 12/27, 1/1 & 1/3

CWA: Stephen, Josh, Hudson, Kristopher, Aylene, Natalie, Wyatt, Allie, Silas, Ethan, Alan
CWB: Albie, Nathaniel, Hunter, Elisa, Ross, Sophia, Ian, Kaitlyn

HW from Thursday, 10/18/18

Due on AND BEFORE Tuesday, 10/23/18

1) Make a list of 25 attributions (“said” replacements). You may include those that we did together in class today. (Think of these attributions on your own! Do not use the Internet!)

2) Type the list into a Word document, using a separate line for each attribution. DO NOT NUMBER THE LIST! Be sure the document follows all of our guidelines for typed compositions. 

3) Email this document to me as an attachment BEFORE THE WEEKEND. Be sure your email subject line also follows proper form.

4) Read the handout I gave you (containing the excerpt from The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe) entitled “Punctuating Dialogue.” Pay special attention to the conversations that are underlined, noting how they are punctuated.

5) Visit this blog and carefully read all of the material. (It is on the correct usage of quotation marks and dialogue.) Take notes on any rules that are presented that are different than those we’ve discussed already in class.

6) Read for your Reading Log! You will need an equivalent of 24 or more 30-minute reading sessions to qualify for a 100, A+ this quarter. Remember, if all of my students earn 100, A+ grades on any given month’s log, we will have a celebration involving fun food!

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Also, daily:

+ Read your (approved) book for pleasure, aiming for 30 minutes daily. Mark the number of minutes on your Reading Log as you go along—in multiples of five, rounded down—and have a parent initial it in the box each day. The October Reading log is due on Thursday, November 1.

+ Continue to print out each homework blog entry, check off each assignment as you complete it, and have your parent sign the completed, printed sheet. Bring it to class each day.

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OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):

For Tu, 10/23: Wyatt  (CWA); Nathaniel (CWB) 
For Th, 10/25: Natalie (CWA); Sophia C. (CWB)
For Tu, 10/30: Silas (CWA); Hunter (CWB)
For Th, 11/1: Ethan (CWA); Elisa (CWB)
For Tu, 11/6: Alan (CWA); Ross (CWB)
For Th, 11/8: Stephen (CWA); Sophia M. (CWB)
For Tu, 11/13: Josh (CWA); Ian (CWB)
For Th, 11/15: Hudson (CWA); Kaitlyn (CWB)

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
No KEYS on 11/20 & 11/22

For Tu, 11/27: Kristopher (CWA); Albie (CWB)
For Th, 11/29: Aylene (CWA); Nathaniel (CWB)
For Tu, 12/4: Natalie (CWA); Sophia C. (CWB)
For Th, 12/6: Wyatt (CWA); Hunter (CWB)
For Tu, 12/11: Allie (CWA); Elisa (CWB)
For Th, 12/13: Silas (CWA); Ross (CWB)
For Tu, 12/18: Ethan (CWA); Sophia M. (CWB)
For Th, 12/20: Alan (CWA); Ian (CWB)

MERRY CHRISTMAS!
No KEYS on 12/25, 12/27, 1/1 & 1/3

CWA: Stephen, Josh, Hudson, Kristopher, Aylene, Natalie, Wyatt, Allie, Silas, Ethan, Alan
CWB: Albie, Nathaniel, Sophia C., Hunter, Elisa, Ross, Sophia M. Ian, Kaitlyn

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Websites addresses of links referenced:

http://resources.writersonlineworkshops.com/resources/quotation-marks-and-dialogue-mechanics/

HW from Tuesday, 10/16/18

Please forgive me for not updating this homework blog before now! 

Due on Thursday, 10/18/18

1) Find a dialogue between two characters in a book you like. Scan and print it (or Xerox it) and bring it to class on Thursday.

2) Read over the handout I gave you with the rules for punctuating dialogue. Study the dialogue you selected for #1 and notice how it conforms to those various rules for punctuating dialogue.

3) Visit our class website and review the rules there, too (along with the other stuff we're studying this quarter). Be committing these things to memory and always be ready for a quiz on them at any time. 

4) Correctly punctuate the conversations (numbered 2-6 on the handout I gave you), but do not follow the directions on the handout and don’t do it directly on the handout. Instead, write out the conversations, correctly punctuated, on loose-leaf paper—one sheet per conversation. (There will be five sheets total.) 

NOTE: If you would prefer to type the conversations, you may do so, but be sure you follow all guidelines for typed compositions (from the sidebar of this blog) if you do.

5) Visit this blog post to read about the amazing power of the human brain to decipher and "fill in the gaps" when it is reading things that are riddled with errors. This is why it is so important to proofread things many times, and to have others look at your writing, too. Your brain can see right past the errors and read it as if there aren't any!

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Also, daily:

+ Read your (approved) book for pleasure, aiming for 30 minutes daily. Mark the number of minutes on your Reading Log as you go along—in multiples of five, rounded down—and have a parent initial it in the box each day. The October Reading log is due on Thursday, November 1.

+ Continue to print out each homework blog entry, check off each assignment as you complete it, and have your parent sign the completed, printed sheet. Bring it to class each day.

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OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):

For Th, 10/18: Natalie (CWA); Albie (CWB)
For Tu, 10/23: Wyatt  (CWA); Nathaniel (CWB) 
For Th, 10/25: Allie (CWA); Sophia C. (CWB)
For Tu, 10/30: Silas (CWA); Hunter (CWB)
For Th, 11/1: Ethan (CWA); Elisa (CWB)
For Tu, 11/6: Alan (CWA); Ross (CWB)
For Th, 11/8: Stephen (CWA); Sophia M. (CWB)
For Tu, 11/13: Josh (CWA); Ian (CWB)
For Th, 11/15: Hudson (CWA); Kaitlyn (CWB)

HAPPY THANKSGIVING! 
No KEYS on 11/20 & 11/22

For Tu, 11/27: Kristopher (CWA); Albie (CWB)
For Th, 11/29: Aylene (CWA); Nathaniel (CWB)
For Tu, 12/4: Natalie (CWA); Sophia C. (CWB)
For Th, 12/6: Wyatt (CWA); Hunter (CWB)
For Tu, 12/11: Allie (CWA); Elisa (CWB)
For Th, 12/13: Silas (CWA); Ross (CWB)
For Tu, 12/18: Ethan (CWA); Sophia M. (CWB)
For Th, 12/20: Alan (CWA); Ian (CWB)

MERRY CHRISTMAS!
No KEYS on 12/25, 12/27, 1/1 & 1/3

CWA: Stephen, Josh, Hudson, Kristopher, Aylene, Natalie, Wyatt, Allie, Silas, Ethan, Alan
CWB: Albie, Nathaniel, Sophia C., Hunter, Elisa, Ross, Sophia M. Ian, Kaitlyn

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Websites addresses of links referenced:

https://sites.google.com/site/parksidepedagogy/quarter1-creativewriting

http://parksideplace.blogspot.com/2013/02/ubneielvalbe.html

HW from Thursday, 10/11/18

Due on Tuesday, 10/16/18

1) Your "Descriptive Setting" paper is due on Tuesday, 10/16.  You will write a descriptive composition about a favorite place.  Do not tell a story, although you may insert yourself into the description if you wish.  Follow all directions and instructions below.

Remember:

* Be descriptive (i.e. don't give a "weather report") without being “flowery” (i.e. don't overdo it and make it excessive and silly).

* Incorporate at least one example of each type of good figurative language in your description—simile, metaphor, and personification—as we have learned in class. Underline these in your handwritten draft (if you have one) and then label what kind of figurative language it is.

* Highlight them with a colored highlighter on Draft 1 (the first typed draft) so I can find them easily. (If you didn’t have a handwritten draft, you will underline, label, and highlight them all on your typed Draft 1.) Do not highlight them on Draft 2.

NOTE: If you have any questions about how to do any of these things in your word processor, check with your parents or an older sibling or friend.  If you still need help after trying that, feel free to call me. I am happy to help.

Please observe the following parameters for your paper:

* Length: at least 200 words but no more than 300 words

* Format: 1-inch margins, automatic double-spacing, no extra lines, 12-point Times New Roman font

* Header set to automatically show up on top left of each page, with 3 single-spaced lines as follows:

Full name (First Last)
Date due (October 16, 2018)
Title: Descriptive Setting—Draft 1 (or Draft 2, whichever is appropriate)

* Footer set to automatically show up on bottom center of each page, with the page number

* Two typed drafts (in addition to the fifteen numbered descriptive sentences you wrote for homework last week, which I returned today, and your handwritten draft, if you did one)

===> Draft 1 must be proofread first by you, then by a parent or other trusted adult. (Have them mark right on your Draft 1 then sign it. If they do not make any suggested corrections, have them write, “I believe this paper is perfect” and then sign it.)

===> Draft 2 should be the corrected one, based on the feedback and suggested corrections from the person who proofread your paper.  

This means that once you've typed Draft 1 of your paper, you will proofread it carefully to make sure it makes sense and you've caught all the errors you can find. Only then will you have a parent or other person read over it—making suggestions for improvement or marking errors they see—and then sign it. 

DO NOT EVER ASK SOMEONE TO PROOFREAD A PAPER YOU HAVE NOT YOURSELF CAREFULLY PROOFREAD FIRST!

For Draft 2, you will revise and correct the proofread Draft 1 paper based on your proofreader’s suggestions.

After this, staple the three (or four) papers together: Put the homework sentences on the bottom, then your handwritten draft (if you had one), then Draft 1 (with signatures and highlighting of figurative language), then Draft 2 (the beautiful, corrected copy) on top. Do not fold your papers.

Just to clarify:

The fifteen descriptive sentences you wrote were intended to give you a head start on your paper in that it got you thinking (and writing creatively) about the place you had chosen for your paper. Feel free to use any of those sentences in your paper as you write your first draft! That said, if you have changed your mind and would like to write your paper about a different place or would rather not use some of those sentences you already wrote for some reason, that's fine, too. Feel free. It's up to you.

Do not simply string those fifteen sentences disjointedly together and call it a descriptive setting!

I can’t wait to read what you come up with!

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Also, daily:

+ Read your (approved) book for pleasure, aiming for 30 minutes daily. Mark the number of minutes on your Reading Log as you go along—in multiples of five, rounded down—and have a parent initial it in the box each day. The October Reading log is due on Thursday, November 1.

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OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):

For Tu, 10/16: TBD (CWA); TBD (CWB)
For Th, 10/18: TBD (CWA); TBD (CWB)

I will fill this part in later, when I’m looking at my grade book at home. Check back on Friday or over the weekend to see who is doing the opening when.

HW from Tuesday, 10/9/18

Due on Thursday, 10/11/18

1) Print today’s homework blog entry also—either from the blog or from the email that will eventually arrive to you if you subscribed to email updates on the blog. Check off each task as you complete it. Have your parent sign this completed sheet and bring both it and the one from last time to class on Thursday.

2) Read pp. 87-88 in your Writers INC book, on writing complete sentences. Take notes into your notes section as you read about sentence fragments, comma splices, and run-on sentences.

3) Complete Copywork #4 according to the guidelines given on the handout. Prepare it hot-dog-bun style and have it ready to turn in when you arrive to class. File the handout into that section of your notebook.

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Also, daily:

+ Read your (approved) book for pleasure, aiming for 30 minutes daily. Mark the number of minutes on your Reading Log as you go along—in multiples of five, rounded down—and have a parent initial it in the box each day. The October Reading log is due on Thursday, November 1.

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OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):

For Th, 10/11: Mrs. S (CWA); Mrs. S (CWB)
For Tu, 10/16: TBD (CWA); TBD (CWB)
For Th, 10/18: TBD (CWA); TBD (CWB)

HW from Thursday, 10/4/18

Due on and before Tuesday, 10/9/18

The homework for this weekend is a little bit about what we’re studying (metaphor) and a lot about mastering the technical computer aspects needed as we move forward in this course: word processing, email, and responsible internet use. These tasks always prove to be newer and more difficult for some of my students (and parents!) than others. 

I know there are a lot of details here and that it may seem confusing at first. Just read these directions carefully and follow them exactly. Getting the details right will account a good portion of your grade.

1) Print today’s homework blog entry—either from the blog or from the email that will eventually arrive to you if you subscribed to email updates on the blog. Check off each task as you complete it. Have your parent sign this completed sheet and bring it to class on Tuesday.

2) Open up a new Word document and create a three-line header with the following information: your name and class, the name of the assignment, and the date. This assignment will be named “my metaphor,” so use that for the header.

NOTE: Please note that this goes into an actual document header, not just typed at the top of the page. See “Guidelines for Typed Compositions” in the right sidebar of this homework blog for a sample header. (If you don’t know how create a header, ask a trusted adult to teach you, or get them to help you google it to find the information together. You may contact me if you are absolutely unable to figure it out, even with your parents’ help.)

3) Visit this webpage* about metaphor. Read the content of the article in its entirety—i.e. all of it!—but ignore the ads. (Exception: They've added more literary metaphors since last year. You only need to read the first three examples of literary metaphor given in the "Metaphors from Literature" section. Choose your favorite. Be prepared to explain it and tell why it is your favorite. (You may ignore the other six. Please do scroll down, though, and read the section entitled "Function of Metaphor.")

4) Visit this webpage*, which gives 50 examples of easy-to-understand metaphors. After you have read through all 50—yes, read and think about all 50!—write one good, unique metaphor of your own. 

5) Type your metaphor into the Word document you created earlier (in #2), along with an explanation of what two things you’re comparing and how your metaphor demonstrates what you’re trying to say. Save this document (and all future documents for our class) with your name and the name of the assignment.

6) Email this document to me as an attachment. In the body of the email, tell me which of the three literary metaphors (from #3, above) was your favorite, explain it, and tell me why it is your favorite. Send the email by Monday at noon.

You will be graded on getting all of these details correct! To review:

* the email will have your favorite metaphor from assignment #3 written in the email part
* the email subject line will contain your name and the name of the assignment (always!)

* the email will have an attachment containing the correctly formatted Word document

* the Word document will be saved as (named) your name and the assignment (always!)

* the Word document will have a correctly formatted header (see sidebar)

* the Word document will contain your unique metaphor from assignment #5

* the email will arrive before Monday at noon

Whew! It’s a lot, but I know you can do it!

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Also, daily:

+ Read your (approved) book for pleasure, aiming for 30 minutes daily. Mark the number of minutes on your Reading Log as you go along—in multiples of five, rounded down—and have a parent initial it in the box each day. The October Reading log is due on Thursday, November 1.

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OPENING (Bible verse and prayer):

For Tu, 10/9: Mrs. S (CWA); Mrs. S (CWB)
For Th, 10/11: Mrs. S (CWA); Mrs. S (CWB)
For Tu, 10/16: TBD (CWA); TBD (CWB)
For Th, 10/18: TBD (CWA); TBD (CWB)

*(NOTE: First weblink address is http://literarydevices.net/metaphor/ and second weblink address is http://www.ereadingworksheets.com/figurative-language/figurative-language-examples/metaphor-examples/)

HW from Tuesday, 10/2/18

Due on Thursday, 10/4/18

1) Your first descriptive paper will be about a place. Decide on the place you’d like to write about. Think about it in terms of your five senses, and for each sense, write three descriptive sentences. You do not have to write sentences for “taste” if your place doesn't lend itself to that, but please do try to think of ways that it might, and do it if you can.

NOTE: You don’t need to use the words for the five senses in your sentences! It’s okay if you happen to, but don’t try to! Just write descriptive sentences while thinking of each of those areas so that you include sensory details in your descriptive sentences.

Some example sentences:

LOOK: The sunlight filters through the clouds and casts a magical, golden hue on the pine floor of the forest.

SMELL: The pungent scent of pine and earth wafts through the air, deepening with each step I take into the forest.

TASTE (though not mandatory): The smell of manure and mulch is so strong that it lingers in my nose and dances on my tongue, earthy and comforting.

SOUND: All sorts of chirps and tweets and rattles and rustles rise from the trees as I pass by.

FEEL: The tickle of pine needles brushing against my skin causes the hair on my arms to stand straight on end, and I look down to see tiny dots of sticky sap all over my wrist and fingers.

Have fun! I can’t wait to read what you come up with! Remember, you need three descriptive sentences (not necessarily connected to each other) for each of the senses. Try to use the ways we've studied to make your writing more descriptive.

2) After you have written all of your sentences, type them up into a Word document as follows: type the name of the sense that you were focused on, then number each of the three sentences beneath it that you wrote for that sense. Repeat for all five senses, in the exact order that we learned them. Attach your handwritten chart to the back of your typed copy and prepare to turn both in on Thursday.

3) Continue to review the things we're learning in class and be ready for a quiz at any time.

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Also, daily:

+ Read your (approved) book for pleasure, aiming for 30 minutes daily. Mark the number of minutes on your Reading Log as you go along—in multiples of five, rounded down—and have a parent initial it in the box each day. The October Reading log is due on Thursday, November 1.

+ Make your bed! :)

As always, please call, text, or email me if you have any questions or concerns about how to do anything assigned on this blog. My suggestion is always that you print it out so you can check off each item as you complete it.