Class+Work

= __Class Work: Keep YOURSELF Updated!__  =



**April 28, 2011**

 * 1) ==== **Students begin class by updating their writing portfolios.** ====
 * 2) ==== **Students completed an activity based upon their comprehension and analysis of "The Lorax"****.** [[file:Analyzing-THE-LORAX.docx]] ====
 * 3) ==== **To receive full credit, all work must be submitted in full, complete sentences.** ====

**April 27, 2011**
 * 1) === **Vocabulary:** Students will fill in the function sections of their vocabulary charts. Each lesson 11 vocabulary word will be either a noun, verb, adjective or adverb. ===
 * 2) === **Quiz**: Students will take an open note quiz on the Lesson 11 vocabulary words. The quiz will not be uploaded to this site, as every student has not taken it. ===
 * 3) === **Video:** Students will view "The Lorax" short video. This can be accessed via Google by searching "The Lorax video" and clicking on the first loaded link. ===

** STUDENTS COMPLETED THE DORA READING ASSESSMENT. Those absent or on the ODU filed trip must make-this up! **

 * 1) === Students completed the Vocabulary Activity [[file:using the vocabulary.docx]] (glued onto notebook page 27) on notebook page 28. To receive full credit, students must write in complete sentences, use the vocabulary word given, and higlight or underline the vocabulary word used. ===
 * 2) === Students also received graded papers back and glued them onto the appropriate pages in their notebooks. ===

**April 25, 2011**

 * 1) === ** VOCABULARY: Students will turn to page 139 in their REV-IT-UP book and answer the ten question vocabulary activity. Responses MUST include: ** ===
 * 2) === ** 1) Complete sentences ** ===
 * 3) === ** 2) Highlighted vocabulary words ** ===
 * 4) === ** WRITING: ** ===
 * 5) === ** Students will answer seven questions regarding the "Mother to Son" poem. ** ===
 * 6) === ** Question Sheet: [[file:TUESDAY-POEM-QUESTIONS.docx]] ** ===
 * 7) === ** Copy of poem: [[file:MONDAY-MOTHER-TO-SON-POEM.docx]] ** ===
 * 8) === ** Click the link to access each document. ** ===
 * 9) === ** HOMEWORK: Students are to study for their unit Post-test by using pages 113-117 and 127-132 in their student notebooks. ** ===

**April 21/22, 2011**

 * 1) === ** WRITING: Students wrote half of a page in their conversational/dialogue journals. This was a prediction activity for the poem "Mother to Son". Students answered: ** ===
 * 2) === ** 1) What might this poem be about? ** ===
 * 3) === ** 2) What advice might a mother give to her son? ** ===
 * 4) === ** Students watched a quick biography on Frederick Douglass from [|www.biography.com] ** ===
 * 5) === ** Students read a biography on Frederick Douglass from: [|www.frederickdouglass.org/douglass_bio]. ** ===
 * 6) === ** Students create a VENN diagram and find AT LEAST: ** ===
 * 7) === ** 1) 5 key elements about Frederick Douglass found in the biography ** ===
 * 8) === ** 2) 5 key elements about Frederick Douglass found in the video ** ===
 * 9) === ** 3) 3 key elements about Frederick Douglass found in both ** ===