Lisa Bijit - Language Arts

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Language Arts is a writing class. We cover grammar, but each grammar unit will have a writing assignment to put the grammar concept into practice.

I encourage my students to brainstorm ideas with each other as they write and to let me read over what they write as they complete each paragraph.

I rarely give homework. I have time built into the class period for students to complete their work. If a student does not use class time wisely, they are to complete classwork at home that evening and turn it in at the beginning of class the following day. I will deduct points for every day the work is late.

Points will be taken off the student's behavior card in his/her agenda when the student interrupts instruction. I give several warnings before taking points off. 

May Agenda

May 13th - Phantom Tollbooth vocabulary (words on this blog,) Part assignments for play

May 12th: Field Day

May 11th - Critical Thinking packet

May 8th - Twelfth Night

May 7th - Reading fluency: Out of Bounds

May 6th - Reading fluency: Lizzie Borden

May 5th - Reading fluency: Life is a Dream

May 4th - Reading fluency: Medea

May 1st - Reading fluency: King Lear

Phantom Tollbooth Vocabulary

dejected

glum

precautionary

wistful (as in thinking)

effusive

monotonous (as in boring)

ordinance

indignant

loiter

strenuous

gruff

interject

disrepute

quagmire

flabbergast

lavish

disdain

prominent

CRCT Cheat Sheet

Download CRCT Cheat Sheet

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW FOR CRCT TUESDAY, 4/22

Literary Devices Assignment

Students are to write five sentences for each picture using the literary device assigned to that picture. They need to have at least two examples of the literary device within their five sentences - except the surfer (alliteration) which should be one sentence.

Definitions of Literary Devices (handed out in 2nd quarter): Download Elements of Poetry definitions

Personification

Metaphor

  Simile

Onomatopoeia

Alliteration

Response to Literature

 Choose one of these three options:

Download Option1

Download Option2

Download Option3

Myths/characters

Download Myth characters

March Agenda

March 25th - CRCT games on Activboard

March 24th  - The Stone in Literature textbook, comprehension page

March 23rd - The Veldt by Ray Bradbury, discussion

March 18th - March 22nd - warmup, CRCT games on Activboard

March 17th: warmup, CRCT games on Activboard, Response to Literature writing assignment (due Friday)

March 16th: Warmup Week 25, CRCT games on Activboard

March 13th: check warmup, novel study

March 12th: warmup, Greek mythology - Phaeton

March 11th: Field Trip

March 10th: warmup, Greek mythology - Bellerophon

March 9th: Warmup Week 24, Greek mythology - Perseus

March 6th: check warmup, novel study

March 5th: warmup, Greek mythology - Echo and Narcissus (activity due Monday)

March 4th: warmup, Greek mythology - Pandora's Jar (activity due Friday)

March 3rd: warmup, Greek mythology - Arachne

March 2nd: warmup, vocabulary "degree line" due 3/3 at the beginning of class.

March 2 - 6th: Warmup Week 23

 

Games for Study

http://www.quia.com/rr/430500.html - Adverb Game 1

http://www.quia.com/rr/430570.html - Adverb Game 2

http://www.quia.com/rr/430558.html - Pronoun Game 1

http://www.quia.com/rr/430589.html - Pronoun Game 2

Pronoun Comic Book

The class began working on a comic book using six categories of pronouns. I handed out a page with the pronouns listed last Monday. For the comic, students are to use two different pronouns per category (except for relative pronouns which is not in our curriculum). I gave the students a comic template (link below) for their comic. This is due at the end of class Tuesday.

Download BlankComicBook

Conferences

Conference forms went home today, January 12th, in my 3rd period class. If you can't make the appointed time, please return the form at the bottom with a time that is convenient for you.

Persuasive Essay

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We have been working on persuasive essays since last Tuesday, 1/6. Students were given three topics to choose from, and we worked on hooks and paper organization.

Download Persuasive Essay Topics

Download Persuasive-example

Structure of the Essay

1st Paragraph: Hook - (antecdote, startling image, descriptive story, three questions, interesting facts) and Thesis Statement - (state your position and give three aspects to back it up. example: Smoking should be banned from all public places because of the danger of second hand smoke, the obvious respiratory health issue for the smoker, and for the environment.)

2nd Paragraph: Transition word + main idea + at least three supporting details to back up the main idea.

3rd Paragraph: Transition word + the next main idea + at least three supporting details to back up the main idea.

4th Paragraph: Transition word + the last main idea + at least three supporting details to back up the main idea.

5th Paragraph: Concluding transition + restate the thesis statement including the three aspects (restated).