Make sure you have at least 20 ideas before you begin writing your description of a place that is special to you. Remember, you are not trying to just describe the place, you are talking about how this place is associated with a memory. You will describe the place in an indirect way and not directly.
e.g. Paraphrasing the line from Thursday class- "I reached across my bed and silenced my Quartz alarm clock." (what was described here?)
Math
Play these games for 10 mins to help practice your square number recognition
http://www.learntables.co.uk/square_numbers/
http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/spookyseq/spookysqno.html
Optional
Play this Math game to practice your mutiples for 10mins
Optional
Evaluating - Remember the strategy we learned today about offer our opnions in a more constructive way. Gain a plus point if you can effectively evaluate the day when your parents ask - "How was school today?"You need at least two categories and three pieces of evidence per category.
Use the RC RaCS strategy to evaluate your day at school. Think about categories first!
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Hi mr.Buxton Thanks alot for helping me out with math today
,Harrisen
Mr. Buxton, I didn't write that line about the alarm clock. Thanks for teaching me a lot about evaluating today!!
Who did?...didn't you say it a few classes ago?
you're welcome H.
That line means the person has a Quartz alarm clock next to his/her bed
-Anisha
Another thing, what time do you usually come on around, Mr.Buxton? I need to know when to check for answers to any questions i asked
when I write the draft do I have to finish the draft or do part of it?
-Rachel
Part of it is fine. Make sure what you do is the best possible.
A way to tell...
Look at your opening word of each sentence. Is it just a one or two syllable word or 3 or more syllables?
Have you started with a (or double or triple) adverb, verb, noun, adjective?
Highlight any set of three sentences. Can you perfectly draw what you wrote or are you guessing the color, size, material brand etc.
Can you find any words that describe your feelings/emotions.
Get rid of all 'YOU' and 'GOT'. Use just a few 'I' and There is/was
Are you writing about a melon or a seed... How would you know the difference?
It means more than just that Anisha. 5pm 7pm 9pm
Thank you for giving my brother my homework.
I'm feeling fine now.
see you in school tomorrow Camille!
- Rachel
mr buxton for the popplet do we work together or by ourselves because if its together i cant find out how to do it together
Hi Mr.Buxton!
How are you doing? We are on our first full week of school now. I missing seeing you everyday! How is your school year going? Have a great week!
~Catie Nelson
MR buxton, are we going to do 1.8 math or we are going to play math games on wednesday?
Hi Mr.Buxton,
I notice that we haven't done 1.6 study link are we suppose to do that? Another thing is that on Popplet I can't find the save button. Where is it?
- Rachel
How many lines do i have to write 4 the paragraph of place?
listening to 6x table song
- Rachel
oh! the line also means the person just woke up.
-Anisha
you're starting to read between the lines anisha - what else? time of day? mood of author? etc...When you can create writing that allows your readers do read beyond the obvious, you know you are on your way.
Write until you have finished. As you grow as a writer, you'll know when that is. ...BUT as a rule of thumb -between 3-5 pararaphs or approx. one half to one full page of typed text.. Organized in paragraphs!
i'll put a video on the blog to show you how to use popplet with a partner.
We will finsih 1.8 and 1.9 Wed/thur. some math games Friday before the field trip. wow.. what does that mean?
+1 Rachel...
Time of day is probably around 6:00 in the morning. The day might be of 5:Monday, Tuesday,Wednesday, Thursday,or Friday. The mood of the author might be tired, because he or she did not have enough sleep, or exited for the day.
-Anisha
P.S. For the number of paragraphs that you said, is that in total or the number we should have drafted already?
mr.buxton, can the place describing thing be a fictional story, but describing a real place?
BTW, when is the final draft of our place description due?
Do you know any other words for the words I or me? Thesaurus.com doesn't have any.
-Anisha
P.S. This message is for the whole class
Do you know any other words for the words I or me? Thesaurus.com doesn't have any.
-Anisha
P.S. This message is for the whole class
Found a great list of synonyms for got in the word bank
'I' or 'me' puts the action on the subject and are more 'telling statements' Great writers move the action away from the subject and create more 'showing' statements
I played tennis all afternoon tennis - becomes - Chasing an annoying little yellow ball around a tennis court all afternoon felt humiliating ...(in the second sentence the reader knows the emotion of the author and probably who won the game!)...
This type of question is starting to show me that you are not working hard, but working 'smart'...You literally have to change your way of thinking about what you are trying to write. In other words… Forget trying to find synonyms for ‘I’ sentence. Just rewrite your idea completely differently. (hence – the reason for those varied sentence starters we studied last week)
Also.. try this website for thinking out of the box with words. add a word to the search box. it doesn't work with every word
http://www.visuwords.com/
P.S. can you change your screen name, so it is clear who is speaking?
Thanks Mr. Buxton!
smileyface was me, by the way
could i use the term "contemplating the" as replacement for"looking at the". This is the begging of the sentence.
thanks for the 1+. The 6x table song is catchy! :-)
- Rachel
Mr Buxton, do you know where i can get a reading rubric?
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