Mr. Buxton 7th Grade RLA

Friday, February 3, 2012

The Friday Message.

Bravo for your work again this week.

For students who need further practice on integers: Your task during the month of February is to work through the Grade 6 IXL Unit - C1,2,3,4, I4,5,6,7,8,9, Y9 Samamy Snake when all exercises are completed.

Don't forget to bring in something that you 'wonder about' for Monday - see complete post from earlier in this week that explains this topic more clearly.

Optional - Those students wanting to work ahead

Monday night's H/W

Finishing your I/O poem
Study link 8.2 & 8.3
Social Studies: Continue researching/ working on your fakebook project.

Congratulations on 'finally' reaching the top of the Ladder to Laughter. The class treat will be decided next week

Tech Integration
https://www.tikatok.com/ (make sure you have created an account by next Fri.) - You will be using this software to create digital copies of all of your poems into an anthology.

Stduent of the Week: Camille

Blogger of the Week: Sabine

Enjoy Rachel's performance again

The lyrics in Harrisen's work are powerful
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6UVhZTTWb0
Maady's intrepetation of title and presentation showed how much you can see from so little if you look hard enough

Song Interpretation on Prezi

Enjoy the Friday message below. (found by Madddy) - If you find a video that you think teaches a good point - Win TQs for sharing

Thursday, February 2, 2012

I/O poems postponed until next Tuesaday.

Math
Study Link 8.1

RLA
Annoucements Poem - priority

Record your finished announcement poem using vocaroo. com and embed it into your blog. Listen back to your poem multiple times. What works well? What cannot be heard correctly? Use this as a way to improve your performance

(Maya- can you work virtually with Caroline on this evening?)

Optional

1) Work on your I/O poems

2) Continue working on your Social Studies fakebook research.

Do you have between 6-10 people.
Can you make connections?
Can you clearly identify the historical event/time period

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Fakebook

Maya and Harrisen: You are both a team and will work together on the fakebook assignment. You should communicate virtually. (wall)The instructions are below: Watch the video in an earlier post to see how to create this. You will have one week to finish this.

http://www.classtools.net/fb/25/igjXKk

H/W -Compulsory

Practice the noun exercises from yesterday's post
Work on announcments poem (virtually)
NO MATH H/W

Tonight is a light H/W night. (Especially for all those who have already studied for the nouns test) I expect BIG progress on your announcments poems!!! - I suggest you work virtually using a google doc. if you haven't already done so.

Optional

Work on yout draft for your I/O poem
30minutes research on your fake book assignment

For next week... Be thinking about topics you would like to write about.
New... Bring in a 3 topics that you 'wonder about'
e.g. why do children cry?
e.g. why don't squares roll?
e.g. why is blood red?
e.g. why doesn't the elephant smile?
e.g. why am I not good enough?

Be creative!!!

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Inside -Outside Poem - Help

Now isn't this a challenging poem to write...or is it? - Read below for help getting started...

Inside/Ouside poem about yourself. (Due: Fri)

Don't make your poem more complicated than it needs to be...Think about the assignment for a second... all i'm asking you to do is write a poem about yourself. Now...going a bit further...i'm suggesting ways you can go about doing this by using categories...for example.. write about your personality, your dreams, your fears, your weaknesses etc etc... by thinking about categories gives you a way to organize your thoughts... so the next step is ... how do you do that...???

well why not begin by just writing about yourself in a literal way...
What do others think of you?

They think... all i enjoy writng and i a super students...
your poetry might soon like...

outside
A test taking machine some may suggest
Fear of failure is why I strive my best

inside

I think... ..i like doing art....

(how can i do that in a poetic and/or figurative way..?)

Drawing and mixing paints brightens my days
Being artistic and creative in countless ways

Hope this helps!

Nouns - Test Review and Practice

Word Study Assessment: Postponed Until Next Fri

Math:
Study Links
7.10 & 7.11

NOUNS Test Review

Click on this link below to see a study guide of what you need to review for your Noun's test on Thursday. http://www.box.net/shared/6ls8djh3gj (ignore the date on the sheet)

Use these exercises to practice for the 'Nouns' Test. Make sure you watch the second video. Hint Hint.. Do you know the 7 rules for making nouns plural?
You need to know each rule 'Perfectly'
e.g. NOT y changes to ies... BUT consonant Y change to IES

You do not need to do all of them, but you should tackle at least one from each category. (especially possessive nouns) Bring any questions that you might have to class if you get answers incorrect and don't know why. Ignore any dead links.

http://www.eslpartyland.com/quiz/irpl1.htm
http://odl.vwv.at/english/odlres/res8/Grammar/grammar_exercises/plural/plural.htm
http://odl.vwv.at/english/odlres/res8/Grammar/grammar_exercises/plural/Plural_Forms.htm
http://a4esl.org/q/j/ck/mc-plurals.html

Practice On Possessive Nouns

http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objid=WCN6502 (great exercise !)
http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objID=WCN1601
Videos