Welcome Back!

Coming This Week

Persuasive Writing: On Demand - You can look at this before Monday if you choose to do so

• Next grammar unit: Opening and Delayed Adjectives and Adverbs
• Membean Practice - Have you been practicing?
• Reader's Theatre Fluency Assessment - Can you use intonation and expression effectively?
• Notice and Note: Reading Skills Notice and Note
• Suspense Writing: Horror Stories for Halloween

Student Led Conferences

You will be expected to do the majority of the talking in the Student Led Conferences. Hence the term, 'Student Led.'

Make sure you can talk succinctly (brief and to the point) about your  'strengths' and opportunities for growth. Make sure you have practiced talking about the slides in your slide show.

New plus point competition begins when we return. You can gain plus points in advance to go onto the new chart by: - Remember (preferential seating given for students with most plus points)

1) Returning classroom books at SLC conferences that you have at home or in your locker that you have finished with. (Max. 3 plus points)
2) Starting and finishing books over the break (Max. 3 plus points e.g. - You get a plus point for every book you read over the break -started new - three books max.)


I will expect to see many of your at conferences ready to share all your learning!

Have a great break!

When we return:
Ethos, pathos, logos
Opening and Delayed adjectives and adverbs
Parallelism
Notice and Note
Reading Non-fiction

Student Led Conferences: My Learning - My Growth

Congratulations on finishing your Memoirs - For those students who would like to resubmit their work for a higher grade - you must copy the link in the file directly to the right of this post titled 'Resubmitted Work.' The opportunity to resubmit a piece of work stays open for 30 days from the original due date.  Drop your teacher an email to let you know that you have a link to a new version of work.

Use this link for today's class

My Strengths and Goals

Fill the form out VERY carefully. Make sure you have evidence to prove your choices

Follow these guidelines

Smile...

The Friday Message

7 mins that will help you live longer!

Subjects and Predicates

Use this link to go to your subjects and predicates TEST
Congratulations C/D Block 16/22 students scored ABOVE EXPECTATIONS on the test!

H/W
EVERYBODY must bring in a PRINTED copy of their memoir for TOMORROW
Presentation Requirements

• A Title  Effective (not my Memoir)
• 1.5 line spacing
• Organized in paragraphs - especially your dialogue
• Author's  Note at the end of  the piece
• Highlighted Membean words

C/D & E/F - You MUST bring in your story ready to participate in a book club discussion TOMMOROW. You will be assessed on how prepared you are. You will then write a reading response after your discussion
Revision tips

 Have you used your subjects and predicates in your piece?