PIPES

H/W Membean:  C/D & E/F class only

• You need to practice for 20mins at home this week by FRIDAY. Total practice for this week should be 45mins(25mins in class) 
• You will need an idea for tomorrow's class for a suspense story (All classes)

Today, you practiced using the P.I.P. of 'PIPES' to improve your fluency. You will be performing your skits on Monday. You should practice reading your parts ready for this performance.

Delayed Adjectives

Lesson Recap


Homework

Watch this video and then write an example of a delayed adjective as a comment.

Tomorrow in class, your teacher will ask you to write down the secret number. This secret number is 24. Just remember the number 24!

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