Sentence Fluency Test Practice

I will begin putting a few games and links to online exercises on the blog for next week's fluency test. Enjoy this first one.
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/sensort/index.html

Capitalism Video from Today

Enjoy today's class video again. This is a very important topic. You will be learning so much more about this topic as you  grow older! Any thoughts or comments?

Change to Tuesday's H/W

Write four compound sentences and four complex sentences using your entrepeneur facts (8 sentences in total)

Complex Sentences

Make sure you review our class notes today on complex sentences. Watch this quick video for review

Week 6 Homework Sheet

Click on the above title to see your H/W for this week

Coming this week

• Complex Sentences
• Styling Super Sentences (SSS) Techniques  (I)
• Free Enterprise System in the U.S./Capitalism
• Writing Scripts Format
• Essay Writing Strategies
• Spelling Content Words Lesson 2
• Performing Skits on Free Enterprise 

Phrase of the Week

The bee that makes the honey doesn't hang around the hive

Vocabulary of the Week
punctilious

Test Review

Feel free to post questions  you may have about tomorrow's tests.  Your fellow students might give you an answer. Feel free to share any of the sentences or techniques you are using to study for the tests.

Change to Wed. H/W

Write a paragraph that describes your bedroom.

WILF

• Use a variety of advanced simple sentences
• Use a variety of compound snetences
• Can you integrate some advanced simple sentences technqiues into your compound sentences
• Avoid banned words - e.g. There is/are  I  many things etc.
• Write neatly (or type and stick) on a large index card
• Approx 100-150words

DUE: THUR

Compound Sentences + Study Techniques

We covered these complicated words today:

• Independent Cause
• Coordinating Conjunction
• Semi colon (;) in compound sentence

Would you know what these meant if you had a pop quiz on these terms? Hint! Hint!
What do did you find confusing about today's class?

 

Comments appreciate: However, you must write your comment as a compound sentence!!!

 

Enjoy these videos from today's class.

 

 

Change to Social Studies H/W for tonight (Due: Wed)

Come up with a unique way to remember all the information on one of your 'Study Cards' for Friday's test.Sugggestions include. Make it something simple. Don't spend more than 15 mins on this activity

• Acroynms
• Drawing
• Mnenomic device
• Jingle or song
• Sentence with  special meanings

You should use the techniques we covered in today's class  on how to 'study for tests'  for all future tests. They work. Honestly!

Evaluating - Mentor Text Example from our story

Make sure the evaluation of your newspaper article resembles the paragraph below. Your opinion of what you read should be very evident. Follow effective paragrpah struture by using the color codes. Have you integrated some advanced simple sentences, an appositive, and strong vocabulary?
HOW GOOD IS YOUR SENTENCEFLUENCY?
If many of your sentences begin with I or the same word, CHANGE THEM!

Two adventurous fifth grade school girls search out more than they bargained for while attending a class outing at the Natural History Museum. A Mummy Mystery is an exciting story that leaves readers on the edge of their seats. The main characters, Molly and Lena, are very mischievous throughout the story. Even though they should be with their class, they wander off on their own almost immediately on their arrival at the museum. Lena is probably the most disobedient of the two. Molly seems be the type of person who worries about what other people think, “Mr. Gardiner will be furious with us!” she exclaimed at one stage in the story. Alternatively, Lena’s fascination with ancient Egypt and complete disregard for her class was demonstrated when she almost ran toward the larger banner over the entrance to the Great Hall. The author, Andrew Clements, tries to use humor to break down some of the tension that builds in the story. It was amusing when Officer Johnson thought he was on T.V. when he first saw the Mummy’s hand move or when Molly whispered to Lena about the Mummy, “…it looks more like a squirrel that’s been hit by a car.” The author does not seem to pay meticulous attention to all of the fine details, leaving some of the events of the story a little confusing. How would a mouse be able to burrow under the Mummy’s wrappings without causing damage? Moreover, the mouse would have died of suffocation if it had been stuck in the glass case all that time. Any “…ancient pieces of corn or wheat”, would surely be rotten after thousands of years and could not have provided food for the mouse. Despite some over exaggerated facts, the daring exploits of Molly and Lena and a few light hearted jokes make the tale, A Mummy Mystery both memorable and enjoyable. On your next field trip, I’d watch the exhibits really closely if I were you. Just in case.

 

Rights and Responsibilities Lesson

 

Nice conversation today Ms. Graham's class. Enjoy the video below. Avoiding 'stereotyping' people is very important. Comments related to our conversation?

Week 5 Homework

Click on the title above to see your H/W sheet.

Phrase of the Week
Wag more, bark less

Vocabulary of the Week
Gesticulate

Are you ready for the challenge this week?

Take time to organize those folders this weekend please!

Civility - Compassion - Empathy

What did you learn about Civility - Compassion - Empathy that you will remember for the rest of your life?

How will you 'make a difference?'

Enjoy our class song on 'others first' again. Think about the message it portrays. Comments are appreciated

Evaluating - Review

Thinking about evaluating: Read below to help reinforce today’s session


An 'Evaluation' is an opinion about a piece of writing. It is not a summary of a story.

How do you develop an opinion?

Pretend you are a food critics who have been asked to evaluate a restaurant. What will you be looking for to make a decision about whether or not the restaurant is a good one??

Think about CRITERIA (categories)


Service; Tasty Food; Cleanliness of place; Popular or not; Variety of food; Price to value; Looks like; smells; appearance of store; Healthy food?

Next, you prioritize your categories! What is the most important category to make your final decision about the restaurant?

Once you have categories to think about your opinion, you can back up your opinion with Proof—proper nouns, “quotes”, facts, numbers, dates, names, vocab. Take notes about the Details! Such as Service: The waiter brought us snails when we ordered shrimp. Waiter was rude—he did not seem interested in us at all. He was grumpy. Cleanliness: Roach in the booth. Gum under the table. Hair in the food.

Don’t forget your opening hook and topic sentence. You are on your way to evaluating!

Lesson Review

It is important to reflect on everything we covered today.

1) Can you remember the 6-traits of effective writing?

2) If you can answer question, you will know how your next writing assignemnt will be graded!

3) Do you know the difference between power 1s, power 2s, power3s?

4) What are you doing when asked to give your opinion?

5) Why is selecting p2s the hardest for writing?

If you can answer all of the above, you have a good grasp of today's work.

Social Studies

What is the difference between a direct democracy and a representative democracy?

Do not forget your newspaper article for tomorrow? What categories do you think you will use to evaluate the article?

Try putting some of your simple sentences on the blog. Maybe friends can comment on them.

Have a nice evening.

SAT Practice - FOR FUN!!!!

I am adding this link to the blog on the right side of the page.
http://sat.collegeboard.com/practice/sat-question-of-the-day

These are SAT questions from real tests. For those who don't know, SATs are the tests that you take at 18 years old that 'help' determine which university you enter. What I want to show you is how the questions they ask are very similar to the types of language skills we are learning. There is only one multiple choice question each day. Try doing one each day for fun. You might be surprised how many you can get correct. You might need to refresh the page once you open the link...
Don't worry...I got the first one wrong 3 times!

Simple Sentences

Links to Ms. Graham's Science H/W
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html


Again ...Kudos to  Scott and Austin. F for their 100% scores on the first spelling test and correct bonus question.
Well done to Andrew and Lindsey for your 100% scores

 It is clear that some of you are still confused about appositives.  I have  an extra worksheet on this topic if you would like a little more practice. Please come and see me tomorrow if you would like one for extra credit.

It is VITAL  that you spend a few minutes thinking about the 'simple sentences' techniques we introduced in class today. Maybe you can use a few of them to tell me your opinions about the 'traits' of effective writing. Plus points for any notable contributions. Make sure you are comfortable with the terms
'participle phrase' and 'infinitives' and how they are used to open sentences.

From today's session....
Always avoid starting sentences with these words
There is/are -There was/were - Then – And – Because
Pronouns (I We They etc.)
Start sentences instead with:
Technique 1: Starting with a Noun
Mary played tennis with her friends. OR The boys enjoyed the food.
Your example
________________________________________________________________________

Technique 2: Starting with an Adjective
Beautiful trees line both sides of the road. OR An incessant noise droned in the background.
Your example
________________________________________________________________________

Technique 3: Start with an Adverb + Comma
Gradually, the incessant noise began to diminish. OR Slowly, the children headed out to recess.
Your example
________________________________________________________________________

Technique 4: Start with a Verb (known as a participle phrase) verb + ing + noun
Working with their partners, the students finished the assignment.
Your example
________________________________________________________________________

Technique 5: Starting with an Infinitive (to + verb)
To live in Hawaii is the dream of my life. OR To help others is a noble occupation.
Your example
________________________________________________________________________
Technique 6: ‘Doubles and Triples’

Your sentences will be descriptive from now on...won't they?

Homework Sheet - Week 4

Over the weekend, review your folder. Is it tidy? Is it organized?
Maybe you want to make a list of the new skills/strategies/techniques you've learned so far on a page of your day book e.g. proof reading techniques, appositives etc.

Our 'journey' has begun...We are still in first gear, but we are about to charge up those engines... Hold on tight!

Phrase of the Week
A smooth sea never made a skillful sailor

Vocabulary of the Week
stereotype

The Immigration Debate

Thank you for your comments and opinions in our class debate today. I really appreciated your willingness to examine this very challenging topic from different perspectives. Special kudos on this point to Shaw-Well done!  Let's continue our discussion on the blog. Feel free to comment more on today's topic:

How can we protect our borders from illegal immigrants but still remain true to the freedoms and principles that define what it means to be 'An American'?

< Family Seal Activity Be 'VERY' careful and ensure that you follow the WILF for this assignment.

Your seal 'must' include the following:

• 
  
  clear balance of between 4-8 appropriate SYMBOLS organized in a symmetrical way
• 
  
  a title
• 
  
  a  motto
• 
  
  whole seal inside a shape
• 
  
  each symbol clearly named AND explained
• 
  
  NEATLY presented.
• 
  
  No writing inside seal apart from the motto

I strongly suggest that you do avery rough draft copy for Friday.

Don't forget to study for your spelling test on Friday. Remember study 'smart' not hard!

Homework Sheet - Week 3

Watch these videos again to review what we did in class today on 'Speed Reading'. I have also added a couple of extra ones that are on the same topic. Enjoy teaching somebody else our new strategies!










Don't forget that your 'A Boy's Story H/W' is due in by the end of study Hall tomorrow

Reading Strategies Assessment (Fri Sept 10th)

For 'Friday's Reading Strategies Assessment' use these activties below to practice. You do not have to do all the exercises. You should attempt at least one from each section over the next week. The test is OPEN BOOK and NOTE NOTES. This means that ANYTHING you have created to study from, you can use during the test itself.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgaSmJKR9HM
Context Clues Practicehttp://www.english-zone.com/vocab/vic01.html
(add at least 5 of the new vocab words to your Daybook)

Parts of Speech Practice

http://wps.ablongman.com/long_licklider_vocabulary_1/0,1682,11839-,00.html
Go to 'word clues' and do exercise 1+2

Practice with Appositives
http://palc.sd40.bc.ca/palc/Quiz/grammar/appositive21.htm  (ignore first question)
http://www.quia.com/pop/8755.html?AP_rand=1733434232
http://www.quia.com/cb/28810.html

Clarification and Question
Write three clarifcations and three questions about this picture

Other
Make sure you are comfortable writing a prediction paragraph based on a piece of text

A Boy's Story - Tuesday Sept 7th 2010

Phrase of the Week
He who cuts his own wood warms himself twice

Word of the Week
Palpable





Use this link to finish your Reading Strategies class assignment that we began in class on Tue. Sept. 7th

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/seymour/index.htm

Worksheet is here http://www.box.net/shared/pabt4c6x9t

Apply your reading skills effectively to score all the points

Questioning Text -v- Clarifying Text

What is the difference between the two reading skills we looked at today?

Now watch this video below and write 3 clarifications and 3 questions about what you see.


Read this poem and write 3 clarifications and 3 questions about it.



"I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"


I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.


The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed---and gazed---but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:
For oft, when on my couch I lie


In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.


William Wordsworth

Enjoy Reading Lindsey's WhereI'm From Poem
http://www.box.net/shared/uz3d9p5jlv

Reading Strategies: Appositives

Use these links below to review our work on appositives today

http://www.eslbee.com/appositives.htm 
http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/appositive.htm 

 




Enjoy Breck's Where I'm From Poem'
click link below


http://www.box.net/shared/k2lu65o6xr 

Reading Strategy: Decoding

Who is frightened by unfamiliar words they see in text after today's lesson?

Knowing your 'parts of speech' will help you decode many words that you do not know.

Change to Tuesday's H/W. (Due: Wed)

Copy 5 sentences from any source you can find that contain at least one difficult vocabulary word.  (you may have your parents write a couple of sentences for you.)

Make a rough guess of the meaning of the vocabulary word by using your 'parts of speech' strategy

e.g. The loquacious man frustrated the group
adj (before a noun -man)
educated guess = describing word for man=annoying?


Buxton Class - Mummy Mystery Prediction  Now due Thursday
Follow the guidelineson the H/W sheet under Monday for this activity.


Both classes: The Design a Seal activity is postponed until later in the week

Reading Strategies: Making Predictions

What is the most important thing that we learned about making predictions today?

Homework - Week 2

Click the title above to see your homework for next  week. You can simply view your H/W online or download and print out a hardcopy.

Thank you for all your enthusiasm and energy in our first week. I have really enjoyed our sessions so far.  

Now...let's get down to some work :-)

Don't forget...those people who still need to hand in their poem on Monday.

Phrase of the Week

To move a mountain you must begin by taking away small stones

Vocabulary Word of the Week

trepidation

Where I'm From - Poetry

Can you be precise and specific in your 'Where I'm From' poems? Look at some examples below. How will you make your poem unique?

“I’m From the Woods….” by Nick

I’m from the woods and the creek behind my fence
From the gray wooden backyard deck.
I’m from the honeysuckles,
The pear trees by the neighbor’s garden


From the creek when I swing over it.
I’m from the yellow walls of Grandma’s kitchen
From the Yorkshire pup, the coolest thing in my family.
I’m from macaroni pictures of the Ark


From “I just can’t snap my fingers and make it happen”
and from David the Gnome in summers long ago.
I’m from my mom’s side of the family,

From roasting turkeys for each holiday,
From when Papaw yelled at his boss and got fired
From the family pictures in the big wooden cabinet and
From the family gathering when we drag them out.


I am from those moments.
A root that no one sees, but walks all over
An important part of the tree.”
I'm from all the places that makes me, me.

I can tell that we are gonna be friends

Enjoy the song again from today's class!



Tonight's H/W - Due Thur

Write a reflection of your  1st day of school using the notes you collected  in your daybook. Don't just write about what happened; write about how  you FEEL about what happened.
approx. length -1-11/2 pages of daybook

Thank you to you all for making such a positive first impression!

5th Grade Orientation

Welcome to Orientation. This blog will be an excellent resource to help you stay organized. For example, every week there will be a link on the blog that allows you to download the weekly homework sheet.

See below
http://www.box.net/shared/eajukyq2dp

Aternatively, you can recap material/worksheets covered in lessons by downloading them directly from the blog.
see below
http://www.box.net/shared/rdlr3o36ei

You must check the blog daily for updates, additional resources and even examples of your own work.

Mr. Buxton's 5th Grade 2010.11

Welcome to Mr. Buxton's blog. This is an excellent resource to assist you with your 5th grade school work and H/W this year. There will be website links to exercises, videos of lesson explanations and even examples of your own work posted from time to time. You will be able to download w/sheets and powerpoint lessons that we do in class if you are absent or if you just want to look over the material again. There is even a ping pong game that you can play 'after' you finish your H/W!

I would just like to welcome you to the blog by introducing my family. I am holding baby Lucy (2 years old) and Mrs. Buxton is holding Sophia (almost 5).  Lucy will be in the Latin's NEST daycare program this year and Sophia will attend TK.

You should bookmark this blog and visit it regluarly. Feel free to look at some of the older posts to see how last year's fifth graders used the blog. You will probably have many questions about the blog. PLEASE WAIT until we meet at Orientation, and I will answer all of them at that time. Watch this video  below to gain a basic explanation about blogs if you would like.

See you next Tuesday!

Snapsots of Disney -summer 2010

Personalize a free scrapbook

Moving Up - Powerpoint

There is a link to the Moving Up powerpoint showed in the ceremony on the mylatin homepage. It takes about 10mins to download a copy from there. Enjoy!

Moving 'UP' ceremony

Why did we choose 'UP' for the theme of the graduation ceremony? What message are we saying to each one of you?

Charlotte Doyle

What was the author trying to teach us about life through the novel Charlotte Doyle? Please share your thoughts.

Grammar Questions

Feel free to post any questions you may have about Thursday's test. You should have been given a sheet to practice the types of questions on the test today. If  you can do those, the test will be a piece of cake...

We will finish Charlotte Doyle tomorrow. There's still a few twists left in the book!

Of course, the MLK speech was cancelled. The only H/W your have left is using the worksheets and blog to practice for the test.

Only 2 days of excellence left...It's actually quite sad to think it's almost over..  Didn't time fly!

Charlotte Doyle Ch. 9-15

Try just the vocabulary and multiple choice questions to help you practice for 9-15 test on Tuesday

http://www.smls.org/downloads/pdf/doyle/Doyle_9-12.pdf

http://www.smls.org/downloads/pdf/doyle/Doyle_13-15.pdf http://www.smls.org/downloads/pdf/doyle/Doyle_Skills_Wkst.pdf

End of Year Grammar Review Test - next Thursday

What can you remember about these topics:

subject and predicates

comma rules

fragments and run-ons

simple, compound, and complex sentences

prepositions and prepositional phrases

nouns

verbs

tenses

adjectives

Test will be open book and open notes. Go back to Sept 2009 in blog archives and spend next week tackling some of the exercises you did at the beginning of the year/each month on the different topics we covered. You'll be amazed at what you have learned... I hope!

Memories Papers

Feel free to post paragraphs from your Memories papers for comment.

Effective Conclusions - Theory

Read this for background information on creating a conclusion for tomorrow's lesson.

Strategies for writing an effective conclusion

 

Here is a brief list of things that you might accomplish in your concluding paragraph(s).* There are certainly other things that you can do, and you certainly don't want to do all these things. They're only suggestions:

• include a brief summary of the paper's main points.
• ask a provocative question.
• use a quotation.
• evoke a vivid image.
• call for some sort of action.
• end with a warning.
• universalize (compare to other situations).
• suggest results or consequences.

 

Play the "So What" Game. If you're stuck and feel like your conclusion isn't saying anything new or interesting, ask a friend to read it with you. Whenever you make a statement from your conclusion, ask the friend to say, "So what?" or "Why should anybody care?" Then ponder that question and answer it. Here's how it might go:

 

You: Basically, I'm just saying that education was important to Douglass.
Friend: So what?
You: Well, it was important because it was a key to him feeling like a free and equal citizen.
Friend: Why should anybody care?
You: That's important because plantation owners tried to keep slaves from being educated so that they could maintain control. When Douglass obtained an education, he undermined that control personally.

 

You can also use this strategy on your own, asking yourself "So What?" as you develop your ideas or your draft.

 

• Return to the theme or themes in the introduction. This strategy brings the reader full circle. For example, if you begin by describing a scenario, you can end with the same scenario as proof that your essay is helpful in creating a new understanding. You may also refer to the introductory paragraph by using key words or parallel concepts and images that you also used in the introduction.
• Synthesize, don't summarize: Include a brief summary of the paper's main points, but don't simply repeat things that were in your paper. Instead, show your reader how the points you made and the support and examples you used fit together. Pull it all together.
• Include a provocative insight or quotation from the research or reading you did for your paper.
• Propose a course of action, a solution to an issue, or questions for further study. This can redirect your reader's thought process and help her to apply your info and ideas to her own life or to see the broader implications.

 

Memories- Thinking Out of the Box

Make me laugh...
Make me cry...
Make me smile ...
Make me sigh...
Show me what deeply moved you...
Show me how you truly grew...

How will you create a special theme? - AMAZE ME!!!.. please?

e.g. Caroline Swimmer is writing her memories paper as a letter to her younger brother... (DON'T COPY THIS!)...What will you do???
e.g. Survival Guide for Charlotte latin Lower School...
e.g. How to Impress your next teacher...


How will you make your paper 'unique'?

Treasures in a Box  by Pamela Harazim
(NO, you cannot write a poem.. but you could quote some poetry)
Come, look with me inside this drawer,
In this box I've often seen,
At the pictures, black and white,
Faces proud, still, serene.

I wish I knew the people;
These strangers in the box,
Their names and all their memories
Are lost among my socks.


I wonder what their lives were like.
How did they spend their days?
What about their special times?
I'll never know their ways.
If only someone had taken time
To tell who, what, where, when,


These faces of my heritage
Would come to life again.
Could this become the fate
Of the pictures we take today?


The faces and the memories
Someday to be tossed away?
Make time to save your pictures,
Seize the opportunity when it knocks,
Or someday you and yours could be
The strangers in the box.

What will your memories 'sound' like?

Show don't Tell - Week II

Showing not telling - Week II starts on Monday. You will be paired with a classmae for 4 more days of  10min writing challenges.  Can you do better than last time?

Washington Portrait

Go to the website below to read more about our lesson today on the symbolism behind the Washington portrait
http://www.georgewashington.si.edu/portrait/flash.html

Inference Test - Practice Exercises

IMPORTANT - Reminder that you need to send in a $15 check for the end of year party 

Use these resources below to help you practice for Friday's Inference Test. The first one is a reading comprehension exercise.  Read the text then answet True - False or  ? Afterwards, read through the answers. See how many correct inferences you were able to make. This is the exact type of question that is in thew test.

During the rest of the week, work through the other exercises on this list for practice.

Test Story 1

A couple decided to go boating on a sunny summers day. He packed the fishing rods in the speed boat, then asked his wife if the petrol tank was full. She said, "Yes, the petrol tank is full." They drove down to the jetty and launched the boat. The couple then sped out onto the sea in the speed boat. After going for about ten minutes the speed boat's motor spluttered then stopped. They arrived back at the shore several hours later.

Statements about the story - state t-true, f-false, ?-not possible to know

1. The couple went boating.

T F ?

2. The couple intended to go fishing.

T F ?

3. They didn't catch any fish, because the motor stopped.

T F ?

4. The motor stopped because they ran out of petrol.

T F ?

5. They couldn't have run out of petrol because she had looked in the petrol tanks and saw that they were full.

T F ?

6. She said that the petrol tank was full.

T F ?

7. He believed what she said about the petrol was true.

T F ?

8. The boats outboard motor stopped after 10 minutes.

T F ?

9. The boat sped out onto the lake on a sunny summers day?

T F ?

10. Because the motor broke down they had to row back to shore?

T F ?

11. The car they used to tow the boat had a full tank of gas?

T F ?

12. The water was calm?

T F ?
The couple went boating. (T because it states so in the text.)


The couple intended to go fishing. (? because they decided to go boating but the story does not actually say that they actually intended to go fishing even thought they put fishing rods in the boat. They may have just been put there to return to friends.)

They didn't catch any fish, because the motor stopped. (? They could have trawled in those first few minutes before the motor failed and caught something. Or they could have fished later.)

The motor stopped because they ran out of petrol. (? Possible, but it is also possible that the engine overheated, etc.)

They couldn't have run out of petrol because she had looked in the petrol tanks and saw that they were full. (? Because she may have taken someone else's word on it from a previous boat trip. Or she could have misunderstood him and thought he was asking about the car's petrol tanks, etc.)

She said that the petrol tank was full. (T because it states this in the text.)

He believed what she said about the petrol was true. (? The story doesn't say this. He could have checked for himself.)

The outboard motor stopped after 10 minutes. (? The story does not say it was an outboard motor. Could have been an inboard air cooled Porsche motor.)

The boat sped out onto the lake on a sunny summers day. (F It sped out onto the sea, not a lake.)

Because the motor broke down they had to row back to shore? (? They may have rowed back but they may have got it started again, later. Or, they could have waited for a tow.)

The car they used to tow the boat had a full tank of gas. (? The story does not say which tank was full. It could have been the boat's or the car's tank, etc.)

The water was calm. (? The story does not mention how calm or rough the surface of the sea was. You most likely made a double inference. First, that a sunny summers day means no wind. Secondly, that a windless day means no waves.)


singalong


http://www.quia.com/pop/43335.html

http://www.philtulga.com/Riddles.html

Read the examples on pages 1+2 and then try the exercise on page 3
http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/learning/bitesize/standard/english/close_reading_exam/quiz/inference/

Easy content but fun to watch

Inference - Test Practice

Use this post to do some practice exercises on inference for next week's test.

Could you list 3 facts and 3 inferences about this picture?

Try this game

http://www.quia.com/pop/43335.html?AP_rand=986388950

Making Judgments - Susan Boyle

What important 'life' lesson did you learn today related to inference and making judgments.
TQ for deep, thoughtful opinions

Inference Picture

Use inference to explain what happened inthe photo.

Field Trip

What did you learn during today's field trip?

Bill of Rights Song

Your table team will have to create your own Bill of Rights song. Bring ideas for tomorrow's class.
e.g. What to put in a chorus, tune, style etc

Verb Tenses Games

Enjoy playing some of these games on tenses. Yours will be better of course, won't they?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/tenses/getting_the_right_tense/game.shtml

http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/quiz/mquiz.asp?filename=kderitteverbtense

Choose the hardest level

http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/games/viper/viper.html

http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/ViewObject.aspx?ID=ESL302  (hard!)

http://www.quia.com/mc/61571.html

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/tenses/tenses_frame.html

Past Perfect Progressive....A new tense for those interested. (not on the test.) Win x2 TQ if you bring this exercise printed out with the answers in!

http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbs13.htm

Tesnes Sentence Construction H/W

This is for your tenses sentences: At least 8 words per sentence.

1. do - simple past
2. forget - past progressive
3. read - present progressive
4. be -future will
5. grow - simple present
6. break - future perfect
7. go- past perfect
8. give- past perfect
9. drink - future perfect
10. know- present perfect
11. wake - past progressive
12 work - future going to

Don't forget the back of the H/W sheet.

Chains - An Introduction

" If a whole nation could seek freedom...why not a little girl?"

Propaganda - Test Review and Practice

Propaganda Questions
http://www.quia.com/jq/16219.html

http://www.thatquiz.org/tq/previewtest?TQYF8792
(answers at the bottom of the page)

These use some types of propaganda that we haven’t studied and that will not be on the test. It will still be good practice for the techniques we did study.
http://www.quia.com/quiz/458050.html?AP_rand=2035609847 http://school.discoveryeducation.com/quizzes31/artentz/PropagandaQuiz.html