Challenge
Take a screen shot of your historical fiction blog post h/w from last week and send the image in an email to my PICASA ACCOUNT - I sent you an email with this Picasa email address. Win +2 mojo if you do this before Monday. +1 mojo if you do it on Monday. See example

Bud not Buddy - You were first...pity you didn't have a name on your post! +2
Now... i  can see all your work in one place and you guys can see it too!
Mr. Buxton

Good Reads

Week at a Glance

Watch this video to learn how to set up your good reads account



Student of the Week : Owen Scoring +47 Improvement in M.A.P. scores across x3 tests!

Historical Time Periods

Congratulations on such strong 'improvement' scores as a class. Official results will go home within the next few weeks. Based on my unofficial look at your scores, your improvements were impressive and well above national averages.

Historical Fiction. Your H/W is to finish your historical fiction piece related to today's class. Use this link to do further reading about your  historical time periods.

You should have an image with your paragraph (similar to this post). Your work should be posted on your blog.  You can even try and interpret some of the facts about the historical time period using the Evidence - Verb - Interpretation model.

Test Prep.

Use these links to practice

http://www.writing.eng.vt.edu/exercises/punctuation1.html

http://www.chompchomp.com/hotpotatoes/commas01.htm

H/W
Write a paragraph uses evidence from your historical fiction book that shows the time period of your novel

Dr. Michael Thompson: Teaching the Keys to Success

Dr. Thompson's speech today should remind you all of the importance being a good friend. 
Remember:

• Great friendships are still the keys to your success
• Those who are popular, it won't always last. What can you do to turn your popularity into leadership?
• Win mojo points if you write a comment on what you took away from today's talk

Reminders: 

• Wear black tomorrow!
• Bring some money to buy some products from the 6th graders for their Water Project

Historical Fiction: Pre-assessment Text: Pink and Say


You will use this site to help plan your research of your historical site.

Online resource link

No H/W tonight due to M.A.P. - Tests will be Tue, Wed, Thur beginning at 8am prompt!


You should still be reading your Historical Fiction book and recording your thinking.