Monday, September 14, 2015

ENGLISH - 1st trimester – Day 5

Collect homework: Cyborg paragraph (where it chose to do good with its ability)

•             CONTRACTION CHALLENGE:

a.            Write down as many examples of contractions as you can. (ex. can’t…)

•             Discuss contractions

a.            Challenge: name a contraction whose apostrophe stands in for exactly 3 letters

•             Next, list 10 things that we would never buy no matter what (even if you had the money…you would still NEVER buy it).

a.            When finished, circle your 3 top choices.

•             Give your list of 3 choices to someone at your table…(exchange papers)…

a.            Looking at their list of 3, choose 1 of their top 3…this will be your topic for this next assignment:

i.              List 10 ways that this thing could be used…other than the obvious…

1.            For example: broccoli could be used as an eraser, giant powder puff, a small tree for my train set, as a microphone for a video, a door stopper, etc.

ii.             Next, using some of your list of 10 things, write a ½ page commercial that will persuade a person to buy the very thing they said they would never buy. (our first persuasive writing piece)

1.            TO BE COLLECTED, TOMORROW

ENGLISH homework:

1.            FINISH # 5 and 6 for tomorrow.

2.            Challenge: name a contraction whose apostrophe stands in for exactly 3 letters

3.            Complete the backside of your vocabulary sheet (ex. 1 & 2)

a.            Study for Friday’s vocabulary test

4.            Bring Literature book tomorrow

5.            English book online!!

a.            http://my.hrw.com

i.              Username – rfc2018

ii.             Password – onlinebook