Wednesday, September 16, 2015

ENGLISH - 1st trimester – Day 7

•             Check homework: 10 fill-in-blank sentences

•             List all the rules you can think of that explain when we capitalize words in English.

Ex.  Capitalize words at the beginning of a new sentence.

•             TAKE NOTES: (get these from a classmate) Add any missing notes on Capitalization to your whiteboards as I show you notes

•             Next, begin writing a little story that starts with the word “I…” but pretend you are a deer on opening day of hunting - tell us what is happening and what you are thinking (inner conflict).

EXAMPLE: “I never look forward to opening day…”

•             Discussed the difference between a guess and an inference

ENGLISH homework:

Finish reading “The Most Dangerous Game” in Literature book p. 20 - 36.

Finish 3 predictions/inferences from the story (pg. 20, 23, 26) using the following format: “Because the story says…I predict…”