Reading Class
For the week of October 19-23, students finished up the Population Bar Graph, which was an extension of the story, The All-American Slurp. Then we began reading the novel Old Yeller by Fred Gipson. We had a wonderful discussion about stereotyping as a pre-reading activity, due to some of the stereotypes about Indians and women seen in the novel. Finally, we discussed the setting, characters, and key events/conversations of chapters one and two.
Mrs. Foster
English Class
For the week of October 19-23, after choosing a cause & effect topic (problem in society) and brainstorming, students created an outline of their essay, which included the following: lead, thesis, body topic sentences, restated thesis, and solutions to their problem. Then, students actually wrote their introductory paragraph and created a unique essay title.
Mrs. Foster
English Class
For the week of October 19-23, students chose an object to bring to class to describe. Students filled in a brainstorming chart with as many adjectives as possible, using the five senses. Next, students wrote two similes. Finally, they used their chart and similes to write a full paragraph describing their object.
Mrs. Foster
Reading Class
During the week of October 13-16, students began reading The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis. They read chapters 1-3, completed comprehension questions, and completed a quiz. In class, we discussed the setting, characters, and key events/conversations.
Mrs. Foster
Reading Class
During the week of October 13-16, students began reading The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis. They read chapters 1-3, completed comprehension questions, and completed a quiz. In class, we discussed the setting, characters, and key events/conversations.
Mrs. Foster
The All-American Slurp
During the week of October 13-16, we reviewed and discussed the story, The All-American Slurp, involving two families, one Chinese and one American. Students completed a test on the story and then began a population bar graph as an extension of the story. Students learned about the overcrowding problem in China and their one-child policy. Students compared their population with several other countries.
Mrs. Foster
Cause and Effect
During the week of Oct. 13-16, our new list of spelling words was introduced; the focus was words ending with the suffix –tial or –cial or –cian. We also began our unit on Cause & Effect. I gave some notes and showed students my own example essay about the causes of financial debt. Then, students began brainstorming ideas for their own essay: 3 causes and 3 effects.
Mrs. Foster
Cause and Effect
During the week of Oct. 13-16, the first list of spelling words was introduced; the focus was silent letters. We also began our unit on Cause & Effect. I gave some notes and showed students my own example essay about the causes of financial debt. Then, students began brainstorming ideas for their own essay: 3 causes and 3 effects.
Mrs. Foster
Fun In English
This week, students learned about some of the different types of paragraphs: narrative, expository, descriptive, and persuasive. After I shared my own childhood memory narrative, students wrote and shared their own. We also played a game as an introduction to description: one student was blindfolded and an object was revealed to the rest of the class. Using adjectives only, the class had to try to help their blindfolded classmate guess the object.
Mrs. Foster
Reading Class
After reading a few short essays and a poem in the “Taking the High Road” workbooks, the students had a great discussion and brainstorming session as we listed ways that we tend to stereotype people. Additionally, students learned more about types of characters (dynamic & flat) and the elements of plot: exposition, characters, setting, conflict, rising action, climax, falling actions, resolution, and theme.
Mrs. Foster