Burlock's Bees

Please complete the Take-Home Assessment.  The assessment is due Monday.  Students were provided the notes during class.  Notes should be found in the Grammar Skills section of their notebook.

Enjoy the weekend.

We completed a review activity in class today. Please remember to study for the test tomorrow.

Students should review the five types of expository writing (green handout) and the study guide in preparation.

Best wishes, 
C. Burlock

Cultural arts night is all about learning about different cultures.  The event will be held on February 11th at 7:00 pm.  If you would like to help with the event there are two different ways for you to contribute.  You can set up and man a table about your own culture or you can help with one of the nine culture tables from our Olympic nations.  Please e-mail Patty Reinhardt if you would like more information or would like to help. Thank you in advance for your help and support.

Cultural Arts Family Flyer 2010

Students received the study guide for the test Friday.  We viewed a video on writing a compare contrast essay.  We modeled the prewriting step by creating a graphic organizer comparing milk to apple juice.  We will continue to explore expository writing tomorrow.  In addition, we will have a review activity during class tomorrow for the test Friday.

I would like to encourage each student to create flash cards or use the Cornell note system to prepare for the test.

We took notes on comparison-contrast essays, another form of expository writing.

If you did not complete this assignment in class, please do so tonight for homeowork.

Compare and contrast a pencil to a pen.  Write one sentence to introduce the topic, one sentence to explore the similarities, and one sentence to explore the   differences.

Don’t forget to work on the DGP sentence. 

Read and log!

Today we learned about critical reading and reliable sources. Please review these terms tonight. Dont forget to work on your DGP sentence and read

Greetings,

Today, we revised and edited our expository writing piece.  Each student was given a checklist and activities to complete using the rough draft.  If your student misplaced the checklist, I am attaching it to this post.  I have saved all documents as PDF files.  Hopefully, no one will have a problem printing from home.

Please let me know if I can help.  Remember, the graphic organizer can be resubmitted for full credit.  This must be done no later than Monday. 

Please make sure you have completed the following:

___graphic organizer

___rough draft

___Editing Checklist

___Title Page (Page 3, Number 16 on the Checklist)

___Final Copy: may be typed or handwritten in ink

 Have a great weekend.

Documents:

expository writing rubric

Expository-Writing-Checklist

expository writing assignment

graphic-organizer-for-expository-writing

Please work to complete your rough draft for tomorrow.  It is important that this task be completed.  We will complete the revising and editing process together in class tomorrow.

If you are having problems, please email me tonight.  I will check my email after 8 p.m.

Thanks,

C. Burlock

The Book Fair is Here!
The McClure Middle School Media Center will be hosting a Book Fair January 25-28 from 8:30-5:00 in the Media Center Classroom. Please visit our Book Fair website for more information and to create a wish list of books. Proceeds from the Book Fair benefit our Media Center.

Early Release During Conference Week: January 25-29, 2010

Students will be dismissed daily at 2:15.  There  will be no after school events during Conference Week.

The graphic organizer is due tomorrow, Wednesday, January 20, 2010.

You may download and print the organizer or use notebook paper to create the organizer.

graphic organizer for expository writing