Marc’s Buzz Word

Class work: The students completed D.G.P./D.R.P. Quiz #2.  They worked on completing Lsn. 41 “Making Inferences” Pckt. & Lsn. 46 “Connecting to the Facts” Pckt.. They will both be due Thursday at the beginning of class.
Homework: Personal Pronouns Wksht. (front & back)

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Class work:  The students continued to work on their D.G.P./D.R.P. Quiz #2.
Homework: Pronoun Worksheet

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Class work: We analyzed and made inferences based on graphic features, and textual features of a comic strip called Bone (Essay Packet).  Afterward, the students began the D.G.P./D.R.P. Quiz # 2.
Homework: Common/Proper Noun Wksht #3
Complete the Essay Packet

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Class work: We completed the D.G.P./D.R.P. for Mon-Thurs..  Afterward, I asked students to turn in their Alliteration Art project, Principles Paragraph, and any other outstanding work that needed to be turned in or made up.
Homework: Compound Noun Wksht.
Alert: Students received the D.G.P. Study Guide for tomorrow’s D.G.P./D.R.P. Quiz #2.

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Class work: The students completed the warm up.  Some students turned in the E.Q. paragraph, “Principles of Peers” paragraph, and/or the Alliteration project that was due today. ALL OF THOSE ASSIGNMENTS CAN BE TURNED IN TOMORROW WITHOUT THE LOSS OF POINTS.
Homework: Noun Worksheet #2 (Block 3/4 & 5)

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Class work: The students completed Notes on Expository Text: How to Read Magazines.  I collected the Essential Question paragraph.  The students completed their Habits Activity: Brainstorm Principles.
Homework:
Block 3/4, 5, & 6: None
Block 7/8: Write your principles paragraph on your fellow classmate.

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Class work: We reviewed our Notes on Expository Text. We reviewed our Habits Activity: brainstorm principles to live by. The students turned in their paragraph on the essential question.
Homework: Write your principles paragraph on your fellow classmate. (This is only homework  for Block 5 & 6. Block 3/4 and 7/8 will complete it in class.)

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Class work: We completed our notes on Expository Text: How to Read Magazines. The students began a 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens activity, where they brainstormed several principles that people live their lives by: honesty, integrity, perserverance, loyalty, chivalry, purity, hard work, cleanliness, commitment, compassion, etc.
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Class work: The students completed the Expository Quiz: Essays and Newspaper Articles. Afterward, we continued our notes and discussion on expository texts.
Homework: Noun Worksheet (front & back)

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Class work: I collected the inverted pyramid, which was the weekend’s homework. We discussed and responded to our current GA standard and Expository Unit essential question:
How do Americans receive important information, and what are some common characteristics of those methods?
Homework: Complete the analyzation of a new newspaper article by creating an inverted pyramid.
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