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Describe Someone with a Different Look Today we will finish up our opinion pieces!   In case we didn't finish... Read Teen Ink Student Pieces Publish comments to several articles. Sign in with Google. What are the characteristics of an Opinion piece?  Brainstorm.  List ideas for pieces.   Publish comments to several articles. Sign in with Google. Write your own opinion piece about anything you would like. CHARACTERISTICS OF EDITORIAL WRITING An editorial is an article that presents the newspaper's opinion on an issue. It reflects the majority vote of the editorial board, the governing body of the newspaper made up of editors and business managers. It is usually unsigned. Much in the same manner of a lawyer, editorial writers build on an argument and try to persuade readers to think the same way they do. Editorials are meant to influence public opinion, promote critical thinking, and sometimes cause people to take action on an issue. In esse...

Read Several Opinion Columns from The New York Times Publish comments to several articles. Sign in with Google. What are the characteristics of an Opinion piece?  Brainstorm.  List ideas for pieces.   Publish comments to several articles. Sign in with Google. Read Teen Ink Student Pieces Write your own opinion piece about anything you would like. CHARACTERISTICS OF EDITORIAL WRITING An editorial is an article that presents the newspaper's opinion on an issue. It reflects the majority vote of the editorial board, the governing body of the newspaper made up of editors and business managers. It is usually unsigned. Much in the same manner of a lawyer, editorial writers build on an argument and try to persuade readers to think the same way they do. Editorials are meant to influence public opinion, promote critical thinking, and sometimes cause people to take action on an issue. In essence, an editorial is an opinionated news story. Editorials have: ...

Share your piece with your writing group and get feedback. Revise your piece. Publish your work to Kidblog. Make comments on at least THREE other pieces. IF time, we will write  limericks !   SO fun. You may work alone or with friends!   More silly examples How to Write a Limerick What is a Limerick? Limericks are one of the most fun and well-known poetic forms. No one knows for sure where the name “limerick” comes from, but most people assume it is related to the county of Limerick, in Ireland. The reason limericks are so much fun is because they are short, rhyming, funny, and have a bouncy rhythm that makes them easy to memorize. In this lesson, I’ll show you how you can write your own limericks in just a few easy steps. The Rules of Limericks Limericks, like all poetic forms, have a set of rules that you need to follow. The rules for a limerick are fairly simple: They are five lines long. Lines 1, 2, and 5 rhyme with one another. Lines 3 a...

Finish your funny review from yesterday. We will play with sentence structure by imitating some mentor sentences. Today's sentences will focus on hyperbole “It would have taken a lumberjack ten minutes to cut down all the trees in Kansas.” In Cold Blood by Truman Capote pg 12 "I started throwing up a ton of water and food. If there was a forest fire somewhere all they would have to do is hold me over it and I would have put it out! I threw up and coughed and choked and vomited about a million times, and all this just because I'd breathed in some air!" Christopher Paul Curtis, The Watsons Go to Birmingham- 1963, p. 178 “Well, when Pap’s full, you might take and belt him over the head with a church and you couldn't faze him. Tom Sawyer page 65 Post your TWO favorite Sentences to THIS PADLET Odes We will look at  this  slideshow. (If we have time)  Think of an everyday object What are the objects best qualities? How does the obj...

Write our actors letters of appreciation for performing our scenes. Reflect on the assignment. Furniture Slide Show SURVEY SURVEY TO FILL OUT ABOUT FURNITURE Sign card for Romeo and Juliet actors. Let's have some laughs today. I have been scouring Amazon for some funny reviews to share with you! Click  HERE  to read about a tool you will wonder how you ever lived without! By Mikey B on June 5, 2016 Format: Board book I was hoping to learn something new from reading this book, however, it turns out the baby's belly button was exactly where I expected it to be. There were no significant plot twists, and none of the characters were developed thoroughly enough for me to really "care" what happened next. If you're looking for a challenging yet entertaining way to spend 4 hours reading, this is for you, but if you are seeking more thrills and suspense, consider a Steven King novel. George Takei 5.0 out of...

We are going to the media center today. Collect permission slips Storybird has a challenge that is too good to resist!   Our class code is  ZCW9J.  Hopefully, you can join my class easily!  We'll work through it together! Here  is a link to the November challenge. I would like everyone to finish this project.  We will work on it again! Odes We will look at this slideshow. (If we have time)  Think of an everyday object What are the objects best qualities? How does the object look, feel, sound, smell? Pay tribute to this object in your ode How could you use figurative language to compare this object? Write an ode or two.  Consider using Storybird.   IF time, we will write limericks !   SO fun. You may work alone or with friends!  

Collect permission slips Some students will be leaving to attend a STEP IT UP activity You may work on whatever you like since so many people left for the STEP IT UP activity.  You will need to have a piece to share with your writing group when we return from Thanksgiving break

 I will do my best to help you fairly cast for your play.  How to Describe a Person Pick a person-real or imagined. Use descriptive writing to portray your person in action.  You may want to select a loved one.  These can make nice holiday gifts. Here is a link to ideas More ideas and examples are here

Today we will have a guest teacher come in and help us prepare for our field trip to see Romeo and Juliet.     Then, we will go work with the drama students on their scenes.  

HI Everyone! Today we will write some haikus.   HAIKUS A syllable is a part of a word pronounced as a unit.  It is usually made up of a vowel alone or a vowel with one or more consonants.  The word "Haiku" has two syllables:  Hai-ku; the word "introduction" has four syllables:  in-tro-duc-tion. "Haiku" is a traditional form of Japanese poetry.  Haiku poems consist of 3 lines.  The first and last lines of a Haiku have 5 syllables and the middle line has 7 syllables.  The lines rarely rhyme. Here's a Haiku to help you remember: I am first with five Then seven in the middle -- Five again to end. Then we will head down to the drama room to watch rehearsals and consider who we'd like to cast for our scenes. Then we will return to class. :)