ELA: Complete Monday's class assignments, which include a perfect tense matching activity and two verb conjugation drills --one involving the verb "have" and another involving any verb of your choosing.
For more information on verbs, see the Verb Overview.
For Wednesday, April 23, 2008:
ELA and ELD 4: Complete Tuesday's class assignment, which is a two-part assignment:
1) Read pages 115-128 of the Interactive Reader, writing in the margins along the way.
2) Complete this hand-out, which pertains to Chapter 4 of the Interactive Reader.
For Thursday, April 24, 2008:
ELA and ELD 4: Read pages 118-129 of the Interactive Reader (Catch the Moon and The Secret Heart) and complete the three subsequent pages on the shared theme, etc.
For Wednesday, May 21, 2008:
ELA and ELD 4: Submit electronically, to myaccess.com, the final revision of your most recent Literary Response and Analysis Essay. It is due no later than 5PM Wednesday, May 21.
IMPORTANT:
Make sure to select the prompt that contains the word "generic" - if you submit the wrong essay, you will receive NO credit. Also follow the prescribed outline.
In addition to submitting essay revisions, please bring all newsletter entries to class on Wednesday, or submit them electronically to akittelson@gusd.net no later than Wednesday at 5 PM.
For Tuesday, May 27, 2008:
ELA and ELD 4: This is your last chance to strip your "Literary Response and Analysis - Theme - Generic A" essay of all plagiaristic snippets. Every sentence must be yours. Your deadline is 10 PM. No exceptions.
For Friday, May 30, 2008:
ELD 1-2: Study your sight word flash cards in preparation for a spelling test.
For Tuesday, June 3, 2008:
ELA and ELD 4: Choose a topic for your research project and bring in three varied pieces of secondary source material for your chosen topic. These may include books, news articles, journal articles, acadmic theses and dissertations, wikipedia entries and more.
ELA and ELD 4: Bring in another source for your research project so that you have four sources to comb through in class. You may use Wikipedia as one source, and from there you can find other sources.
Make sure to print out and/or carry to class the actual source material, not just a list of sources.
To help you come up with a topic and then organize and process your research, you may use this Research Assistant.
For Thursday, June 5, 2008:
ELA and ELD 4: Complete the Fact and Reference Organizer that was started in class.
For Friday, June 6, 2008:
ELA and ELD 4: Continue to work on your paper.
Peruse the model paper and accompanying assignment to help you better understand what is expected of you when you write your paper.
For Monday, June 9, 2008:
ELA and ELD 4: Complete either a full outline or a rough draft of your 1,000+ word paper (or 5+ minute speech).
You must show written evidence of substantial progress toward your ultimate goal. A finished Fact and Reference Organizer is not enough, as that was already due!
For Tuesday, June 10, 2008:
ELA and ELD 4: Complete a rough draft of your paper.
Make sure to include parenthetical citations within the text where appropriate. The "Works Cited" page is not due until Wednesday.
Refer to the model paper for answers on organization and/or formatting.
If you are preparing a speech, bring in written or printed evidence of your progress.
For Wednesday, June 11, 2008:
ELA and ELD 4: Complete and bring to class the Works Cited page of your project. Use this hand-out and/or citcationmachine.net to help.
For Thursday, June 12, 2008:
ELA and ELD 4: Bring the final draft of your research project. If you are proffering a speech, be prepared to present.