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Q4-Week of 15 April 2024
Language Arts - Hours 1, 3, 4, 6, & 7 Common Core Standards
Welcome to another week full of opportunities to increase your knowledge bank and
build a FIRM foundation for your educational career . . .
build a FIRM foundation for your educational career . . .
EFFORT = ACHIEVEMENT . . . see every angle, make obstacles challenges to make you better, and play to win!
Aiming for a three on our learning scale . . .
Monday |
Due to testing from 12:30 - 3:00, 6th and 7th hours will have to check out the new poem on G.C. I will further discuss and provide examples tomorrow. ;) "Diamante" and Like What workshop, revising, and grading. See G.C. for copy of Diamante document from Friday and the new "Like What" poem from today. |
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Tuesday |
I AM SO PROUD OF THE EFFORTS SO MANY OF YOU PUT INTO POEMS 1-3! Keep it up; you will ace this unit with flying colors! NO NEW POEM DUE TO CLASSES WHO HAVE MISSED DIRECT INSTRUCTION AND SUPPORT. M-Step Testing 8-10. If extended time is required, we will extend the time. Students SHOULD BRING assignments to work on. |
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Wed. |
M-Step during 1st and 2nd hour and may overlap into 3rd hour. New poem structure - Not all classes got this poem - "Self Portrait". Tomorrow, I will introduce this new structure for these classes, and the other classes will have the time to create and revise. |
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Thursday |
For those classes who did not read and think through and answer the eight multiple choice questions and the one main idea short answer, poetry work time will come after the poetry comprehension. The poem is titled, "Nobody Asked Me." "Like What" poem due "Self Portrait" due on Monday. Time to work on this for the rest of this hour. |
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Friday |
Today's poem due Tuesday |
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