Today we took DOL test #19.

Students also got their "favorite winter moment" paper back and were given this assignment that will be due Monday:

Take your current 9 sentence “winter” paragraph that has an alliteration, personification, simile, and metaphor, and change any of the sentences so that you have at least 1 of each type of sentence starter.

– Subject Start

– “ly” start

– Preposition Start

– “-ing” start

– “ed” start

DOL Test Tomorrow!!

Assigned today was a worksheet of sentence starters that will be due tomorrow. Students had about 20-30 minutes to work on it in class.

Here is some information that I told them I would add in case they needed a little refreshing:

A preposition links nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentence. The word or phrase that the preposition introduces is called the object of the preposition.

e.g.-about, above, across, after, against, along, among, around, at, before, behind, below, beneath, beside, between, beyond, but, by, despite, down, during, except, for, from, in, inside, into, like, near, of, off, on, onto, out, outside, over, past, since, through, throughout, till, to, toward, under, underneath, until, up, upon, with, within, and without."

– The book is on the table.

– The book is beneath the table.

– The book is leaning against the table.

– The book is beside the table.

– She held the book over the table.

– She read the book during class.

Example of Preposition starter: Over the table, she held the book.

4. An “ing” Starter (action verb) e.g. Bending over slowly, the two boys examined the second container.

When you use an –ing sentence starter, you must have an additional action verb in the sentence.

EX: Falling from the horse, I BRUISED my shoulder.

AVOID using passive verbs like is, are, was, were, am, have, had, been, be…)

EX: Falling from the horse, I was on the ground. (yawn…boring).

When you use the –ing, you need a comma separating the two clauses. The first clause tells the action, the second clause has the action verb.

EX. Leaving the party, the children chatted with each other.

Assignment for today, due tomorrow. Also, DOL Test tomorrow too!

Today you will write a paragraph that incorporates all the facets that we have been working with:

Metaphors

Similes

Alliterations

Personification

Show don’t tell

Compose one paragraph that uses each of the strategies you have learned. Make sure to have an introduction that addresses the ‘purpose.’ This paragraph should be a minimum of 9 sentences.

“What is one of your most memorable winter/snow moments?”

Assignment today is a worksheet that has 4 opportunities to change a "telling' statement to a 'showing' story. Due tomorrow.

Also, have them shovel the driveway...and sidewalk...and the neighbors too. :)

School tomorrow. I am making the call right now at 2:30 pm Wednesday.

Due tomorrow is the final draft of the 'winter break' paper. This should be in FINAL draft form. See prior posts for those expectations.

DOL Test Friday.

Students corrected the Simile, Metaphor, Alliteration, and Personification worksheet. We then discussed adding an alliteration and personification to their winter memory paragraph. That will be due tomorrow.

Students also were handed back their DOL test #16.

We took a DOL test today and corrected the Simile and Metaphor paper from yesterday.

Assigned today was to add 2 metaphors or similes to their paper. It can be 2 metaphors, 2 similes, or one of each. But they should be appropriate.

Students had 15 minutes to work on this in class. This will be due Monday.

Students received a worksheet on Similes and Metaphors that will be due tomorrow. They had 15 minutes to work on this in class.

DOL test tomorrow.

Creating a baseline paper:

“Write a multi sentence paragraph about your favorite momement of your break.”

*Minimum 7 sentences

This should be a a detailed paragraph of a specific experience.

Students had 15+ minutes to work on this in class.