2. Use MemBean for fifteen minutes. (Default username and password: firstname_lastname_sacoms)
Graded Assignments:
6WM Keynote slide - due 10/1
MemBean 15 minute study
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1. If you haven't yet sent me your 6WM Keynote slide, please submit it via eBackpack by tomorrow (10/1) at 2pm.
2. Use MemBean for fifteen minutes. (Default username and password: firstname_lastname_sacoms) Graded Assignments: 6WM Keynote slide - due 10/1 MemBean 15 minute study
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Six words can say it all... (6WM = Six Word Memoir) There's even a 6WM Festival on Twitter now through 9/26!!!
Graded Assignments due 9/27: 1. Six 6WM attempts. (W.3.1.d) 2. Google Presentation slide. Click here for rubric. (W.6.2) 3. LearnZillion ellipsis lesson (CCSS L.2.b.1) Today, we studied these words: 1. metaphor 2. simile 3. hyperbole 4. onomatopoeia 5. personification 6. alliteration 7. idiom Use these videos to review the definitions of each word: Figurative Language in Movies Figurative Language in Pop Songs Your assignment? Find your OWN examples of Figurative Language in pop music. Think about what each figure of speech accomplishes, then try listening to Pandora or a radio station to find songs that contain figures of speech in their lyrics. Remember, your examples must be school appropriate. Tomorrow in class, you will test your classmates with your examples! Graded Assignment: 1. LearnZillion lesson - Figurative Language (L.8.5)
1. Reading Rewards - record your reading and track books you'd like to read
2. Classroom Organizer - check out books from my classroom library 2. MemBean - practice vocabulary and spelling skills 3. ClassDojo - monitor your positive and negative behaviors and class citizenship 1. Status of the Class
2. Collect and Discuss "Borrowed Words" and "Spelling in My Neighborhood" 3. Quick Write 4. Morpheme Matchup
Learning English words and how to spell them isn't easy! 1. Notes 2. Word Origins - (CCSS L.4) 3. Spelling in My Neighborhood (CCSS L.8.2) Old English - Beowulf Middle English - The Canterbury Tales Modern English - Oliver Twist Scholastic Scope Magazine - Malala the Powerful
ALL activities related to the "Malala the Powerful" article will be due in class on Tuesday, 9/17. Coding Texts -
Page # Goal Letter - due 9/13
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