Word Games for the Holidays!

Over the holiday break, keep fine tuning your literacy skills with these websites below!

1. Free Rice- For each answer you get right, 10 grains of rice are donated to the World Food Programme. You can also adjust the levels to challenge yourself.

2. Wacky Web Tales- Practice your part of speech knowledge and write an interesting story online. It is like made libs.

3. Ro-bo Bee- Practice vocabulary with this game! There are also other games made by the dictionary creators, Merrian-Websters!

4. Build Your Own Dictionary- Add lots of fun words and discover some new ones!

7th grade homework 12/17-12/21

Begin ELO 4: Poetry! Students will be writing their own poems and writing about a published poem about discovery.

Monday 12/17

1. Write poem with simile and metaphor
2. write poem with personification

Tuesday 12/18

1. Write poem with imagery
2. Write repetition poem

Wednesday 12/19

1. Write Ode or Ballad poem
2. Select a poem from the anthology of discovery and complete graphic organizer

Thursday 12/20

(Festival of Lights Ceremony- No Class)

Friday  12/21

1. Finalize your own poems
2. Rough draft due on January 3rd
3. Read independent reading book over vacation. Get ready for Book Project #3 due January 13th


Happy holidays! From Ms. Christensen

6th grade homework 12/17-12/21

Monday 12/17

1. Finish introduction paragraph for Thematic Essay ELO 3
2. Read independent reading book for 20 minutes

Tuesday 12/18

1. Finish body paragraph 1 for Thematic Essay ELO 3
2. Read independent reading book for 20 minutes
Pop Vocabulary Quiz! Study these words now- daunting task, make amends, benevolence, malevolence, cascaded, turbulent

Wednesday 12/19

1. Finish body paragraph 2 for Thematic Essay ELO 3
2. Complete Entry #3 for independent reading book

Thursday 12/20

Festival of Lights- No Class

Friday 12/21

1. Rough draft of thematic essay due January 3rd
2. Complete revision worksheet
3. Complete independent reading entries 1-4

Have a great holiday!

New York Times: Notable Children’s Books of 2012

Click on the link below to see a list of the best children's books (I know, I know you're grown. But this list includes books for middle schoolers too!)

If there are any books that interest you, leave a comment for me. I will see if I can get a copy for our class library.

Notable Children’s Books of 2012

7th grade homework 12/10-12/14

Monday 12/10

1. Continue working on ELO 3 Final Copy due Friday! (Typed, 12 pt font. Times New Roman)
2. Choose an independent reading book for this month.

Tuesday 12/11

1. Continue working on ELO 3 Final Copy due Friday! (Typed, 12 pt font. Times New Roman)
2. Complete reading entry #1 for new book.

** Study for vocabulary pop quiz! Know their definition and how to use them in a sentence:
isolation

acceptanceintegrityaspiration
manipulate

 Wednesday 12/12

1. Continue working on ELO 3 Final Copy due Friday! (Typed, 12 pt font. Times New Roman)
2. Read new book for 15 min.

Thursday 12/13

1. Continue working on ELO 3 Final Copy due Friday! (Typed, 12 pt font. Times New Roman)
2. Complete reading entry #2 for new book.

Friday 12/14

1. Complete Process Step 3 in Student reflection for ELO 3
2. Read new book for 30 minutes this weekend.

6th grade homework 12/10-12/14

Monday 12/10

1. Work on final copy of ELO 3 short story (typed, 12pt. font).
2. Choose an independent reading book for this month

Tuesday 12/11

1. ELO 4 starts today! Make sure your parents reads the letter and has it signed!
2. Work on final copy of ELO 3 short story (typed, 12pt. font).

Study for vocabulary pop quiz on Wednesday! Study these words and know their definition and how to use them in a sentence: exiled, limitless, chagrined, scrutinizing, benefactor

Wednesday 12/12

1. Complete entry #1 for independent reading.
2. Work on final copy of ELO 3 short story (typed, 12pt. font).

Thursday 12/13

1. Finish graphic organizer in ELO 4 packet.
2. Final copy of ELO 3 short story due Friday (typed, 12pt. font).

Friday 12/13

1. Finish thesis statement in ELO 4 packet.
2. Read independent reading book for 30 minutes this weekend. Complete Entry 2 for independent reading.

Independent Reading: Book Project

Click on this link to see a list of the book project we went over in class: http://mschristensenela.blogspot.com/p/fiction-book-projects-remember-each.html 

6th grade 12/3-12-7

This week students will resume their work on their short story for ELO 3. The rough draft of the story must be handed-in by Friday on loose leaf paper.

Also, on Monday, December 10th students will hand-in their independent reading assignments (book review and book essay) on Where the Mountain Meets the Moon.

Monday 12/3

1. Read Ch. 38-39 of Where the  Mountain Meets the Moon
2. Finish exposition of your short story in outline then write it in
your writer's notebook.

Tuesday 12/4

1. Read Ch. 40-41 of Where the  Mountain Meets the Moon
2. Finish rising action and climax of your short story in outline then
write it in your writer's notebook.

ELO 4: Starts today!

Wednesday 12/5

1. Read Ch. 42-43 of Where the  Mountain Meets the Moon and complete
HW 2.5 entry.
2. Finish falling action and resolution of your short story in outline
then write it in your writer's notebook.

Thursday 12/6

1. Read Ch.44-45  of Where the  Mountain Meets the Moon
2. Finish rough draft of your short story on loose leaf paper.

Friday 12/7

1. Read Ch. 46-48  of Where the  Mountain Meets the Moon and complete
HW 2.6 entry.
2. Finish book review and book project on Where the Mountain Meets the Moon.

Independent reading assignments (book review and book project due Monday!

7th grade Homework 12/3-12/7

This week we will focus on completing the rough draft of the ELO3 thematic essay. Students will complete the outline, paragraph by paragraph, then write the paragraph(s) in their writer's notebooks. Finally, he or she will transfer the work to loose leaf paper to create a rough draft.

Students will read his or her independent reading book for at least 15 minutes a day. I will also be showing students how to write their book reviews and book projects for the independent reading assignments (formally known as the book project) due next week.

Monday 12/3

1. Finish body paragraphs 1 and 2 for ELO 3 in writer's notebook.
2. Read independent book for 15 minutes.

Tuesday 12/4

1. Finish body paragraph 3 for ELO 3 in writer's notebook.
2. Read independent book for 15 minutes.

Wednesday 12/5

1. Finish conclusion paragraph for ELO 3 in writer's notebook.
2. Read independent book for 15 minutes.

Thursday12/6

1. Finish ELO 3 rough draft essay on loose leaf paper.
2. Read independent book for 15 minutes.

Friday 12/7

1. Independent reading assignments due on Monday! Finish book review (3 paragraphs) and book project.
2. Finish independent reading book.

*Be sure to return any book borrowed from me next week.