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Happy Friday!

Today....

1. DOL Quiz
2.  Group Prototype activity - TASK #1 due Monday.

LAST Spelling Test for Quarter 2

On Friday, December 14th, we will be having our LAST spelling test of the quarter.  Here are the words that were given to students earlier this week.  They completed activities on the words yesterday.

NOTE:  If they simply student the ROOT word and practice the endings, they only have (10) words to study.

Spelling words:  traveled, traveling, panicked, panicking, qualified, qualifying, controlled, controlling, researched, researching, received, receiving, arguing, argued, horrifying, horrified, committed, committing

BOOK POINTS

Book points for Quarter 2 are due on Wednesday, December 19th. Students should have 12 accummulated points by the 19th!

Ask your son/daughter how they are doing with the book points!

Persuasive PROTOTYPE Project

Today I passed out a PROJECT sheet.  We will be working on a persuasive project for the next few weeks.  Most of the work will be done IN CLASS.  Some of the assignments (rewrites, editing) may be sent home.

Here is the project AT A GLANCE:
Students will be creating a product, marketing the product, and presenting a SALES PITCH to a Board of Directors.

The project is in THREE PARTS: 
Task 1 - Small teams create a sketch and description of product
Task 2 - Individual persuasive essays written to convince a marketing firm that your product is the best on the market
Task 3 - Small teams again - 10 minute Sales Pitch/Presentation

HERE IS THE PROJECT sheet that was given out today.  It is worth THREE PROJECT GRADES!
The signed project sheet is worth (3) BONUS points if attached to graphic organizer and essay.
Download persuasive_prototype_project.doc

DOL Quiz for Tomorrow

There is a DOL Quiz tomorrow, Friday, 12/7!

Here are the answers to this week's DOL tasks:

Tues: Parts of speech
Seventeen (adj) patient (adj) shoppers (noun) stood (verb) quietly (adverb) at (prep) the (article) door (noun) and (conjunc) waited (verb) for (prep) the (article) store (noun) to (prep) open (verb) its (pronoun) doors (noun) for (prep) the (article) huge (adj) sale (noun).

Wed: Sentence Structure
type of sentence: simple
complete subject: seventeen patient shoppers
compound predicate: waited; stood

Thurs: Phrases
prepositional phrases:   at the door, for the store, for the huge sale
infinitive:  to open
adverb phrase:  stood quietly

Wednesday, Dec. 5th

Wednesday's DOL
1. complete subject
2. compound predicate
3. type of sentence

Today students worked on spelling book pages 31, 32, 33.  If they did NOT complete any portion, they took the cooresponding pages home.
HOMEWORK
Finish spelling (if needed)

Tuesday, Dec. 4th

DOL - Weekly DOL
Seventeen patient shoppers stood quietly at the door and waited for the store to open its doors for the huge sale.

Tuesday's DOL
List the parts of speech for each word

1. We worked on a Persuasive writing sheet and a FACT/OPINION sheet.

2. Students completed an entry in their WNB (Writer's Notebook)
Persuasive entry #6
TOPIC: Women playing professional baseball with men.
Include your viewpoint and (3) supporting reasons.

Persuasive Writing

FRIDAY's HOMEWORK
Read the article, "Low Fat Eating" and complete the Critical Reading Chart.

We collected Friday's homework (Critical Reading Chart).
We also copied  down our NEW SPELLING WORDS.

Students worked the remainder of class on a PERSUASIVE group writing activity.

NO HOMEWORK