2/3/10

 > > >  2/8    End of 2nd Quarter Activity (Avatar @ Roseway)  $5.00
> > >  2/16  Facets of Africa Field Trip  $7-9.00 (to be determined)
> > >  2/23-25 STATE WRITING TEST for 7th grade.  Online only this year.

  **  PERMISSION SLIPS FOR AVATAR should be out Wed. or Thursday


language arts
I.  DAILY ORAL LANGUAGE (page 2)
- complete #'s 1-3 in class, walk through revisions as class
- #'s 4 & 5 not required as homework (Extra Credit)

 language arts
II.  VOCABULARY WEEK 7
 - pre-quiz and self-correct
* Vocab WK7, D1-2 due by Monday
    (due to half week, D3-4 are Extra Credit)
* Vocab WK 7 Sentences (1-10) due by Monday

language arts
III.  WRITING WORKSHOP (beginnings)
 * continuing preparation for State Writing Test Feb. 23-25
 - Brainstorm list of places you have traveled to
 - QW: Write about a time you went on a trip and made an impulse decision
   or did something surprising.  Write about that time and the lesson or value
   you learned.
-  Share with students
-  Rewrite an opening that conveys a philosophy or tells the lesson learned (general)
- rewrite first sentence so that a strong context is provided (we know what's going on)

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HOMEWORK

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___   READ 20-30 minutes FREE CHOICE BOOK

___   finish/complete VOCAB WK 7 DAY 1 (self-correct)
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___   All backside of DOL's due by Monday.
         * work on during free time, in class, start of class, at home