Writing, Reading, Social Studies, and Math updates!

In Writing, the plot outline, conflict, setting, and character list is due Thursday, October 9, 2008.

Plot outline, conflict, setting, and character list – Every good story revolves around a conflict. Your story is only as good as the conflict you’ve created. First, decide what the conflict will be and classify it (what vs. what?). Then, describe the various settings in the story, listing them by category. Next, create a plot outline, detailing the list of events as it advances the conflict. For each part of the plot outline, write at least one sentence to explain the event(s). Finally, write a list of your characters, organizing them into “major” and “minor” characters. For your major characters, write a two-paragraph description of each, including physical traits, personality traits, family/friends, failures, and accomplishments. All of the above is due in class on Oct. 10. You may meet with your group again, allowing your group to ask questions and help you to add details.

Friday, October 10, 2008 is a teacher inservice day.. the students do not have school! Exciting huh?!?! Think of me when you are sleeping in :-)

October 27-31 the bookfair will be at Providence Creek Academy!! Books are so fun!

Tuesday there is a Reading Quiz for "The Day the Sun Came Out." There is also a writing quiz on Tuesday for complete subject, complete predicate, simple subject, simple predicate, verbs, and verb phrases!

Important things to remember for the reading quiz:
- vocabulary
-about making inferences
- questions that we did about the story
- the characters and setting

Important things to remember for the writing quiz:
- simple subject is the noun-person, place, thing or idea
- simple predicate is the verb
- know your helping verbs (I hope everyone copied the chart out of the book)
-when looking for the verb (ask yourself what is being done by the subject or the state of being)
- when looking for the verb phrases- look for a helping verb (it may not be right next to the word)
- only include the helping verb/s and the main verb when identifying the verb phrase-NO OTHER WORDS! Think about the activities we did on this last week!

For the first Social Studies class, you guys will have your quiz on Monday!

Ms. Decker's math class- quiz Tuesday on multiplying and dividing fractions!
- When you multiply fractions you multiply straight across and then simply!
- When you divide fractions you flip the second fraction (reciprocal) and then multiply straight across.

Make sure you simplify ALL of your answers EVERYTIME you do a fraction problem!

For my advisement group-BRING YOUR FOLDER AND COMPLETED GOAL SHEET TO CLASS!