Haunted Houses
Wandering through a haunted house is fun to do on Halloween.Haunted houses freak me out big time, I never like the "unexpected" jumping out, or worst of all touching me. Dressing up in costumes and trick-or-treating are also fun things people like to do on the spookiest night of the year.
1. Describe your favorite costume or Halloween prank from this year or the past. Or describe the costume you would like to wear if you could be anyone or anything you wanted?
Welcome to Dirksen Junior High's Literacy Lab. You will be expected to post on blog every day you are in class. Please remember that your blog can be viewed by not only myself, but your classmates. Everything here should be school appropriate.
Welcome to Dirksen Junior High's Literacy Lab. You will be expected to post on blog every day you are in class. Please remember that your blog can be viewed by not only myself, but your classmates. Everything here should be school appropriate.
Friday, October 31, 2008
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Haunted Houses
Wandering through a haunted house is fun to do on Halloween. Dressing up in costumes and trick-or-treating are also fun things people like to do on the spookiest night of the year.
1. Describe your favorite costume, from this year or the past. Or describe the costume you would like to wear if you could be anyone or anything you wanted?
1. Describe your favorite costume, from this year or the past. Or describe the costume you would like to wear if you could be anyone or anything you wanted?
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Statue of Liberty's Birthday
Today is the Statue of Liberty's Birthday. The statue, also known as Miss Liberty, was dedicated on this day in the year of 1886. Miss Liberty was a gift from France. She weighs 225 tons and is 112 feet high with her index finger being 8ft. long.
1. Write a descriptive sentence on your favorite Fourth of July. What were the smells, sounds, and what did you see?
1. Write a descriptive sentence on your favorite Fourth of July. What were the smells, sounds, and what did you see?
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Welcome 2nd quarter.
Welcome to the Writing Lab. I am glad your here. This is a great program working in My Access and you all will become fabulous writers. It will be fun to watch your scores improve from now till the end of the quarter.Remember to put just your first name last initial and grade, always use the same format. 5 points a dayfor your Blog.
1. What do you do when you get to stay up later? Read a book, watch TV, talk on the phone?
Welcome to the Writing Lab. I am glad your here. This is a great program working in My Access and you all will become fabulous writers. It will be fun to watch your scores improve from now till the end of the quarter.Remember to put just your first name last initial and grade, always use the same format. 5 points a dayfor your Blog.
1. What do you do when you get to stay up later? Read a book, watch TV, talk on the phone?
Monday, October 27, 2008
Welcome 2nd quarter.
Welcome to the Writing Lab. I am glad your here. This is a great program working in My Access and you all will become fabulous writers. It will be fun to watch your scores improve from now till the end of the quarter.Remember to put just your first name last initial and grade, always use the same format. 5 points a dayfor your Blog.
1. What do you do when you get to stay up later? Read a book, watch TV, talk on the phone?
1. What do you do when you get to stay up later? Read a book, watch TV, talk on the phone?
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Last day of writing lab
Today is your last day of the quarter in writing lab. Please remember all you learned in My Access to use the corrective actions we discovered to up your score. You will continue to use this in your Language Arts classes. The corrections like repeating the prompt at the beginning, middle and end, spell check of course, and my editor.
1. Name which trick or correction you learned to help your holistic score the most. What did you like best about Writing Lab?
1. Name which trick or correction you learned to help your holistic score the most. What did you like best about Writing Lab?
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Room Description
Our last week of 1st quarter. WOW, that went fast! Remember the rules of My Access and to always revise to get the better score. Today I want you to look around the room and think of ways you would describe this room to someone who has never been in here.
1. Write a very descriptive sentence with details to describe what the writing lab looks like.
1. Write a very descriptive sentence with details to describe what the writing lab looks like.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Room Description
Our last week of 1st quarter. WOW, that went fast!
Today I want you to look around the room and think of ways you would describe this room
to someone who has never been in here.
1. Write a very descriptive sentence to describe what the writing lab looks like.
Today I want you to look around the room and think of ways you would describe this room
to someone who has never been in here.
1. Write a very descriptive sentence to describe what the writing lab looks like.
Monday, October 20, 2008
Learn Best
The end of the quarter this week. Wow, that went fast. How do you learn best? By listening, reading, or doing? Write an example that you learned something by just doing it. For example you didn't learn how to ride a bike by looking at books.
1. Write a sentence about what you have learned by doing it?
1. Write a sentence about what you have learned by doing it?
Friday, October 17, 2008
Dangerous
Some people do very dangerous things. Some people have a different idea of what is dangerous.after the Blog make sure you work on revisions and continue in study island.
1. Tell me something you think is dangerous and if you will ever try it? why or why not?
1. Tell me something you think is dangerous and if you will ever try it? why or why not?
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Dangerous
Some people do dangerous things. some people have a different idea of what is dangerous.
after the Blog make sure you work on revisions and continue in study island.
!.Tell me something you think is dangerous and will you ever try it? why or why not?
after the Blog make sure you work on revisions and continue in study island.
!.Tell me something you think is dangerous and will you ever try it? why or why not?
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
School lunches
National School lunches
October is the month that schools are to take surveys for students to decide their favorite school lunch. Instead of complaining about the ones you don't like describe now the one you like the best:
1. What is your FAVORITE school lunch and what makes it taste so good ?
October is the month that schools are to take surveys for students to decide their favorite school lunch. Instead of complaining about the ones you don't like describe now the one you like the best:
1. What is your FAVORITE school lunch and what makes it taste so good ?
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
National School lunches
October is the month that schools are to take surveys for students to decide their favorite school lunch. Instead of complaining about the ones you don't like describe now the one you like the best:
1. What is your FAVORITE school lunch and what makes it taste good
1. What is your FAVORITE school lunch and what makes it taste good
Friday, October 10, 2008
10/10 day
Today is the 10th day of the 10th month. In China they celebrate this as the 10 10 celebration day.
1. Describe how your life will change in 10 years. what things will be easier for you? What are your responsibilities now?
1. Describe how your life will change in 10 years. what things will be easier for you? What are your responsibilities now?
Thursday, October 9, 2008
self taught
Some people learn to do new things all on their own.Did you ever teach yourself to do something all on your own. Maybe play an instrument and never take a music lesson? art?
1. If you haven't ever taught yourself to do anything, what would you like to learn? Could you teach yourself to do it? how?
1. If you haven't ever taught yourself to do anything, what would you like to learn? Could you teach yourself to do it? how?
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Fire Prevention Week
Fire Prevention
This is fire prevention week. We all need to be smart about being safe. Fire drills are always to be taken seriously.
Today you will go to Study Island after the Blog. When you go into My Access we will be finishing our essays on Encounter with a Spaceship and you will also be doing revisions.Make changes before you submit.
1. Does your family have a smoke detector at home? Where is your smoke detector located at your house?
This is fire prevention week. We all need to be smart about being safe. Fire drills are always to be taken seriously.
Today you will go to Study Island after the Blog. When you go into My Access we will be finishing our essays on Encounter with a Spaceship and you will also be doing revisions.Make changes before you submit.
1. Does your family have a smoke detector at home? Where is your smoke detector located at your house?
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Fire Prevention
This is fire prevention week. We all need to be smart about being safe. Today you will go to Study Island after the Blog. When you go into My Access we will be finishing our essays on Encounter with a Spaceship and you will also be doing revisions.
1. Does your family have a smoke detector at home? Where is your smoke detector located at your house?
1. Does your family have a smoke detector at home? Where is your smoke detector located at your house?
Monday, October 6, 2008
Saturdays
What do you like to do the most on a Saturday?are you a "couch potato?"
start to revise if you have submitted your essay
start to revise if you have submitted your essay
Friday, October 3, 2008
Talents
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Talents
Everyone has a special talent, some of you, your talent may be the talent to write great stories. As you are writing in My Access I want you to read what you have written already and pick one sentence to change and make it better.
1. What is your talent? tell me your talent and what you do with it.
1. What is your talent? tell me your talent and what you do with it.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Seasons
Wow September is over! October brings colors, cooler temperatures, football games and Halloween. This is my favorite season for all the above reasons.
Today we will be working in My Access to continue with our Encounter a spaceship. Lets make sure we are using descriptive words on our setting, what season is it? what colors can you see?
1. Which season is your favorite and why?
Today we will be working in My Access to continue with our Encounter a spaceship. Lets make sure we are using descriptive words on our setting, what season is it? what colors can you see?
1. Which season is your favorite and why?