Friday, October 31, 2008

Trick-or-Treat day

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?

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?

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?

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?

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?

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?

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.

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.