Hi class,

Today we reviewed examples of irony and had the class to work on the irony charts. Please study for your spelling and vocab quiz on Friday!

Hi class,

Today we went over the vocabulary and finished reading “Lamb to the Slaughter” together.

For homework

• please bring a picture of a jack-o-lantern design
• study for spelling and vocab quiz on Friday

Hi everyone,

Today we looked at some paragraphs together and have time to do corrections. For next class:

1. Complete paragraph correction (duble spaced, in pen or typed)
2. Finish vocabulary definitions
3. bring a dollar for the jack-o-lantern.

Hi everyone,

Today, we learned two tongue twisters and we will be doing challenges next class to see who can say them the fastest!

How much wood could woodchuck chuck, if woodchuck could chuck wood? If woodchuck could and would chuck wood, how much wood could and would woodchuck chuck? Woodchuck would chuck, he would, as much as he could, and chuck as much wood as any woodchuck would, if a woodchuck could and would chuck wood.

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, Where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?

We also learned about the 3 types of irony.

HW:

Please read the short story and practice the tongue twister

Vocab corrections

• if you spelt a word wrong write it 10 times
• if you got a word meaning wrong, write two complete sentences using that word

Hi class,

Today we did our spelling and vocab test and talked about using transitions in our writing.

Homework:

Please hand in the good copy of your paragraph.

For the good copy of your paragraph:

• Indent the first line
• Double spaced, write in pen or typed
• If you choose to type it, please use size 12 font
• Make sure your sentences are grammatically correct
• Use transitions

Hi class,

Today we talked about the origins of Thanksgiving and looked at some examples of supporting ideas for our compare and contrast paragraph.

HW:

• write a concluding sentence
• vocabulary and spelling quiz on Tues, Oct 10th

Hello everyone,

Today we went over all the vocabulary for “On Seeing…” and marked each other’s topic sentences. We also went over how to write the supporting point for the body paragraph.

HW:

• Please finish BOTH points for Subject A and Subject B – Thur
• Vocab and spelling quiz is on Oct 10th (Tuesday)

Hi class,

After learning about how to brainstorm for a compare and contrast paragraph, we started getting into the structure of the paragraph.

Today we talked about how to write a good topic sentence.

HW:

• Please write a topic sentence comparing John Blandford and the Perfect Man
• Find the definitions for the vocabulary list attached here. Specify whether each word is an adjective, verb or noun. Make sure you can understand your own definitions. In other words, write the definitions in your own words.
• On Seeing VOcab List

Hi everyone,

Today we went over the 7 homework questions on the short story “On seeing …April Morning” and started talking about compare and contrast paragraphs.

Homework:

We discussed 3 possible comparison ideas such as “desire to find true love”, “experience of internal conflict” and “not judging a book by its cover”. Please choose ONE of the 3 and find 2 examples from each story.

Hi everyone,

Today we went over the 6 homework questions and started reading a new short story called “On Seeing the 100% Perfect Girl One Beautiful April Morning”, by Haruki Murakami.

Homework:

Complete the 7 questions you copied down in class.