Persuasion Is All Around You

Thursday, Sept 30....
Tonight you need to locate an example of persuasion.
Look in magazines, newspaper, mail, internet.
Once you have located an example
fill out the "Persuasion Is All Around You" worksheet.
Remember to bring your example to class.

Storybird

In the Fall. on Storybird

Storybirds

An adventure story on Storybird

Class storybirds

An adventure on Storybird

This week we will be arguing....

our position on a point. This is called a persuasive argument. We will learn all about this technique and then present our own persuasive argument to the class. This will be a 4 day lesson and we will be spending the whole class period on it so...no spelling this week.

Remember we have a Unit 1 test on Tuesday. Study, study, study!!!

Mrs. Adderley

The intention of Persuasive Writing is to influence the reader to change the way he or she thinks or acts. The writer tries to convince the reader through argument or advice to believe or do as the writer thinks should be believed or done. In persuasive writing, the author states and supports opinion and then tries to get the reader to agree of take an action.

Sentence Structure Games to try

Here is a great link to a website full of games to practice sentence structure:


http://www.gamequarium.com/sentencestucture.html

Have fun and remember this will help you to prepare for the Unit test on Tuesday.

Conjunctions...

We will be having a Unit test next week and you also have a Storybird this week. Both of these assignments will involve conjuctions. I have found a great site with all sorts of conjunctions. Here is the link:
http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwesl/egw/bryson.htm

I sure hope you find this link helpful and remeber - Conjuctions are the glue that hold the sentences together.

Mrs. Adderley

More Marathon Video

I will miss you while I am gone...

Dear wonderful students,

As you all know I will be gone until Monday. I am confident that you will be perfect Angels for the substitute teachers that will be covering for me. Remember that you have a spelling test and a DOL/Grammar quiz on Tuesday. Use the worksheet that you get on Monday as a study guide for your DOL/Grammar quiz. I will post video from my race so make sure to check my blog over the weekend! I look forward to seeing you all on Tuesday.
Mrs. Adderley

One of my student's Storybirds....

Dogs are Peoples Best Friends on Storybird

Complex Sentences

Complex Sentences

complex and compound complex sentences

complex and compound complex sentences

Sentence structure

Here is a great site to help practice all the different types of sentences that we have been learning about.

http://www.eslbee.com/sentences.htm

Monday September 13

Hello Students and Parents,

Today is an early dismissal day due to our monthly staff meeting! Also this week will be slightly different due to the fact that I will be gone Thursday-Monday. The students will not have a spelling test or DOL/Grammar quiz until I get back on Tuesday. Don't worry...I will make sure that they are prepared for the quiz before I give it to them. If I get back and decide that we need to spend a day reviewing then we will take the test on Wednesday. I would never give the students a test or quiz if I didn't feel that they had been adequately prepared for in the class. This week we will be learning about clauses and complex sentences. We have been building this concept for several weeks. The students have created compound subjects, compound predicates, and compound sentences. We have learned that we need to add a connecting word such as and, or, but when combining these different elements. We also learned that we need a comma before the conjunction if we are combining independent clauses. Our ultimate goal in learning all of these concepts is for their writing to be descriptive and complex. My hope for the students is that when they write they will use a combination of simple, compound, and complex sentences effortlessly.

Where Were You When The World Stopped Turning?

September 11....How we remember

Today in class I talked with my students about Sept 11. Most of them were not born yet and if they were born they were under a year old. I read to them from several non-fiction books about the terrorist attacks. We discussed that heroes come in all shapes and sizes. I read a book about rescue dogs, fire fighters, police, 911 operators, and everyday citizens who risked their lives to help rescue the victims of September 11, 2001. I hope that the patriotism and love of country that all Americans felt that day lasts for many years.

SchoolHouse Rock - Grammar The Tale Of Mr Morton

Conjunction Junction

This week we have been learning about conjuctions, compound sentences, clauses, subjects and predicates. The students have enjoyed watching some School House Rock videos. I sure hope you enjoy them also.

Tuesday September 7, 2010

Welcome back. I sure hope everyone enjoyed the long weekend. This week we will be working with compound sentences. We will learn what a clause is and how to identify different types of clauses in sentences. Also we will learn when to use semicolons and continue to find out more about conjunctions. Friday is our 911 Flag ceremony, but we will still have our weekly DOL/Grammar quiz and our spelling test.
Mrs. Adderley

Well it is Friday and we have a 3 day weekend ahead of use! I sure hope everyone has a great weekend. You have no spelling or Language arts homework this weekend. See you all on Tuesday.
Mrs. Adderley

Thursday September 2, 2010

Today we watched a video all about subjects and predicates. Tomorrow we have a DOL/Grammar quiz and a spelling test! Make sure to study. I made up a study guide for the grammar quiz. If you missplaced it you can find a link to the document at Edline. Friday after our quiz and test we will look at our storybirds. I can't wait to see everyone's stories. - Mrs. Adderley

Wednesday September 1

It was great getting a chance to meet everyone at back to school night! On Wednesday the students will be starting to review for the grammar quiz on Friday. The quiz will cover all we have learned about predicates and subjects this week. We will also have a spelling test on Friday. Homework for tonight is to make sure that you have practiced your spelling words at spellingcity and if you don't finish the grammar worksheet in class today you will need to complete that also.